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Tennis tournament
2012 Australian Open
Date16–29 January 2012
Edition100th
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
SurfaceHardcourt (Plexicushion)
LocationMelbourne, Australia
VenueMelbourne Park
Champions
Men's singles
Serbia Novak Djokovic
Women's singles
Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Men's doubles
India Leander Paes / Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
Women's doubles
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova / Russia Vera Zvonareva
Mixed doubles
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Romania Horia Tecău
Wheelchair men's singles
Netherlands Maikel Scheffers
Wheelchair women's singles
Netherlands Esther Vergeer
Wheelchair quad singles
United Kingdom Peter Norfolk
Wheelchair men's doubles
Netherlands Ronald Vink / Netherlands Robin Ammerlaan
Wheelchair women's doubles
Netherlands Esther Vergeer / Netherlands Sharon Walraven
Wheelchair quad doubles
United Kingdom Andrew Lapthorne / United Kingdom Peter Norfolk
Boys' singles
Australia Luke Saville
Girls' singles
United States Taylor Townsend
Boys' doubles
United Kingdom Liam Broady / United Kingdom Joshua Ward-Hibbert
Girls' doubles
United States Gabrielle Andrews / United States Taylor Townsend
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The 2012 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 16 to 29 January 2012. It was the 100th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year. The tournament consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players competed in singles and doubles tournaments.

Novak Djokovic successfully defended his title after he defeated Rafael Nadal in the longest grand slam final in history. The 2012 final passed the 2008 Wimbledon final for the record, finishing after 5 hours and 53 minutes of play. Kim Clijsters was the defending champion for the women's singles, but lost to Victoria Azarenka in the semifinals. Azarenka defeated Maria Sharapova for her first Grand Slam title; and over took Caroline Wozniacki as the number one ranked player on the WTA Tour. In the doubles Leander Paes and Radek Štěpánek won the title. Paes completed a career Grand Slam with the title while Štěpánek won his first Slam. On the women's side an all Russian duo of Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva took the title. The mixed event was won by Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Horia Tecău.

Tournament

The 2012 Australian Open took place in January 2012 at Melbourne Park. The men's singles was staged for the 100th time. There have been 59 different previous winners and the 100th staging of the event was marked by a special coin and the 2012 Champion received a special medallion. The tournament also marked 50 years since Rod Laver won his first Grand Slam. For the first time Hawk-Eye ball tracking system was used on the Margaret Court Arena, while Ken Fletcher was inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.

Seniors points

Stage Men's singles Men's doubles Women's singles Women's doubles
Champion 2000
Runner up 1200 1400
Semifinals 720 900
Quarterfinals 360 500
Round of 16 180 280
Round of 32 90 160
Round of 64 45 0 100 5
Round of 128 10 5
Qualifier 25 60
Qualifying 3rd round 16 50
Qualifying 2nd round 8 40
Qualifying 1st round 0 2

Junior points

Stage Boys singles Boys doubles Girls singles Girls doubles
Champion 250 180 250 180
Runner up 180 120 180 120
Semifinals 120 80 120 80
Quarterfinals 80 50 80 50
Round of 16 50 30 50 30
Round of 32 30 30
Qualifier who loses in first round 25 25
Qualifying final round 20 20

Wheelchair points

Stage Men's singles Men's doubles Women's singles Women's doubles Quad singles Quad doubles
Champion 800
Runner up 500 100
Semifinals/3rd 375 100 375 100 375
Quarterfinals/4th 100 100 100

Prize money

The 2012 Australian Open was the richest Grand Slam tournament in history, with the singles champions pocketing 2.3 million dollars. All prize money is in Australian dollars (AUD); doubles prize money is distributed per pair.

