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2012 French Open | |
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Date | 27 May – 11 June 2012 |
Edition | 111 |
Category | 82nd Grand Slam (ITF) |
Surface | Clay |
Location | Paris (XVIe), France |
Venue | Stade Roland Garros |
Attendance | 430,093 |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
Rafael Nadal | |
Women's singles | |
Maria Sharapova | |
Men's doubles | |
Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor | |
Women's doubles | |
Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci | |
Mixed doubles | |
Sania Mirza / Mahesh Bhupathi | |
Wheelchair men's singles | |
Stéphane Houdet | |
Wheelchair women's singles | |
Esther Vergeer | |
Wheelchair men's doubles | |
Frédéric Cattanéo / Shingo Kunieda | |
Wheelchair women's doubles | |
Marjolein Buis / Esther Vergeer | |
Boys' singles | |
Kimmer Coppejans | |
Girls' singles | |
Annika Beck | |
Boys' doubles | |
Andrew Harris / Nick Kyrgios | |
Girls' doubles | |
Daria Gavrilova / Irina Khromacheva | |
Legends under 45 doubles | |
Albert Costa / Carlos Moyá | |
Women's legends doubles | |
Lindsay Davenport / Martina Hingis | |
Legends over 45 doubles | |
John McEnroe / Patrick McEnroe |
The 2012 French Open (also known as Roland Garros, after the famous French aviator) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 116th edition of the French Open, and took place at the Stade Roland Garros from 27 May until 11 June 2012. [1]
Rafael Nadal won the tournament for the third year in succession, and the seventh time in eight years, defeating first-time Roland Garros finalist Novak Djokovic. His seventh title broke Björn Borg's record of six French Open Men's Singles titles, and equalled Chris Evert's record for most French Open titles won by a man or woman. Li Na was unsuccessful in her title defence, being defeated in the fourth round by Yaroslava Shvedova. Maria Sharapova defeated 21st seed Sara Errani in the final to win her first French Open title, to complete a career Grand Slam, and to return to the World No. 1 ranking for the first time in four years. [2]
This championship was the second time in grand slam history that two multiple slam sets were accomplished in two different disciplines, and that was Mahesh Bhupathi won his first multiple slam in Mixed Doubles, and Esther Vergeer won her second multiple slam set in Women's Wheelchair Doubles. At the 1969 US Open, Rod Laver won his first multiple slam set in Men's Singles, and his fellow countryman Ken Rosewall did in Men's Doubles for the first time. This would occur again for the third time at the 2013 French Open.
The 2012 French Open was the one hundred and eleventh edition of the French Open and was held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris. [3] The Men's Singles final was won by Rafael Nadal by defeating Novak Djokovic in the final. By winning his seventh title at Roland Garros, Nadal surpassed Borg's overall titles record to become the most successful tennis player in French Open history. The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the 2012 ATP World Tour and the 2012 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. [4]
There was a singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which is part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played on clay courts and took place over a series of twenty courts, including the three main showcourts, Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen and Court 1.
For 2012, the prize money purse was increased to €18,718,000 from €17,520,000 in 2011. The prize money and points breakdown is as follows: [5]
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
Men's singles | 2000 | 1200 | 720 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
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Men's doubles | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
Women's singles | 1400 | 900 | 500 | 280 | 160 | 100 | 5 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 2 | |
Women's doubles | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
Below is a table charting the points that are available to the boys and girls in boy singles and doubles play.
