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2012 BNP Paribas Open
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| date | March 5–18 |
| prize_money | $4,694,696 |
| edition | 39th (ATP) / 24th (WTA) |
| category | World Tour Masters 1000 (ATP) |
| Premier Mandatory (WTA) | |
| surface | Hard / outdoor |
| location | Indian Wells, California, US |
| venue | Indian Wells Tennis Garden |
| champms | SUI Roger Federer |
| champws | BLR Victoria Azarenka |
| champmd | ESP Marc López / ESP Rafael Nadal |
| champwd | USA Liezel Huber / USA Lisa Raymond |
| main_name | Indian Wells Open |
Premier Mandatory (WTA)
The 2012 BNP Paribas Open (also known as the 2012 Indian Wells Open) was a professional tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2012. It was the 39th edition of the men's event (24th for the women), known as the BNP Paribas Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2012 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2012 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States from March 5 through March 18, 2012 and were played on outdoor hard courts. Roger Federer and Victoria Azarenka won the singles titles.
Finals
Men's singles
Main article: 2012 BNP Paribas Open – Men's singles
- SWI Roger Federer defeated USA John Isner, 7–6(9–7), 6–3
- It was Federer's 3rd title of the year and 73rd of his career. It was his 4th win at Indian Wells, also winning in 2004, 2005, and 2006. It was his 19th career Masters win, tying the record held by Rafael Nadal.
Women's singles
Main article: 2012 BNP Paribas Open – Women's singles
- BLR Victoria Azarenka defeated RUS Maria Sharapova, 6–2, 6–3.
- It was Azarenka's 4th title of the year and 12th of her career. Azarenka is now 23–0 for the year. It was her 3rd career Premier Mandatory event and 7th Premier overall.
Men's doubles
Main article: 2012 BNP Paribas Open – Men's doubles
- ESP Marc López / ESP Rafael Nadal defeated USA John Isner / USA Sam Querrey, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Women's doubles
Main article: 2012 BNP Paribas Open – Women's doubles
- USA Liezel Huber / USA Lisa Raymond defeated IND Sania Mirza / RUS Elena Vesnina, 6–2, 6–3.
Points and prize money
Point distribution
| 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 Finalist | Qualifying 1st round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 | |||||||||||||||
| 600 | 700 | ||||||||||||||
| 360 | 450 | ||||||||||||||
| 180 | 250 | ||||||||||||||
| 90 | 140 | ||||||||||||||
| 45 | 10 | 80 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 25 (10) | – | 50 (5) | – | ||||||||||||
| 10 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 16 | 30 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | 20 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 |
Prize money
All money is in US dollars
| 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 96 | Final round qualifying | First round qualifying |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000,000 | $241,000 | $1,000,000 | $241,000 | |||||||||||
| $500,000 | $121,000 | $500,000 | $121,000 | |||||||||||
| $200,000 | $55,000 | $200,000 | $55,000 | |||||||||||
| $100,000 | $27,041 | $100,000 | $27,041 | |||||||||||
| $43,520 | $14,259 | $43,520 | $14,259 | |||||||||||
| $23,291 | $7,632 | $23,291 | $7,632 | |||||||||||
| $12,725 | – | $12,725 | – | |||||||||||
| $7,709 | $7,709 | |||||||||||||
| $2,296 | $2,296 | |||||||||||||
| $1,175 | $1,175 |
Players
Men's singles
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| SRB | Novak Djokovic | 1 | 1 |
| ESP | Rafael Nadal | 2 | 2 |
| SUI | Roger Federer | 3 | 3 |
| GRB | Andy Murray | 4 | 4 |
| ESP | David Ferrer | 5 | 5 |
