2012 Qatar Airways Tournament of Champions

2012 Qatar Airways Tournament of Champions 30 October – 4 November 4th WTA Tournament of Champions Hard / indoor Sofia, Bulgaria RUS Nadia Petrova Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions Garanti Koza WTA Tournament of Champions WTA Tournament of Champions The 2012 Qatar Airways Tournament of Champions was a singles-only tennis tournament that was played on indoor hard courts in Sofia. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was part of the 2012 WTA Tour. The 2012 edition was the first held in Sofia, having been relocated from Bali, where the tournament was held for the previous three years and called the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions. The tournament was played between October 30 and November 4. Ana Ivanovic did not defend her title this year for two reasons: She did not win, or reach, a single final this year in order to gain direct acceptance, and she did not receive a wild card due to her participation in the 2012 Fed Cup finals. Tournament The 2012 WTA Tournament of Champions was the fourth edition of the event and the first in Sofia. The tournament was run by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and was part of the 2012 WTA Tour. It was the season ending championships for players who have won one of the WTA International tournaments but have not qualified for the WTA Championships. The singles draw saw eight women qualify from the year, and began as a round robin event, split into two groups of four, with the top four ranked players seeded. Over the first four days of competition, each player met the other three players in their group, with the top two in each group advancing to the semifinals. The first-placed player in one group met the second-placed player in the other group, and vice versa. The winners of each semifinal met in the championship match. Prize money and points The total prize money for the 2012 Qatar Airways Tournament of Champions was US$750,000. StageSinglesPoints 1Champion RR2 + 190,000 RR2 + 195Runner-up RR2 + 65,000 RR2 + 75Semifinalist RR2 + 10,000 RR2Round Robin (3 wins) 80,000 180Round Robin (2 wins) 65,000 145Round Robin (1 win) 50,000 110Round Robin (0 wins) 35,000 75 1 for every match played in the round robin a player gets 25 points automatically, and for each round robin win they get 35 additional points 2 RR means Prize money or Points won in the Round Robin Round. 3 Alternates receive $7,500 in prize money, even if they do not participate. Qualifying The six highest-ranked players who have captured at least one International tournament during the year and who are not participating in singles at the year-end WTA Championships in Istanbul or the finals of the Fed Cup will automatically qualify for the event. The last two players are wildcards. The wildcards were awarded to Tsvetana Pironkova and Maria Kirilenko. 2012 WTA International tournaments champions WTA International tournaments Player Nationality Tournament/s Won Zheng Jie CHN NZL Auckland Mona Barthel GER AUS Hobart Daniela Hantuchová SVK THA Pattaya City Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino ESP COL Bogotá Sofia Arvidsson SWE USA Memphis Tímea Babos HUN MEX Monterrey Hsieh Su-wei TPE MAS Kuala Lumpur CHN Guangzhou Angelique Kerber GER DEN Copenhagen Kiki Bertens NED MAR Fes Kaia Kanepi EST POR Estoril Francesca Schiavone ITA FRA Strasbourg Alizé Cornet FRA AUT Bad Gastein Melanie Oudin USA GBR Birmingham Nadia Petrova RUS NED 's-Hertogenbosch Sara Errani ITA MEX Acapulco ESP Barcelona HUN Budapest ITA Palermo Polona Hercog SLO SWE Båstad Bojana Jovanovski SRB AZE Baku Magdaléna Rybáriková SVK USA Washington, D.C. Roberta Vinci ITA