2012 BNP Paribas Open

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2012 BNP Paribas Open
DateMarch 5–18
Edition39th (ATP) / 24th (WTA)
Category World Tour Masters 1000 (ATP)
Premier Mandatory (WTA)
Prize money$4,694,696
Surface Hard / outdoor
Location Indian Wells, California, US
Venue Indian Wells Tennis Garden
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer
Women's singles
Flag of Belarus.svg Victoria Azarenka
Men's doubles
Flag of Spain.svg Marc López / Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal
Women's doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Liezel Huber / Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Raymond
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The 2012 BNP Paribas Open (also known as the 2012 Indian Wells Open) was a professional tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2012. It was the 39th edition of the men's event (24th for the women), known as the BNP Paribas Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2012 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2012 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States from March 5 through March 18, 2012 and were played on outdoor hard courts. Roger Federer and Victoria Azarenka won the singles titles.

Contents

Finals

Men's singles

Singles champion Roger Federer wins a record 4th title in Indian Wells. Roger Federer Indian Wells.jpg
Singles champion Roger Federer wins a record 4th title in Indian Wells.

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

Points and prize money

Point distribution

StageMen's singles [1] Men's doubles [1] Women's singles [2] Women's doubles [2]
Champion1000
Runner up600700
Semifinals360450
Quarterfinals180250
Round of 1690140
Round of 324510805
Round of 6425 (10)50 (5)
Round of 128105
Qualifier1630
Qualifying Finalist820
Qualifying 1st round1


Prize money

All money is in US dollars

StageMen's singles [3] Men's doubles [3] Women's singles [3] Women's doubles [3]
Champion$1,000,000$241,000$1,000,000$241,000
Runner up$500,000$121,000$500,000$121,000
Semifinals$200,000$55,000$200,000$55,000
Quarterfinals$100,000$27,041$100,000$27,041
Round of 16$43,520$14,259$43,520$14,259
Round of 32$23,291$7,632$23,291$7,632
Round of 64$12,725$12,725
Round of 96$7,709$7,709
Final round qualifying$2,296$2,296
First round qualifying$1,175$1,175

Players

Men's singles

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Novak Djokovic 11
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Rafael Nadal 22
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Roger Federer 33
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GRB Andy Murray 44
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP David Ferrer 55
Flag of France.svg  FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 66
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Tomáš Berdych 77
Flag of the United States.svg USA Mardy Fish 88
Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Juan Martín del Potro 99
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Janko Tipsarević 1010
Flag of the United States.svg USA John Isner 1111
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Nicolás Almagro 1212
Flag of France.svg  FRA Gilles Simon 1313
Flag of France.svg  FRA Gaël Monfils 1414
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Feliciano López 1515
Flag of France.svg  FRA Richard Gasquet 1616
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kei Nishikori 1717
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Florian Mayer 1818
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Fernando Verdasco 1919
Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Jürgen Melzer 2020
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov 2121
Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Juan Mónaco 2222
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Stanislas Wawrinka 2323
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Marin Čilić 2424
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Viktor Troicki 2525
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Marcel Granollers 2626
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Milos Raonic 2727
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Radek Štěpánek 2828
Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Kevin Anderson 3029
Flag of the United States.svg USA Andy Roddick 3130
Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Juan Ignacio Chela 3231
Flag of France.svg  FRA Julien Benneteau 3332
  • 1 Rankings are as of March 5, 2012

Other entrants

The following players got wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Retirements

Men's doubles

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg USA Bob Bryan Flag of the United States.svg USA Mike Bryan 21
Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Max Mirnyi Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Daniel Nestor 62
Flag of France.svg  FRA Michaël Llodra Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Nenad Zimonjić 113
Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Robert Lindstedt Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Horia Tecău 194
Flag of India.svg  IND Mahesh Bhupathi Flag of India.svg  IND Rohan Bopanna 205
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Mariusz Fyrstenberg Flag of Poland.svg  POL Marcin Matkowski 266
Flag of India.svg  IND Leander Paes Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Radek Štěpánek 297
Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Oliver Marach Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Alexander Peya 428
  • Rankings are as of March 5, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Retirements

Women's singles

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Victoria Azarenka 11
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Maria Sharapova 22
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Petra Kvitová 33
Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Caroline Wozniacki 44
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Agnieszka Radwańska 55
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Samantha Stosur 66
Flag of France.svg  FRA Marion Bartoli 77
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Li Na 88
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Vera Zvonareva 99
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Francesca Schiavone 1210
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Sabine Lisicki 1311
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Jelena Janković 1412
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1513
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Julia Görges 1614
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Ana Ivanovic 1715
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Dominika Cibulková 1816
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Peng Shuai 1917
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Angelique Kerber 2018
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Daniela Hantuchová 2119
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Maria Kirilenko 2220
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Roberta Vinci 2321
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Yanina Wickmayer 2422
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Šafářová 2523
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues 2624
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 2725
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Monica Niculescu 2826
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Flavia Pennetta 2927
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Petra Cetkovská 3028
Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Kaia Kanepi 3129
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Nadia Petrova 3230
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zheng Jie 3331
Flag of the United States.svg USA Christina McHale 3432
  • 1 Rankings are as of February 27, 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Retirements

Women's doubles

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg USA Liezel Huber Flag of the United States.svg USA Lisa Raymond 31
Flag of India.svg  IND Sania Mirza Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Elena Vesnina 152
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Andrea Hlaváčková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Hradecká 203
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Maria Kirilenko Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Nadia Petrova 264
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Sara Errani Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Roberta Vinci 295
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Flavia Pennetta 466
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Arantxa Parra Santonja 497
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld Flag of the United States.svg USA Vania King 528
  • Rankings are as of February 27, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

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