2012 Australian Open

the tennis tournament the snooker tournament 2012 Australian Goldfields Open Australian Open April 2014 April 2014 2012 Australian Open 16–29 January 2012 100th Grand Slam (ITF) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Melbourne Park Hard (Plexicushion) SER Novak Djokovic BLR 1995 Victoria Azarenka IND Leander Paes / CZE Radek Štěpánek USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands / ROU Horia Tecău RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova / RUS Vera Zvonareva AUS Luke Saville USA Taylor Townsend GBR Liam Broady / GBR Joshua Ward-Hibbert USA Gabrielle Andrews / USA Taylor Townsend NED Maikel Scheffers NED Esther Vergeer GBR Peter Norfolk NED Ronald Vink / NED Robin Ammerlaan NED Esther Vergeer / NED Sharon Walraven GBR Andrew Lapthorne / GBR Peter Norfolk 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. 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.http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/articles/2011-10-04/201110031317628033964.html And one makes 100 Australianopen.com 4 October 2011 14 January 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20111007011247/http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/articles/2011-10-04/201110031317628033964.html 2011-10-07 For the first time Hawk-Eye ball tracking system was used on the Margaret Court Arena,http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/articles/2011-10-04/201110041317693424099.html Australian Open 2012 – Ready? Play! Australianopen.com 4 October 2011 14 January 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120719164045/http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/articles/2011-10-04/201110041317693424099.html 2012-07-19 while Ken Fletcher was inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame.http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/articles/2011-10-04/201110031317628865735.html Honouring the Great Fletch Australianopen.com 4 October 2011 14 January 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120114075545/http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/articles/2011-10-04/201110031317628865735.html 2012-01-14 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 StageMen's singleshttp://www.atpworldtour.com/Rankings/Rankings-FAQ.aspx 8 January 2011 Rankings explained atpworldtour.comMen's doublesWomen's singleshttp://www.wtatour.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/AboutTheTour/rules.pdf WTA Tour rules 8 January 2011 wtatour.com 210 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110124021713/http://www.wtatour.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/AboutTheTour/rules.pdf 24 January 2011 Women's doublesChampion2000Runner up12001400Semifinals720900Quarterfinals360500Round of 16180280Round of 3290160Round of 644501005Round of 12810–5–Qualifier2560Qualifying 3rd round1650Qualifying 2nd round840Qualifying 1st round02 Junior points Stagehttp://www.itftennis.com/juniors/rankings/tournamentgrades.asp Juniors tournament grades itftennis.com 25 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110629143343/http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/rankings/tournamentgrades.asp 2011-06-29http://www.itftennis.com/shared/medialibrary/pdf/original/IO_54603_original.PDF 2011 ITF junior rules and regs 25 January 2011 itftennis.