2012 Australian Open

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2012 Australian Open
Date16–29 January 2012
Edition100th
Category Grand Slam (ITF)
SurfaceHardcourt (Plexicushion)
LocationMelbourne, Australia
Venue Melbourne Park
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic
Women's singles
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Victoria Azarenka
Men's doubles
Flag of India.svg Leander Paes / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Radek Štěpánek
Women's doubles
Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Kuznetsova / Flag of Russia.svg Vera Zvonareva
Mixed doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Flag of Romania.svg Horia Tecău
Wheelchair men's singles
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Maikel Scheffers
Wheelchair women's singles
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Esther Vergeer
Wheelchair quad singles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Norfolk
Wheelchair men's doubles
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ronald Vink / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Ammerlaan
Wheelchair women's doubles
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Esther Vergeer / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sharon Walraven
Wheelchair quad doubles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Lapthorne / Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Norfolk
Boys' singles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Saville
Girls' singles
Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Townsend
Boys' doubles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liam Broady / Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joshua Ward-Hibbert
Girls' doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Gabrielle Andrews / Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Townsend
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The 2012 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 16 to 29 January 2012. It was the 100th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year. The tournament consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players competed in singles and doubles tournaments.

Contents

Novak Djokovic successfully defended his title after he defeated Rafael Nadal in the longest grand slam final in history. The 2012 final passed the 2008 Wimbledon final for the record, finishing after 5 hours and 53 minutes of play. Kim Clijsters was the defending champion for the women's singles, but lost to Victoria Azarenka in the semifinals. Azarenka defeated Maria Sharapova for her first Grand Slam title; and over took Caroline Wozniacki as the number one ranked player on the WTA Tour. In the doubles Leander Paes and Radek Štěpánek won the title. Paes completed a career Grand Slam with the title while Štěpánek won his first Slam. On the women's side an all Russian duo of Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva took the title. The mixed event was won by Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Horia Tecău.

Tournament

The 2012 Australian Open took place in January 2012 at Melbourne Park. The men's singles was staged for the 100th time. There have been 59 different previous winners and the 100th staging of the event was marked by a special coin and the 2012 Champion received a special medallion. The tournament also marked 50 years since Rod Laver won his first Grand Slam. [1] For the first time Hawk-Eye ball tracking system was used on the Margaret Court Arena, [2] while Ken Fletcher was inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame. [3]

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.

Seniors points

StageMen's singles [4] Men's doubles [4] Women's singles [5] Women's doubles [5]
Champion2000
Runner up12001400
Semifinals720900
Quarterfinals360500
Round of 16180280
Round of 3290160
Round of 644501005
Round of 128105
Qualifier2560
Qualifying 3rd round1650
Qualifying 2nd round840
Qualifying 1st round02

Junior points

Stage [6] [7] Boys singlesBoys doublesGirls singlesGirls doubles
Champion250180250180
Runner up180120180120
Semifinals1208012080
Quarterfinals80508050
Round of 1650305030
Round of 323030
Qualifier who loses in first round2525
Qualifying final round2020

Wheelchair points

Stage [8] Men's singlesMen's doublesWomen's singlesWomen's doublesQuad singlesQuad doubles
Champion800
Runner up500100
Semifinals/3rd375100375100375
Quarterfinals/4th100100100

Prize money

The 2012 Australian Open was the richest Grand Slam tournament in history, with the singles champions pocketing 2.3 million dollars. [9] All prize money is in Australian dollars (AUD); doubles prize money is distributed per pair.

Day-by-day summaries

Events

Seniors

Men's singles

Novak Djokovic was the defending champion [10] and won in the final 5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 7–5 against Rafael Nadal entering the season as reigning world number 1 for the first time of his career. It was the longest match in the history of the Australian Open, and in fact, the longest ever singles final in the Open Era in Grand Slam history; clocked at 5 hours and 53 minutes and ending after midnight with Nadal memorable saying after the match "good morning." [11] It marked the fifth Grand Slam of Djokovic's career and his 3rd Australian Open. It also marked the first time that he had defended a Grand Slam title. After winning the 2012 Australian Open, Djokovic had an opportunity to become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four Grand Slams at the same time, after winning the previous two in 2011. Nadal became the first player to lose in the final of three consecutive Grand Slams in the Open Era. [12]

Championship match result Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic defeated Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 7–5

Women's singles

Victoria Azarenka won her first Grand Slam title, becoming the first Belarusian player to win a Grand Slam in singles, by defeating Maria Sharapova in the final. She also became the 21st player to be ranked World No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association on 30 January 2012 as a result of this win. It was Azarenka's 2nd title of the year and 10th of her career.

