2009 US Open (tennis) a protected ranking: 2009 US Open (tennis) The 2009 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 31 to September 14, 2009 in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, New York City, United States. Originally, it was scheduled to end with the men's singles final match on Sunday, September 13, but due to rain the tournament was extended by one day. Like the Australian Open, the tournament featured night matches. Former World No. 1 and 2005 US Open women's singles champion, Kim Clijsters, competed in the 2009 US Open
2012 US Open – Men's Singles 2012 US Open – Men's Singles Andy Murray defeated the defending champion from 2011, Novak Djokovic in the final. The final lasted 4 hours and 54 minutes, in a record-equaling US Open final in the Open Era. Murray defeated Djokovic 7–6, 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 6–2 to win his first Grand Slam title, becoming the first British man since Fred Perry, winner of the US Open in 1936, to win a Grand Slam championship, after having been runner-up on four previous occasions. Murray also won the junior title in 2004. Andy Roddick, the 2003 champion and former World No. 1, played