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121017075823/http://www.itftennis.com/shared/medialibrary/pdf/original/IO_54603_original.PDF 17 October 2012 Boys singlesBoys doublesGirls singlesGirls doublesChampion250180250180Runner up180120180120Semifinals1208012080Quarterfinals80508050Round of 1650305030Round of 3230–30–Qualifier who loses in first round25–25–Qualifying final round20–20 – Wheelchair points Stagehttp://www.itftennis.com/shared/medialibrary/pdf/original/IO_54771_original.PDF Wheelchair tennis rules and regs for 2011 25 January 2011 itftennis.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121017075841/http://www.itftennis.com/shared/medialibrary/pdf/original/IO_54771_original.PDF 17 October 2012 Men's singlesMen's doublesWomen's singlesWomen's doublesQuad singlesQuad doublesChampion800Runner up500100Semifinals/3rd375100375100375–Quarterfinals/4th100–100–100– Prize money The 2012 Australian Open was the richest Grand Slam tournament in history, with the singles champions pocketing 2.3 million dollars.http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/prize_money.html Prize money Australianopen.com 14 January 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101229002430/http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/prize_money.html 29 December 2010 All prize money is in Australian dollars (AUD); doubles prize money is distributed per pair. Men's and women's singles Winners: $2,300,000 Runners-up: $1,150,000 Semi-finalists: $437,000 Quarter-finalists: $218,500 Fourth round: $109,250 Third round: $54,625 Second round: $33,300 First round: $20,000 Men's and women's doubles Winners: $454,500 Runners-up: $227,250 Semi-finalists: $113,000 Quarter-finalists: $56,000 Third round: $31,500 Second round: $17,200 First round: $9,600 Mixed doubles Winners: $135,500 Runners-up: $67,500 Semi-finalists: $33,900 Quarter-finalists: $15,500 Second round: $7,800 First round: $3,800 Day-by-day summaries 2012 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries Events Seniors Men's singles 2012 Australian Open – Men's singles 2012 Australian Open – Men's singles final Novak Djokovic was the defending championFlory Kate atpworldtour.com ATP Tour, Inc. Djokovic Captures Second Grand Slam Title; Murray Beaten at Third Attempt http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2011/01/4/Australian-Open-Sunday-Djokovic-Wins-Second-Major-Title.aspx 30 January 2011 12 January 2012 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."http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-30/australian-open-final-report/3799242?section=sport Djokovic wins epic final 30 January 2012 ABC Radio Grandstand Australian Broadcasting Corporation 29 January 2012 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.Dennis Passa sports.yahoo.com Yahoo! Nadal won't be swayed by Djokovic breathing issues https://sports.yahoo.com/tennis/news?slug=ap-australianopen-men 28 January 2012 3 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120202040609/http://sports.yahoo.com/tennis/news?slug=ap-australianopen-men 2012-02-02 Championship match result SRB Novak Djokovic defeated ESP Rafael Nadal, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 7–5 Women's singles 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 BLR 1995 Victoria Azarenka defeated RUS Maria Sharapova, 6–3, 6–0 Men's doubles 2012 Australian Open – Men's doubles IND Leander Paes / CZE Radek Štěpánek defeated USA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan, 7–6(7–1), 6–2 Women's doubles 2012 Australian Open – Women's doubles RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova / RUS Vera Zvonareva defeated ITA Sara Errani / ITA Roberta Vinci, 5–7, 6–4, 6–3 Mixed doubles 2012 Australian Open – Mixed doubles USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands / ROU Horia Tecău defeated RUS Elena Vesnina / IND Leander Paes, 6–3, 5–7, [10–3] Juniors Boys' singles 2012 Australian Open – Boys' singles AUS Luke Saville defeated CAN Filip Peliwo, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 Girls' singles 2012 Australian Open – Girls' singles USA Taylor Townsend defeated RUS Yulia Putintseva, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3 Boys' doubles 2012 Australian Open – Boys' doubles GBR Liam Broady / GBR Joshua Ward-Hibbert defeated CZE Adam Pavlásek / CRO Filip Veger, 6–3, 6–2 Girls' doubles 2012 Australian Open – Girls' doubles USA Gabrielle Andrews / USA Taylor Townsend defeated RUS Irina Khromacheva / MNE Danka Kovinić, 5–7, 7–5, [10–6] Other events Wheelchair men's singles 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's singles NED Maikel Scheffers defeated FRA Nicolas Peifer, 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–0 Wheelchair women's singles 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair women's singles NED Esther Vergeer defeated NED Aniek van Koot, 6–0, 6–0 Wheelchair quad singles 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair quad singles GBR Peter Norfolk defeated USA David Wagner, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 Wheelchair men's doubles 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's doubles NED Ronald Vink / NED Robin Ammerlaan defeated FRA Stéphane Houdet / FRA Nicolas Peifer, 6–2, 4–6, 6–1 Wheelchair women's doubles 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair women's doubles NED Esther Vergeer / NED Sharon Walraven defeated NED Aniek van Koot / NED Marjolein Buis, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 Wheelchair quad doubles 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair quad doubles GBR Andrew Lapthorne / GBR Peter Norfolk defeated USA David Wagner / ISR Noam Gershony, 6–4, 6–2 Broadcast January 2012 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,Social media a key for Seven 11 February 2012 http://www.frostglobal.com/?p=1360 Frost Global 16 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20130614163001/http://www.frostglobal.com/?p=1360 2013-06-14 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. Singles players Men's singles Champion Runner-up SRB Novak Djokovic [1] ESP Rafael Nadal [2] Semifinals out GBR Andy Murray [4] SUI Roger Federer [3] Quarterfinals out ESP David Ferrer [5] JPN Kei Nishikori [24] ARG Juan Martín del Potro [11] CZE Tomáš Berdych [7] 4th round out AUS Lleyton Hewitt (WC) FRA Richard Gasquet [17] KAZ Mikhail Kukushkin FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [6] GER Philipp Kohlschreiber AUS Bernard Tomic ESP Nicolás Almagro [10] ESP Feliciano López [18] 3rd round out FRA Nicolas Mahut CAN Milos Raonic [23] SRB Janko Tipsarević [9] ARG Juan Ignacio Chela [27] FRA Michaël Llodra FRA Gaël Monfils [14] FRA Julien Benneteau POR Fred Gil COL Alejandro Falla TPE Lu Yen-hsun UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov [13] CRO Ivo Karlović RSA Kevin Anderson [30] SUI Stanislas Wawrinka [21] USA John Isner [16] SVK Lukáš Lacko (Q) 2nd round out COL Santiago Giraldo JPN Tatsuma Ito (WC) GER Philipp Petzschner USA Andy Roddick [15] AUS James Duckworth (WC) KAZ Andrey Golubev (Q) ESP Pablo Andújar USA Ryan Sweeting FRA Édouard Roger-Vasselin RUS Alex Bogomolov Jr. [32] SRB Viktor Troicki [19] BRA Thomaz Bellucci FRA Gilles Simon [12] AUS Matthew Ebden ESP Marcel Granollers [26] BRA Ricardo Mello USA Mardy Fish [8] ESP Pere Riba FRA Florent