The 2012 French Open (also known as Roland Garros, after the famous French aviator) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 116th edition of the French Open, and took place at the Stade Roland Garros from 27 May until 11 June 2012.^[1]

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2012 French Open
Date	27 May – 11 June 2012
Edition	111
Category	82nd Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface	Clay
Location	Paris (XVIe), France
Venue	Stade Roland Garros
Attendance	430,093
Champions
Men's singles
Rafael Nadal
Women's singles
Maria Sharapova
Men's doubles
Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor
Women's doubles
Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci
Mixed doubles
Sania Mirza / Mahesh Bhupathi
Wheelchair men's singles
Stéphane Houdet
Wheelchair women's singles
Esther Vergeer
Wheelchair men's doubles
Frédéric Cattanéo / Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair women's doubles
Marjolein Buis / Esther Vergeer
Boys' singles
Kimmer Coppejans
Girls' singles
Annika Beck
Boys' doubles
Andrew Harris / Nick Kyrgios
Girls' doubles
Daria Gavrilova / Irina Khromacheva
Legends under 45 doubles
Albert Costa / Carlos Moyá
Women's legends doubles
Lindsay Davenport / Martina Hingis
Legends over 45 doubles
John McEnroe / Patrick McEnroe
← 2011 · French Open · 2013 →

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Rafael Nadal won the tournament for the third year in succession, and the seventh time in eight years, defeating first-time Roland Garros finalist Novak Djokovic. His seventh title broke Björn Borg's record of six French Open Men's Singles titles, and equalled Chris Evert's record for most French Open titles won by a man or woman. Li Na was unsuccessful in her title defence, being defeated in the fourth round by Yaroslava Shvedova. Maria Sharapova defeated 21st seed Sara Errani in the final to win her first French Open title, to complete a career Grand Slam, and to return to the World No. 1 ranking for the first time in four years.^[2]

This championship was the second time in grand slam history that two multiple slam sets were accomplished in two different disciplines, and that was Mahesh Bhupathi won his first multiple slam in Mixed Doubles, and Esther Vergeer won her second multiple slam set in Women's Wheelchair Doubles. At the 1969 US Open, Rod Laver won his first multiple slam set in Men's Singles, and his fellow countryman Ken Rosewall did in Men's Doubles for the first time. This would occur again for the third time at the 2013 French Open.

The 2012 French Open was the one hundred and eleventh edition of the French Open and was held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris.^[3] The Men's Singles final was won by Rafael Nadal by defeating Novak Djokovic in the final. By winning his seventh title at Roland Garros, Nadal surpassed Borg's overall titles record to become the most successful tennis player in French Open history. The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the 2012 ATP World Tour and the 2012 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event.^[4]

There was a singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which is part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played on clay courts and took place over a series of twenty courts, including the three main showcourts, Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen and Court 1.

For 2012, the prize money purse was increased to €18,718,000 from €17,520,000 in 2011. The prize money and points breakdown is as follows:^[5]

Men's singles

More information Champion, Runner-up ...