Men's and women's singles

  • Winners: $2,300,000
  • Runners-up: $1,150,000
  • Semi-finalists: $437,000
  • Quarter-finalists: $218,500
  • Fourth round: $109,250
  • Third round: $54,625
  • Second round: $33,300
  • First round: $20,000


Men's and women's doubles

  • Winners: $454,500
  • Runners-up: $227,250
  • Semi-finalists: $113,000
  • Quarter-finalists: $56,000
  • Third round: $31,500
  • Second round: $17,200
  • First round: $9,600


Mixed doubles

  • Winners: $135,500
  • Runners-up: $67,500
  • Semi-finalists: $33,900
  • Quarter-finalists: $15,500
  • Second round: $7,800
  • First round: $3,800

Day-by-day summaries

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries

Events

Seniors

Men's singles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Men's singles See also: 2012 Australian Open – Men's singles final

Novak Djokovic was the defending champion and won in the final 5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–7, 7–5 against Rafael Nadal entering the season as reigning world number 1 for the first time of his career. It was the longest match in the history of the Australian Open, and in fact, the longest ever singles final in the Open Era in Grand Slam history; clocked at 5 hours and 53 minutes and ending after midnight with Nadal memorable saying after the match "good morning." It marked the fifth Grand Slam of Djokovic's career and his 3rd Australian Open. It also marked the first time that he had defended a Grand Slam title. After winning the 2012 Australian Open, Djokovic had an opportunity to become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four Grand Slams at the same time, after winning the previous two in 2011. Nadal became the first player to lose in the final of three consecutive Grand Slams in the Open Era.

Championship match result Serbia Novak Djokovic defeated Spain Rafael Nadal, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–7, 7–5

Women's singles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Women's singles

Victoria Azarenka won her first Grand Slam title, becoming the first Belarusian player to win a Grand Slam in singles, by defeating Maria Sharapova in the final. She also became the 21st player to be ranked World No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association on 30 January 2012 as a result of this win. It was Azarenka's 2nd title of the year and 10th of her career.

Championship match result Belarus Victoria Azarenka defeated Russia Maria Sharapova, 6–3, 6–0

Men's doubles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Men's doubles

India Leander Paes / Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek defeated United States Bob Bryan / United States Mike Bryan, 7–6, 6–2

Women's doubles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Women's doubles

Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova / Russia Vera Zvonareva defeated Italy Sara Errani / Italy Roberta Vinci, 5–7, 6–4, 6–3

Mixed doubles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Mixed doubles

United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Romania Horia Tecău defeated Russia Elena Vesnina / India Leander Paes, 6–3, 5–7,

Juniors

Boys' singles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Boys' singles

Australia Luke Saville defeated Canada Filip Peliwo, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4

Girls' singles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Girls' singles

United States Taylor Townsend defeated Russia Yulia Putintseva, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3

Boys' doubles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Boys' doubles

United Kingdom Liam Broady / United Kingdom Joshua Ward-Hibbert defeated Czech Republic Adam Pavlásek / Croatia Filip Veger, 6–3, 6–2

Girls' doubles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Girls' doubles

United States Gabrielle Andrews / United States Taylor Townsend defeated Russia Irina Khromacheva / Montenegro Danka Kovinić, 5–7, 7–5,

Other events

Wheelchair men's singles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's singles

Netherlands Maikel Scheffers defeated France Nicolas Peifer, 3–6, 7–6, 6–0

Wheelchair women's singles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair women's singles

Netherlands Esther Vergeer defeated Netherlands Aniek van Koot, 6–0, 6–0

Wheelchair quad singles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair quad singles

United Kingdom Peter Norfolk defeated United States David Wagner, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2

Wheelchair men's doubles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's doubles

Netherlands Ronald Vink / Netherlands Robin Ammerlaan defeated France Stéphane Houdet / France Nicolas Peifer, 6–2, 4–6, 6–1

Wheelchair women's doubles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair women's doubles

Netherlands Esther Vergeer / Netherlands Sharon Walraven defeated Netherlands Aniek van Koot / Netherlands Marjolein Buis, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4