Serra (Q) SLO Blaž Kavčič GER Tobias Kamke USA Sam Querrey ARG Carlos Berlocq GER Andreas Beck BEL Olivier Rochus UKR Sergiy Stakhovsky CYP Marcos Baghdatis BUL Grigor Dimitrov ARG David Nalbandian ITA Flavio Cipolla USA Donald Young GER Tommy Haas (PR) 1st round out ITA Paolo Lorenzi ITA Matteo Viola (Q) ITA Potito Starace CZE Radek Štěpánek [29] ITA Filippo Volandri CZE Lukáš Rosol GER Cedrik-Marcel Stebe NED Robin Haase RUS Dmitry Tursunov EST Jürgen Zopp (Q) RUS Mikhail Youzhny ITA Andreas Seppi USA Michael Russell RUS Igor Kunitsyn GER Matthias Bachinger POR Rui Machado USA Ryan Harrison BEL Xavier Malisse LAT Ernests Gulbis ESP Daniel Gimeno Traver ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero ESP Guillermo García López ISR Dudi Sela AUS Marinko Matosevic (WC) THA Danai Udomchoke (Q) SVK Karol Beck BRA João Souza FRA Stéphane Robert USA Jesse Levine (WC) CRO Ivan Dodig ESP Roberto Bautista Agut (Q) UZB Denis Istomin LUX Gilles Müller ITA Fabio Fognini ESP Albert Montañés ARG Juan Mónaco [25] RSA Rik de Voest (LL) BEL Steve Darcis GBR James Ward (Q) FRA Adrian Mannarino AUS Greg Jones (WC) ROU Victor Hănescu FRA Kenny de Schepper (WC) ESP Fernando Verdasco [22] AUT Jürgen Melzer [31] NED Jesse Huta Galung (Q) FRA Éric Prodon RUS Alexander Kudryavtsev (Q) ESP Albert Ramos Viñolas GER Björn Phau (Q) UKR Illya Marchenko (Q) DEN Frederik Nielsen (Q) FRA Benoît Paire GER Benjamin Becker (PR) FRA Jérémy Chardy POL Łukasz Kubot AUS Benjamin Mitchell (WC) FIN Jarkko Nieminen RUS Nikolay Davydenko ARG Leonardo Mayer CRO Ivan Ljubičić [28] GER Peter Gojowczyk (Q) USA Denis Kudla (Q) USA Alex Kuznetsov (Q) Women's singles Champion Runner-up BLR Victoria Azarenka [3] RUS Maria Sharapova [4]Semifinals outBEL Kim Clijsters [11]CZE Petra Kvitová [2] Quarterfinals out DEN Caroline Wozniacki [1] POL Agnieszka Radwańska [8] RUS Ekaterina Makarova ITA Sara Errani 4th round out SRB Jelena Janković [13] CHN Li Na [5] CZE Iveta Benešová GER Julia Görges [22] USA Serena Williams [12] GER Sabine Lisicki [14] CHN Zheng Jie SRB Ana Ivanovic [21] 3rd round out ROU Monica Niculescu [31] USA Christina McHale SVK Daniela Hantuchová [20] ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues [26] GER Mona Barthel RUS Nina Bratchikova (Q) ITA Romina Oprandi KAZ Galina Voskoboeva RUS Vera Zvonareva [7] HUN Gréta Arn RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova [18] GER Angelique Kerber [30] ROU Sorana Cîrstea FRA Marion Bartoli [9] USA Vania King RUS Maria Kirilenko [27] 2nd round out GEO Anna Tatishvili FRA Pauline Parmentier NZL Marina Erakovic TPE Chang Kai-chen (Q) FRA Stéphanie Foretz Gacon UKR Lesia Tsurenko BLR Olga Govortsova AUS Olivia Rogowska (WC) AUS Casey Dellacqua (WC) CZE Petra Cetkovská [32] ITA Alberta Brianti CHN Peng Shuai [16] ITA Francesca Schiavone [10] GRE Eleni Daniilidou BUL Tsvetana Pironkova ARG Paula Ormaechea (Q) CZE Lucie Hradecká EST Kaia Kanepi [25] SVK Dominika Cibulková [17] CZE Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová ISR Shahar Pe'er USA Sloane Stephens CAN Stéphanie Dubois USA Jamie Hampton (Q) POL Urszula Radwańska RUS Nadia Petrova [29] ITA Roberta Vinci [23] AUS Jelena Dokić RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [15] NED Michaëlla Krajicek CAN Aleksandra Wozniak ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 1st round out AUS Anastasia Rodionova AUS Ashleigh Barty (WC) RUS Alla Kudryavtseva FRA Alizé Cornet CZE Lucie Šafářová [24] FRA Irena Pavlovic (Q) CRO Petra Martić GBR Laura Robson (Q) POR Maria João Köhler (Q) GBR Elena Baltacha NED Arantxa