2012 Andy Murray tennis season

May 2013 Victory Andy Murray.jpg Andy Murray's 2012 season included an Olympic Gold Medal Andy Murray Great Britain 56–16 (77.77%) 3 $5,706,153 (singles & doubles) No. 3 1 SF QF F W yes SF W 5–6 (45.45%) 0 No. 181 113 yes 1R 3–1 (75.00%) 0 yes F 3 February 2013 Andy Murray The 2012 Andy Murray tennis season officially began at the Brisbane International. After overcoming slow starts in his first two matches, Murray made it to the final, defeating Alexandr Dolgopolov in straight sets to claim his 22nd career title.Murray wins Brisbane International title Murray then made it to the final of the Dubai Tennis Championships defeating Novak Djokovic in the semifinals, only to lose to Roger Federer in the final. After a loss in his opening match in Indian Wells, Murray made it to the final of the Miami Masters for the second time, where he was ultimately defeated by Djokovic in the final. Murray's clay court season was hampered by a back injury, meaning he didn't make it beyond the quarterfinals of any event, ultimately losing to David Ferrer in the last eight at Roland Garros. During the summer, Murray made it to his first ever final at Wimbledon, in which he was ultimately defeated by Federer in four sets. Murray however made his most impressive of comebacks from a Grand Slam final defeat, at the London Olympics four weeks later, staged once again at the All-England Club. Murray made it through to the final with ease, including a straight sets defeat of Novak Djokovic, to set up a rematch with Federer, once again on Wimbledon Centre Court. In a complete reversal of fortunes, Murray defeated Federer over five sets for the first time, handing the Swiss his worst defeat ever on grass to take the gold medal in straight sets, for the loss of just 7 games. It was during the American hardcourt season that Murray recorded his most significant victory. After retiring early in Toronto, and suffering a third round defeat by Milos Raonic in Cincinnati, Murray made his way to New York for the 2012 US Open at Flushing Meadows. The scot made it to his second consecutive Grand Slam final, where once again he faced Novak Djokovic, the fifth time the two had met in 2012. After losing a two sets to love lead, Murray regained his prior momentum to take the deciding set, and clinch his first ever Grand Slam victory. In winning the US Open, Murray became the first British man to win a Grand Slam title in 76 years, the last winner being Fred Perry in 1936. His victory at Flushing Meadows also set several records for Murray, the final featured the longest ever tiebreak in a US Open final (12-10 was the score in the first set tiebreak), and the match itself was the joint longest in history (tied with the 1988 final, in which Murray's coach Ivan Lendl competed). In addition, Murray also became the first man ever to win Olympic Gold and the US Open in the same calendar year. All matches This table chronicles all the matches of Murray in 2012, including walkovers (W/O) which the ATP does not count as wins. They are marked ND for non-decision or no decision. Singles matches 5 250 Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia Hard, outdoor 3 – 8 January 2012 1R 1 KAZ Mikhail Kukushkin 91 Win 5 7 - 6 3 - 6 2 - 2R 2 LUX Gilles Müller 54 Win 6 4 - 6 7 (4) 6 0 - QF 3 CYP Marcos Baghdatis 43 Win 6 2 - 6 2 - SF 4 AUS Bernard Tomic (8) 42 Win 6 3 - 6 2 - W 5 UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov (3) 19 