2012 Australian Open

2012 Australian Open
Date	16–29 January
Edition	100th
Category	Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface	Hardcourt (Plexicushion)
Location	Melbourne, Australia
Venue	Melbourne Park
Champions
Men's Singles
Novak Djokovic
Women's Singles
Victoria Azarenka
Men's Doubles
Leander Paes / Radek Štěpánek
Women's Doubles
Svetlana Kuznetsova / Vera Zvonareva
Mixed Doubles
Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Horia Tecău
Boys' Singles
Luke Saville
Girls' Singles
Taylor Townsend
Boys' Doubles
Liam Broady / Joshua Ward-Hibbert
Girls' Doubles
Gabrielle Andrews / Taylor Townsend
Wheelchair Men's Singles
Maikel Scheffers
Wheelchair Women's Singles
Esther Vergeer
Wheelchair Quad Singles
Peter Norfolk
Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Ronald Vink / Robin Ammerlaan
Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Esther Vergeer / Sharon Walraven
Wheelchair Quad Doubles
Andrew Lapthorne / Peter Norfolk

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.^[1] For the first time Hawk-Eye ball tracking system was used on the Margaret Court Arena,^[2] while Ken Fletcher was inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame.^[3]

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

Stage	Men's Singles[4]	Men's Doubles[4]	Women's Singles[5]	Women's Doubles[5]
Champion	2000
Runner up	1200		1400
Semifinals	720		900
Quarterfinals	360		500
Round of 16	180		280
Round of 32	90		160
Round of 64	45	0	100	5
Round of 128	10	–	5	–
Qualifier	25		60
Qualifying 3rd round	16		50
Qualifying 2nd round	8		40
Qualifying 1st round	0		2

Junior points

Stage[6][7]	Boys Singles	Boys Doubles	Girls Singles	Girls Doubles
Champion	250	180	250	180
Runner up	180	120	180	120
Semifinals	120	80	120	80
Quarterfinals	80	50	80	50
Round of 16	50	30	50	30
Round of 32	30	–	30	–
Qualifier who loses in first round	25	–	25	–
Qualifying Final Round	20	–	20	–

Wheelchair points

Stage[8]	Men's Singles	Men's Doubles	Women's Singles	Women's Doubles	Quad Singles	Quad Doubles
Champion	800
Runner up	500					100
Semifinals/3rd	375	100	375	100	375	–
Quarterfinals/4th	100	–	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.^[9] All prize money is in Australian dollars (AUD); doubles prize money is distributed per pair.

Day-by-day summaries

Key

Day 1 (16 January)

In Men's Singles, on the opening day, play began with Local hope Bernard Tomic struggling in the beginning two sets but later working hard in the next three sets, defeating Spaniard Fernando Verdasco. Juan Martín del Potro also had to earn victory by losing the first set but later winning the next three sets defeating Adrian Mannarino. Meanwhile, Rafael overcomes Alex Kuznetsov. Spaniard Pere Riba had to defeat compatriot Albert Montañés whereas Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky had to defeat his compatriot Illya Marchenko to advance to the second round. Florent Serra advanced to the second round after Steve Darcis was forced to retire in the third set, leading two sets to love, because of leg cramps. Other seeds such as Tomáš Berdych, Mardy Fish, Nicolás Almagro, Alexandr Dolgopolov, John Isner, Stanislas Wawrinka and Kevin Anderson along with Marcos Baghdatis, Olivier Rochus, Tommy Haas, Andreas Beck and Grigor Dimitrov all progressed comfortably into the second round while Juan Mónaco, Ivan Ljubičić and Jürgen Melzer were sent crashing out in the first round. In the evening, Roger beats Kudryavtsev in three straight tiebreakers and Nalbandian advanced to the second round after Nieminen was forced to retire in the second set because of stomach cramps.

In Women's Singles, on the opening day, play began with Azarenka taking out Heather Watson in straight sets. Later, the defending champion, Clijsters gets past qualifier Maria João Köhler. Li Na had an easy win over Ksenia Pervak and Francesca Schiavone square off in two straight easy sets defeating Laura Pous Tió. Wild card Dellacqua overcomes Jovanovski and Janković cruise into second round defeating qualifier Laura Robson. Mona Barthel advanced to the second round after Anne Keothavong was forced to retire after the first set because of foodborne illness. Other seeds such as Agnieszka Radwańska, Peng Shuai, Daniela Hantuchová, Julia Görges, Monica Niculescu and Petra Cetkovská along with Anna Tatishvili, Romina Oprandi, Pauline Parmentier, wild card Olivia Rogowska, Eleni Daniilidou, Tsvetana Pironkova, Olga Govortsova and Alberta Brianti all progressed comfortably into the second round while Flavia Pennetta, Lucie Šafářová and Yanina Wickmayer were sent crashing out in the first round. In the evening, top seeded Wozniacki dismantles Anastasia Rodionova in two straight sets advancing to the second round.

• Seeds out
  • Men's Singles: Fernando Verdasco [22], Juan Mónaco [25], Ivan Ljubičić [28], Jürgen Melzer [31]
  • Women's Singles: Flavia Pennetta [19], Lucie Šafářová [24], Yanina Wickmayer [28]
• Schedule of Play

