WTA US Open 2012 Draw, Results & Schedule

Serena Williams won the 2012 US Open, defeating Victoria Azarenka 6-2 2-6 7-5 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on hard courts in New York, United States, from August 27 to September 9, 2012. The match log contains 127 recorded singles results for this edition.

The US Open is the final Grand Slam tournament of the calendar year and continues the lineage of the U.S. National Championships.

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Champion
def. Victoria Azarenka , 6-2 2-6 7-5
Dates
Aug 27 — Sep 9
Location
New York, United States
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Hard
Prize money

Results

US Open 2012 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Serena Williams #4 6-2 2-6 7-5 Victoria Azarenka #1 H2H Match data Sep 9, 2012* F
SF (2)
Victoria Azarenka #1 3-6 6-2 6-4 Maria Sharapova #3 H2H Match data Sep 8, 2012* SF
Serena Williams #4 6-1 6-2 Sara Errani #10 H2H Match data Sep 8, 2012* SF
QF (4)
Victoria Azarenka #1 6-1 4-6 7-6(5) Samantha Stosur #7 H2H Match data Sep 6, 2012* QF
Maria Sharapova #3 3-6 6-3 6-4 Marion Bartoli #11 H2H Match data Sep 6, 2012* QF
Sara Errani #10 6-2 6-4 Roberta Vinci #19 H2H Match data Sep 6, 2012* QF
Serena Williams #4 6-1 6-3 Ana Ivanovic #13 H2H Match data Sep 6, 2012* QF
R16 (8)
Roberta Vinci #19 6-1 6-4 Agnieszka Radwanska #2 H2H Match data Sep 4, 2012* R16
Maria Sharapova #3 6-1 4-6 6-4 Nadia Petrova #22 H2H Match data Sep 4, 2012* R16
Ana Ivanovic #13 6-0 6-4 Tsvetana Pironkova #55 H2H Match data Sep 4, 2012* R16
Samantha Stosur #7 6-4 6-4 Laura Robson #89 H2H Match data Sep 4, 2012* R16
Marion Bartoli #11 1-6 6-2 6-0 Petra Kvitova #5 H2H Match data Sep 4, 2012* R16 Upset: winner had a 20 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Sara Errani #10 7-6(5) 6-3 Angelique Kerber #6 H2H Match data Sep 4, 2012* R16
Serena Williams #4 6-0 6-0 Andrea Sestini Hlavackova #82 H2H Match data Sep 4, 2012* R16
Victoria Azarenka #1 6-2 6-2 Anna Tatishvili #73 H2H Match data Sep 4, 2012* R16
R32 (16)
Sara Errani #10 6-1 6-1 Olga Puchkova #143 H2H Match data Sep 2, 2012* R32
Andrea Sestini Hlavackova #82 5-7 6-4 6-4 Maria Kirilenko #12 H2H Match data Sep 2, 2012* R32 Upset: winner had a 19 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Laura Robson #89 6-4 6-7(5) 6-2 Na Li #8 H2H Match data Sep 2, 2012* R32 Upset: winner had a 9 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Agnieszka Radwanska #2 6-3 7-5 Jelena Jankovic #27 H2H Match data Sep 2, 2012* R32
Ana Ivanovic #13 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2 Sloane Stephens #44 H2H Match data Sep 2, 2012* R32
Roberta Vinci #19 6-2 7-5 Dominika Cibulkova #14 H2H Match data Sep 2, 2012* R32
Serena Williams #4 6-4 6-0 Ekaterina Makarova #42 H2H Match data Sep 2, 2012* R32
Nadia Petrova #22 6-4 7-5 Lucie Safarova #17 H2H Match data Sep 2, 2012* R32
Samantha Stosur #7 7-6(5) 6-2 Varvara Lepchenko #32 H2H Match data Sep 2, 2012* R32
Maria Sharapova #3 6-1 6-1 Mallory Burdette #252 H2H Match data Sep 2, 2012* R32
Victoria Azarenka #1 6-0 6-1 Jie Zheng #28 H2H Match data Sep 2, 2012* R32
Marion Bartoli #11 6-2 6-4 Kristina Mladenovic #150 H2H Match data Sep 2, 2012* R32
Petra Kvitova #5 6-4 6-4 Pauline Parmentier #90 H2H Match data Sep 2, 2012* R32
Anna Tatishvili #73 7-5 6-0 Mandy Minella #79 H2H Match data Sep 2, 2012* R32
Tsvetana Pironkova #55 6-1 6-7(3) 6-3 Sílvia Soler-Espinosa #58 H2H Match data Sep 2, 2012* R32
Angelique Kerber #6 6-1 6-2 Olga Govortsova #67 H2H Match data Sep 2, 2012* R32
R64 (32)
Ana Ivanovic #13 6-2 6-2 Sofia Arvidsson #51 H2H Match data Aug 30, 2012* R64
Maria Sharapova #3 6-0 6-1 Lourdes Domínguez Lino #78 H2H Match data Aug 30, 2012* R64
Angelique Kerber #6 6-2 5-7 7-5 Venus Williams #46 H2H Match data Aug 30, 2012* R64
Varvara Lepchenko #32 6-2 6-2 Anastasia Rodionova #163 H2H Match data Aug 30, 2012* R64
Olga Puchkova #143 5-7 6-2 7-5 Kiki Bertens #74 H2H Match data Aug 30, 2012* R64
Andrea Sestini Hlavackova #82 6-2 6-7(3) 6-3 Galina Voskoboeva #80 H2H Match data Aug 30, 2012* R64
Laura Robson #89 7-6(4) 7-6(5) Kim Clijsters #25 H2H Match data Aug 30, 2012* R64 Upset: winner had a 6 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Nadia Petrova #22 6-1 6-1 Simona Halep #53 H2H Match data Aug 30, 2012* R64
Agnieszka Radwanska #2 4-6 6-3 6-0 Carla Suárez Navarro #39 H2H Match data Aug 30, 2012* R64
Na Li #8 6-4 6-4 Casey Dellacqua #92 H2H Match data Aug 30, 2012* R64
