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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
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
Boys' Singles
Luke Saville
Girls' Singles
Taylor Townsend
Boys' Doubles
Liam Broady / Joshua Ward-Hibbert
Girls' Doubles
Gabrielle Andrews / Taylor Townsend
 
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Stage Men's Singles Men's Doubles Women's Singles Women's Doubles
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 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 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 –

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

 

Other events

Wheelchair Quad Doubles

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Sd Rk Player Points
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
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
Rank Player Points
Points defending
 New points Withdrew due to
13 Robin Söderling
2,120
180
1,940
 mononucleosis
20 Marin Čilić
1,665
180
1,485
 patella tendon injury
Sd Rk Player Points
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
Rank Player Points
Points defending
 New points Withdrew due to
10 Andrea Petkovic
4,500
500
4,000
 stress fracture
Men's Singles
  • Kenny de Schepper
  • James Duckworth
  • Lleyton Hewitt
  • Marinko Matosevic
  • Benjamin Mitchell
  • Greg Jones
  • Tatsuma Ito
  • Jesse Levine

 
Women's Singles
  • Ashleigh Barty
  • Casey Dellacqua
  • Olivia Rogowska
  • Isabella Holland
  • Bojana Bobusic
  • Madison Keys
  • Aravane Rezaï
  • Zhang Shuai

 
Men's Doubles
  • James Duckworth / Adam Feeney
  • Matthew Ebden / Chris Guccione
  • Colin Ebelthite / Marinko Matosevic
  • Lleyton Hewitt / Peter Luczak
  • Greg Jones / John-Patrick Smith
  • Benjamin Mitchell / Matt Reid
  • Luke Saville / Andrew Whittington

 
Women's Doubles
  • Monique Adamczak / Olivia Rogowska
  • Ashleigh Barty / Laura Robson
  • Stephanie Bengson / Tyra Calderwood
  • Daniella Jeflea / Viktorija Rajicic
  • Sacha Jones / Bojana Bobusic
  • Tammi Patterson / Storm Sanders
  • Sally Peers / Isabella Holland

 
Men's Singles
  • Benjamin Becker
  • Tommy Haas

 
Women's Singles
  • Anna Chakvetadze

 
Men's Singles
 Main article: 2012 >Australian Open – Men's Singles Qualifying
  • Florent Serra
  • Peter Gojowczyk
  • Danai Udomchoke
  • Andrey Golubev
  • James Ward
  • Jesse Huta Galung
  • Lukáš Lacko
  • Denis Kudla
  • Jürgen Zopp
  • Matteo Viola
  • Alexander Kudryavtsev
  • Roberto Bautista Agut
  • Frederik Nielsen
  • Alex Kuznetsov
  • Björn Phau
  • Illya Marchenko

The following players received as a Lucky Loser:

  • Rik de Voest

 
Women's Singles
 Main article: 2012 >Australian Open – Women's Singles Qualifying
  • Laura Robson
  • Irena Pavlovic
  • Andrea Hlaváčková
  • Stefanie Vögele
  • Alison Riske
  • Maria João Köhler
  • Paula Ormaechea
  • Nina Bratchikova
  • Valeria Savinykh
  • Chang Kai-chen
  • Varvara Lepchenko
  • Jamie Hampton

 

Men's Singles

Original player Replacement
Michael Berrer Édouard Roger-Vasselin
James Blake João Souza
Marin Čilić Frederico Gil
Somdev Devvarman Paolo Lorenzi
Fernando González Jérémy Chardy
Paul-Henri Mathieu Stéphane Robert
Florian Mayer Rik de Voest
Tommy Robredo Daniel Gimeno Traver
Robin Söderling Karol Beck

 

Women's Singles

Original player Replacement
Timea Bacsinszky Aleksandra Wozniak
Alisa Kleybanova Urszula Radwańska
María José Martínez Sánchez Lesia Tsurenko
Andrea Petkovic Olga Govortsova
Anastasija Sevastova Anastasia Rodionova
Venus Williams Mandy Minella

 

Men's Singles

Original player Replacement
Michael Berrer Édouard Roger-Vasselin
James Blake João Souza
Marin Čilić Frederico Gil
Somdev Devvarman Paolo Lorenzi
Fernando González Jérémy Chardy
Paul-Henri Mathieu Stéphane Robert
Florian Mayer Rik de Voest
Tommy Robredo Daniel Gimeno Traver
Robin Söderling Karol Beck

Women's Singles

Original player Replacement
Timea Bacsinszky Aleksandra Wozniak
Alisa Kleybanova Urszula Radwańska
María José Martínez Sánchez Lesia Tsurenko
Andrea Petkovic Olga Govortsova
Anastasija Sevastova Anastasia Rodionova
Venus Williams Mandy Minella
Miroslaw Jaworski