Wheelchair quad doubles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair quad doubles

United Kingdom Andrew Lapthorne / United Kingdom Peter Norfolk defeated United States David Wagner / Israel Noam Gershony, 6–4, 6–2

Broadcast

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The host broadcaster of the event was the Seven Network which ran all day and night coverage on its primary channel and its digital channel 7Two from 11 am until the close of play around midnight Melbourne time. 2012 is the first year Seven has aired live primetime play across the entire country, switching coverage to 7Two for various live news and Today Tonight broadcasts in different time zones of Australia. Associated media partnership Yahoo!7 (co-owned by Seven and Yahoo!) saw more than 100 000 viewers check into live match coverage via the Fango mobile app, with check-ins peaking during the Hewitt vs. Djokovic match in the Open's fourth round.

The event was also shown in Australia on Fox Sports which broadcast secondary matches live.

Singles players

Men's singles

Champion Runner-up
Serbia Novak Djokovic Spain Rafael Nadal
Semifinals out
United Kingdom Andy Murray Switzerland Roger Federer
Quarterfinals out
Spain David Ferrer Japan Kei Nishikori Argentina Juan Martín del Potro Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych
4th round out
Australia Lleyton Hewitt (WC) France Richard Gasquet Kazakhstan Mikhail Kukushkin France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber Australia Bernard Tomic Spain Nicolás Almagro Spain Feliciano López
3rd round out
France Nicolas Mahut Canada Milos Raonic Serbia Janko Tipsarević Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela
France Michaël Llodra France Gaël Monfils France Julien Benneteau Portugal Fred Gil
Colombia Alejandro Falla Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun Ukraine Alexandr Dolgopolov Croatia Ivo Karlović
South Africa Kevin Anderson Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka United States John Isner Slovakia Lukáš Lacko (Q)
2nd round out
Colombia Santiago Giraldo Japan Tatsuma Ito (WC) Germany Philipp Petzschner United States Andy Roddick
Australia James Duckworth (WC) Kazakhstan Andrey Golubev (Q) Spain Pablo Andújar United States Ryan Sweeting
France Édouard Roger-Vasselin Russia Alex Bogomolov Jr. Serbia Viktor Troicki Brazil Thomaz Bellucci
France Gilles Simon Australia Matthew Ebden Spain Marcel Granollers Brazil Ricardo Mello
United States Mardy Fish Spain Pere Riba France Florent Serra (Q) Slovenia Blaž Kavčič
Germany Tobias Kamke United States Sam Querrey Argentina Carlos Berlocq Germany Andreas Beck
Belgium Olivier Rochus Ukraine Sergiy Stakhovsky Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov
Argentina David Nalbandian Italy Flavio Cipolla United States Donald Young Germany Tommy Haas (PR)
1st round out
Italy Paolo Lorenzi Italy Matteo Viola (Q) Italy Potito Starace Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
Italy Filippo Volandri Czech Republic Lukáš Rosol Germany Cedrik-Marcel Stebe Netherlands Robin Haase
Russia Dmitry Tursunov Estonia Jürgen Zopp (Q) Russia Mikhail Youzhny Italy Andreas Seppi
United States Michael Russell Russia Igor Kunitsyn Germany Matthias Bachinger Portugal Rui Machado
United States Ryan Harrison Belgium Xavier Malisse Latvia Ernests Gulbis Spain Daniel Gimeno Traver
Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero Spain Guillermo García López Israel Dudi Sela Australia Marinko Matosevic (WC)
Thailand Danai Udomchoke (Q) Slovakia Karol Beck Brazil João Souza France Stéphane Robert
United States Jesse Levine (WC) Croatia Ivan Dodig Spain Roberto Bautista Agut (Q) Uzbekistan Denis Istomin
Luxembourg Gilles Müller Italy Fabio Fognini Spain Albert Montañés Argentina Juan Mónaco
South Africa Rik de Voest (LL) Belgium Steve Darcis United Kingdom James Ward (Q) France Adrian Mannarino
Australia Greg Jones (WC) Romania Victor Hănescu France Kenny de Schepper (WC) Spain Fernando Verdasco
Austria Jürgen Melzer Netherlands Jesse Huta Galung (Q) France Éric Prodon Russia Alexander Kudryavtsev (Q)
Spain Albert Ramos Viñolas Germany Björn Phau (Q) Ukraine Illya Marchenko (Q) Denmark Frederik Nielsen (Q)
France Benoît Paire Germany Benjamin Becker (PR) France Jérémy Chardy Poland Łukasz Kubot
Australia Benjamin Mitchell (WC) Finland Jarkko Nieminen Russia Nikolay Davydenko Argentina Leonardo Mayer
Croatia Ivan Ljubičić Germany Peter Gojowczyk (Q) United States Denis Kudla (Q) United States Alex Kuznetsov (Q)