| FRA | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 6 | 6 |
| CZE | Tomáš Berdych | 7 | 7 |
| USA | Mardy Fish | 8 | 8 |
| ARG | Juan Martín del Potro | 9 | 9 |
| SRB | Janko Tipsarević | 10 | 10 |
| USA | John Isner | 11 | 11 |
| ESP | Nicolás Almagro | 12 | 12 |
| FRA | Gilles Simon | 13 | 13 |
| FRA | Gaël Monfils | 14 | 14 |
| ESP | Feliciano López | 15 | 15 |
| FRA | Richard Gasquet | 16 | 16 |
| JPN | Kei Nishikori | 17 | 17 |
| GER | Florian Mayer | 18 | 18 |
| ESP | Fernando Verdasco | 19 | 19 |
| AUT | Jürgen Melzer | 20 | 20 |
| UKR | Alexandr Dolgopolov | 21 | 21 |
| ARG | Juan Mónaco | 22 | 22 |
| SUI | Stanislas Wawrinka | 23 | 23 |
| CRO | Marin Čilić | 24 | 24 |
| SRB | Viktor Troicki | 25 | 25 |
| ESP | Marcel Granollers | 26 | 26 |
| CAN | Milos Raonic | 27 | 27 |
| CZE | Radek Štěpánek | 28 | 28 |
| RSA | Kevin Anderson | 30 | 29 |
| USA | Andy Roddick | 31 | 30 |
| ARG | Juan Ignacio Chela | 32 | 31 |
| FRA | Julien Benneteau | 33 | 32 |
- 1 Rankings are as of March 5, 2012
Other entrants
The following players got wildcards into the singles main draw:
- USA Robby Ginepri
- USA Denis Kudla
- USA Jesse Levine
- USA Sam Querrey
- USA Jack Sock
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
- GER Tommy Haas
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Main article: 2012 BNP Paribas Open – Men's singles qualifying
- BEL Ruben Bemelmans
- UKR Sergei Bubka
- BIH Amer Delić
- RSA Rik de Voest
- AUS Matthew Ebden
- KAZ Andrey Golubev
- ITA Paolo Lorenzi
- AUS Marinko Matosevic
- CAN Vasek Pospisil
- USA Bobby Reynolds
- USA Tim Smyczek
- USA Rhyne Williams
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
- POR Frederico Gil
- GER Tobias Kamke
- GER Björn Phau
Withdrawals
- USA James Blake → replaced by GER Matthias Bachinger
- ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero → replaced by POR Frederico Gil
- ITA Fabio Fognini → replaced by TPE Lu Yen-hsun
- CRO Ivan Ljubičić → replaced by ARG Leonardo Mayer
- FRA Gaël Monfils (gastroenteritis) → replaced by GER Björn Phau
- ESP Albert Montañés → replaced by FRA Benoît Paire
- GER Philipp Petzschner → replaced by ARG David Nalbandian
- ESP Tommy Robredo → replaced by FRA Nicolas Mahut
- SWE Robin Söderling (mononucleosis) → replaced by FRA Jérémy Chardy
- RUS Dmitry Tursunov → replaced by GER Tobias Kamke
- ITA Filippo Volandri → replaced by GER Cedrik-Marcel Stebe
- RUS Mikhail Youzhny → replaced by BEL Steve Darcis
Retirements
- RUS Nikolay Davydenko (illness)
- GER Philipp Kohlschreiber (illness)
- FRA Michaël Llodra (knee injury)
- ITA Andreas Seppi (illness)
Men's doubles
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | Bob Bryan | USA | Mike Bryan | 2 | 1 |
| BLR | Max Mirnyi | CAN | Daniel Nestor | 6 | 2 |
| FRA | Michaël Llodra | SRB | Nenad Zimonjić | 11 | 3 |
| SWE | Robert Lindstedt | ROU | Horia Tecău | 19 | 4 |
| IND | Mahesh Bhupathi | IND | Rohan Bopanna | 20 | 5 |
| POL | Mariusz Fyrstenberg | POL | Marcin Matkowski | 26 | 6 |
| IND | Leander Paes | CZE | Radek Štěpánek | 29 | 7 |
| AUT | Oliver Marach | AUT | Alexander Peya | 42 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of March 5, 2012
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
- ESP Nicolás Almagro / BAH Mark Knowles
- AUS Matthew Ebden / USA Ryan Harrison
The following pair received entry as alternates:
- ARG Carlos Berlocq / ARG Juan Ignacio Chela
Retirements
- AUT Jürgen Melzer (illness)
Women's singles
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLR | Victoria Azarenka | 1 | 1 |
| RUS | Maria Sharapova | 2 | 2 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 3 | 3 |
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 4 | 4 |
| POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 5 | 5 |
