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2012 Sony Ericsson Open


Premier Mandatory (WTA)

The 2012 Sony Ericsson Open (also known as 2012 Miami Masters), a men's and women's tennis tournament, was held from March 19 to April 1, 2012. It was the 28th edition of the Miami Masters event and played on outdoor hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Miami, United States. The tournament was a part of 2012 ATP World Tour and 2012 WTA Tour, classified as ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and Premier Mandatory event respectively.

Finals

Men's singles

Main article: 2012 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's singles

SRB Novak Djokovic defeated GBR Andy Murray, 6–1, 7–6(7–4)

  • It was Djokovic's 2nd title of the year and 30th of his career. It was his 3rd win in Miami, also winning in 2007 and 2011. It was his 1st Masters of the year and 11th of his career.

Women's singles

Main article: 2012 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's singles

POL Agnieszka Radwańska defeated RUS Maria Sharapova, 7–5, 6–4

  • It was Radwańska's 2nd title of the year and 9th of her career. It was her 2nd Premier Mandatory-level tournament of her career and 5th Premier overall. At this point in the season, Radwańska only lost 4 times, which were all at the hands of No. 1 seed Victoria Azarenka. She was 26-0 versus all other opponents through the Sony Ericsson Open.

Men's doubles

Main article: 2012 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's doubles

IND Leander Paes / CZE Radek Štěpánek defeated BLR Max Mirnyi / CAN Daniel Nestor 3–6, 6–1, [10–8]

Women's doubles

Main article: 2012 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's doubles

RUS Maria Kirilenko / RUS Nadia Petrova defeated ITA Sara Errani / ITA Roberta Vinci, 7–6(7–0), 4–6, [10–4]

Points and prize money

Point distribution

StageMen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's singlesWomen's doublesChampionRunner upSemifinalsQuarterfinalsRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128QualifierQualifying FinalistQualifying 1st round
1000
600700
360450
180250
90140
4580
25 (10)0500
105
1630
820
01

Prize money

The total commitment prize money for this year's event was $4,828,050 each (WTA Tour and ATP World Tour).

StageMen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's singlesWomen's doublesChampionRunner upSemifinalsQuarterfinalsRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 96Final round qualifyingFirst round qualifying
$659,775$216,190$712,000$241,010
$321,990$105,500$352,000$121,000
$161,375$52,880$164,000$55,000
$82,270$26,950$79,000$25,965
$43,370$14,210$39,000$12,750
$23,210$7,610$21,000$6,000
$12,530$12,725
$7,680$7,700X$2,120$2,100X$1,085$1,050

Players

Men's singles

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
SRBNovak Djokovic11
ESPRafael Nadal22
SUIRoger Federer33
GBRAndy Murray44
ESPDavid Ferrer55
FRAJo-Wilfried Tsonga66
CZETomáš Berdych77
USAMardy Fish88
SRBJanko Tipsarević99
USAJohn Isner1010
ARGJuan Martín del Potro1111
ESPNicolás Almagro1212
FRAGilles Simon1313
FRAGaël Monfils1414
ESPFeliciano López1515
JPNKei Nishikori1616
FRARichard Gasquet1717
UKRAlexandr Dolgopolov1818
GERFlorian Mayer1919
ESPFernando Verdasco2020
ARGJuan Mónaco2121
AUTJürgen Melzer2222
CROMarin Čilić2323
ESPMarcel Granollers2424
CZERadek Štěpánek2525
CANMilos Raonic2626
SRBViktor Troicki2727
RSAKevin Anderson2828
ARGJuan Ignacio Chela3229
FRAJulien Benneteau3330
USAAndy Roddick3431
GERPhilipp Kohlschreiber3532
  • Rankings are as of March 19, 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

  • CHI Fernando González
  • USA Ryan Harrison
  • USA Denis Kudla
  • USA Jesse Levine
  • AUS Marinko Matosevic

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:

  • GER Benjamin Becker
  • GER Tommy Haas

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • ESP Roberto Bautista Agut
  • ITA Simone Bolelli
  • UKR Sergei Bubka
  • FRA Arnaud Clément
  • CAN Frank Dancevic
  • ESP Guillermo García López
  • BEL David Goffin
  • GER Björn Phau
  • USA Rajeev Ram
  • FRA Édouard Roger-Vasselin
  • FRA Guillaume Rufin
  • CRO Antonio Veić

