The 2012 US Open was a

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tournament played on the outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in

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Park, of

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, New York City, United States. It was played from August 27 to September 10. As a result of adverse weather conditions on September 8, which included a full evacuation of the National Tennis Center because of an upcoming tornado, another day was added to the schedule for the fifth straight year, with the women's final postponed to the afternoon of Sunday, September 9 rather than the previous evening, the men's semi-final between

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and

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suspended on September 8 and completed on September 9, and the men's final postponed to the afternoon of Monday, September 10. Djokovic and Samantha Stosur were the defending men's and women's singles champions, respectively. Both were unsuccessful in their title defences; Stosur being narrowly defeated by World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka in the quarter-finals, and Djokovic defeated in the final by

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. Murray became the first British man since Fred Perry in 1936 to win a Grand Slam singles title, and the first man to win both the US Open and the Olympic men's singles gold medal in the same year. In the women's draw,

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won her fourth US Open title, and first since

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, by defeating Victoria Azarenka in the final.

Notable events

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champion and

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finalist Rafael Nadal withdrew from the tournament because of a knee injury. *2010 finalist Vera Zvonareva also withdrew from the tournament due to illness. *Two former World No. 1s and US Open champions ended their careers after this year's US Open. Three-time women's champion Kim Clijsters suffered her first defeat at Flushing Meadows since losing the

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final to her compatriot and rival Justine Henin, when she was defeated in the second round by Laura Robson. This loss marked the end of Clijsters' singles career. American Andy Roddick, who won in 2003, retired from professional tennis with his loss against

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champion Juan Martín del Potro in the fourth round. * Robson followed up her upset of Clijsters with a third round victory against Li Na, making the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time, and this was also the first British woman to reach the fourth round in any Grand Slam since

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did so in

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. *On September 3, John Isner and

Philipp Kohlschreiber Philipp Eberhard Hermann Kohlschreiber (; born 16 October 1983) is a German former professional tennis player. The right-hander won eight singles and seven doubles titles on the ATP World Tour and made the quarterfinals at the 2012 Wimbledon Cha ...

finished play at 2:26 am, tying the

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Mats Wilander/

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record for the latest-ever finish to a matchday at the tournament. *

won 23 consecutive games from 4–4 in the first set against Ekaterina Makarova in the third round through to 3–0 in the first set against

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in the quarter-finals. *After 17 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments without a quarter-final appearance, Ivanovic reached that stage for the first time since winning the

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. *Ivanovic, Marion Bartoli and Roberta Vinci all advanced to the US Open quarter-finals for the first time. For Vinci, this was her first Grand Slam quarter-final, eleven years and 31 Grand Slam tournaments after debuting at the 2001 US Open. * Maria Sharapova returned to the semi-finals for the first time since 2006, and Sara Errani advanced to her first ever US Open semi-final. *

advanced to her second straight US Open final, and her sixth overall. She defeated Victoria Azarenka in the first three-set final to be decided since 1995. *In the men's draw, Tomáš Berdych advanced to his first US Open quarter-final by virtue of his three-set win against

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in the fourth round. He then advanced to the semi-finals after upsetting five-time US Open champion Roger Federer in the quarter-finals. **With Federer's defeat, this meant that for the first time since the

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, neither Federer nor Nadal featured in a Grand Slam semi-final. * With their victory in the men's doubles final,

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took sole possession of the Open-era record for most Grand Slam men's doubles titles. Their 12th Grand Slam title took them past The Woodies ( Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde). The win was also their fourth at the US Open, tying the Open-era record of Bob Lutz and

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. *The women's final between Victoria Azarenka and

was postponed to Sunday, due to inclement weather, for the fourth time in five years. *The second men's semi-final between

and

was also postponed to Sunday, also due to inclement weather, with the men's final to be played on Monday for the fifth year in a row. *

became the first British winner of a Grand Slam singles title since 1977, and the first British man to do so since 1936, by defeating the defending champion Djokovic in the final. Lasting 4:54, it was the equal-longest US Open final by duration in history, and the equal-second longest Grand Slam final in the Open Era, only behind the 2012 Australian Open final. *For the first time since 2003, the four Grand Slam Men's Singles titles were won by different players.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.

