2012 Western & Southern Open

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2012 Western & Southern Open
DateAugust 11–19
Edition111th (men) / 84th (women)
Category ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (men)
WTA Premier 5 (women)
Surface Hard / outdoor
Location Mason, Ohio, United States
Venue Lindner Family Tennis Center
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer
Women's singles
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Na
Men's doubles
Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Lindstedt / Flag of Romania.svg Horia Tecău
Women's doubles
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Andrea Hlaváčková / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lucie Hradecká
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The 2012 Western and Southern Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 111th edition (for the men) and the 84th (for the women) of the Cincinnati Masters, and was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2012 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. The tournament was held at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, United States, from August 11 to August 19, 2012. Roger Federer and Li Na 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]
Champion1000900
Runner up600620
Semifinals360395
Quarterfinals180225
Round of 1690125
Round of 324510701
Round of 64101
Qualifier2530
Qualifying Finalist1620
Qualifying 1st round01


Prize money

StageMen's singles [3] Men's doubles [3] Women's singles [3] Women's doubles [3]
Champion$535,600$165,860$385,000$110,000
Runner up$262,610$81,200$192,000$55,000
Semifinals$132,165$40,730$96,100$27,525
Quarterfinals$67,205$20,910$45,750$13,850
Round of 16$34,900$10,800$22,060$7,000
Round of 32$18,400$5,700$11,300$3,500
Round of 64$9,935$6,100
Final round qualifying$2,290$2,050
First round qualifying$1,165$1,080

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

The following players were seeded in the main singles draw, following the ATP rankings of August 6, 2012:

CountryPlayerRankingSeeds
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Roger Federer 11
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Novak Djokovic 22
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Andy Murray 43
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP David Ferrer 54
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Tomáš Berdych 75
Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Juan Martín del Potro 86
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Janko Tipsarević 97
Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Juan Mónaco 108
Flag of the United States.svg USA John Isner 119
Flag of the United States.svg USA Mardy Fish 1310
Flag of France.svg  FRA Gilles Simon 1411
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Marin Čilić 1512
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov 1613
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kei Nishikori 1714
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Philipp Kohlschreiber 1815
Flag of the United States.svg USA Andy Roddick 2016

Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Retirements

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Max Mirnyi Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Daniel Nestor 21
Flag of the United States.svg USA Bob Bryan Flag of the United States.svg USA Mike Bryan 62
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Mariusz Fyrstenberg Flag of Poland.svg  POL Marcin Matkowski 133
Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Robert Lindstedt Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Horia Tecău 214
Flag of India.svg  IND Leander Paes Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Radek Štěpánek 215
Flag of India.svg  IND Mahesh Bhupathi Flag of India.svg  IND Rohan Bopanna 286
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Marcel Granollers Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Marc López 337
Flag of Pakistan.svg  PAK Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Jean-Julien Rojer 338

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Retirements

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRankingSeeds
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Agnieszka Radwańska 31
Flag of the United States.svg USA Serena Williams 42
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Samantha Stosur 53
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Petra Kvitová 64
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Angelique Kerber 75
Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Caroline Wozniacki 86
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Sara Errani 97
Flag of France.svg  FRA Marion Bartoli 108
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Li Na 119
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Ana Ivanovic 1210
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Dominika Cibulková 1311
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Maria Kirilenko 1412
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Jelena Janković 1813
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Francesca Schiavone 2114
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Nadia Petrova 2215
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Šafářová 2316
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2417

Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Retirements

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 Italy.svg  ITA Sara Errani Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Roberta Vinci 72
Flag of the United States.svg USA Vania King Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 113
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Maria Kirilenko Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Nadia Petrova 164
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Andrea Hlaváčková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Hradecká 185
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives Flag of Spain.svg  ESP María José Martínez Sánchez 376
Flag of the United States.svg USA Raquel Kops-Jones Flag of the United States.svg USA Abigail Spears 397
Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Katarina Srebotnik Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zheng Jie 418

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pairs received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

Retirements

Finals

Men's singles

Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer defeated Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic, 6–0, 7–6(9–7)

Women's singles

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Na defeated Flag of Germany.svg Angelique Kerber, 1–6, 6–3, 6–1

Men's doubles

Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Lindstedt / Flag of Romania.svg Horia Tecău defeated Flag of India.svg Mahesh Bhupathi / Flag of India.svg Rohan Bopanna, 6–4, 6–4

Women's doubles

Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Andrea Hlaváčková / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lucie Hradecká defeated Flag of Slovenia.svg Katarina Srebotnik / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Jie, 6–1, 6–3

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