The 2012 US Open was a tennis tournament played on the outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park, of Queens, 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 Novak Djokovic and David Ferrer 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 defenses; Stosur being narrowly defeated by World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka in the quarter-finals, and Djokovic defeated in the final by Andy Murray. 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, Serena Williams won her fourth US Open title, and first since 2008, by defeating Victoria Azarenka in the final.
Notable events
2010 champion and 2011 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 2003 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 2009 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 Samantha Smith did so in 1998 Wimbledon. On September 3, John Isner and Philipp Kohlschreiber finished play at 2:26 am, tying the 1993 Mats Wilander/Mikael Pernfors record for the latest-ever finish to a matchday at the tournament. Serena Williams 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 Ana Ivanovic 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 2008 French Open.WTA | News | Latest News | Stats Corner: Majors Between Titles & QFs 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.2012 U.S. Open – No. 2 Agnieszka Radwanska labors, loses to Roberta Vinci – espnW 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. Serena Williams 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 Nicolás Almagro 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 2004 French Open, neither Federer nor Nadal featured in a Grand Slam semi-final.Ferrer reaches US Open semi-final - ABC Grandstand Sport - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) With their victory in the men's doubles final, Bob and Mike Bryan 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 Stan Smith. The women's final between Victoria Azarenka and Serena Williams was postponed to Sunday, due to inclement weather, for the fourth time in five years. The second men's semi-final between David Ferrer and Novak Djokovic 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. Andy Murray 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.Murray downs Djokovic to win US Open - ABC Grandstand Sport - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) 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
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128QQ3Q2Q1Men's singles20001200720360180904510251680Men's doubles0 – – – –Women's singles140090050028016010056050402Women's doubles5 – – – –
Junior points
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Boys' singles2501801208050302520Girls' singlesBoys' doubles180120805030 —Girls' doubles
Prize money
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128Q3Q2Q1Singles$1,900,000$950,000$475,000$237,500$120,000$65,000$37,000$23,000$8,638$5,775$3,000Doubles *$420,000$210,000$105,000$50,000$26,000$16,000$11,000 – – – –Mixed doubles *$150,000$70,000$30,000$15,000$10,000$5,000 – – – – – * per team
Bonus prize money
2012 Olympus US Open Series Finish2012 US Open FinishWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128 Awardees1st place$1,000,000$500,000$250,000$125,000$70,000$40,000$25,000$15,000 Novak Djokovic $500,000 Petra Kvitová $70,000 2nd place$500,000$250,000$125,000$62,500$35,000$20,000$12,500$7,500 John Isner $20,000 $20,000 3rd place$250,000$125,000$62,500$31,250$17,500$10,000$6,250$3,750 Sam Querrey $10,000 Dominika Cibulková $10,000
Singles players
Men's singles Champion Runner-up Andy Murray Novak Djokovic Semifinals out Tomáš Berdych David Ferrer Quarterfinals out Roger Federer Marin Čilić Janko Tipsarević Juan Martín del Potro 4th round out Mardy Fish Nicolás Almagro Milos Raonic Martin Kližan Philipp Kohlschreiber Richard Gasquet Andy Roddick Stanislas Wawrinka 3rd round out Fernando Verdasco Gilles Simon Jack Sock (WC) Sam Querrey Feliciano López James Blake (WC) Kei Nishikori Jérémy Chardy Grega Žemlja (Q) John Isner Steve Johnson (Q) Lleyton Hewitt (WC) Leonardo Mayer Fabio Fognini Alexandr Dolgopolov Julien Benneteau 2nd round out Björn Phau Albert Ramos Viñolas Nikolay Davydenko Wang Yeu-tzuoo (Q) Philipp Petzschner Flavio