Seniors points

Junior points

Prize money

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Bonus prize money

Singles players

Men's singles ; Women's singles

Day-by-day summaries

Events

Seniors

Men's singles

defeated

, 7–6^(12–10), 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 6–2 :• It was Murray's 1st career Grand Slam singles title.

Women's singles

defeated Victoria Azarenka, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5 :• It was Williams' 15th career Grand Slam singles title and her 4th at the US Open.

Men's doubles

Bob Bryan Robert Charles Bryan (born April 29, 1978) is an American former doubles world No. 1 tennis player. He has won twenty-three Grand Slam titles: 16 in men's doubles and 7 in mixed doubles. He turned professional in 1998. With his twin ...

/ Mike Bryan defeated Leander Paes /

Radek Štěpánek Radek Štěpánek (; born 27 November 1978) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 and best doubles ranking was world No. 4. Štěpánek's biggest achievements are reaching two Masters 1000 ...

, 6–3, 6–4 :• It was Bob and Mike's 12th career Grand Slam doubles title and their 4th at the US Open.

Women's doubles

Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci defeated Andrea Hlaváčková /

Lucie Hradecká Lucie Hradecká (; born 21 May 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. A three-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam doubles champion and 26-time WTA Tour doubles titlist, she reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in ...

, 6–4, 6–2 :• It was Errani's 2nd career Grand Slam doubles title and her 1st at the US Open. :• It was Vinci's 2nd career Grand Slam doubles title and her 1st at the US Open.

Mixed doubles

Ekaterina Makarova / Bruno Soares defeated

Květa Peschke Květoslava Peschke (née Hrdličková; born 9 July 1975) is a Czech retired professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles. She reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 26 in November 2005, winning one WTA singles title ...

/ Marcin Matkowski, 6–7^(8–10), 6–1, 2–10:• It was Makarova's 1st career Grand Slam mixed doubles title. :• It was Soares' 1st career Grand Slam mixed doubles title.

Juniors

Boys' singles

Filip Peliwo Filip Peliwo ( , ; born January 30, 1994) is a Canadian-born Polish professional tennis player. Peliwo became the first Canadian male and second Canadian ever to win a Grand Slam in singles at any level with his 2012 Wimbledon boys' title win. T ...

defeated Liam Broady, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5

Girls' singles

Samantha Crawford defeated Anett Kontaveit, 7–5, 6–3

Boys' doubles

Kyle Edmund /

Frederico Ferreira Silva Frederico Ferreira "Kiko" Silva (born 18 March 1995) is a Portuguese tennis player who currently plays at ITF Men's Circuit and ATP Challenger Tour. In May 2021, Silva reached a career singles high ranking of No. 168. He also reached a career-hi ...

defeated

Nick Kyrgios Nicholas Hilmy Kyrgios ( ; born 27 April 1995) is an Australian professional tennis player. In singles, Kyrgios' career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 13 was achieved on 24 October 2016. He has won seven ATP Tour singles titles, includin ...

/ Jordan Thompson, 5–7, 6–4, 0–6

Girls' doubles

Gabrielle Andrews /

Taylor Townsend Taylor Townsend (born April 16, 1996) is an American professional tennis player. She reached career-high WTA rankings of world No. 61 in singles (July 2018) and No. 31 in doubles (December 2022). She also reached the doubles final of the 2022 U ...

defeated Belinda Bencic / Petra Uberalová, 6–3, 6–4

Wheelchair events

This year there was no wheelchair competitions due to a conflict with the Paralympic Games in London. Wheelchair competitions would return in 2013.

Singles seeds

The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings based on ATP and WTA rankings are as of August 20, 2012. Rankings and points as before August 27, 2012.

