2012 Apia International Sydney

May 2020 2012 Apia International Sydney 200px 8–15 January 120th Hard / outdoor Sydney, Australia FIN Jarkko Nieminen BLR Victoria Azarenka USA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan CZE Květa Peschke / SVN Katarina Srebotnik Sydney International Medibank International Sydney The 2012 Apia International Sydney was a joint ATP and WTA tennis tournament, that was played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 120th edition of the Apia International Sydney and was a part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2012 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the NSW Tennis Centre in Sydney, Australia, from 8 to 15 January 2012. Due to rain, the men's singles and doubles finals had to be rescheduled from the evening of 14 January to the morning of 15 January, the day before the Australian Open was due to begin.Play cancelled; men’s final Sun. 10 am Jarkko Nieminen and Victoria Azarenka won the singles titles. ATP singles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedARGJuan Martín del PotroApia International Sydney111USAJohn Isner182FRARichard Gasquet193ESPFeliciano López204SRBViktor Troicki225GERFlorian Mayer236ESPMarcel Granollers277CZERadek Štěpánek288RUSAlex Bogomolov Jr.349 |- 1 Rankings as of 26 December 2011.Stunning line-up set for Sydney Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: AUS James Duckworth AUS Matthew Ebden AUS Lleyton HewittHewitt to play in Sydney The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: UZB Denis Istomin FIN Jarkko Nieminen USA Bobby Reynolds USA Michael Russell The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot: USA Ryan Sweeting Withdrawals GER Florian Mayer (right hip injury) ATP doubles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedUSABob BryanUSAMike Bryan21BLR Max MirnyiCAN Daniel Nestor62POLMariusz FyrstenbergPOL Marcin Matkowski283SWERobert LindstedtROU Horia Tecău284 1 Rankings are as of 26 December 2011 Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: AUS Matthew Ebden / FIN Jarkko Nieminen AUS Colin Ebelthite / AUS Marinko Matosevic WTA singles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedDENCaroline WozniackiSydney set to welcome world No.111CZEPetra KvitováWimbledon champion Petra Kvitova heads to Sydney22BLRVictoria Azarenka33CHNLi Na 54AUSSamantha Stosur 65RUSVera Zvonareva76POLAgnieszka Radwańska87FRAMarion Bartoli98 1 Rankings as of 26 December 2011 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: AUS Jelena DokićSydney Wildcard for Dokić AUS Isabella Holland The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: SWE Sofia Arvidsson HUN Melinda Czink RUS Ekaterina Makarova POL Urszula Radwańska RSA Chanelle Scheepers SUI Stefanie Vögele The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot: ROU Alexandra Dulgheru SLO Polona Hercog Withdrawals GER Sabine Lisicki (abdominal strain) ITA Flavia Pennetta (back injury) Retirements GER Julia Görges (viral illness) RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova (heat illness) WTA doubles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedCZEKvěta PeschkeSLOKatarina Srebotnik41USA Liezel HuberUSA Lisa Raymond52ARGGisela DulkoITA Flavia Pennetta173RUSMaria KirilenkoRUS Nadia Petrova204 1 Rankings are as of 26 December 2011 Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: SWE Sofia Arvidsson / AUS Jelena Dokić CZE Lucie Šafářová / RUS Vera Zvonareva The following pairs received entry as alternates: AUS Stephanie Bengson / AUS Tyra Calderwood GRE Eleni Daniilidou / THA Tamarine Tanasugarn Withdrawals GER Julia Görges (viral illness) POL Agnieszka Radwańska Finals Men's singles 2012 Apia International Sydney – Men's singles FIN Jarkko Nieminen defeated FRA Julien Benneteau, 6–2, 7–5 It was Nieminen's 1st title of the year and 2nd title of his career. Women's singles 2012 Apia International Sydney – Women's singles BLR Victoria Azarenka defeated CHN Li Na, 6–2, 1–6, 6–3 It was Azarenka's 1st title of the year and 9th of her career. It was her 1st Premier-level title of the year and 3rd of her career. Men's doubles 2012 Apia International Sydney – Men's doubles USA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan defeated AUS Matthew Ebden / FIN Jarkko Nieminen, 6–1, 6–4 Women's doubles 2012 Apia International Sydney – Women's doubles CZE Květa Peschke / SVN Katarina Srebotnik defeated USA Liezel Huber / USA Lisa Raymond, 6–1, 4–6, [13–11] References External links http://www.apiainternational.com.au/ of the Apia International Sydney Category:2012 in Sydney