The third seed had hoped to become the first British man to reach the final in 71 years but the American outplayed him to win 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (7-5).
While Murray looked nervous at the start, Roddick served two aces in the first game and sent down the fastest delivery of the tournament at 143mph in the third.
The sixth-seed broke Murray, 22, in the final game of the first set.
The Scot broke back immediately and took the second set but could not compete with Roddick's consistency in the following two sets.
He held three break points in the first game of the third and had a set point in the tie-break but failed to take advantage on either occasion.
Murray said afterwards: "I'll move on very very quickly and go and work on my game and improve and come back stronger.
"That's a pathetic attitude to have if you lose one match and you go away and let it ruin your year.
"I've had a very good year so far. I'm very close to the top of the game."
Asked if he could win Wimbledon, he said: "I think I have a chance and I think the way I played this year was very close to getting to the final."
He added: "I'll come back next year and try and do better."
Roddick will face Roger Federer in Sunday's final after the five-times champion beat Tommy Haas 7-6 (7-3), 7-5, 6-3.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
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