Men's singles

The following player would have been seeded, but he withdrew from the event.

Women's singles

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

Wild card entries

Below are the lists of the wild card awardees entering in the main draws.

Men's singles wild card entries

# James Blake # Robby Ginepri # Lleyton Hewitt # Steve Johnson # Denis Kudla #

Dennis Novikov Dennis Novikov (born 6 November 1993 in Moscow, Russia) is an American professional tennis player born in Russia. He won both the singles and doubles titles at the USTA Boys 18s National Championships in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 2012. As a resul ...

Guillaume Rufin Guillaume Rufin (; born 26 May 1990) is a French professional tennis player. His highest singles ranking is World No. 81, achieved in September 2013. He received a wildcard into the 2009 French Open, his Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP- ...

# Jack Sock

Women's singles wild card entries

# Mallory Burdette #

Julia Cohen Julia Cohen (born March 23, 1989) is an American former professional tennis player. In 2001, she won the USTA National Spring Championships 12-Under Division Championship. In her career, Cohen won five singles and four doubles titles on the ITF ...

Victoria Duval Victoria Duval (born 30 November 1995) is an American professional tennis player. Duval has won one singles title and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In August 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of No. 87. In 2012, she won ...

# Nicole Gibbs #

Bethanie Mattek-Sands Bethanie Mattek-Sands ( Bethanie Lynn Mattek; born March 23, 1985) is an American professional tennis player. She has won nine Grand Slam titles (five in women's doubles and four in mixed doubles), and an Olympic gold medal, and is a former wo ...

# Kristina Mladenovic #

Melanie Oudin Melanie Jennings Oudin (born September 23, 1991) is an American former professional tennis player. The former world junior No. 2 was a member of the American Fed Cup team from 2009 to 2011 and the winner of the 2011 US Open mixed-doubles title ...

Olivia Rogowska Olivia Rogowska (; born 7 June 1991) is an Australian former tennis player. Both of her parents are Polish. The right-hander was born in and lives in Melbourne. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 102, achieved on 11 August 2014. Her ...

Men's doubles wild card entries

Chase Buchanan Chase Buchanan (born June 4, 1991) is an inactive American male tennis player. Buchanan grew up and attended grade school and high school in New Albany, Ohio and attended Ohio State University as a member of the tennis team. Career Buchanan rea ...

Bradley Klahn Bradley Klahn (born August 20, 1990) is an American professional tennis player from Poway, California. Klahn played collegiate tennis at Stanford University, where he won the 2010 NCAA Singles Championships as a sophomore. His next year as a ...

# Christian Harrison / Ryan Harrison # Steve Johnson / Jack Sock # Jürgen Melzer /

Philipp Petzschner Philipp Petzschner (born 24 March 1984) is a retired German professional tennis player. He was known for his hard-hitting forehand and bursts of speed around the court. He reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 9, which he achieved in ...

# Nicholas Monroe / Donald Young #

Michael Redlicki Michael Redlicki (born 16 November 1993) is an American tennis player. Redlicki has a career high ATP singles ranking of 351 achieved on 7 January 2018. His career high ATP doubles ranking of 470 was achieved on 8 July 2013. Redlicki made his ...

Bobby Reynolds Robert Thomas "Bobby" Reynolds (born July 17, 1982) is an American retired professional tennis player who resides in Auburn, Alabama. He was named head men's tennis coach at Auburn University in June 2016. Professional career Reynolds, a nativ ...

/ Michael Russell

Women's' doubles wild card entries

# Mallory Burdette / Nicole Gibbs # Kim Clijsters / Kirsten Flipkens # Samantha Crawford /

Alexandra Kiick Alexandra Kiick (; born June 30, 1995) is an American tennis player. Kiick has won seven singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In June 2019, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 126. In May 2014, sh ...

# Irina Falconi /

Maria Sanchez Maria Victoria Sanchez (born November 26, 1989) is a former tennis player from the United States. In July 2013, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 107. On 22 April 2019, she peaked at No. 51 of the WTA doubles ranking. Sa ...