| AUS | Samantha Stosur | 6 | 6 |
| FRA | Marion Bartoli | 7 | 7 |
| CHN | Li Na | 8 | 8 |
| RUS | Vera Zvonareva | 9 | 9 |
| ITA | Francesca Schiavone | 12 | 10 |
| GER | Sabine Lisicki | 13 | 11 |
| SRB | Jelena Janković | 14 | 12 |
| RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 15 | 13 |
| GER | Julia Görges | 16 | 14 |
| SRB | Ana Ivanovic | 17 | 15 |
| SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 18 | 16 |
| CHN | Peng Shuai | 19 | 17 |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 20 | 18 |
| SVK | Daniela Hantuchová | 21 | 19 |
| RUS | Maria Kirilenko | 22 | 20 |
| ITA | Roberta Vinci | 23 | 21 |
| BEL | Yanina Wickmayer | 24 | 22 |
| CZE | Lucie Šafářová | 25 | 23 |
| ESP | Anabel Medina Garrigues | 26 | 24 |
| RUS | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 27 | 25 |
| ROU | Monica Niculescu | 28 | 26 |
| ITA | Flavia Pennetta | 29 | 27 |
| CZE | Petra Cetkovská | 30 | 28 |
| EST | Kaia Kanepi | 31 | 29 |
| RUS | Nadia Petrova | 32 | 30 |
| CHN | Zheng Jie | 33 | 31 |
| USA | Christina McHale | 34 | 32 |
- 1 Rankings are as of February 27, 2012
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
- USA Jill Craybas
- USA Lauren Davis
- USA Irina Falconi
- USA Jamie Hampton
- IND Sania Mirza
- POL Urszula Radwańska
- USA Sloane Stephens
- USA Coco Vandeweghe
The following player received entry using a protected ranking:
- SUI Timea Bacsinszky
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Main article: 2012 BNP Paribas Open – Women's Singles#Qualifying
- HUN Gréta Arn
- GER Kristina Barrois
- GRE Eleni Daniilidou
- AUS Casey Dellacqua
- BLR Olga Govortsova
- NED Michaëlla Krajicek
- USA Varvara Lepchenko
- RUS Alexandra Panova
- USA Jessica Pegula
- UKR Lesia Tsurenko
- CAN Aleksandra Wozniak
- CHN Zhang Shuai
Withdrawals
- USA Serena Williams (continued boycott of the event since 2001) → replaced by SWE Sofia Arvidsson
- RUS Anna Chakvetadze → replaced by NED Arantxa Rus
- BEL Kim Clijsters (left ankle injury) → replaced by ESP Lourdes Domínguez Lino
- CAN Rebecca Marino → replaced by JPN Kimiko Date-Krumm
- GER Andrea Petkovic (lower back injury) → replaced by ESP Sílvia Soler Espinosa
Retirements
- HUN Gréta Arn (neck injury)
- AUS Jelena Dokić (wrist injury)
- ROU Alexandra Dulgheru (knee injury)
- USA Jamie Hampton
- SRB Ana Ivanovic (hip injury)
- USA Vania King (illness)
- AUT Tamira Paszek
- SVK Magdaléna Rybáriková
- ITA Francesca Schiavone (illness)
- RUS Vera Zvonareva (intestinal illness)
Women's doubles
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | Liezel Huber | USA | Lisa Raymond | 3 | 1 |
| IND | Sania Mirza | RUS | Elena Vesnina | 15 | 2 |
| CZE | Andrea Hlaváčková | CZE | Lucie Hradecká | 20 | 3 |
| RUS | Maria Kirilenko | RUS | Nadia Petrova | 26 | 4 |
| ITA | Sara Errani | ITA | Roberta Vinci | 29 | 5 |
| ESP | Anabel Medina Garrigues | ITA | Flavia Pennetta | 46 | 6 |
| ESP | Nuria Llagostera Vives | ESP | Arantxa Parra Santonja | 49 | 7 |
| GER | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | USA | Vania King | 52 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of February 27, 2012
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
- BLR Victoria Azarenka / CZE Petra Kvitová
- GRE Eleni Daniilidou / SRB Jelena Janković
- ARG Gisela Dulko / ARG Paola Suárez
- USA Jamie Hampton / USA Christina McHale
References
References
- "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com.
- "WTA Tour rules". wtatour.com.
- "Prize Money BNP Paribas Open 2012". bnpparibasopen.com.
- [http://www.yardbarker.com/tennis/articles/clijsters_withdraws_from_indian_wells/9924610 Clijsters withdraws from Indian Wells]
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