2012 Australian Open

The 2012 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 16 to 29 January 2012. It was the 100th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year. The tournament consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players competed in singles and doubles tournaments.

This article is about the tennis tournament. For the snooker tournament, see 2012 Australian Goldfields Open.

2012 Australian Open
Date16–29 January
Edition100th
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
SurfaceHardcourt (Plexicushion)
LocationMelbourne, Australia
VenueMelbourne Park
Champions
Men's singles
Novak Djokovic
Women's singles
Victoria Azarenka
Men's doubles
Leander Paes / Radek Štěpánek
Women's doubles
Svetlana Kuznetsova / Vera Zvonareva
Mixed doubles
Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Horia Tecău
Wheelchair men's singles
Maikel Scheffers
Wheelchair women's singles
Esther Vergeer
Wheelchair quad singles
Peter Norfolk
Wheelchair men's doubles
Ronald Vink / Robin Ammerlaan
Wheelchair women's doubles
Esther Vergeer / Sharon Walraven
Wheelchair quad doubles
Andrew Lapthorne / Peter Norfolk
Boys' singles
Luke Saville
Girls' singles
Taylor Townsend
Boys' doubles
Liam Broady / Joshua Ward-Hibbert
Girls' doubles
Gabrielle Andrews / Taylor Townsend

Novak Djokovic successfully defended his title after he defeated Rafael Nadal in the longest grand slam final in history. The 2012 final passed the 2008 Wimbledon final for the record, finishing after 5 hours and 53 minutes of play. Kim Clijsters was the defending champion for the women's singles, but lost to Victoria Azarenka in the semifinals. Azarenka defeated Maria Sharapova for her first Grand Slam title; and over took Caroline Wozniacki as the number one ranked player on the WTA Tour. In the doubles Leander Paes and Radek Štěpánek won the title. Paes completed a career Grand Slam with the title while Štěpánek won his first Slam. On the women's side an all Russian duo of Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva took the title. The mixed event was won by Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Horia Tecău.

Tournament

The 2012 Australian Open took place in January 2012 at Melbourne Park. The men's singles was staged for the 100th time. There have been 59 different previous winners and the 100th staging of the event was marked by a special coin and the 2012 Champion received a special medallion. The tournament also marked 50 years since Rod Laver won his first Grand Slam.[1] For the first time Hawk-Eye ball tracking system was used on the Margaret Court Arena,[2] while Ken Fletcher was inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame.[3]

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.

Seniors points
Stage Men's singles[4] Men's doubles[4] Women's singles[5] Women's doubles[5]
Champion 2000
Runner up 12001400
Semifinals 720900
Quarterfinals 360500
Round of 16 180280
Round of 32 90160
Round of 64 4501005
Round of 128 10–5–
Qualifier 2560
Qualifying 3rd round 1650
Qualifying 2nd round 840
Qualifying 1st round 02

Junior points
Stage[6][7] Boys singles Boys doubles Girls singles Girls doubles
Champion 250180250180
Runner up 180120180120
Semifinals 1208012080
Quarterfinals 80508050
Round of 16 50305030
Round of 32 30–30–
Qualifier who loses in first round 25–25–
Qualifying final round 20–20–

Wheelchair points
Stage[8] Men's singles Men's doubles Women's singles Women's doubles Quad singles Quad doubles
Champion 800
Runner up 500100
Semifinals/3rd 375100375100375–
Quarterfinals/4th 100–100–100–

Prize money

The 2012 Australian Open was the richest Grand Slam tournament in history, with the singles champions pocketing 2.3 million dollars.[9] All prize money is in Australian dollars (AUD); doubles prize money is distributed per pair.

