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2012 Western & Southern Open
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| date | August 11–19 |
| edition | 111th (men) / 84th (women) |
| surface | Hard / outdoor |
| location | Mason, Ohio, United States |
| venue | Lindner Family Tennis Center |
| category | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (men) |
| WTA Premier 5 (women) | |
| champms | SUI Roger Federer |
| champws | CHN Li Na |
| champmd | SWE Robert Lindstedt / ROU Horia Tecău |
| champwd | CZE Andrea Hlaváčková / CZE Lucie Hradecká |
| main_name | Cincinnati Masters |
WTA Premier 5 (women)
The 2012 Western and Southern Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 111th edition (for the men) and the 84th (for the women) of the Cincinnati Masters, and was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2012 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. The tournament was held at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, United States, from August 11 to August 19, 2012. Roger Federer and Li Na won the singles titles.
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 | Qualifier | Qualifying Finalist | Qualifying 1st round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1000** | **900** | |||||||||||||
| **600** | **620** | |||||||||||||
| **360** | **395** | |||||||||||||
| **180** | **225** | |||||||||||||
| **90** | **125** | |||||||||||||
| **45** | **10** | **70** | **1** | |||||||||||
| **10** | **–** | **1** | **–** | |||||||||||
| **25** | **30** | |||||||||||||
| **16** | **20** | |||||||||||||
| **0** | **1** |
Prize money
| 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 | Final round qualifying | First round qualifying |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $535,600 | $165,860 | $385,000 | $110,000 | ||||||||||
| $262,610 | $81,200 | $192,000 | $55,000 | ||||||||||
| $132,165 | $40,730 | $96,100 | $27,525 | ||||||||||
| $67,205 | $20,910 | $45,750 | $13,850 | ||||||||||
| $34,900 | $10,800 | $22,060 | $7,000 | ||||||||||
| $18,400 | $5,700 | $11,300 | $3,500 | ||||||||||
| $9,935 | **–** | $6,100 | **–** | ||||||||||
| $2,290 | $2,050 | ||||||||||||
| $1,165 | $1,080 |
ATP singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
The following players were seeded in the main singles draw, following the ATP rankings of August 6, 2012:
| Country | Player | Ranking | Seeds |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUI | Roger Federer | 1 | 1 |
| SRB | Novak Djokovic | 2 | 2 |
| GBR | Andy Murray | 4 | 3 |
| ESP | David Ferrer | 5 | 4 |
| CZE | Tomáš Berdych | 7 | 5 |
| ARG | Juan Martín del Potro | 8 | 6 |
| SRB | Janko Tipsarević | 9 | 7 |
| ARG | Juan Mónaco | 10 | 8 |
| USA | John Isner | 11 | 9 |
| USA | Mardy Fish | 13 | 10 |
| FRA | Gilles Simon | 14 | 11 |
| CRO | Marin Čilić | 15 | 12 |
| UKR | Alexandr Dolgopolov | 16 | 13 |
| JPN | Kei Nishikori | 17 | 14 |
| GER | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 18 | 15 |
| USA | Andy Roddick | 20 | 16 |
Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
- USA Brian Baker
- USA James Blake
- AUS Lleyton Hewitt
- USA Sam Querrey
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
- CRO Ivan Dodig
- ITA Fabio Fognini
- USA Jesse Levine
- FRA Paul-Henri Mathieu
- AUS Marinko Matosevic
- UKR Sergiy Stakhovsky
- TPE Lu Yen-hsun
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
- FRA Jérémy Chardy
- COL Alejandro Falla
Withdrawals
- ESP Nicolás Almagro (shoulder injury)
- ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero (foot injury)
- USA John Isner (back injury)
- FRA Gaël Monfils (knee injury)
- ESP Rafael Nadal (knee injury)
- FRA Gilles Simon (shoulder injury)
- FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (knee injury)
- ESP Fernando Verdasco (wrist injury)
Retirements
- SRB Janko Tipsarević (virus)
- RUS Nikolay Davydenko
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLR | Max Mirnyi | CAN | Daniel Nestor | 2 | 1 |
| USA | Bob Bryan | USA | Mike Bryan | 6 | 2 |
| POL | Mariusz Fyrstenberg | POL | Marcin Matkowski | 13 | 3 |
| SWE | Robert Lindstedt | ROU | Horia Tecău | 21 | 4 |
| IND | Leander Paes | CZE | Radek Štěpánek | 21 | 5 |
| IND | Mahesh Bhupathi | IND | Rohan Bopanna | 28 | 6 |
| ESP | Marcel Granollers | ESP | Marc López | 33 | 7 |
| PAK | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | NED | Jean-Julien Rojer | 33 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of August 6, 2012
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
- USA Brian Baker / USA Rajeev Ram