USA Dallas Irina-Camelia Begu ROU UZB Tashkent Kirsten Flipkens BEL CAN Quebec City Caroline Wozniacki DEN KOR Seoul Heather Watson GBR JPN Osaka Victoria Azarenka BLR AUT Linz Venus Williams USA LUX Luxembourg http://www.wtatennis.com/page/RoadToSofia/0,,12781,00.html WTA | Tournaments | Road To Sofia | Road To Sofia Wtatennis.com 2012-06-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20121127150953/http://www.wtatennis.com/page/RoadToSofia/0,,12781,00.html 2012-11-27 dead Qualifiers WTA-Race Singles rankings (22 October 2012)Sd Player Rk Won 1 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 11 KOR Seoul 2 RUS Nadia Petrova 13 NED 's-Hertogenbosch 3 RUS Maria Kirilenko 15 Wildcard 4 ITA Roberta Vinci 16 USA Dallas   EST Kaia Kanepi 19 POR Estorilhttp://news.err.ee/sports/e072252a-e6c2-49d9-88db-bd0bc268a0c0 Kanepi Withdraws from Tournament of Champions Estonian Public Broadcasting 25 October 2012   USA Venus Williams 24 LUX Luxembourghttp://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=144403 Venus Williams to Skip Sofia Tournament of Champions Sofia News Agency 23 October 2012 5 TPE Hsieh Su-wei 25 MAS Kuala Lumpur CHN Guangzhou 6 CHN Zheng Jie 29 NZL Auckland 7 SVK Daniela Hantuchová 32 THA Pattaya City 8 BUL Tsvetana Pironkova 44 Wildcard thumb|120px|left|Caroline Wozniacki won in Seoul. Caroline Wozniacki Wozniacki began the year as the world no. 1; she lost her top ranking after the Australian Open after losing in the quarterfinals to Kim Clijsters 3-6, 6-7(4–7).http://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/wozniacki-loses-world-no1-ranking-after-loss-to-clijsters-20120124-1qfan.html Wozniacki loses world No.1 ranking after loss to Clijsters AAP 24 January 2012 She did not reach a final until the e-Boks Open, where she was the two-time defending champion but lost to Angelique Kerber 4–6, 4–6.http://ibnlive.in.com/news/wozniacki-loses-to-kerber-in-copenhagen-final/248965-5-22.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120420070616/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/wozniacki-loses-to-kerber-in-copenhagen-final/248965-5-22.html dead 20 April 2012 Wozniacki loses to Kerber in Copenhagen final Associated Press 16 April 2012 At the French Open, she lost to Kaia Kanepi 1-6, 7-6(7–3), 3-6.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/18307177 French Open 2012: Caroline Wozniacki and Schiavone out BBC 2 June 2012 At Wimbledon, she was upset by Tamira Paszek 7-5, 6-7(4–7), 4-6 in the first round.http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/06/28/wozniacki-loses-paszek-wimbledon-1st-round.html Wozniacki loses to Paszek in Wimbledon 1st round Associated Press 28 June 2012 19 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120829031325/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/06/28/wozniacki-loses-paszek-wimbledon-1st-round.html 29 August 2012 dead dmy-all At the US Open, after reaching the semifinals the previous year, she lost in the first round 2-6, 2-6, which dropped her ranking out of the top 10 for the first time since 2009.http://www.10sballs.com/2012/08/30/caroline-wozniacki-loses-at-us-open-and-drops-out-of-top-10/ Caroline Wozniacki Loses At US Open And Drops Out Of Top 10 10balls 30 August 2012 19 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121024115617/http://www.10sballs.com/2012/08/30/caroline-wozniacki-loses-at-us-open-and-drops-out-of-top-10/ 24 October 2012 dead She won her first title of the year at KDB Korea Open, defeating Kaia Kanepi 6-1, 6-0.https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/8416025/caroline-wozniacki-beats-kaia-kanepi-win-kdb-korea-open Caroline Wozniacki wins Korea Open Associated Press 24 September 2012 