Champion		Runner-up
Rafael Nadal [2]		Novak Djokovic [1]
Semifinals out
David Ferrer [6]		Roger Federer [3]
Quarterfinals out
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [5]	Juan Martín del Potro [9]	Andy Murray [4]	Nicolás Almagro [12]
4th round out
Andreas Seppi [22]	Stanislas Wawrinka [18]	David Goffin [LL]	Tomáš Berdych [7]
Marcel Granollers [20]	Richard Gasquet [17]	Janko Tipsarević [8]	Juan Mónaco [13]
3rd round out
Nicolas Devilder (Q)	Fernando Verdasco [14]	Gilles Simon [11]	Fabio Fognini
Nicolas Mahut	Łukasz Kubot	Marin Čilić [21]	Kevin Anderson [31]
Mikhail Youzhny [27]	Paul-Henri Mathieu [WC]	Tommy Haas (Q)	Santiago Giraldo
Julien Benneteau [29]	Leonardo Mayer	Milos Raonic [19]	Eduardo Schwank (Q)
2nd round out
Blaž Kavčič	Michael Berrer (Q)	Mikhail Kukushkin	Gilles Müller
Brian Baker (WC)	Pablo Andújar	Victor Troicki [28]	Cedrik-Marcel Stebe
Adrian Ungur	Martin Kližan	Arnaud Clément (WC)	Florent Serra (Q)
Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Horacio Zeballos (Q)	Michaël Llodra
Benoît Paire	Robin Haase	Malek Jaziri	John Isner [10]
Sergiy Stakhovsky	Grigor Dimitrov	Bernard Tomic [25]	Jarkko Nieminen
Jérémy Chardy	Dmitry Tursunov	Philipp Kohlschreiber [24]	Marcos Baghdatis
Lukáš Rosol	Jesse Levine (Q)	Florian Mayer [32]	Denis Istomin
1st round out
Potito Starace	Lleyton Hewitt (WC)	Filip Krajinović (Q)	Jürgen Melzer [30]
Nikolay Davydenko	Ernests Gulbis	Igor Sijsling (Q)	Steve Darcis
Ryan Harrison	Xavier Malisse	Victor Hănescu	Flavio Cipolla
Thomaz Bellucci	Adrian Mannarino (WC)	João Souza	Andrey Kuznetsov
Tobias Kamke	David Nalbandian	Frank Dancevic	Andy Roddick [26]
Radek Štěpánek [23]	Alex Bogomolov Jr.	Karol Beck	Feliciano López [15]
Albert Montañés	Vasek Pospisil	Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy (WC)	Daniel Muñoz de la Nava (Q)
Rui Machado	Éric Prodon	Guillermo García López	Dudi Sela
Lukáš Lacko	Albert Ramos	Ivan Dodig	James Blake
João Sousa (Q)	Philipp Petzschner	Björn Phau	Rogério Dutra da Silva
Alexandr Dolgopolov [16]	Filippo Volandri	Jürgen Zopp (Q)	Donald Young
Andreas Haider-Maurer (Q)	Alejandro Falla	Igor Andreev	Tatsuma Ito
Sam Querrey	Lu Yen-hsun	Go Soeda	Mischa Zverev (Q)
Matthew Ebden	Olivier Rochus	Juan Ignacio Chela	Paolo Lorenzi
Guillaume Rufin (WC)	Carlos Berlocq	Benjamin Becker (PR)	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
Daniel Gimeno Traver	Ivo Karlović	Igor Kunitsyn	Simone Bolelli

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Women's singles

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Champion		Runner-up
Maria Sharapova [2]		Sara Errani [21]
Semifinals out
Samantha Stosur [6]		Petra Kvitová [4]
Quarterfinals out
Dominika Cibulková [15]	Angelique Kerber [10]	Yaroslava Shvedova [Q]	Kaia Kanepi [23]
4th round out
Victoria Azarenka [1]	Sloane Stephens	Svetlana Kuznetsova [26]	Petra Martić
Li Na [7]	Varvara Lepchenko	Arantxa Rus	Klára Zakopalová
3rd round out
Aleksandra Wozniak	María José Martínez Sánchez	Mathilde Johansson	Nadia Petrova [27]
Agnieszka Radwańska [3]	Ana Ivanovic [13]	Flavia Pennetta [18]	Anabel Medina Garrigues [29]
Christina McHale	Carla Suárez Navarro	Francesca Schiavone [14]	Nina Bratchikova
Julia Görges [25]	Caroline Wozniacki [9]	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [22]	Peng Shuai [28]
2nd round out
Dinah Pfizenmaier (Q)	Zheng Jie [31]	Lucie Šafářová [20]	Vania King
Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Petra Cetkovská [24]	Chanelle Scheepers	Irina Falconi
Venus Williams	Chan Yung-jan (Q)	Melanie Oudin (WC)	Shahar Pe'er
Olga Govortsova	Alexa Glatch (Q)	Irena Pavlovic (WC)	Marion Bartoli [8]
Stéphanie Foretz Gacon	Lauren Davis (Q)	Sofia Arvidsson	Sesil Karatantcheva (LL)
Tsvetana Pironkova	Jelena Janković [19]	Claire Feuerstein (WC)	Urszula Radwańska
Virginie Razzano	Heather Watson (Q)	Irina-Camelia Begu	Jarmila Gajdošová
Maria Kirilenko [16]	Melinda Czink	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Ayumi Morita
1st round out
Alberta Brianti	Caroline Garcia (WC)	Heidi El Tabakh (Q)	Alizé Cornet
Anastasiya Yakimova	Eva Birnerová (Q)	Galina Voskoboeva	Kristina Mladenovic (WC)
Sabine Lisicki [12]	Ekaterina Makarova	Anastasia Rodionova	Simona Halep
Iveta Benešová	Laura Pous Tió	Edina Gallovits-Hall	Elena Baltacha
Bojana Jovanovski	Paula Ormaechea	Kateryna Bondarenko	Mirjana Lučić
Casey Dellacqua	Johanna Larsson	Stéphanie Dubois	Lara Arruabarrena Vecino (Q)
Zhang Shuai	Romina Oprandi	Anna Tatishvili	Hsieh Su-wei
Laura Robson (LL)	Chang Kai-chen	Michaëlla Krajicek	Karolína Plíšková (Q)
Sorana Cîrstea	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Kiki Bertens (Q)	Mona Barthel [30]
Roberta Vinci [17]	Mandy Minella	Tamarine Tanasugarn	Tímea Babos
Kimiko Date-Krumm	Yanina Wickmayer	Ksenia Pervak	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner
Monica Niculescu [32]	Vera Dushevina	Pauline Parmentier	Ashleigh Barty (WC)
Serena Williams [5]	Jamie Hampton	Elena Vesnina	Lucie Hradecká
Alexandra Panova	Aravane Rezaï (WC)	Magdaléna Rybáriková	Eleni Daniilidou
Victoria Larrière (WC)	Lesia Tsurenko	Anne Keothavong	Gréta Arn
Tamira Paszek	Marina Erakovic	Polona Hercog	Alexandra Cadanțu

