2012 China Open (tennis)

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2012 China Open
Date1–7 October
Edition14th (ATP) / 16th (WTA)
Category ATP World Tour 500 (men)
Premier Mandatory (women)
Surface Hard / outdoor
Location Beijing, China
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic
Women's singles
Flag of Belarus.svg Victoria Azarenka
Men's doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Bob Bryan / Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bryan
Women's doubles
Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Makarova / Flag of Russia.svg Elena Vesnina
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The 2012 China Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the China Open for the men (16th for the women), and part of the ATP 500 Series of the 2012 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2012 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events were held at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing, China, from 1 October till 7 October 2012. Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka won the singles titles.

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Points and prize money

Point distribution

StageMen's singles [1] Men's doubles [1] Women's singles [2] Women's doubles [2]
Champion5001000
Runner up300700
Semifinals180450
Quarterfinals90250
Round of 16450140
Round of 320805
Round of 64-5
Qualifier2030
Qualifying Finalist1020
Qualifying 1st round01


Prize money

StageMen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's singlesWomen's doubles
Champion$505,000$148,500$775,500$266,000
Runner up$234,000$68,000$387,750$133,000
Semifinals$110,000$33,000$169,447$53,000
Quarterfinals$52,520$15,500$74,450$22,260
Round of 16$26,810$7,920$37,225$9,350
Round of 32$14,710$19,950$4,250
Round of 64-$11,817
Final round qualifying$1,700$2,610
First round qualifying$900$1,350

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Novak Djokovic 21
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP David Ferrer 52
Flag of France.svg  FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 73
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Marin Čilić 134
Flag of France.svg  FRA Richard Gasquet 145
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov 206
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Tommy Haas 217
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Fernando Verdasco 238

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 the United States.svg USA Bob Bryan Flag of the United States.svg USA Mike Bryan 21
Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Max Mirnyi Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Daniel Nestor 62
Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Robert Lindstedt Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Horia Tecău 123
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Mariusz Fyrstenberg Flag of Poland.svg  POL Marcin Matkowski 214

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

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 54
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Angelique Kerber 65
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Sara Errani 76
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Li Na 87
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Samantha Stosur 98
Flag of France.svg  FRA Marion Bartoli 109
Flag of Denmark.svg  DNK Caroline Wozniacki 1110
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Ana Ivanovic 1211
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Dominika Cibulková 1312
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Maria Kirilenko 1413
Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Kaia Kanepi 1514
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Roberta Vinci 1615
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Šafářová 1716

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Retirements

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Sara Errani Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Roberta Vinci 31
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Maria Kirilenko Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Nadia Petrova 172
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Ekaterina Makarova Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Elena Vesnina 263
Flag of the United States.svg USA Vania King Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 284
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives Flag of India.svg  IND Sania Mirza 305
Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Katarina Srebotnik Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zheng Jie 316
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Květa Peschke 417
Flag of the United States.svg USA Raquel Kops-Jones Flag of the United States.svg USA Abigail Spears 418

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pairs received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

Finals

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

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