2012 Australian Open

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Field	Value
date	16–29 January 2012
edition	100th
category	Grand Slam (ITF)
location	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
venue	Melbourne Park
surface	Hard (Plexicushion)
champms	SER Novak Djokovic
champws	BLR Victoria Azarenka
champmd	IND Leander Paes / CZE Radek Štěpánek
champxd	USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands / ROU Horia Tecău
champwd	RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova / RUS Vera Zvonareva
champbs	AUS Luke Saville
champgs	USA Taylor Townsend
champbd	GBR Liam Broady / GBR Joshua Ward-Hibbert
champgd	USA Gabrielle Andrews / USA Taylor Townsend
champwcms	NED Maikel Scheffers
champwcws	NED Esther Vergeer
champwcqs	GBR Peter Norfolk
champwcmd	NED Ronald Vink / NED Robin Ammerlaan
champwcwd	NED Esther Vergeer / NED Sharon Walraven
champwcqd	GBR Andrew Lapthorne / GBR Peter Norfolk
main_name	Australian Open
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|date=16–29 January 2012 |edition=100th |category=Grand Slam (ITF) |location=Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |venue=Melbourne Park |surface=Hard (Plexicushion) |champms=SER Novak Djokovic |champws=BLR Victoria Azarenka |champmd=IND Leander Paes / CZE Radek Štěpánek |champxd=USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands / ROU Horia Tecău |champwd=RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova / RUS Vera Zvonareva |champbs=AUS Luke Saville |champgs=USA Taylor Townsend |champbd=GBR Liam Broady / GBR Joshua Ward-Hibbert |champgd=USA Gabrielle Andrews / USA Taylor Townsend |champwcms=NED Maikel Scheffers |champwcws=NED Esther Vergeer |champwcqs=GBR Peter Norfolk |champwcmd=NED Ronald Vink / NED Robin Ammerlaan |champwcwd=NED Esther Vergeer / NED Sharon Walraven |champwcqd=GBR Andrew Lapthorne / GBR Peter Norfolk |main_name=Australian Open 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. For the first time Hawk-Eye ball tracking system was used on the Margaret Court Arena, while Ken Fletcher was inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame.

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

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

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Stage	Boys singles	Boys doubles	Girls singles	Girls doubles	Champion	Runner up	Semifinals	Quarterfinals	Round of 16	Round of 32	Qualifier who loses in first round	Qualifying final round
250	180	250	180
180	120	180	120
120	80	120	80
80	50	80	50
50	30	50	30
30	–	30	–
25	–	25	–
20	–	20	–
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Wheelchair points

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Stage	Men's singles	Men's doubles	Women's singles	Women's doubles	Quad singles	Quad doubles	Champion	Runner up	Semifinals/3rd	Quarterfinals/4th
800
500	100
375	100	375	100	375	–
100	–	100	–	100	–
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Prize money

The 2012 Australian Open was the richest Grand Slam tournament in history, with the singles champions pocketing 2.3 million dollars. All prize money is in Australian dollars (AUD); doubles prize money is distributed per pair.

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

Day-by-day summaries

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries

Events

Seniors

Men's singles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Men's singles

Novak Djokovic was the defending champion 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." 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.

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

Women's singles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – 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 BLR Victoria Azarenka defeated RUS Maria Sharapova, 6–3, 6–0

Men's doubles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Men's doubles

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

Women's doubles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Mixed doubles

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

Juniors

Boys' singles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Boys' singles

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

Girls' singles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Girls' singles

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

Boys' doubles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Boys' doubles

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

Girls' doubles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Girls' doubles

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

Other events

Wheelchair men's singles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's singles

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

Wheelchair women's singles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair women's singles

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

Wheelchair quad singles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair quad singles

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

Wheelchair men's doubles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's doubles

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

Wheelchair women's doubles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair women's doubles

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

Wheelchair quad doubles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair quad doubles

GBR Andrew Lapthorne / GBR Peter Norfolk defeated USA David Wagner / ISR 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 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, 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.