Women's singles

Champion Runner-up
Belarus Victoria Azarenka Russia Maria Sharapova
Semifinals out
Belgium Kim Clijsters Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
Quarterfinals out
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki Poland Agnieszka Radwańska Russia Ekaterina Makarova Italy Sara Errani
4th round out
Serbia Jelena Janković China Li Na Czech Republic Iveta Benešová Germany Julia Görges
United States Serena Williams Germany Sabine Lisicki China Zheng Jie Serbia Ana Ivanovic
3rd round out
Romania Monica Niculescu United States Christina McHale Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Germany Mona Barthel Russia Nina Bratchikova (Q) Italy Romina Oprandi Kazakhstan Galina Voskoboeva
Russia Vera Zvonareva Hungary Gréta Arn Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova Germany Angelique Kerber
Romania Sorana Cîrstea France Marion Bartoli United States Vania King Russia Maria Kirilenko
2nd round out
Georgia (country) Anna Tatishvili France Pauline Parmentier New Zealand Marina Erakovic Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen (Q)
France Stéphanie Foretz Gacon Ukraine Lesia Tsurenko Belarus Olga Govortsova Australia Olivia Rogowska (WC)
Australia Casey Dellacqua (WC) Czech Republic Petra Cetkovská Italy Alberta Brianti China Peng Shuai
Italy Francesca Schiavone Greece Eleni Daniilidou Bulgaria Tsvetana Pironkova Argentina Paula Ormaechea (Q)
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká Estonia Kaia Kanepi Slovakia Dominika Cibulková Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Israel Shahar Pe'er United States Sloane Stephens Canada Stéphanie Dubois United States Jamie Hampton (Q)
Poland Urszula Radwańska Russia Nadia Petrova Italy Roberta Vinci Australia Jelena Dokić
Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek Canada Aleksandra Wozniak Spain Carla Suárez Navarro
1st round out
Australia Anastasia Rodionova Australia Ashleigh Barty (WC) Russia Alla Kudryavtseva France Alizé Cornet
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová France Irena Pavlovic (Q) Croatia Petra Martić United Kingdom Laura Robson (Q)
Portugal Maria João Köhler (Q) United Kingdom Elena Baltacha Netherlands Arantxa Rus United States Varvara Lepchenko (Q)
Czech Republic Eva Birnerová Austria Patricia Mayr-Achleitner Sweden Sofia Arvidsson Kazakhstan Ksenia Pervak
United Kingdom Heather Watson Serbia Bojana Jovanovski United Kingdom Anne Keothavong Japan Ayumi Morita
Italy Flavia Pennetta United States Irina Falconi France Mathilde Johansson France Aravane Rezaï (WC)
Spain Laura Pous Tió Belarus Anastasiya Yakimova Japan Kimiko Date-Krumm Slovenia Polona Hercog
Belgium Yanina Wickmayer India Sania Mirza Romania Simona Halep United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Romania Alexandra Dulgheru Russia Evgeniya Rodina Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn Sweden Johanna Larsson
Slovakia Magdaléna Rybáriková Canada Rebecca Marino France Iryna Brémond Austria Tamira Paszek
Switzerland Stefanie Vögele (Q) Australia Isabella Holland (WC) Spain Sílvia Soler-Espinosa South Africa Chanelle Scheepers
Australia Bojana Bobusic (WC) Russia Elena Vesnina Luxembourg Mandy Minella Argentina Gisela Dulko
Australia Samantha Stosur United States Alison Riske (Q) Russia Valeria Savinykh (Q) Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
Romania Alexandra Cadanțu United States Madison Keys (WC) Russia Anna Chakvetadze (PR) France Virginie Razzano
Czech Republic Klára Zakopalová Ukraine Kateryna Bondarenko Germany Kristina Barrois Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Australia Jarmila Gajdošová China Zhang Shuai (WC) Romania Irina-Camelia Begu Russia Vera Dushevina

