The Scottish 25 is the first Briton to win one of four Grand Slam since Fred Perry 76 years at the U.S. Open in 1936.
He also became the first player to win the U.S. Open in the wake of a gold medal in singles at the Olympics.
Murray waited his fifth Grand Slam final to win his first title, in the Open era record he shares with the man who became his coach at the beginning of the season, the former Czechoslovak champion Ivan Lendl.
"It was tough mentally because of the difficult playing conditions, said the Scot, who has crashed a few tears after the match. Novak came back strong in the third and fourth sets, but I got to resist. "
The meeting was epic, with a constant wind and annoying for players with as an exchange of 54 shots, many others over 30 rounds and a tie break of 24 minutes. But Murray has rediscovered his spirits after Djokovic had equalized at two sets all after an early game average.
The Serb, if physically strong last season, showed his physical limits by finishing the encounter with a problem in his right leg.
"Andy deserves his first Grand Slam title, has in turn given Djokovic, who won last year in New York. I gave everything I have done my best. It was still an incredible game. "
With 4:54 minutes of play, the match took a minute less than the longest final of the U.S. Open, which dated from 1988 (Ivan Lendl, Mats Wilander).
January in the semifinals of the Australian Open, both players were born a week apart in May 1987, had already played a 4:51 marathon.
Murray will go to World No.3 publication Tuesday of next ranking, Djokovic remaining N.2 and Switzerland's Roger Federer now in 1st place.
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