2012 Italian Open (tennis)

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2012 Italian Open
Date14–21 May
Edition69th
Category World Tour Masters 1000
Premier 5
Surface Clay / outdoor
LocationRome, Italy
Venue Foro Italico
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal [1]
Women's singles
Flag of Russia.svg Maria Sharapova [2]
Men's doubles
Flag of Spain.svg Marcel Granollers / Flag of Spain.svg Marc López [3]
Women's doubles
Flag of Italy.svg Sara Errani / Flag of Italy.svg Roberta Vinci
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The 2012 Italian Open [4] [2] [5] [6] [7] (also known as the 2012 Rome Masters [8] [9] [10] [11] and sponsored title 2012 Internazionali BNL d'Italia) was a tennis tournament, being played on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. It was the 69th edition of the Italian Open and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2012 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place from 14 to 21 May 2012, because rain delayed the men's final to Monday. [12]

Contents

Points and prize money

Point distribution

StageMen's singles [13] Men's doubles [13] Women's singles [14] Women's doubles [14]
Champion1000900
Runner up600620
Semifinals360395
Quarterfinals180225
Round of 1690125
Round of 324510701
Round of 6410–1–
Qualifier2530
Qualifying Finalist1620
Qualifying 1st round01

Prize money

StageMen's singles [15] Men's doubles [15] Women's singles [15] Women's doubles [15]
Champion€460,260€142,500$385,000$110,000
Runner up€225,680€69,780$192,000$55,000
Semifinals€113,580€35,000$95,100$27,525
Quarterfinals€57,755€17,970$44,250$13,850
Round of 16€30,000€9,290$22,000$7,000
Round of 32€15,810€4,900$11,300$3,500
Round of 64€8,535–$5,800–
Final round qualifying€1,965$3,200
First round qualifying€1,000$1,650

ATP singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Novak Djokovic 11
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Roger Federer 23
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Rafael Nadal 32
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Andy Murray 44
Flag of France.svg  FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 55
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP David Ferrer 66
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Tomáš Berdych 77
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Janko Tipsarević 88
Flag of the United States.svg USA John Isner 109
Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Juan Martín del Potro 1110
Flag of France.svg  FRA Gilles Simon 1211
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Nicolás Almagro 1312
Flag of France.svg  FRA Gaël Monfils 1413
Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Juan Mónaco 1514
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Feliciano López 1615
Flag of France.svg  FRA Richard Gasquet 1816

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Retirements

ATP doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Max Mirnyi Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Daniel Nestor 61
Flag of the United States.svg USA Bob Bryan Flag of the United States.svg USA Mike Bryan 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 174
Flag of India.svg  IND Leander Paes Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Marcin Matkowski 205
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Mariusz Fyrstenberg Flag of Poland.svg  POL Radek Štěpánek 206
Flag of India.svg  IND Mahesh Bhupathi Flag of India.svg  IND Rohan Bopanna 277
Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Alexander Peya Flag of Pakistan.svg  PAK Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 328

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Retirements

WTA singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Victoria Azarenka 11
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Maria Sharapova 22
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Agnieszka Radwańska 33
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Petra Kvitová 44
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Samantha Stosur 55
Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Caroline Wozniacki 66
Flag of France.svg  FRA Marion Bartoli 77
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Li Na 88
Flag of the United States.svg USA Serena Williams 99
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Francesca Schiavone 1110
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Sabine Lisicki 1311
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Angelique Kerber 1412
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Ana Ivanovic 1513
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Dominika Cibulková 1614
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Jelena Janković 1815
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Maria Kirilenko 1916

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

WTA doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg USA Liezel Huber Flag of the United States.svg USA Lisa Raymond 21
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Květa Peschke Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Katarina Srebotnik 72
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Sara Errani Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Roberta Vinci 253
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Andrea Hlaváčková Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Anastasia Rodionova 264
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Maria Kirilenko Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Nadia Petrova 275
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Julia Görges Flag of the United States.svg USA Vania King 376
Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Natalie Grandin Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Vladimíra Uhlířová 457
Flag of the United States.svg USA Raquel Kops-Jones Flag of the United States.svg USA Abigail Spears 488

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

Retirements

Finals

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

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