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2012 in tennis

This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 2012. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup.

Important Events

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January

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Victoria Azarenka.
 
Novak Djokovic.
 
Esther Vergeer.

February

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  • In the first round of Davis Cup, Spain and the United States won all five matches against their respective opponents, Kazakhstan and Switzerland. France def. Canada, the Czech Republic def. Italy, and Argentina def. Germany by 4–1. Austria and Croatia won 3–2 against Russia and Japan, respectively.
  • During the week of February 13, Roger Federer defeated Juan Martín del Potro to win the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, a 500 event on the ATP World Tour held in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
  • After his defeat in Rotterdam, del Potro played the next week in Marseille, France, winning his 1st title of the year.
  • The Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Memphis International, took place from February 17 to February 26. The Regions Morgan Keegan Championships was an ATP World Tour 500 series event, and the Memphis International was a WTA Tour International event. In the final, Jürgen Melzer defeated Milos Raonic, 7–5, 7–6(4).
  • The 2012 Dubai Tennis Championships, an ATP World Tour 500 series event and WTA Tour Premier event, was held over two weeks in the United Arab Emirates. The women's event, took place between February 20 to February 25, and was won by 5th seed Agnieszka Radwańska, after she defeated Julia Görges in the final. The men's event, took place a week later, from February 27 to March 3, 2012. Roger Federer, seeded second, defeated Andy Murray, 7–5, 6–2, to take home his fifth Dubai title. Murray defeated ATP world No.1 and three-time defending champion Novak Djokovic in the semifinals.
  • During the week of February 27, the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, also an ATP World Tour 500 event and a WTA International event was held in Acapulco, Mexico. David Ferrer, who was ranked 5th but seeded 1st at the event, won the final over Fernando Verdasco, 6–1, 6–2.

March

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  • The BNP Paribas Open, the first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event and WTA Premier Mandatory event of the year, took place in Indian Wells, United States from March 5 to March 12. The men's singles event was won by Roger Federer who defeated John Isner, 7–6(7), 6–3.Defending champion Novak Djokovic lost in the semifinals to Isner. The women's singles event was won by Victoria Azarenka who defeated Maria Sharapova, 6–2, 6–3.
  • From March 21 to March 26, the second ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event and WTA Premier Mandatory event took place in Miami, United States. The men's singles title was won by defending champion Novak Djokovic who defeated Andy Murray, 6–1, 7–6(4).

April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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The entire year

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The 2012 Australian Open was held from January 16 to January 29. Defending champion Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–7(5), 7–5, to win the longest final in history. The second Grand Slam event of the year was won by Nadal who defeated Djokovic 6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5 to win a record seventh French Open title. At Wimbledon, Roger Federer would equal this record, held by Nadal and Pete Sampras, by winning the final 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–4 against Andy Murray. Murray went on to win the last Grand Slam event of the year, by defeating defending champion Djokovic, 7–6(10), 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 6–2. At the ATP World Tour Finals, Djokovic won against defending champion Federer, 7–6(6), 7–5.

November

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December

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ITF

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Grand Slam events

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Australian Open

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The 2012 Australian Open is a tennis tournament that is taking place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia from January 16 to January 29, 2012. It is the 100th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year.

The 2012 Australian Open will take place from the January 2012 and is to be held at Melbourne Park. The Men's singles will be staged for the 100th time. There have been different 59 previous winners and the 100th staging of the event was marked by a special coin and the 2012 Champion will receive a special medallion. The tournament will also mark 50 years since Rod Laver won his first Grand Slam.[10] For the first time Hawk eye will be used on the Margaret Court Arena,[11] while Ken Fletcher will be inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame.[12]

Main article: 2012 Australian Open
Category Champion(s) Finalist(s) Score in the final
Men's singles   Novak Djokovic   Rafael Nadal 5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 7–5
Women's singles   Victoria Azarenka   Maria Sharapova 6–3, 6–0
Men's doubles   Leander Paes
  Radek Štěpánek		   Bob Bryan
  Mike Bryan		 7–6, 6–2
Women's doubles   Svetlana Kuznetsova
  Vera Zvonareva		   Sara Errani
  Roberta Vinci		 5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Mixed doubles   Bethanie Mattek-Sands
  Horia Tecău		   Elena Vesnina
  Leander Paes		 6–3, 5–7, [10–3]

French Open

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The French Open (French: Les internationaux de France de Roland-Garros or Tournoi de Roland-Garros, IPA: [ʁɔlɑ̃ ɡaʁos], named after the famous French aviator Roland Garros) is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June in Paris, France, at the Stade Roland Garros. It is the premier clay court tennis tournament in the world and the second of the four annual Grand Slam tournaments – the other three are the Australian Open, US Open and Wimbledon. Roland Garros is the only Grand Slam held on clay and ends the spring clay court season.

