Elite Men's Team Award for the US OPEN

Croatia narrowly wins the 2018 US Open Elite Men's Team Award as it fields two players into the fourth round - Marin Cilic and Borna Coric.

This is Croatia's first ever Elite Men's Team Award in any grand slam!

This blog gives this award to the country that puts the most number of players into the fourth round of the US Open.

2018 - CROATIA - Marin Cilic, Borna Coric

2017 - SPAIN - Rafael Nadal, Pablo Carreno Busta

2016 - FRANCE - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gael Monfils and Lucas Pouille 

2015 - FRANCE - Richard Gasquet, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Jeremy Chardy and Benoit Paire

2014 - SPAIN - Rafael Nadal, Roberto Bautista Agut, David Ferrer, Tommy Robredo

2013 - FRANCE - Jeremy Chardy, Gilles Simon, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Richard Gasquet

2012 - SERBIA - Novak Djokovic, Janko Tipsarevic

2011 - UNITED STATES - Andy Roddick, Donald Young, John Isner, Mardy Fish

2010 - SPAIN - Albert Montanes, Tommy Robredo, David Ferrer, Fernando Verdasco, Rafael Nadal, Feliciano Lopez

2009 - SPAIN - Tommy Robredo, Fernando Verdasco, Rafael Nadal, Juan Carlos Ferrero

2008 - UNITED STATES - Andy Roddick, John Isner, Mardy Fish

2007 - SPAIN - David Ferrer, Rafael Nadal, Feliciano Lopez, Carlos Moya

2006 - RUSSIA - Mikhail Youzhny, Nikolay Davydenko, Marat Safin

2005 - UNITED STATES - James Blake, Andre Agassi, Robbie Ginepri

2004 - UNITED STATES - Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick

2003 - UNITED STATES - Andre Agassi, Taylor Dent, Todd Martin, Andy Roddick

2002 - UNITED STATES - Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick, Jan-Michael Gambill

2001 - UNITED STATES - Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick

2000 - SWEDEN - Tomas Johansson, Magnus Norman, Thomas Enqvist