Win 1 6 1 - 6 3 - yes 6 GS Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Hard, outdoor 16 – 29 January 2012 1R 6 USA Ryan Harrison 77 Win 4 6 - 6 3 - 6 4 - 6 2 - 2R 7 FRA Édouard Roger-Vasselin 101 Win 6 1 - 6 4 - 6 4 - 3R 8 FRA Michaël Llodra 46 Win 6 4 - 6 2 - 6 0 - 4R 9 KAZ Mikhail Kukushkin 92 Win 6 1 - 6 1 - 1 0 - ret. QF 10 JPN Kei Nishikori (24) 26 Win 6 3 - 6 3 - 6 1 - SF 11 SRB Novak Djokovic (1) 1 Loss 3 6 - 6 3 - 7 6 (4) 1 6 - 5 7 - yes 5 500 Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard, outdoor 27 February – 3 March 2012 1R 12 GER Michael Berrer (Q) 116 Win 6 3 - 4 6 - 6 4 - 2R 13 SUI Marco Chiudinelli (Q) 186 Win 6 3 - 6 4 - QF 14 CZE Tomáš Berdych (5) 43 Win 6 3 - 7 5 - SF 15 SRB Novak Djokovic (1) 1 Win 6 2 - 7 5 - F 16 SUI Roger Federer (2) 3 Loss 1 5 7 - 4 6 - yes 2 1000 Indian Wells Indian Wells, United States Hard, outdoor 5 – 18 March 2012 1R yes 2R 17 ESP Guillermo García-López 92 Loss 4 6 - 2 6 - yes 7 1000 Miami Open Miami, United States Hard, outdoor 19 March – 1 April 2012 1R yes 2R 18 COL Alejandro Falla 71 Win 6 2 - 6 3 - 3R CAN Milos Raonic (26) 26 Walkover 4R 19 FRA Gilles Simon (13) 13 Win 6 3 - 6 4 - QF 20 SRB Janko Tipsarević (9) 9 Win 4 6 - 6 3 - 6 4 - SF ESP Rafael Nadal (2) 2 Walkover F 21 SRB Novak Djokovic (1) 1 Loss 2 1 6 - 6 7 (4) yes 4 1000 Monte-Carlo Masters Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay, outdoor 16 – 22 April 2012 1R yes 2R 22 SRB Viktor Troicki 30 Win 6 0 - 6 3 - 3R 23 FRA Julien Benneteau 31 Win 6 5 - ret. QF 24 CZE Tomáš Berdych (6) 7 Loss 7 6 (4) 2 6 - 3 6 - yes 4 500 Barcelona Open Barcelona, Spain Clay, outdoor 23 – 30 April 2012 1R yes 2R 25 UKR Sergiy Stakhovsky 68 Win 6 3 - 6 2 - 3R 26 COL Santiago Giraldo 53 Win 6 1 - 6 2 - QF 27 CAN Milos Raonic (11) 24 Loss 4 6 - 6 7 (3) yes 3 1000 Italian Open Rome, Italy Clay, outdoor 14 – 21 May 2012 1R yes 2R 28 ARG David Nalbandian 42 Win 6 1 - 4 6 - 7 5 - 3R 29 FRA Richard Gasquet (16) 22 Loss 7 6 (5) 3 6 - 2 6 - yes 5 GS French Open Paris, France Clay, outdoor 27 May – 11 June 2012 1R 30 JPN Tatsuma Ito 68 Win 6 1 - 7 5 - 6 0 - 2R 31 FIN Jarkko Nieminen 48 Win 1 6 - 6 4 - 6 1 - 6 2 - 3R 32 COL Santiago Giraldo 50 Win 6 3 - 6 4 - 6 4 - 4R 33 FRA Richard Gasquet (17) 20 Win 1 6 - 6 4 - 6 1 - 6 2 - QF 34 ESP David Ferrer (6) 6 Loss 4 6 - 7 6 (3) 3 6 - 2 6 - yes 2 250 Queen's Club Championships London, United Kingdom Grass, outdoor 11 – 17 June 2012 1R yes 2R 35 FRA Nicolas Mahut 65 Loss 3 6 - 7 6 (4) 6 7 (1) yes 7 GS Wimbledon Championships London, United Kingdom Grass, outdoor 25 June – 8 July 2012 1R 36 RUS Nikolai Davydenko 47 Win 6 1 - 6 1 - 6 4 - 2R 37 CRO Ivo Karlović 59 Win 7 5 - 6 7 (5) 6 1 - 7 6 (4) 3R 38 CYP Marcos Baghdatis 42 Win 7 5 - 3 6 - 7 5 - 6 1 - 4R 39 CRO Marin Čilić (16) 18 Win 7 5 - 6 2 - 6 3 - QF 40 ESP David Ferrer (7) 6 Win 6 7 (5) 7 6 (6) 6 4 - 7 6 (4) SF 41 FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5) 5 Win 6 3 - 6 4 - 3 6 - 7 5 - F 42 SUI Roger Federer (3) 3 Loss 3 6 4 - 5 7 - 3 6 - 4 6 - yes 6 OL Summer Olympic Games London, United Kingdom Grass, outdoor 28 July – 5 August 2012 1R 43 SUI Stan Wawrinka 24 Win 6 3 - 6 3 - 2R 44 FIN Jarkko Nieminen 43 Win 6 2 - 6 4 - 3R 45 CYP Marcos Baghdatis 45 Win 4 6 - 6 1 - 6 4 - QF 46 ESP Nicolás Almagro (11) 12 Win 6 2 - 6 4 - SF 47 SRB Novak Djokovic (2) 2 Win 7 5 - 7 5 - G 48 SUI Roger Federer (1) 1 Win 2 6 2 - 6 1 - 6 4 - yes 3 1000 Canadian Open Toronto, Canada Hard, outdoor 6 – 12 August 2012 1R yes 2R 49 