Madison Keys Madison Keys (born February 17, 1995) is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 7 by the Women's Tennis Association The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is the principal organizing body of women's ...

Jessica Pegula Jessica Pegula (born February 24, 1994) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings in singles and doubles of world No. 3, both achieved on October 24, 2022. She has won two singles titles and five doubles title ...

# Grace Min /

/ Venus Williams

Mixed doubles wild card entries

# Samantha Crawford / Mitchell Krueger # Irina Falconi / Steve Johnson # Varvara Lepchenko / Donald Young # Nicole Melichar /

Brian Battistone Brian Battistone (born August 10, 1979) is an American professional tennis player. He was born in Santa Barbara, California and currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. Throughout his career, Battistone has reach a career high ranking of 853 in ...

# Grace Min /

/ Jack Sock # Sloane Stephens /

Rajeev Ram Rajeev Ram ( ; born March 18, 1984) is an American professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. Ram is a five-time major champion, having won the 2020 Australian Open, the 2021 US Open, and the 2022 US Open in men's d ...

Qualifiers entries

Men's singles

Igor Sijsling Igor Sijsling (; born 18 August 1987) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. Sijsling reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 52 on 17 February 2014. His biggest accomplishment is reaching the final of Australian Open Do ...

# Hiroki Moriya #

Tim Smyczek Timothy Smyczek ( ; ; born December 30, 1987) is an American former professional tennis player. He made three quarterfinals on the main tour as well as the semi-finals of Newport in 2018. Additionally he won seven Challenger titles. He achieved ...

Guido Pella Guido Pella (; born 17 May 1990) is an inactive Argentine professional tennis player. In August 2019, Pella reached his career best world No. 20 in singles. In July 2019, he peaked at No. 55 in doubles. Personal life His father, Carlos, taught ...

Karol Beck Karol Beck (born 3 April 1982) is a male former tennis player from Slovakia, who turned professional in 2001. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 36, achieved in August 2005. Beck reached the fourth round of the 2004 US Open and the qu ...

# Grega Žemlja # Rhyne Williams #

Maxime Authom Maxime Authom (born 29 March 1987) is a Belgian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. Career On 2 April 2012, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 184, after reaching his first ATP Challenger final in Rimouski, Canada. He ...

Guido Andreozzi Guido Andreozzi (; ; born 5 August 1991) is an Argentine professional tennis player of Italian descent. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. His career-high rankings are World No. 70 in sin ...

# Matthias Bachinger #

# Jimmy Wang #

Ricardo Mello Ricardo Mello (born 21 December 1980) is a Brazilian retired tennis player. His preference is for clay courts. He has had the occasional win in hard court tournaments. His best singles rank was No. 50 in 2005. He won one singles tournament (Delra ...

# Daniel Brands #

Teymuraz Gabashvili Teymuraz Besikovich Gabashvili ( rus, Теймураз Бесикович Габашвили, , tɛɪ̯mʊˈraz ɡəbɐˈʂvʲilʲɪ; born 23 May 1985) is a Russian professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 4 ...

The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot: #

Florent Serra Florent Lucien Serra (born 28 February 1981) is a French retired professional tennis player. A right-hander, he won two ATP titles during his career and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 36 in June 2006. Career Early life and ...

Women's singles

# Magdaléna Rybáriková # Tatjana Malek # Nastassja Burnett # Samantha Crawford # Anastasia Rodionova # Lesia Tsurenko #

Edina Gallovits-Hall Klaudia Edina Gallovits-Hall (née Gallovits; born December 10, 1984) is a Romanian-born American tennis player. Her career-high ranking of No. 54 she achieved on April 28, 2008. She represented Romania until April 2015, then started playing fo ...

# Johanna Konta # Kirsten Flipkens # Julia Glushko # Lara Arruabarrena #

Elina Svitolina Elina Mykhailivna Svitolina ( uk, Еліна Михайлівна Світоліна, ; born 12 September 1994) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 3 in singles and 108 in doubles. Svitolina ...

