2012 WTA Tour

2012 WTA Tour

Victoria Azarenka finished the year as WTA world No. 1 for the first time in her career, though Serena Williams was named the Player of the Year. Azarenka won six singles tournaments during the season, including a major at the Australian Open. She also won three Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 events, finished runner-up at another major at the US Open, and won a bronze medal in singles at the London Olympics. Williams won seven singles tournaments during the season, including two majors at the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open, the gold medal in singles at the London Olympics, the WTA Tour Championships, and a Premier Mandatory event.
Details
Duration	December 31, 2011 – November 4, 2012
Edition	42nd
Tournaments	57
Categories	Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships (2) Summer Olympics WTA Premier Mandatory (4) WTA Premier 5 (5) WTA Premier (12) WTA International (29)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles	Serena Williams (7)
Most tournament finals	Victoria Azarenka Maria Sharapova (9)
Prize money leader	Victoria Azarenka (US$7,928,920)
Points leader	Victoria Azarenka (10,595)
Awards
Player of the year	Serena Williams
Doubles team of the year	Sara Errani   Roberta Vinci
Most improved player of the year	Sara Errani
Newcomer of the year	Laura Robson
Comeback player of the year	Yaroslava Shvedova
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The 2012 WTA Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2012 tennis season. The 2012 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tournament of Champions), and the tennis event at the Summer Olympic Games. Also included in the 2012 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which is organized by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points. ^[1]

Victoria Azarenka (left) became the first Belarusian to win a singles major title at the Australian Open, defeating Maria Sharapova in the final to also become the new world No. 1. Sharapova (middle) rebounded at the French Open, winning her fourth major and completing the career Grand Slam by defeating Sara Errani in the final. At Wimbledon and the US Open, Serena Williams (right) won her 14th and 15th major titles by beating Agnieszka Radwańska and Azarenka, respectively, in the finals for her fifth Wimbledon and fourth US Open triumphs. And at the London Olympics, Serena Williams won the gold medal by defeating Sharapova in the final, becoming the second woman to complete the career Golden Slam in singles.

Schedule

This is the complete schedule of events on the 2012 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage. ^[1]

Key

Grand Slam tournaments

Summer Olympic Games

Year-end championships

WTA Premier Mandatory

WTA Premier 5

WTA Premier

WTA International

Team events

January

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
2 Jan	Hyundai Hopman Cup Perth, Australia ITF Mixed Teams Championships Hard (i) – $1,000,000 – 8 teams (RR)	Czech Republic 2–0	France	Round robin (Group A)   Bulgaria   Denmark   United States	Round robin (Group B)   Spain   Australia   China
	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA Premier Hard – $655,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Kaia Kanepi 6–2, 6–1	Daniela Hantuchová	Kim Clijsters Francesca Schiavone	Iveta Benešová Serena Williams Jelena Janković Andrea Petkovic
		Nuria Llagostera Vives   Arantxa Parra Santonja 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2)	Raquel Kops-Jones   Abigail Spears
	ASB Classic Auckland, New Zealand WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Zheng Jie 2–6, 6–3, 2–0 retired [a]	Flavia Pennetta	Angelique Kerber Svetlana Kuznetsova	Sabine Lisicki Elena Vesnina Sara Errani Lucie Hradecká
		Andrea Hlaváčková   Lucie Hradecká 6–7(2–7), 6–2, [10–7]	Julia Görges   Flavia Pennetta
9 Jan	Apia International Sydney Sydney, Australia WTA Premier Hard – $637,000 – 30S/16D Singles – Doubles	Victoria Azarenka 6–2, 1–6, 6–3	Li Na	Agnieszka Radwańska Petra Kvitová	Caroline Wozniacki Marion Bartoli Lucie Šafářová Daniela Hantuchová
		Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik 6–1, 4–6, [13–11]	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond
	Moorilla Hobart International Hobart, Australia WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Mona Barthel 6–1, 6–2	Yanina Wickmayer	Shahar Pe'er Angelique Kerber	Simona Halep Anna Chakvetadze Sorana Cîrstea Jarmila Gajdošová
		Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), [10–5]	Chuang Chia-jung Marina Erakovic
16 Jan 23 Jan	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam $12,122,762 – hard 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–0	Maria Sharapova	Kim Clijsters Petra Kvitová	Caroline Wozniacki Agnieszka Radwańska Ekaterina Makarova Sara Errani
		Svetlana Kuznetsova Vera Zvonareva 5–7, 6–4, 6–3	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Horia Tecău 6–3, 5–7, [10–3]	Elena Vesnina Leander Paes
30 Jan	Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Quarterfinals Moscow, Russia – hard (i) Charleroi, Belgium – hard (i) Biella, Italy – clay (red) (i) Stuttgart, Germany – hard (i)	Quarterfinals winners   Russia 3–2   Serbia 3–2   Italy 3–2   Czech Republic 4–1	Quarterfinals losers   Spain   Belgium   Ukraine   Germany

February

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 Feb	Open GDF Suez Paris, France WTA Premier Hard (i) – $637,000 – 30S/16D Singles – Doubles	Angelique Kerber 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–3	Marion Bartoli	Yanina Wickmayer Klára Zakopalová	Maria Sharapova Mona Barthel Julia Görges Roberta Vinci
		Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 7–6(7–3), 6–1	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Petra Martić
	PTT Pattaya Open Pattaya, Thailand WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Daniela Hantuchová 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–3	Maria Kirilenko	Sorana Cîrstea Hsieh Su-wei	Vera Zvonareva Tamarine Tanasugarn Vania King Sania Mirza
		Sania Mirza Anastasia Rodionova 3–6, 6–1, [10–8]	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan
13 Feb	Qatar Total Open Doha, Qatar WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,168,400 – 56S/26D Singles – Doubles	Victoria Azarenka 6–1, 6–2	Samantha Stosur	Agnieszka Radwańska Marion Bartoli	Yanina Wickmayer Christina McHale Monica Niculescu Lucie Šafářová
		Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 6–3, 6–1	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears
	XX Copa BBVA Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia WTA International $220,000 – clay (red) – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino 6–2, 7–5	Alexandra Panova	Edina Gallovits-Hall Tímea Babos	Mariana Duque Mariño Paula Ormaechea Yaroslava Shvedova Karin Knapp
		Eva Birnerová Alexandra Panova 6–2, 6–2	Mandy Minella Stefanie Vögele
20 Feb	Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates WTA Premier Hard – $2,000,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	Agnieszka Radwańska 7–5, 6–4	Julia Görges	Caroline Wozniacki Jelena Janković	Daniela Hantuchová Ana Ivanovic Samantha Stosur Sabine Lisicki
		Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 6–2, 6–1	Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina
	Memphis International Memphis, United States WTA International Hard (i) – $220,000 – 32S/16Q/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Sofia Arvidsson 6–3, 6–4	Marina Erakovic	Vera Dushevina Alberta Brianti	Stéphanie Foretz Gacon Michaëlla Krajicek Lesia Tsurenko Varvara Lepchenko
		Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká 6–3, 6–4	Vera Dushevina Olga Govortsova
	Whirlpool Monterrey Open Monterrey, Mexico WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Tímea Babos 6–4, 6–4	Alexandra Cadanțu	Gréta Arn Sara Errani	Nina Bratchikova Lourdes Domínguez Lino Patricia Mayr-Achleitner Mandy Minella
		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–2, 7–6(8–6)	Kimiko Date-Krumm Zhang Shuai
27 Feb	Abierto Mexicano TELCEL p/b HSBC Acapulco, Mexico WTA International $220,000 – clay (red) – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Sara Errani 5–7, 7–6(7–2), 6–0	Flavia Pennetta	Roberta Vinci Irina-Camelia Begu	Michaëlla Krajicek Estrella Cabeza Candela Magdaléna Rybáriková Mariana Duque Mariño
		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–2, 6–1	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja
	BMW Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Hsieh Su-wei 2–6, 7–5, 4–1 retired [b]	Petra Martić	Eleni Daniilidou Jelena Janković	Agnieszka Radwańska Olivia Rogowska Peng Shuai Ayumi Morita
		Chang Kai-chen Chuang Chia-jung 7–5, 6–4	Chan Hao-ching Rika Fujiwara