Championship match result Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Victoria Azarenka defeated Flag of Russia.svg Maria Sharapova, 6–3, 6–0

Men's doubles

Flag of India.svg Leander Paes / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Radek Štěpánek defeated Flag of the United States.svg Bob Bryan / Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bryan, 7–6(7–1), 6–2

Women's doubles

Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Kuznetsova / Flag of Russia.svg Vera Zvonareva defeated Flag of Italy.svg Sara Errani / Flag of Italy.svg Roberta Vinci, 5–7, 6–4, 6–3

Mixed doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Flag of Romania.svg Horia Tecău defeated Flag of Russia.svg Elena Vesnina / Flag of India.svg Leander Paes, 6–3, 5–7, [10–3]

Juniors

Boys' singles

Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Saville defeated Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Filip Peliwo, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4

Girls' singles

Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Townsend defeated Flag of Russia.svg Yulia Putintseva, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3

Boys' doubles

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liam Broady / Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joshua Ward-Hibbert defeated Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adam Pavlásek / Flag of Croatia.svg Filip Veger, 6–3, 6–2

Girls' doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Gabrielle Andrews / Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Townsend defeated Flag of Russia.svg Irina Khromacheva / Flag of Montenegro.svg Danka Kovinić, 5–7, 7–5, [10–6]

Other events

Wheelchair men's singles

Flag of the Netherlands.svg Maikel Scheffers defeated Flag of France.svg Nicolas Peifer, 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–0

Wheelchair women's singles

Flag of the Netherlands.svg Esther Vergeer defeated Flag of the Netherlands.svg Aniek van Koot, 6–0, 6–0

Wheelchair quad singles

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Norfolk defeated Flag of the United States.svg David Wagner, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2

Wheelchair men's doubles

Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ronald Vink / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Ammerlaan defeated Flag of France.svg Stéphane Houdet / Flag of France.svg Nicolas Peifer, 6–2, 4–6, 6–1

Wheelchair women's doubles

Flag of the Netherlands.svg Esther Vergeer / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sharon Walraven defeated Flag of the Netherlands.svg Aniek van Koot / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marjolein Buis, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4

Wheelchair quad doubles

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Lapthorne / Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Norfolk defeated Flag of the United States.svg David Wagner / Flag of Israel.svg Noam Gershony, 6–4, 6–2

Broadcast

The host broadcaster of the event was the Seven Network which ran all day and night coverage on its primary channel and its digital channel 7Two from 11 am until the close of play around midnight Melbourne time. 2012 is the first year Seven has aired live primetime play across the entire country, switching coverage to 7Two for various live news and Today Tonight broadcasts in different time zones of Australia. Associated media partnership Yahoo!7 (co-owned by Seven and Yahoo!) saw more than 100 000 viewers check into live match coverage via the Fango mobile app, [13] with check-ins peaking during the Hewitt vs. Djokovic match in the Open's fourth round.

The event was also shown in Australia on Fox Sports which broadcast secondary matches live.

Players

Seniors

Singles seeds

Seeds and Rankings are as of 9 January 2012 and Points are as of 16 January 2012. [14]