Matches on Main Courts
Matches on Rod Laver Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 1st Round	Victoria Azarenka [3]	Heather Watson	6–1, 6–0
Men's Singles 1st Round	Bernard Tomic	Fernando Verdasco [22]	4–6, 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–2, 7–5
Women's Singles 1st Round	Kim Clijsters [11]	Maria João Köhler [Q]	7–5, 6–1
Men's Singles 1st Round	Roger Federer [3]	Alexander Kudryavtsev [Q]	7–5, 6–2, 6–2
Women's Singles 1st Round	Caroline Wozniacki [1]	Anastasia Rodionova	6–2, 6–1
Matches on Hisense Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Men's Singles 1st Round	Juan Martín del Potro [11]	Adrian Mannarino	2–6, 6–1, 7–5, 6–4
Women's Singles 1st Round	Li Na [5]	Ksenia Pervak	6–3, 6–1
Women's Singles 1st Round	Francesca Schiavone [10]	Laura Pous Tió	6–1, 6–3
Men's Singles 1st Round	Rafael Nadal [2]	Alex Kuznetsov [Q]	6–4, 6–1, 6–1
Matches on Margaret Court Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 1st Round	Casey Dellacqua [WC]	Bojana Jovanovski	6–3, 6–2
Men's Singles 1st Round	Tomáš Berdych [7]	Albert Ramos	7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Men's Singles 1st Round	Alexandr Dolgopolov[13]	Greg Jones [WC]	1–6, 4–6, 6–1, 6–1, 6–2
Women's Singles 1st Round	Jelena Janković [13]	Laura Robson [Q]	6–2, 6–0
Men's Singles 1st Round	David Nalbandian	Jarkko Nieminen	6–4, 5–2 retired
Coloured background indicates a night match

Day 2 (17 January)

In Men's Singles, day two play began with Novak dismantling Italian Lorenzi in three straight sets. Andy Murray lost the first set but later won the next three sets defeating Ryan Harrison. Andy Roddick overcomes Robin Haase and Ferrer had an easy win over Machado. Monfils defeats local wild card Matosevic. Frederico Gil advanced to the second round after Ivan Dodig was forced to retire in the fourth set because of shoulder and back injuries. Also, Édouard Roger-Vasselin advanced to the second round after Xavier Malisse was forced to retire after the first set because of an arm injury. Other seeds such as Gilles Simon, Richard Gasquet, Kei Nishikori, Marcel Granollers and Juan Ignacio Chela along with Matthew Ebden, James Duckworth, Santiago Giraldo, Thomaz Bellucci, Tatsuma Ito, Julien Benneteau and Ryan Sweeting all progressed comfortably into the second round while Radek Štepánek was sent crashing out in the first round. In the evening, Hewitt beats Stebe and Tsonga outlasts Istomin both advancing to the second round.

In Women's Singles, day two play began with Kvitová easing through to the Third round in Rod Laver Arena in straight sets by defeating Dushevina. Maria Sharapova had an easy win advancing to the third round by defeating Gisela Dulko. Maria Kirilenko defeats Jarmila Gajdošová. Jelena Dokić overcomes Protected Ranking [PR] Anna Chakvetadze. Kuznetsova outlasts Scheepers. Other seeds such as Vera Zvonareva, Marion Bartoli, Sabine Lisicki, Dominika Cibulková, Ana Ivanovic and Angelique Kerber along with Jamie Hampton, Sloane Stephens, Ekaterina Makarova, Shahar Pe'er, Aleksandra Wozniak, Zheng Jie, Lucie Hradecká, Gréta Arn, Stéphanie Dubois and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová all progressed comfortably into the second round while Sorana Cîrstea impresses in the fourth round by defeating sixth seeded Samantha Stosur. In the evening, Serena advances to the third round by defeating Paszek.

• Seeds out:
  • Men's Singles: Radek Štepánek [29]
  • Women's Singles: Samantha Stosur[6]^[10]
• Schedule of Play

Matches on Main Courts
Matches on Rod Laver Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 1st Round	Petra Kvitová [2]	Vera Dushevina	6–2, 6–0
Men's Singles 1st Round	Novak Djokovic [1]	Paolo Lorenzi	6–2, 6–0, 6–0
Women's Singles 1st Round	Sorana Cîrstea	Samantha Stosur[6]	7–6(7–2), 6–3
Men's Singles 1st Round	Lleyton Hewitt [WC]	Cedrik-Marcel Stebe	7–5, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Women's Singles 1st Round	Serena Williams [12]	Tamira Paszek	6–3, 6–2
Matches on Hisense Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 1st Round	Maria Kirilenko [27]	Jarmila Gajdošová	6–4, 6–2
Women's Singles 1st Round	Maria Sharapova [4]	Gisela Dulko	6–0, 6–1
Men's Singles 1st Round	Andy Murray [4]	Ryan Harrison	4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Men's Singles 1st Round	Andy Roddick [15]	Robin Haase	6–3, 6–4, 6–1
Matches on Margaret Court Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Men's Singles 1st Round	David Ferrer [5]	Rui Machado	6–1, 6–4, 6–2
Women's Singles 1st Round	Jelena Dokić	Anna Chakvetadze [PR]	6–2, 6–1
Men's Singles 1st Round	Gaël Monfils [14]	Marinko Matosevic [WC]	7–6(7–5), 6–3, 6–3
Women's Singles 1st Round	Svetlana Kuznetsova [18]	Chanelle Scheepers	6–3, 3–6, 6–0
Men's Singles 1st Round	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [6]	Denis Istomin	6–4, 3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Coloured background indicates a night match

Day 3 (18 January)

Men's Singles on day 3 began with Nadal having straight sets easy win on protected ranking Haas. Berdych wins over Rochus while Dolgopolov knocked out Tobias Kamke. Roger received a walkover into the third round after Andreas Beck withdrew from the tournament because of a lower back injury. Nalbandian puts up a fight but Isner advances to the third round. Philipp Kohlschreiber advanced to the third round after Pere Riba was forced to retire in the second set because of a left foot injury. Other seeds such as Nicolás Almagro, Juan Martín del Potro, Feliciano López and Kevin Anderson along with qualifier Lukáš Lacko, Lu Yen-hsun and Ivo Karlović advance to the third round except Mardy Fish who lost to Colombian Alejandro Falla. Later in the evening, Tomic outlasts Querrey while Stanislas Wawrinka beats Marcos Baghdatis moving into the third round.