March

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
5 Mar 12 Mar	BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $5,536,664 – 96S/32D Singles – Doubles	Victoria Azarenka 6–2, 6–3	Maria Sharapova	Angelique Kerber Ana Ivanovic	Agnieszka Radwańska Li Na Marion Bartoli Maria Kirilenko
		Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 6–2, 6–3	Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina
19 Mar 26 Mar	Sony Ericsson Open Key Biscayne, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $4,828,050 – 96S/32D Singles – Doubles	Agnieszka Radwańska 7–5, 6–4	Maria Sharapova	Marion Bartoli Caroline Wozniacki	Victoria Azarenka Venus Williams Serena Williams Li Na
		Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova 7–6(7–0), 4–6, [10–4]	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci

April

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
2 Apr	Family Circle Cup Charleston, United States WTA Premier $740,000 – clay (green) – 56S/16D Singles – Doubles	Serena Williams 6–0, 6–1	Lucie Šafářová	Polona Hercog Samantha Stosur	Nadia Petrova Vera Zvonareva Sabine Lisicki Venus Williams
		Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Lucie Šafářová 5–7, 6–4, [10–6]	Anabel Medina Garrigues Yaroslava Shvedova
9 Apr	Barcelona Ladies Open Barcelona, Spain WTA International $220,000 – clay (red) – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Sara Errani 6–2, 6–2	Dominika Cibulková	Sorana Cîrstea Carla Suárez Navarro	Olga Govortsova Yuliya Beygelzimer Simona Halep Julia Görges
		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–0, 6–2	Flavia Pennetta Francesca Schiavone
	e-Boks Open Copenhagen, Denmark WTA International $220,000 – hard (i) [2] – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Angelique Kerber 6–4, 6–4	Caroline Wozniacki	Petra Martić Jelena Janković	Alizé Cornet Bojana Jovanovski Kaia Kanepi Mona Barthel
		Kimiko Date-Krumm Rika Fujiwara 6–2, 4–6, [10–5]	Sofia Arvidsson Kaia Kanepi
April 16	Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Semifinals Moscow, Russia – clay (i) Ostrava, Czech Republic – hard (i)	Semifinals winners   Serbia 3–2   Czech Republic 4–1	Semifinals losers   Russia   Italy
April 23	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany WTA Premier $740,000 – clay (red) (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Maria Sharapova 6–1, 6–4	Victoria Azarenka	Agnieszka Radwańska Petra Kvitová	Mona Barthel Li Na Angelique Kerber Samantha Stosur
		Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 6–4, 7–5	Julia Görges Anna-Lena Grönefeld
	Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Fes, Morocco WTA International $220,000 – clay (red) – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Kiki Bertens 7–5, 6–0	Laura Pous Tió	Simona Halep Mathilde Johansson	Anabel Medina Garrigues Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco Petra Cetkovská Irina-Camelia Begu
		Petra Cetkovská Alexandra Panova 3–6, 7–6(7–5), [11–9]	Irina-Camelia Begu Alexandra Cadanțu
30 Apr	Budapest Grand Prix Budapest, Hungary WTA International $220,000 – clay (red) – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Sara Errani 7–5, 6–4	Elena Vesnina	Anna Tatishvili Marina Erakovic	Alberta Brianti Aleksandra Wozniak Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Petra Martić
		Janette Husárová Magdaléna Rybáriková 6–4, 6–2	Eva Birnerová Michaëlla Krajicek
	Estoril Open Oeiras, Portugal WTA International $220,000 – clay (red) – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Kaia Kanepi 3–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–4	Carla Suárez Navarro	Roberta Vinci Karin Knapp	Nadia Petrova Petra Cetkovská Sílvia Soler Espinosa Galina Voskoboeva
		Chuang Chia-jung Zhang Shuai 4–6, 6–1, [11–9]	Yaroslava Shvedova Galina Voskoboeva

May

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
May 7	Mutua Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA Premier Mandatory $5,189,603 – clay (Blue) – 64S/32Q/28D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Serena Williams 6–1, 6–3	Victoria Azarenka	Agnieszka Radwańska Lucie Hradecká	Li Na Varvara Lepchenko Samantha Stosur Maria Sharapova
		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–1, 3–6, [10–4]	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
May 14	Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 $2,168,400 – clay (red) – 56S/32Q/28D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Maria Sharapova 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)	Li Na	Serena Williams Angelique Kerber	Dominika Cibulková Flavia Pennetta Petra Kvitová Venus Williams
		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–2, 7–5	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
May 21	Brussels Open Brussels, Belgium WTA Premier $637,000 – clay (red) – 30S/32Q/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Agnieszka Radwańska 7–5, 6–0	Simona Halep	Kaia Kanepi Sofia Arvidsson	Alison Van Uytvanck Tsvetana Pironkova Dominika Cibulková Urszula Radwańska
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza 6–3, 6–2	Alicja Rosolska Zheng Jie
	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France WTA International $220,000 – clay (red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Francesca Schiavone 6–4, 6–4	Alizé Cornet	Pauline Parmentier Sloane Stephens	Alexandra Panova Anabel Medina Garrigues Ayumi Morita Johanna Larsson
		Olga Govortsova Klaudia Jans-Ignacik 6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–3]	Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová
May 28 June 4	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam $11,315,740 – clay (red) 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles draw – Doubles draw – Mixed draw – Legends Doubles	Maria Sharapova 6–3, 6–2	Sara Errani	Samantha Stosur Petra Kvitová	Dominika Cibulková Angelique Kerber Yaroslava Shvedova Kaia Kanepi
		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 4–6, 6–4, 6–2	Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova
		Sania Mirza Mahesh Bhupathi 7–6(7–3), 6–1	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Santiago González

