2012 US Open Series

Ninth edition of the tennis tournament series January 2025 August 2012 In tennis, the ninth edition of the US Open Series (known as Emirates Airline US Open Series for sponsorships reasons), included twelve hard court tournaments that started on July 9, 2012 in Stanford and concluded in Winston-Salem for the men and in New Haven for the women on August 26, 2012. This edition scheduled four separate men's tournaments and four women's tournaments – the Citi Open and the Western & Southern Open hosted both a men's and women's event. The series was headlined by two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and two WTA Premier 5 events. The series winners were Novak Djokovic and Petra Kvitová. Point distribution for series events In order to be included in the standings and subsequently the bonus prize money, a player needed to have countable results from two different tournaments. Players who finished in the top three in the series could have earned up to $1 million in extra prize money at the US Open. Roger Federer received the largest US Open pay day of $2.4 million in 2007 after capturing the title in both the US Open Series and the US Open championship. Round ATP Masters Series 1000 WTA Premier 5 Series ATP World Tour 500/250 WTA Premier SeriesChampion 100 70Finalist 70 45Semifinalist 45 25Quarterfinalist 25 15Round of 16 15 0 US Open Series standings The final standings below include all players who received points in at least two tournaments. ATP Rank Nation Player Tours 1 Titles Points 1 SRB Novak Djokovic 2 1 170 3 USA John Isner 3 1 140 2 USA Sam Querrey 4 1 135 4 UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov 2 1 85 5 USA Mardy Fish 3 - 75 = CZE Tomáš Berdych 3 - 75 7 GER Tommy Haas 2 - 70 8 CAN Milos Raonic 2 - 50 9 FRA Jérémy Chardy 2 - 40 = CRO Marin Čilić 2 - 40 = ESP Marcel Granollers 2 - 40 12 CZE Radek Štěpánek 2 - 30 = GBR Andy Murray 2 - 30 = USA Michael Russell 2 - 30 = BEL Xavier Malisse 2 - 30 as of August 25, 2012 Notes: 1 – Tours – Number of tournaments in US Open Series in which a player has reached the quarterfinals or better, in 250 and 500 series events or the Round of 16 in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events. WTA Rank Nation Player Tours 1 Titles Points 1 CZE Petra Kvitová 3 2 (1st, 2nd) 215 2 CHN Li Na 2 1 170 3 SVK Dominika Cibulková 3 1 100 4 USA Serena Williams 2 1 95 5 FRA Marion Bartoli 3 - 90 6 GER Angelique Kerber 2 - 85 = DEN Caroline Wozniacki 3 - 85 8 CZE Lucie Šafářová 2 - 60 9 ITA Sara Errani 3 - 55 10 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 2 - 50 11 POL Urszula Radwańska 3 - 45 12 AUS Samantha Stosur 2 - 40 13 USA Christina McHale 2 - 30 = USA Varvara Lepchenko 2 - 30 = RSA Chanelle Scheepers 2 - 30 as of August 25, 2012 Notes: 1 – Tours – Number of tournaments in US Open Series in which a player has reached the quarterfinals or better, in Premier events; or the Round of 16 or better in Premier 5 events. Bonus Prize Money The US Open series gives bonus money to the top three player in the US Open Series, depending on where they finish in the 2012 US Open (tennis) and where they finish in 2012 US Open Series. The bonus money they receive is 2012 US Open Finish2012 Emirates Airline US Open Series Finishhttp://www.usopenseries.com/Standings/ 2012 Emirates Airline US Open Series Bonus Challenge Standings 26 August 2012 usopenseries.com July 11, 2012 October 29, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101029171420/http://www.usopenseries.com/Standings/ dead1st Place2nd Place3rd PlaceChampion$1,000,000$500,000$250,000Finalist$500,000$250,000$125,000Semifinalist$250,000$125,000$62,500Quarterfinalist$125,000$62,500$31,250Round of 16$70,000$35,000$17,500Round of 32$40,000$20,000$10,000Round of 64$25,000$12,500$6,250Round of 128$15,000$7,500$3,750Awardees SRB Novak Djokovic $500,000 USA John Isner $20,000 USA Sam Querrey $10,000 CZE Petra Kvitová $70,000 CHN Li Na $20,000 SVK Dominika Cibulková $10,000 2012 schedule Legend Grand Slam Event ATP Masters 1000 and WTA Premier 5 ATP World Tour 500 and WTA Premier ATP World Tour 250 and WTA International Week Date Men's Events Women's Events1 July 9–15 No Series Event Held This Week StanfordBank of the West Classic2012 Champion : USA Serena Williams2 July 16–22 AtlantaBB&T Atlanta Open2012 Champion: USA Andy Roddick CarlsbadMercury Insurance Open2012 Champion: SVK Dominika Cibulková3 July 23–29 Los AngelesFarmers Classic2012 Champion: USA Sam Querrey No Series Event Held This Week4 July 30–Aug 5 Washington, D.C.Citi Open 2012 Champion: UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov Washington, D.C.Citi Open2012 Champion: SVK Magdaléna Rybáriková5 Aug 6–12 TorontoRogers Cup2012 Champion: SRB Novak Djokovic MontrealRogers Cup2012 Champion: CZE Petra Kvitová6 Aug 13–19 CincinnatiWestern & Southern Open2012 Champion: SUI Roger Federer CincinnatiWestern & Southern Open2012 Champion: CHN Li Na7 Aug 20–26 Winston-Salem Winston-Salem Open2012 Champion: USA John Isner New Haven New Haven Open at Yale2012 Champion: CZE Petra Kvitová8–9 Aug 27 – Sep 10 New York US Open2012 Champion: GBR Andy Murray New York US Open2012 Champion: USA Serena Williams Week 1 WTA – Bank of the West Classic 2012 Bank of the West Classic The defending champion, Serena Williams, and last year's finalist, Marion Bartoli, headlined the event. Playing just in the week after her victories in singles and doubles at Wimbledon, Williams advanced to her fourth final of the season conceding just ten games in total. In the other side of the draw, young American, Coco Vandeweghe, who entered the main draw as a lucky-loser, made an impressive run to the final defeating Jelena Janković and Yanina Wickmayer en route. The final was the first all-American final in the WTA Tour since 2009 WTA Tour Championships, and the first on U.S. soil since the Los Angeles in 2004. In the final, Williams successfully defended her title after defeating Vandeweghe 7–5, 6–3. Main draw finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 USA Serena Williams 6 6 6 RSA Chanelle Scheepers 4 0 3 SVK Dominika Cibulková 77 2 0 9 ROU Sorana Cîrstea 65 6 6 POL Urszula Radwańska 4 4 LL USA Coco Vandeweghe 6 6 5 BEL Yanina Wickmayer 6 6 2 FRA Marion Bartoli 3 2 1 USA Serena Williams 6 6 9 ROU Sorana Cîrstea 1 2 LL USA Coco Vandeweghe 6 3 6 5 BEL Yanina Wickmayer 2 6 2 1 USA Serena Williams 7 6 LL USA Coco Vandeweghe 5 3 Week 2 ATP – BB&T Atlanta Open 2012 BB&T Atlanta Open The three highest-ranked American, John Isner, Mardy Fish, and Andy Roddick headlined the event. Roddick advanced to his second final appearance of the season after a close-fight semifinals encounter against Isner, in which he won in three sets. Gilles Müller of Luxembourg, who was trailing 4–6, 2–3 in his second round match against Fish before Fish retired, advanced to his third ATP final appearance in his career. In the final, Roddick claimed his 32nd career title after