Singles players

Men's singles ::data[format=table]

Champion	Runner-up	Semifinals out	Quarterfinals out	4th round out	3rd round out	2nd round out	1st round out
SRB Novak Djokovic [1]	ESP Rafael Nadal [2]
GBR Andy Murray [4]	SUI Roger Federer [3]
ESP David Ferrer [5]	JPN Kei Nishikori [24]	ARG Juan Martín del Potro [11]	CZE Tomáš Berdych [7]
AUS Lleyton Hewitt (WC)	FRA Richard Gasquet [17]	KAZ Mikhail Kukushkin	FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [6]
GER Philipp Kohlschreiber	AUS Bernard Tomic	ESP Nicolás Almagro [10]	ESP Feliciano López [18]
FRA Nicolas Mahut	CAN Milos Raonic [23]	SRB Janko Tipsarević [9]	ARG Juan Ignacio Chela [27]
FRA Michaël Llodra	FRA Gaël Monfils [14]	FRA Julien Benneteau	POR Fred Gil
COL Alejandro Falla	TPE Lu Yen-hsun	UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov [13]	CRO Ivo Karlović
RSA Kevin Anderson [30]	SUI Stanislas Wawrinka [21]	USA John Isner [16]	SVK Lukáš Lacko (Q)
COL Santiago Giraldo	JPN Tatsuma Ito (WC)	GER Philipp Petzschner	USA Andy Roddick [15]
AUS James Duckworth (WC)	KAZ Andrey Golubev (Q)	ESP Pablo Andújar	USA Ryan Sweeting
FRA Édouard Roger-Vasselin	RUS Alex Bogomolov Jr. [32]	SRB Viktor Troicki [19]	BRA Thomaz Bellucci
FRA Gilles Simon [12]	AUS Matthew Ebden	ESP Marcel Granollers [26]	BRA Ricardo Mello
USA Mardy Fish [8]	ESP Pere Riba	FRA Florent Serra (Q)	SLO Blaž Kavčič
GER Tobias Kamke	USA Sam Querrey	ARG Carlos Berlocq	GER Andreas Beck
BEL Olivier Rochus	UKR Sergiy Stakhovsky	CYP Marcos Baghdatis	BUL Grigor Dimitrov
ARG David Nalbandian	ITA Flavio Cipolla	USA Donald Young	GER Tommy Haas (PR)
ITA Paolo Lorenzi	ITA Matteo Viola (Q)	ITA Potito Starace	CZE Radek Štěpánek [29]
ITA Filippo Volandri	CZE Lukáš Rosol	GER Cedrik-Marcel Stebe	NED Robin Haase
RUS Dmitry Tursunov	EST Jürgen Zopp (Q)	RUS Mikhail Youzhny	ITA Andreas Seppi
USA Michael Russell	RUS Igor Kunitsyn	GER Matthias Bachinger	POR Rui Machado
USA Ryan Harrison	BEL Xavier Malisse	LAT Ernests Gulbis	ESP Daniel Gimeno Traver
ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero	ESP Guillermo García López	ISR Dudi Sela	AUS Marinko Matosevic (WC)
THA Danai Udomchoke (Q)	SVK Karol Beck	BRA João Souza	FRA Stéphane Robert
USA Jesse Levine (WC)	CRO Ivan Dodig	ESP Roberto Bautista Agut (Q)	UZB Denis Istomin
LUX Gilles Müller	ITA Fabio Fognini	ESP Albert Montañés	ARG Juan Mónaco [25]
RSA Rik de Voest (LL)	BEL Steve Darcis	GBR James Ward (Q)	FRA Adrian Mannarino
AUS Greg Jones (WC)	ROU Victor Hănescu	FRA Kenny de Schepper (WC)	ESP Fernando Verdasco [22]
AUT Jürgen Melzer [31]	NED Jesse Huta Galung (Q)	FRA Éric Prodon	RUS Alexander Kudryavtsev (Q)
ESP Albert Ramos Viñolas	GER Björn Phau (Q)	UKR Illya Marchenko (Q)	DEN Frederik Nielsen (Q)
FRA Benoît Paire	GER Benjamin Becker (PR)	FRA Jérémy Chardy	POL Łukasz Kubot
AUS Benjamin Mitchell (WC)	FIN Jarkko Nieminen	RUS Nikolay Davydenko	ARG Leonardo Mayer
CRO Ivan Ljubičić [28]	GER Peter Gojowczyk (Q)	USA Denis Kudla (Q)	USA Alex Kuznetsov (Q)
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Women's singles ::data[format=table]