Women's Singles on day 3 began with Li Na taking out local home wild card Rogowska in straight sets. Clijsters also progressed overcoming Stéphanie Foretz Gacon. Azarenka too had an easy win in straight sets over local wild card Casey Dellacqua. Janković outlasts qualifier Chang Kai-chen while top seeded dane Wozniacki beat Tatishvili cruising into third round. Hantuchová defeated Lesia Tsurenko after losing the first set. Julia Görges advanced to the third round after Eleni Daniilidou was forced to retire during the second set because of a neck injury. Other seeds such as Agnieszka Radwańska, Anabel Medina Garrigues and Monica Niculescu along with Christina McHale, Nina Bratchikova and Galina Voskoboeva advanced to the third round. The second round witnessed all the seeds go though except Schiavone went out to compatriot Oprandi, Peng to Benešová and Cetkovská to Barthel.

• Seeds out:
  • Men's Singles: Mardy Fish [8]^[11]
  • Women's Singles: Francesca Schiavone [10], Peng Shuai [16], Petra Cetkovská [32]
• Schedule of Play

Matches on Main Courts
Matches on Rod Laver Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 2nd Round	Li Na [5]	Olivia Rogowska [WC]	6–2, 6–2
Women's Singles 2nd Round	Kim Clijsters [11]	Stéphanie Foretz Gacon	6–0, 6–1
Men's Singles 2nd Round	Rafael Nadal [2]	Tommy Haas [PR]	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
Men's Singles 2nd Round	Bernard Tomic	Sam Querrey	3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3), 6–3
Women's Singles 2nd Round	Victoria Azarenka [3]	Casey Dellacqua [WC]	6–1, 6–0
Matches on Hisense Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Men's Singles 2nd Round	Tomáš Berdych [7]	Olivier Rochus	6–1, 6–0, 7–6(7–4)
Women's Singles 2nd Round	Jelena Janković [13]	Chang Kai-chen [Q]	6–4, 6–2
Women's Singles 2nd Round	Caroline Wozniacki [1]	Anna Tatishvili	6–1, 7–6(7–4)
Men's Singles 2nd Round	Alexandr Dolgopolov [13]	Tobias Kamke	4–6, 6–1, 6–1, 3–6, 8–6
Men's Singles 2nd Round	Roger Federer [3]	Andreas Beck	Walkover
Matches on Margaret Court Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 2nd Round	Daniela Hantuchová [20]	Lesia Tsurenko	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Women's Singles 2nd Round	Romina Oprandi	Francesca Schiavone [10]	6–4, 6–3
Men's Singles 2nd Round	John Isner [16]	David Nalbandian	4–6, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 10–8
Men's Singles 2nd Round	Stanislas Wawrinka [21]	Marcos Baghdatis	7–6(7–3), 6–4, 5–7, 6–1
Coloured background indicates a night match

Day 4 (19 January)

The fourth day in Men's Singles, began with seeded number one, Djokovic easing through to the third round in Rod Laver Arena in straight sets defeating Santiago Giraldo. Tsonga takes out Ricardo Mello progressing in straight sets while Murray also had an easy win over Édouard Roger-Vasselin. Janko Tipsarević after losing the first set beat local wild card James Duckworth while another local Matthew Ebden puts up a fight winning first two sets but Kei Nishikori advances defeating him in later three sets. Gaël Monfils knocks out Thomaz Bellucci. Richard Gasquet advanced to the third round after Andrey Golubev was forced to retire in the third set because of injury. Gilles Simon went out to compatriot Julien Benneteau. Other seeds such as David Ferrer, Milos Raonic and Juan Ignacio Chela along with Nicolas Mahut advance to the third round while Viktor Troicki, Marcel Granollers and Alex Bogomolov, Jr. were sent crashing out in the second round. In the evening, local hope Lleyton Hewitt advanced to the third round after Andy Roddick was forced to retire in the third set because of a hamstring injury.

The fourth day in Women's Singles, began with Sharapova having an easy win over qualifier Jamie Hampton and Serena easing through to the third round in Rod Laver Arena in straight sets defeating Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová. Ana Ivanovic outlasts Michaëlla Krajicek while Petra Kvitová overcomes Carla Suárez Navarro to reach the second round. Vera Zvonareva defeated Lucie Hradecká. Other seeds such as Sabine Lisicki, Maria Kirilenko and Angelique Kerber along with Sorana Cîrstea advance to the third round. The second round witnessed all the seeds go though except Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Dominika Cibulková, Roberta Vinci, Kaia Kanepi and Nadia Petrova were sent crashing out in the second round. In the evening, the last home contingent, Jelena Dokić lost in the second round to Marion Bartoli while Sloane Stephens lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova.

• Seeds out:
  • Men's Singles: Gilles Simon [12], Andy Roddick [15], Viktor Troicki [19], Marcel Granollers [26], Alex Bogomolov, Jr. [32]
  • Women's Singles: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [15], Dominika Cibulková [17], Roberta Vinci [23], Kaia Kanepi [25], Nadia Petrova [29]^[12]
  • Men's Doubles: Oliver Marach / Alexander Peya [9], Paul Hanley / Jamie Murray [16]
  • Women's Doubles: Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears [15]
• Schedule of Play

Matches on Main Courts
Matches on Rod Laver Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 2nd Round	Maria Sharapova [4]	Jamie Hampton [Q]	6–0, 6–1
Women's Singles 2nd Round	Serena Williams [12]	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	6–0, 6–4
Men's Singles 2nd Round	Novak Djokovic [1]	Santiago Giraldo	6–3, 6–2, 6–1
Women's Singles 2nd Round	Marion Bartoli [9]	Jelena Dokić	6–3, 6–2
Men's Singles 2nd Round	Lleyton Hewitt [WC]	Andy Roddick [15]	3–6, 6–3, 6–4 retired[13]
Matches on Hisense Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 2nd Round	Ana Ivanovic [21]	Michaëlla Krajicek	6–2, 6–3
Men's Singles 2nd Round	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [6]	Ricardo Mello	7–5, 6–4, 6–4
Women's Singles 2nd Round	Petra Kvitová [2]	Carla Suárez Navarro	6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Men's Singles 2nd Round	Andy Murray [4]	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	6–1, 6–4, 6–4
Matches on Margaret Court Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 2nd Round	Vera Zvonareva [7]	Lucie Hradecká	6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Men's Singles 2nd Round	Janko Tipsarević [9]	James Duckworth [WC]	3–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Men's Singles 2nd Round	Kei Nishikori [24]	Matthew Ebden	3–6, 1–6, 6–4, 6–1, 6–1
Men's Singles 2nd Round	Gaël Monfils [14]	Thomaz Bellucci	2–6, 6–0, 6–4, 6–2
Coloured background indicates a night match