June

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
11 Jun	Aegon Classic Birmingham, Great Britain WTA International Grass – $220,000 – 56S/16D Singles – Doubles	Melanie Oudin 6–4, 6–2	Jelena Janković	Zheng Jie Ekaterina Makarova	Misaki Doi Roberta Vinci Hsieh Su-wei Irina Falconi
		Tímea Babos   Hsieh Su-wei 7–5, 6–7(2–7), [10–8]	Liezel Huber   Lisa Raymond
	NÜRNBERGER Gastein Ladies Bad Gastein, Austria WTA International $220,000 – clay (red) – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Alizé Cornet 7–5, 7–6(7–1)	Yanina Wickmayer	Ksenia Pervak Mandy Minella	Estrella Cabeza Candela Chichi Scholl Johanna Larsson Yvonne Meusburger
		Jill Craybas   Julia Görges 6–7(4–7), 6–4, [11–9]	Anna-Lena Grönefeld   Petra Martić
18 Jun	Aegon International Eastbourne, Great Britain WTA Premier Grass – $637,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Tamira Paszek 5–7, 6–3, 7–5	Angelique Kerber	Marion Bartoli Klára Zakopalová	Tsvetana Pironkova Lucie Šafářová Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Ekaterina Makarova
		Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez 6–4, retired Liezel Huber   Lisa Raymond
	UNICEF Open 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands WTA International Grass – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Nadia Petrova 6–4, 6–3	Urszula Radwańska	Kirsten Flipkens Kim Clijsters	Roberta Vinci Dominika Cibulková Sofia Arvidsson Francesca Schiavone
		Sara Errani   Roberta Vinci 6–4, 3–6, [11–9]	Maria Kirilenko   Nadia Petrova
25 Jun 2 Jul	The Championships, Wimbledon London, Great Britain Grand Slam $11,174,883 – grass 128S/96Q/64D/48X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles – Ladies' Invitation Doubles	Serena Williams 6–1, 5–7, 6–2	Agnieszka Radwańska	Angelique Kerber Victoria Azarenka	Sabine Lisicki Maria Kirilenko Petra Kvitová Tamira Paszek
		Serena Williams Venus Williams 7–5, 6–4	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
		Mike Bryan Lisa Raymond 6–3, 5–7, 6–4	Leander Paes Elena Vesnina

July

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists		Quarterfinalists
9 Jul	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, California, United States WTA Premier Hard – $740,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	Serena Williams 7–5, 6–3	CoCo Vandeweghe	Sorana Cîrstea Yanina Wickmayer		Chanelle Scheepers Dominika Cibulková Urszula Radwańska Marion Bartoli
		Marina Erakovic Heather Watson 7–5, 7–6(9–7)	Jarmila Gajdošová Vania King
	Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Palermo, Italy WTA International $220,000 – clay (red) – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Sara Errani 6–1, 6–3	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Irina-Camelia Begu Laura Robson		Alexandra Cadanțu Estrella Cabeza Candela Julia Görges Carla Suárez Navarro
		Renata Voráčová   Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 7–6(7–5), 6–4	Darija Jurak   Katalin Marosi
16 Jul	Mercury Insurance Open Carlsbad, California, United States WTA Premier Hard – $740,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	Dominika Cibulková 6–1, 7–5	Marion Bartoli	Chan Yung-jan Nadia Petrova		Christina McHale Jelena Janković Varvara Lepchenko Urszula Radwańska
		Raquel Kops-Jones   Abigail Spears 6–2, 6–4	Vania King   Nadia Petrova
	Sony Ericsson Swedish Open Båstad, Sweden WTA International $220,000 – clay (red) – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Polona Hercog 0–6, 6–4, 7–5	Mathilde Johansson	Johanna Larsson Mona Barthel		Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Klára Zakopalová Sofia Arvidsson Tsvetana Pironkova
		Catalina Castaño   Mariana Duque Mariño 6–4, 5–7, [10–6]	Eva Hrdinová   Mervana Jugić-Salkić
23 Jul	Baku Cup Baku, Azerbaijan WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Bojana Jovanovski 6–3, 6–1	Julia Cohen	Olga Puchkova Alexandra Panova		Magdaléna Rybáriková Mandy Minella Aleksandra Krunić Nina Bratchikova
		Irina Buryachok Valeriya Solovyeva 6–3, 6–2	Eva Birnerová Alberta Brianti
30 July	Summer Olympic Games London, Great Britain Summer Olympic Games Grass 64S/32D/16X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Fourth place	Angelique Kerber Caroline Wozniacki Kim Clijsters Petra Kvitová
		Serena Williams 6–0, 6–1	Maria Sharapova	Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–4	Maria Kirilenko
		Serena Williams Venus Williams 6–4, 6–4	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova 4–6, 6–4, 6–1	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond
		Victoria Azarenka Max Mirnyi 2–6, 6–3, [10–8]	Laura Robson Andy Murray	Lisa Raymond Mike Bryan 6–3, 4–6, [10–4]	Sabine Lisicki Christopher Kas
	Citi Open Washington, D.C., United States WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Magdaléna Rybáriková 6–1, 6–1	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Vania King Sloane Stephens		Chang Kai-chen CoCo Vandeweghe Eugenie Bouchard Jana Čepelová
		Shuko Aoyama Chang Kai-chen 7–5, 6–2	Irina Falconi Chanelle Scheepers

August

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 Aug	Rogers Cup p/b National Bank Montreal, Canada WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,168,400 – 48S/64Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Petra Kvitová 7–5, 2–6, 6–3	Li Na	Caroline Wozniacki Lucie Šafářová	Tamira Paszek Aleksandra Wozniak Roberta Vinci Agnieszka Radwańska
		Klaudia Jans-Ignacik   Kristina Mladenovic 7–5, 2–6, [10–7]	Nadia Petrova   Katarina Srebotnik
13 Aug	Western & Southern Open Mason, Ohio, United States WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,168,400 – 56S/28D Singles – Doubles	Li Na 1–6, 6–3, 6–1	Angelique Kerber	Venus Williams Petra Kvitová	Agnieszka Radwańska Samantha Stosur Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Serena Williams
		Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká 6–1, 6–3	Katarina Srebotnik Zheng Jie
20 Aug	New Haven Open at Yale New Haven, United States WTA Premier Hard – $637,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	Petra Kvitová 7–6(11–9), 7–5	Maria Kirilenko	Caroline Wozniacki Sara Errani	Olga Govortsova Dominika Cibulková Marion Bartoli Lucie Šafářová
		Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 4–6, 6–0, [10–4]	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
	Texas Tennis Open Dallas, United States WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Roberta Vinci 7–5, 6–3	Jelena Janković	Bojana Jovanovski Casey Dellacqua	Peng Shuai Chanelle Scheepers Aleksandra Wozniak Sorana Cîrstea
		Marina Erakovic Heather Watson 6–3, 6–0	Līga Dekmeijere Irina Falconi
27 Aug 3 Sep	US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam $11,517,008 – hard 128S/128Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Serena Williams 6–2, 2–6, 7–5	Victoria Azarenka	Maria Sharapova Sara Errani	Samantha Stosur Marion Bartoli Ana Ivanovic Roberta Vinci
		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–4, 6–2	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
		Ekaterina Makarova Bruno Soares 6–7(8–10), 6–1, [12–10]	Květa Peschke Marcin Matkowski

