2012 Australian Open – Women's Singles

Women's Singles
2012 Australian Open
Champion	Victoria Azarenka
Runner-up	Maria Sharapova
Final score	6–3, 6–0

Main article: 2012 Australian Open

Kim Clijsters was the defending champion but lost to Victoria Azarenka in the semifinals.^[1] Azarenka went on to win her maiden Grand Slam title in the final, beating 2008 champion Maria Sharapova 6–3, 6–0.

All four top seeds (Caroline Wozniacki, Petra Kvitová, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova) were in contention for the World No. 1 ranking at the start of the tournament. Azarenka attained the World No. 1 ranking for the first time following the tournament after beating Sharapova in the final.

Seeds

Caroline Wozniacki (Quarterfinals)
Petra Kvitová (Semifinals)
Victoria Azarenka (Champion)
Maria Sharapova (Final)
Li Na (Fourth round)
Samantha Stosur (First round)
Vera Zvonareva (Third round)
Agnieszka Radwańska (Quarterfinals)
Marion Bartoli (Third round)
Francesca Schiavone (Second round)
Kim Clijsters (Semifinals)
Serena Williams (Fourth round)
Jelena Janković (Fourth round)
Sabine Lisicki (Fourth round)
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Second round)
Peng Shuai (Second round)
Dominika Cibulková (Second round)
Svetlana Kuznetsova (Third round)
Flavia Pennetta (First round)
Daniela Hantuchová (Third round)
Ana Ivanovic (Fourth round)
Julia Görges (Fourth round)
Roberta Vinci (Second round)
Lucie Šafářová (First round)
Kaia Kanepi (Second round)
Anabel Medina Garrigues (Third round, retired because of a right ankle injury)^[c]
Maria Kirilenko (Third round, retired because of a left leg injury)^[d]
Yanina Wickmayer (First round)
Nadia Petrova (Second round)
Angelique Kerber (Third round)
Monica Niculescu (Third round)
Petra Cetkovská (Second round)

Qualifying

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Women's Singles Qualifying

Wildcards

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Main Draw Wildcard Entries

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Caroline Wozniacki	3	6⁴
11	Kim Clijsters	6	7⁷
					11	Kim Clijsters	4	6	3

					3	Victoria Azarenka	6	1	6
3	Victoria Azarenka	6⁰	6	6

8	Agnieszka Radwańska	7⁷	0	2
										3	Victoria Azarenka	6	6
										4	Maria Sharapova	3	0
	Ekaterina Makarova	2	3
4	Maria Sharapova	6	6
					4	Maria Sharapova	6	3	6

					2	Petra Kvitová	2	6	4
	Sara Errani	4	4

2	Petra Kvitová	6	6

Top Half

Section 1

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Fourth Round

1	C Wozniacki	6	6
	A Rodionova	2	1		1	C Wozniacki	6	7⁷
WC	A Barty	2	6⁴			A Tatishvili	1	6⁴
	A Tatishvili	6	7⁷							1	C Wozniacki	6	6
	P Parmentier	6	5	6						31	M Niculescu	2	2
	A Kudryavtseva	3	7	3		P Parmentier	6	4	1
	A Cornet	7	0	3	31	M Niculescu	4	6	6
31	M Niculescu	5	6	6										1	C Wozniacki	6	7
24	L Šafářová	2	4											13	J Janković	0	5
	C McHale	6	6			C McHale	3	7⁷	6
Q	I Pavlovic	5	6⁴			M Erakovic	6	6⁴	3
	M Erakovic	7	7⁷								C McHale	2	0
Q	K-c Chang	6	6							13	J Janković	6	6
	P Martić	4	2		Q	K-c Chang	4	2
Q	L Robson	2	0		13	J Janković	6	6
13	J Janković	6	6