Rus USA Varvara Lepchenko (Q) CZE Eva Birnerová AUT Patricia Mayr-Achleitner SWE Sofia Arvidsson KAZ Ksenia Pervak GBR Heather Watson SRB Bojana Jovanovski GBR Anne Keothavong JPN Ayumi Morita ITA Flavia Pennetta [19] USA Irina Falconi FRA Mathilde Johansson FRA Aravane Rezaï (WC) ESP Laura Pous Tió BLR Anastasiya Yakimova JPN Kimiko Date-Krumm SLO Polona Hercog BEL Yanina Wickmayer [28] IND Sania Mirza ROU Simona Halep USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands ROU Alexandra Dulgheru RUS Evgeniya Rodina THA Tamarine Tanasugarn SWE Johanna Larsson SVK Magdaléna Rybáriková CAN Rebecca Marino FRA Iryna Brémond AUT Tamira Paszek SUI Stefanie Vögele (Q) AUS Isabella Holland (WC) ESP Sílvia Soler-Espinosa RSA Chanelle Scheepers AUS Bojana Bobusic (WC) RUS Elena Vesnina LUX Mandy Minella ARG Gisela Dulko AUS Samantha Stosur [6] USA Alison Riske (Q) RUS Valeria Savinykh (Q) CZE Andrea Hlaváčková ROU Alexandra Cadanțu USA Madison Keys (WC) RUS Anna Chakvetadze (PR) FRA Virginie Razzano CZE Klára Zakopalová UKR Kateryna Bondarenko GER Kristina Barrois ESP Lourdes Domínguez Lino AUS Jarmila Gajdošová CHN Zhang Shuai (WC) ROU Irina-Camelia Begu RUS Vera Dushevina Singles seeds Seeds and Rankings are as of 9 January 2012 and Points are as of 16 January 2012.http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/articles/2012-01-09/201201091326090539568.html AO 2012 seedings announced Australianopen.com 9 January 2012 14 January 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121022100914/http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/articles/2012-01-09/201201091326090539568.html 2012-10-22 Men's singles SdRkhttp://www.wtatour.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/Notes&Netcords/2011/jan17.pdf WTA tour notes for week commencing 17 January 2011(PDF) 25 January 2011 wtatour.com June 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes Playerhttp://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/articles/2011-01-13/201101131294884964223.html Seeds set for Australian Open 2011 australianopen.com Tennis Australia 13 January 2011 28 March 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111204081953/http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/articles/2011-01-13/201101131294884964223.html 2011-12-04Points Points defendingPoints wonNew pointsStatus11SRB Novak Djokovic13,6302,0002,00013,630Champion, won in the final against ESP Rafael Nadal [2]22ESP Rafael Nadal9,5953601,20010,435Runner-up, Final lost to SRB Novak Djokovic [1]33SUI Roger Federer8,0107207208,010Semifinals lost to ESP Rafael Nadal [2]44GBR Andy Murray7,3801,2007206,900Semifinals lost to SRB Novak Djokovic [1]55ESP David Ferrer4,9257203604,565Quarterfinals lost to SRB Novak Djokovic [1]66FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga4,335901804,425Fourth round lost to JPN Kei Nishikori [24]77CZE Tomáš Berdych3,7003603603,700Quarterfinals lost to ESP Rafael Nadal [2]88USA Mardy Fish2,96545452,965Second round lost to COL Alejandro Falla99SRB Janko Tipsarević2,65545902,700Third round lost to FRA Richard Gasquet [17]1010ESP Nicolás Almagro2,3801801802,380Fourth round lost to CZE Tomáš Berdych [7]1111ARG Juan Martín del Potro2,315453602,630Quarterfinals lost to SUI Roger Federer [3]1212FRA Gilles Simon2,00545452,005Second round lost to FRA Julien Benneteau1314UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov2,030360901,760Third round lost to AUS Bernard Tomic1415FRA Gaël Monfils1,97090901,970Third round lost to KAZ Mikhail Kukushkin1516USA Andy Roddick1,880180451,745Second round