Day 5 (20 January)

On the fifth day, in Men's Singles, Nadal beats qualifier Lukáš Lacko in three straight sets while Federer defeats Ivo Karlović. Feliciano López wins five-set thriller over John Isner. Tomáš Berdych outlasts Kevin Anderson while Nicolás Almagro overcomes Stanislas Wawrinka. Alejandro Falla losses to Philipp Kohlschreiber. In the evening, thirteenth seed Alexandr Dolgopolov went out to Bernard Tomic and Juan Martín del Potro overwhelms Lu Yen-hsun, both advancing to the fourth round.

In Women's Singles, Jelena Janković rolls by Christina McHale while Azarenka gets past Mona Barthel advancing to the fourth round. Seeded number one dane, Wozniacki outlasts Monica Niculescu while Galina Voskoboeva losses to Agnieszka Radwańska and Romina Oprandi went to Julia Görges. Iveta Benešová takes out qualifier Nina Bratchikova in straight sets. In the evening, Li Na advanced to the fourth round after Anabel Medina Garrigues was forced to retire during the first set because of a right ankle injury while Kim Clijsters defeats Daniela Hantuchová advancing to the fourth round.

• Seeds out:
  • Men's Singles: Alexandr Dolgopolov [13], John Isner [16], Stanislas Wawrinka [21], Kevin Anderson [30]
  • Women's Singles: Daniela Hantuchová [20], Anabel Medina Garrigues [26], Monica Niculescu [31]
  • Men's Doubles: Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini [14]
  • Women's Doubles: Nuria Llagostera Vives / Arantxa Parra Santonja [13], Vera Dushevina / Shahar Pe'er [16]
• Schedule of Play

Matches on Main Courts
Matches on Rod Laver Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Men's Singles 3rd Round	Rafael Nadal [2]	Lukáš Lacko [Q]	6–2, 6–4, 6–2
Men's Singles 3rd Round	Roger Federer [3]	Ivo Karlović	7–6(8–6), 7–5, 6–3
Women's Singles 3rd Round	Jelena Janković [13]	Christina McHale	6–2, 6–0
Men's Singles 3rd Round	Bernard Tomic	Alexandr Dolgopolov [13]	4–6, 7–6(7–0), 7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–3
Women's Singles 3rd Round	Li Na [5]	Anabel Medina Garrigues [26]	3–0 retired
Matches on Hisense Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 3rd Round	Victoria Azarenka [3]	Mona Barthel	6–2, 6–4
Women's Singles 3rd Round	Caroline Wozniacki [1]	Monica Niculescu [31]	6–2, 6–2
Men's Singles 3rd Round	Feliciano López [18]	John Isner [16]	6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–7(0–7), 6–1
Women's Singles 3rd Round	Kim Clijsters [11]	Daniela Hantuchová [20]	6–3, 6–2
Men's Singles 3rd Round	Juan Martín del Potro [11]	Lu Yen-hsun	6–2, 6–3, 6–0
Matches on Margaret Court Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Men's Doubles 2nd Round	Leander Paes Radek Štepánek	Simone Bolelli [14] Fabio Fognini [14]	6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Women's Singles 3rd Round	Agnieszka Radwańska [8]	Galina Voskoboeva	6–2, 6–2
Men's Singles 3rd Round	Tomáš Berdych [7]	Kevin Anderson [30]	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–1), 6–1
Men's Doubles 2nd Round	Robert Lindstedt [7] Horia Tecău [7]	Colin Ebelthite Marinko Matosevic	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Coloured background indicates a night match

Day 6 (21 January)

• Seeds out:
  • Men's Singles: Janko Tipsarević [9], Gaël Monfils [14], Milos Raonic [23], Juan Ignacio Chela [27]
  • Women's Singles: Vera Zvonareva [7], Marion Bartoli [9], Svetlana Kuznetsova [18], Maria Kirilenko [27], Angelique Kerber [30]
  • Women's Doubles: Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik [1], Natalie Grandin / Vladimíra Uhlířová [9], Iveta Benešová / Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová [10], Hsieh Su-wei / Galina Voskoboeva [14]
  • Mixed Doubles: Maria Kirilenko / Daniel Nestor [3]
• Schedule of Play

Matches on Main Courts
Matches on Rod Laver Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 3rd Round	Petra Kvitová [2]	Maria Kirilenko [27]	6–0, 1–0 retired[14]
Women's Singles 3rd Round	Maria Sharapova [4]	Angelique Kerber [30]	6–1, 6–2
Men's Singles 3rd Round	Novak Djokovic [1]	Nicolas Mahut	6–0, 6–1, 6–1
Men's Doubles 3rd Round	Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna	Carsten Ball Treat Conrad Huey	6–2, 6–2
Women's Singles 3rd Round	Serena Williams [12]	Gréta Arn	6–1, 6–1
Men's Singles 3rd Round	Lleyton Hewitt [WC]	Milos Raonic [23]	4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Matches on Hisense Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Men's Singles 3rd Round	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [6]	Frederico Gil	6–2, 6–2, 6–2
Women's Singles 3rd Round	Ana Ivanovic [21]	Vania King	6–3, 6–4
Women's Singles 3rd Round	Sabine Lisicki [14]	Svetlana Kuznetsova [18]	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
Men's Singles 3rd Round	Andy Murray [4]	Michaël Llodra	6–4, 6–2, 6–0
Legends Doubles	Mansour Bahrami Cédric Pioline	Pat Cash Goran Ivanišević	2–6, 6–2, [13–11]
Matches on Margaret Court Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Legend Doubles	Guy Forget Henri Leconte	Darren Cahill Richard Fromberg	6–1, 6–4
Women's Singles 3rd Round	Ekaterina Makarova	Vera Zvonareva [7]	7–6(9–7), 6–1
Men's Singles 3rd Round	Richard Gasquet [17]	Janko Tipsarević [9]	6–3, 6–3, 6–1
Men's Singles 3rd Round	Mikhail Kukushkin	Gaël Monfils [14]	6–2, 7–5, 5–7, 1–6, 6–4
Coloured background indicates a night match

