Women's singles Champion Serena Williams Runner-up Victoria Azarenka Final score 6–2, 2–6, 7–5 Draw 128 Seeds 32
2012 tennis event results
Main article: 2012 US Open (tennis)
Serena Williams defeated Victoria Azarenka in the final, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2012 US Open. Azarenka served for the championship and led 5–3 in the third set. It was the first time since 1995 that the final went to three sets. With the victory, Williams became only the third woman in history to win Wimbledon , the Olympics , and the US Open in the same season after Steffi Graf and her sister Venus Williams . Williams lost only one set during the tournament, to Azarenka in the final.
Samantha Stosur was the defending champion, but she was defeated in the quarterfinals by Azarenka.
Three-time US Open champion Kim Clijsters , who was on a 22-match winning streak at the tournament, lost to Laura Robson in the second round, her earliest exit at the tournament since 2000 and her first defeat since losing to Justine Henin in the 2003 final. This was also Clijster's last tournament before her second retirement (her first being in 2007), until she returned to the tour in 2020 at the Dubai Tennis Championships .
This tournament was the first major main draw appearance for future two-time Grand Slam champion and world No. 1 Garbiñe Muguruza , who lost to Sara Errani in the first round. It was also the first major main draw appearance for future WTA Finals champion Elina Svitolina , who lost to Ana Ivanovic in the first round. This also marked the first time Ivanovic had reached the quarterfinals of a major since winning the 2008 French Open .
Seeds [ ]
0 1 . Victoria Azarenka (final)
0 2 . Agnieszka Radwańska (fourth round)
0 3 . Maria Sharapova (semifinals)
0 4 . Serena Williams (champion)
0 5 . Petra Kvitová (fourth round)
0 6 . Angelique Kerber (fourth round)
0 7 . Samantha Stosur (quarterfinals)
0 8 . Caroline Wozniacki (first round)
0 9 . Li Na (third round)
10 . Sara Errani (semifinals)
11 . Marion Bartoli (quarterfinals)
12 . Ana Ivanovic (quarterfinals)
13 . Dominika Cibulková (third round)
14 . Maria Kirilenko (third round)
15 . Lucie Šafářová (third round)
16 . Sabine Lisicki (first round)
17 . Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (second round)
18 . Julia Görges (first round)
19 . Nadia Petrova (fourth round)
20 . Roberta Vinci (quarterfinals)
21 . Christina McHale (first round)
22 . Francesca Schiavone (first round)
23 . Kim Clijsters (second round)
24 . Klára Zakopalová (first round)
25 . Yanina Wickmayer (second round)
26 . Monica Niculescu (first round)
27 . Anabel Medina Garrigues (first round)
28 . Zheng Jie (third round)
29 . Tamira Paszek (first round)
30 . Jelena Janković (third round)
31 . Varvara Lepchenko (third round)
32 . Peng Shuai (first round)
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
Qualifying [ ]
Main draw [ ]
Key [ ]
Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
Alt = Alternate
SE = Special exempt
PR = Protected ranking
ITF = ITF entry
JE = Junior exempt
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted
Finals [ ]
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
1
Victoria Azarenka
6
4
77
7
Samantha Stosur
1
6
65
1
Victoria Azarenka
3
6
6
3
Maria Sharapova
6
2
4
3
Maria Sharapova
3
6
6
11
Marion Bartoli
6
3
4
1
Victoria Azarenka
2
6
5
4
Serena Williams
6
2
7
12
Ana Ivanovic
1
3
4
Serena Williams
6
6
4
Serena Williams
6
6
10
Sara Errani
1
2
10
Sara Errani
6
6
20
Roberta Vinci
2
4
Top half [ ]