retired against AUS Lleyton Hewitt [WC]1617USA John Isner1,80090901,800Third round lost to ESP Feliciano López [18]1718FRA Richard Gasquet1,765901801,855Fourth round lost to ESP David Ferrer [5]1819ESP Feliciano López1,755451801,890Fourth round lost to ESP Rafael Nadal [2]1921SRB Viktor Troicki1,59590451,550Second round lost to KAZ Mikhail Kukushkin2022GER Florian Mayer1,6304501,585withdrew due to hip strainAssociated Press (AP) Fox Sports 20th-seeded Mayer pulls out of Aussie http://msn.foxsports.com/tennis/story/florian-mayer-germany-withdraws-australian-open-no-20-seed-011512 15 January 2012 15 January 20122123SUI Stan Wawrinka1,615360901,345Third round lost to ESP Nicolás Almagro [10]2224ESP Fernando Verdasco1,550180101,380First round lost to AUS Bernard Tomic2325CAN Milos Raonic1,460205901,345Third round lost to AUS Lleyton Hewitt [WC]2426JPN Kei Nishikori1,410903601,680Quarterfinals lost to GBR Andy Murray [4]2527ARG Juan Mónaco1,33545101,300First round lost to GER Philipp Kohlschreiber2628ESP Marcel Granollers1,31510451,350Second round lost to POR Frederico Gil2729ARG Juan Ignacio Chela1,27010901,350Third round lost to ESP David Ferrer [5]2830CRO Ivan Ljubičić1,27090101,190First round lost to SVK Lukáš Lacko [Q]2931CZE Radek Štěpánek1,23045101,195First round lost to FRA Nicolas Mahut3032RSA Kevin Anderson1,19010901,270Third round lost to CZE Tomáš Berdych [7]3133AUT Jürgen Melzer1,170180101,000First round lost to CRO Ivo Karlović3234RUS Alex Bogomolov Jr.1,13545451,135Second round lost to FRA Michaël Llodra Withdrawn players (men's singles) RankPlayerPoints Points defendingNew pointsWithdrew due to13SWE Robin Söderling2,1201801,940mononucleosisTENNIS.com Soderling won't play in Australian Open http://www.tennis.com/articles/templates/news.aspx?articleid=15348&zoneid=25 Miller Sports Group LLC Santa Monica, California, USA 8 December 2011 9 December 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120406202038/http://www.tennis.com/articles/templates/news.aspx?articleid=15348&zoneid=25 2012-04-0620CRO Marin Čilić1,6651801,485patella tendon injuryindiatimes.com Former champion Cilic ruled out of Chennai Open http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tennis/top-stories/Former-champion-Cilic-ruled-out-of-Chennai-Open/articleshow/11093698.cms The Times Group Chennai, India 13 December 2011 13 December 2011 Women's singles SdRkPlayerPoints Points defendingPoints wonNew pointsStatus11DEN Caroline Wozniacki7,4859005007,085Quarterfinals lost to BEL Kim Clijsters [11]22CZE Petra Kvitová7,2905009007,690Semifinals lost to RUS Maria Sharapova [4]33BLR 1995 Victoria Azarenka6,8652802,0008,585Champion, won in the final against RUS Maria Sharapova [4]44RUS Maria Sharapova6,4402801,4007,560Runner-up, Final lost to BLR 1995 Victoria Azarenka [3]55CHN Li Na5,5701,4002804,450Fourth round lost to BEL Kim Clijsters [11]66AUS Samantha Stosur5,58516055,430First round lost to ROU Sorana Cîrstea77RUS Vera Zvonareva5,4359001604,695Third round lost to RUS Ekaterina Makarova88POL Agnieszka Radwańska5,3305005005,330Quarterfinals lost to BLR 1995 Victoria Azarenka [3]99FRA Marion Bartoli4,7101001604,770Third round lost to CHN Zheng Jie1011ITA Francesca Schiavone4,0405001003,640Second round lost to ITA Romina Oprandi1112BEL Kim Clijsters3,0412,0009001,941Semifinals lost to BLR 1995 Victoria Azarenka [3]1213USA Serena Williams3,30002803,580Fourth round lost to RUS Ekaterina Makarova1314SRB Jelena Janković3,1151002803,295Fourth round lost to DEN Caroline Wozniacki [1]1415GER Sabine Lisicki2,903(40)2803,143Fourth round lost to RUS