| | 2012 U.S. Open Tennis Championships - Women | | | From The Sports Network | | Dates: Monday, August 27th through Sunday, September 9th
Site: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows, New York
Capacity:
Arthur Ashe Stadium: 23,700; Louis Armstrong Stadium: 10,000;
Grandstand: 6,000; Court 4 & 7: 1,484; Court 11: 1,604
Remaining Courts: 288-742
Surface: DecoTurf 2 (Hard Court)
Annual: 126th
Television:
ESPN 2, Tennis Channel, CBS, CBS Sports
ESPN 2 - Mixed Doubles Final - Thursday, September 6
CBS - Men's Doubles Final - Friday, September 7
CBS - Women's Final - Saturday, September 8 - 8-10 p.m. ET
ESPN 2 - Women's Doubles Final - Sunday, Sep. 9 - 12:30-2:30 pm ET
CBS - Men's Final - Sunday, September 9 - 4-7 p.m. ET
Defending Champion: Samantha Stosur def. Serena Williams, 6-2, 6-3
Doubles Champions: Liezel Huber/Lisa Raymond def. Vania King/Yaroslava Shvedova
Total Women's Singles Purse: $18,812,000; Total Purse: $25,526,000
Shares: 1st Place - $1,900,000; 2nd Place - $950,000; Semifinalist - $475,000
| | | Seeded Players | | | Rank | Player | Rank | Player | | 1 | Victoria Azarenka | 17 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | | 2 | Agnieszka Radwanska - A | 18 | Julia Goerges | | 3 | Maria Sharapova - F | 19 | Nadia Petrova | | 4 | Serena Williams - W | 20 | Roberta Vinci | | 5 | Petra Kvitova | 21 | Christina McHale | | 6 | Angelique Kerber | 22 | Francesca Schiavone | | 7 | Samantha Stosur - U | 23 | Kim Clijsters | | 8 | Carolien Wozniacki | 24 | Klara Zakopalova | | 9 | Li Na | 25 | Yanina Wickmayer | | 10 | Sara Errani | 26 | Monica Niculescu | | 11 | Marion Bartoli | 27 | Anabel Medina Garrigues | | 12 | Ana Ivanovic | 28 | Petra Cetkovska | | 13 | Dominika Cibulkova | 29 | Jie Zheng | | 14 | Maria Kirilenko | 30 | Tamira Paszek | | 15 | Lucie Safarova | 31 | Jelena Jankovic | | 16 | Sabine Lisicki | 32 | Varvara Lepchenko | | | U - Defending U.S. Open Champion | | A - Australian Open Champion | | F - French Open Champion | | W - Wimbledon Champion |
| | | Top Contenders in the Field | | | Player (Open Record) | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | | | Samantha Stosur (13-7) | --- | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | QF | Won | | Serena Williams (58-9) | --- | QF | 4th | 4th | QF | Won | SF | --- | Rup | | Caroline Wozniacki (20-5) | --- | --- | --- | --- | 2nd | 4th | Rup | SF | SF | | Angelique Kerber (6-4) | --- | --- | --- | --- | 1st | --- | 2nd | 1st | SF | | A. Pavlyuchenkova (8-4) | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 2nd | 1st | 4th | QF | | Andrea Petkovic (8-4) | --- | --- | --- | --- | 2nd | --- | 1st | 4th | QF | | F. Schiavone (28-12) | QF | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | QF | 4th | | Ana Ivanovic (12-7) | --- | --- | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 4th | | Maria Kirilenko (15-9) | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | | Peng Shuai (7-7) | ---- | --- | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | | Sabine Lisicki (5-4) | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | | C. Suarez Navarro (4-4) | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 4th | | Monica Niculescu (3-4) | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | | Maria Sharapova (24-7) | 2nd | 3rd | SF | Won | 3rd | --- | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | | Jelena Jankovic (23-8) | --- | 2nd | 3rd | SF | QF | Rup | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | | Victoria Azarenka (12-6) | --- | --- | --- | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | | Julia Goerges (3-5) | --- | --- | --- | --- | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | | Nadia Petrova (24-12) | 4th | QF | QF | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 