2012 Andy Murray tennis season

2012 Andy Murray tennis season

Andy Murray's 2012 season included an Olympic Gold Medal
Full name	Andy Murray
Country	Great Britain
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
Tour Finals	SF
Olympic Games	G
Doubles
Calendar titles	0
Last updated on: 3 February 2013.

Main article: Andy Murray

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.

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 to 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	#	Round	Opponent	Rank	Result	Score
Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia ATP World 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	42	Win	6–3, 6–2
	5	W	Alexandr Dolgopolov	19	Win (1)	6–1, 6–3
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam 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, 1–0ret.
	10	QF	Kei Nishikori	26	Win	6–3, 6–3, 6–1
	11	SF	Novak Djokovic	1	Loss	3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4), 1–6, 5–7
Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, UAE ATP World Tour 500 Hard, outdoor 27 February–3 March 2012
	12	1R	Michael Berrer	116	Win	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
	13	2R	Marco Chiudinelli	186	Win	6–3, 6–4
	14	QF	Tomáš Berdych	43	Win	6–2, 6–2
	15	SF	Novak Djokovic	1	Win	6–2, 7–5
	16	F	Roger Federer	3	Loss (1)	5–7, 4–6
BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, California, USA ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 5–18 March 2012
		1R	Bye
	17	2R	Guillermo García-López	92	Loss	4–6, 2–6
Sony Ericsson Open Miami, USA ATP World 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	Win	Walkover
	19	4R	Gilles Simon	13	Win	6–3, 6–4
	20	QF	Janko Tipsarević	9	Win	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
	-	SF	Rafael Nadal	2	Win	Walkover
	21	F	Novak Djokovic	1	Loss (2)	2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–1)
Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Monte Carlo, Monaco ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay (Red), outdoor 16–22 April 2012
		1R	Bye
	22	2R	Viktor Troicki	30	Win	6–0, 6–3
	23	3R	Julien Benneteau	31	Win	6–5ret.
	24	QF	Tomáš Berdych	7	Loss	7–6(7–4), 2–6, 3–6
Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell Barcelona, Spain ATP World Tour 500 Clay (Red), 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	24	Loss	4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay (Red), outdoor 14–21 May 2012
		1R	Bye
	28	2R	David Nalbandian	42	Win	6–1, 4–6, 7–5
	29	3R	Richard Gasquet	22	Loss	7–6(7–5), 3–6, 2–6
French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay (Red), 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	20	Win	1–6, 6–4, 6–1, 6–2
	34	QF	David Ferrer	6	Loss	4–6, 7–6(7–3), 3–6, 2–6
Aegon Championships London, Great Britain ATP World 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)
The Championships, Wimbledon London, United Kingdom Grand Slam 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	18	Win	7–5, 6–2, 6–3
	40	QF	David Ferrer	6	Win	6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6), 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
	41	SF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	5	Win	6–4, 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
	42	F	Roger Federer	3	Loss (3)	6–4, 5–7, 3–6, 4–6
Summer Olympic Games London, United Kingdom Grass, outdoor 28 July–5 August 2012
	43	1R	Stanislas 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	12	Win	6–2, 6–4
	47	SF	Novak Djokovic	2	Win	7–5, 7–5
	48	W	Roger Federer	1	Win (2)	6–2, 6–1, 6–4
Rogers Cup Toronto, Canada ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 6–12 August 2012
		1R	Bye
	49	2R	Flavio Cipolla	97	Win	6–1, 6–3
	-	3R	Milos Raonic	24	Withdrew	N/A
Western & Southern Open Cincinnati, USA ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 13–19 August 2012
		1R	Bye
	50	2R	Sam Querrey	29	Win	6–2, 6–4
	51	3R	Jérémy Chardy	38	Loss	4–6, 4–6
US Open New York City, USA Grand Slam 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	31	Win	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–6(7–4)
	55	4R	Milos Raonic	16	Win	6–4, 6–4, 6–2
	56	QF	Marin Čilić	13	Win	3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2, 6–0
	57	SF	Tomáš Berdych	7	Win	5–7, 6–2, 6–1, 7–6(9–7)
	58	W	Novak Djokovic	2	Win (3)	7–6(12–10), 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 6–2
Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships Tokyo, Japan ATP World Tour 500 Hard, outdoor 1–7 October 2012
	59	1R	Ivo Karlović	79	Win	7–6(9–7), 6–4
	60	2R	Lukáš Lacko	65	Win	6–1, 6–2
	61	QF	Stanislas Wawrinka	16	Win	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
	62	SF	Milos Raonic	15	Loss	3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7)
Shanghai Rolex Masters Shanghai, China ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 8–14 October 2012
		1R	Bye
	-	2R	Florian Mayer	25	Win	Walkover
	63	3R	Alexandr Dolgopolov	20	Win	6–2, 6–2
	64	QF	Radek Štěpánek	41	Win	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
	65	SF	Roger Federer	1	Win	6–4, 6–4
	66	F	Novak Djokovic	2	Loss (4)	7–5, 6–7(11–13), 3–6
BNP Paribas Masters Paris, France ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, indoor 29 October–4 November 2012
		1R	Bye
	67	2R	Paul-Henri Mathieu	64	Win	7–5, 6–3
	68	3R	Jerzy Janowicz	69	Loss	7–5, 6–7(4–7), 2–6
ATP World Tour Finals London, United Kingdom ATP World Tour Finals Hard, indoor 5–11 November 2012
	69	RR	Tomáš Berdych	6	Win	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
	70	RR	Novak Djokovic	1	Loss	6–4, 3–6, 5–7
	71	RR	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	8	Win	6–2, 7–6(7–3)
	72	SF	Roger Federer	2	Loss	6–7(5–7), 2–6

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

• 2012 Schedule at ATP Tour
• 2012 Schedule at Official Site