Day 7 (22 January)

• Seeds out:
  • Men's Singles: Nicolás Almagro [10], Feliciano López [18]
  • Women's Singles: Li Na [5],^[15] Jelena Janković [13], Julia Görges [22]
  • Men's Doubles: Michaël Llodra / Nenad Zimonjić [3], Mahesh Bhupathi / Rohan Bopanna [4], Colin Fleming / Ross Hutchins [15]
  • Women's Doubles: Gisela Dulko / Flavia Pennetta [4]
  • Mixed Doubles: Květa Peschke / Mike Bryan [1]
• Schedule of Play

Matches on Main Courts
Matches on Rod Laver Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 4th Round	Victoria Azarenka [3]	Iveta Benešová	6–2, 6–2
Men's Singles 4th Round	Rafael Nadal [2]	Feliciano López [18]	6–4, 6–4, 6–2
Women's Singles 4th Round	Kim Clijsters [11]	Li Na [5]	4–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–4
Men's Singles 4th Round	Roger Federer [3]	Bernard Tomic	6–4, 6–2, 6–2
Women's Singles 4th Round	Caroline Wozniacki [1]	Jelena Janković [13]	6–0, 7–5
Matches on Hisense Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Men's Doubles 3rd Round	Bob Bryan [1] Mike Bryan [1]	Colin Fleming [15] Ross Hutchins [15]	6–4, 0–6, 6–2
Women's Singles 4th Round	Agnieszka Radwańska [8]	Julia Görges [22]	6–1, 6–1
Men's Singles 4th Round	Tomáš Berdych [7]	Nicolás Almagro [10]	4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–2)
Men's Legends Doubles	Wayne Arthurs Thomas Muster	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–5, 6–1
Matches on Margaret Court Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Doubles 3rd Round	Svetlana Kuznetsova Vera Zvonareva	Gisela Dulko [4] Flavia Pennetta [4]	3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Women's Legends Doubles	Nicole Bradtke Martina Navratilova	Martina Hingis Iva Majoli	6–1, 6–3
Mixed Doubles 1st Round	Kimiko Date-Krumm Kei Nishikori	Gisela Dulko Eduardo Schwank	6–4, 6–1
Men's Singles 4th Round	Juan Martín del Potro [11]	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6–4, 6–2, 6–1
Mixed Doubles 1st Round	Casey Dellacqua [WC] Matthew Ebden [WC]	Olivia Rogowska [WC] Marinko Matosevic [WC]	6–4, 6–2
Coloured background indicates a night match

Day 8 (23 January)

• Seeds out:
  • Men's Singles: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [6],^[16] Richard Gasquet [17]
  • Women's Singles: Serena Williams [12], Sabine Lisicki [14], Ana Ivanovic [21]
  • Men's Doubles: Jürgen Melzer / Philipp Petzschner [5], Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi / Jean-Julien Rojer [8], František Čermák / Filip Polášek [11]
  • Women's Doubles: Maria Kirilenko / Nadia Petrova [5], Daniela Hantuchová / Agnieszka Radwańska [8], Jarmila Gajdošová / Bethanie Mattek-Sands [12]
• Schedule of Play

Matches on Main Courts
Matches on Rod Laver Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles 4th Round	Petra Kvitová [2]	Ana Ivanovic [21]	6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Men's Singles 4th Round	Andy Murray [4]	Mikhail Kukushkin	6–1, 6–1, 1–0 retired
Women's Singles 4th Round	Ekaterina Makarova	Serena Williams [12]	6–2, 6–3
Mixed Doubles 2nd Round	Lisa Raymond [4] Rohan Bopanna [4]	Casey Dellacqua [WC] Matthew Ebden [WC]	6–4, 6–2
Women's Singles 4th Round	Maria Sharapova [4]	Sabine Lisicki [14]	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Men's Singles 4th Round	Novak Djokovic [1]	Lleyton Hewitt [WC]	6–1, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Matches on Hisense Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Men's Legends Doubles	Guy Forget Henri Leconte	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–4, 7–5
Men's Singles 4th Round	Kei Nishikori [24]	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [6]	2–6, 6–2, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Men's Singles 4th Round	David Ferrer [5]	Richard Gasquet [17]	6–4, 6–4, 6–1
Matches on Margaret Court Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Doubles 3rd Round	Andrea Hlaváčková [7] Lucie Hradecká [7]	Rika Fujiwara Ayumi Morita	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Women's Singles 4th Round	Sara Errani	Zheng Jie	6–2, 6–1
Women's Doubles 3rd Round	Sania Mirza [6] Elena Vesnina [6]	Jarmila Gajdošová [12] Bethanie Mattek-Sands [12]	7–5, 6–3
Mixed Doubles 2nd Round	Andrea Hlaváčková [7] Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi [7]	Jelena Janković [WC] Bernard Tomic [WC]	6–3, 6–3
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Day 9 (24 January)

• Seeds out:
  • Men's Singles: Tomáš Berdych [7], Juan Martín del Potro [11]
  • Women's Singles: Caroline Wozniacki [1], Agnieszka Radwańska [8]
  • Men's Doubles: Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski [6], Scott Lipsky / Rajeev Ram [13]
  • Women's Doubles: Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond [2], Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova [3]
• Schedule of Play