Section 2

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Fourth Round

11	K Clijsters	7	6
Q	MJ Köhler	5	1		11	K Clijsters	6	6
	S Foretz Gacon	6	6			S Foretz Gacon	0	1
	E Baltacha	2	4							11	K Clijsters	6	6
	A Rus	6⁴	1							20	D Hantuchová	3	2
	L Tsurenko	7⁷	6			L Tsurenko	6	4	3
Q	V Lepchenko	6	3	2	20	D Hantuchová	4	6	6
20	D Hantuchová	4	6	6										11	K Clijsters	4	7⁸	6
26	A Medina Garrigues	6	6											5	N Li	6	6⁶	4
	E Birnerová	3	3		26	A Medina Garrigues	6	6
	P Mayr-Achleitner	2	4			O Govortsova	1	0
	O Govortsova	6	6							26	A Medina Garrigues	0^r
	S Arvidsson	3	1							5	N Li^[c]	3
WC	O Rogowska	6	6		WC	O Rogowska	2	2
	K Pervak	3	1		5	N Li	6	6
5	N Li	6	6

Section 3

First Round					Second Round				Third Round				Fourth Round

3	V Azarenka	6	6
	H Watson	1	0		3	V Azarenka	6	6
WC	C Dellacqua	6	6		WC	C Dellacqua	1	0
	B Jovanovski	3	2						3	V Azarenka	6	6
	A Keothavong	0	r							M Barthel	2	4
	M Barthel^[a]	6				M Barthel	7	6
	A Morita	6	1	5	32	P Cetkovská	5	3
32	P Cetkovská	3	6	7									3	V Azarenka	6	6
19	F Pennetta	3	6	2										I Benešová	2	2
Q	N Bratchikova	6	1	6	Q	N Bratchikova	6	6
	A Brianti	6	7			A Brianti	2	1
	I Falconi	2	5						Q	N Bratchikova	1	3
	I Benešová	6	2	6						I Benešová	6	6
	M Johansson	3	6	4		I Benešová	6	6
WC	A Rezaï	3	4		16	S Peng	2	4
16	S Peng	6	6

Section 4

First Round					Second Round				Third Round					Fourth Round

10	F Schiavone	6	6
	L Pous Tió	1	3		10	F Schiavone	4	3
	A Yakimova	4	1			R Oprandi	6	6
	R Oprandi	6	6							R Oprandi	6	3	1
	K Date-Krumm	3	2						22	J Görges	3	6	6
	E Daniilidou	6	6			E Daniilidou	2	0^r
	P Hercog	3	6³		22	J Görges^[b]	6	2
22	J Görges	6	7⁷											22	J Görges	1	1
28	Y Wickmayer	5	2											8	A Radwańska	6	6
	G Voskoboeva	7	6			G Voskoboeva	6	6
	T Pironkova	6	6			T Pironkova	4	4
	S Mirza	4	2							G Voskoboeva	2	2
Q	P Ormaechea	6	3	7					8	A Radwańska	6	6
	S Halep	1	6	5	Q	P Ormaechea	3	1
	B Mattek-Sands	7¹²	4	2	8	A Radwańska	6	6
8	A Radwańska	6¹⁰	6	6

Bottom Half

Section 5

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Fourth Round

7	V Zvonareva	7⁷	6⁵	6
	A Dulgheru	6⁴	7⁷	3	7	V Zvonareva	6	7⁷
	E Rodina	3	1			L Hradecká	1	6³
	L Hradecká	6	6							7	V Zvonareva	6⁷	1
	E Makarova	6	2	6							E Makarova	7⁹	6
	T Tanasugarn	0	6	0		E Makarova	6	7
	J Larsson	2	4		25	K Kanepi	2	5
25	K Kanepi	6	6												E Makarova	6	6
17	D Cibulková	6	6											12	S Williams	2	3
	M Rybáriková	3	1		17	D Cibulková	2	6	8
	R Marino	4	2			G Arn	6	3	10
	G Arn	6	6								G Arn	1	1
	I Brémond	0	4							12	S Williams	6	6
	B Záhlavová-Strýcová	6	6			B Záhlavová-Strýcová	0	4
	T Paszek	3	2		12	S Williams	6	6
12	S Williams	6	6