Men's singles
SdRk [15] Player [16] Points [15] Points wonNew pointsStatus
11 Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic
13,630
2,000
2,000
13,630
Champion, won in the final against Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal [2]
22 Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal
9,595
360
1,200
10,435
Runner-up, Final lost to Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic [1]
33 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer
8,010
720
720
8,010
Semifinals lost to Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal [2]
44 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Murray
7,380
1,200
720
6,900
Semifinals lost to Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic [1]
55 Flag of Spain.svg David Ferrer
4,925
720
360
4,565
Quarterfinals lost to Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic [1]
66 Flag of France.svg Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
4,335
90
180
4,425
Fourth round lost to Flag of Japan.svg Kei Nishikori [24]
77 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Berdych
3,700
360
360
3,700
Quarterfinals lost to Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal [2]
88 Flag of the United States.svg Mardy Fish
2,965
45
45
2,965
Second round lost to Flag of Colombia.svg Alejandro Falla
99 Flag of Serbia.svg Janko Tipsarević
2,655
45
90
2,700
Third round lost to Flag of France.svg Richard Gasquet [17]
1010 Flag of Spain.svg Nicolás Almagro
2,380
180
180
2,380
Fourth round lost to Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Berdych [7]
1111 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Martín del Potro
2,315
45
360
2,630
Quarterfinals lost to Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer [3]
1212 Flag of France.svg Gilles Simon
2,005
45
45
2,005
Second round lost to Flag of France.svg Julien Benneteau
1314 Flag of Ukraine.svg Alexandr Dolgopolov
2,030
360
90
1,760
Third round lost to Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bernard Tomic
1415 Flag of France.svg Gaël Monfils
1,970
90
90
1,970
Third round lost to Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Mikhail Kukushkin
1516 Flag of the United States.svg Andy Roddick
1,880
180
45
1,745
Second round retired against Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lleyton Hewitt [WC]
1617 Flag of the United States.svg John Isner
1,800
90
90
1,800
Third round lost to Flag of Spain.svg Feliciano López [18]
1718 Flag of France.svg Richard Gasquet
1,765
90
180
1,855
Fourth round lost to Flag of Spain.svg David Ferrer [5]
1819 Flag of Spain.svg Feliciano López
1,755
45
180
1,890
Fourth round lost to Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal [2]
1921 Flag of Serbia.svg Viktor Troicki
1,595
90
45
1,550
Second round lost to Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Mikhail Kukushkin
2022 Flag of Germany.svg Florian Mayer
1,630
45
0
1,585
withdrew due to hip strain [17]
2123 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stan Wawrinka
1,615
360
90
1,345
Third round lost to Flag of Spain.svg Nicolás Almagro [10]
2224 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Verdasco
1,550
180
10
1,380
First round lost to Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bernard Tomic
2325 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Milos Raonic
1,460
205
90
1,345
Third round lost to Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lleyton Hewitt [WC]
2426 Flag of Japan.svg Kei Nishikori
1,410
90
360
1,680
Quarterfinals lost to Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Murray [4]
2527 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Mónaco
1,335
45
10
1,300
First round lost to Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Kohlschreiber
2628 Flag of Spain.svg Marcel Granollers
1,315
10
45
1,350
Second round lost to Flag of Portugal.svg Frederico Gil
2729 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Ignacio Chela
1,270
10
90
1,350
Third round lost to Flag of Spain.svg David Ferrer [5]
2830 Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Ljubičić
1,270
90
10
1,190
First round lost to Flag of Slovakia.svg Lukáš Lacko [Q]
2931 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Radek Štěpánek
1,230
45
10
1,195
First round lost to Flag of France.svg Nicolas Mahut
3032 Flag of South Africa.svg Kevin Anderson
1,190
10
90
1,270
Third round lost to Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Berdych [7]
3133 Flag of Austria.svg Jürgen Melzer
1,170
180
10
1,000
First round lost to Flag of Croatia.svg Ivo Karlović
3234 Flag of Russia.svg Alex Bogomolov Jr.
1,135
45
45
1,135
Second round lost to Flag of France.svg Michaël Llodra
Withdrawn players (men's singles)
RankPlayerPointsNew pointsWithdrew due to
13 Flag of Sweden.svg Robin Söderling
2,120
180
1,940
mononucleosis [18]
20 Flag of Croatia.svg Marin Čilić
1,665
180
1,485
patella tendon injury [19]
Women's singles
SdRk [15] Player [16] Points [15] Points wonNew pointsStatus
11 Flag of Denmark.svg Caroline Wozniacki
7,485
900
500
7,085
Quarterfinals lost to Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kim Clijsters [11]