defeating Müller 1–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–2. Main draw finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 USA John Isner 79 6 WC USA Jack Sock 67 4 4 USA Andy Roddick 6 6 USA Michael Russell 3 4 8 JPN Go Soeda 6 6 3 JPN Kei Nishikori 2 1 AUS Matthew Ebden 4 4 LUX Gilles Müller 6 6 1 USA John Isner 4 77 4 4 USA Andy Roddick 6 65 6 8 JPN Go Soeda 4 3 LUX Gilles Müller 6 6 4 USA Andy Roddick 1 77 6 LUX Gilles Müller 6 62 2 WTA – Mercury Insurance Open 2012 Mercury Insurance Open Marion Bartoli, Dominika Cibulková, and Jelena Janković headlined the event. As a qualifier, Chan Yung-jan upset the third seeded Janković in three tight sets in the quarterfinals which lasted for more than three hours with score 6–7(4–7),7–6(10–8), 7–5. First seeded Bartoli battled her way to the final by winning all her three matches en route in three sets. Second seeded Cibulková cruised to the final as well, setting up for the fourth time in 2012 where the first seed met the second seed in the final of a WTA tournament. Cibulková went on to win the title in straight sets, after defeating Bartoli 6–1, 7–5. Main draw finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 FRA Marion Bartoli 7 4 6 5 USA Christina McHale 5 6 4 3 SRB Jelena Janković 77 68 5 Q TPE Chan Yung-jan 64 710 7 USA Varvara Lepchenko 4 6 65 4 RUS Nadia Petrova 6 2 77 POL Urszula Radwańska 4 4 2 SVK Dominika Cibulková 6 6 1 FRA Marion Bartoli 1 6 6 Q TPE Chan Yung-jan 6 3 3 4 RUS Nadia Petrova 68 1 2 SVK Dominika Cibulková 710 6 1 FRA Marion Bartoli 1 5 2 SVK Dominika Cibulková 6 7 Week 3 ATP – Farmers Classic 2012 Farmers Classic Benoît Paire, Sam Querrey, Leonardo Mayer, and Nicolas Mahut headlined the event. Coming from the qualifying stage of the tournament, Ričardas Berankis reached the final after taking down the fourth-seeded Mahut and sixth-seeded Marinko Matosevic in the quarterfinals and semifinals respectively. Having won the tournament twice in 2009 and 2010, Querrey cruised through to his first final appearance since winning the title in 2010. He went on crushing Berankis 6–0, 6–2 for his seventh singles title. Main draw finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 USA Michael Russell 2 3 6 NZL Marinko Matosevic 6 6 4 FRA Nicolas Mahut 4 4 Q LTU Ričardas Berankis 6 6 USA Rajeev Ram 77 6 3 ARG Leonardo Mayer 63 3 5 BEL Xavier Malisse 2 1r 2 USA Sam Querrey 6 3 6 NZL Marinko Matosevic 5 1 Q LTU Ričardas Berankis 7 6 USA Rajeev Ram 3 64 2 USA Sam Querrey 6 77 Q LTU Ričardas Berankis 0 2 2 USA Sam Querrey 6 6 Week 4 ATP – Citi Open 2012 Citi Open Being held concurrently with the 2012 Summer Olympics, the event was headlined by Mardy Fish, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Kevin Anderson, Tommy Haas, and Los Angeles champion, Sam Querrey. Third-seeded Haas reached his third final appearance of the season after defeating top-seeded Fish in the semifinals in straight sets. Second-seeded Dolgopolov also reached the final after beating Querrey in the semifinals as well. Dolgopolov ended up winning his second career title after defeating Haas 6–7(7–9), 6–4, 6–1 in the final. Main draw finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 USA Mardy Fish 6 6 BEL Xavier Malisse 3 4 4 GER Tommy Haas 6 6 GER Tobias Kamke 1 2 8 USA Sam Querrey 6 6 3 RSA Kevin Anderson 4 4 USA James Blake 63 4 2 UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov 77 6 1 USA Mardy Fish 3 5 4 GER Tommy Haas 6 7 8 USA Sam Querrey 