September

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
10 Sep	Tashkent Open Tashkent, Uzbekistan WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Irina-Camelia Begu 6–4, 6–4	Donna Vekić	Eva Birnerová Urszula Radwańska	Alexandra Cadanțu Bojana Jovanovski Galina Voskoboeva Alexandra Panova
		Paula Kania Polina Pekhova 6–2, ret.	Anna Chakvetadze Vesna Dolonc
	Bell Challenge Quebec City, Canada WTA International Carpet (i) – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Kirsten Flipkens 6–1, 7–5	Lucie Hradecká	Mona Barthel Kristina Mladenovic	Anna Tatishvili Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Melanie Oudin Lauren Davis
		Tatjana Malek Kristina Mladenovic 7–6(7–5), 6–7(6–8), [10–7]	Alicja Rosolska Heather Watson
17 Sep	KDB Korea Open Seoul, South Korea WTA International Hard – $500,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Caroline Wozniacki 6–1, 6–0	Kaia Kanepi	Ekaterina Makarova Varvara Lepchenko	Klara Zakopalová María José Martínez Sánchez Kiki Bertens Tamira Paszek
		Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears 2–6, 6–2, [10–8]	Akgul Amanmuradova Vania King
	Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou, China WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Hsieh Su-wei 6–3, 5–7, 6–4	Laura Robson	Urszula Radwańska Sorana Cîrstea	Mathilde Johansson Chanelle Scheepers Alizé Cornet Peng Shuai
		Tamarine Tanasugarn Zhang Shuai 2–6, 6–2, [10–8]	Jarmila Gajdošová Monica Niculescu
24 Sep	Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,168,400 – 56S/16D Singles – Doubles	Nadia Petrova 6–0, 1–6, 6–3	Agnieszka Radwańska	Angelique Kerber Samantha Stosur	Victoria Azarenka Caroline Wozniacki Sara Errani Maria Sharapova
		Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears 6–1, 6–4	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke

October

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 Oct	China Open Beijing, China WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $4,828,050 – 60S/28D Singles – Doubles	Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–1	Maria Sharapova	Marion Bartoli Li Na	Romina Oprandi Carla Suárez Navarro Agnieszka Radwańska Angelique Kerber
		Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 7–5, 7–5	Nuria Llagostera Vives Sania Mirza
8 Oct	Generali Ladies Linz p/b voestalpine Linz, Austria WTA International Hard (i) – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–4	Julia Görges	Irina-Camelia Begu Kirsten Flipkens	Petra Martić Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sofia Arvidsson Ana Ivanovic
		Anna-Lena Grönefeld   Květa Peschke 6–3, 6–4	Julia Görges   Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
	HP Japan Women's Open Tennis Osaka, Japan WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Heather Watson 7–5, 5–7, 7–6(7–4)	Chang Kai-chen	Samantha Stosur Misaki Doi	Jamie Hampton Laura Robson Chanelle Scheepers Pauline Parmentier
		Raquel Kops-Jones   Abigail Spears 6–1, 6–4	Kimiko Date-Krumm   Heather Watson
15 Oct	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia WTA Premier Hard (i) – $740,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 4–6, 7–5	Samantha Stosur	Ana Ivanovic Sofia Arvidsson	Klára Zakopalová Vesna Dolonc Dominika Cibulková Maria Kirilenko
		Ekaterina Makarova   Elena Vesnina 6–3, 1–6, [10–8]	Maria Kirilenko   Nadia Petrova
	BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg WTA International Hard (i) – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Venus Williams 6–2, 6–3	Monica Niculescu	Andrea Petkovic Daniela Hantuchová	Roberta Vinci Ksenia Pervak Lourdes Domínguez Lino Lucie Hradecká
		Andrea Hlaváčková   Lucie Hradecká 6–3, 6–4	Irina-Camelia Begu   Monica Niculescu
22 Oct	TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships Istanbul, Turkey Year-end championships Hard (i) – $4,900,000 – 8S (RR)/4D Singles – Doubles	Serena Williams 6–4, 6–3	Maria Sharapova	Agnieszka Radwańska Victoria Azarenka	Round robin losers Angelique Kerber Li Na Sara Errani Petra Kvitová (withdrew) Samantha Stosur
Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova 6–1, 6–4	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
29 Oct	Qatar Airways Tournament of Champions Sofia, Bulgaria Year-end championships Hard (i) – $750,000 – 8S (RR) Singles	Nadia Petrova 6–2, 6–1	Caroline Wozniacki	Tsvetana Pironkova Roberta Vinci	Round robin losers Daniela Hantuchová Hsieh Su-wei   Sofia Arvidsson Zheng Jie Maria Kirilenko (withdrew)
	Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Final Prague, Czech Republic	Czech Republic 3–1	Serbia

Statistical information

These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2012 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the tennis event at the London Summer Olympic Games, the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the Tournament of Champions), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), and the WTA International tournaments. ^[1] The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) cumulated importance of those titles (one Grand Slam win equalling two Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 wins, one year-end championships win equalling one-and-a-half Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win, one Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win equalling two Premier wins, one Olympic win equalling one-and-a-half Premier win, one Premier win equalling two International wins); 3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy; 4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).

Key

Grand Slam tournaments

Summer Olympic Games

Year-end championships

WTA Premier Mandatory

WTA Premier 5

WTA Premier

WTA International

To avoid confusion and double counting, these tables should be updated only after an event is completed. The tables are through to the tournaments of the week of September 9.