Singles seeds

Seeds and Rankings are as of 9 January 2012 and Points are as of 16 January 2012.

Men's singles

Sd Rk Player Points Points
defending
Points won New points Status
1 1 Serbia Novak Djokovic 13,630 2,000 2,000 13,630 Champion, won in the final against Spain Rafael Nadal
2 2 Spain Rafael Nadal 9,595 360 1,200 10,435 Runner-up, Final lost to Serbia Novak Djokovic
3 3 Switzerland Roger Federer 8,010 720 720 8,010 Semifinals lost to Spain Rafael Nadal
4 4 United Kingdom Andy Murray 7,380 1,200 720 6,900 Semifinals lost to Serbia Novak Djokovic
5 5 Spain David Ferrer 4,925 720 360 4,565 Quarterfinals lost to Serbia Novak Djokovic
6 6 France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 4,335 90 180 4,425 Fourth round lost to Japan Kei Nishikori
7 7 Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych 3,700 360 360 3,700 Quarterfinals lost to Spain Rafael Nadal
8 8 United States Mardy Fish 2,965 45 45 2,965 Second round lost to Colombia Alejandro Falla
9 9 Serbia Janko Tipsarević 2,655 45 90 2,700 Third round lost to France Richard Gasquet
10 10 Spain Nicolás Almagro 2,380 180 180 2,380 Fourth round lost to Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych
11 11 Argentina Juan Martín del Potro 2,315 45 360 2,630 Quarterfinals lost to Switzerland Roger Federer
12 12 France Gilles Simon 2,005 45 45 2,005 Second round lost to France Julien Benneteau
13 14 Ukraine Alexandr Dolgopolov 2,030 360 90 1,760 Third round lost to Australia Bernard Tomic
14 15 France Gaël Monfils 1,970 90 90 1,970 Third round lost to Kazakhstan Mikhail Kukushkin
15 16 United States Andy Roddick 1,880 180 45 1,745 Second round retired against Australia Lleyton Hewitt
16 17 United States John Isner 1,800 90 90 1,800 Third round lost to Spain Feliciano López
17 18 France Richard Gasquet 1,765 90 180 1,855 Fourth round lost to Spain David Ferrer
18 19 Spain Feliciano López 1,755 45 180 1,890 Fourth round lost to Spain Rafael Nadal
19 21 Serbia Viktor Troicki 1,595 90 45 1,550 Second round lost to Kazakhstan Mikhail Kukushkin
20 22 Germany Florian Mayer 1,630 45 0 1,585 withdrew due to hip strain
21 23 Switzerland Stan Wawrinka 1,615 360 90 1,345 Third round lost to Spain Nicolás Almagro
22 24 Spain Fernando Verdasco 1,550 180 10 1,380 First round lost to Australia Bernard Tomic
23 25 Canada Milos Raonic 1,460 205 90 1,345 Third round lost to Australia Lleyton Hewitt
24 26 Japan Kei Nishikori 1,410 90 360 1,680 Quarterfinals lost to United Kingdom Andy Murray
25 27 Argentina Juan Mónaco 1,335 45 10 1,300 First round lost to Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber
26 28 Spain Marcel Granollers 1,315 10 45 1,350 Second round lost to Portugal Frederico Gil
27 29 Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela 1,270 10 90 1,350 Third round lost to Spain David Ferrer
28 30 Croatia Ivan Ljubičić 1,270 90 10 1,190 First round lost to Slovakia Lukáš Lacko
29 31 Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek 1,230 45 10 1,195 First round lost to France Nicolas Mahut
30 32 South Africa Kevin Anderson 1,190 10 90 1,270 Third round lost to Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych
31 33 Austria Jürgen Melzer 1,170 180 10 1,000 First round lost to Croatia Ivo Karlović
32 34 Russia Alex Bogomolov Jr. 1,135 45 45 1,135 Second round lost to France Michaël Llodra