Stage [6] [7] | Boys' singles | Boys' doubles | Girls' singles | Girls' doubles |
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Champion | 250 | 180 | 250 | 180 |
Runner up | 180 | 120 | 180 | 120 |
Semifinals | 120 | 80 | 120 | 80 |
Quarterfinals | 80 | 50 | 80 | 50 |
Round of 16 | 50 | 30 | 50 | 30 |
Round of 32 | 30 | – | 30 | – |
Qualifier who loses in first round | 25 | 25 | ||
Qualifying final round | 20 | 20 |
Stage [8] | Men's singles | Men's doubles | Women's singles | Women's doubles |
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Champion | 800 | |||
Runner up | 500 | |||
Semifinals | 375 | 100 | 375 | 100 |
Quarterfinals | 100 | – | 100 | – |
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles | €1,250,000 | €625,000 | €310,000 | €155,000 | €80,000 | €47,000 | €28,000 | €18,000 | €9,000 | €4,500 | €2,500 |
Doubles * | €340,000 | €170,000 | €85,000 | €43,000 | €23,000 | €12,000 | €8,000 | – | – | – | – |
Mixed doubles * | €100,000 | €50,000 | €25,000 | €13,000 | €7,000 | €3,500 | – | – | – | – | – |
Wheelchair singles | €15,000 | €7,500 | €4,000 | €2,500 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Wheelchair doubles * | €5,000 | €2,500 | €1,500 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
* per team
Rafael Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic 6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
Maria Sharapova defeated Sara Errani, 6–3, 6–2
Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor defeated Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan, 6–4, 6–4
Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci defeated Maria Kirilenko / Nadia Petrova, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Sania Mirza / Mahesh Bhupathi defeated Klaudia Jans-Ignacik / Santiago González, 7–6(7–3), 6–1
Kimmer Coppejans defeated Filip Peliwo 6–1, 6–4
Annika Beck defeated Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Andrew Harris / Nick Kyrgios defeated Adam Pavlásek / Václav Šafránek, 6–4, 2–6, [10–7]
Daria Gavrilova / Irina Khromacheva defeated Montserrat González / Beatriz Haddad Maia, 4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Stéphane Houdet defeated Shingo Kunieda, 6–2, 2–6, 7–6(8–6)
Esther Vergeer defeated Aniek van Koot, 6–0, 6–0
Frédéric Cattanéo / Shingo Kunieda defeated Michaël Jérémiasz / Stefan Olsson, 3–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–6]
Marjolein Buis / Esther Vergeer defeated Sabine Ellerbrock / Yui Kamiji, 6–0, 6–1
Albert Costa / Carlos Moyá defeated Thomas Enqvist / Todd Woodbridge, 6–2, 6–1
John McEnroe / Patrick McEnroe defeated Guy Forget / Henri Leconte, 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Lindsay Davenport / Martina Hingis defeated Martina Navratilova / Jana Novotná, 6–4, 6–4
The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings based on ATP and WTA rankings are as of 21 May 2012, Rankings and Points are as of 28 May 2012.
Because the tournament takes place one week later than in 2011, points defending includes results from both the 2011 French Open and tournaments from the week of 6 June 2011 (Halle and London for men; Birmingham and Copenhagen for women).
Seed | Rank [9] | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points won | Points after | Status |
