Fred Perry defeated Don Budge 2–6, 6–2, 8–6, 1–6, 10–8 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1936 U.S. National Championships.

[2] It would be Perry's final Grand Slam tournament victory, as well as his final appearance before turning professional.

Perry's victory would be the last for a British man in a Grand Slam singles event until Andy Murray won the successor to this tournament, the US Open, in 2012.

[3] The tournament used two lists of players for seeding the men's singles event; one for U.S. players and one for foreign players.

Fred Perry is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.