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2012 Apia International Sydney

The 2012 Apia International Sydney was a joint ATP and WTA tennis tournament, that was played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 120th edition of the Apia International Sydney and was a part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2012 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the NSW Tennis Centre in Sydney, Australia, from 8 to 15 January 2012. Due to rain, the men's singles and doubles finals had to be rescheduled from the evening of 14 January to the morning of 15 January, the day before the Australian Open was due to begin. Jarkko Nieminen and Victoria Azarenka won the singles titles.

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ARG	Juan Martín del Potro	11	1
USA	John Isner	18	2
FRA	Richard Gasquet	19	3
ESP	Feliciano López	20	4
SRB	Viktor Troicki	22	5
GER	Florian Mayer	23	6
ESP	Marcel Granollers	27	7
CZE	Radek Štěpánek	28	8
RUS	Alex Bogomolov Jr.	34	9

1 Rankings as of 26 December 2011.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

AUS James Duckworth
AUS Matthew Ebden
AUS Lleyton Hewitt

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

UZB Denis Istomin
FIN Jarkko Nieminen
USA Bobby Reynolds
USA Michael Russell

The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot:

USA Ryan Sweeting

Withdrawals

GER Florian Mayer (right hip injury)

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
USA	Bob Bryan	USA	Mike Bryan	2	1
BLR	Max Mirnyi	CAN	Daniel Nestor	6	2
POL	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	POL	Marcin Matkowski	28	3
SWE	Robert Lindstedt	ROU	Horia Tecău	28	4

1 Rankings are as of 26 December 2011

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

AUS Matthew Ebden / FIN Jarkko Nieminen
AUS Colin Ebelthite / AUS Marinko Matosevic

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	1	1
CZE	Petra Kvitová	2	2
BLR	Victoria Azarenka	3	3
CHN	Li Na	5	4
AUS	Samantha Stosur	6	5
RUS	Vera Zvonareva	7	6
POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	8	7
FRA	Marion Bartoli	9	8

1 Rankings as of 26 December 2011

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

AUS Jelena Dokić
AUS Isabella Holland

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

SWE Sofia Arvidsson
HUN Melinda Czink
RUS Ekaterina Makarova
POL Urszula Radwańska
RSA Chanelle Scheepers
SUI Stefanie Vögele

The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot:

ROU Alexandra Dulgheru
SLO Polona Hercog

Withdrawals

GER Sabine Lisicki (abdominal strain)
ITA Flavia Pennetta (back injury)

Retirements

GER Julia Görges (viral illness)
RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova (heat illness)

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
CZE	Květa Peschke	SLO	Katarina Srebotnik	4	1
USA	Liezel Huber	USA	Lisa Raymond	5	2
ARG	Gisela Dulko	ITA	Flavia Pennetta	17	3
RUS	Maria Kirilenko	RUS	Nadia Petrova	20	4

1 Rankings are as of 26 December 2011

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

SWE Sofia Arvidsson / AUS Jelena Dokić
CZE Lucie Šafářová / RUS Vera Zvonareva The following pairs received entry as alternates:
AUS Stephanie Bengson / AUS Tyra Calderwood
GRE Eleni Daniilidou / THA Tamarine Tanasugarn

Withdrawals

GER Julia Görges (viral illness)
POL Agnieszka Radwańska

Finals

Men's singles

Main article: 2012 Apia International Sydney – Men's singles

FIN Jarkko Nieminen defeated FRA Julien Benneteau, 6–2, 7–5

It was Nieminen's 1st title of the year and 2nd title of his career.

Women's singles

Main article: 2012 Apia International Sydney – Women's singles

BLR Victoria Azarenka defeated CHN Li Na, 6–2, 1–6, 6–3

It was Azarenka's 1st title of the year and 9th of her career. It was her 1st Premier-level title of the year and 3rd of her career.

Men's doubles

Main article: 2012 Apia International Sydney – Men's doubles

USA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan defeated AUS Matthew Ebden / FIN Jarkko Nieminen, 6–1, 6–4

Women's doubles

Main article: 2012 Apia International Sydney – Women's doubles

CZE Květa Peschke / SVN Katarina Srebotnik defeated USA Liezel Huber / USA Lisa Raymond, 6–1, 4–6, [13–11]

References

[http://www.apiainternational.com.au/2012/01/play-cancelled-mens-final-sun-10-am Play cancelled; men’s final Sun. 10 am]
[http://www.sydneyolympicpark.com.au/whats_on/sports_to_watch_events/apia_international_sydney_2012 Apia International Sydney]
[http://www.apiainternational.com.au/2011/12/stunning-line-up-set-for-sydney#more-6270 Stunning line-up set for Sydney]
[http://www.apiainternational.com.au/2011/09/hewitt-to-play-in-sydney Hewitt to play in Sydney]
[http://www.apiainternational.com.au/2011/12/sydney-set-to-welcome-world-no-1 Sydney set to welcome world No.1]
[http://www.apiainternational.com.au/2011/12/wimbledon-champion-petra-kvitova-heads-to-sydney Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova heads to Sydney]
[http://www.apiainternational.com.au/2011/12/sydney-wildcard-for-dokic Sydney Wildcard for Dokić]

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