A few weeks later, she continued her good form and won the title at Kremlin Cup, claiming victory over Samantha Stosur 6–2, 4–6, 7–5, coming back from 1–4 in the final set.http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tennis/top-stories/Wozniacki-beats-Stosur-to-win-Kremlin-Cup-title/articleshow/16902642.cms Wozniacki beats Stosur to win Kremlin Cup title AFP 2012-10-21 She is making her debut to the event. Nadia Petrova Petrova was competing for the second time, having reached the semifinals the previous year. She qualified for the event by winning the UNICEF Open, her first grass title defeating Urszula Radwańska 6-4, 6-3 in the final.http://www.breakserve.com/paszek-wins-eastbourne-petrova-victorious-in-s-hertogenbosch/ Paszek wins Eastbourne, Petrova victorious in s'-Hertogenbosch Break Serve 24 June 2012 19 October 2012 https://archive.today/20130118113233/http://www.breakserve.com/paszek-wins-eastbourne-petrova-victorious-in-s-hertogenbosch/ 18 January 2013 dead dmy-all She won her second title of the year at the Toray Pan Pacific Open, her first Premier 5 title since its inception, defeating defending champion Agnieszka Radwańska 6–0, 1–6, 6–3.https://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/29/sport/tennis/petrova-radwanska-tokyo-final/index.html Petrova stuns Radwanska to win Tokyo title CNN 29 September 2012 At the slams, she reached the second round of the Australian Open, losing to Sara Errani 2-6, 2-6.http://blogs.bettor.com/Sara-Errani-confirms-third-round-spot-upsets-Nadia-Petrova-Australian-Open-2012-a124169 SARA ERRANI CONFIRMS THIRD ROUND SPOT; UPSETS NADIA PETROVA – AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2012 Bettor 9 January 2012 19 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120418172558/http://blogs.bettor.com/Sara-Errani-confirms-third-round-spot-upsets-Nadia-Petrova-Australian-Open-2012-a124169 18 April 2012 dead dmy-all She then lost in the third rounds of Wimbledon to Samantha Stosur 3-6, 3-6 and French Open to Camila Giorgi 3-6, 6-7(6-8).http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/sam-stosur-plays-nadia-petrova-in-third-round-of-french-open/story-e6frep5o-1226380753437 Sam Stosur beats Nadia Petrova in third round of French Open Couriermail 2 June 2012http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/articles/2012-06-29/201206291341004150374.html KIRILENKO AND GIORGI MAKE BREAKTHROUGHS Wimbledon 29 June 2012 At the US Open, she reached the fourth round, falling to Maria Sharapova 1-6, 6-4, 4-6.https://www.espn.com/tennis/usopen12/story/_/id/8332114/2012-us-open-maria-sharapova-gets-nadia-petrova-spot-quarters Maria Sharapova reaches quarters ESPN 3 September 2012 She had huge top ten wins over Samantha Stosur and Sara Errani. thumb|right|200px|Maria Kirilenko competing for the first time Maria Kirilenko Kirilenko was one of the two wild card recipients in the event. Kirilenko did not win a title in the year. However, she was able to reach two finals in the year the first of which was in the Pattaya City, losing to Daniela Hantuchová 7-6(7-4), 3-6, 3-6.http://www.wtatennis.com/news/20120212/hantuchova-outlasts-kirilenko-wins-pattaya_2256076_2608550 Hantuchova Outlasts Kirilenko, Wins Pattaya WTA 12 February 2012 She reached her second final at the New Haven Open at Yale losing to Petra Kvitová 6-7(9-11), 5-7, despite leading 5-2 in the second set.https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/8303065/petra-kvitova-beats-maria-kirilenko-new-haven-open-title Petra Kvitova wins New Haven title Associated Press 25 August 2012 She was able to reach the quarterfinals of Wimbledon losing to Agnieszka Radwańska 5-7, 6-4, 5-7 in a rain delayed match.