Maria Sharapova [4]1516RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova2,7951601002,735Second round lost to USA Vania King1617CHN Peng Shuai2,7602801002,580Second round lost to CZE Iveta Benešová1718SVK Dominika Cibulková2,6951601002,635Second round lost to HUN Gréta Arn1819RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova2,6462801602,526Third round lost to GER Sabine Lisicki [14]1920ITA Flavia Pennetta2,57028052,295First round lost to RUS Nina Bratchikova [Q]2021SVK Daniela Hantuchová2,29551602,450Third round lost to BEL Kim Clijsters [11]2122SRB Ana Ivanovic2,26052802,535Fourth round lost to CZE Petra Kvitová [2]2223GER Julia Görges2,2251602802,345Fourth round lost to POL Agnieszka Radwańska [8]2324ITA Roberta Vinci2,11551002,210Second round lost to CHN Zheng Jie2425CZE Lucie Šafářová2,12016051,965First round lost to USA Christina McHale2526EST Kaia Kanepi2,0491001002,049Second round lost to RUS Ekaterina Makarova2627ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues1,95051602,105Third round retired against CHN Li Na [5]2728RUS Maria Kirilenko1,9301001601,990Third round retired against CZE Petra Kvitová [2]2829BEL Yanina Wickmayer2,05010051,955First round lost to KAZ Galina Voskoboeva2930RUS Nadia Petrova1,7651601001,705Second round lost to ITA Sara Errani3031GER Angelique Kerber1,81051601,965Third round lost to RUS Maria Sharapova [4]3132ROU Monica Niculescu1,7251601601,725Third round lost to DEN Caroline Wozniacki [1]3233CZE Petra Cetkovská1,666(18)1001,748Second round lost to GER Mona Barthel Withdrawn players (women's singles) RankPlayerPoints Points defendingNew pointsWithdrew due to10GER Andrea Petkovic4,5005004,000stress fracturehttp://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/articles/2012-01-11/201201111326248897556.html Petkovic out with back injury Australianopen.com 30 January 2011 14 January 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121002035440/http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/articles/2012-01-11/201201111326248897556.html 2012-10-02 Main draw wildcard entries 2012 Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries Men's singles FRA Kenny de Schepper AUS James Duckworth AUS Lleyton Hewitt AUS Marinko Matosevic AUS Benjamin Mitchell AUS Greg Jones JPN Tatsuma Ito USA Jesse Levine Women's singles AUS Ashleigh Barty AUS Casey Dellacqua AUS Olivia Rogowska AUS Isabella Holland AUS Bojana Bobusic USA Madison Keys FRA Aravane Rezaï CHN Zhang Shuai Men's doubles AUS James Duckworth / AUS Adam Feeney AUS Matthew Ebden / AUS Chris Guccione AUS Colin Ebelthite / AUS Marinko Matosevic AUS Lleyton Hewitt / AUS Peter Luczak AUS Greg Jones / AUS John-Patrick Smith AUS Benjamin Mitchell / AUS Matt Reid AUS Luke Saville / AUS Andrew Whittington Women's doubles AUS Monique Adamczak / AUS Olivia Rogowska AUS Ashleigh Barty / GBR Laura Robson AUS Stephanie Bengson / AUS Tyra Calderwood AUS Daniella Jeflea / AUS Viktorija Rajicic AUS Sacha Jones / AUS Bojana Bobusic AUS Tammi Patterson / AUS Storm Sanders AUS Sally Peers / AUS Isabella Holland Mixed doubles AUS Ashleigh Barty / AUS Benjamin Mitchell JPN Kimiko Date-Krumm / JPN Kei Nishikori AUS Casey Dellacqua / AUS Matthew Ebden AUS Jelena Dokić / AUS Paul Hanley AUS Jarmila Gajdošová / BRA Bruno Soares SRB Jelena Janković / AUS Bernard Tomic AUS Olivia Rogowska / AUS Marinko Matosevic Protected ranking Men's singles GER Benjamin Becker GER Tommy Haas Women's singles RUS Anna Chakvetadze Qualifying entries Men's singles 2012 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying FRA Florent