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The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings based on ATP and WTA rankings are as of 21 May 2012, Rankings and Points are as of 28 May 2012.

Because the tournament takes place one week later than in 2011, points defending includes results from both the 2011 French Open and tournaments from the week of 6 June 2011 (Halle and London for men; Birmingham and Copenhagen for women).

Men's singles

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Seed	Rank[9]	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Novak Djokovic	11,800	720	1,200	12,280	Runner-up, lost to Rafael Nadal [2]
2	2	Rafael Nadal	10,060	2,000+45	2,000+45	10,060	Champion, defeated Novak Djokovic [1]
3	3	Roger Federer	9,790	1,200	720	9,310	Semifinals lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
4	4	Andy Murray	7,500	720+250	360+90	6,980	Quarterfinals lost to David Ferrer [6]
5	5	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	4,965	90+150	360+145	5,230	Quarterfinals lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
6	6	David Ferrer	4,640	180	720	5,180	Semifinals lost to Rafael Nadal [2]
7	7	Tomáš Berdych	4,515	10+90	180+90	4,685	Fourth round lost to Juan Martín del Potro [9]
8	8	Janko Tipsarević	3,110	90+20	180+20	3,200	Fourth round lost to Nicolás Almagro [12]
9	9	Juan Martín del Potro	2,910	90+20	360+20	3,180	Quarterfinals lost to Roger Federer [3]
10	11	John Isner	2,620	10	45	2,655	Second round lost to Paul-Henri Mathieu [WC]
11	12	Gilles Simon	2,615	180+10	90+10	2,525	Third round lost to Stan Wawrinka [18]
12	13	Nicolás Almagro	2,255	10	360	2,605	Quarterfinals lost to Rafael Nadal [2]
13	15	Juan Mónaco	1,945	10	180	2,115	Fourth round lost to Rafael Nadal [2]
14	16	Fernando Verdasco	1,765	90+45	90+45	1,765	Third round lost to Andreas Seppi [22]
15	17	Feliciano López	1,725	10+10	10+10	1,725	First round retired against Florent Serra [Q]
16	19	Alexandr Dolgopolov	1,665	90+20	10+20	1,585	First round lost to Sergiy Stakhovsky
17	20	Richard Gasquet	1,600	180	180	1,600	Fourth round lost to Andy Murray [4]
18	21	Stan Wawrinka	1,505	180+10	180+10	1,505	Fourth round lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [5]
19	22	Milos Raonic	1,460	10+45	90+45	1,540	Third round lost to Juan Mónaco [13]
20	23	Marcel Granollers	1,385	45	180	1,520	Fourth round lost to David Ferrer [6]
21	24	Marin Čilić	1,380	10+45	90+45	1,460	Third round lost to Juan Martín del Potro [9]
22	25	Andreas Seppi	1,355	45+20	180+20	1,490	Fourth round lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
23	27	Radek Štěpánek	1,340	10+20	10+20	1,340	First round lost to David Goffin [LL]
24	26	Philipp Kohlschreiber	1,345	10+250	45+45	1,175	Second round lost to Leonardo Mayer
25	29	Bernard Tomic	1,240	10	45	1,275	Second round lost to Santiago Giraldo
26	30	Andy Roddick	1,225	0+90	10+45	1,190	First round lost to Nicolas Mahut
27	31	Mikhail Youzhny	1,210	90	90	1,210	Third round lost to David Ferrer [6]
28	28	Viktor Troicki	1,325	180+45	45+45	1,190	Second round lost to Fabio Fognini
29	32	Julien Benneteau	1,190	45	90	1,235	Third round lost to Janko Tipsarević [8]
30	33	Jürgen Melzer	1,182	45	10	1,147	First round lost to Michael Berrer [Q]
31	34	Kevin Anderson	1,170	45+20	90+20	1,215	Third round lost to Tomáš Berdych [7]
32	35	Florian Mayer	1,150	45+45	45+115	1,230	Second round lost to Eduardo Schwank [Q]

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The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the tournament.

