2012 Brisbane International

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2012 Brisbane International
Date1–8 January
Edition4th
SurfaceHard / outdoors
Location Brisbane, Australia
Venue Queensland Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Murray
Women's singles
Flag of Estonia.svg Kaia Kanepi
Men's doubles
Flag of Belarus.svg Max Mirnyi / Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor
Women's doubles
Flag of Spain.svg Nuria Llagostera Vives / Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Parra Santonja
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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.

Contents

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRankSeed
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Andy Murray 41
Flag of France.svg  FRA Gilles Simon 122
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov 153
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Florian Mayer 234
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kei Nishikori 255
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Radek Štěpánek 286
Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Jürgen Melzer 337
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Bernard Tomic 428

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles 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 41
Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Jürgen Melzer Flag of Germany.svg  GER Philipp Petzschner 122
Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Robert Lindstedt Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Horia Tecău 143
Flag of Pakistan.svg  PAK Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Flag of Curacao.svg  CUR Jean-Julien Rojer 164

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRankSeed
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Samantha Stosur 61
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Andrea Petkovic 102
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Francesca Schiavone 113
Flag of the United States.svg USA Serena Williams 124
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Kim Clijsters 135
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Jelena Janković 146
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 167
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Dominika Cibulková 188

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Retirements

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Natalie Grandin Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Vladimíra Uhlířová 471
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Iveta Benešová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 512
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Hsieh Su-wei Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Galina Voskoboeva 663
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Arantxa Parra Santonja 664

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

Finals

Men's singles

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Murray defeated Flag of Ukraine.svg Alexandr Dolgopolov, 6–1, 6–3

Women's singles

Flag of Estonia.svg Kaia Kanepi defeated Flag of Slovakia.svg Daniela Hantuchová, 6–2, 6–1

Men's doubles

Flag of Belarus.svg Max Mirnyi / Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor defeated Flag of Austria.svg Jürgen Melzer / Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Petzschner, 6–1, 6–2

Women's doubles

Flag of Spain.svg Nuria Llagostera Vives / Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Parra Santonja defeated Flag of the United States.svg Raquel Kops-Jones / Flag of the United States.svg Abigail Spears, 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2)

Broadcast

The 2012 Brisbane International was, for the first time, broadcast live and in full to most states in Australia on digital channel 7Two. In previous years, the event was broadcast only on certain days and often on significant delay on Channel Seven.

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References

  1. "Andy Murray cruises to Brisbane title and pays tribute to sense of humour and work ethic of new coach Ivan Lendl". The Daily Telegraph. 9 January 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2012.

Coordinates: 27°31′30″S153°0′26″E / 27.52500°S 153.00722°E / -27.52500; 153.00722 (Queensland Tennis Centre)