Champion	Runner-up	Semifinals out	Quarterfinals out	4th round out	3rd round out	2nd round out	1st round out
BLR Victoria Azarenka [3]	RUS Maria Sharapova [4]
BEL Kim Clijsters [11]	CZE Petra Kvitová [2]
DEN Caroline Wozniacki [1]	POL Agnieszka Radwańska [8]	RUS Ekaterina Makarova	ITA Sara Errani
SRB Jelena Janković [13]	CHN Li Na [5]	CZE Iveta Benešová	GER Julia Görges [22]
USA Serena Williams [12]	GER Sabine Lisicki [14]	CHN Zheng Jie	SRB Ana Ivanovic [21]
ROU Monica Niculescu [31]	USA Christina McHale	SVK Daniela Hantuchová [20]	ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues [26]
GER Mona Barthel	RUS Nina Bratchikova (Q)	ITA Romina Oprandi	KAZ Galina Voskoboeva
RUS Vera Zvonareva [7]	HUN Gréta Arn	RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova [18]	GER Angelique Kerber [30]
ROU Sorana Cîrstea	FRA Marion Bartoli [9]	USA Vania King	RUS Maria Kirilenko [27]
GEO Anna Tatishvili	FRA Pauline Parmentier	NZL Marina Erakovic	TPE Chang Kai-chen (Q)
FRA Stéphanie Foretz Gacon	UKR Lesia Tsurenko	BLR Olga Govortsova	AUS Olivia Rogowska (WC)
AUS Casey Dellacqua (WC)	CZE Petra Cetkovská [32]	ITA Alberta Brianti	CHN Peng Shuai [16]
ITA Francesca Schiavone [10]	GRE Eleni Daniilidou	BUL Tsvetana Pironkova	ARG Paula Ormaechea (Q)
CZE Lucie Hradecká	EST Kaia Kanepi [25]	SVK Dominika Cibulková [17]	CZE Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
ISR Shahar Pe'er	USA Sloane Stephens	CAN Stéphanie Dubois	USA Jamie Hampton (Q)
POL Urszula Radwańska	RUS Nadia Petrova [29]	ITA Roberta Vinci [23]	AUS Jelena Dokić
RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [15]	NED Michaëlla Krajicek	CAN Aleksandra Wozniak	ESP Carla Suárez Navarro
AUS Anastasia Rodionova	AUS Ashleigh Barty (WC)	RUS Alla Kudryavtseva	FRA Alizé Cornet
CZE Lucie Šafářová [24]	FRA Irena Pavlovic (Q)	CRO Petra Martić	GBR Laura Robson (Q)
POR Maria João Köhler (Q)	GBR Elena Baltacha	NED Arantxa Rus	USA Varvara Lepchenko (Q)
CZE Eva Birnerová	AUT Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	SWE Sofia Arvidsson	KAZ Ksenia Pervak
GBR Heather Watson	SRB Bojana Jovanovski	GBR Anne Keothavong	JPN Ayumi Morita
ITA Flavia Pennetta [19]	USA Irina Falconi	FRA Mathilde Johansson	FRA Aravane Rezaï (WC)
ESP Laura Pous Tió	BLR Anastasiya Yakimova	JPN Kimiko Date-Krumm	SLO Polona Hercog
BEL Yanina Wickmayer [28]	IND Sania Mirza	ROU Simona Halep	USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands
ROU Alexandra Dulgheru	RUS Evgeniya Rodina	THA Tamarine Tanasugarn	SWE Johanna Larsson
SVK Magdaléna Rybáriková	CAN Rebecca Marino	FRA Iryna Brémond	AUT Tamira Paszek
SUI Stefanie Vögele (Q)	AUS Isabella Holland (WC)	ESP Sílvia Soler-Espinosa	RSA Chanelle Scheepers
AUS Bojana Bobusic (WC)	RUS Elena Vesnina	LUX Mandy Minella	ARG Gisela Dulko
AUS Samantha Stosur [6]	USA Alison Riske (Q)	RUS Valeria Savinykh (Q)	CZE Andrea Hlaváčková
ROU Alexandra Cadanțu	USA Madison Keys (WC)	RUS Anna Chakvetadze (PR)	FRA Virginie Razzano
CZE Klára Zakopalová	UKR Kateryna Bondarenko	GER Kristina Barrois	ESP Lourdes Domínguez Lino
AUS Jarmila Gajdošová	CHN Zhang Shuai (WC)	ROU Irina-Camelia Begu	RUS Vera Dushevina
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Singles seeds

