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2012 Brisbane International | |
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Date | 1–8 January |
Edition | 4th |
Surface | Hard / outdoors |
Location | Brisbane, Australia |
Venue | Queensland Tennis Centre |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
Andy Murray | |
Women's singles | |
Kaia Kanepi | |
Men's doubles | |
Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor | |
Women's doubles | |
Nuria Llagostera Vives / Arantxa Parra Santonja |
The 2012 Brisbane International was a joint 2012 ATP World Tour and 2012 WTA Tour tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts in Brisbane, Queensland. Because of its ongoing success, the WTA decided in 2011 to upgrade the event to a Premier event. It was the 4th edition of the tournament and took place at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Tennyson. It was held from 1 to 8 January 2012 and was part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year. Andy Murray and Kaia Kanepi won the singles titles.
Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
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GBR | Andy Murray | 4 | 1 |
FRA | Gilles Simon | 12 | 2 |
UKR | Alexandr Dolgopolov | 15 | 3 |
GER | Florian Mayer | 23 | 4 |
JPN | Kei Nishikori | 25 | 5 |
CZE | Radek Štěpánek | 28 | 6 |
AUT | Jürgen Melzer | 33 | 7 |
AUS | Bernard Tomic | 42 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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BLR | Max Mirnyi | CAN | Daniel Nestor | 4 | 1 |
AUT | Jürgen Melzer | GER | Philipp Petzschner | 12 | 2 |
SWE | Robert Lindstedt | ROU | Horia Tecău | 14 | 3 |
PAK | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | CUR | Jean-Julien Rojer | 16 | 4 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
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AUS | Samantha Stosur | 6 | 1 |
GER | Andrea Petkovic | 10 | 2 |
ITA | Francesca Schiavone | 11 | 3 |
USA | Serena Williams | 12 | 4 |
BEL | Kim Clijsters | 13 | 5 |
SRB | Jelena Janković | 14 | 6 |
RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 16 | 7 |
SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 18 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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RSA | Natalie Grandin | CZE | Vladimíra Uhlířová | 47 | 1 |
CZE | Iveta Benešová | CZE | Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | 51 | 2 |
TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | KAZ | Galina Voskoboeva | 66 | 3 |
ESP | Nuria Llagostera Vives | ESP | Arantxa Parra Santonja | 66 | 4 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Andy Murray defeated Alexandr Dolgopolov, 6–1, 6–3
Kaia Kanepi defeated Daniela Hantuchová, 6–2, 6–1
Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor defeated Jürgen Melzer / Philipp Petzschner, 6–1, 6–2
Nuria Llagostera Vives / Arantxa Parra Santonja defeated Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears, 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2)
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