2012 Sony Ericsson Open
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| 2012 Sony Ericsson Open | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Date | March 19 – April 1 |
| Edition | 28th |
| Category | Masters 1000 (ATP) Premier Mandatory (WTA) |
| Surface | Hard / Outdoor |
| Location | Key Biscayne, Miami, United States |
| Venue | Tennis Center at Crandon Park |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles | |
 Novak Djokovic | |
| Women's singles | |
 Agnieszka Radwańska | |
| Men's doubles | |
 Leander Paes /  Radek Štěpánek | |
| Women's doubles | |
 Maria Kirilenko / Nadia Petrova | |
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. 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.
Points and prize money
[edit]Point distribution
[edit]| Stage | Men's singles[1] | Men's doubles[1] | Women's singles[2] | Women's doubles[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 1000 | |||
| Runner up | 600 | 700 | ||
| Semifinals | 360 | 450 | ||
| Quarterfinals | 180 | 250 | ||
| Round of 16 | 90 | 140 | ||
| Round of 32 | 45 | 80 | ||
| Round of 64 | 25 (10) | 0 | 50 | 0 |
| Round of 128 | 10 | – | 5 | – |
| Qualifier | 16 | 30 | ||
| Qualifying Finalist | 8 | 20 | ||
| Qualifying 1st round | 0 | 1 | ||
Prize money
[edit]The total commitment prize money for this year's event was $4,828,050 each (WTA Tour and ATP World Tour).[3]
| Stage | Men's singles | Men's doubles | Women's singles | Women's doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | $659,775 | $216,190 | $712,000 | $241,010 |
| Runner up | $321,990 | $105,500 | $352,000 | $121,000 |
| Semifinals | $161,375 | $52,880 | $164,000 | $55,000 |
| Quarterfinals | $82,270 | $26,950 | $79,000 | $25,965 |
| Round of 16 | $43,370 | $14,210 | $39,000 | $12,750 |
| Round of 32 | $23,210 | $7,610 | $21,000 | $6,000 |
| Round of 64 | $12,530 | – | $12,725 | – |
| Round of 96 | $7,680 | $7,700 |
Players
[edit]Men's singles
[edit]Seeds
[edit]| 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
[edit]The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Roberto Bautista Agut
Simone Bolelli
Sergei Bubka
Arnaud Clément
Frank Dancevic- Guillermo García López
David Goffin
Björn Phau
Rajeev Ram- Édouard Roger-Vasselin
- Guillaume Rufin
Antonio Veić
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
[edit]- Juan Carlos Ferrero → replaced by
Matthew Ebden - Fabio Fognini → replaced by Benjamin Becker
- Ivan Ljubičić → replaced by
Grigor Dimitrov 
Rui Machado → replaced by Steve Darcis- Albert Montañés → replaced by Flavio Cipolla
- Philipp Petzschner → replaced by Tobias Kamke
Robin Söderling (mononucleosis) → replaced by 
Igor Kunitsyn- Dmitry Tursunov → replaced by
David Nalbandian - Filippo Volandri → replaced by Sam Querrey
Stanislas Wawrinka → replaced by Nicolas Mahut- Mikhail Youzhny → replaced by Frederico Gil
Retirements
[edit]
Denis Istomin (illness)
Yen-Hsun Lu (neck injury)- Rafael Nadal (left knee injury)
- Milos Raonic (sprained right ankle)
Men's doubles
[edit]Seeds
[edit]| 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
[edit]The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Retirements
[edit]- Milos Raonic (ankle injury)
Women's singles
[edit]Seeds
[edit]| 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
[edit]The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
Bojana Jovanovski- Alisa Kleybanova
- Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco
- Olivia Rogowska
Heather Watson- Venus Williams
- Aleksandra Wozniak
Zhang Shuai
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Eva Birnerová- Kateryna Bondarenko
- Alizé Cornet
Melinda Czink
Misaki Doi- Vera Dushevina
- Stéphanie Foretz Gacon
- Jamie Hampton
- Madison Keys
Urszula Radwańska- Valeria Savinykh
- Sloane Stephens
Withdrawals
[edit]- Anna Chakvetadze → replaced by Kimiko Date-Krumm
Alexandra Dulgheru → replaced by 
Michaëlla Krajicek- Rebecca Marino → replaced by Gréta Arn
- María José Martínez Sánchez → replaced by
Eleni Daniilidou - Bethanie Mattek-Sands → replaced by Lourdes Domínguez Lino
- Romina Oprandi → replaced by Sílvia Soler Espinosa
- Andrea Petkovic → replaced by
Anna Tatishvili
Retirements
[edit]- Ayumi Morita (shoulder injury)
Tamira Paszek (back injury)
Women's doubles
[edit]Seeds
[edit]| 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
[edit]The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Dominika Cibulková / Jelena Janković- Gisela Dulko / Paola Suárez
- Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Petra Kvitová
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Lucie Šafářová
Finals
[edit]Men's singles
[edit] Novak Djokovic defeated 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
[edit] Agnieszka Radwańska defeated 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
[edit] Leander Paes / Radek Štěpánek defeated Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor 3–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Women's doubles
[edit] Maria Kirilenko / Nadia Petrova defeated Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci, 7–6(7–0), 4–6, [10–4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ a b "WTA Tour rules" (PDF). wtatour.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ "2012 Prize Money". Archived from the original on 2010-03-30. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
External links
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