Main article: 2012 French Open
Category Champion(s) Finalist(s) Score in the final
Men's singles   Rafael Nadal   Novak Djokovic 6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
Women's singles   Maria Sharapova   Sara Errani 6–3, 6–2
Men's doubles   Max Mirnyi
  Daniel Nestor		   Bob Bryan
  Mike Bryan		 6–4, 6–4
Women's doubles   Sara Errani
  Roberta Vinci		   Maria Kirilenko
  Nadia Petrova		 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Mixed doubles   Sania Mirza
  Mahesh Bhupathi 		  Klaudia Jans-Ignacik
  Santiago González		 7–6(7–3), 6–1

Wimbledon Championships

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The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon (25 June – 8 July in 2012), is the only Major still played on grass, the game's original surface, which gave the game of lawn tennis its name. The tournament takes place over two weeks in late June and early July, culminating with the Ladies' and Gentlemen's Singles Final, scheduled respectively for the second Saturday and Sunday. Each year, five major events are contested, as well as four junior events and three invitational events.

Main article: 2012 Wimbledon Championships
Category Champion(s) Finalist(s) Score in the final
Men's singles   Roger Federer   Andy Murray 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–4
Women's singles   Serena Williams   Agnieszka Radwańska 6–1, 5–7, 6–2
Men's doubles   Jonathan Marray
  Frederik Nielsen		   Robert Lindstedt
  Horia Tecău		 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Women's doubles   Serena Williams
  Venus Williams		   Andrea Hlaváčková
  Lucie Hradecká		 7–5, 6–4
Mixed doubles   Mike Bryan
  Lisa Raymond		  Leander Paes
  Elena Vesnina		 6–3, 5–7, 6–4

US Open

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The US Open, formally the United States Open Tennis Championships, is a hardcourt tennis tournament held annually in August and September over a two-week period (the weeks before and after Labor Day weekend).

Main article: 2012 US Open (tennis)
Category Champion(s) Finalist(s) Score in the final
Men's singles   Andy Murray   Novak Djokovic 7–6(12–10), 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 6–2
Women's singles   Serena Williams   Victoria Azarenka 6–2, 2–6, 7–5
Men's doubles   Bob Bryan
  Mike Bryan		   Leander Paes
  Radek Štěpánek		 6–3, 6–4
Women's doubles   Sara Errani
  Roberta Vinci		   Andrea Hlaváčková
  Lucie Hradecká		 6–4, 6–2
Mixed doubles   Ekaterina Makarova
  Bruno Soares		   Květa Peschke
  Marcin Matkowski		 6–7(8–10), 6–1, [12–10]

Davis Cup

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The 2012 Davis Cup (also known as the 2012 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas for sponsorship purposes) is the 100th edition of the tournament between national teams in men's tennis.

The draw took place on 21 September 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand.[13]

Main article: 2012 Davis Cup

World Group Draw

  • S-Seeded
  • U-Unseeded
    • Choice of ground
First round
10–12 February		Quarterfinals
6–8 April		Semifinals
14–16 September		Final
16–18 November
Oviedo, Spain
1  Spain5
Oropesa del Mar, Spain (clay)
  Kazakhstan0
1  Spain4
Wiener Neustadt, Austria
  Austria1
8  Russia2
Gijón, Spain (clay)
  Austria3
1  Spain3
Vancouver, Canada
6  United States1
4  France4
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay)
  Canada1
4  France2
Fribourg, Switzerland
6  United States3
6  United States5
Prague, Czech Republic (indoor carpet)
   Switzerland0
1  Spain2
Ostrava, Czech Republic
5  Czech Republic3
  Italy1
Prague, Czech Republic (indoor clay)
5  Czech Republic4
5  Czech Republic4
Niš, Serbia
3  Serbia1
  Sweden1
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
3  Serbia4
5  Czech Republic3
Miki, Japan
2  Argentina2
  Japan2
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
7  Croatia3
7  Croatia1
Bamberg, Germany
2  Argentina4
  Germany1
2  Argentina4

Fed Cup

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The 2012 Fed Cup (also known as the 2012 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas for sponsorship purposes) is the 50th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in women's tennis. The final will take place on 4–5 November.