Lucie Safarova #17 6-3 4-6 6-2 Aleksandra Wozniak #48 H2H Match data Aug 30, 2012* R64
Serena Williams #4 6-2 6-4 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez #108 H2H Match data Aug 30, 2012* R64
Marion Bartoli #11 6-2 1-6 7-5 Romina Oprandi #56 H2H Match data Aug 30, 2012* R64
Sílvia Soler-Espinosa #58 6-4 7-6(5) Irina-Camelia Begu #96 H2H Match data Aug 30, 2012* R64
Kristina Mladenovic #150 6-1 6-2 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #20 H2H Match data Aug 30, 2012* R64 Upset: winner had a 13 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Maria Kirilenko #12 6-3 6-2 Greta Arn #121 H2H Match data Aug 30, 2012* R64
Tsvetana Pironkova #55 7-5 6-2 Ayumi Morita #95 H2H Match data Aug 30, 2012* R64
Anna Tatishvili #73 6-7(5) 6-1 6-2 Sorana Cirstea #38 H2H Match data Aug 30, 2012* R64
Mandy Minella #79 6-4 6-4 Kristyna Pliskova #125 H2H Match data Aug 30, 2012* R64
Mallory Burdette #252 6-2 6-4 Lucie Hradecka #69 H2H Match data Aug 30, 2012* R64
Roberta Vinci #19 3-6 7-5 7-5 Yaroslava Shvedova #45 H2H Match data Aug 30, 2012* R64
Jie Zheng #28 6-3 6-1 Magdalena Rybarikova #66 H2H Match data Aug 30, 2012* R64
Pauline Parmentier #90 7-6(5) 6-3 Yanina Wickmayer #29 H2H Match data Aug 30, 2012* R64
Ekaterina Makarova #42 6-3 6-4 Elena Vesnina #93 H2H Match data Aug 30, 2012* R64
Samantha Stosur #7 6-3 6-0 Edina Gallovits Hall H2H Match data Aug 30, 2012* R64
Dominika Cibulkova #14 7-6(3) 7-6(3) Bojana Jovanovski Petrovic #72 H2H Match data Aug 30, 2012* R64
Victoria Azarenka #1 6-2 6-2 Kirsten Flipkens #133 H2H Match data Aug 30, 2012* R64
Olga Govortsova #67 2-6 6-2 7-5 Johanna Konta #203 H2H Match data Aug 30, 2012* R64
Petra Kvitova #5 6-4 6-3 Alizé Cornet #50 H2H Match data Aug 30, 2012* R64
Sloane Stephens #44 5-7 6-4 6-2 Tatjana Maria #141 H2H Match data Aug 30, 2012* R64
Jelena Jankovic #27 6-4 6-2 Lara Arruabarrena #115 H2H Match data Aug 30, 2012* R64
Sara Errani #10 6-0 6-1 Vera Dushevina #104 H2H Match data Aug 30, 2012* R64
R128 (64)
Lucie Safarova #17 6-4 6-0 Melanie Oudin #107 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Sorana Cirstea #38 4-6 6-2 6-2 Sabine Lisicki #23 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Edina Gallovits Hall 7-5 6-4 Stefanie Voegele #134 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Sílvia Soler-Espinosa #58 6-3 6-2 Alla Kudryavtseva #144 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Anastasia Rodionova #163 6-3 6-0 Julia Cohen #101 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Elena Vesnina #93 7-6(5) 6-1 Shuai Peng #34 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Kim Clijsters #25 6-3 6-1 Victoria Duval #562 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Galina Voskoboeva #80 6-1 6-3 Arantxa Rus #61 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #20 6-4 7-6(1) Daniela Hantuchova #41 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Roberta Vinci #19 6-1 6-1 Urszula Radwanska #43 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Bojana Jovanovski Petrovic #72 4-6 7-5 6-2 Mona Barthel #35 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Olga Govortsova #67 6-3 6-4 Tamira Paszek H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Kristyna Pliskova #125 7-6(4) 6-1 Julia Goerges #21 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128 Upset: winner had a 19 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Romina Oprandi #56 6-2 7-5 Andrea Petkovic #37 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128 Upset: winner had a 9 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Laura Robson #89 6-3 7-6(6) Samantha Crawford #393 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Marion Bartoli #11 6-3 7-6(5) Jamie Hampton #100 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Alizé Cornet #50 7-5 6-3 Nicole Gibbs #242 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Ana Ivanovic #13 6-3 6-2 Elina Svitolina #176 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Angelique Kerber #6 6-2 6-0 Anne Keothavong #81 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Kristina Mladenovic #150 7-5 6-4 Marina Erakovic #54 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Anna Tatishvili #73 6-2 6-0 Stephanie Foretz Gacon H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Lara Arruabarrena #115 6-4 7-6(5) Shahar Peer #62 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Maria Kirilenko #12 6-2 6-1 Chanelle Scheepers #40 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Magdalena Rybarikova #66 6-3 2-6 6-3 Su-Wei Hsieh #57 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Simona Halep #53 7-5 7-6(5) Iveta Benesova #63 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Tsvetana Pironkova #55 6-3 6-4 Camila Giorgi #87 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Petra Kvitova #5 7-6(6) 6-1 Polona Hercog #65 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Greta Arn #121 6-4 3-2 (ret.) Agnes Szavay #1166 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Sofia Arvidsson #51 6-4 6-2 Kimiko Date #103 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Lourdes Domínguez Lino #78 6-4 6-1 Sesil Karatantcheva #84 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Maria Sharapova #3 6-2 6-2 Melinda Czink #88 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Ekaterina Makarova #42 6-1 6-4 Eleni Daniilidou #105 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Tatjana Maria #141 4-6 6-2 6-4 Akgul Amanmuradova #119 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Serena Williams #4 6-1 6-1 Coco Vandeweghe #75 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Dominika Cibulkova #14 6-7(5) 6-2 6-0 Johanna Larsson #85 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Mallory Burdette #252 6-4 6-3 Timea Bacsinszky #308 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Yaroslava Shvedova #45 6-4 6-2 Vania King #52 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Samantha Stosur #7 6-1 6-1 Petra Martic #64 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Pauline Parmentier #90 6-2 6-4 Michaella Krajicek #83 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Lucie Hradecka #69 6-3 6-3 Anabel Medina Garrigues #36 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Johanna Konta #203 6-2 7-5 Timea Babos #59 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Ayumi Morita #95 6-3 6-3 Monica Niculescu #33 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Jie Zheng #28 4-6 6-2 (ret.) Virginie Razzano #130 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Mandy Minella #79 6-2 3-6 6-3 Olivia Rogowska #114 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Nadia Petrova #22 6-3 7-6(3) Jarmila Wolfe #99 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Victoria Azarenka #1 6-0 6-1 Alexandra Panova #76 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Venus Williams #46 6-3 6-1 Bethanie Mattek-Sands #212 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Olga Puchkova #143 7-6(5) 6-7(2) 6-3 Irina Falconi Hartman #109 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez #108 6-3 7-5 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni #94 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Casey Dellacqua #92 6-2 6-3 Lesia Tsurenko #111 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Na Li #8 6-2 6-3 Heather Watson #71 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Sara Errani #10 6-3 6-7(6) 6-1 Garbiñe Muguruza #98 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Jelena Jankovic #27 6-1 6-2 Kateryna Volodko #110 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Aleksandra Wozniak #48 6-0 6-3 Alexandra Cadantu-Ignatik #68 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Sloane Stephens #44 6-3 6-4 Francesca Schiavone #26 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Agnieszka Radwanska #2 6-1 6-1 Nina Bratchikova #91 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Yanina Wickmayer #29 7-5 6-2 Julia Glushko #160 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Vera Dushevina #104 6-0 6-3 Nastassja Burnett #153 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Kiki Bertens #74 6-4 4-6 6-3 Christina Mchale #24 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Andrea Sestini Hlavackova #82 6-4 6-4 Klara Koukalova #30 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Irina-Camelia Begu #96 6-2 6-2 Caroline Wozniacki #9 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128 Upset: winner had a 17 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Varvara Lepchenko #32 6-3 3-6 7-5 Mathilde Johansson #77 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Kirsten Flipkens #133 6-3 3-6 6-3 Barbora Strycova #60 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128
Carla Suárez Navarro #39 7-5 1-2 (ret.) Ksenia Pervak #70 H2H Match data Aug 29, 2012* R128