4 4 2 UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov 6 6 4 GER Tommy Haas 79 4 1 2 UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov 67 6 6 WTA – Citi Open 2012 Citi Open Being held in the same week as the Summer Olympics, the event was headlined by players who missed the Olympics' qualification. The pack of players was led by first seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, second seeded Chanelle Scheepers, and third seeded Sloane Stephens. As an unseeded player, Magdaléna Rybáriková defeated these top three seeds to win her third WTA title after defeating Pavlyuchenkova 6–1, 6–1 in the final. As an International level tournament, the event did not award any points toward the US Open Series standings. Main draw finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6 6 TPE Chang Kai-chen 4 4 4 USA Vania King 6 3 6 7/WC USA Coco Vandeweghe 1 6 4 WC CAN Eugenie Bouchard 4 4 3 USA Sloane Stephens 6 6 Q SVK Jana Čepelová 2 4 SVK Magdaléna Rybáriková 6 6 1 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 4 7 6 4 USA Vania King 6 5 4 3 USA Sloane Stephens 3 3     SVK Magdaléna Rybáriková 6 6   1 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1 1     SVK Magdaléna Rybáriková 6 6   Week 5 ATP – Rogers Cup (Toronto) 2012 Rogers Cup Seven of the world top 10 players headlined the event, with world no.2 and defending champion, Novak Djokovic, recent Olympics gold medalist, Andy Murray led the pack. Just one week after his loss at the Olympics, Djokovic reached his sixth final appearance of the season. Murray withdrew in the third round due to knee injury. Fourteenth-seeded Richard Gasquet beat the likes of fourth-seeded Tomáš Berdych and the top two American players, Mardy Fish and John Isner, to advance to his second final appearance of the season. Djokovic won the final comfortably by 6–3, 6–2 to earn his third title of the season. Main draw finals Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 SRB Novak Djokovic 6 6 SE USA Sam Querrey 4 4 GER Tommy Haas 2 6 6 CZE Radek Štěpánek 6 4 1 FRA Jérémy Chardy 1 4 ESP Marcel Granollers 6 6 10 CRO Marin Čilić 2 4 5 SRB Janko Tipsarević 6 6 7 ARG Juan Mónaco 6 1 4 11 USA Mardy Fish 2 6 6 14 FRA Richard Gasquet 6 6 4 CZE Tomáš Berdych 4 2 8 USA John Isner 63 6 6 12 GER Philipp Kohlschreiber 77 4 4 16 CAN Milos Raonic w/o 2 GBR Andy Murray 1 SRB Novak Djokovic 6 3 6 GER Tommy Haas 3 6 3 ESP Marcel Granollers 4 4 5 SRB Janko Tipsarević 6 6 11 USA Mardy Fish 7 1 2 14 FRA Richard Gasquet 5 6 6 8 USA John Isner 711 6 16 CAN Milos Raonic 69 4 1 SRB Novak Djokovic 6 6 5 SRB Janko Tipsarević 4 1 14 FRA Richard Gasquet 77 6 8 USA John Isner 63 3 1 SRB Novak Djokovic 6 6 14 FRA Richard Gasquet 3 2 WTA – Rogers Cup (Montreal) 2012 Rogers Cup Nine of the world top 10 players headlined the event, with Victoria Azarenka, Agnieszka Radwańska, and Maria Sharapova led the field. Radwańska had a chance to become the world no.1 after the conclusion of the tournament. The event's schedule was heavily disturbed with rain, causing the final to be played on Monday, August 13. World no. 6, Petra Kvitová advanced to her first final appearance of the season after defeating Caroline Wozniacki in the semifinals. In the other side of the draw, Li Na erased Radwańska's chance of overtaking the world no.1 title after defeating her in the quarterfinals. Li eventually advanced to the final after defeating Lucie Šafářová in a tightly-contested semifinals, having to trail from 