1959 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles

Neale Fraser defeated Alex Olmedo 6–3, 5–7, 6–2, 6–4 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1959 U.S. National Championships.

Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Neale Fraser is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


 * 1) 🇺🇸 Alex Olmedo (finalist)
 * 2) 🇦🇺 Neale Fraser (champion)
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Barry MacKay (quarterfinals)
 * 4) 🇦🇺 Rod Laver (quarterfinals)
 * 5) 🇮🇳 Ramanathan Krishnan (third round)
 * 6) Luis Ayala (quarterfinals)
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Butch Buchholz (fourth round)
 * 8) 🇦🇺 Roy Emerson (quarterfinals)

Key

 * Q = Qualifier
 * WC = Wild card
 * LL = Lucky loser
 * r = Retired