| 2012 Australian Open | ||||
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| Date: | 16 - 29 January | |||
| Edition: | 100th | |||
| Category: | Grand Slam (ITF) | |||
| Location: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | |||
| 2011 champions | ||||
| Men's Singles | ||||
| Novak Djokovic | ||||
| Women's Singles | ||||
| Kim Clijsters | ||||
| Men's Doubles | ||||
| Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan | ||||
| Women's Doubles | ||||
| Gisela Dulko / Flavia Pennetta | ||||
| Mixed Doubles | ||||
| Katarina Srebotnik / Daniel Nestor | ||||
| Boys' Singles | ||||
| Jiří Veselý | ||||
| Girls' Singles | ||||
| An-Sophie Mestach | ||||
| Boys' Doubles | ||||
| Filip Horanský / Jiří Veselý | ||||
| Girls' Doubles | ||||
| An-Sophie Mestach / Demi Schuurs | ||||
| Wheelchair Men's Singles | ||||
| Shingo Kunieda | ||||
| Wheelchair Women's Singles | ||||
| Esther Vergeer | ||||
| Wheelchair Quad Singles | ||||
| David Wagner | ||||
| Wheelchair Men's Doubles | ||||
| Maikel Scheffers / Shingo Kunieda | ||||
| Wheelchair Women's Doubles | ||||
| Esther Vergeer / Sharon Walraven | ||||
| Wheelchair Quad Doubles | ||||
| Andrew Lapthorne / Peter Norfolk | ||||
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The 2012 Australian Open is a tennis tournament that will take place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia from January 16 to January 29, 2012. It will be the 100th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year.
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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 has been 59 previous winners and the 100th staging of the event was marked by a special coin being avaliable to buy and the 2012 Champion will receive a special medallion. The tournament will also mark 50 years since Rod Laver won his first Grand Slam.[1] For the first time Hawk eye will be used on the Margaret Court Arena.[2], while Ken Fletcher will be inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame.[3]
The 2012 Australian Open will be the richest Grand Slam tournament in history, with the singles champions pocketing 2.2 million dollars.[4] All prize money is in Australian dollars (AUD); doubles prize money is distributed per pair.
Men's and Women's Singles
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Men's and Women's Doubles
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Mixed Doubles
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| TBD | Robin Söderling |
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mononucleosis[5] |
| TBD | Marin Čilić |
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patella tendon injury[6] |
These are the current seeds, as determined by the Australian Open. [7]
| Sd | Rk[8] | Player[9] | Points[8] |
defending |
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| 1 | Caroline Wozniacki |
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| 2 | Petra Kvitová |
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| 3 | Victoria Azarenka |
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| 4 | Maria Sharapova |
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| 5 | Li Na |
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| 6 | Samantha Stosur |
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| 7 | Vera Zvonareva |
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| 8 | Agnieszka Radwańska |
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| 24 | Roberta Vinci |
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| 25 | Lucie Šafářová |
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One wildcard was chosen for each draw. There were seven seeds in the mens and womens singles and three seeds in the quad category.[10]
| Preceded by 2011 Australian Open |
Australian Open | Succeeded by 2013 Australian Open |
| Preceded by 2011 US Open |
Grand Slams | Succeeded by 2012 French Open |
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