1–5 in the third set. Kvitová ended up winning the title after defeating Li 7–5, 2–6, 6–3 in the Monday final, for her first title in 2012. Main draw finals Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final AUT Tamira Paszek 6 6 ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 3 0 9 FRA Marion Bartoli 1 1 5 CZE Petra Kvitová 6 6 USA Christina McHale 65 3 WC CAN Aleksandra Wozniak 77 6 USA Varvara Lepchenko 6 3 4 7 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 4 6 6 6 GER Angelique Kerber 2 67 ITA Roberta Vinci 6 79 16 CZE Lucie Šafářová 711 77 4 AUS Samantha Stosur 69 65 8 ITA Sara Errani 4 2 10 CHN Li Na 6 6 RSA Chanelle Scheepers 2 4 2 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 6 6 AUT Tamira Paszek 3 2 5 CZE Petra Kvitová 6 6 WC CAN Aleksandra Wozniak 4 4 7 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 6 6 ITA Roberta Vinci 2 2 16 CZE Lucie Šafářová 6 6 10 CHN Li Na 6 6 2 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 2 1 5 CZE Petra Kvitová 3 6 6 7 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 6 2 3 16 CZE Lucie Šafářová 6 3 5 10 CHN Li Na 3 6 7 5 CZE Petra Kvitová 7 2 6 10 CHN Li Na 5 6 3 Week 6 ATP – Western & Southern Open 2012 Western & Southern Open Eight of the world top 10 players entered the tournament, with the pack headlined by three of the top four players: world no.1, Roger Federer, reigning US Open Champion, Novak Djokovic, and the defending champion, Andy Murray. Playing in his first tournament since the final of the Olympics, Federer reached the final of the tournament which ensured his position as the no.1 seed in the upcoming US Open. Murray lost in the third round to lucky loser, Jérémy Chardy and Djokovic advanced to the final from the opposite half of the draw after defeating Juan Martín del Potro in the semifinals. Federer ended up winning his 76th title after defeating Djokovic 6–0, 7–6(9–7). Main draw finals Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 160 1 SUI Roger Federer 6 6 AUS Bernard Tomic 2 4 10 USA Mardy Fish 6 6 CZE Radek Štěpánek 3 3   SUI Stanislas Wawrinka 6 6 14 JPN Kei Nishikori 3 3   CAN Milos Raonic 6 2 6 5 CZE Tomáš Berdych 4 6 2 6 ARG Juan Martín del Potro 77 2 6 SRB Victor Troicki 62 6 1 LL FRA Jérémy Chardy 6 6 3 GBR Andy Murray 4 4   ESP Pablo Andújar 64 2 12 CRO Marin Čilić 77 6   RUS Nikolay Davydenko 0r 2 SRB Novak Djokovic 6 1 SUI Roger Federer 6 77   10 USA Mardy Fish 3 64     SUI Stanislas Wawrinka 2 77 6   CAN Milos Raonic 6 65 4 6 ARG Juan Martín del Potro 6 6 LL FRA Jérémy Chardy 1 3 12 CRO Marin Čilić 3 2   2 SRB Novak Djokovic 6 6   1 SUI Roger Federer 77 6     SUI Stanislas Wawrinka 64 3   6 ARG Juan Martín del Potro 3 2   2 SRB Novak Djokovic 6 6   1 SUI Roger Federer 6 79   2 SRB Novak Djokovic 0 67   WTA – Western & Southern Open 2012 Western & Southern Open Eight of the world top 10 players entered the tournament, with the pack led by Serena Williams, Agnieszka Radwańska, and recent Montreal champion, Petra Kvitová. Williams' older sister, Venus Williams, who entered the tournament with a wild card, had a breakthrough week where she reached her first semifinals appearance since the 2010 US Open after displaying some of her vintage form when defeating Sara Errani and Samantha Stosur. Montreal runner-up, Li Na, defeated Radwańska and Venus Williams to advance to her second consecutive final appearance. In the bottom half of the draw, Angelique Kerber defeated Serena Williams and Kvitová to reach