Day-by-day summaries
Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries

Events

Men's singles
Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Men's singles
See also: 2012 Australian Open – Men's singles final

Novak Djokovic was the defending champion[10] and won in the final 5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 7–5 against Rafael Nadal entering the season as reigning world number 1 for the first time of his career. It was the longest match in the history of the Australian Open, and in fact, the longest ever singles final in the Open Era in Grand Slam history; clocked at 5 hours and 53 minutes and ending after midnight with Nadal memorable saying after the match "good morning."[11] It marked the fifth Grand Slam of Djokovic's career and his 3rd Australian Open. It also marked the first time that he had defended a Grand Slam title. After winning the 2012 Australian Open, Djokovic had an opportunity to become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four Grand Slams at the same time, after winning the previous two in 2011. Nadal became the first player to lose in the final of three consecutive Grand Slams in the Open Era.[12]

Championship match result Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 7–5

Women's singles
Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Women's singles

Victoria Azarenka won her first Grand Slam title, becoming the first Belarusian player to win a Grand Slam in singles, by defeating Maria Sharapova in the final. She also became the 21st player to be ranked World No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association on 30 January 2012 as a result of this win. It was Azarenka's 2nd title of the year and 10th of her career.

Championship match result Victoria Azarenka defeated Maria Sharapova, 6–3, 6–0

Men's doubles
Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Men's doubles

Leander Paes / Radek Štěpánek defeated Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan, 7–6(7–1), 6–2

Women's doubles
Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Women's doubles

Svetlana Kuznetsova / Vera Zvonareva defeated Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci, 5–7, 6–4, 6–3

Mixed doubles
Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Mixed doubles

Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Horia Tecău defeated Elena Vesnina / Leander Paes, 6–3, 5–7, [10–3]

Boys' singles
Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Boys' singles

Luke Saville defeated Filip Peliwo, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4

Girls' singles
Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Girls' singles

Taylor Townsend defeated Yulia Putintseva, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3

Boys' doubles
Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Boys' doubles

Liam Broady / Joshua Ward-Hibbert defeated Adam Pavlásek / Filip Veger, 6–3, 6–2

Girls' doubles
Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Girls' doubles

Gabrielle Andrews / Taylor Townsend defeated Irina Khromacheva / Danka Kovinić, 5–7, 7–5, [10–6]

Wheelchair men's singles
Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's singles

Maikel Scheffers defeated Nicolas Peifer, 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–0

Wheelchair women's singles
Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair women's singles

Esther Vergeer defeated Aniek van Koot, 6–0, 6–0

Wheelchair quad singles
Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair quad singles

Peter Norfolk defeated David Wagner, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2

Wheelchair men's doubles
Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's doubles

Ronald Vink / Robin Ammerlaan defeated Stéphane Houdet / Nicolas Peifer, 6–2, 4–6, 6–1

Wheelchair women's doubles
Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair women's doubles

Esther Vergeer / Sharon Walraven defeated Aniek van Koot / Marjolein Buis, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4

Wheelchair quad doubles
Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair quad doubles

Andrew Lapthorne / Peter Norfolk defeated David Wagner / Noam Gershony, 6–4, 6–2

Broadcast

The host broadcaster of the event was the Seven Network which ran all day and night coverage on its primary channel and its digital channel 7Two from 11 am until the close of play around midnight Melbourne time. 2012 is the first year Seven has aired live primetime play across the entire country, switching coverage to 7Two for various live news and Today Tonight broadcasts in different time zones of Australia. Associated media partnership Yahoo!7 (co-owned by Seven and Yahoo!) saw more than 100 000 viewers check into live match coverage via the Fango mobile app,[13] with check-ins peaking during the Hewitt vs. Djokovic match in the Open's fourth round.

The event was also shown in Australia on Fox Sports which broadcast secondary matches live.