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/jul/03/wimbledon-2012-agnieszka-radwanska Wimbledon 2012: Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska sees off Maria Kirilenko TheGuardian.com 3 July 2012 At the Olympics she ended 4th place losing the Bronze Medal Match to Victoria Azarenka 3-6, 4-6.https://sports.yahoo.com/news/victoria-azarenka-belarus-wins-olympic-131626975--oly.html Victoria Azarenka of Belarus wins Olympic bronze Associated Press 2012-08-04 2017-01-14 2013-01-05 https://archive.today/20130105121831/http://sports.yahoo.com/news/victoria-azarenka-belarus-wins-olympic-131626975--oly.html dead At the other slams, she lost in the third rounds of the Australian Open retiring against Kvitová 0-6, 0-1 and of the US Open losing to Andrea Hlaváčková 7-5, 4-6, 4-6.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/jan/21/australian-open-2012-kvitova-kirilenko Australian Open 2012: Kvitova advances after injured Kirilenko retires TheGuardian.com Associated Press 2012-01-21http://bigstory.ap.org/article/hlavackova-upsets-kirilenko-us-open-3rd-round HLAVACKOVA UPSETS KIRILENKO IN US OPEN 3RD ROUND Associated Press 2012-09-01 2012-10-23 2013-02-24 https://archive.today/20130224105053/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/hlavackova-upsets-kirilenko-us-open-3rd-round dead She also reached the second round of the French Open losing to Klára Zakopalová 4-6, 6-3, 3-6. Her biggest win came in the quarterfinals of the Olympics over Kvitová. thumb|left|120px|Roberta Vinci reached no. 1 in doubles Roberta Vinci Vinci is participating for the second time after 2011. She qualified to the event by winning the Texas Tennis Open defeating Jelena Janković 7-5, 6-3 in the final and without dropping a set in the tournament.http://www.wtatennis.com/news/20120824/lucky-wta-title-no7-vinci-conquers-dallas_2256076_2899642 Lucky WTA Title No.7: Vinci Conquers Dallas WTA 2012-08-24 She then reached her first slam quarterfinal at the US Open after defeating world no. 2Agnieszka Radwańska 6-1, 6-4 before losing to doubles partner Sara Errani 2-6, 4-6.https://www.sbnation.com/tennis/2012/9/3/3289755/2012-us-open-scores-radwanska-vinci U.S. Open 2012 Scores: Roberta Vinci Upsets Agnieszka Radwanska SbNation 2012-09-03 In the other slams, she lost in the second round of the Australian Open to Zheng Jie 4-6, 2-6, first round of the French Open losing to Sofia Arvidsson 2-6, 6-4, 3-6, and the fourth round of Wimbledon losing to Tamira Paszek 2-6, 2-6.https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1030424-jie-zheng-dangerous-at-2012-australian-open-roberta-vinci-out Jie Zheng Dangerous at 2012 Australian Open: Roberta Vinci out Bleacher Report 2012-01-19http://www.wtatennis.com/news/20121019/arvidsson-keeps-it-up-wozniacki-up-next_2256076_2953478 Arvidsson Keeps It Up, Wozniacki Up Next WTA 2012-01-19http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/articles/2012-07-02/201207021341231920080.html PASZEK FIRST INTO QUARTER-FINALS Wimbledon 2012-07-02 She earned another top ten win over world no. 7 Angelique Kerber 6-2, 7-6(9-7). Hsieh Su-wei Hsieh is having a breakthrough season, she started out of the top 100. She won her first ever WTA Tour singles title in the Malaysian Open as a qualifier over Petra Martić after Martić retired when Hsieh was leading 2-6 7-5 4-1 due to fatigue from playing 3 hours earlier in the day. This made her eligible to qualify for the eventhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/news/20120304/malaysian-open-hsieh/ Hsieh wins Malaysian Open when Martic retires Associated Press 2012-03-04 2012-10-24 2013-12-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20131212204522/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/news/20120304/malaysian-open-hsieh/ dead She also won the Guangzhou International Women's Open defeating Britain's Laura Robson 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, after coming back from 0-3 in the deciding set.http://www.chinapost.com.tw/sports/tennis/2012/09/23/355234/Hsieh-Su-wei.htm https://archive.today/20130418193508/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/sports/tennis/2012/09/23/355234/Hsieh-Su-wei.htm dead April 18, 2013 Hsieh Su-wei wins Guangzhou Int'l Women's Open China Post 2012-09-23 She also won 3 ITF titles in the year. In the slams, she lost in the first rounds of the French Open to Flavia Pennetta 7-6(7-3), 4-6, 2-6, and of the US Open to Magdaléna Rybáriková 3-6, 6-2, 3-6, she also advanced to the third round of Wimbledon before losing to World No. 1 Maria Sharapova 1-6, 4-6.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/jun/29/wimbledon-2012-maria-sharapova-hsieh Wimbledon 2012: Maria Sharapova too strong for Hsieh Su-wei TheGuardian.com 29 June 2012 Zheng Jie Zheng had a stellar start of the year by winning the ASB Classic over Flavia Pennetta after the Italian retired while Zheng was leading 2-6, 6-3, 2-0. This win made her viable to qualify for the event.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tennis-auckland-idUSTRE80703620120108 Zheng wins Auckland title after Pennetta retires hurt Reuters 2012-01-07 She continued to have a good form coming into the Australian Open upsetting then world no. 9 Marion Bartoli 6-3, 6-3 in the third round before losing to Sara Errani 2-6, 1-6 in the following round.http://blogs.bettor.com/Jie-Zheng-registers-an-upset-against-Marion-Bartoli-in-round-three-Australian-Open-2012-a124598 JIE ZHENG REGISTERS AN UPSET AGAINST MARION BARTOLI IN ROUND THREE – AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2012 Bettor 2012-01-21 2012-10-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20120123151514/http://blogs.bettor.com/Jie-Zheng-registers-an-upset-against-Marion-Bartoli-in-round-three-Australian-Open-2012-a124598 2012-01-23 deadhttp://www.sportsmole.co.uk/tennis/australian-open/result/result-errani-beats-zheng-in-straight-sets_14121.html Result: Errani beats Zheng in straight sets Sportmole 2012-06-23 At the other slams, she lost in the second round to Aleksandra Wozniak in the French Open 2-6, 4-6.http://gbtimes.com/sports/news/french-open-r2-zheng-jie-defeated-wozniak-womens-doubles-progress French Open R2: Zheng Jie defeated by Wozniak, women's doubles progress GbTimes 2012-05-30 2012-10-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20120613184019/http://gbtimes.com/sports/news/french-open-r2-zheng-jie-defeated-wozniak-womens-doubles-progress 2012-06-13 dead She also lost in the third rounds of Wimbledon to Serena Williams 7-6(7-5), 2-6, 7-9 and of the French Open to world no. 1 Victoria Azarenka 0-6, 1-6.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/news/20120831/us-open-victoria-azarenka-zheng-jie/ Top seed Azarenka breezes past Zheng, into fourth round Associated Press 2012-08-31 2012-10-24 2012-09-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20120905061807/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/news/20120831/us-open-victoria-azarenka-zheng-jie/ dead Zheng was able to participate because of the earlier injury-induced withdrawal of qualifier Kaia Kanepi, who was higher ranked. thumb|right|200px|Daniela Hantuchová successfully defended her title in Pattaya Daniela Hantuchová Hantuchová went into a great start of the season by reaching the final of the Brisbane International, where she lost to Kaia Kanepi 2-6, 