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This was the fifth U.S. Open at the Olympic Club, all played at the Lake Course.In 1955, unheralded Jack Fleck defeated Ben Hogan in an 18-hole playoff. In 1966, Billy Casper staged one of the greatest comebacks in U.S. Open history, erasing a seven-stroke deficit on the final nine holes to tie Arnold Palmer, then prevailed in an 18-hole playoff.
Andy Murray defeated the 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 previous runner-up finishes also making him the first British man to win a singles major since Fred Perry in 1936 .
The Women's single's final featured the then top ranked [1] Victoria Azarenka against then three-time champion Serena Williams. Williams had beaten Azarenka in the 2012 Wimbledon semifinals and had won her first six matches in the US Open easily without dropping a set. [2] Williams won the first set 6-2.
Rory McIlroy loses by a single shot to suprise winner Wyndham Clark on dramatic final day
The 2012 US Open was a tennis tournament played on the outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park, of Queens, New York City, United States. It was played from August 27 to September 10. [ 1 ]
It was her fourth US Open singles title and her 15th major singles title overall. 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 the third woman in history to win Wimbledon, the Olympics, and the US Open in the same season ...
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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.