her fourth final appearance of the year, bidding for the biggest title of her career. Li started slowly in the final before regrouping and won her sixth career title after defeating Kerber 1–6, 6–4, 6–1. Main draw finals Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 6 4 6 WC USA Sloane Stephens 1 6 4 9 CHN Li Na 6 6 Q SWE Johanna Larsson 2 2 3 AUS Samantha Stosur 6 6 RUS Ekaterina Makarova 1 3 WC USA Venus Williams 6 6 7 ITA Sara Errani 3 0 6 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 4 4 17 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6 6 CHN Peng Shuai 2 2 4 CZE Petra Kvitová 6 6 5 GER Angelique Kerber 6 77 Q CZE Andrea Hlaváčková 4 65 Q POL Urszula Radwańska 4 3 2 USA Serena Williams 6 6 1 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 1 1 9 CHN Li Na 6 6 3 AUS Samantha Stosur 2 77 4 WC USA Venus Williams 6 62 6 17 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 3 64 4 CZE Petra Kvitová 6 77 10 GER Angelique Kerber 6 6 2 USA Serena Williams 4 4 9 CHN Li Na 7 3 6 WC USA Venus Williams 5 6 1 4 CZE Petra Kvitová 1 6 4 5 GER Angelique Kerber 6 2 6 9 CHN Li Na 1 6 6 5 GER Angelique Kerber 6 3 1 Week 7 ATP – Winston-Salem Open 2012 Winston-Salem Open Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Tomáš Berdych, and the defending champion, John Isner, headlined the event. Tsonga and Isner faced each other in the semifinals where Isner won through a third-set tiebreak. Berdych also advanced to the final for his third final appearance of the season. Isner successfully defended his title after defeating Berdych in a close-fought final by 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(11–9), thus clinching his second singles title of the season and fifth overall. Main draw finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6 6 6 ESP Marcel Granollers 1 2 3 USA John Isner 77 6 BEL David Goffin 65 3 7 USA Sam Querrey 7 4 77 4 UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov 5 6 63 BEL Steve Darcis 6 2 0 2/WC CZE Tomáš Berdych 4 6 6 1 FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 4 6 63 3 USA John Isner 6 3 77 7 USA Sam Querrey 4 3 2/WC CZE Tomáš Berdych 6 6 3 USA John Isner 3 6 711 2/WC CZE Tomáš Berdych 6 4 69 WTA – New Haven Open at Yale 2012 New Haven Open at Yale Agnieszka Radwańska, Petra Kvitová, and the defending champion, Caroline Wozniacki headlined the event. Wozniacki was bidding for her fifth straight title at the event. However, she had to retire in her semifinals match due to a nagging knee injury. Radwańska also retired in the second round due to a nagging shoulder injury. Seventh seeded Maria Kirilenko advanced to the final for her second final appearance of the season where she would face Kvitová who cruised comfortably to the final. By winning her quarterfinals match, Kvitová clinched the US Open Series title. Eventually, Kvitová won the final 7–6(11–9), 7–5 for her second title of the year. Main draw finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 Q BLR Olga Govortsova 1 2 7 RUS Maria Kirilenko 6 6 3 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 6 6 6 SVK Dominika Cibulková 2 1 5 FRA Marion Bartoli 4 2 4 ITA Sara Errani 6 6 8 CZE Lucie Šafářová 3 3 2/WC CZE Petra Kvitová 6 6 7 RUS Maria Kirilenko 7   3 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 5r   4 ITA Sara Errani 1 3 2/WC CZE Petra Kvitová 6 6 7 RUS Maria Kirilenko 69 5   2/WC CZE Petra Kvitová 711 7   References External links http://www.emiratesusopenseries.com