Matches on Main Courts
Matches on Rod Laver Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Legends Doubles	Wayne Arthurs Thomas Muster	Pat Cash Goran Ivanišević	6–4, 6–3
Women's Singles Quarterfinals	Victoria Azarenka [3]	Agnieszka Radwańska [8]	6–7(0–7), 6–0, 6–2
Women's Singles Quarterfinals	Kim Clijsters [11]	Caroline Wozniacki [1]	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Men's Singles Quarterfinals	Roger Federer [3]	Juan Martín del Potro [11]	6–4, 6–3, 6–2
Men's Singles Quarterfinals	Rafael Nadal [2]	Tomáš Berdych [7]	6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6), 6–4, 6–3
Men's Doubles Quarterfinals	Bob Bryan [1] Mike Bryan [1]	Mariusz Fyrstenberg [6] Marcin Matkowski [6]	6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–4
Matches on Margaret Court Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Doubles Quarterfinals	Svetlana Kuznetsova Vera Zvonareva	Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu	7–5, 6–3
Men's Doubles Quarterfinals	Robert Lindstedt [7] Horia Tecău [7]	Scott Lipsky [13] Rajeev Ram [13]	6–4, 6–4
Women's Doubles Quarterfinals	Sania Mirza [6] Elena Vesnina [6]	Liezel Huber [2] Lisa Raymond [2]	6–3, 5–7, 7–6(8–6)
Women's Legends Doubles	Tracy Austin Barbara Schett	Nicole Bradtke Martina Navratilova	2–6, 7–6(11–9), [10–4]
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Day 10 (25 January)

• Seeds out:
  • Men's Singles: David Ferrer [5], Kei Nishikori [24]
  • Men's Doubles: Eric Butorac / Bruno Soares [10], Santiago González / Christopher Kas [12]
  • Women's Doubles: Sania Mirza / Elena Vesnina [6],^[17] Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká [7]
  • Mixed Doubles: Andrea Hlaváčková / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi [7]
• Schedule of Play

Matches on Main Courts
Matches on Rod Laver Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Women's Singles Quarterfinals	Petra Kvitová [2]	Sara Errani	6–4, 6–4
Women's Singles Quarterfinals	Maria Sharapova [4]	Ekaterina Makarova	6–2, 6–3
Men's Singles Quarterfinals	Andy Murray [4]	Kei Nishikori [24]	6–3, 6–3, 6–1
Men's Singles Quarterfinals	Novak Djokovic [1]	David Ferrer [5]	6–4, 7–6(7–4), 6–1
Mixed's Doubles Quarterfinals	Sania Mirza [6] Mahesh Bhupathi [6]	Liezel Huber Colin Fleming	7–6(7–5), 6–2
Matches on Margaret Court Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Men's Doubles Quarterfinals	Max Mirnyi [2] Daniel Nestor [2]	Santiago González [12] Christopher Kas [12]	6–1, 6–7(4–7), 6–2
Men's Doubles Quarterfinals	Leander Paes Radek Štepánek	Eric Butorac [10] Bruno Soares [10]	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Women's Doubles Semifinals	Svetlana Kuznetsova Vera Zvonareva	Sania Mirza [6] Elena Vesnina [6]	7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–4
Women's Doubles Semifinals	Sara Errani [11] Roberta Vinci [11]	Andrea Hlaváčková [7] Lucie Hradecká [7]	5–7, 7–5, 6–1
Mixed Doubles 2nd Round	Jarmila Gajdošová Bruno Soares	Abigail Spears Mariusz Fyrstenberg	6–3, 6–2
Mixed Doubles Quarterfinals	Roberta Vinci Daniele Bracciali	Andrea Hlaváčková [7] Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi[7]	6–1, 7–5
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Day 11 (26 January)

• Seeds out:
  • Men's Singles: Roger Federer [3]
  • Women's Singles: Petra Kvitová [2], Kim Clijsters [11]
  • Men's Doubles: Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor [2], Robert Lindstedt / Horia Tecău [7]
  • Mixed Doubles: Lisa Raymond / Rohan Bopanna [4]
• Schedule of Play

Matches on Main Courts
Matches on Rod Laver Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Men's Doubles Semifinals	Bob Bryan [1] Mike Bryan [1]	Robert Lindstedt [7] Horia Tecău [7]	4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Women's Singles Semifinals	Victoria Azarenka [3]	Kim Clijsters [11]	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
Women's Singles Semifinals	Maria Sharapova [4]	Petra Kvitová [2]	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Men's Singles Semifinals	Rafael Nadal [2]	Roger Federer [3]	6–7(5–7), 6–2, 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Exhibition Doubles Semifinals	Martina Hingis Pat Cash	Martina Navratilova Goran Ivanišević	9–8(7–4)
Matches on Margaret Court Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Junior Boys' Singles Quarterfinals	Luke Saville [1]	Kyle Edmund [7]	7–5, 7–5
Men's Doubles Semifinals	Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek	Max Mirnyi [2] Daniel Nestor [2]	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Legends' Doubles	Pat Cash Goran Ivanišević	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	2–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Mixed Doubles Quarterfinals	Bethanie Mattek-Sands [8] Horia Tecău [8]	Jarmila Gajdošová Bruno Soares	4–6, 6–1, [13–11]
Mixed Doubles Quarterfinals	Elena Vesnina [5] Leander Paes [5]	Lisa Raymond [4] Rohan Bopanna [4]	6–2, 6–2
Coloured background indicates a night match

Day 12 (27 January)

• Seeds out:
  • Men's Singles: Andy Murray [4]
  • Women's Doubles: Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci [11]
  • Mixed Doubles: Sania Mirza / Mahesh Bhupathi [6]
• Schedule of Play

