2012 US Open Series
In tennis, the ninth edition of the US Open Series, included twelve hard court tournaments that started on July 9, 2012 in Stanford and concluded in Winston-Salem for the men and in New Haven for the women on August 26, 2012. This edition scheduled four separate men's tournaments and four women's tournaments – the Citi Open and the Western & Southern Open hosted both a men's and women's event. The series was headlined by two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and two WTA Premier 5 events. The series winners were Novak Djokovic and Petra Kvitová.
Point distribution for series events
In order to be included in the standings and subsequently the bonus prize money, a player needed to have countable results from two different tournaments. Players who finished in the top three in the series could have earned up to $1 million in extra prize money at the US Open. Roger Federer received the largest US Open pay day of $2.4 million in 2007 after capturing the title in both the US Open Series and the US Open championship.| Round | ATP Masters Series 1000 WTA Premier 5 Series | ATP World Tour 500/250 WTA Premier Series |
| Champion | 100 | 70 |
| Finalist | 70 | 45 |
| Semifinalist | 45 | 25 |
| Quarterfinalist | 25 | 15 |
| Round of 16 | 15 | 0 |
US Open Series standings
The final standings below include all players who received points in at least two tournaments.ATP
- as of August 25, 2012
- 1 – Tours – Number of tournaments in US Open Series in which a player has reached the quarterfinals or better, in 250 and 500 series events or the Round of 16 in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events.
WTA
- as of August 25, 2012
- 1 – Tours – Number of tournaments in US Open Series in which a player has reached the quarterfinals or better, in Premier events; or the Round of 16 or better in Premier 5 events.
Bonus Prize Money
2012 schedule
| Week | Date | Men's Events | Women's Events |
| 1 | July 9–15 | No Series Event Held This Week | Stanford Bank of the West Classic 2012 Champion :  Serena Williams |
| 2 | July 16–22 | Atlanta BB&T Atlanta Open 2012 Champion: Andy Roddick | Carlsbad Mercury Insurance Open 2012 Champion:  Dominika Cibulková |
| 3 | July 23–29 | Los Angeles Farmers Classic 2012 Champion: Sam Querrey | No Series Event Held This Week |
| 4 | July 30–Aug 5 | Washington, D.C. Citi Open 2012 Champion:  Alexandr Dolgopolov | Washington, D.C. Citi Open 2012 Champion: Magdaléna Rybáriková |
| 5 | Aug 6–12 | Toronto Rogers Cup 2012 Champion:  Novak Djokovic | Montreal Rogers Cup 2012 Champion:  Petra Kvitová |
| 6 | Aug 13–19 | Cincinnati Western & Southern Open 2012 Champion:  Roger Federer | Cincinnati Western & Southern Open 2012 Champion:  Li Na |
| 7 | Aug 20–26 | Winston-Salem Winston-Salem Open 2012 Champion: John Isner | New Haven New Haven Open at Yale 2012 Champion: Petra Kvitová |
| 8–9 | Aug 27 – Sep 10 | New York US Open 2012 Champion:  Andy Murray | New York US Open 2012 Champion: Serena Williams |
Week 1
WTA – Bank of the West Classic
The defending champion, Serena Williams, and last year's finalist, Marion Bartoli, headlined the event. Playing just in the week after her victories in singles and doubles at Wimbledon, Williams advanced to her fourth final of the season conceding just ten games in total. In the other side of the draw, young American, Coco Vandeweghe, who entered the main draw as a lucky-loser, made an impressive run to the final defeating Jelena Janković and Yanina Wickmayer en route. The final was the first all-American final in the WTA Tour since 2009 WTA Tour Championships, and the first on U.S. soil since the Los Angeles in 2004. In the final, Williams successfully defended her title after defeating Vandeweghe 7–5, 6–3.Main draw finals
Week 2
ATP – BB&T Atlanta Open
The three highest-ranked American, John Isner, Mardy Fish, and Andy Roddick headlined the event. Roddick advanced to his second final appearance of the season after a close-fight semifinals encounter against Isner, in which he won in three sets. Gilles Müller of Luxembourg, who was trailing 4–6, 2–3 in his second round match against Fish before Fish retired, advanced to his third ATP final appearance in his career. In the final, Roddick claimed his 32nd career title after defeating Müller 1–6, 7–6, 6–2.Main draw finals
WTA – Mercury Insurance Open
, Dominika Cibulková, and Jelena Janković headlined the event. As a qualifier, Chan Yung-jan upset the third seeded Janković in three tight sets in the quarterfinals which lasted for more than three hours with score 6–7,7–6, 7–5. First seeded Bartoli battled her way to the final by winning all her three matches en route in three sets. Second seeded Cibulková cruised to the final as well, setting up for the fourth time in 2012 where the first seed met the second seed in the final of a WTA tournament. Cibulková went on to win the title in straight sets, after defeating Bartoli 6–1, 7–5.Main draw finals
Week 3
ATP – Farmers Classic
, Sam Querrey, Leonardo Mayer, and Nicolas Mahut headlined the event. Coming from the qualifying stage of the tournament, Ričardas Berankis reached the final after taking down the fourth-seeded Mahut and sixth-seeded Marinko Matosevic in the quarterfinals and semifinals respectively. Having won the tournament twice in 2009 and 2010, Querrey cruised through to his first final appearance since winning the title in 2010. He went on crushing Berankis 6–0, 6–2 for his seventh singles title.Main draw finals
Week 4
ATP – Citi Open
Being held concurrently with the 2012 Summer Olympics, the event was headlined by Mardy Fish, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Kevin Anderson, Tommy Haas, and Los Angeles champion, Sam Querrey. Third-seeded Haas reached his third final appearance of the season after defeating top-seeded Fish in the semifinals in straight sets. Second-seeded Dolgopolov also reached the final after beating Querrey in the semifinals as well. Dolgopolov ended up winning his second career title after defeating Haas 6–7, 6–4, 6–1 in the final.Main draw finals
WTA – Citi Open
Being held in the same week as the Summer Olympics, the event was headlined by players who missed the Olympics' qualification. The pack of players was led by first seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, second seeded Chanelle Scheepers, and third seeded Sloane Stephens. As an unseeded player, Magdaléna Rybáriková defeated these top three seeds to win her third WTA title after defeating Pavlyuchenkova 6–1, 6–1 in the final.As an International level tournament, the event did not award any points toward the US Open Series standings.