2012 Andy Murray tennis season

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 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.

2012 Andy Murray tennis season

Andy Murray's 2012 season included an Olympic Gold Medal
Full name	Andy Murray
Country	Great Britain
Calendar prize money	$5,706,153 (singles & doubles)
Singles
Season record	56–16 (77.77%)
Calendar titles	3
Year-end ranking	No. 3
Ranking change from previous year	1
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian Open	SF
French Open	QF
Wimbledon	F
US Open	W
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	SF
Olympic Games
Doubles
Season record	5–6 (45.45%)
Calendar titles	0
Year-end ranking	No. 181
Ranking change from previous year	113
Other Doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R
Mixed doubles
Season record	3–1 (75.00%)
Calendar titles	0
Other Mixed Doubles tournaments
Olympic Games
Last updated on: 3 February 2013.

Main article: Andy Murray

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.

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent (seed or key)	Rank	Result	Score
Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia ATP Tour 250 Hard, outdoor 3 – 8 January 2012
	1	1R	Mikhail Kukushkin	91	Win	5–7, 6–3, 6–2
	2	2R	Gilles Müller	54	Win	6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–0
	3	QF	Marcos Baghdatis	43	Win	6–2, 6–2
	4	SF	Bernard Tomic (8)	42	Win	6–3, 6–2
	5	W	Alexandr Dolgopolov (3)	19	Win (1)	6–1, 6–3
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor 16 – 29 January 2012
	6	1R	Ryan Harrison	77	Win	4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
	7	2R	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	101	Win	6–1, 6–4, 6–4
	8	3R	Michaël Llodra	46	Win	6–4, 6–2, 6–0
	9	4R	Mikhail Kukushkin	92	Win	6–1, 6–1, 1–0 ret.
	10	QF	Kei Nishikori (24)	26	Win	6–3, 6–3, 6–1
	11	SF	Novak Djokovic (1)	1	Loss	3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4), 1–6, 5–7
Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates ATP Tour 500 Hard, outdoor 27 February – 3 March 2012
	12	1R	Michael Berrer (Q)	116	Win	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
	13	2R	Marco Chiudinelli (Q)	186	Win	6–3, 6–4
	14	QF	Tomáš Berdych (5)	43	Win	6–3, 7–5
	15	SF	Novak Djokovic (1)	1	Win	6–2, 7–5
	16	F	Roger Federer (2)	3	Loss (1)	5–7, 4–6
Indian Wells Indian Wells, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 5 – 18 March 2012
	–	1R	Bye
	17	2R	Guillermo García-López	92	Loss	4–6, 2–6
Miami Open Miami, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 19 March – 1 April 2012
	–	1R	Bye
	18	2R	Alejandro Falla	71	Win	6–2, 6–3
	–	3R	Milos Raonic (26)	26	Walkover	N/A
	19	4R	Gilles Simon (13)	13	Win	6–3, 6–4
	20	QF	Janko Tipsarević (9)	9	Win	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
	–	SF	Rafael Nadal (2)	2	Walkover	N/A
	21	F	Novak Djokovic (1)	1	Loss (2)	1–6, 6–7(4–7)
Monte-Carlo Masters Monte Carlo, Monaco ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 16 – 22 April 2012
	–	1R	Bye
	22	2R	Viktor Troicki	30	Win	6–0, 6–3
	23	3R	Julien Benneteau	31	Win	6–5 ret.
	24	QF	Tomáš Berdych (6)	7	Loss	7–6(7–4), 2–6, 3–6
Barcelona Open Barcelona, Spain ATP Tour 500 Clay, outdoor 23 – 30 April 2012
	–	1R	Bye
	25	2R	Sergiy Stakhovsky	68	Win	6–3, 6–2
	26	3R	Santiago Giraldo	53	Win	6–1, 6–2
	27	QF	Milos Raonic (11)	24	Loss	4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Italian Open Rome, Italy ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 14 – 21 May 2012
	–	1R	Bye
	28	2R	David Nalbandian	42	Win	6–1, 4–6, 7–5
	29	3R	Richard Gasquet (16)	22	Loss	7–6(7–5), 3–6, 2–6
French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor 27 May – 11 June 2012
	30	1R	Tatsuma Ito	68	Win	6–1, 7–5, 6–0