22 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Kvitová
7,290
500
900
7,690
Semifinals lost to Flag of Russia.svg Maria Sharapova [4]
33 Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Victoria Azarenka
6,865
280
2,000
8,585
Champion, won in the final against Flag of Russia.svg Maria Sharapova [4]
44 Flag of Russia.svg Maria Sharapova
6,440
280
1,400
7,560
Runner-up, Final lost to Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Victoria Azarenka [3]
55 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Na
5,570
1,400
280
4,450
Fourth round lost to Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kim Clijsters [11]
66 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Stosur
5,585
160
5
5,430
First round lost to Flag of Romania.svg Sorana Cîrstea
77 Flag of Russia.svg Vera Zvonareva
5,435
900
160
4,695
Third round lost to Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Makarova
88 Flag of Poland.svg Agnieszka Radwańska
5,330
500
500
5,330
Quarterfinals lost to Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Victoria Azarenka [3]
99 Flag of France.svg Marion Bartoli
4,710
100
160
4,770
Third round lost to Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Jie
1011 Flag of Italy.svg Francesca Schiavone
4,040
500
100
3,640
Second round lost to Flag of Italy.svg Romina Oprandi
1112 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kim Clijsters
3,041
2,000
900
1,941
Semifinals lost to Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Victoria Azarenka [3]
1213 Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams
3,300
0
280
3,580
Fourth round lost to Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Makarova
1314 Flag of Serbia.svg Jelena Janković
3,115
100
280
3,295
Fourth round lost to Flag of Denmark.svg Caroline Wozniacki [1]
1415 Flag of Germany.svg Sabine Lisicki
2,903
(40)
280
3,143
Fourth round lost to Flag of Russia.svg Maria Sharapova [4]
1516 Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
2,795
160
100
2,735
Second round lost to Flag of the United States.svg Vania King
1617 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Peng Shuai
2,760
280
100
2,580
Second round lost to Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Iveta Benešová
1718 Flag of Slovakia.svg Dominika Cibulková
2,695
160
100
2,635
Second round lost to Flag of Hungary.svg Gréta Arn
1819 Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Kuznetsova
2,646
280
160
2,526
Third round lost to Flag of Germany.svg Sabine Lisicki [14]
1920 Flag of Italy.svg Flavia Pennetta
2,570
280
5
2,295
First round lost to Flag of Russia.svg Nina Bratchikova [Q]
2021 Flag of Slovakia.svg Daniela Hantuchová
2,295
5
160
2,450
Third round lost to Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kim Clijsters [11]
2122 Flag of Serbia.svg Ana Ivanovic
2,260
5
280
2,535
Fourth round lost to Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Kvitová [2]
2223 Flag of Germany.svg Julia Görges
2,225
160
280
2,345
Fourth round lost to Flag of Poland.svg Agnieszka Radwańska [8]
2324 Flag of Italy.svg Roberta Vinci
2,115
5
100
2,210
Second round lost to Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Jie
2425 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lucie Šafářová
2,120
160
5
1,965
First round lost to Flag of the United States.svg Christina McHale
2526 Flag of Estonia.svg Kaia Kanepi
2,049
100
100
2,049
Second round lost to Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Makarova
2627 Flag of Spain.svg Anabel Medina Garrigues
1,950
5
160
2,105
Third round retired against Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Na [5]
2728 Flag of Russia.svg Maria Kirilenko
1,930
100
160
1,990
Third round retired against Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Kvitová [2]
2829 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Yanina Wickmayer
2,050
100
5
1,955
First round lost to Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Galina Voskoboeva
2930 Flag of Russia.svg Nadia Petrova
1,765
160
100
1,705
Second round lost to Flag of Italy.svg Sara Errani
3031 Flag of Germany.svg Angelique Kerber
1,810
5
160
1,965
Third round lost to Flag of Russia.svg Maria Sharapova [4]
3132 Flag of Romania.svg Monica Niculescu
1,725
160
160
1,725
Third round lost to Flag of Denmark.svg Caroline Wozniacki [1]
3233 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Cetkovská
1,666
(18)
100
1,748
Second round lost to Flag of Germany.svg Mona Barthel
Withdrawn players (women's singles)
RankPlayerPointsNew pointsWithdrew due to
10 Flag of Germany.svg Andrea Petkovic
4,500
500
4,000
stress fracture [20]

Main draw wildcard entries

Mixed doubles

Protected ranking

Qualifying entries

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries.

Juniors

Below is a list of the sixteen seeds for the boys and girls singles and the eight qualifiers for each event.

Singles seeds

Wheelchair tennis

The field consisted of top seven ranked players in the men's and women's singles, the three top three ranked players in the quad singles category and one wildcard was chosen for each draw. [21]

Singles seeds

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