2012 US Open – Girls' singles
# 2012 US Open – Girls' singles

Grace Min was the defending champion, having won the event in 2011, but did not compete.

Wildcard Samantha Crawford defeated twelfth seed Anett Kontaveit in the final 7–5, 6–3, to win her first junior grand slam title.

## Seeds

* Taylor Townsend (quarterfinals)
* Yulia Putintseva (quarterfinals; withdrew)
* Eugenie Bouchard (second round)
* Antonia Lottner (semifinals)
* Elizaveta Kulichkova (first round)
* Kateřina Siniaková (third round)
* Petra Uberalová (first round)
* Sachia Vickery (third round)
* Anna Danilina (quarterfinals)
* Chalena Scholl (second round)
* Belinda Bencic (second round)
* Anett Kontaveit (final)
* Ana Konjuh (third round)
* Carol Zhao (third round)
* Krista Hardebeck (first round)
* Marcela Zacarías (third round)

## Qualifiers

* Nicole Frenkel
* Victoria Rodríguez
* Tornado Alicia Black
* Rasheeda McAdoo
* Louisa Chirico
* Madrie Le Roux
* Szabina Szlavikovics
* Marika Akkerman

## Main draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Final rounds

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Taylor Townsend | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Anett Kontaveit | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Anett Kontaveit | 6 | 6 | | 12 | Anett Kontaveit | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | |
| | | | | | WC | Victoria Duval | 2 | $6^4$ | | | | | |
| WC | Victoria Duval | 6 | 3 | 6 | WC | Victoria Duval | 2 | $6^4$ | | | | | |
| 9 | Anna Danilina | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Anna Danilina | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | 12 | Anett Kontaveit | 5 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | WC | Samantha Crawford | 7 | 6 |
| | Ilka Csöregi | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | WC | Samantha Crawford | 7 | 6 |
| 4 | Antonia Lottner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Antonia Lottner | 6 | 6 | | 4 | Antonia Lottner | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | WC | Samantha Crawford | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Samantha Crawford | w/o | | | WC | Samantha Crawford | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 2 | Yulia Putintseva | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half

**Section 1**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Taylor Townsend | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Laura Ucrós | 3 | 3 | | 1 | T Townsend | $7^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Beatriz Haddad Maia | 0 | 3 | | | E Mertens | $6^4$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Elise Mertens | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | T Townsend | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | |
| WC | Jamie Loeb | 6 | $6^1$ | 6 | | | | | | 16 | M Zacarías | 0 | $6^6$ | | | | |
| | Mayar Sherif | 2 | $7^7$ | 0 | WC | J Loeb | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Christina Makarova | 3 | 0 | | 16 | M Zacarías | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Marcela Zacarías | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | T Townsend | 4 | 4 |
| 12 | Anett Kontaveit | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | A Kontaveit | 6 | 6 |
| Q | Madrie Le Roux | 4 | 3 | | 12 | A Kontaveit | 6 | $6^4$ | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| | Alexandra Kiick | 7 | 6 | | | A Kiick | 0 | $7^7$ | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | |
| | Veronika Kudermetova | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | 12 | A Kontaveit | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Françoise Abanda | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | K Siniaková | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| WC | Brooke Austin | 1 | 2 | | | F Abanda | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | Barbara Haas | 5 | 6 | $6^2$ | 6 | K Siniaková | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Kateřina Siniaková | 7 | 2 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 2**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Eugenie Bouchard | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Rebecca Peterson | 1 | 1 | | 3 | E Bouchard | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Victoria Duval | 7 | 6 | | WC | V Duval | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Varvara Flink | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | WC | V Duval | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | Valeria Patiuk | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | K von Deichmann | 2 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | Bernarda Pera | 6 | 3 | 1 | | V Patiuk | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Kathinka von Deichmann | 6 | 6 | | | K von Deichmann | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Krista Hardebeck | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | WC | V Duval | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Anna Danilina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | A Danilina | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Q | Louisa Chirico | 4 | 4 | | 9 | A Danilina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Anne-Liz Jeukeng | 6 | 2 | 6 | WC | A-L Jeukeng | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Camilla Rosatello | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | 9 | A Danilina | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Jeļena Ostapenko | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | WC | C Doyle | 7 | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| | Viktoriya Lushkova | 6 | 6 | | | V Lushkova | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Caroline Doyle | 6 | 6 | | WC | C Doyle | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Petra Uberalová | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

**Section 3**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Elizaveta Kulichkova | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ellen Allgurin | 4 | 6 | 6 | | E Allgurin | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Nicole Frenkel | 4 | 6 | 3 | | I Csöregi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ilka Csöregi | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | I Csöregi | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | Victoria Rodríguez | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | İ Soylu | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| | İpek Soylu | 3 | 6 | 6 | | İ Soylu | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Dominika Paterová | 1 | 2 | | 10 | C Scholl | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Chalena Scholl | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | I Csöregi | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | Ana Konjuh | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | A Lottner | 6 | 6 |
| | Emily Fanning | 1 | 1 | | 13 | A Konjuh | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Tornado Alicia Black | 6 | 6 | | Q | TA Black | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Oleksandra Korashvili | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 13 | A Konjuh | 4 | $7^7$ | 0 | | | | |
| | Kyle McPhillips | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | A Lottner | 6 | $6^4$ | 6 | | | | |
| Q | Marika Akkerman | 2 | 2 | | | K McPhillips | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jennifer Brady | 3 | 3 | | 4 | A Lottner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Antonia Lottner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 4**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | Sachia Vickery | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Laura Pigossi | 3 | 3 | | 8 | S Vickery | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Doménica González | 6 | 5 | 3 | | A Lekaj | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Adrijana Lekaj | 1 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | S Vickery | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | |
| WC | Samantha Crawford | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | WC | S Crawford | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | Zuzanna Maciejewska | 3 | 3 | | WC | S Crawford | $7^7$ | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | Erin Routliffe | 1 | 0 | | 11 | B Bencic | $6^5$ | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Belinda Bencic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | WC | S Crawford | w/o |
| 14 | Carol Zhao | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Y Putintseva | |
| WC | Kimberly Yee | 2 | 2 | | 14 | C Zhao | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Rasheeda McAdoo | 4 | 4 | | | C-w Hsu | 2 | $1^r$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | Hsu Ching-wen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 14 | C Zhao | $6^8$ | $6^3$ | | | | |
| | Elke Lemmens | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | Y Putintseva | $7^{10}$ | $7^7$ | | | | |
| Q | Szabina Szlavikovics | 6 | 2 | 4 | | E Lemmens | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Gabrielle Andrews | 3 | 0 | | 2 | Y Putintseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Yulia Putintseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