	31	2R	Jarkko Nieminen	48	Win	1–6, 6–4, 6–1, 6–2
	32	3R	Santiago Giraldo	50	Win	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
	33	4R	Richard Gasquet (17)	20	Win	1–6, 6–4, 6–1, 6–2
	34	QF	David Ferrer (6)	6	Loss	4–6, 7–6(7–3), 3–6, 2–6
Queen's Club Championships London, United Kingdom ATP Tour 250 Grass, outdoor 11 – 17 June 2012
	–	1R	Bye
	35	2R	Nicolas Mahut	65	Loss	3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(1–7)
Wimbledon Championships London, United Kingdom Grand Slam tournament Grass, outdoor 25 June – 8 July 2012
	36	1R	Nikolai Davydenko	47	Win	6–1, 6–1, 6–4
	37	2R	Ivo Karlović	59	Win	7–5, 6–7(5–7), 6–1, 7–6(7–4)
	38	3R	Marcos Baghdatis	42	Win	7–5, 3–6, 7–5, 6–1
	39	4R	Marin Čilić (16)	18	Win	7–5, 6–2, 6–3
	40	QF	David Ferrer (7)	6	Win	6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6), 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
	41	SF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5)	5	Win	6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5
	42	F	Roger Federer (3)	3	Loss (3)	6–4, 5–7, 3–6, 4–6
Summer Olympic Games London, United Kingdom Olympic Games Grass, outdoor 28 July – 5 August 2012
	43	1R	Stan Wawrinka	24	Win	6–3, 6–3
	44	2R	Jarkko Nieminen	43	Win	6–2, 6–4
	45	3R	Marcos Baghdatis	45	Win	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
	46	QF	Nicolás Almagro (11)	12	Win	6–2, 6–4
	47	SF	Novak Djokovic (2)	2	Win	7–5, 7–5
	48	G	Roger Federer (1)	1	Win (2)	6–2, 6–1, 6–4
Canadian Open Toronto, Canada ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 6 – 12 August 2012
	–	1R	Bye
	49	2R	Flavio Cipolla (Q)	97	Win	6–1, 6–3
	–	3R	Milos Raonic (16)	24	Withdrew	N/A
Cincinnati Masters Cincinnati, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 13 – 19 August 2012
	–	1R	Bye
	50	2R	Sam Querrey (WC)	29	Win	6–2, 6–4
	51	3R	Jérémy Chardy (LL)	38	Loss	4–6, 4–6
US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor 27 August – 10 September 2012
	52	1R	Alex Bogomolov, Jr.	73	Win	6–2, 6–4, 6–1
	53	2R	Ivan Dodig	118	Win	6–2, 6–1, 6–3
	54	3R	Feliciano López (30)	31	Win	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–6(7–4)
	55	4R	Milos Raonic (16)	15	Win	6–4, 6–4, 6–2
	56	QF	Marin Čilić (12)	13	Win	3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2, 6–0
	57	SF	Tomáš Berdych (6)	7	Win	5–7, 6–2, 6–1, 7–6(9–7)
	58	W	Novak Djokovic (2)	2	Win (3)	7–6(12–10), 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 6–2
Japan Open Tokyo, Japan ATP Tour 500 Hard, outdoor 1 – 7 October 2012
	59	1R	Ivo Karlović (LL)	79	Win	7–6(11–9), 6–4
	60	2R	Lukáš Lacko	65	Win	6–1, 6–2
	61	QF	Stan Wawrinka (7)	16	Win	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
	62	SF	Milos Raonic (6)	15	Loss	3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7)
Shanghai Masters Shanghai, China ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 8 – 14 October 2012
	–	1R	Bye
	–	2R	Florian Mayer	25	Walkover	N/A
	63	3R	Alexandr Dolgopolov	20	Win	6–2, 6–2
	64	QF	Radek Štěpánek	41	Win	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
	65	SF	Roger Federer (1)	1	Win	6–4, 6–4
	66	F	Novak Djokovic (2)	2	Loss (4)	7–5, 6–7(11–13), 3–6
Paris Masters Paris, France ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, indoor 29 October – 4 November 2012
	–	1R	Bye
	67	2R	Paul-Henri Mathieu (WC)	64	Win	7–5, 6–3
	68	3R	Jerzy Janowicz (Q)	69	Loss	7–5, 6–7(4–7), 2–6
ATP World Tour Finals London, United Kingdom ATP Finals Hard, indoor 5 – 11 November 2012
	69	RR	Tomáš Berdych (5)	6	Win	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
	70	RR	Novak Djokovic (1)	1	Loss	6–4, 3–6, 5–7
	71	RR	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (7)	8	Win	6–2, 7–6(7–3)
	72	SF	Roger Federer (2)	2	Loss	6–7(5–7), 2–6