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Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Reason
10	Mardy Fish	2,625	90	0	2,535	Cardiac Catheter Ablation[10]
14	Gaël Monfils	2,165	360+90	0+90	1,805	Right knee injury[11]
18	Kei Nishikori	1,690	45	0	1,645	Stomach injury[12]

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Women's singles

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Seed	Rank[13]	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Victoria Azarenka	9,020	500	280	8,800	Fourth round lost to Dominika Cibulková [15]
2	2	Maria Sharapova	8,390	900	2,000	9,490	Champion, defeated Sara Errani [21]
3	3	Agnieszka Radwańska	7,350	280	160	7,230	Third round lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova [26]
4	4	Petra Kvitová	6,275	280	900	6,895	Semifinals lost to Maria Sharapova [2]
5	5	Serena Williams	5,695	0	5	5,700	First round lost to Virginie Razzano
6	6	Samantha Stosur	5,440	160	900	6,180	Semifinals lost to Sara Errani [21]
7	7	Li Na	4,965	2,000	280	3,245	Fourth round lost to Yaroslava Shvedova [Q]
8	8	Marion Bartoli	4,870	900	100	4,070	Second round lost to Petra Martić
9	9	Caroline Wozniacki	4,586	160+280	160+60	4,366	Third round lost to Kaia Kanepi [23]
10	10	Angelique Kerber	3,560	5	500	4,055	Quarterfinals lost to Sara Errani [21]
11	11	Vera Zvonareva	3,440	280	0	3,160	Withdrew because of shoulder injury[14]
12	13	Sabine Lisicki	3,012	160+280	5+125	2,697	First round lost to Bethanie Mattek-Sands
13	14	Ana Ivanovic	2,975	5+130	160+75	3,070	Third round lost to Sara Errani [21]
14	12	Francesca Schiavone	3,160	1,400	160	1,920	Third round lost to Varvara Lepchenko
15	16	Dominika Cibulková	2,685	5	500	3,180	Quarterfinals lost to Samantha Stosur [6]
16	17	Maria Kirilenko	2,475	280	100	2,295	Second round lost to Klára Zakopalová
17	19	Roberta Vinci	2,320	160	5	2,165	First round lost to Sofia Arvidsson
18	20	Flavia Pennetta	2,315	5	160	2,470	Third round lost to Angelique Kerber [10]
19	21	Jelena Janković	2,260	280	100	2,080	Second round lost to Varvara Lepchenko
20	22	Lucie Šafářová	2,215	100+200	100+70	2,085	Second round lost to María José Martínez Sánchez
21	24	Sara Errani	2,050	100+30	1,400+30	3,350	Runner-up, lost to Maria Sharapova [2]
22	25	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	2,021	500	160	1,681	Third round lost to Klára Zakopalová
23	23	Kaia Kanepi	2,179	160	500	2,519	Quarterfinals lost to Maria Sharapova [2]
24	26	Petra Cetkovská	1,955	70+110	100+70	1,945	Second round lost to Mathilde Johansson
25	27	Julia Görges	1,945	160	160	1,945	Third round lost to Arantxa Rus
26	28	Svetlana Kuznetsova	1,931	500	280	1,711	Fourth round lost to Sara Errani [21]
27	29	Nadia Petrova	1,860	5	160	2,015	Third round lost to Samantha Stosur [6]
28	30	Peng Shuai	1,800	160+130	160+60	1,730	Third round lost to Maria Sharapova [2]
29	31	Anabel Medina Garrigues	1,775	100	160	1,835	Third round lost to Petra Martić
30	32	Mona Barthel	1,762	160+146	5+55	1,511	First round lost to Lauren Davis [Q]
31	34	Zheng Jie	1,730	100	100	1,730	Second round lost to Aleksandra Wozniak
32	33	Monica Niculescu	1,745	5+40	5+30	1,735	First round lost to Nina Bratchikova

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The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the tournament.

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Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Reason
15	Andrea Petkovic	2,921	500	0	2,421	Right ankle injury[15]
18	Daniela Hantuchová	2,355	280+200	0+75	1,950	Left foot injury[16]

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The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:

Men's singles

• Benjamin Becker

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