3rd | | A. Medina Garrigues (9-9) | --- | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | | Christina McHale (3-3) | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | | Roberta Vinci (3-9) | --- | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | | Lucie Safarova (5-7) | --- | --- | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | | Venus Williams (61-10) | --- | 4th | QF | --- | SF | QF | 4th | SF | 2nd | | Dominika Cibulkova (8-4) | --- | --- | --- | --- | 2nd | 3rd | --- | QF | 2nd | | Yanina Wickmayer (9-4) | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 1st | SF | 4th | 2nd | | Shahar Peer (15-7) | --- | --- | 3rd | 4th | QF | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | | Jie Zheng (8-7) | --- | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | --- | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | | Marion Bartoli (16-10) | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | | Agnieska Radwanska (10-6) | --- | --- | --- | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | | Tsvetana Pironkova (3-6) | --- | --- | --- | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | | Alize Cornet (6-5) | --- | --- | --- | --- | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | | Jarmila Gajdosova (3-5) | --- | --- | --- | 3rd | 1st | --- | 1st | 1st | 2nd | | Petra Cetkovska (2-3) | --- | --- | --- | --- | 2nd | 1st | --- | --- | 2nd | | Mona Barthel (1-1) | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 2nd | | Dan. Hantuchova (16-11) | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 1st | | Petra Kvitova (5-4) | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 1st | | Sara Errani (6-5) | --- | --- | --- | --- | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | | Tamira Paszek (5-4) | --- | --- | --- | --- | 4th | 2nd | --- | 2nd | 1st | | Li Na (10-6) | --- | --- | 1st | 4th | --- | 4th | QF | 1st | 1st | | Sorana Cirstea (3-4) | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | | Klara Zakopalova (0-8) | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | --- | 1st | 1st | | Kim Clijsters (37-5) | Rup | --- | Won | --- | --- | --- | Won | Won | --- | | Varvara Lepchenko (1-3) | --- | --- | --- | 2nd | --- | 1st | --- | 1st | --- | | | 1st - First Round Loser | QF - Quarterfinalist | | 2nd - Second Round | SF - Semifinalist | | 3rd - Third Round | Rup - Runner-up | | 4th - Fourth Round | --- - Did not play | |
| | | Past Winners and Runners-up | | | Year | Winner (runner-up and scores) | | 2011 | Samantha Stosur def. Serena Williams, 6-2, 6-3 | | 2010 | Kim Clijsters def. Vera Zvonareva, 6-2, 6-1 | | 2009 | Kim Clijsters def. Caroline Wozniacki, 7-5, 6-3 | | 2008 | Serena Williams def. Jelena Jankovic, 6-4, 7-5 | | 2007 | Justine Henin def. Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-1, 6-3 | | 2006 | Maria Sharapova def. Justine Henin-Hardenne, 6-4, 6-4 | | 2005 | Kim Clijsters def. Mary Pierce, 6-3, 6-1 | | 2004 | Svetlana Kuznetsova def. Elena Dementieva, 6-3, 7-5 | | 2003 | Justine Henin-Hardenne def. Kim Clijsters, 7-5, 6-1 | | 2002 | Serena Williams def. Venus Williams, 6-4, 6-3 | | 2001 | Venus Williams def. Serena Williams, 6-2, 6-4 | | 2000 | Venus Williams def. Lindsay Davenport, 6-4, 7-5 | | 1999 | Serena Williams def. Martina Hingis, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) | | 1998 | Lindsay Davenport def. Martina Hingis, 6-3, 7-5 | | 1997 | Martina Hingis def. Venus Williams, 6-0, 6-4 | | 1996 | Steffi Graf def. Monica Seles, 7-5, 6-4 | | 1995 | Steffi Graf def. Monica Seles, 7-6 (8-6), 0-6, 6-3 | | 1994 | Aranxta Sanchez Vicario def. Steffi Graf, 1-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 | | 1993 | Steffi Graf def. Helena Sukova, 6-3, 6-3 | | 1992 | Monica Seles def. Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, 6-3, 6-3 | | 1991 | Monica Seles def. Martina Navratilova, 7-6 (7-1), 6-1 | | 1990 | Gabriela Sabatini def. Steffi Graf, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) | | 1989 | Steffi Graf def. Martina Navratilova, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 | | 1988 | Steffi Graf def. Gabriela Sabatini, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 | | 1987 | Martina Navratilova def. Steffi Graf, 7-6 (7-4), 6-1 | | 1986 | Martina Navratilova def. Helena Sukova, 6-3, 6-2 | | 1985 | Hana Mandlikova def. Martina Navratilova, 7-6, 1-6, 7-6 | | 1984 | Martina Navratilova def. Chris Evert-Lloyd, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 | | 1983 | Martina Navratilova def. Chris Evert-Lloyd, 6-1, 6-3 | | 1982 | Chris Evert-Lloyd def. Hana Mandlikova, 6-3, 6-1 | | 1981 | Tracy Austin def. Martina Navratilova, 1-6, 7-6, 7-6 | | 1980 | Chris Evert-Lloyd def. Hana Mandlikova, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 | | 1979 | Tracy Austin def. Chris Evert-Lloyd, 6-4, 6-3 | | 1978 | Chris Evert def. Pam Shriver, 7-6, 6-4 | | 1977 | Chris Evert def. Wendy Turnbull, 7-6, 6-2 | | 1976 | Chris Evert def. Evonne Goolagong-Cawley, 6-3, 6-0 | | 1975 | Chris Evert def. Evonne Goolagong-Cawley, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 | | 1974 | Billie Jean King def. Evonne Goolagong, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 | | 1973 | Margaret Smith-Court def. Evonne Goolagong, 7-6, 5-7, 6-2 | | 1972 | Billie Jean King def. Kerry Melville, 6-3, 7-5 | | 1971 | Billie Jean King def. Rosie Casals, 6-4, 7-6 | | 1970 | Margaret Smith-Court def. Rosie Casals, 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 | | 1969 | Margaret Smith-Court def. Nancy Richey, 6-2, 6-2 | | 1968 | Virginia Wade def. Billie Jean King, 6-4, 6-4 | | 1967 | Billie Jean King def. Ann Haydon-Jones, 11-9, 6-4 | | 1966 | Maria Bueno def. Nancy Richey, 6-3, 6-1 | | 1965 | Margaret Smith def. Billie Jean Moffitt, 8-6, 7-5 | | 1964 | Maria Bueno def. Carole Graebner, 6-1, 6-0 | | 1963 | Maria Bueno def. Margaret Smith, 7-5, 6-4 | | 1962 | Margaret Smith def. Darlene Hard, 9-7, 6-4 | | 1961 | Darlene Hard def. Ann Haydon, 6-3, 6-4 | | 1960 | Darlene Hard def. Maria Bueno, 6-4, 10-12, 6-4 | | 1959 | Maria Bueno def. Christine Truman, 6-1, 6-4 | | 1958 | Althea Gibson def. Darlene Hard, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 | | 1957 | Althea Gibson def. Louise Brough, 6-3, 6-2 | | 1956 | Shirley Fry def. Althea Gibson, 6-3, 6-4 | | 1955 | Doris Hart def. Patricia Ward, 6-4, 6-2 | | 1954 | Doris Hart def. Louise Brough, 6-8, 6-1, 8-6 | | 1953 | Maureen Connolly def. Doris Hart, 6-2, 6-4 | | 1952 | Maureen Connolly def. Doris Hart, 6-3, 7-5 | | 1951 | Maureen Connolly def. Shirley Fry, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 | | 1950 | Margaret Osborne-DuPont def. Doris Hart, 6-4, 6-3 | | 1949 | Margaret Osborne-DuPont def. Doris Hart, 6-4, 6-1 | | 1948 | Margaret Osborne-DuPont def. Louise Brough, 4-6, 6-4, 15-13 | | 1947 | Louise Brough def. Margaret Osborne, 8-6, 4-6, 6-1 | | 1946 | Pauline Betz def. Patricia Canning, 11-9, 6-3 | | 1945 | Sarah Palfrey-Cooke def. Pauline Betz, 3-6, 8-6, 6-4 | | 1944 | Pauline Betz def. Margaret Osborne, 6-3, 8-6 | | 1943 | Pauline Betz def. Louise Brough, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 | | 1942 | Pauline Betz def. Louise Brough, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 | | 1941 | Sarah Palfrey-Cooke def. Pauline Betz, 7-5, 6-2 | | 1940 | Alice Marble def. Helen Jacobs, 6-2, 6-3 | | 1939 | Alice Marble def. Helen Jacobs, 6-0, 8-10, 6-4 | | 1938 | Alice Marble def. Nancye Wynne, 6-0, 6-3 | | 1937 | Anita Lizane def. Jadwiga Jedrzejowska, 6-4, 6-2 | | 1936 | Alice Marble def. Helen Jacobs, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 | | 1935 | Helen Jacobs def. Sara Palfrey-Fabyan, 6-2, 6-4 | | 1934 | Helen Jacobs def. Sarah Palfrey, 6-1, 6-4 | | 1933 | Helen Jacobs def. Helen Wills-Moody, 8-6, 3-6, 3-0 (ret) | | 1932 | Helen Jacobs def. Carolin Babcock, 6-2, 6-2 | | 1931 | Helen Wills-Moody def. Eileen Whitingstall, 6-4, 6-1 | | 1930 | Betty Nuthall def. Anna McCune-Harper, 6-1, 6-4 | | 1929 | Helen Wills def. Phoebe Holcroft-Watson, 6-4, 6-2 | | 1928 | Helen Wills def. Helen Jacobs, 6-2, 6-1 | | 1927 | Helen Wills def. Betty Nuthall, 6-1, 6-4 | | 1926 | Molla Bjurstedt-Mallory def. Elizabeth Ryan, 4-6, 6-4, 9-7 | | 1925 | Helen Wills def. Kathleen McKane, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 | | 1924 | Helen Wills def. Molla Bjurstedt-Mallory, 6-1, 6-3 | | 1923 | Helen Wills def. Molla Bjurstedt-Mallory, 6-2, 6-1 | | 1922 | Molla Bjurstedt-Mallory def. Helen Wills, 6-3, 6-1 | | 1921 | Molla Bjurstedt-Mallory def. Mary Browne, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 | | 1920 | Molla Bjurstedt-Mallory def. Marion Zinderstein, 6-3, 6-1 | | 1919 | Hazel Hotchkiss-Wightman def. Marion Zinderstein, 6-1, 6-2 | | 1918 | Molla Bjurstedt def. Eleanor Goss, 6-4, 6-3 | | 1917 | Molla Bjurstedt def. Marion Vanderhoef, 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 | | 1916 | Molla Bjurstedt def. Louisie Hammond Raymond, 6-0, 6-1 | | 1915 | Molla Bjurstedt def. Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 | | 1914 | Mary Browne def. Marie Wagner, 6-2, 1-6, 6-1 | | 1913 | Mary Browne def. Dorothy Green, 6-2, 7-5 | | 1912 | Mary Browne def. Eleanora Sears, 6-4, 6-2 | | 1911 | Hazel Hotchkiss def. Florence Sutton, 8-10, 6-1, 9-7 | | 1910 | Hazel Hotchkiss def. Louise Hammond, 6-4, 6-2 | | 1909 | Hazel Hotchkiss def. Maud Barger-Wallach, 6-0, 6-1 | | 1908 | Maud Barger-Wallach def. Evelyn Sears, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 | | 1907 | Evelyn Sears def. Carrie Neely, 6-3, 6-2 | | 1906 | Helen Homans def. Maud Barger-Wallach, 6-4, 6-3 | | 1905 | Elizabeth Moore def. Helen Homans, 6-4, 5-7, 6-1 | | 1904 | May Sutton def. Elizabeth Moore, 6-1, 6-2 | | 1903 | Elizabeth Moore def. Marion Jones, 7-5, 8-6 | | 1902 | Marion Jones def. Elizabeth Moore, 6-1, 1-0 (ret) | | 1901 | Elizabeth Moore def. Myrtle McAteer, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, 2-6, 6-2 | | 1900 | Myrtle McAteer def. Edith Parker, 6-2, 6-2, 6-0 | | 1899 | Marion Jones def. Maud Banks, 6-1, 6-1, 7-5 | | 1898 | Juliette Atkinson def. Marion Jones, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 | | 1897 | Juliette Atkinson def. Elizabeth Moore, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3 | | 1896 | Elizabeth Moore def. Juliette Atkinson, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 | | 1895 | Juliette Atkinson def. Helen Hellwig , 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 | | 1894 | Helen Hellwig def. Aline Terry, 7-5, 3-6, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3 | | 1893 | Aline Terry def. Alice Schultze, 6-1, 6-3 | | 1892 | Mabel Cahill def. Elizabeth Moore, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 | | 1891 | Mabel Cahill def. Ellen C. Roosevelt, 6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 | | 1890 | Ellen C. Roosevelt def. Bertha L. Townsend, 6-2, 6-2 | | 1889 | Bertha L. Townsend def. Louisie Voorhes, 7-5, 6-2 | | 1888 | Bertha L. Townsend def. Ellen Hensell, 6-3, 7-5 | | 1887 | Ellen Hansell def. Laura Knight, 6-1, 6-0 |
| | NOTES:
In a match that was supposed to be a runaway for Serena Williams, Samantha Stosur stunned the 13-time Grand Slam champion in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2, to capture her first U.S. Open championship.
