2012 Italian Open – Women's singles

2012 Italian Open RUS Maria Sharapova CHN Li Na 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5) 56 16 2012 Italian Open (tennis) Defending champion Maria Sharapova defeated Li Na in the final, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5) to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2012 Italian Open. She came back from a set and a double break deficit in the second set of the final, and saved a championship point in the third set.https://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/20/sport/tennis/tennis-italian-open-sharapova-li-na/index.html Sharapova lifts trophy in rainy Rome 20 May 2012 CNN 1 August 2017https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/18138072 Maria Sharapova wins Italian Open crown in Rome 20 May 2012 BBC Sport 1 August 2017 Seeds The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round. 1 1 BLR Victoria Azarenka (third round, withdrew because of a shoulder injury) 2 4 RUS Maria Sharapova (champion) 3 2 POL Agnieszka Radwańska (second round) 4 3 CZE Petra Kvitová (quarterfinals) 5 4 AUS Samantha Stosur (third round) 6 2 DEN Caroline Wozniacki (second round, retired) 7 3 FRA Marion Bartoli (second round) 8 1 CHN Li Na (final) 9 2 USA Serena Williams (semifinal, withdrew due to a lower back injury) 10 4 ITA Francesca Schiavone (first round) 11 1 GER Sabine Lisicki (first round) 12 3 GER Angelique Kerber (semifinals) 13 4 SRB Ana Ivanovic (third round) 14 1 SVK Dominika Cibulková (quarterfinals) 15 3 SRB Jelena Janković (first round) 16 2 RUS Maria Kirilenko (first round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 14 SVK Dominika Cibulková 1 64 8 CHN Li Na 6 77   ITA Flavia Pennetta 0r 9 USA Serena Williams 4 12 GER Angelique Kerber 77 1 6 4 CZE Petra Kvitová 62 6 1 WC USA Venus Williams 4 3 2 RUS Maria Sharapova 6 6 8 CHN Li Na w/o 9 USA Serena Williams 12 GER Angelique Kerber 3 4 2 RUS Maria Sharapova 6 6 8 CHN Li Na 6 4 65 2 RUS Maria Sharapova 4 6 77 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals ISR S Pe'er 77 4 3 CHN S Peng 64 6 1r ITA R Vinci 4 6 2 WC ITA K Knapp 6 2 6 Q CRO M Lučić 1 2 14 SVK D Cibulková 6 6 11 GER S Lisicki 64 6 3 NZL M Erakovic 77 4 6 AUS J Gajdošová 4 63 RSA C Scheepers 6 77 CZE I Benešová 6 5 77 BEL Y Wickmayer 4 7 65 1 BLR V Azarenka 6 6 ISR S Pe'er 1 2 WC ITA K Knapp 3 6 1 14 SVK D Cibulková 6 4 6 NZL M Erakovic 7 1 2 RSA C Scheepers 5 6 6 CZE I Benešová 1 5 8 CHN N Li 6 7 1 BLR V Azarenka 14 SVK D Cibulková w/o RSA C Scheepers 63 2 8 CHN N Li 77 6 14 SVK D Cibulková 1 64 8 CHN N Li 6 77 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals CZE P Cetkovská 7 6 Q BLR O Govortsova 5 4 Q RUS A Chakvetadze 2 6 4 Q USA S Stephens 6 2 6 ITA F Pennetta 6 77 16 RUS M Kirilenko 1 62 9 USA S Williams 6 6 KAZ G Voskoboeva 2 3 RUS N Petrova 6 6 Q CZE A Hlaváčková 3 3 ESP A Medina Garrigues 6 6 CHN J Zheng 2 1 3 POL A Radwańska 4 6 1 CZE P Cetkovská 6 4 6 Q USA S Stephens 2 3 ITA F Pennetta 6 6 9 USA S Williams 4 6 6 RUS N Petrova 6 2 3 ESP A Medina Garrigues 6 4 6 DEN C Wozniacki 4 0r CZE P Cetkovská 0 1 ITA F Pennetta 6 6 9 USA S Williams 6 6 ESP A Medina Garrigues 3 1 ITA F Pennetta 0r 9 USA S Williams 4 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Q CAN A Wozniak 1 77 3 GER J Görges 6 61 6 USA V King 6 6 BUL T Pironkova 0 1 Q AUS A Rodionova 6 5 2 12 GER A Kerber 4 7 6 15 SRB J Janković 3 6 64 ROU S Cîrstea 6 4 77 SWE S Arvidsson 6 6 ESP MJ Martínez Sánchez 3 2 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 6 6 KAZ K Pervak 2 4 7 FRA M Bartoli 3 1 GER J Görges 6 6 USA V King 3 2 12 GER A Kerber 6 6 ROU S Cîrstea 