Main article: 2012 Fed Cup

World Group Draw

  • S-Seeded
  • U-Unseeded
    • Choice of ground
Quarterfinals
4–5 February		Semifinals
21–22 April		Final
4–5 November
Moscow, Russia (indoor hard)
1  Russia3
Moscow, Russia (indoor clay)
  Spain2
1  Russia1
Charleroi, Belgium (indoor hard)
  Serbia3
4  Belgium2
Prague, Czech Republic (indoor hard)
  Serbia3
  Serbia1
Biella, Italy (indoor clay)
2  Czech Republic3
3  Italy3
Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor hard)
  Ukraine2
3  Italy1
Stuttgart, Germany (indoor hard)
2  Czech Republic4
  Germany1
2  Czech Republic4

2012 London Olympics

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The tennis competitions of the 2012 Summer Olympics were staged at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, from 29 July to 5 August 2012.[14] 172 tennis players competed in five events; singles and doubles for both men and women and for the first time since 1924 mixed doubles were officially included.

Main article: Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category Champion(s) Finalist(s) Score in the final
Men's singles   Andy Murray   Roger Federer 6–2, 6–1, 6–4
Women's singles   Serena Williams   Maria Sharapova 6–0, 6–1
Men's doubles   Bob Bryan
  Mike Bryan		   Michaël Llodra
  Jo Wilfried Tsonga		 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Women's doubles   Serena Williams
  Venus Williams		   Andrea Hlaváčková
  Lucie Hradecká		 6–4, 6–4
Mixed doubles   Max Mirnyi
  Victoria Azarenka		   Andy Murray
  Laura Robson		 2–6, 6–3, [10–8]

ATP World Tour

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The 2012 ATP World Tour is the global elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2012 tennis season. The 2012 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World Team Championship, the Davis Cup (organized by the ITF), the ATP World Tour Finals, and the tennis event at the London 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.[15][16]

Main article: 2012 ATP World Tour

ATP Challenger Tour

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The ATP Challenger Tour is the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2012 ATP Challenger Tour calendar comprises 15 top tier Tretorn SERIE+ tournaments, and approximately 150 regular series tournaments, with prize money ranging from $35,000 up to $150,000.[17][18]

Main article: 2012 ATP Challenger Tour

WTA Tour

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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 Tournament of Champions), and the tennis event at the London 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.[19]

Main article: 2012 WTA Tour

Retirements

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2007 Australian Open runner-up Fernando González retired after the Indian Wells–Miami American swing.
 
Former World No. 3 Ivan Ljubičić played for the last time at the Monte Carlo Masters.
 
Andy Roddick was the year-end World No. 1 at the end of the 2003 season.

Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the ATP rankings Top 100 (singles) or Top 50 (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2012 season:

  •   Peter Luczak (born 31 August 1979 in Warsaw, Poland, moved to Australia in 1980) joined the main circuit in 2000, peaking at No. 64 in singles in 2009. Competing mainly on the ITF Men's Circuit and the ATP Challenger Tour during his career, Luczak's best result came with a gold medal in doubles (w/ Hanley) at the 2010 New Delhi Commonwealth Games. The Australian retired from the sport after losing in the second round of the Australian Open doubles in January.[20][21]
  •   Rainer Schüttler (born 25 April 1976 in Korbach, West Germany) turned professional in 1995, reaching career-high rankings of singles No. 5 in 2004, and doubles No. 40 in 2005. Schüttler won four singles and four doubles titles during his stint on the main circuit, his best Grand Slam results coming with a final at the Australian Open (2003, lost to Agassi), and a semifinal run at Wimbledon (2008). Alongside countryman Nicolas Kiefer, the German also took the silver medal in doubles at the 2004 Athens Olympics, losing the final in five sets (to González/Massú). Schüttler last played in Melbourne in January.[22]
  •   Juan Pablo Brzezicki (born 12 April 1982 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) joined the tour in 2001, reaching a career-high ranking of singles No. 94 in 2008. Winner of one doubles titles on the main circuit, Brzezicki competed for the last time in Buenos Aires in February.[23]
  •   Fernando González (born July 29, 1980, in Santiago, Chile) joined the main tour in 1999, and reached his best singles ranking, No. 5, in early 2007, finishing two seasons in the Top Ten (2006–07). A Junior World No. 1, winner of the boys' doubles at the US Open in 1997 and the boys' singles and doubles at the French Open in 1998, González won 11 singles and three doubles titles on the pro circuit, and gathered three medals at the Olympics : the bronze in singles and the gold in doubles (w/ Nicolás Massú, def. Kiefer/Schüttler) in 2004, and the silver in singles (lost the final to Nadal) in 2008. The Chilean reached the last eight at every major, making three quarterfinals at Wimbledon (2005) and the US Open (2002, 2009), one semifinal at the French (2009), and one final at the Australian Open (2007, lost to Federer). Struggling with injuries for more than a year before deciding to retire, González played his last event in Miami in March.[24]
  •   José Acasuso (born 20 October 1982 in Posadas, Argentina) turned professional in 1999, reaching career-high rankings of singles No. 20 and doubles No. 27, both in 2006. Mainly a clay court specialist, the Argentine took three singles and five doubles career titles, all on the surface. Playing for Argentina, Acasuso competed in two Davis Cup finals (2006, 2008), but helped claim one World Team Cup title (2007). Acasuso announced his retirement in February, less than a year after his last match in the French Open qualifying in May 2011.[25]
  •   Ivan Ljubičić (born 19 March 1979 in Banja Luka, SFR Yugoslavia, now Bosnia and Herzegovina) turned professional in 1998, peaking at No. 3 in singles in 2006, ending two seasons in the Top Ten (2005–06). During his career Ljubičić won 10 singles titles, including one Masters shield at Indian Wells (2010), and went past the fourth round twice in Grand Slam tournaments, reaching one quarterfinal at the Australian Open (2006) and one semifinal at the French Open (2006). Playing for his country, the Croat partnered Mario Ančić to a bronze medal in doubles at the 2004 Athens Olympics, and took part in one successful Davis Cup campaign (2005). Ljubičić played his last tournament in Monte Carlo in April.[26]
  •   Arnaud Clément (born 17 December 1977 in Aix-en-Provence, France) became a tennis professional in 1996, peaking as singles No. 10 in 2001, and doubles No. 8 in 2008. In singles, Clément won four titles, made the quarterfinals at all majors but one (the French Open), and reached one Grand Slam final at the Australian Open (2001, lost to Agassi). In doubles, he collected 12 titles and made two major finals with Michaël Llodra, winning one at Wimbledon (2007), and losing the other in Australia (2008). A member of the French Davis Cup team for nine years, winner of one title (2001), Clément was selected in June to become the new captain starting in 2013.[27] The Frenchman played his last event on the tour in the Wimbledon doubles in July.[28]
  •   Andy Roddick (born 30 August 1982 in Omaha, United States) turned professional in 2000, and became the sixth American player to be ranked World No. 1 in singles when he reached the top spot on November 3, 2003, holding it for a single spell of 13 straight weeks. Roddick finished nine seasons in the ATP rankings singles Top Ten (2002–10), including one year as No. 1 (2003), and also reached the No. 50 ranking in doubles in 2010. As a Junior, the American took two singles Grand Slam titles at the Australian Open and the US Open in 2000, finishing the season as Junior World No. 1. Over his 12-year pro career, Roddick collected 32 singles titles, on every surface, among which five Masters shields and one Grand Slam title, at the US Open (2003, def. Ferrero). Roddick's other best results in majors came with four semifinals at the Australian Open (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009), three finals at Wimbledon (2004, 2005, 2009, all lost to Federer), and another final at the US Open (2006, lost to Federer). In doubles, Roddick won four titles including one Masters trophy. Part of the United States Davis Cup roster for 25 ties over 10 years, Roddick helped the team to a final in 2004, and a title (the country's 32nd) in 2007. The American announced he would retire after the US Open in September.[29]

International Tennis Hall of Fame

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See also

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References

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