ITA Flavio Cipolla (Q) 97 Win 6 1 - 6 3 - 3R CAN Milos Raonic (16) 24 Withdrew yes 3 1000 Cincinnati Masters Cincinnati, United States Hard, outdoor 13 – 19 August 2012 1R yes 2R 50 USA Sam Querrey (WC) 29 Win 6 2 - 6 4 - 3R 51 FRA Jérémy Chardy (LL) 38 Loss 4 6 - 4 6 - yes 7 GS US Open New York City, United States Hard, outdoor 27 August – 10 September 2012 1R 52 RUS Alex Bogomolov, Jr. 73 Win 6 2 - 6 4 - 6 1 - 2R 53 CRO Ivan Dodig 118 Win 6 2 - 6 1 - 6 3 - 3R 54 ESP Feliciano López (30) 31 Win 7 6 (5) 7 6 (5) 4 6 - 7 6 (4) 4R 55 CAN Milos Raonic (16) 15 Win 6 4 - 6 4 - 6 2 - QF 56 CRO Marin Čilić (12) 13 Win 3 6 - 7 6 (4) 6 2 - 6 0 - SF 57 CZE Tomáš Berdych (6) 7 Win 5 7 - 6 2 - 6 1 - 7 6 (7) W 58 SRB Novak Djokovic (2) 2 Win 3 7 6 (10) 7 5 - 2 6 - 3 6 - 6 2 - yes 4 500 Japan Open Tokyo, Japan Hard, outdoor 1 – 7 October 2012 1R 59 CRO Ivo Karlović (LL) 79 Win 7 6 (9) 6 4 - 2R 60 SVK Lukáš Lacko 65 Win 6 1 - 6 2 - QF 61 SUI Stan Wawrinka (7) 16 Win 6 2 - 3 6 - 6 2 - SF 62 CAN Milos Raonic (6) 15 Loss 3 6 - 7 6 (5) 6 7 (4) yes 6 1000 Shanghai Masters Shanghai, China Hard, outdoor 8 – 14 October 2012 1R yes 2R GER Florian Mayer 25 Walkover 3R 63 UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov 20 Win 6 2 - 6 2 - QF 64 CZE Radek Štěpánek 41 Win 4 6 - 6 2 - 6 3 - SF 65 SUI Roger Federer (1) 1 Win 6 4 - 6 4 - F 66 SRB Novak Djokovic (2) 2 Loss 4 7 5 - 6 7 (11) 3 6 - yes 3 1000 Paris Masters Paris, France Hard, indoor 29 October – 4 November 2012 1R yes 2R 67 FRA Paul-Henri Mathieu (WC) 64 Win 7 5 - 6 3 - 3R 68 POL Jerzy Janowicz (Q) 69 Loss 7 5 - 6 7 (4) 2 6 - yes 4 WC ATP World Tour Finals London, United Kingdom Hard, indoor 5 – 11 November 2012 RR 69 CZE Tomáš Berdych (5) 6 Win 3 6 - 6 3 - 6 4 - RR 70 SRB Novak Djokovic (1) 1 Loss 6 4 - 3 6 - 5 7 - RR 71 FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (7) 8 Win 6 2 - 7 6 (3) SF 72 SUI Roger Federer (2) 2 Loss 6 7 (5) 2 6 - yes Doubles matches yes 2 250 Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia Hard, Outdoor 2 – 8 January 2012 CYP Marcos Baghdatis 1R 1 COL Santiago Giraldo / JPN Kei Nishikori #324 / #183 Win 6–2, 6–2 QF 2 AUT Jürgen Melzer / GER Philipp Petzschner (2) #13 / #10 Loss 6–3, 3–6, [13–15] yes 2 1000 BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States Hard, outdoor 5 – 18 March 2012 GBR Jamie Murray 1R 3 GBR Colin Fleming / GBR Ross Hutchins #24 / #27 Win 3–6, 6–2, [13–11] 2R 4 BLR Max Mirnyi / CAN Daniel Nestor (2) #3 / #3 Loss 7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), [5–10] yes 2 1000 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay, outdoor 16 – 22 April 2012 GBR Jamie Murray 1R 5 MEX Santiago González / GER Christopher Kas #27 / #19 Win 6–4, 6–3 2R 6 USA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan (1) #1 / #1 Loss 5–7, 4–6 yes 2 500 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell Barcelona, Spain Clay, outdoor 23 – 29 April 2012 GBR Jamie Murray 1R 7 RSA Kevin Anderson / GER Frank Moser #110 / #52 Win 6–4, 6–4 2R 8 PAK Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi / NED Jean-Julien Rojer (7) #14 / #36 Loss 2–6, 7–5, [8–10] yes 1 OL Summer Olympic Games London, United Kingdom Grass, outdoor 30 July – 5 August 2012 GBR Jamie Murray 1R 9 AUT Jürgen Melzer / AUT Alexander Peya #18 / #39 Loss 7–5, 6–7(6–8), 5–7 yes 2 500 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships Tokyo, Japan Hard, outdoor 1 – 7 October 2012 GBR Jamie Murray 1R 10 USA Eric Butorac / FIN Jarkko