Withdrawn players (men's singles)

Rank Player Points Points defending New points Withdrew due to
13 Sweden Robin Söderling 2,120 180 1,940 mononucleosis
20 Croatia Marin Čilić 1,665 180 1,485 patella tendon injury

Women's singles

Sd Rk Player Points Points
defending
Points won New points Status
1 1 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 7,485 900 500 7,085 Quarterfinals lost to Belgium Kim Clijsters
2 2 Czech Republic Petra Kvitová 7,290 500 900 7,690 Semifinals lost to Russia Maria Sharapova
3 3 Belarus Victoria Azarenka 6,865 280 2,000 8,585 Champion, won in the final against Russia Maria Sharapova
4 4 Russia Maria Sharapova 6,440 280 1,400 7,560 Runner-up, Final lost to Belarus Victoria Azarenka
5 5 China Li Na 5,570 1,400 280 4,450 Fourth round lost to Belgium Kim Clijsters
6 6 Australia Samantha Stosur 5,585 160 5 5,430 First round lost to Romania Sorana Cîrstea
7 7 Russia Vera Zvonareva 5,435 900 160 4,695 Third round lost to Russia Ekaterina Makarova
8 8 Poland Agnieszka Radwańska 5,330 500 500 5,330 Quarterfinals lost to Belarus Victoria Azarenka
9 9 France Marion Bartoli 4,710 100 160 4,770 Third round lost to China Zheng Jie
10 11 Italy Francesca Schiavone 4,040 500 100 3,640 Second round lost to Italy Romina Oprandi
11 12 Belgium Kim Clijsters 3,041 2,000 900 1,941 Semifinals lost to Belarus Victoria Azarenka
12 13 United States Serena Williams 3,300 0 280 3,580 Fourth round lost to Russia Ekaterina Makarova
13 14 Serbia Jelena Janković 3,115 100 280 3,295 Fourth round lost to Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
14 15 Germany Sabine Lisicki 2,903 (40) 280 3,143 Fourth round lost to Russia Maria Sharapova
15 16 Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2,795 160 100 2,735 Second round lost to United States Vania King
16 17 China Peng Shuai 2,760 280 100 2,580 Second round lost to Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
17 18 Slovakia Dominika Cibulková 2,695 160 100 2,635 Second round lost to Hungary Gréta Arn
18 19 Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 2,646 280 160 2,526 Third round lost to Germany Sabine Lisicki
19 20 Italy Flavia Pennetta 2,570 280 5 2,295 First round lost to Russia Nina Bratchikova
20 21 Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová 2,295 5 160 2,450 Third round lost to Belgium Kim Clijsters
21 22 Serbia Ana Ivanovic 2,260 5 280 2,535 Fourth round lost to Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
22 23 Germany Julia Görges 2,225 160 280 2,345 Fourth round lost to Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
23 24 Italy Roberta Vinci 2,115 5 100 2,210 Second round lost to China Zheng Jie
24 25 Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová 2,120 160 5 1,965 First round lost to United States Christina McHale
25 26 Estonia Kaia Kanepi 2,049 100 100 2,049 Second round lost to Russia Ekaterina Makarova
26 27 Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues 1,950 5 160 2,105 Third round retired against China Li Na
27 28 Russia Maria Kirilenko 1,930 100 160 1,990 Third round retired against Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
28 29 Belgium Yanina Wickmayer 2,050 100 5 1,955 First round lost to Kazakhstan Galina Voskoboeva
29 30 Russia Nadia Petrova 1,765 160 100 1,705 Second round lost to Italy Sara Errani
30 31 Germany Angelique Kerber 1,810 5 160 1,965 Third round lost to Russia Maria Sharapova
31 32 Romania Monica Niculescu 1,725 160 160 1,725 Third round lost to Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
32 33 Czech Republic Petra Cetkovská 1,666 (18) 100 1,748 Second round lost to Germany Mona Barthel