1-6.https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/7435368/kaia-kanepi-wins-brisbane-international-andy-murray-advances-final Kaia Kanepi wins Brisbane International Associated Press 2012-01-08 At the Australian Open, she reached the third round losing to Kim Clijsters 3-6, 2-6.http://www.sportsmole.co.uk/tennis/australian-open/result/result-clijsters-powers-through-to-fourth-round_13825.html Result: Kim Clijsters defeats Daniela Hantuchova to progress in Aussie Open Sportsmole 2012-01-20 She then defended her title at the PTT Pattaya Open defeating Maria Kirilenko 6-7(4-7), 6-3, 6-3 in the final She then withdrew from the entire clay season including the French Open due to a left foot injury.http://blogs.bettor.com/Daniela-Hantuchova-pulls-out-of-the-French-Open-Tennis-News-a156412 DANIELA HANTUCHOVA PULLS OUT OF THE FRENCH OPEN – TENNIS NEWS Bettor 2012-05-25 2012-10-24 https://archive.today/20130117201934/http://blogs.bettor.com/Daniela-Hantuchova-pulls-out-of-the-French-Open-Tennis-News-a156412 2013-01-17 dead She then lost in the first rounds of Wimbledon 4-6, 6-7(1-7) to Jamie Hampton and the US Open to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 4-6, 6-7(1-7).http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/news/20120625/wimbledon-jamie-hampton-daniela-hantuchova/ American Hampton pulls off upset in Wimbledon debut Associated Press 2012-06-25 2012-10-24 2014-02-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20140222142626/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/news/20120625/wimbledon-jamie-hampton-daniela-hantuchova/ deadhttp://www.sportsmole.co.uk/tennis/us-open/result/result-pavlyuchenkova-dispatches-hantuchova_42235.html Result: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova dispatches Daniela Hantuchova Sportsmole 2012-08-28 Her best win in the season was against then world no. 11 Li Na. Hantuchová was the last player to gain direct acceptance to Sofia after qualifier Venus Williams decided not to participate due to other commitments. Tsvetana Pironkova Pironkova is one of the wild card recipients, being a native of Bulgaria. Her best results are two quarterfinals. However, she was able to earn two top-ten wins over then world no. 9 Li Na at the Open GDF Suez, winning after Li retired 7-6(7–5), 3-2 and over then world no. 3 Agnieszka Radwańska at the Aegon International 6–2, 6–4.http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2012/02/09/2003525031 Pironkova goes through as sore Li Na pulls out Associated Press 2012-02-09http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=140474 Bulgaria's Pironkova Kicks Radwanska Out of Eastbourne Tournament Novinite 2012-06-29 At the slams, she reached the fourth round of the US Open, losing to Ana Ivanovic 0-6, 4-6.https://news.yahoo.com/ivanovic-beats-pironkova-reach-us-open-quarters-165021214--spt.html Ivanovic beats Pironkova to reach US Open quarters Associated Press 2012-09-03 She lost in the second round of the other slams, losing to Galina Voskoboeva 4-6, 4-6 at the Australian Open, to Francesca Schiavone 6-2, 3-6, 1-6 at the French Open and to Maria Sharapova at Wimbledon 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–3), 0–6. http://tsvetanapironkovanews.wordpress.com/2012/05/31/pironkova-puts-up-tough-fight-vs-schiavone-at-french-open/ Pironkova Puts Up Tough Fight vs. Schiavone at French Open WordPress 2012-05-31https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/wimbledon/9360665/Wimbledon-2012-Maria-Sharapova-struggles-against-Tsvetana-Pironkova-before-bad-light-stops-play.html Wimbledon 2012: Maria Sharapova struggles against Tsvetana Pironkova before bad light stops play Telegraph 2012-06-27 Groupings The 2012 edition of the Tournament of Champion, the competitors