Matches on Main Courts
Matches on Rod Laver Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Mixed Doubles Semifinals	Bethanie Mattek-Sands [8] Horia Tecău [8]	Sania Mirza [6] Mahesh Bhupathi [6]	6–3, 6–3
Women's Doubles Final	Svetlana Kuznetsova Vera Zvonareva	Sara Errani [11] Roberta Vinci [11]	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Men's Singles Semifinals	Novak Djokovic [1]	Andy Murray [4]	6–3, 3–6, 6–7(4–7), 6–1, 7–5
Coloured background indicates a night match

Day 13 (28 January)

• Seeds out:
  • Women's Singles: Maria Sharapova [4]
  • Men's Doubles: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan [1]
• Schedule of Play

Matches on Main Courts
Matches on Rod Laver Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Girls' Singles Final	Taylor Townsend [14]	Yulia Putintseva [4]	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Boys' Singles Final	Luke Saville [1]	Filip Peliwo	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Women's Singles Final	Victoria Azarenka [3]	Maria Sharapova [4]	6–3, 6–0
Men's Doubles Final	Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek	Bob Bryan [1] Mike Bryan [1]	7–6(7–1), 6–2
Coloured background indicates a night match

Day 14 (29 January)

• Seeds out:
  • Men's Singles: Rafael Nadal [2]
  • Mixed Doubles: Elena Vesnina / Leander Paes [5]
• Schedule of Play

Matches on Main Courts
Matches on Rod Laver Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Mixed Doubles Final	Bethanie Mattek-Sands [8] Horia Tecău [8]	Elena Vesnina [5] Leander Paes [5]	6–3, 5–7, [10–3]
Men's Singles Final	Novak Djokovic [1]	Rafael Nadal [2]	5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 7–5
Coloured background indicates a night match

Events

Seniors

Men's Singles

Novak Djokovic was the defending champion^[18] 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."^[19] 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.^[20]

Championship match result Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–7^(5–7), 7–5

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 Victoria Azarenka defeated Maria Sharapova, 6–3, 6–0

Men's Doubles

Leander Paes / Radek Štěpánek defeated Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan, 7–6^(7–1), 6–2

Women's Doubles

Svetlana Kuznetsova / Vera Zvonareva defeated Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci, 5–7, 6–4, 6–3

Mixed Doubles

Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Horia Tecău defeated Elena Vesnina / Leander Paes, 6–3, 5–7, [10–3]

Juniors

Boys' Singles

Luke Saville defeated Filip Peliwo, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4

Girls' Singles

Taylor Townsend defeated Yulia Putintseva, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3

Boys' Doubles

Liam Broady / Joshua Ward-Hibbert defeated Adam Pavlásek / Filip Veger, 6–3, 6–2

Girls' Doubles

Gabrielle Andrews / Taylor Townsend defeated Irina Khromacheva / Danka Kovinić, 5–7, 7–5, [10–6]

Other events

Wheelchair Men's Singles

Maikel Scheffers defeated Nicolas Peifer, 3–6, 7–6^(7–2), 6–0

Wheelchair Women's Singles

Esther Vergeer defeated Aniek van Koot, 6–0, 6–0

Wheelchair Quad Singles

Peter Norfolk defeated David Wagner, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2

Wheelchair Men's Doubles

Ronald Vink / Robin Ammerlaan defeated Stéphane Houdet / Nicolas Peifer, 6–2, 4–6, 6–1

Wheelchair Women's Doubles

Esther Vergeer / Sharon Walraven defeated Aniek van Koot / Marjolein Buis, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4

Wheelchair Quad Doubles

Andrew Lapthorne / Peter Norfolk defeated David Wagner / Noam Gershony, 6–4, 6–2

Broadcast

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 timezones 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,^[21] 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.

Players

Seniors

Singles Seeds

Seeds and Rankings are as of 9 January 2012 and Points are as of 16 January 2012.^[22]

Men's Singles

Sd	Rk[23]	Player[24]	Points[23]	Points defending	Points won	New points	Status
1	1	Novak Djokovic	13,630	2,000	2,000	13,630	Champion, won in the final against Rafael Nadal [2]
2	2	Rafael Nadal	9,595	360	1,200	10,435	Runner-up, Final lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
3	3	Roger Federer	8,010	720	720	8,010	Semifinals lost to Rafael Nadal [2]
4	4	Andy Murray	7,380	1,200	720	6,900	Semifinals lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
5	5	David Ferrer	4,925	720	360	4,565	Quarterfinals lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
6	6	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	4,335	90	180	4,425	Fourth round lost to Kei Nishikori [24]
7	7	Tomáš Berdych	3,700	360	360	3,700	Quarterfinals lost to Rafael Nadal [2]
8	8	Mardy Fish	2,965	45	45	2,965	Second round lost to Alejandro Falla
9	9	Janko Tipsarević	2,655	45	90	2,700	Third round lost to Richard Gasquet [17]
10	10	Nicolás Almagro	2,380	180	180	2,380	Fourth round lost to Tomáš Berdych [7]
11	11	Juan Martín del Potro	2,315	45	360	2,630	Quarterfinals lost to Roger Federer [3]
12	12	Gilles Simon	2,005	45	45	2,005	Second round lost to Julien Benneteau
13	14	Alexandr Dolgopolov	2,030	360	90	1,760	Third round lost to Bernard Tomic
14	15	Gaël Monfils	1,970	90	90	1,970	Third round lost to Mikhail Kukushkin
15	16	Andy Roddick	1,880	180	45	1,745	Second round retired against Lleyton Hewitt [WC]
16	17	John Isner	1,800	90	90	1,800	Third round lost to Feliciano López [18]
17	18	Richard Gasquet	1,765	90	180	1,855	Fourth round lost to David Ferrer [5]
18	19	Feliciano López	1,755	45	180	1,890	Fourth round lost to Rafael Nadal [2]
19	21	Viktor Troicki	1,595	90	45	1,550	Second round lost to Mikhail Kukushkin
20	22	Florian Mayer	1,630	45	0	1,585	withdrew due to hip strain[25]
21	23	Stanislas Wawrinka	1,615	360	90	1,345	Third round lost to Nicolás Almagro [10]
22	24	Fernando Verdasco	1,550	180	10	1,380	First round lost to Bernard Tomic
23	25	Milos Raonic	1,460	205	90	1,345	Third round lost to Lleyton Hewitt [WC]
24	26	Kei Nishikori	1,410	90	360	1,680	Quarterfinals lost to Andy Murray [4]
25	27	Juan Mónaco	1,335	45	10	1,300	First round lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber
26	28	Marcel Granollers	1,315	10	45	1,350	Second round lost to Frederico Gil
27	29	Juan Ignacio Chela	1,270	10	90	1,350	Third round lost to David Ferrer [5]
28	30	Ivan Ljubičić	1,270	90	10	1,190	First round lost to Lukáš Lacko [Q]
29	31	Radek Štěpánek	1,230	45	10	1,195	First round lost to Nicolas Mahut
30	32	Kevin Anderson	1,190	10	90	1,270	Third round lost to Tomáš Berdych [7]
31	33	Jürgen Melzer	1,170	180	10	1,000	First round lost to Ivo Karlović
32	34	Alex Bogomolov, Jr.	1,135	45	45	1,135	Second round lost to Michaël Llodra