Titles won by player

Total	Player	Grand Slam			Olympic Games			Year-end		Premier Mandatory		Premier 5		Premier		Inter­national		Total
		S	D	X	S	D	X	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	X
12	Sara Errani  (ITA)		● ●								●		●			● ● ● ●	● ● ● ●	4	8	0
9	Serena Williams  (USA)	● ●	●		●	●		●		●				● ●				7	2	0
9	Roberta Vinci  (ITA)		● ●								●		●			●	● ● ● ●	1	8	0
7	Victoria Azarenka  (BLR)	●					●			● ●		●		●		●		6	0	1
6	Lisa Raymond  (USA)			●							●		●		● ● ●			0	5	1
5	Nadia Petrova  (RUS)							●	●		●	●				●		3	2	0
5	Liezel Huber  (USA)										●		●		● ● ●			0	5	0
4	Raquel Kops-Jones  (USA)												●		●		● ●	0	4	0
4	Abigail Spears  (USA)												●		●		● ●	0	4	0
4	Andrea Hlaváčková  (CZE)												●				● ● ●	0	4	0
4	Lucie Hradecká  (CZE)												●				● ● ●	0	4	0
3	Maria Sharapova  (RUS)	●										●		●				3	0	0
3	Venus Williams  (USA)		●			●										●		1	2	0
3	Ekaterina Makarova  (RUS)			●							●				●			0	2	1
3	Sania Mirza  (IND)			●											●		●	0	2	1
3	Agnieszka Radwańska  (POL)									●				● ●				3	0	0
3	Heather Watson  (GBR)														●	●	●	1	2	0
3	Hsieh Su-wei  (TPE)															● ●	●	2	1	0
2	Bethanie Mattek-Sands  (USA)			●											●			0	1	1
2	Maria Kirilenko  (RUS)								●		●							0	2	0
2	Elena Vesnina  (RUS)										●				●			0	2	0
2	Petra Kvitová  (CZE)											●		●				2	0	0
2	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik  (POL)												●				●	0	2	0
2	Kristina Mladenovic  (FRA)												●				●	0	2	0
2	Kaia Kanepi  (EST)													●		●		2	0	0
2	Angelique Kerber  (GER)													●		●		2	0	0
2	Caroline Wozniacki  (DNK)													●		●		2	0	0
2	Marina Erakovic  (NZL)														●		●	0	2	0
2	Květa Peschke  (CZE)														●		●	0	2	0
2	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová  (CZE)														●		●	0	2	0
2	Tímea Babos  (HUN)															●	●	1	1	0
2	Irina-Camelia Begu  (ROU)															●	●	1	1	0
2	Magdaléna Rybáriková  (SVK)															●	●	1	1	0
2	Chuang Chia-jung  (TPE)																● ●	0	2	0
2	Chang Kai-chen  (TPE)																● ●	0	2	0
2	Alexandra Panova  (RUS)																● ●	0	2	0
2	Zhang Shuai  (CHN)																● ●	0	2	0
2	Nuria Llagostera Vives  (ESP)														● ●			0	1	0
1	Svetlana Kuznetsova  (RUS)		●															0	1	0
1	Vera Zvonareva  (RUS)		●															0	1	0
1	Li Na  (CHN)											●						1	0	0
1	Dominika Cibulková  (SVK)													●				1	0	0
1	Tamira Paszek  (AUT)													●				1	0	0
1	Iveta Benešová  (CZE)														●			0	1	0
1	Arantxa Parra Santonja  (ESP)														●			0	1	0
1	María José Martínez Sánchez  (ESP)														●			0	1	0
1	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova  (RUS)														●			0	1	0
1	Lucie Šafářová  (CZE)														●			0	1	0
1	Katarina Srebotnik  (SLO)														●			0	1	0
1	Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino  (ESP)															●		1	0	0
1	Sofia Arvidsson  (SWE)															●		1	0	0
1	Mona Barthel  (GER)															●		1	0	0
1	Kiki Bertens  (NED)															●		1	0	0
1	Alizé Cornet  (FRA)															●		1	0	0
1	Kirsten Flipkens  (BEL)															●		1	0	0
1	Daniela Hantuchová  (SVK)															●		1	0	0
1	Polona Hercog  (SLO)															●		1	0	0
1	Bojana Jovanovski  (SRB)															●		1	0	0
1	Melanie Oudin  (USA)															●		1	0	0
1	Francesca Schiavone  (ITA)															●		1	0	0
1	Zheng Jie  (CHN)															●		1	0	0
1	Shuko Aoyama  (JPN)																●	0	1	0
1	Eva Birnerová  (CZE)																●	0	1	0
1	Irina Buryachok  (UKR)																●	0	1	0
1	Catalina Castaño  (COL)																●	0	1	0
1	Petra Cetkovská  (CZE)																●	0	1	0
1	Jill Craybas  (USA)																●	0	1	0
1	Kimiko Date-Krumm  (JPN)																●	0	1	0
1	Mariana Duque Mariño  (COL)																●	0	1	0
1	Rika Fujiwara  (JPN)																●	0	1	0
1	Julia Görges  (GER)																●	0	1	0
1	Olga Govortsova  (BLR)																●	0	1	0
1	Anna-Lena Grönefeld  (GER)																●	0	1	0
1	Janette Husárová  (SVK)																●	0	1	0
1	Paula Kania  (POL)																●	0	1	0
1	Tatjana Malek  (GER)																●	0	1	0
1	Monica Niculescu  (ROU)																●	0	1	0
1	Polina Pekhova  (BLR)																●	0	1	0
1	Anastasia Rodionova  (AUS)																●	0	1	0
1	Valeria Solovieva  (RUS)																●	0	1	0
1	Tamarine Tanasugarn  (THA)																●	0	1	0
1	Renata Voráčová  (CZE)																●	0	1	0

Titles won by nation

Total	Nation	Grand Slam			Olympic Games			Year-end		Premier Mandatory		Premier 5		Premier		Inter­national		Total
		S	D	X	S	D	X	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	X
24	United States	2	1	2	1	1		1		1	1		2	2	5	2	3	9	13	2
16	Russia	1	1	1				1	1		2	2		1	2	1	3	6	9	1
15	Czech Republic											1	1	1	3		7	2	11	0
14	Italy		2								1		1			6	4	6	8	0
9	Belarus	1					1			2		1		1		1	2	6	2	1
6	Poland									1			1	2			2	3	3	0
6	Germany													1		2	3	3	3	0
6	Taiwan															2	4	2	4	0
4	China											1				1	2	2	2	0
4	Slovakia													1		2	1	3	1	0
3	India			1											1		1	0	2	1
3	France												1			1	1	1	2	0
3	Germany														1	1	1	1	1	0
3	Spain														2	1		1	2	0
2	Denmark													1		1		2	0	0
2	Estonia													1		1		2	0	0
2	Slovenia														1	1		1	1	0
2	New Zealand														1		1	0	2	0
2	Hungary															1	1	1	1	0
2	Romania															1	1	1	1	0
2	Japan																2	0	2	0
1	Austria													1				1	0	0
1	Belgium															1		1	0	0
1	Netherlands															1		1	0	0
1	Serbia															1		1	0	0
1	Sweden															1		1	0	0
1	Australia																1	0	1	0
1	Colombia																1	0	1	0
1	Ukraine																1	0	1	0
1	Thailand																1	0	1	0

Titles information

The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

Singles

• Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino – Bogotá (singles)
• Tímea Babos – Monterrey (singles)
• Mona Barthel – Hobart (singles)
• Kiki Bertens – Fes (singles)
• Irina-Camelia Begu – Tashkent (singles)
• Hsieh Su-wei – Kuala Lumpur (singles)
• Bojana Jovanovski – Baku (singles)
• Angelique Kerber – Paris (singles)
• Heather Watson – Osaka (singles)

