Event: 132nd US Open
Date: Aug 27 – Sep 10 2012
Location: New York City, USA
Venue: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Centers
Men's Champion: Andy Murray
Wome's Champion: Serena Williams
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 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 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.
Andy Murray def. Novak Djokovic, 7–6(12–10), 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 6–2
Serena Williams def. Victoria Azarenka, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan def. Leander Paes / Radek Štěpánek, 6–3, 6–4
Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci def. Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká, 6–4, 6–2
Ekaterina Makarova / Bruno Soares def. Květa Peschke / Marcin Matkowski, 6–7(8–10), 6–1, [12–10]
Filip Peliwo def. Liam Broady, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5
Samantha Crawford def. Anett Kontaveit, 7–5, 6–3
Kyle Edmund / Frederico Ferreira Silva def. Nick Kyrgios / Jordan Thompson, 5–7, 6–4, [10–6]
Gabrielle Andrews / Taylor Townsend def. Belinda Bencic / Petra Uberalová, 6–3, 6–4
This year there were not wheelchair competitions due to a conflict with the Paralympic Games in London.
Wheelchair competitions will return in 2013.