Olga Puchkova Olga Alekseyevna Puchkova (also Poutchkova; russian: links=no, Ольга Алексеевна Пучкова; be, Вольга Аляксееўна Пучкова, links=no; born 27 September 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis playe ...

Alla Kudryavtseva Alla Alexandrovna Kudryavtseva (; born 3 November 1987) is a retired Russian tennis player. Kudryavtseva won one singles title and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as two singles titles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Cir ...

# Stefanie Vögele # Kristýna Plíšková The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot: # Eleni Daniilidou

Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking: ; Men's Singles * Somdev Devvarman (PR 85) *

Paul-Henri Mathieu Paul-Henri Mathieu (; born 12 January 1982) is a French former professional tennis player. He won four singles titles on the ATP Tour. His best singles performance in an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament was reaching the semifinals of the ...

(PR 96) *

Tommy Robredo Tomás Robredo Garcés, known as Tommy Robredo (, ; born 1 May 1982), is a Spanish former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 5, which he reached in August 2006 as a result of winning the Hamburg Masters ea ...

(PR 50) ; Women's Singles * Timea Bacsinszky (PR 47) *

Ágnes Szávay Ágnes Szávay ( hu, Szávay Ágnes, ; born 29 December 1988) is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. The 2007 WTA Newcomer of the Year achieved her career-high ranking of world No. 13 in April 2008. Personal life Szávay was bor ...

(PR 44)

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or personal reasons. ;Men's Singles ;Before the tournament * Juan Ignacio Chela → replaced by

Adrian Ungur Adrian Ungur (born 22 January 1985) is a Romanian former tennis player who mainly competed on the ATP Challenger Tour. He was a member of the Romania Davis Cup Team and was coached by Fabrizio Fanucci. In June 2012, Ungur reached his career-hi ...

Juan Carlos Ferrero Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat (; born 12 February 1980) is a Spanish former world No. 1 tennis player. He won the men's singles title at the 2003 French Open, and in September of that year became the 21st player to hold the top ranking, which he h ...

→ replaced by Olivier Rochus * Gaël Monfils → replaced by Benjamin Becker * Rafael Nadal → replaced by

* David Nalbandian → replaced by

;During the tournament *

Mardy Fish Mardy Simpson Fish (born December 9, 1981) is an American former professional tennis player. He was a hardcourt specialist. He is one of several American tennis players who rose to prominence in the early 2000s.Fish won six tournaments on the mai ...

;Women's Singles ;Before the tournament * Elena Baltacha → replaced by

Gréta Arn Gréta Arn (born 13 April 1979) is a Hungarian retired tennis player of Danube Swabian German descent. She has won two titles on the WTA Tour, the 2007 Estoril Open in Portugal, and the 2011 ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, as well as f ...

* Petra Cetkovská → replaced by Eleni Daniilidou * Kaia Kanepi → replaced by

Garbiñe Muguruza Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco (; born 8 October 1993) is a Spanish-Venezuelan professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. ...

Svetlana Kuznetsova Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (born 27 June 1985) is a Russian inactive professional tennis player. She is a two-time major singles champion, winning the 2004 US Open and 2009 French Open, and finishing runner-up at two other majors. I ...

→ replaced by Sesil Karatantcheva *

Flavia Pennetta Flavia Pennetta (; born 25 February 1982) is an Italian former professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top-ten female singles player on 17 August 2009 and the first Italian to be ranked world No. 1 in doubles, on 28 February 2011. ...

→ replaced by Johanna Larsson * Vera Zvonareva → replaced by

Casey Dellacqua Casey Dellacqua ( ; born 11 February 1985) is a retired Australian professional tennis player and current commentator. Her best singles results on the WTA Tour have been semifinal appearances at the 2012 Texas Tennis Open and 2014 Birmingham ...

References

External links

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