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

  • GER Tobias Kamke

Withdrawals

  • ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero → replaced by AUS Matthew Ebden
  • ITA Fabio Fognini → replaced by GER Benjamin Becker
  • CRO Ivan Ljubičić → replaced by BUL Grigor Dimitrov
  • POR Rui Machado → replaced by BEL Steve Darcis
  • ESP Albert Montañés → replaced by ITA Flavio Cipolla
  • GER Philipp Petzschner → replaced by GER Tobias Kamke
  • SWE Robin Söderling (mononucleosis) → replaced by RUS Igor Kunitsyn
  • RUS Dmitry Tursunov → replaced by ARG David Nalbandian
  • ITA Filippo Volandri → replaced by USA Sam Querrey
  • SUI Stanislas Wawrinka → replaced by FRA Nicolas Mahut
  • RUS Mikhail Youzhny → replaced by POR Frederico Gil

Retirements

  • UZB Denis Istomin (illness)
  • TPE Yen-Hsun Lu (neck injury)
  • ESP Rafael Nadal (left knee injury)
  • CAN Milos Raonic (sprained right ankle)

Men's doubles

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
USABob BryanUSAMike Bryan21
BLRMax MirnyiCANDaniel Nestor62
FRAMichaël LlodraSRBNenad Zimonjić113
SWERobert LindstedtROUHoria Tecău174
INDMahesh BhupathiINDRohan Bopanna205
POLMariusz FyrstenbergPOLMarcin Matkowski256
INDLeander PaesCZERadek Štěpánek277
CZEFrantišek ČermákSVKFilip Polášek408
  • Rankings are as of March 19, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

  • USA James Blake / USA Ryan Harrison
  • AUS Paul Hanley / AUS Bernard Tomic

Retirements

  • CAN Milos Raonic (ankle injury)

Women's singles

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
BLRVictoria Azarenka11
RUSMaria Sharapova22
CZEPetra Kvitová33
DENCaroline Wozniacki44
POLAgnieszka Radwańska55
AUSSamantha Stosur66
FRAMarion Bartoli77
CHNLi Na88
RUSVera Zvonareva99
USASerena Williams1110
ITAFrancesca Schiavone1211
GERSabine Lisicki1314
SRBJelena Janković1413
GERJulia Görges1514
SRBAna Ivanovic1615
SVKDominika Cibulková1716
CHNPeng Shuai1817
GERAngelique Kerber1918
RUSAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova2019
SVKDaniela Hantuchová2120
ITARoberta Vinci2221
RUSMaria Kirilenko2322
BELYanina Wickmayer2423
ITAFlavia Pennetta2524
ESPAnabel Medina Garrigues2625
RUSSvetlana Kuznetsova2726
CZELucie Šafářová2827
ROUMonica Niculescu2928
CZEPetra Cetkovská3029
ITASara Errani3130
ESTKaia Kanepi3231
RUSNadia Petrova3332
  • Rankings are as of March 5, 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

  • SRB Bojana Jovanovski
  • RUS Alisa Kleybanova
  • ESP Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco
  • AUS Olivia Rogowska
  • GBR Heather Watson
  • USA Venus Williams
  • CAN Aleksandra Wozniak
  • CHN Zhang Shuai

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • CZE Eva Birnerová
  • UKR Kateryna Bondarenko
  • FRA Alizé Cornet
  • HUN Melinda Czink
  • JPN Misaki Doi
  • RUS Vera Dushevina
  • FRA Stéphanie Foretz Gacon
  • USA Jamie Hampton
  • USA Madison Keys
  • POL Urszula Radwańska
  • RUS Valeria Savinykh
  • USA Sloane Stephens

Withdrawals

  • RUS Anna Chakvetadze → replaced by JPN Kimiko Date-Krumm
  • ROU Alexandra Dulgheru → replaced by NED Michaëlla Krajicek
  • CAN Rebecca Marino → replaced by HUN Gréta Arn
  • ESP María José Martínez Sánchez → replaced by GRE Eleni Daniilidou
  • USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands → replaced by ESP Lourdes Domínguez Lino
  • SUI Romina Oprandi → replaced by ESP Sílvia Soler Espinosa
  • GER Andrea Petkovic → replaced by GEO Anna Tatishvili

Retirements

  • JPN Ayumi Morita (shoulder injury)
  • AUT Tamira Paszek (back injury)

Women's doubles

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
USALiezel HuberUSALisa Raymond31
CZEKvěta PeschkeSLOKatarina Srebotnik62
INDSania MirzaRUSElena Vesnina153
CZEAndrea HlaváčkováCZELucie Hradecká214
RUSMaria KirilenkoRUSNadia Petrova255
ITASara ErraniITARoberta Vinci296
KAZYaroslava ShvedovaKAZGalina Voskoboeva377
SVKDaniela HantuchováPOLAgnieszka Radwańska378
  • Rankings are as of March 5, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

  • SVK Dominika Cibulková / SRB Jelena Janković
  • ARG Gisela Dulko / ARG Paola Suárez
  • GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld / CZE Petra Kvitová
  • RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / CZE Lucie Šafářová

References

References

  1. "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com.
  2. "WTA Tour rules". wtatour.com.
  3. "2012 Prize Money".
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