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1 | 1 | Novak Djokovic | 11,800 | 720 | 1,200 | 12,280 | Runner-up, lost to Rafael Nadal [2] |
2 | 2 | Rafael Nadal | 10,060 | 2,000+45 | 2,000+45 | 10,060 | Champion, defeated Novak Djokovic [1] |
3 | 3 | Roger Federer | 9,790 | 1,200 | 720 | 9,310 | Semifinals lost to Novak Djokovic [1] |
4 | 4 | Andy Murray | 7,500 | 720+250 | 360+90 | 6,980 | Quarterfinals lost to David Ferrer [6] |
5 | 5 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 4,965 | 90+150 | 360+145 | 5,230 | Quarterfinals lost to Novak Djokovic [1] |
6 | 6 | David Ferrer | 4,640 | 180 | 720 | 5,180 | Semifinals lost to Rafael Nadal [2] |
7 | 7 | Tomáš Berdych | 4,515 | 10+90 | 180+90 | 4,685 | Fourth round lost to Juan Martín del Potro [9] |
8 | 8 | Janko Tipsarević | 3,110 | 90+20 | 180+20 | 3,200 | Fourth round lost to Nicolás Almagro [12] |
9 | 9 | Juan Martín del Potro | 2,910 | 90+20 | 360+20 | 3,180 | Quarterfinals lost to Roger Federer [3] |
10 | 11 | John Isner | 2,620 | 10 | 45 | 2,655 | Second round lost to Paul-Henri Mathieu [WC] |
11 | 12 | Gilles Simon | 2,615 | 180+10 | 90+10 | 2,525 | Third round lost to Stan Wawrinka [18] |
12 | 13 | Nicolás Almagro | 2,255 | 10 | 360 | 2,605 | Quarterfinals lost to Rafael Nadal [2] |
13 | 15 | Juan Mónaco | 1,945 | 10 | 180 | 2,115 | Fourth round lost to Rafael Nadal [2] |
14 | 16 | Fernando Verdasco | 1,765 | 90+45 | 90+45 | 1,765 | Third round lost to Andreas Seppi [22] |
15 | 17 | Feliciano López | 1,725 | 10+10 | 10+10 | 1,725 | First round retired against Florent Serra [Q] |
16 | 19 | Alexandr Dolgopolov | 1,665 | 90+20 | 10+20 | 1,585 | First round lost to Sergiy Stakhovsky |
17 | 20 | Richard Gasquet | 1,600 | 180 | 180 | 1,600 | Fourth round lost to Andy Murray [4] |
18 | 21 | Stan Wawrinka | 1,505 | 180+10 | 180+10 | 1,505 | Fourth round lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [5] |
19 | 22 | Milos Raonic | 1,460 | 10+45 | 90+45 | 1,540 | Third round lost to Juan Mónaco [13] |
20 | 23 | Marcel Granollers | 1,385 | 45 | 180 | 1,520 | Fourth round lost to David Ferrer [6] |
21 | 24 | Marin Čilić | 1,380 | 10+45 | 90+45 | 1,460 | Third round lost to Juan Martín del Potro [9] |
22 | 25 | Andreas Seppi | 1,355 | 45+20 | 180+20 | 1,490 | Fourth round lost to Novak Djokovic [1] |
23 | 27 | Radek Štěpánek | 1,340 | 10+20 | 10+20 | 1,340 | First round lost to David Goffin [LL] |
24 | 26 | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 1,345 | 10+250 | 45+45 | 1,175 | Second round lost to Leonardo Mayer |
25 | 29 | Bernard Tomic | 1,240 | 10 | 45 | 1,275 | Second round lost to Santiago Giraldo |
26 | 30 | Andy Roddick | 1,225 | 0+90 | 10+45 | 1,190 | First round lost to Nicolas Mahut |
27 | 31 | Mikhail Youzhny | 1,210 | 90 | 90 | 1,210 | Third round lost to David Ferrer [6] |
28 | 28 | Viktor Troicki | 1,325 | 180+45 | 45+45 | 1,190 | Second round lost to Fabio Fognini |
29 | 32 | Julien Benneteau | 1,190 | 45 | 90 | 1,235 | Third round lost to Janko Tipsarević [8] |
30 | 33 | Jürgen Melzer | 1,182 | 45 | 10 | 1,147 | First round lost to Michael Berrer [Q] |
31 | 34 | Kevin Anderson | 1,170 | 45+20 | 90+20 | 1,215 | Third round lost to Tomáš Berdych [7] |
32 | 35 | Florian Mayer | 1,150 | 45+45 | 45+115 | 1,230 | Second round lost to Eduardo Schwank [Q] |
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the tournament.
Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points won | Points after | Reason |
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10 | Mardy Fish | 2,625 | 90 | 0 | 2,535 | Cardiac Catheter Ablation [10] |
14 | Gaël Monfils | 2,165 | 360+90 | 0+90 | 1,805 | Right knee injury [11] |
18 | Kei Nishikori | 1,690 | 45 | 0 | 1,645 | Stomach injury [12] |
Seed | Rank [13] | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points won | Points after | Status |
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1 | 1 | Victoria Azarenka | 9,020 | 500 | 280 | 8,800 | Fourth round lost to Dominika Cibulková [15] |
2 | 2 | Maria Sharapova | 8,390 | 900 | 2,000 | 9,490 | Champion, defeated Sara Errani [21] |
3 | 3 | Agnieszka Radwańska | 7,350 | 280 | 160 | 7,230 | Third round lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova [26] |
4 | 4 | Petra Kvitová | 6,275 | 280 | 900 | 6,895 | Semifinals lost to Maria Sharapova [2] |
5 | 5 | Serena Williams | 5,695 | 0 | 5 | 5,700 | First round lost to Virginie Razzano |
6 | 6 | Samantha Stosur | 5,440 | 160 | 900 | 6,180 | Semifinals lost to Sara Errani [21] |
7 | 7 | Li Na | 4,965 | 2,000 | 280 | 3,245 | Fourth round lost to Yaroslava Shvedova [Q] |
8 | 8 | Marion Bartoli | 4,870 | 900 | 100 | 4,070 | Second round lost to Petra Martić |
9 | 9 | Caroline Wozniacki | 4,586 | 160+280 | 160+60 | 4,366 | Third round lost to Kaia Kanepi [23] |
10 | 10 | Angelique Kerber | 3,560 | 5 | 500 | 4,055 | Quarterfinals lost to Sara Errani [21] |
3,440 | 280 | 0 | 3,160 | Withdrew because of shoulder injury [14] | |||
12 | 13 | Sabine Lisicki | 3,012 | 160+280 | 5+125 | 2,697 | First round lost to Bethanie Mattek-Sands |
13 | 14 | Ana Ivanovic | 2,975 | 5+130 | 160+75 | 3,070 | Third round lost to Sara Errani [21] |
14 | 12 | Francesca Schiavone | 3,160 | 1,400 | 160 | 1,920 | Third round lost to Varvara Lepchenko |
15 | 16 | Dominika Cibulková | 2,685 | 5 | 500 | 3,180 | Quarterfinals lost to Samantha Stosur [6] |
16 | 17 | Maria Kirilenko | 2,475 | 280 | 100 | 2,295 | Second round lost to Klára Zakopalová |
17 | 19 | Roberta Vinci | 2,320 | 160 | 5 | 2,165 | First round lost to Sofia Arvidsson |
18 | 20 | Flavia Pennetta | 2,315 | 5 | 160 | 2,470 | Third round lost to Angelique Kerber [10] |
19 | 21 | Jelena Janković | 2,260 | 280 | 100 | 2,080 | Second round lost to Varvara Lepchenko |
20 | 22 | Lucie Šafářová | 2,215 | 100+200 | 100+70 | 2,085 | Second round lost to María José Martínez Sánchez |
21 | 24 | Sara Errani | 2,050 | 100+30 | 1,400+30 | 3,350 | Runner-up, lost to Maria Sharapova [2] |
22 | 25 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 2,021 | 500 | 160 | 1,681 | Third round lost to Klára Zakopalová |
23 | 23 | Kaia Kanepi | 2,179 | 160 | 500 | 2,519 | Quarterfinals lost to Maria Sharapova [2] |
24 | 26 | Petra Cetkovská | 1,955 | 70+110 | 100+70 | 1,945 | Second round lost to Mathilde Johansson |
25 | 27 | Julia Görges | 1,945 | 160 | 160 | 1,945 | Third round lost to Arantxa Rus |
26 | 28 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 1,931 | 500 | 280 | 1,711 | Fourth round lost to Sara Errani [21] |
27 | 29 | Nadia Petrova | 1,860 | 5 | 160 | 2,015 | Third round lost to Samantha Stosur [6] |
28 | 30 | Peng Shuai | 1,800 | 160+130 | 160+60 | 1,730 | Third round lost to Maria Sharapova [2] |
29 | 31 | Anabel Medina Garrigues | 1,775 | 100 | 160 | 1,835 | Third round lost to Petra Martić |
30 | 32 | Mona Barthel | 1,762 | 160+146 | 5+55 | 1,511 | First round lost to Lauren Davis [Q] |
31 | 34 | Zheng Jie | 1,730 | 100 | 100 | 1,730 | Second round lost to Aleksandra Wozniak |
32 | 33 | Monica Niculescu | 1,745 | 5+40 | 5+30 | 1,735 | First round lost to Nina Bratchikova |
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the tournament.
Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points won | Points after | Reason |
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15 | Andrea Petkovic | 2,921 | 500 | 0 | 2,421 | Right ankle injury [15] |
18 | Daniela Hantuchová | 2,355 | 280+200 | 0+75 | 1,950 | Left foot injury [16] |
Men's singles | Women's singles
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Men's doubles | Women's doubles
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Men's singles qualifiers
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: | Women's singles qualifiers
The following players received entry as a lucky losers: |
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or personal reasons.
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