Section 6

First Round					Second Round				Third Round					Fourth Round

14	S Lisicki	6	4	6
Q	S Vögele	2	6	4	14	S Lisicki	6	6
	S Pe'er	6	6			S Pe'er	1	2
WC	I Holland	2	0						14	S Lisicki	2	6	6
	S Stephens	6	6						18	S Kuznetsova	6	4	2
	S Soler-Espinosa	4	2			S Stephens	6⁶	5
	C Scheepers	3	6	0	18	S Kuznetsova	7⁸	7
18	S Kuznetsova	6	3	6										14	S Lisicki	6	2	3
30	A Kerber	6	6											4	M Sharapova	3	6	6
WC	B Bobusic	1	3		30	A Kerber	7	6
	S Dubois	6	1	6		S Dubois	5	1
	E Vesnina	4	6	4					30	A Kerber	1	2
	M Minella	1	1						4	M Sharapova	6	6
Q	J Hampton	6	6		Q	J Hampton	0	1
	G Dulko	0	1		4	M Sharapova	6	6
4	M Sharapova	6	6

Section 7

First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Fourth Round

6	S Stosur	6²	3
	S Cîrstea	7⁷	6			S Cîrstea	1	6	6
Q	A Riske	4	6	2		U Radwańska	6	2	3
	U Radwańska	6	1	6							S Cîrstea	7⁸	0	2
Q	V Savinykh	2	1								S Errani	6⁶	6	6
	S Errani	6	6			S Errani	6	6
Q	A Hlaváčková	3	6	0	29	N Petrova	2	2
29	N Petrova	6	3	6												S Errani	6	6
23	R Vinci	6	6													J Zheng	2	1
	A Cadanțu	0	1		23	R Vinci	4	2
WC	M Keys	2	1			J Zheng	6	6
	J Zheng	6	6								J Zheng	6	6
	J Dokić	6	6							9	M Bartoli	3	3
PR	A Chakvetadze	2	1			J Dokić	3	2
	V Razzano	5	0		9	M Bartoli	6	6
9	M Bartoli	7	6

Section 8

First Round				Second Round					Third Round				Fourth Round

15	A Pavlyuchenkova	7⁷	6
	K Zakopalová	6⁵	1	15	A Pavlyuchenkova	7	3	4
	K Bondarenko	6³	3		V King	5	6	6
	V King	7⁷	6							V King	3	4
	K Barrois	3	6¹³						21	A Ivanovic	6	6
	M Krajicek	6	7¹⁵		M Krajicek	2	3
	L Domínguez Lino	0	3	21	A Ivanovic	6	6
21	A Ivanovic	6	6										21	A Ivanovic	2	6²
27	M Kirilenko	6	6										2	P Kvitová	6	7⁷
	J Gajdošová	4	2	27	M Kirilenko	6	1	6
WC	S Zhang	3	3		A Wozniak	4	6	2
	A Wozniak	6	6						27	M Kirilenko	0	0^r
	I-C Begu	1	5						2	P Kvitová^[d]	6	1
	C Suárez Navarro	6	7		C Suárez Navarro	2	6	4
	V Dushevina	2	0	2	P Kvitová	6	2	6
2	P Kvitová	6	6

Notes

^a Mona Barthel advanced to the second round after Anne Keothavong was forced to retire after the first set because of foodborne illness.^[2]
^b Julia Görges advanced to the third round after Eleni Daniilidou was forced to retire during the second set because of a neck injury.^[3]
^c Li Na advanced to the fourth round after Anabel Medina Garrigues was forced to retire during the first set because of a right ankle injury.^[4]
^d Petra Kvitová advanced to the fourth round after Maria Kirilenko was forced to retire during the second set because of a left leg injury.^[5]

References

General

Source for the draw at australianopen.com
"Australian Open 2012 Women's Singles - Main Draw". itftennis.com. ITF Licensing (UK) Ltd. Retrieved 2012-01-14.

Specific

↑ Clarey, Christoper (2011-01-29). "Clijsters, While Not at Her Best, Is Still Too Much for Li". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
↑ Newman, Paul (2012-01-16). "Down Under & out: Brits crash out of Australian Open". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
↑ Daniilidou, Eleni (2012-01-16). "No Happy End In Round 2". daniilidou.net. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
↑ "Li Na advances after opponent retires". Associated Press (AP). 2012-01-20. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
↑ "Injury hands Kvitova easy win". australianopen.com. IBM Corp., Tennis Australia. 2012-01-21. Retrieved 2012-01-21.

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Australian Open women's singles champions

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