Players

Singles seeds

Seeds and Rankings are as of 9 January 2012 and Points are as of 16 January 2012.[14]

Men's singles
Sd Rk[15] Player[16] Points[15]
Points
defending
 Points won New points Status
1 1 Novak Djokovic
13,630
2,000
2,000
13,630
 Champion, won in the final against Rafael Nadal [2]
2 2 Rafael Nadal
9,595
360
1,200
10,435
 Runner-up, Final lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
3 3 Roger Federer
8,010
720
720
8,010
 Semifinals lost to Rafael Nadal [2]
4 4 Andy Murray
7,380
1,200
720
6,900
 Semifinals lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
5 5 David Ferrer
4,925
720
360
4,565
 Quarterfinals lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
6 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
4,335
90
180
4,425
 Fourth round lost to Kei Nishikori [24]
7 7 Tomáš Berdych
3,700
360
360
3,700
 Quarterfinals lost to Rafael Nadal [2]
8 8 Mardy Fish
2,965
45
45
2,965
 Second round lost to Alejandro Falla
9 9 Janko Tipsarević
2,655
45
90
2,700
 Third round lost to Richard Gasquet [17]
10 10 Nicolás Almagro
2,380
180
180
2,380
 Fourth round lost to Tomáš Berdych [7]
11 11 Juan Martín del Potro
2,315
45
360
2,630
 Quarterfinals lost to Roger Federer [3]
12 12 Gilles Simon
2,005
45
45
2,005
 Second round lost to Julien Benneteau
13 14 Alexandr Dolgopolov
2,030
360
90
1,760
 Third round lost to Bernard Tomic
14 15 Gaël Monfils
1,970
90
90
1,970
 Third round lost to Mikhail Kukushkin
15 16 Andy Roddick
1,880
180
45
1,745
 Second round retired against Lleyton Hewitt [WC]
16 17 John Isner
1,800
90
90
1,800
 Third round lost to Feliciano López [18]
17 18 Richard Gasquet
1,765
90
180
1,855
 Fourth round lost to David Ferrer [5]
18 19 Feliciano López
1,755
45
180
1,890
 Fourth round lost to Rafael Nadal [2]
19 21 Viktor Troicki
1,595
90
45
1,550
 Second round lost to Mikhail Kukushkin
20 22 Florian Mayer
1,630
45
0
1,585
 withdrew due to hip strain[17]
21 23 Stanislas Wawrinka
1,615
360
90
1,345
 Third round lost to Nicolás Almagro [10]
22 24 Fernando Verdasco
1,550
180
10
1,380
 First round lost to Bernard Tomic
23 25 Milos Raonic
1,460
205
90
1,345
 Third round lost to Lleyton Hewitt [WC]
24 26 Kei Nishikori
1,410
90
360
1,680
 Quarterfinals lost to Andy Murray [4]
25 27 Juan Mónaco
1,335
45
10
1,300
 First round lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber
26 28 Marcel Granollers
1,315
10
45
1,350
 Second round lost to Frederico Gil
27 29 Juan Ignacio Chela
1,270
10
90
1,350
 Third round lost to David Ferrer [5]
28 30 Ivan Ljubičić
1,270
90
10
1,190
 First round lost to Lukáš Lacko [Q]
29 31 Radek Štěpánek
1,230
45
10
1,195
 First round lost to Nicolas Mahut
30 32 Kevin Anderson
1,190
10
90
1,270
 Third round lost to Tomáš Berdych [7]
31 33 Jürgen Melzer
1,170
180
10
1,000
 First round lost to Ivo Karlović
32 34 Alex Bogomolov, Jr.
1,135
45
45
1,135
 Second round lost to Michaël Llodra
Withdrawn players (men's singles)
Rank Player Points
Points defending
 New points Withdrew due to
13 Robin Söderling
2,120
180
1,940
 mononucleosis[18]
20 Marin Čilić
1,665
180
1,485
 patella tendon injury[19]
Women's singles
Sd Rk[15] Player[16] Points[15]
Points
defending
 Points won New points Status
1 1 Caroline Wozniacki
7,485
900
500
7,085
 Quarterfinals lost to Kim Clijsters [11]
2 2 Petra Kvitová
7,290