- USA James Blake / USA Sam Querrey
Retirements
- ARG Juan Mónaco (toe injury)
- SRB Janko Tipsarević (virus)
WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Ranking | Seeds |
|---|---|---|---|
| POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 3 | 1 |
| USA | Serena Williams | 4 | 2 |
| AUS | Samantha Stosur | 5 | 3 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 6 | 4 |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 7 | 5 |
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 8 | 6 |
| ITA | Sara Errani | 9 | 7 |
| FRA | Marion Bartoli | 10 | 8 |
| CHN | Li Na | 11 | 9 |
| SRB | Ana Ivanovic | 12 | 10 |
| SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 13 | 11 |
| RUS | Maria Kirilenko | 14 | 12 |
| SRB | Jelena Janković | 18 | 13 |
| ITA | Francesca Schiavone | 21 | 14 |
| RUS | Nadia Petrova | 22 | 15 |
| CZE | Lucie Šafářová | 23 | 16 |
| RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 24 | 17 |
Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
- ITA Camila Giorgi
- USA Sloane Stephens
- USA Venus Williams
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
- UZB Akgul Amanmuradova
- NED Kiki Bertens
- GRE Eleni Daniilidou
- AUS Casey Dellacqua
- CZE Andrea Hlaváčková
- KAZ Sesil Karatantcheva
- USA Madison Keys
- USA Vania King
- SWE Johanna Larsson
- USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands
- POL Urszula Radwańska
- KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
- HUN Tímea Babos
- GEO Anna Tatishvili
Withdrawals
- SRB Ana Ivanovic (right foot injury)
- EST Kaia Kanepi (achilles heel injury)
- RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova (knee injury)
- GER Sabine Lisicki (left abdominal sprain)
- ROU Monica Niculescu (hand injury)
- ITA Flavia Pennetta (wrist injury)
- GER Andrea Petkovic (knee injury)
- RUS Maria Sharapova (stomach virus)
- RUS Vera Zvonareva (illness)
Retirements
- SVK Dominika Cibulková (right elbow injury)
- USA Christina McHale (gastrointestinal illness)
- AUT Tamira Paszek (migraine)
- RUS Nadia Petrova (dizziness)
- KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova (heat illness)
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | Liezel Huber | USA | Lisa Raymond | 2 | 1 |
| ITA | Sara Errani | ITA | Roberta Vinci | 7 | 2 |
| USA | Vania King | KAZ | Yaroslava Shvedova | 11 | 3 |
| RUS | Maria Kirilenko | RUS | Nadia Petrova | 16 | 4 |
| CZE | Andrea Hlaváčková | CZE | Lucie Hradecká | 18 | 5 |
| ESP | Nuria Llagostera Vives | ESP | María José Martínez Sánchez | 37 | 6 |
| USA | Raquel Kops-Jones | USA | Abigail Spears | 39 | 7 |
| SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | CHN | Zheng Jie | 41 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings are as of August 6, 2012
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
- GRE Eleni Daniilidou / CHN Peng Shuai
- SRB Jelena Janković / ISR Shahar Pe'er The following pairs received entry as alternates:
- SWE Sofia Arvidsson / USA Jill Craybas
- CRO Darija Jurak / HUN Katalin Marosi
Withdrawals
- RUS Nadia Petrova (dizziness)
- KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova (heat illness)
Retirements
- SVK Dominika Cibulková (right elbow injury)
- CHN Peng Shuai (right shoulder injury)
Finals
Men's singles
Main article: 2012 Western & Southern Open – Men's singles
SUI Roger Federer defeated SRB Novak Djokovic, 6–0, 7–6(9–7)
- It was Roger Federer's 5th title in Cincinnati making him the only player in history ever to win this tournament five times. Federer won the event without dropping serve throughout the tournament.
Women's singles
Main article: 2012 Western & Southern Open – Women's singles
CHN Li Na defeated GER Angelique Kerber, 1–6, 6–3, 6–1
- It was Li Na's first title of the year and sixth of her career.
Men's doubles
Main article: 2012 Western & Southern Open – Men's doubles
SWE Robert Lindstedt / ROU Horia Tecău defeated IND Mahesh Bhupathi / IND Rohan Bopanna, 6–4, 6–4
Women's doubles
Main article: 2012 Western & Southern Open – Women's doubles
CZE Andrea Hlaváčková / CZE Lucie Hradecká defeated SLO Katarina Srebotnik / CHN Zheng Jie, 6–1, 6–3
References
References
- "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com.
- "WTA Tour rules". wtatour.com.
- "Prize Money internazionali BNL d'Itlaia 2012". internazionalibnlditalia.com.
- (11 August 2012). "Field Getting Finalized Ahead of Opening Weekend". cincytennis.
- (19 August 2012). "Roger Federer Setting New Standards in Record Fifth Cincinnati Title".
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