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

Men's singles

::data[format=table] | Sd | url=http://www.wtatour.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/Notes&Netcords/2011/jan17.pdf |title=WTA tour notes for week commencing 17 January 2011(PDF) |access-date=25 January 2011 |publisher=wtatour.com }} | url=http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/articles/2011-01-13/201101131294884964223.html|title=Seeds set for Australian Open 2011|publisher=australianopen.com|author=Tennis Australia|date=13 January 2011|access-date=28 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111204081953/http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/articles/2011-01-13/201101131294884964223.html |archive-date=2011-12-04}} | Points | Points won | New points | Status | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | 1 | SRB Novak Djokovic | | | | | | 2 | 2 | ESP Rafael Nadal | | | | | | 3 | 3 | SUI Roger Federer | | | | | | 4 | 4 | GBR Andy Murray | | | | | | 5 | 5 | ESP David Ferrer | | | | | | 6 | 6 | FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | | | | | | 7 | 7 | CZE Tomáš Berdych | | | | | | 8 | 8 | USA Mardy Fish | | | | | | 9 | 9 | SRB Janko Tipsarević | | | | | | 10 | 10 | ESP Nicolás Almagro | | | | | | 11 | 11 | ARG Juan Martín del Potro | | | | | | 12 | 12 | FRA Gilles Simon | | | | | | 13 | 14 | UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov | | | | | | 14 | 15 | FRA Gaël Monfils | | | | | | 15 | 16 | USA Andy Roddick | | | | | | 16 | 17 | USA John Isner | | | | | | 17 | 18 | FRA Richard Gasquet | | | | | | 18 | 19 | ESP Feliciano López | | | | | | 19 | 21 | SRB Viktor Troicki | | | | | | 20 | 22 | GER Florian Mayer | | | | | | 21 | 23 | SUI Stan Wawrinka | | | | | | 22 | 24 | ESP Fernando Verdasco | | | | | | 23 | 25 | CAN Milos Raonic | | | | | | 24 | 26 | JPN Kei Nishikori | | | | | | 25 | 27 | ARG Juan Mónaco | | | | | | 26 | 28 | ESP Marcel Granollers | | | | | | 27 | 29 | ARG Juan Ignacio Chela | | | | | | 28 | 30 | CRO Ivan Ljubičić | | | | | | 29 | 31 | CZE Radek Štěpánek | | | | | | 30 | 32 | RSA Kevin Anderson | | | | | | 31 | 33 | AUT Jürgen Melzer | | | | | | 32 | 34 | RUS Alex Bogomolov Jr. | | | | | ::

Withdrawn players (men's singles)

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Rank	Player	Points	New points	Withdrew due to
13	SWE Robin Söderling
20	CRO Marin Čilić
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Women's singles

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Sd	Rk	Player	Points	Points won	New points	Status
1	1	DEN Caroline Wozniacki
2	2	CZE Petra Kvitová
3	3	BLR Victoria Azarenka
4	4	RUS Maria Sharapova
5	5	CHN Li Na
6	6	AUS Samantha Stosur
7	7	RUS Vera Zvonareva
8	8	POL Agnieszka Radwańska
9	9	FRA Marion Bartoli
10	11	ITA Francesca Schiavone
11	12	BEL Kim Clijsters
12	13	USA Serena Williams
13	14	SRB Jelena Janković
14	15	GER Sabine Lisicki
15	16	RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
16	17	CHN Peng Shuai
17	18	SVK Dominika Cibulková
18	19	RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova
19	20	ITA Flavia Pennetta
20	21	SVK Daniela Hantuchová
21	22	SRB Ana Ivanovic
22	23	GER Julia Görges
23	24	ITA Roberta Vinci
24	25	CZE Lucie Šafářová
25	26	EST Kaia Kanepi
26	27	ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues
27	28	RUS Maria Kirilenko
28	29	BEL Yanina Wickmayer
29	30	RUS Nadia Petrova
30	31	GER Angelique Kerber
31	32	ROU Monica Niculescu
32	33	CZE Petra Cetkovská
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Withdrawn players (women's singles)

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Rank	Player	Points	New points	Withdrew due to
10	GER Andrea Petkovic
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Main draw wildcard entries