6 6 SWE S Arvidsson 3 1 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 5 4 4 CZE P Kvitová 7 6 GER J Görges 4 1 12 GER A Kerber 6 6 ROU S Cîrstea 2 7 2 4 CZE P Kvitová 6 5 6 12 GER A Kerber 77 1 6 4 CZE P Kvitová 62 6 1 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals PR SUI T Bacsinszky 0 0r ITA S Errani 6 3 WC USA V Williams 6 6 ROU S Halep 3 4 RUS E Makarova 6 6 10 ITA F Schiavone 3 4 13 SRB A Ivanovic 6 6 RUS S Kuznetsova 4 3 WC ITA A Brianti 2 1 Q ESP S Soler Espinosa 6 6 USA C McHale 6 6 ROU M Niculescu 4 4 5 AUS S Stosur 6 7 ITA S Errani 3 5 WC USA V Williams 79 6 RUS E Makarova 67 1 13 SRB A Ivanovic 6 6 Q ESP S Soler Espinosa 2 1 USA C McHale 5 5 2 RUS M Sharapova 7 7 5 AUS S Stosur 4 3 WC USA V Williams 6 6 13 SRB A Ivanovic 64 3 2 RUS M Sharapova 77 6 WC USA V Williams 4 3 2 RUS M Sharapova 6 6 Qualifying Seeds 30em ESP Carla Suárez Navarro (first round) CRO Petra Martić (first round) CAN Aleksandra Wozniak (qualified) ESP Sílvia Soler Espinosa (qualified) UKR Kateryna Bondarenko (first round, retired) FRA Pauline Parmentier (qualifying competition) TPE Hsieh Su-wei (qualifying competition) GEO Anna Tatishvili (first round) HUN Gréta Arn (first round) RUS Vera Dushevina (qualifying competition) BLR Olga Govortsova (qualified) USA Varvara Lepchenko (qualifying competition) SWE Johanna Larsson (first round) USA Sloane Stephens (qualified) FRA Mathilde Johansson (first round) USA Jamie Hampton (first round) Qualifiers 30em CRO Mirjana Lučić CZE Andrea Hlaváčková CAN Aleksandra Wozniak ESP Sílvia Soler Espinosa AUS Anastasia Rodionova BLR Olga Govortsova USA Sloane Stephens RUS Anna Chakvetadze Qualifying draw First qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 1 ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 4 7 2 ARG Gisela Dulko 6 5 6 CRO Mirjana Lučić 6 6 16 USA Jamie Hampton 4 2   ARG Gisela Dulko 3 79 4 CRO Mirjana Lučić 6 67 6 Second qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 2 CRO Petra Martić 77 3 5 CZE Andrea Hlaváčková 63 6 7 ARG Paula Ormaechea 7 6 15 FRA Mathilde Johansson 5 1   CZE Andrea Hlaváčková 6 1 6 ARG Paula Ormaechea 4 6 3 Third qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 3 CAN Aleksandra Wozniak 6 6 RUS Alla Kudryavtseva 1 1 WC ITA Nastassja Burnett 4 6 6 13 SWE Johanna Larsson 6 1 2 3 CAN Aleksandra Wozniak 77 4 6 WC ITA Nastassja Burnett 63 6 4 Fourth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 4 ESP Sílvia Soler Espinosa 6 6 ESP Lourdes Domínguez Lino 4 3 UKR Lesia Tsurenko 6 6 9 HUN Gréta Arn 2 2 4 ESP Sílvia Soler Espinosa 6 6 UKR Lesia Tsurenko 3 3 Fifth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 5 UKR Kateryna Bondarenko 63 0r AUS Anastasia Rodionova 77 0 TPE Chang Kai-chen 3 1 10 RUS Vera Dushevina 6 6 AUS Anastasia Rodionova 6 6 10 RUS Vera Dushevina 2 4 Sixth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 6 FRA Pauline Parmentier 6 6 WC ITA Anastasia Grymalska 2 3 USA Jill Craybas 5 3 11 BLR Olga Govortsova 7 6 6 FRA Pauline Parmentier 2 1 11 BLR Olga Govortsova 6 6 Seventh qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 7 TPE Hsieh Su-wei 6 6 WC ITA Alexia Virgili 4 3 USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands 5 5 14 USA Sloane Stephens 7 7 7 TPE Hsieh Su-wei 2 4 14 USA Sloane Stephens 6 6 Eighth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 8 GEO Anna Tatishvili 4 1 PR RUS Anna Chakvetadze 6 6 WC ITA Corinna Dentoni 4 2 12 USA Varvara Lepchenko 6 6 PR RUS Anna Chakvetadze 6 4 6 12 USA Varvara Lepchenko 1 6 4 References External links WTA tournament draws Italian Open - Singles Women's Singles Category:2012 in Italian women's sport