Doubles

• Shuko Aoyama – Washington, D.C. (doubles)
• Tímea Babos – Birmingham (doubles)
• Irina-Camelia Begu – Hobart (doubles)
• Irina Buryachok – Baku (doubles)
• Catalina Castaño – Båstad (doubles)
• Mariana Duque Mariño – Båstad (doubles)
• Rika Fujiwara – Copenhagen (doubles)
• Paula Kania – Tashkent (doubles)
• Tatjana Malek – Quebec City (doubles)
• Kristina Mladenovic – Montreal (doubles)
• Polina Pekhova – Tashkent (doubles)
• Magdaléna Rybáriková – Budapest (doubles)
• Lucie Šafářová – Charleston (doubles)
• Valeriya Solovyeva – Baku (doubles)
• Heather Watson – Stanford (doubles)

Mixed doubles

• Bethanie Mattek-Sands – Australian Open (mixed doubles)
• Ekaterina Makarova – US Open (mixed doubles)

The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

Singles

• Daniela Hantuchová – Pattaya City (singles)
• Polona Hercog – Båstad (singles)
• Maria Sharapova – Rome (singles)
• Serena Williams – Stanford (singles)

Doubles

• Liezel Huber – Dubai (doubles)
• Serena Williams – Olympics (doubles)
• Venus Williams – Olympics (doubles)

Rankings

The Race to the Championships determines the players in the WTA Tour Championships in October. The WTA rankings are based on tournaments of the latest 52 weeks.

Singles

The following is the 2012 top 20 in the Race to the Championships and the top 20 ranked players in the world. ^{[3] [4]} Players must include points from the Grand Slams, Premier Mandatory tournaments, the Summer Olympic Games and the WTA Championships. For Top 20 players, their best two results at Premier 5 tournaments will also count. ^[5] Gold backgrounds indicate players that qualified for the WTA Tour Championships. Blue backgrounds indicate players that qualified as alternates at the WTA Tour Championships.

Race Singles (as of October 22, 2012) Rk Player Points Tour 1   Victoria Azarenka  (BLR) 10,190 19(18) 2   Maria Sharapova  (RUS) 9,115 17(14) 3   Serena Williams  (USA) 7,900 14(12) 4   Agnieszka Radwańska  (POL) 7,095 23 5   Angelique Kerber  (GER) 5,470 21 6   Petra Kvitová  (CZE) 5,215 20(18) 7   Sara Errani  (ITA) 4,855 23 8   Li Na  (CHN) 4,726 18(17) 9   Samantha Stosur  (AUS) 4,120 22 10   Marion Bartoli  (FRA) 3,740 27 11   Caroline Wozniacki  (DEN) 3,685 22 12   Ana Ivanovic  (SRB) 2,900 20(19) 13   Nadia Petrova  (RUS) 2,725 22 14   Dominika Cibulková  (SVK) 2,495 27 15   Maria Kirilenko  (RUS) 2,463 21 16   Roberta Vinci  (ITA) 2,400 28 17   Lucie Šafářová  (CZE) 2,125 24 18   Julia Görges  (GER) 1,965 26 19   Kaia Kanepi  (EST) 1,929 16 20   Ekaterina Makarova  (RUS) 1,841 19

WTA Singles Year-End Rankings [6] # Player Points #Trn '11 Rk High Low '11→'12 1   Victoria Azarenka  (BLR) 10,595 18 3 1 3 2 2   Maria Sharapova  (RUS) 10,045 17 4 1 4 2 3   Serena Williams  (USA) 9,400 15 12 3 13 9 4   Agnieszka Radwańska  (POL) 7,425 22 8 2 8 4 5   Angelique Kerber  (GER) 5,550 21 32 5 32 27 6   Sara Errani  (ITA) 5,100 23 45 6 48 39 7   Li Na  (CHN) 5,095 18 5 5 11 2 8   Petra Kvitová  (CZE) 5,085 20 2 2 8 6 9   Samantha Stosur  (AUS) 4,135 23 6 5 9 3 10   Caroline Wozniacki  (DEN) 3,765 23 1 1 11 9 11   Marion Bartoli  (FRA) 3,740 25 9 7 11 2 12   Nadia Petrova  (RUS) 3,040 22 29 12 35 17 13   Ana Ivanovic  (SRB) 2,900 19 22 12 22 9 14   Maria Kirilenko  (RUS) 2,540 22 28 12 29 14 15   Dominika Cibulková  (SVK) 2,495 27 18 12 18 3 16   Roberta Vinci  (ITA) 2,475 28 23 15 28 7 17   Lucie Šafářová  (CZE) 2,125 24 25 17 28 8 18   Julia Görges  (GER) 1,965 26 21 15 29 3 19   Kaia Kanepi  (EST) 1,929 16 34 15 34 15 20   Ekaterina Makarova  (RUS) 1,841 19 52 20 56 32

Number 1 ranking

Holder	Date gained	Date forfeited
Caroline Wozniacki  (DEN)	Year-End 2011	29 January 2012
Victoria Azarenka  (BLR)	30 January 2012	10 June 2012
Maria Sharapova  (RUS)	11 June 2012	8 July 2012
Victoria Azarenka  (BLR)	9 July 2012	Year-End 2012

Doubles

The following is the 2012 top 20 in the Race To The Championships – Doubles and the top 20 individual ranked doubles players. Gold backgrounds indicate teams that have qualified for WTA Tour Championships.

Race Doubles (as of October 22, 2012) Rk Team Points Tour 1   Sara Errani  (ITA)   Roberta Vinci  (ITA) 10097 15 2   Andrea Hlaváčková  (CZE)   Lucie Hradecká  (CZE) 7380 14 3   Liezel Huber  (USA)   Lisa Raymond  (USA) 7036 19 4   Maria Kirilenko  (RUS)   Nadia Petrova  (RUS) 5325 12 5   Raquel Kops-Jones  (USA)   Abigail Spears  (USA) 5173 25 6   Elena Vesnina  (RUS)   Ekaterina Makarova  (RUS) 4071 8 7   Nuria Llagostera Vives  (ESP)   María José Martínez Sánchez  (ESP) 3737 9 8   Natalie Grandin  (RSA)   Vladimíra Uhlířová  (CZE) 2576 31 9   Serena Williams  (USA)   Venus Williams  (USA) 2280 2 10   Květa Peschke  (CZE)   Katarina Srebotnik  (SLO) 2197 12