Withdrawn players (Men's Singles)

Rank	Player	Points	Points defending	New points	Withdrew due to
13	Robin Söderling	2,120	180	1,940	mononucleosis[26]
20	Marin Čilić	1,665	180	1,485	patella tendon injury[27]

Women's Singles

Sd	Rk[23]	Player[24]	Points[23]	Points defending	Points won	New points	Status
1	1	Caroline Wozniacki	7,485	900	500	7,085	Quarterfinals lost to Kim Clijsters [11]
2	2	Petra Kvitová	7,290	500	900	7,690	Semifinals lost to Maria Sharapova [4]
3	3	Victoria Azarenka	6,865	280	2,000	8,585	Champion, won in the final against Maria Sharapova [4]
4	4	Maria Sharapova	6,440	280	1,400	7,560	Runner-up, Final lost to Victoria Azarenka [3]
5	5	Li Na	5,570	1,400	280	4,450	Fourth round lost to Kim Clijsters [11]
6	6	Samantha Stosur	5,585	160	5	5,430	First round lost to Sorana Cîrstea
7	7	Vera Zvonareva	5,435	900	160	4,695	Third round lost to Ekaterina Makarova
8	8	Agnieszka Radwańska	5,330	500	500	5,330	Quarterfinals lost to Victoria Azarenka [3]
9	9	Marion Bartoli	4,710	100	160	4,770	Third round lost to Zheng Jie
10	11	Francesca Schiavone	4,040	500	100	3,640	Second round lost to Romina Oprandi
11	12	Kim Clijsters	3,041	2,000	900	1,941	Semifinals lost to Victoria Azarenka [3]
12	13	Serena Williams	3,300	0	280	3,580	Fourth round lost to Ekaterina Makarova
13	14	Jelena Janković	3,115	100	280	3,295	Fourth round lost to Caroline Wozniacki [1]
14	15	Sabine Lisicki	2,903	(40)	280	3,143	Fourth round lost to Maria Sharapova [4]
15	16	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	2,795	160	100	2,735	Second round lost to Vania King
16	17	Peng Shuai	2,760	280	100	2,580	Second round lost to Iveta Benešová
17	18	Dominika Cibulková	2,695	160	100	2,635	Second round lost to Gréta Arn
18	19	Svetlana Kuznetsova	2,646	280	160	2,526	Third round lost to Sabine Lisicki [14]
19	20	Flavia Pennetta	2,570	280	5	2,295	First round lost to Nina Bratchikova [Q]
20	21	Daniela Hantuchová	2,295	5	160	2,450	Third round lost to Kim Clijsters [11]
21	22	Ana Ivanovic	2,260	5	280	2,535	Fourth round lost to Petra Kvitová [2]
22	23	Julia Görges	2,225	160	280	2,345	Fourth round lost to Agnieszka Radwańska [8]
23	24	Roberta Vinci	2,115	5	100	2,210	Second round lost to Zheng Jie
24	25	Lucie Šafářová	2,120	160	5	1,965	First round lost to Christina McHale
25	26	Kaia Kanepi	2,049	100	100	2,049	Second round lost to Ekaterina Makarova
26	27	Anabel Medina Garrigues	1,950	5	160	2,105	Third round retired against Li Na [5]
27	28	Maria Kirilenko	1,930	100	160	1,990	Third round retired against Petra Kvitová [2]
28	29	Yanina Wickmayer	2,050	100	5	1,955	First round lost to Galina Voskoboeva
29	30	Nadia Petrova	1,765	160	100	1,705	Second round lost to Sara Errani
30	31	Angelique Kerber	1,810	5	160	1,965	Third round lost to Maria Sharapova [4]
31	32	Monica Niculescu	1,725	160	160	1,725	Third round lost to Caroline Wozniacki [1]
32	33	Petra Cetkovská	1,666	(18)	100	1,748	Second round lost to Mona Barthel

Withdrawn players (Women's Singles)

Rank	Player	Points	Points defending	New points	Withdrew due to
10	Andrea Petkovic	4,500	500	4,000	stress fracture[28]

Main Draw Wildcard Entries

Mixed Doubles

• Ashleigh Barty / Benjamin Mitchell
• Kimiko Date-Krumm / Kei Nishikori
• Casey Dellacqua / Matthew Ebden
• Jelena Dokić / Paul Hanley
• Jarmila Gajdošová / Bruno Soares
• Jelena Janković / Bernard Tomic
• Olivia Rogowska / Marinko Matosevic

Qualifying entries

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries.

Juniors

Below is a list of the sixteen seeds for the boys and girls singles and the eight qualifiers for each event.

Singles Seeds

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.^[29]

Singles Seeds

References

External links

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Preceded by 2011 US Open

Grand Slams

Succeeded by 2012 French Open