Apr Tommy Robredo. Jul John Isner. Mexican Open , Mexico. Grigor Dimitrov. Kei Nishikori. Jun Queen's Club Championships , UK. Andy Murray.

Aug Pierre-Hugues Herbert. Washington Open , US. Alexander Zverev. Sep US Open , US. Gilles Simon. Wimbledon , UK.

Oct Vienna Open , Austria. Legend Grand Slam tournaments 0—0. Pacific Coast Championships , US. Frank Moser. Mark Knowles Xavier Malisse. Treat Huey Dominic Inglot.

Matthew Ebden. Valencia Open , Spain. Grand Slam tournaments. Indian Wells Masters. Miami Masters. Monte Carlo Masters. Madrid Masters.

Rome Masters. Canada Masters. Cincinnati Masters. Shanghai Masters. Summer Olympics. Lleyton Hewitt. Won 6—7 5—7 , 7—5, 6—2 at Aegon Championships 1R.

Andy Roddick. Roger Federer. Lost 0—6, 4—6 at Miami Open QF. Juan Carlos Ferrero. Lost 4—6, 5—7 at Italian Open tennis 1R. Lost 3—6, 3—6, 4—6 at US Open F.

Tommy Haas. Won 6—3, 7—5 at Shanghai Rolex Masters 1R. It was a tight encounter right from the start, with one break on each side in the opening set and many intense moments and crucial points that went to Djokovic in the end.

World no. Anderson survived a challenging service game to level the score at after saving break chances, fending off a set point at to reach a tie break after over an hour.

Novak grabbed three mini-breaks to take it with an ace after grueling 75 minutes, looking relieved ahead of set number two! Anderson had a colossal chance to take the second part of the match, wasting three break chances at and a set point at in the tie break when his forehand caught the net.

He followed that up the next two weeks in South Africa, reaching the final in F1 and the semifinals in F2 to finish the year ranked No. In November, he played his first Challenger event in Champaign, qualifying and beating No.

He finished the year ranked No. He returned to Champaign again in November, beating No. In , Anderson again waited until June to play his first tournaments.

In September in the Challenger in New Orleans, he needed to qualify to make the main draw in both singles and doubles, and won all 13 matches that week to take the singles and doubles titles, beating four top singles players and the top three seeded doubles teams.

Anderson began with a bit of success, reaching the quarters of the Challenger in New Caledonia before qualifying in his first Grand Slam attempt in Australia.

He lost in the main draw first round to No. In the second round he beat giant John Isner 7—6, 7—5. In the semi-finals he won in straight sets against Robby Ginepri to reach his first ever ATP tour final.

In the final, he fell to Sam Querrey in 3 sets. At Wimbledon , he was defeated by seventh seed Nikolay Davydenko after winning the first two sets.

He began the season by advancing to the semifinals of the Brisbane International Tournament , before losing to Andy Roddick in three sets.

He reached a career-high of world no. At the Atlanta Tennis Championships , Anderson reached the quarterfinals as the second seed, defeating Michael Russell , before losing in straight sets to Gilles Müller.

Anderson opened with a third-round loss at the Australian Open. He followed it up with a win in Delray Beach, defeating qualifier Marinko Matosevic in the final.

Anderson started the year at the Sydney International , where he reached the final, but lost to Australian Bernard Tomic in three sets.

This was his career best in any Grand Slam event. He played at Indian Wells, where he knocked out fourth seed David Ferrer.

He reached the fourth round of the French Open , before falling to Ferrer in straight sets. At Wimbledon , he lost in the third round to Berdych.

He reached the final in Atlanta in July, but lost his third final of the year in three tiebreaks to John Isner. At the Mexican Open held in Acapulco , he again reached the final, losing to Grigor Dimitrov in three sets, with tiebreaks in the first and third sets.

In the Indian Wells Masters , Anderson reached the quarterfinals, after beating third seed Stan Wawrinka in three sets.

He lost to Roger Federer in straight sets. He repeated his success of by again reaching the fourth round in the French Open , before losing to fifth seed David Ferrer in four sets.

Anderson made it to the quarterfinals of the Masters event in Toronto after defeating Fognini and Stanislas Wawrinka. At the Cincinnati Masters, he had a disappointing first-round, straight-set exit at the hands of John Isner.

At the Paris Masters he again defeated Wawrinka to reach the quarterfinals, after which Tomas Berdych beat him. The South African ended the year no.

Anderson made the final in Memphis, losing to Kei Nishikori , but he made early exits in Estoril and Madrid.

He then at Queen's Club made the final before being defeated by Andy Murray in straight sets. However, he was unable to sustain his form for the next three sets and eventually lost the match in five sets.

Anderson became the champion of the ATP in Winston-Salem , earning his third career singles title. Anderson's big moment came in the US Open, where he defeated Andy Murray, advancing to his first quarterfinals in a Grand Slam after seven attempts.

He won the first two sets, then lost the third set via tiebreaker, but after a fourth set, Anderson pulled away, winning the tiebreaker 7—0 and captured the victory.

He would next face Stan Wawrinka, whom he had beaten the last four times they played, including once that year. This was their eighth match overall, but the first at Grand Slam level.

Wawrinka levelled the head to head at 4—4, beating Anderson in straight sets, including a bagel in the third. Despite this loss, he reached a career-high ranking of No.

This was followed by the Vienna Open , where he lost to Steve Johnson in the quarterfinals. Anderson started his season at Auckland as the fourth seed.

He defeated Robin Haase in the second round, but lost to Jack Sock in the quarterfinals, despite winning the first set. Anderson was then scheduled to play at the Chennai Open , but withdrew due to a left knee injury.

Anderson exited the Australian Open early in the first round and was advised to take some time off to sort out problems with his shoulder.

He took the break and also had minor surgery on his ankle while he was out. He lost the first set of his match against Austin Krajicek in the first round and then retired before the second set.

Anderson did not play again on tour until May at the Madrid Open. Anderson then played in Rome as the 16th seed.

Anderson then competed in Nice as the third seed. Anderson started his grass season at Queen's Club.

Since he entered late, he had to go through qualifying. He then lost to Bernard Tomic in the first round of the main draw.

Anderson then played at Nottingham as the top seed. He defeated Ivan Dodig and 14th seed Fernando Verdasco to reach the quarterfinals, where he lost to sixth seed and eventual champion Steve Johnson.

Anderson then played at Wimbledon as the 20th seed. He lost in the first round to Denis Istomin , despite winning the first two sets.

Anderson played at the Citi Open as the ninth seed. He lost in the second round to Malek Jaziri , despite winning the first set. Anderson then played in the Rogers Cup.

He won his first-round match against Viktor Troicki.