WTA Doubles Year-End Rankings [7] # Player Points Change 1   Roberta Vinci  (ITA) 10,030 25 2   Sara Errani  (ITA) 10,030 25 3   Andrea Hlaváčková  (CZE) 8,160 11 4   Lucie Hradecká  (CZE) 8,160 11 5   Nadia Petrova  (RUS) 7,065 8 6   Lisa Raymond  (USA) 6,585 2 7   Maria Kirilenko  (RUS) 6,550 = 8   Liezel Huber  (USA) 6,510 7 9   Elena Vesnina  (RUS) 6,120 1 10   Nuria Llagostera Vives  (ESP) 5,540 22 11   Ekaterina Makarova  (RUS) 5,170 46 12   Sania Mirza  (IND) 4,415 1 13   Raquel Kops-Jones  (USA) 4,300 24 14   Abigail Spears  (USA) 4,300 22 15   María José Martínez Sánchez  (ESP) 4,136 6 16   Katarina Srebotnik  (SLO) 3,935 14 17   Květa Peschke  (CZE) 3,590 15 18   Anna-Lena Grönefeld  (GER) 3,165 35 19   Zheng Jie  (CHN) 3,120 1 20   Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová  (CZE) 2,925 2

Number 1 ranking

Holder	Date gained	Date forfeited
Liezel Huber  (USA)	Year-End 2011
Liezel Huber  (USA)   Lisa Raymond  (USA)	23 April 2012	9 September 2012
Sara Errani  (ITA)	10 September 2012	14 October 2012
Roberta Vinci  (ITA)	15 October 2012	Year-End 2012

Prize money leaders

The 2012 WTA Tour season was the first, and still only, season where 3 different players earned at least $6,000,000. The 2014 and 2017 seasons each had 3 different players earned at least $5,000,000. The top-16 players earned over $1,000,000.

#	Player	Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Bonus Pool	Year-to-date
1	Victoria Azarenka  (BLR)	$7,317,651	$7,130	$4,139	$600,000	$7,928,920
2	Serena Williams  (USA)	$6,828,831	$214,725	$2,419	$0	$7,045,975
3	Maria Sharapova  (RUS)	$6,308,296	$0	$0	$200,000	$6,508,296
4	Agnieszka Radwańska  (POL)	$3,803,819	$47,723	$0	$250,000	$4,101,542
5	Sara Errani  (ITA)	$2,181,948	$926,618	$2,070	$0	$3,110,636
6	Petra Kvitová  (CZE)	$2,127,402	$5,473	$0	$600,000	$2,732,875
7	Caroline Wozniacki  (DEN)	$1,408,240	$430	$0	$1,000,000	$2,408,670
8	Li Na (tennis)  (CHN)	$1,880,646	$0	$0	$400,000	$2,280,646
9	Angelique Kerber  (GER)	$1,938,436	$31,856	$2,070	$0	$1,972,362
10	Samantha Stosur  (AUS)	$1,490,602	$45,582	$0	$400,000	$1,936,184
prize money given in US$ as of November 5,2012 [update] [8]

Statistics leaders

as of November 12,2012 ^{[update] [9]}

Aces Player Aces Matches 1 Serena Williams 484 58 2 Nadia Petrova 363 57 3 Victoria Azarenka 303 78 4 Maria Sharapova 244 70 5 Samantha Stosur 237 64 6 Kim Clijsters 230 62 7 Mona Barthel 220 72 8 Roberta Vinci 218 72 9 Petra Kvitová 207 57 10 Sorana Cîrstea 190 57

Service games won Player % Matches 1 Serena Williams 87.5 58 2 Kim Clijsters 78.8 62 3 Petra Kvitová 75.3 57 4 Maria Sharapova 75.2 70 5 Victoria Azarenka 75.0 78 6 Samantha Stosur 74.9 64 7 Nadia Petrova 74.5 57 8 Lucie Hradecká 73.1 35 9 Andrea Hlaváčková 73.0 22 10 Lucie Šafářová 72.5 48

Break points saved Player % Matches 1 Serena Williams 67.8 58 2 Kim Clijsters 64.7 62 3 Andrea Hlaváčková 63.5 22 4 Maria Sharapova 61.5 70 5 Lucie Šafářová 61.3 48 6 Samantha Stosur 60.4 64 7 Varvara Lepchenko 59.7 45 8 Li Na 59.6 59 9 Victoria Azarenka 59.4 78 10 Angelique Kerber 59.2 79

First serve percentage Player % Matches 1 Sara Errani 76.3 72 2 Andrea Petkovic 72.5 22 3 Arantxa Rus 70.6 25 4 Sofia Arvidsson 69.0 47 5 Zheng Jie 68.4 49 6 Li Na 67.9 59 7 Agnieszka Radwańska 67.9 78 8 Victoria Azarenka 67.7 78 9 Patricia Mayr-Achleitner 67.5 21 10 Irina-Camelia Begu 66.7 41

First service points won Player % Matches 1 Serena Williams 77.8 58 2 Lucie Hradecká 73.1 35 3 Nadia Petrova 71.5 57 4 Kim Clijsters 70.3 62 5 Venus Williams 69.6 33 6 Mona Barthel 69.2 52 7 Kaia Kanepi 69.1 34 8 Andrea Hlaváčková 69.0 22 9 Ana Ivanovic 68.9 54 10 Laura Robson 68.7 31

Second serve points won Player % Matches 1 Serena Williams 54.0 58 2 Caroline Wozniacki 50.7 71 3 Li Na 50.4 59 4 Ekaterina Makarova 50.2 45 5 Svetlana Kuznetsova 49.9 25 6 Misaki Doi 49.7 25 7 Samantha Stosur 49.6 64 8 Varvara Lepchenko 49.4 45 9 Petra Kvitová 49.2 57 10 Galina Voskoboeva 48.8 33

Points won returning 1st service Player % Matches 1 Sara Errani 44.7 72 2 Alizé Cornet 44.1 42 3 Flavia Pennetta 42.7 35 4 Klára Zakopalová 42.4 44 5 Serena Williams 42.4 58 6 Victoria Azarenka 42.0 78 7 Agnieszka Radwańska 41.4 78 8 Maria Sharapova 41.4 70 9 Dominika Cibulková 40.9 59 10 Kaia Kanepi 40.8 34

Break points converted Player % Matches 1 Sara Errani 54.3 72 2 Agnieszka Radwańska 54.2 78 3 Victoria Azarenka 53.5 78 4 Arantxa Rus 51.7 25 5 Casey Dellacqua 51.4 23 6 Dominika Cibulková 51.3 59 7 Kiki Bertens 50.9 23 8 Kaia Kanepi 50.7 34 9 Magdaléna Rybáriková 50.5 29 10 Maria Sharapova 50.3 70

Return games won Player % Matches 1 Victoria Azarenka 52.5 78 2 Sara Errani 51.2 72 3 Flavia Pennetta 48.0 35 4 Agnieszka Radwańska 47.0 78 5 Maria Sharapova 47.0 70 6 Serena Williams 46.8 58 7 Mathilde Johansson 45.0 27 8 Klára Zakopalová 44.5 44 9 Dominika Cibulková 44.5 59 10 Alizé Cornet 43.9 42

