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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.

2012 Australian Open
Date16–29 January 2012
Edition100th
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
SurfaceHardcourt (Plexicushion)
LocationMelbourne, Australia
VenueMelbourne Park
Champions
Men's singles
Serbia Novak Djokovic
Women's singles
Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Men's doubles
India Leander Paes / Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
Women's doubles
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova / Russia Vera Zvonareva
Mixed doubles
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Romania Horia Tecău
Wheelchair men's singles
Netherlands Maikel Scheffers
Wheelchair women's singles
Netherlands Esther Vergeer
Wheelchair quad singles
United Kingdom Peter Norfolk
Wheelchair men's doubles
Netherlands Ronald Vink / Netherlands Robin Ammerlaan
Wheelchair women's doubles
Netherlands Esther Vergeer / Netherlands Sharon Walraven
Wheelchair quad doubles
United Kingdom Andrew Lapthorne / United Kingdom Peter Norfolk
Boys' singles
Australia Luke Saville
Girls' singles
United States Taylor Townsend
Boys' doubles
United Kingdom Liam Broady / United Kingdom Joshua Ward-Hibbert
Girls' doubles
United States Gabrielle Andrews / United States Taylor Townsend
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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.

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

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Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.

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
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 –
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 –

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.

Men's and women's singles

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  • 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

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  • 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
  • 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

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Novak Djokovic was the defending champion[10] 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."[11] 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.[12]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wheelchair men's singles

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

Wheelchair women's singles

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

Wheelchair quad singles

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

Wheelchair men's doubles

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

Wheelchair women's doubles

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

Wheelchair quad doubles

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

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,[13] 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.

Seeds and Rankings are as of 9 January 2012 and Points are as of 16 January 2012.[14]

Sd Rk[15] Player[16] Points[15] 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[17]
21 23   Stan 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)

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Rank Player Points New points Withdrew due to
13   Robin Söderling

2,120

180

1,940

 mononucleosis[18]
20   Marin Čilić

1,665

180

1,485

 patella tendon injury[19]
Sd Rk[15] Player[16] Points[15] 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)

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Rank Player Points New points Withdrew due to
10   Andrea Petkovic

4,500

500

4,000

 stress fracture[20]

Main draw wildcard entries

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

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

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.[21]

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