were divided into two groups the Sredets and Serdika, which are districts in Sofia. The Serdika Group consists of no. 1 seed Caroline Wozniacki, no. 4 seed Roberta Vinci, no. 5 seed Hsieh Su-wei, and no. 7 seed Daniela Hantuchová. The Sredets Groups are composed by no. 2 seed Nadia Petrova, no. 3 seed Maria Kirilenko, no. 6 seed Zheng Jie, and no. 8 seed Tsvetana Pironkova. The alternates are Sofia Arvidsson and Alizé Cornet.http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/TournamentStats/2012/1043_h2h.pdf 2012 Tournament of Champions – HEAD-TO-HEAD BREAKDOWN WTA In the Serdika group, in their respective head-to-heads, Caroline Wozniacki was 7-2, Roberta Vinci was 4-2, Hsieh Su-wei was 0-4, and Daniela Hantuchová was 4-7. Leading the group Wozniacki is down in her head-to-head against Vinci 0-1, losing their only encounter at the 2011 Rogers Cup 6-4, 7-5. Against Hsieh, the Danish has a perfect record of 2-0 winning their last encounter at the China Open 6-7(5-7), 7-6(7-3), 6-0. Wozniacki also has a good record against Hantuchová, as she led 5-1, with her beating the Slovak twice in the year, with the latest win coming at the 2012 Toray Pan Pacific Open 7-6(7-3), 6-1. Vinci on the other hand has a 1-0 record against Hsieh, with the win coming in the 2012 Dallas Tennis Classic 6-2, 6-2. Against Hantuchová, she is tied at 2-2, with Hantuchová winning their last encounter at the 2012 Brisbane International 7-5, 6-2. In the final head-to-head of the group between Hantuchová and Hsieh, the Slovak leads 1-0 with the win coming in the 2012 PTT Pattaya Open 6-4, 6-1. In the Sredets group, in their head-to-heads with players within their group, Nadia Petrova was 12-6, Maria Kirilenko was 7-9, Zheng Jie was 8-11, and Tsvetana Pironkova is 1-2. Petrova's head-to-head in her group is mixed, she is 4-4 against compatriot Kirilenko, with Kirilenko winning their last match at the 2012 BNP Paribas Open 6-1, 5-7, 6-2. She then has a very good record against Zheng compiling an 8-1, with Petrova winning the first 5 meetings and their last meeting at the 2012 Summer Olympics 6-4, 7-6(9-7). She is however 0-1 against Pironkova, with the Bulgarian winning at the 2012 Brussels Open 6-3, 6-2. Kirilenko on the other hand is 3-5 down against Zheng in their head-to-head, however she won their last 2 meeting both in 2012, with the latest encounter at the 2012 Mutua Madrid Open 6-2, 7-5. Kirilenko and Pironkova will meet for the first time in the event. In the match-up between Zheng and Pironkova, Zheng lead 2-0 winning their most recent match at the 2012 New Haven Open at Yale 7-5, 6-2. Player head-to-head Below are the head-to-head records as they approached the tournament. Overall YTD Wozniacki DEN Caroline Wozniacki Petrova RUS Nadia Petrova Kirilenko RUS Maria Kirilenko Vinci ITA Roberta Vinci Hsieh TPE Hsieh Su-wei Zheng CHN Zheng Jie Hantuchová SVK Daniela Hantuchová Pironkova BUL Tsvetana Pironkova 4–1 5–1 0–1 2–0 1–3 5–1 3–0 20–7 46–20 1–4 4–4 2–2 1–0 8–1 4–3 0–1 23–15 34–19 1–5 4–4 3–2 1–0 3–5 2–5 0–0 14–21 32–22 1–0 2–2 2–3 1–0 1–3 2–2 3–0 12–10 42–26 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–6 46–18 3–1 1–8 5–3 3–1 0–1 0–6 2–0 14–20 27–22 1–5 3–4 5–2 2–2 1–0 6–0 1–0 19–13 26–21 0–3 1–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–9 19–22 Champions Singles 2012 Qatar Airways Tournament of Champions – Singles RUS Nadia Petrova def. DNK Caroline Wozniacki, 6–2, 6–1 See also WTA Tournament of Champions 2012 WTA Tour References 2 External links http://sofia-tennis.bg/ Qatar Airways Tournament of Champions Category:WTA Tournament of Champions Category:Tennis tournaments in Bulgaria Category:Sports competitions in Sofia Category:2012 in Bulgarian tennis