Points distribution

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Category	W	F	SF	QF	R16	R32	R64	R128	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Grand Slam (S)	2000	1400	900	500	280	160	100	5	60	50	40	2
Grand Slam (D)	2000	1400	900	500	280	160	5	–	48	–	–	–
WTA Championships (S)	+450	+360	(230 for each win, 70 for each loss)
WTA Championships (D)	1500	1050	690
WTA Premier Mandatory (96S)	1000	700	450	250	140	80	50	5	30	–	20	1
WTA Premier Mandatory (64S)	1000	700	450	250	140	80	5	–	30	–	20	1
WTA Premier Mandatory (28/32D)	1000	700	450	250	140	5	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier 5 (56S)	900	620	395	225	125	70	1	–	30	–	20	1
WTA Premier 5 (28D)	900	620	395	225	125	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
Summer Olympic Games (64S)	685	470	340(3rd) 260(4th)	175	95	55	1	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier (56S)	470	320	200	120	60	40	1	–	12	–	8	1
WTA Premier (32S)	470	320	200	120	60	1	–	–	20	12	8	1
WTA Premier (16D)	470	320	200	120	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tournament of Champions	+195	+75	(60 for each win, 25 for each loss)
WTA International (56S)	280	200	130	70	30	15	1	–	10	–	6	1
WTA International (32S)	280	200	130	70	30	1	–	–	16	10	6	1
WTA International (16D)	280	200	130	70	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Retirements

• Vasilisa Bardina (born 30 November 1987, in Moscow) turned professional in 2003 with a high singles ranking career of No. 48 on 15 January 2007 and a high doubles ranking career of No. 117 on 25 June 2007.
• Myriam Casanova (born 20 June 1985, in Altstätten) turned professional in 2000 with a high singles ranking career of No. 45 on 7 April 2003 and a high doubles ranking career of No. 19 on 5 July 2004.
• Kim Clijsters (born 8 July 1983, in Bilzen) turned professional in 1997, reaching career-high rankings of World No. 1 in Singles and Doubles. Clijsters has won 41 WTA singles titles and 11 WTA doubles titles. She has won four Grand Slam singles titles: three at the US Open, in 2005, 2009, and 2010 and one at the Australian Open in 2011. She has also been runner-up in four Grand Slam singles tournaments, and won the WTA Tour Championships singles title in 2002, 2003, and 2010. In doubles, she won the French Open and Wimbledon titles in 2003. Clijsters has retired once on 6 May 2007, ^[10] but almost two years later, on 26 March 2009, she publicly declared her intent to return to the WTA tour for the 2009 summer hard court season. ^[11] In only her third tournament back, she won her second US Open title, becoming the first unseeded player and wildcard to win the tournament, and the first mother to win a major since Evonne Goolagong in 1980. ^[12] Clijsters announced in May that her second retirement would occur after the completion of the 2012 US Open ^[13]
• Julie Ditty (born 4 January 1979, in Atlanta) turned professional in 2002 with a high singles ranking career of No. 89 on 24 March 2008 and a high doubles ranking career of No. 66 on 3 August 2009.
• Gisela Dulko (born January 30, 1985, in Buenos Aires) was a former world no. 1 in doubles turned professional in 2001. Dulko has won 4 WTA singles titles and 17 WTA doubles titles. Dulko won the 2010 WTA Tour Championships and the 2011 Australian Open in doubles, enjoying an 11-year career before announcing her retirement in November 2012. ^[14]
• Ashley Harkleroad (born 2 May 1985, in Rossville) turned professional in 2000 with a high singles ranking career of No. 39 on 9 June 2003 and a high doubles ranking career of No. 39 on 27 January 2007.
• Svetlana Krivencheva (born 30 December 1973 in Plovdiv) turned professional in 1991 with a high doubles ranking career of No. 69 on 3 August 1998.
• Courtney Nagle (born 29 September 1982) turned professional in 2005 with a high doubles ranking career of No. 97 on 20 April 2009.
• Olivia Sanchez (born 17 November 1982 in Paris) turned professional in 1998 with a high singles ranking career of No. 90 on 9 June 2008.
• İpek Şenoğlu (born 8 June 1979 in Eskişehir) turned professional in 1996 with a high doubles ranking career of No. 53 on 19 October 2009.
• Olga Vymetálková (born 24 January 1976) turned professional in 1994 with a high doubles ranking career of No. 82 on 13 September 2004.
• Mashona Washington (born 31 May 1976, in Flint) turned professional in 1995 with a high singles ranking career of No. 50 on 8 November 2004 and a high doubles ranking career of No. 55 on 18 July 2005.
• Jasmin Wöhr (born 21 August 1980 in Tübingen) turned professional in 1999 with a high doubles ranking career of No. 46 on 23 July 2007.

Comebacks

Following are notable players who will comeback after retirements during the 2012 WTA Tour season:

• Paola Suárez (born June 23, 1976, in Buenos Aires), who turned professional in 1991 and has reached a career high ranking of No. 9 on 7 June 2004 in singles and in doubles she was a former world no. 1. She has won 8 doubles Grand Slam (with Virginia Ruano Pascual), 4 singles titles, 44 WTA Tour doubles including 1 WTA Championships. She returned from retirement in 2012, partnering with Gisela Dulko at the 2012 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas, but they lost in the first round. The pair played at the London Summer Olympic Games, where they also lost in the first round.

Awards

The winners of the 2012 WTA Awards were announced throughout the last week of November. ^[15]

• Player of the Year – Serena Williams
• Doubles Team of the Year – Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci
• Most Improved Player – Sara Errani
• Comeback Player of the Year – Yaroslava Shvedova
• Newcomer of the Year – Laura Robson
• Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award – Kim Clijsters
• Player Service Award – Venus Williams
• Diamond Aces – Victoria Azarenka
• Fan Favorite Singles Player – Agnieszka Radwańska
• Fan Favorite Doubles Team – Serena Williams & Venus Williams
• Fan Favorite Twitter – Caroline Wozniacki (Twitter account)
• Fan Favorite Facebook – Agnieszka Radwańska (Facebook account)
• Fan Favorite Video – Agnieszka Radwańska & The Bee (video)
• Favorite Premier Tournament – Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (Stuttgart)
• Favorite International Tournament – Sony Swedish Open (Båstad)

See also

• 2012 ATP World Tour
• 2012 ATP Challenger Tour
• 2012 ITF Men's Circuit
• 2012 WTA 125s
• 2012 ITF Women's Circuit
• Women's Tennis Association
• International Tennis Federation

Notes

• ^a Zheng Jie won the final after Flavia Pennetta was forced to retire because of a low back injury. ^[16]
• ^b Hsieh Su-wei won the final after Petra Martić was forced to retire because of fatigue and cramping.

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External links

• Women's Tennis Association (WTA) official website
• International Tennis Federation (ITF) official website