500
900
7,690
 Semifinals lost to Maria Sharapova [4]
3 3 Victoria Azarenka
6,865
280
2,000
8,585
 Champion, won in the final against Maria Sharapova [4]
4 4 Maria Sharapova
6,440
280
1,400
7,560
 Runner-up, Final lost to Victoria Azarenka [3]
5 5 Li Na
5,570
1,400
280
4,450
 Fourth round lost to Kim Clijsters [11]
6 6 Samantha Stosur
5,585
160
5
5,430
 First round lost to Sorana Cîrstea
7 7 Vera Zvonareva
5,435
900
160
4,695
 Third round lost to Ekaterina Makarova
8 8 Agnieszka Radwańska
5,330
500
500
5,330
 Quarterfinals lost to Victoria Azarenka [3]
9 9 Marion Bartoli
4,710
100
160
4,770
 Third round lost to Zheng Jie
10 11 Francesca Schiavone
4,040
500
100
3,640
 Second round lost to Romina Oprandi
11 12 Kim Clijsters
3,041
2,000
900
1,941
 Semifinals lost to Victoria Azarenka [3]
12 13 Serena Williams
3,300
0
280
3,580
 Fourth round lost to Ekaterina Makarova
13 14 Jelena Janković
3,115
100
280
3,295
 Fourth round lost to Caroline Wozniacki [1]
14 15 Sabine Lisicki
2,903
(40)
280
3,143
 Fourth round lost to Maria Sharapova [4]
15 16 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
2,795
160
100
2,735
 Second round lost to Vania King
16 17 Peng Shuai
2,760
280
100
2,580
 Second round lost to Iveta Benešová
17 18 Dominika Cibulková
2,695
160
100
2,635
 Second round lost to Gréta Arn
18 19 Svetlana Kuznetsova
2,646
280
160
2,526
 Third round lost to Sabine Lisicki [14]
19 20 Flavia Pennetta
2,570
280
5
2,295
 First round lost to Nina Bratchikova [Q]
20 21 Daniela Hantuchová
2,295
5
160
2,450
 Third round lost to Kim Clijsters [11]
21 22 Ana Ivanovic
2,260
5
280
2,535
 Fourth round lost to Petra Kvitová [2]
22 23 Julia Görges
2,225
160
280
2,345
 Fourth round lost to Agnieszka Radwańska [8]
23 24 Roberta Vinci
2,115
5
100
2,210
 Second round lost to Zheng Jie
24 25 Lucie Šafářová
2,120
160
5
1,965
 First round lost to Christina McHale
25 26 Kaia Kanepi
2,049
100
100
2,049
 Second round lost to Ekaterina Makarova
26 27 Anabel Medina Garrigues
1,950
5
160
2,105
 Third round retired against Li Na [5]
27 28 Maria Kirilenko
1,930
100
160
1,990
 Third round retired against Petra Kvitová [2]
28 29 Yanina Wickmayer
2,050
100
5
1,955
 First round lost to Galina Voskoboeva
29 30 Nadia Petrova
1,765
160
100
1,705
 Second round lost to Sara Errani
30 31 Angelique Kerber
1,810
5
160
1,965
 Third round lost to Maria Sharapova [4]
31 32 Monica Niculescu
1,725
160
160
1,725
 Third round lost to Caroline Wozniacki [1]
32 33 Petra Cetkovská
1,666
(18)
100
1,748
 Second round lost to Mona Barthel
Withdrawn players (women's singles)
Rank Player Points
Points defending
 New points Withdrew due to
10 Andrea Petkovic
4,500
500
4,000
 stress fracture[20]

Main draw wildcard entries
Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries
Mixed doubles

Protected ranking

Qualifying entries

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries.

Juniors

Below is a list of the sixteen seeds for the boys and girls singles and the eight qualifiers for each event.

Singles seeds

Wheelchair tennis

The field consisted of top seven ranked players in the men's and women's singles, the three top three ranked players in the quad singles category and one wildcard was chosen for each draw.[21]

Singles seeds

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