Withdrawn players (women's singles)

Rank Player Points Points defending New points Withdrew due to
10 Germany Andrea Petkovic 4,500 500 4,000 stress fracture

Main draw wildcard entries

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

Protected ranking

Men's singles

Women's singles

Qualifying entries

Men's singles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying

The following players received as a lucky loser:

Women's singles

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries.

Men's singles

Original player Replacement
Germany Michael Berrer France Édouard Roger-Vasselin
United States James Blake Brazil João Souza
Croatia Marin Čilić Portugal Frederico Gil
India Somdev Devvarman Italy Paolo Lorenzi
Chile Fernando González France Jérémy Chardy
France Paul-Henri Mathieu France Stéphane Robert
Germany Florian Mayer South Africa Rik de Voest
Spain Tommy Robredo Spain Daniel Gimeno Traver
Sweden Robin Söderling Slovakia Karol Beck

Women's singles

Original player Replacement
Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky Canada Aleksandra Wozniak
Russia Alisa Kleybanova Poland Urszula Radwańska
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez Ukraine Lesia Tsurenko
Germany Andrea Petkovic Belarus Olga Govortsova
Latvia Anastasija Sevastova Australia Anastasia Rodionova
United States Venus Williams Luxembourg Mandy Minella

Juniors

Below is a list of the sixteen seeds for the boys and girls singles and the eight qualifiers for each event.

Singles seeds

Boys' singles
Sd Player
1 Australia Luke Saville
2 Brazil Thiago Monteiro
3 United Kingdom Liam Broady
4 Japan Kaichi Uchida
5 Portugal Frederico Ferreira Silva
6 Australia Andrew Harris
7 United Kingdom Kyle Edmund
8 Italy Stefano Napolitano
9 Serbia Nikola Milojević
10 Czech Republic Adam Pavlásek
11 Belgium Kimmer Coppejans
12 Belgium Julien Cagnina
13 Australia Nick Kyrgios
14 United States Connor Farren
15 Finland Herkko Pöllänen
16 Egypt Karim Hossam
Girls' singles
Sd Player
1 Russia Irina Khromacheva
2 Canada Eugenie Bouchard
3 Estonia Anett Kontaveit
4 Russia Yulia Putintseva
5 Netherlands Indy de Vroome
6 Russia Elizaveta Kulichkova
7 Montenegro Danka Kovinić
8 Slovakia Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
9 China Zheng Saisai
10 Romania Ilka Csöregi
11 Poland Zuzanna Maciejewska
12 Uzbekistan Sabina Sharipova
13 Croatia Donna Vekić
14 United States Taylor Townsend
15 Russia Varvara Flink
16 United States Kyle McPhillips

Wheelchair tennis

The field consisted of top seven ranked players in the men's and women's singles, the three top three ranked players in the quad singles category and one wildcard was chosen for each draw.

Singles seeds

Men's singles

Women

Quad

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