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2012 Western & Southern Open


FieldValue
dateAugust 11–19
edition111th (men) / 84th (women)
surfaceHard / outdoor
locationMason, Ohio, United States
venueLindner Family Tennis Center
categoryATP World Tour Masters 1000 (men)
WTA Premier 5 (women)
champmsSUI Roger Federer
champwsCHN Li Na
champmdSWE Robert Lindstedt / ROU Horia Tecău
champwdCZE Andrea Hlaváčková / CZE Lucie Hradecká
main_nameCincinnati 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

StageMen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's singlesWomen's doublesChampionRunner upSemifinalsQuarterfinalsRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64QualifierQualifying FinalistQualifying 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

StageMen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's singlesWomen's doublesChampionRunner upSemifinalsQuarterfinalsRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Final round qualifyingFirst 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:

CountryPlayerRankingSeeds
SUIRoger Federer11
SRBNovak Djokovic22
GBRAndy Murray43
ESPDavid Ferrer54
CZETomáš Berdych75
ARGJuan Martín del Potro86
SRBJanko Tipsarević97
ARGJuan Mónaco108
USAJohn Isner119
USAMardy Fish1310
FRAGilles Simon1411
CROMarin Čilić1512
UKRAlexandr Dolgopolov1613
JPNKei Nishikori1714
GERPhilipp Kohlschreiber1815
USAAndy Roddick2016

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

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
BLRMax MirnyiCANDaniel Nestor21
USABob BryanUSAMike Bryan62
POLMariusz FyrstenbergPOLMarcin Matkowski133
SWERobert LindstedtROUHoria Tecău214
INDLeander PaesCZERadek Štěpánek215
INDMahesh BhupathiINDRohan Bopanna286
ESPMarcel GranollersESPMarc López337
PAKAisam-ul-Haq QureshiNEDJean-Julien Rojer338
  • 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

CountryPlayerRankingSeeds
POLAgnieszka Radwańska31
USASerena Williams42
AUSSamantha Stosur53
CZEPetra Kvitová64
GERAngelique Kerber75
DENCaroline Wozniacki86
ITASara Errani97
FRAMarion Bartoli108
CHNLi Na119
SRBAna Ivanovic1210
SVKDominika Cibulková1311
RUSMaria Kirilenko1412
SRBJelena Janković1813
ITAFrancesca Schiavone2114
RUSNadia Petrova2215
CZELucie Šafářová2316
RUSAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova2417

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

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
USALiezel HuberUSALisa Raymond21
ITASara ErraniITARoberta Vinci72
USAVania KingKAZYaroslava Shvedova113
RUSMaria KirilenkoRUSNadia Petrova164
CZEAndrea HlaváčkováCZELucie Hradecká185
ESPNuria Llagostera VivesESPMaría José Martínez Sánchez376
USARaquel Kops-JonesUSAAbigail Spears397
SLOKatarina SrebotnikCHNZheng Jie418
  • 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

  1. "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com.
  2. "WTA Tour rules". wtatour.com.
  3. "Prize Money internazionali BNL d'Itlaia 2012". internazionalibnlditalia.com.
  4. (11 August 2012). "Field Getting Finalized Ahead of Opening Weekend". cincytennis.
  5. (19 August 2012). "Roger Federer Setting New Standards in Record Fifth Cincinnati Title".
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