Serra GER Peter Gojowczyk THA Danai Udomchoke KAZ Andrey Golubev GBR James Ward NED Jesse Huta Galung SVK Lukáš Lacko USA Denis Kudla EST Jürgen Zopp ITA Matteo Viola RUS Alexander Kudryavtsev ESP Roberto Bautista Agut DEN Frederik Nielsen USA Alex Kuznetsov GER Björn Phau UKR Illya Marchenko The following players received as a lucky loser: RSA Rik de Voest Women's singles 2012 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying GBR Laura Robson FRA Irena Pavlovic CZE Andrea Hlaváčková SUI Stefanie Vögele USA Alison Riske POR Maria João Köhler ARG Paula Ormaechea RUS Nina Bratchikova RUS Valeria Savinykh TPE Chang Kai-chen USA Varvara Lepchenko USA Jamie Hampton Withdrawals The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries. Men's singles Original playerReplacementGER Michael BerrerFRA Édouard Roger-VasselinUSA James BlakeBRA João SouzaCRO Marin ČilićPOR Frederico GilIND Somdev DevvarmanITA Paolo LorenziCHL Fernando GonzálezFRA Jérémy ChardyFRA Paul-Henri MathieuFRA Stéphane RobertGER Florian MayerRSA Rik de VoestESP Tommy RobredoESP Daniel Gimeno TraverSWE Robin SöderlingSVK Karol Beck Women's singles Original playerReplacementSUI Timea BacsinszkyCAN Aleksandra WozniakRUS Alisa KleybanovaPOL Urszula RadwańskaESP María José Martínez SánchezUKR Lesia TsurenkoGER Andrea PetkovicBLR 1995 Olga GovortsovaLAT Anastasija SevastovaAUS Anastasia RodionovaUSA Venus WilliamsLUX Mandy Minella Juniors Below is a list of the sixteen seeds for the boys and girls singles and the eight qualifiers for each event. Singles seeds Boys' singles Sd Player 1 AUS Luke Saville 2 BRA Thiago Monteiro 3 GBR Liam Broady 4 JPN Kaichi Uchida 5 POR Frederico Ferreira Silva 6 AUS Andrew Harris 7 GBR Kyle Edmund 8 ITA Stefano Napolitano 9 SRB Nikola Milojević 10 CZE Adam Pavlásek 11 BEL Kimmer Coppejans 12 BEL Julien Cagnina 13 AUS Nick Kyrgios 14 USA Connor Farren 15 FIN Herkko Pöllänen 16 EGY Karim Hossam Girls' singles Sd Player 1 RUS Irina Khromacheva 2 CAN Eugenie Bouchard 3 EST Anett Kontaveit 4 RUS Yulia Putintseva 5 NED Indy de Vroome 6 RUS Elizaveta Kulichkova 7 MNE Danka Kovinić 8 SVK Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 9 CHN Zheng Saisai 10 ROU Ilka Csöregi 11 POL Zuzanna Maciejewska 12 UZB Sabina Sharipova 13 CRO Donna Vekić 14 USA Taylor Townsend 15 RUS Varvara Flink 16 USA Kyle McPhillips 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.http://beta.itftennis.com/wheelchair/news/articles/australian-open-entries-announced.aspx Australian Open entries announced Beta.itftennis.com 7 December 2011 14 January 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120607123949/http://beta.itftennis.com/wheelchair/news/articles/australian-open-entries-announced.aspx 7 June 2012 dead dmy-all Singles seeds Men's singles Wheelchair Men's Singles draw http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/scores/draws/cs/csdraw.pdf Australianopen.com 25 January 2012 NED Maikel Scheffers (1) FRA Stéphane Houdet (2) Women Wheelchair Women's Singles draw http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/scores/draws/ds/dsdraw.pdf Australianopen.com 25 January 2012 NED Esther Vergeer (1) NED Aniek van Koot (2) Quad USA David Wagner (1) GBR Peter Norfolk (2) References 30em External links Tennis Australia http://www.australianopen.com Australian Open official website 2011 US Open Grand Slams 2012 French Open Category:2012 in Australian tennis Category:2012 ATP World Tour Category:2012 WTA Tour Category:January 2012 sports events in Australia Category:2012 in sport in Melbourne Category:2012 in Victoria (state)