Tournament Records

The leading Open Era records for US Open.

Most Titles

Open Era singles titles. 2 players share this record.

  1. Chris Evert 6 titles

Most Appearances

Editions with a recorded main-draw match.

  1. Venus Williams 26 appearances

Open Era main-draw singles records from 1968 onward. Ranking records begin where reliable entering rankings are available.

Recent Finals

Recent US Open finals
WinnerScoreRunner-upH2HMatch DataSeasonSurface
Aryna Sabalenka #1 6-3 7-6(3) Amanda Anisimova #9 H2H Match data 2025 Hard
Aryna Sabalenka #2 7-5 7-5 Jessica Pegula #6 H2H Match data 2024 Hard
Coco Gauff #6 2-6 6-3 6-2 Aryna Sabalenka #2 H2H Match data 2023 Hard
Iga Swiatek #1 6-2 7-6(5) Ons Jabeur #5 H2H Match data 2022 Hard
Emma Raducanu #150 6-4 6-3 Leylah Fernandez #73 H2H Match data 2021 Hard

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is US Open held?
US Open is held in New York, United States.
Who won the most recent US Open?
The 2025 US Open was won by Aryna Sabalenka, who defeated Amanda Anisimova 6-3 7-6(3).
Who has won the most US Open titles?
Chris Evert and Serena Williams are tied for the most US Open titles in the Open Era (since 1968), with 6 each.
When was the first US Open played?
The first edition of US Open was held in 1881. The first women's singles edition was held in 1887.
What surface is US Open played on?
US Open is played on hard courts.