2012_Internazionali_BNL_d'Italia
2012 Italian Open (tennis)
Tennis tournament
The 2012 Italian Open[1][2][3][4][5] (also known as the 2012 Rome Masters[6][7][8][9] and sponsored title 2012 Internazionali BNL d'Italia) was a tennis tournament, being played on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. It was the 69th edition of the Italian Open and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2012 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place from 14 to 21 May 2012, because rain delayed the Men's final to Monday.[10]
Quick Facts Date, Edition ...
| 2012 Italian Open | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 14 – 21 May | |||
| Edition | 69th | |||
| Category | World Tour Masters 1000 Premier 5 | |||
| Surface | Clay / Outdoor | |||
| Location | Rome, Italy | |||
| Venue | Foro Italico | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Men's singles | ||||
 Rafael Nadal[1] | ||||
| Women's singles | ||||
 Maria Sharapova[2] | ||||
| Men's doubles | ||||
| Marcel Granollers / Marc López | ||||
| Women's doubles | ||||
 Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci | ||||
| ||||
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Point distribution
More information Stage, Men's singles ...
| Stage | Men's singles[11] | Men's doubles[11] | Women's singles[12] | Women's doubles[12] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 1000 | 900 | ||
| Runner up | 600 | 620 | ||
| Semifinals | 360 | 395 | ||
| Quarterfinals | 180 | 225 | ||
| Round of 16 | 90 | 125 | ||
| Round of 32 | 45 | 10 | 70 | 1 |
| Round of 64 | 10 | – | 1 | – |
| Qualifier | 25 | 30 | ||
| Qualifying Finalist | 16 | 20 | ||
| Qualifying 1st round | 0 | 1 | ||
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Prize money
More information Stage, Men's singles ...
| Stage | Men's singles[13] | Men's doubles[13] | Women's singles[13] | Women's doubles[13] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | €460,260 | €142,500 | $385,000 | $110,000 |
| Runner up | €225,680 | €69,780 | $192,000 | $55,000 |
| Semifinals | €113,580 | €35,000 | $95,100 | $27,525 |
| Quarterfinals | €57,755 | €17,970 | $44,250 | $13,850 |
| Round of 16 | €30,000 | €9,290 | $22,000 | $7,000 |
| Round of 32 | €15,810 | €4,900 | $11,300 | $3,500 |
| Round of 64 | €8,535 | – | $5,800 | – |
| Final round qualifying | €1,965 | $3,200 | ||
| First round qualifying | €1,000 | $1,650 |
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Seeds
More information Country, Player ...
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 SRB |
Novak Djokovic | 1 | 1 |
 SUI |
Roger Federer | 2 | 3 |
| ESP |
Rafael Nadal | 3 | 2 |
 GBR |
Andy Murray | 4 | 4 |
 FRA |
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 5 | 5 |
| ESP |
David Ferrer | 6 | 6 |
 CZE |
Tomáš Berdych | 7 | 7 |
| SRB |
Janko Tipsarević | 8 | 8 |
 USA |
John Isner | 10 | 9 |
 ARG |
Juan Martín del Potro | 11 | 10 |
| FRA |
Gilles Simon | 12 | 11 |
| ESP |
Nicolás Almagro | 13 | 12 |
| FRA |
Gaël Monfils | 14 | 13 |
| ARG |
Juan Mónaco | 15 | 14 |
| ESP |
Feliciano López | 16 | 15 |
| FRA |
Richard Gasquet | 18 | 16 |
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- Rankings are as of 15 May 2012
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Withdrawals
Mardy Fish
Kei Nishikori (stomach injury)[15]
Robin Söderling (mononucleosis)[16]
Retirements
Seeds
More information Country, Player ...
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 BLR |
Max Mirnyi |  CAN |
Daniel Nestor | 6 | 1 |
| USA |
Bob Bryan | USA |
Mike Bryan | 6 | 2 |
| FRA |
Michaël Llodra | SRB |
Nenad Zimonjić | 11 | 3 |
 SWE |
Robert Lindstedt |  ROU |
Horia Tecău | 17 | 4 |
 IND |
Leander Paes | CZE |
Marcin Matkowski | 20 | 5 |
 POL |
Mariusz Fyrstenberg | POL |
Radek Štěpánek | 20 | 6 |
| IND |
Mahesh Bhupathi | IND |
Rohan Bopanna | 27 | 7 |
 AUT |
Alexander Peya |  PAK |
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | 32 | 8 |
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- Rankings are as of 15 May 2012
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Retirements
Seeds
More information Country, Player ...
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLR |
Victoria Azarenka | 1 | 1 |
| RUS |
Maria Sharapova | 2 | 2 |
| POL |
Agnieszka Radwańska | 3 | 3 |
| CZE |
Petra Kvitová | 4 | 4 |
 AUS |
Samantha Stosur | 5 | 5 |
 DEN |
Caroline Wozniacki | 6 | 6 |
| FRA |
Marion Bartoli | 7 | 7 |
 CHN |
Li Na | 8 | 8 |
| USA |
Serena Williams | 9 | 9 |
| ITA |
Francesca Schiavone | 11 | 10 |
 GER |
Sabine Lisicki | 13 | 11 |
| GER |
Angelique Kerber | 14 | 12 |
| SRB |
Ana Ivanovic | 15 | 13 |
 SVK |
Dominika Cibulková | 16 | 14 |
| SRB |
Jelena Janković | 18 | 15 |
| RUS |
Maria Kirilenko | 19 | 16 |
Close
- Rankings are as of 7 May 2012
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Withdrawals
Mona Barthel
Daniela Hantuchová (foot injury)[17]
Kaia Kanepi (foot injury)[17]- Andrea Petkovic (ankle injury)[18]
Vera Zvonareva
Seeds
More information Country, Player ...
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA |
Liezel Huber | USA |
Lisa Raymond | 2 | 1 |
| CZE |
Květa Peschke |  SLO |
Katarina Srebotnik | 7 | 2 |
| ITA |
Sara Errani | ITA |
Roberta Vinci | 25 | 3 |
| CZE |
Andrea Hlaváčková | AUS |
Anastasia Rodionova | 26 | 4 |
| RUS |
Maria Kirilenko | RUS |
Nadia Petrova | 27 | 5 |
| GER |
Julia Görges | USA |
Vania King | 37 | 6 |
 RSA |
Natalie Grandin | CZE |
Vladimíra Uhlířová | 45 | 7 |
| USA |
Raquel Kops-Jones | USA |
Abigail Spears | 48 | 8 |
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- 1 Rankings are as of 7 May 2012
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Nastassja Burnett / Alexa Virgili- Maria Elena Camerin / Karin Knapp
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Withdrawals
Andrea Hlaváčková (right thigh injury)
Retirements
- Janette Husárová (low back injury)
- Flavia Pennetta (right wrist injury)
Peng Shuai (left hand injury)
Men's singles
Main article: 2012 Italian Open – Men's singles
Rafael Nadal defeated 
Novak Djokovic, 7–5, 6–3[1]
Women's singles
Main article: 2012 Italian Open – Women's singles
- Maria Sharapova defeated Li Na, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)[2]
Men's doubles
Main article: 2012 Italian Open – Men's doubles
- Marcel Granollers / Marc López defeated
Łukasz Kubot / Janko Tipsarević, 6–3, 6–2
Women's doubles
Main article: 2012 Italian Open – Women's doubles
- Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci defeated Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina, 6–2, 7–5
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