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In the final, Andy Murray defeated defending champion Novak Djokovic 7–6 (12–10), 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 6–2 to win the match. It is the joint longest US Open men's final in history, lasting 4 hours and 54 minutes (equaling the 1988 US Open final played by Ivan Lendl and Mats Wilander ), and the fourth-longest men's final in the Open era.
At the US Open, Murray battled from two sets down to win a five-set second-round encounter with Robin Haase, but lost in the semi-finals to Rafael Nadal in four sets. [180] This was the first time in his career that Andy had reached the quarter-finals, or better, at all four slams in a calendar year. Murray won the Thailand Open.
Murray's 11 grand slam singles finals is the ninth best total of the Open Era. He is in the top 10 for most match wins at three of the four grand slams (5th at the Australian Open with 51 wins, 6th at Wimbledon with 60 wins, and 9th at the US Open with 48 wins). In Masters 1000 events (going back to 1990), his 14 titles rank him 5th overall.
Andy Murray defeated defending champion Novak Djokovic in the final, 7–6 (12–10), 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2012 US Open. It was his first major title, following four runner-up finishes. Murray was the first British man to win a singles major since Fred Perry in 1936.
This is a list of career achievements by Andy Murray. At the 2012 US Open, Murray became the first British player since 1977, and the first British man since 1936, to win a Grand Slam singles tournament, when he defeated Novak Djokovic in the final in five sets.
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. [3] In the women's draw, Serena Williams won her fourth US Open title, and first since 2008, by defeating Victoria Azarenka in the final.
Andy Murray urged the US Open to fix its new video review (VR) technology after it malfunctioned during his first-round win against Corentin Moutet on Tuesday.
A bonus pool of $1,000,000 is also to US Open champions who have clinched the first place of the US Open Series. [14] In the U.S. National Championships, Richard Sears (1881–1887), William Larned (1901–1902, 1907–1911) and Bill Tilden (1920–1925, 1929) hold the record for most titles in the men's singles, with seven victories each. Four ...