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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
| 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 | 80 | ||||||||||||||
| 25 (10) | 0 | 50 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | – | 5 | – | ||||||||||||
| 16 | 30 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | 20 | ||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 |
Prize money
The total commitment prize money for this year's event was $4,828,050 each (WTA Tour and ATP World Tour).
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $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 | $7,700 | X | $2,120 | $2,100 | X | $1,085 | $1,050 |
Players
Men's singles
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| SRB | Novak Djokovic | 1 | 1 |
| ESP | Rafael Nadal | 2 | 2 |
| SUI | Roger Federer | 3 | 3 |
| GBR | 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 |
| SRB | Janko Tipsarević | 9 | 9 |
| USA | John Isner | 10 | 10 |
| ARG | Juan Martín del Potro | 11 | 11 |
| ESP | Nicolás Almagro | 12 | 12 |
| FRA | Gilles Simon | 13 | 13 |
| FRA | Gaël Monfils | 14 | 14 |
| ESP | Feliciano López | 15 | 15 |
| JPN | Kei Nishikori | 16 | 16 |
| FRA | Richard Gasquet | 17 | 17 |
| UKR | Alexandr Dolgopolov | 18 | 18 |
| GER | Florian Mayer | 19 | 19 |
| ESP | Fernando Verdasco | 20 | 20 |
| ARG | Juan Mónaco | 21 | 21 |
| AUT | Jürgen Melzer | 22 | 22 |
| CRO | Marin Čilić | 23 | 23 |
| ESP | Marcel Granollers | 24 | 24 |
| CZE | Radek Štěpánek | 25 | 25 |
| CAN | Milos Raonic | 26 | 26 |
| SRB | Viktor Troicki | 27 | 27 |
| RSA | Kevin Anderson | 28 | 28 |
| ARG | Juan Ignacio Chela | 32 | 29 |
| FRA | Julien Benneteau | 33 | 30 |
| USA | Andy Roddick | 34 | 31 |
| GER | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 35 | 32 |
- 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
| 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 | 17 | 4 |
| IND | Mahesh Bhupathi | IND | Rohan Bopanna | 20 | 5 |
| POL | Mariusz Fyrstenberg | POL | Marcin Matkowski | 25 | 6 |
| IND | Leander Paes | CZE | Radek Štěpánek | 27 | 7 |
| CZE | František Čermák | SVK | Filip Polášek | 40 | 8 |
- 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
| 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 |
| USA | Serena Williams | 11 | 10 |
| ITA | Francesca Schiavone | 12 | 11 |
| GER | Sabine Lisicki | 13 | 14 |
| SRB | Jelena Janković | 14 | 13 |
| GER | Julia Görges | 15 | 14 |
| SRB | Ana Ivanovic | 16 | 15 |
| SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 17 | 16 |
| CHN | Peng Shuai | 18 | 17 |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 19 | 18 |
| RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 20 | 19 |
| SVK | Daniela Hantuchová | 21 | 20 |
| ITA | Roberta Vinci | 22 | 21 |
| RUS | Maria Kirilenko | 23 | 22 |
| BEL | Yanina Wickmayer | 24 | 23 |
| ITA | Flavia Pennetta | 25 | 24 |
| ESP | Anabel Medina Garrigues | 26 | 25 |
| RUS | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 27 | 26 |
| CZE | Lucie Šafářová | 28 | 27 |
| ROU | Monica Niculescu | 29 | 28 |
| CZE | Petra Cetkovská | 30 | 29 |
| ITA | Sara Errani | 31 | 30 |
| EST | Kaia Kanepi | 32 | 31 |
| RUS | Nadia Petrova | 33 | 32 |
- 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
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | Liezel Huber | USA | Lisa Raymond | 3 | 1 |
| CZE | Květa Peschke | SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 6 | 2 |
| IND | Sania Mirza | RUS | Elena Vesnina | 15 | 3 |
| CZE | Andrea Hlaváčková | CZE | Lucie Hradecká | 21 | 4 |
| RUS | Maria Kirilenko | RUS | Nadia Petrova | 25 | 5 |
| ITA | Sara Errani | ITA | Roberta Vinci | 29 | 6 |
| KAZ | Yaroslava Shvedova | KAZ | Galina Voskoboeva | 37 | 7 |
| SVK | Daniela Hantuchová | POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 37 | 8 |
- 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
- "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com.
- "WTA Tour rules". wtatour.com.
- "2012 Prize Money".
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