Doubles matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponents (seed or key)	Ranks	Result	Score
Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia ATP Tour 250 Hard, Outdoor 2 – 8 January 2012 Partner: Marcos Baghdatis
	1	1R	Santiago Giraldo / Kei Nishikori	#324 / #183	Win	6–2, 6–2
	2	QF	Jürgen Melzer / Philipp Petzschner (2)	#13 / #10	Loss	6–3, 3–6, [13–15]
BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 5 – 18 March 2012 Partner: Jamie Murray
	3	1R	Colin Fleming / Ross Hutchins	#24 / #27	Win	3–6, 6–2, [13–11]
	4	2R	Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor (2)	#3 / #3	Loss	7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), [5–10]
Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Monte Carlo, Monaco ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 16 – 22 April 2012 Partner: Jamie Murray
	5	1R	Santiago González / Christopher Kas	#27 / #19	Win	6–4, 6–3
	6	2R	Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (1)	#1 / #1	Loss	5–7, 4–6
Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell Barcelona, Spain ATP Tour 500 Clay, outdoor 23 – 29 April 2012 Partner: Jamie Murray
	7	1R	Kevin Anderson / Frank Moser	#110 / #52	Win	6–4, 6–4
	8	2R	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi / Jean-Julien Rojer (7)	#14 / #36	Loss	2–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Summer Olympic Games London, United Kingdom Olympic Games Grass, outdoor 30 July – 5 August 2012 Partner: Jamie Murray
	9	1R	Jürgen Melzer / Alexander Peya	#18 / #39	Loss	7–5, 6–7(6–8), 5–7
Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships Tokyo, Japan ATP Tour 500 Hard, outdoor 1 – 7 October 2012 Partner: Jamie Murray
	10	1R	Eric Butorac / Jarkko Nieminen	#34 / #181	Win	5–7, 6–3, [10–4]
	11	QF	Leander Paes / Radek Štěpánek (1)	#5 / #9	Loss	4–6, 6–3, [2–10]

Mixed Doubles matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponents (seed or key)	Ranks	Result	Score
Summer Olympic Games London, United Kingdom Olympic Games Grass, outdoor 1 – 5 August 2012 Partner: Laura Robson
	1 / 4	1R	Lucie Hradecká / Radek Štěpánek	#8 / #14	Win	7–5, 6–7(7–9), [10–7]
	2 / 5	QF	Samantha Stosur / Lleyton Hewitt (IP)	#5 / #158	Win	6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
	3 / 6	SF	Sabine Lisicki / Christopher Kas	#17 / #36	Win	4–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–7]
	4 / 7	F	Victoria Azarenka / 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)

• Marcos Baghdatis 3–0
• Tomáš Berdych 3–1
• Novak Djokovic 3–4
• Marin Čilić 2–0
• Alexandr Dolgopolov 2–0
• Santiago Giraldo 2–0
• Ivo Karlović 2–0
• Mikhail Kukushkin 2–0
• Jarkko Nieminen 2–0
• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2–0
• Stanislas Wawrinka 2–0
• Roger Federer 2–3
• Nicolás Almagro 1–0
• Julien Benneteau 1–0
• Michael Berrer 1–0
• Alex Bogomolov, Jr. 1–0
• Marco Chiudinelli 1–0
• Flavio Cipolla 1–0
• Nikolai Davydenko 1–0
• Ivan Dodig 1–0
• Alejandro Falla 1–0
• Ryan Harrison 1–0
• Tatsuma Ito 1–0
• Lukáš Lacko 1–0
• Michaël Llodra 1–0
• Feliciano López 1–0
• Paul-Henri Mathieu 1–0
• Florian Mayer 1–0
• Gilles Müller 1–0
• David Nalbandian 1–0
• Kei Nishikori 1–0
• Sergiy Stakhovsky 1–0
• Radek Štěpánek 1–0
• Janko Tipsarević 1–0
• Bernard Tomic 1–0
• Viktor Troicki 1–0
• David Ferrer 1–1
• Richard Gasquet 1–1
• Milos Raonic 1–2
• Jérémy Chardy 0–1
• Guillermo García-López 0–1
• Jerzy Janowicz 0–1
• Nicolas Mahut 0–1

Finals

Legend Grand 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 Surface Hard (2–3) Clay (0–0) Grass (1–1) Carpet (0–0)

Titles by Surface Outdoors (3–4) Indoors (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score	Ref
Winner	22.	8 January 2012	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Alexandr Dolgopolov	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	10.	3 March 2012	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Roger Federer	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	11.	1 April 2012	Miami, United States	Hard	Novak Djokovic	1–6, 6–7(4–7)
Runner-up	12.	8 July 2012	London, United Kingdom	Grass	Roger Federer	6–4, 5–7, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	23.	5 August 2012	London, United Kingdom	Grass	Roger Federer	6–2, 6–1, 6–4
Winner	24.	9 September 2012	New York, United States	Hard	Novak Djokovic	7–6(12–10), 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 6–2
Runner-up	13.	14 October 2012	Shanghai, China	Hard	Novak Djokovic	7–5, 6–7(11–13), 3–6

See also

• 2012 Novak Djokovic tennis season
• 2012 Roger Federer tennis season
• 2012 Rafael Nadal tennis season
• 2012 ATP World Tour

External links

• Official website
• 2012 Schedule at ATP Tour
• 2012 Schedule at Official Site Archived 2013-05-02 at the Wayback Machine