Stosur became the first Australian woman to win a Grand Slam title since Evonne Goolagong Cawley won at Wimbledon in 1980, doing so against a future Hall-of-Famer who had not lost a set leading up to the final.
After five lackluster appearances at the U.S. Open, Stosur reached the quarterfinals in 2010, before losing to eventual champion Kim Clijsters in three sets.
To say that her victory last year was quite unexpected would be an understatement. "I can't actually believe I won this tournament," Stosur said. "To go out there and play the way I did is obviously just an unbelievable feeling. You always hope and want to be able to do that, but to actually do that is unbelievable."
Heading into the championship, Stosur had lost in the final to Serena in the Rogers Cup and then dropped a quarterfinal match against Maria Sharapova in Cincinnati. But her run in New York was as good as it gets, as she dropped only three sets along the way, two of which were tiebreaks.
For the 16th straight year, the championship ended in two sets. The last three-set final was back in 1995, when Steffi Graf defeated Monica Seles, 7-6 (8-6), 0-6, 6-3.
Kim Clijsters successfully defended her title in 2010, as she put on a dominating performance in defeating Vera Zvonareva, 6-2, 6-1. Clijsters became the first back-to-back winner since Venus Williams won consecutive titles in 2000-01.
Clijsters won her 21st match in a row to become the first woman to win titles in three straight appearances at the event since Chris Evert won four from 1975 through 1978. The lopsided affair took a total of 60 minutes as Clijsters took advantage of 24 unforced errors by her challenger to win her third U.S. Open championship.
Following a two-year retirement to start a family, Clijsters returned in 2009 to the U.S. Open in smashing style, as she defeated Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets to become the first-ever female to win the event as a wild card.
Clijsters dominated the championship, as she defeated both Serena and Venus Williams along the way and lost only two sets for the entire tournament. The win enabled Clijsters to become only the third unseeded woman ever to win a Grand Slam event and the first since Serena claimed the 2007 Australian Open title.
Right-handers have won a total of 118 championships, including 18 straight, while left-handers have won seven. Martina Navratilova (4) and Monica Seles (2) have won six of the seven by lefties. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory leads the list of 28 players with multiple singles wins at this event with eight. Helen Wills Moody is second with seven, while Chris Evert tallied six.
Evert also holds a unique distinction in that she is the only player who ever won the women's singles title in the U.S. Open on a clay-court surface. She won the title at Forest Hills in 1975, 1976 and 1977 -- the only three years that it was played on Har-Tru. Evert also won it three times on the hard courts at the National Tennis Center (1978, 1980 and 1982).
Many doubles players have won titles on two surfaces, but only one -- Betty Stove of The Netherlands, in women's doubles -- was part of winning teams on all three (grass in 1972, clay in 1977 and hardcourt in 1979) in the same event. Both Billie Jean King and Rosemary Casals won titles on all three surfaces in various combinations of women's doubles and mixed doubles.
In the history of the national championships, a player has won all three possible titles (singles, doubles and mixed doubles) in the same year 30 times. It's been done by 21 players -- 15 women and 6 men. Martina Navratilova was the last player to accomplish this feat back in 1987. Neale Fraser was the last man to win all three, in 1960.
The 2012 U.S. Open purse will top $25.5 million, marking the fifth consecutive year that the tournament's prize money has increased by $1 million or more. In addition to the base purse, the top-three men's and top-three women's finishers in the US Open Series may earn up to an additional $2.6 million in bonus prize money at the Open, providing a potential total payout of $28.1 million.
Both the men's and women's U.S. Open singles champions will earn a record $1.9 million with the ability to earn an additional $1 million in bonus prize money (for a total $2.6 million potential payout) based on their performances in the US Open Series.
Top players who have withdrawn from the championship are Vera Zvonareva (viral illness), Svetlana Kuznetsova (knee), Kaia Kinepi (Achilles) and Flavia Pennetta (wrist). |
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