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
2013 Andy Murray tennis season sets to win his third Queen's title, becoming the first British man since Arthur Gore to win the tournament three times. The final was followed by a charity doubles match with Tim Henman, fellow top 10 player Tomas Berdych and former world no. 1 and Murray's coach Ivan Lendl. The match was organised to raise money for the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, after Murray's Davis Cup teammate and close friend Ross Hutchins was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma in December 2012. At Wimbledon, Murray made it through his first three matches without losing a set, his first round match, in which