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries

Men's singles

• FRA Kenny de Schepper
• AUS James Duckworth
• AUS Lleyton Hewitt
• AUS Marinko Matosevic
• AUS Benjamin Mitchell
• AUS Greg Jones
• JPN Tatsuma Ito
• USA Jesse Levine

Women's singles

• AUS Ashleigh Barty
• AUS Casey Dellacqua
• AUS Olivia Rogowska
• AUS Isabella Holland
• AUS Bojana Bobusic
• USA Madison Keys
• FRA Aravane Rezaï
• CHN Zhang Shuai

Men's doubles

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

Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

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

Protected ranking

Men's singles

• GER Benjamin Becker
• GER Tommy Haas

Women's singles

• RUS Anna Chakvetadze

Qualifying entries

Men's singles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying

• FRA Florent Serra
• GER Peter Gojowczyk
• THA Danai Udomchoke
• KAZ Andrey Golubev
• GBR James Ward
• NED Jesse Huta Galung
• SVK Lukáš Lacko
• USA Denis Kudla
• EST Jürgen Zopp
• ITA Matteo Viola
• RUS Alexander Kudryavtsev
• ESP Roberto Bautista Agut
• DEN Frederik Nielsen
• USA Alex Kuznetsov
• GER Björn Phau
• UKR Illya Marchenko

The following players received as a lucky loser:

• RSA Rik de Voest

Women's singles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying

• GBR Laura Robson
• FRA Irena Pavlovic
• CZE Andrea Hlaváčková
• SUI Stefanie Vögele
• USA Alison Riske
• POR Maria João Köhler
• ARG Paula Ormaechea
• RUS Nina Bratchikova
• RUS Valeria Savinykh
• TPE Chang Kai-chen
• USA Varvara Lepchenko
• USA Jamie Hampton

Withdrawals

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

Men's singles

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Original player	Replacement
GER Michael Berrer	FRA Édouard Roger-Vasselin
USA James Blake	BRA João Souza
CRO Marin Čilić	POR Frederico Gil
IND Somdev Devvarman	ITA Paolo Lorenzi
CHL Fernando González	FRA Jérémy Chardy
FRA Paul-Henri Mathieu	FRA Stéphane Robert
GER Florian Mayer	RSA Rik de Voest
ESP Tommy Robredo	ESP Daniel Gimeno Traver
SWE Robin Söderling	SVK Karol Beck
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Women's singles

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Original player	Replacement
SUI Timea Bacsinszky	CAN Aleksandra Wozniak
RUS Alisa Kleybanova	POL Urszula Radwańska
ESP María José Martínez Sánchez	UKR Lesia Tsurenko
GER Andrea Petkovic	BLR Olga Govortsova
LAT Anastasija Sevastova	AUS Anastasia Rodionova
USA Venus Williams	LUX Mandy Minella
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Juniors

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

Singles seeds

Boys' singles

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Sd	Player
1	AUS Luke Saville
2	BRA Thiago Monteiro
3	GBR Liam Broady
4	JPN Kaichi Uchida
5	POR Frederico Ferreira Silva
6	AUS Andrew Harris
7	GBR Kyle Edmund
8	ITA Stefano Napolitano
9	SRB Nikola Milojević
10	CZE Adam Pavlásek
11	BEL Kimmer Coppejans
12	BEL Julien Cagnina
13	AUS Nick Kyrgios
14	USA Connor Farren
15	FIN Herkko Pöllänen
16	EGY Karim Hossam
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Girls' singles

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Sd	Player
1	RUS Irina Khromacheva
2	CAN Eugenie Bouchard
3	EST Anett Kontaveit
4	RUS Yulia Putintseva
5	NED Indy de Vroome
6	RUS Elizaveta Kulichkova
7	MNE Danka Kovinić
8	SVK Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
9	CHN Zheng Saisai
10	ROU Ilka Csöregi
11	POL Zuzanna Maciejewska
12	UZB Sabina Sharipova
13	CRO Donna Vekić
14	USA Taylor Townsend
15	RUS Varvara Flink
16	USA Kyle McPhillips
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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.

Singles seeds

Men's singles

• NED Maikel Scheffers (1)
• FRA Stéphane Houdet (2)

Women

• NED Esther Vergeer (1)
• NED Aniek van Koot (2)

Quad

• USA David Wagner (1)
• GBR Peter Norfolk (2)

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