Cipolla Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Jürgen Zopp Ivan Dodig Pablo Andújar Marcel Granollers Paul-Henri Mathieu (PR) Daniel Brands (Q) Tim Smyczek (Q) Matthew Ebden Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Brian Baker Cedrik-Marcel Stebe Benoît Paire Jarkko Nieminen Bradley Klahn (Q) Ernests Gulbis Gilles Müller Igor Sijsling (Q) Ryan Harrison Tommy Robredo (PR) Bernard Tomic Guillermo García López Marcos Baghdatis Steve Darcis Dennis Novikov (WC) Rogério Dutra da Silva 1st round out Donald Young Maxime Authom (Q) Robby Ginepri (WC) Rui Machado Go Soeda Guido Pella (Q) Ivo Karlović Michael Russell Radek Štěpánek Nicolas Mahut Blaž Kavčič Florian Mayer Lu Yen-hsun Somdev Devvarman (PR) Denis Istomin David Goffin Alex Bogomolov Jr. Hiroki Moriya (Q) Thomaz Bellucci Robin Haase Denis Kudla (WC) Lukáš Lacko Igor Andreev Santiago Giraldo Marinko Matosevic Adrian Ungur Bobby Reynolds (Q) Guido Andreozzi (Q) Filippo Volandri Tatsuma Ito Alejandro Falla Karol Beck (Q) Guillaume Rufin (WC) Jan Hájek Ricardo Mello (Q) Viktor Troicki Michaël Llodra Grigor Dimitrov Mikhail Kukushkin Xavier Malisse Albert Montañés Jürgen Melzer Rajeev Ram Tommy Haas Mikhail Youzhny Tobias Kamke Daniel Gimeno Traver Kevin Anderson Florent Serra (LL) Benjamin Becker Łukasz Kubot Andreas Seppi Rhyne Williams (Q) Carlos Berlocq Édouard Roger-Vasselin Juan Mónaco Jesse Levine Matthias Bachinger (Q) Malek Jaziri Sergiy Stakhovsky Olivier Rochus Jerzy Janowicz Teymuraz Gabashvili (Q) Paolo Lorenzi
Women's singles Champion Runner-up Serena Williams Victoria Azarenka Semifinals out Maria Sharapova Sara Errani Quarterfinals out Samantha Stosur Marion Bartoli Ana Ivanovic Roberta Vinci 4th round out Anna Tatishvili Laura Robson Nadia Petrova Petra Kvitová Tsvetana Pironkova Andrea Hlaváčková Angelique Kerber Agnieszka Radwańska 3rd round out Zheng Jie Mandy Minella Li Na Varvara Lepchenko Mallory Burdette (WC) Lucie Šafářová Kristina Mladenovic (WC) Pauline Parmentier Sílvia Soler Espinosa Sloane Stephens Maria Kirilenko Ekaterina Makarova Olga Govortsova Olga Puchkova (Q) Dominika Cibulková Jelena Janković 2nd round out Kirsten Flipkens (Q) Magdaléna Rybáriková (Q) Kristýna Plíšková (Q) Sorana Cîrstea Casey Dellacqua Kim Clijsters Anastasia Rodionova (Q) Edina Gallovits-Hall (Q) Lourdes Domínguez Lino Lucie Hradecká Simona Halep Aleksandra Wozniak Romina Oprandi Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Yanina Wickmayer Alizé Cornet Irina-Camelia Begu Ayumi Morita Tatjana Malek (Q) Sofia Arvidsson Gréta Arn Galina Voskoboeva Elena Vesnina María José Martínez Sánchez Venus Williams Johanna Konta (Q) Kiki Bertens Vera Dushevina Bojana Jovanovski Yaroslava Shvedova Lara Arruabarrena Vecino (Q) Carla Suárez Navarro 1st round out Alexandra Panova Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Hsieh Su-wei Virginie Razzano Julia Görges Olivia Rogowska (WC) Stéphanie Foretz Gacon Sabine Lisicki Heather Watson Lesia Tsurenko (Q) Samantha Crawford Victoria Duval (WC) Mathilde Johansson Julia Cohen (WC) Stefanie Vögele (Q) Petra Martić Melinda Czink Sesil Karatantcheva Timea Bacsinszky (PR) Anabel Medina Garrigues Jarmila Gajdošová Iveta Benešová Alexandra Cadanțu Melanie Oudin (WC) Jamie Hampton Andrea Petkovic Marina Erakovic Daniela Hantuchová Julia Glushko (Q) Michaëlla Krajicek Nicole Gibbs (WC) Polona Hercog Caroline Wozniacki Alla Kudryavtseva (Q) Camila Giorgi Monica Niculescu Francesca Schiavone Akgul Amanmuradova Kimiko Date-Krumm Elina Svitolina (Q) Chanelle Scheepers Ágnes Szávay (PR) Arantxa Rus Klára Zakopalová Peng Shuai Eleni Daniilidou (LL) Mirjana Lučić CoCo Vandeweghe Anne Keothavong Bethanie Mattek-Sands (WC) Tímea Babos Tamira Paszek Christina McHale Irina Falconi Nastassja Burnett (Q) Garbiñe Muguruza Johanna Larsson Mona Barthel Vania King Urszula Radwańska Kateryna Bondarenko Shahar Pe'er Ksenia Pervak Nina Bratchikova
Day-by-day summaries
Events
Seniors
Men's singles
Andy Murray defeated Novak Djokovic, 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
Serena Williams 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 / Mike Bryan defeated Leander Paes / Radek Štěpánek, 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, 6–4, 6–2 • It was Errani's 2nd career Grand Slam doubles title and her 1st at the US Open.