Section 1 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
1
V Azarenka
6
6
A Panova
0
1
1
V Azarenka
6
6
B Záhlavová-Strýcová
3
6
3
Q
K Flipkens
2
2
Q
K Flipkens
6
3
6
1
V Azarenka
6
6
S-w Hsieh
3
6
3
28
J Zheng
0
1
Q
M Rybáriková
6
2
6
Q
M Rybáriková
3
1
V Razzano
6
2
0r
28
J Zheng
6
6
28
J Zheng
4
6
0
1
V Azarenka
6
6
18
J Görges
64
1
A Tatishvili
2
2
Q
Kr Plíšková
77
6
Q
Kr Plíšková
4
4
M Minella
6
3
6
M Minella
6
6
WC
O Rogowska
2
6
3
M Minella
5
0
S Foretz Gacon
2
0
A Tatishvili
7
6
A Tatishvili
6
6
A Tatishvili
65
6
6
S Cîrstea
4
6
6
S Cîrstea
77
1
2
16
S Lisicki
6
2
2
Section 2 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
9
N Li
6
6
H Watson
2
3
9
N Li
6
6
Q
L Tsurenko
2
3
C Dellacqua
4
4
C Dellacqua
6
6
9
N Li
4
77
2
Q
S Crawford
3
66
L Robson
6
65
6
L Robson
6
78
L Robson
77
77
WC
V Duval
3
1
23
K Clijsters
64
65
23
K Clijsters
6
6
L Robson
4
4
31
V Lepchenko
6
3
7
7
S Stosur
6
6
M Johansson
3
6
5
31
V Lepchenko
6
6
Q
An Rodionova
6
6
Q
An Rodionova
2
2
WC
J Cohen
3
0
31
V Lepchenko
65
2
Q
E Gallovits-Hall
7
6
7
S Stosur
77
6
Q
S Vögele
5
4
Q
E Gallovits-Hall
3
0
P Martić
1
1
7
S Stosur
6
6
7
S Stosur
6
6
Section 3 [ ]
Section 4 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
11
M Bartoli
6
77
J Hampton
3
65
11
M Bartoli
6
1
7
R Oprandi
6
7
R Oprandi
2
6
5
A Petkovic
2
5
11
M Bartoli
6
6
WC
K Mladenovic
7
6
WC
K Mladenovic
2
4
M Erakovic
5
4
WC
K Mladenovic
6
6
D Hantuchová
4
61
17
A Pavlyuchenkova
1
2
17
A Pavlyuchenkova
6
77
11
M Bartoli
1
6
6
25
Y Wickmayer
7
6
5
P Kvitová
6
2
0
Q
J Glushko
5
2
25
Y Wickmayer
65
3
P Parmentier
6
6
P Parmentier
77
6
M Krajicek
2
4
P Parmentier
4
4
WC
N Gibbs
5
3
5
P Kvitová
6
6
A Cornet
7
6
A Cornet
4
3
P Hercog
66
1
5
P Kvitová
6
6
5
P Kvitová
78
6
Bottom half [ ]
Section 5 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
8
C Wozniacki
2
2
I-C Begu
6
6
I-C Begu
4
65
S Soler Espinosa
6
6
S Soler Espinosa
6
77
Q
A Kudryavtseva
3
2
S Soler Espinosa
1
77
3
T Pironkova
6
6
T Pironkova
6
63
6
C Giorgi
3
4
T Pironkova
7
6
A Morita
6
6
A Morita
5
2
26
M Niculescu
3
3
T Pironkova
0
4
22
F Schiavone
3
4
12
A Ivanovic
6
6
S Stephens
6
6
S Stephens
5
6
6
A Amanmuradova
6
2
4
Q
T Malek
7
4
2
Q
T Malek
4
6
6
S Stephens
77
4
2
K Date-Krumm
4
2
12
A Ivanovic
64
6
6
S Arvidsson
6
6
S Arvidsson
2
2
Q
E Svitolina
3
2
12
A Ivanovic
6
6
12
A Ivanovic
6
6
Section 6 [ ]
Section 7 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
6
A Kerber
6
6
A Keothavong
2
0
6
A Kerber
6
5
7
WC
B Mattek-Sands
3
1
V Williams
2
7
5
V Williams
6
6
6
A Kerber
6
6
Q
J Konta
6
7
O Govortsova
1
2
T Babos
2
5
Q
J Konta
6
2
5
O Govortsova
6
6
O Govortsova
2
6
7
29
T Paszek
3
4
6
A Kerber
65
3
21
C McHale
4
6
3
10
S Errani
77
6
K Bertens
6
4
6
K Bertens
7
2
5
Q
O Puchkova
77
62
6
Q
O Puchkova
5
6
7
I Falconi
65
77
3
Q
O Puchkova
1
1
V Dushevina
6
6
10
S Errani
6
6
Q
N Burnett
0
3
V Dushevina
0
1
G Muguruza Blanco
3
78
1
10
S Errani
6
6
10
S Errani
6
66
6
Section 8 [ ]
Championship match statistics [ ]
Category
S. Williams
Azarenka
1st serve %
43/80 (54%)
65/101 (64%)
1st serve points won
33 of 43 = 77%
36 of 65 = 55%
2nd serve points won
15 of 37 = 41%
19 of 36 = 53%
Total service points won
48 of 80 = 60.00%
55 of 101 = 54.46%
Aces
13
0
Double faults
4
5
Winners
44
13
Unforced errors
45
28
Net points won
5 of 7 = 71%
10 of 13 = 77%
Break points converted
5 of 14 = 36%
4 of 8 = 50%
Return points won
46 of 101 = 46%
32 of 80 = 40%
Total points won
94
87
Source
References [ ]
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