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2012 French Open – Women's singles

Field	Value
champ	RUS Maria Sharapova
runner	ITA Sara Errani
score	6–3, 6–2
before_name	French Open – Women's singles
after_name	French Open – Women's singles

Main article: 2012 French Open

Maria Sharapova defeated Sara Errani in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2012 French Open. It was her first French Open title and fourth major title overall, completing the career Grand Slam. It was her first major title since a significant shoulder surgery four years prior. Sharapova regained the world No. 1 singles ranking with the win; Victoria Azarenka and Agnieszka Radwańska were also in contention for the top position.

Li Na was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to qualifier Yaroslava Shvedova: the first time a defending champion was defeated by a qualifier in the tournament's history.

The tournament was notable for one of the biggest upsets in French Open history as world No. 111 Virginie Razzano defeated world No. 5 and 2002 champion Serena Williams in the first round, despite Williams being two points from victory at 5–1 in the second-set tiebreaker. Razzano was only the second player ranked outside the top 100 (after Sun Tiantian at the 2005 China Open) to defeat Williams in a WTA Tour-level main draw match. It was Williams' first loss in the first round of a major.

This tournament marked the major main-draw debut of future world No. 1 Karolína Plíšková. She lost to Marion Bartoli in the first round.

Seeds

BLR Victoria Azarenka (fourth round) RUS Maria Sharapova (champion) POL Agnieszka Radwańska (third round) CZE Petra Kvitová (semifinals) USA Serena Williams (first round) AUS Samantha Stosur (semifinals) CHN Li Na (fourth round) FRA Marion Bartoli (second round) DEN Caroline Wozniacki (third round) GER Angelique Kerber (quarterfinals) RUS Vera Zvonareva (withdrew because of a right shoulder injury) GER Sabine Lisicki (first round) SRB Ana Ivanovic (third round) ITA Francesca Schiavone (third round) SVK Dominika Cibulková (quarterfinals) RUS Maria Kirilenko (second round)

ITA Roberta Vinci (first round) ITA Flavia Pennetta (third round) SRB Jelena Janković (second round) CZE Lucie Šafářová (second round) ITA Sara Errani (final) RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (third round) EST Kaia Kanepi (quarterfinals) CZE Petra Cetkovská (second round) GER Julia Görges (third round) RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova (fourth round) RUS Nadia Petrova (third round) CHN Peng Shuai (third round) ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues (third round) GER Mona Barthel (first round) CHN Zheng Jie (second round) ROU Monica Niculescu (first round)

Qualifying

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

Draw

Finals

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Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Championship match statistics

Category	RUS Sharapova	ITA Errani
1st serve %	36/60 (60%)	48/61 (79%)
1st serve points won	25 of 36 = 69%	22 of 48 = 46%
2nd serve points won	12 of 24 = 50%	5 of 13 = 38%
Total service points won	37 of 60 = 61.67%	27 of 61 = 44.26%
Aces	6	0
Double faults	5	1
Winners	37	12
Unforced errors	29	11
Net points won	5 of 9 = 56%	6 of 10 = 60%
Break points converted	5 of 13 = 38%	2 of 5 = 40%
Return points won	34 of 61 = 56%	23 of 60 = 38%
Total points won	71	50

References

(9 June 2012). "Maria Sharapova wins French Open to complete career grand slam". The Guardian.
(9 June 2012). "Maria Sharapova celebrates one of her sweetest grand slam wins after having feared for future". Daily Telegraph.
(29 May 2012). "French Open: Serena Williams loses to Virginie Razzano". [[BBC]].

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