Nieminen #34 / #181 Win 5–7, 6–3, [10–4] QF 11 IND Leander Paes / CZE Radek Štěpánek (1) #5 / #9 Loss 4–6, 6–3, [2–10] Mixed Doubles matches yes 4 OL Summer Olympic Games London, United Kingdom Grass, outdoor 1 – 5 August 2012 GBR Laura Robson 1R 1 / 4 CZE Lucie Hradecká / CZE Radek Štěpánek #8 / #14 Win 7–5, 6–7(7–9), [10–7] QF 2 / 5 AUS Samantha Stosur / AUS Lleyton Hewitt (IP) #5 / #158 Win 6–3, 3–6, [10–8] SF 3 / 6 GER Sabine Lisicki / GER Christopher Kas #17 / #36 Win 4–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–7] F 4 / 7 BLR Victoria Azarenka / BLR Max Mirnyi (1) #1 / #1 Loss 1 6–2, 3–6, [8–10] Yearly Records Head-to-head matchups Ordered by number of wins (Bold denotes a top 10 player at the time of match, Italic means top 50) 22em CYP Marcos Baghdatis 3–0 CZE Tomáš Berdych 3–1 SRB Novak Djokovic 3–4 CRO Marin Čilić 2–0 UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov 2–0 COL Santiago Giraldo 2–0 CRO Ivo Karlović 2–0 KAZ Mikhail Kukushkin 2–0 FIN Jarkko Nieminen 2–0 FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2–0 SUI Stanislas Wawrinka 2–0 SUI Roger Federer 2–3 ESP Nicolás Almagro 1–0 FRA Julien Benneteau 1–0 GER Michael Berrer 1–0 RUS Alex Bogomolov, Jr. 1–0 SUI Marco Chiudinelli 1–0 ITA Flavio Cipolla 1–0 RUS Nikolai Davydenko 1–0 CRO Ivan Dodig 1–0 COL Alejandro Falla 1–0 USA Ryan Harrison 1–0 JPN Tatsuma Ito 1–0 SVK Lukáš Lacko 1–0 FRA Michaël Llodra 1–0 ESP Feliciano López 1–0 FRA Paul-Henri Mathieu 1–0 GER Florian Mayer 1–0 LUX Gilles Müller 1–0 ARG David Nalbandian 1–0 JPN Kei Nishikori 1–0 UKR Sergiy Stakhovsky 1–0 CZE Radek Štěpánek 1–0 SRB Janko Tipsarević 1–0 AUS Bernard Tomic 1–0 SRB Viktor Troicki 1–0 ESP David Ferrer 1–1 FRA Richard Gasquet 1–1 CAN Milos Raonic 1–2 FRA Jérémy Chardy 0–1 ESP Guillermo García-López 0–1 POL Jerzy Janowicz 0–1 FRA Nicolas Mahut 0–1 Finals LegendGrand Slam tournaments (1–1)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–2)Olympics (1–0)ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1)ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0)Titles by SurfaceHard (2–3)Clay (0–0)Grass (1–1)Carpet (0–0)Titles by SurfaceOutdoors (3–4)Indoors (0–0) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreRefWinner22.8 January 2012Brisbane, AustraliaHardUKR Alexandr Dolgopolov6–1, 6–3Runner-up10.3 March 2012Dubai, United Arab EmiratesHardSUI Roger Federer5–7, 4–6Runner-up11.1 April 2012Miami, United StatesHardSRB Novak Djokovic 1–6, 6–7(4–7)Runner-up12.8 July 2012London, United KingdomGrassSUI Roger Federer6–4, 5–7, 3–6, 4–6Murray Reaches first Wimbledon FinalWinner23.5 August 2012London, United KingdomGrassSUI Roger Federer6–2, 6–1, 6–4Murray Wins Olympic GoldWinner24.9 September 2012New York, United StatesHardSRB Novak Djokovic7–6(12–10), 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 6–2Murray Wins his maiden Grand slamRunner-up13.14 October 2012Shanghai, ChinaHardSRB Novak Djokovic7–5, 6–7(11–13), 3–6Novak Djokovic beats Andy Murray to win Shanghai Masters See also 2012 Novak Djokovic tennis season 2012 Roger Federer tennis season 2012 Rafael Nadal tennis season 2012 ATP World Tour References External links https://www.andymurray.com 2012 Schedule at ATP Tour 2012 Schedule at Official Site https://web.archive.org/web/20130502093719/http://www.andymurray.com/tournaments/ 2013-05-02 Sport Olympics Tennis Great Britain 2012 Murray tennis season Murray tennis season Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:2012 in British sport