2012 Australian Open

2012 Australian Open
Date	16–29 January
Edition	100th
Category	Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface	Hardcourt (Plexicushion)
Location	Melbourne, Australia
Venue	Melbourne Park
Champions
Men's Singles
Novak Djokovic
Women's Singles
Victoria Azarenka
Men's Doubles
Leander Paes / Radek Štěpánek
Women's Doubles
Svetlana Kuznetsova / Vera Zvonareva
Mixed Doubles
Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Horia Tecău
Wheelchair Men's Singles
Maikel Scheffers
Wheelchair Women's Singles
Esther Vergeer
Wheelchair Quad Singles
Peter Norfolk
Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Ronald Vink / Robin Ammerlaan
Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Esther Vergeer / Sharon Walraven
Wheelchair Quad Doubles
Andrew Lapthorne / Peter Norfolk
Boys' Singles
Luke Saville
Girls' Singles
Taylor Townsend
Boys' Doubles
Liam Broady / Joshua Ward-Hibbert
Girls' Doubles
Gabrielle Andrews / Taylor Townsend
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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

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	–

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	–

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

Other events

Wheelchair Quad Doubles

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

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

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

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

Men's Singles Kenny de Schepper James Duckworth Lleyton Hewitt Marinko Matosevic Benjamin Mitchell Greg Jones Tatsuma Ito Jesse Levine

Women's Singles Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua Olivia Rogowska Isabella Holland Bojana Bobusic Madison Keys Aravane Rezaï Zhang Shuai

Men's Doubles James Duckworth / Adam Feeney Matthew Ebden / Chris Guccione Colin Ebelthite / Marinko Matosevic Lleyton Hewitt / Peter Luczak Greg Jones / John-Patrick Smith Benjamin Mitchell / Matt Reid Luke Saville / Andrew Whittington

Women's Doubles Monique Adamczak / Olivia Rogowska Ashleigh Barty / Laura Robson Stephanie Bengson / Tyra Calderwood Daniella Jeflea / Viktorija Rajicic Sacha Jones / Bojana Bobusic Tammi Patterson / Storm Sanders Sally Peers / Isabella Holland

Men's Singles Benjamin Becker Tommy Haas

Women's Singles Anna Chakvetadze

Men's Singles Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Men's Singles Qualifying Florent Serra Peter Gojowczyk Danai Udomchoke Andrey Golubev James Ward Jesse Huta Galung Lukáš Lacko Denis Kudla Jürgen Zopp Matteo Viola Alexander Kudryavtsev Roberto Bautista Agut Frederik Nielsen Alex Kuznetsov Björn Phau Illya Marchenko The following players received as a Lucky Loser: Rik de Voest

Women's Singles Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Women's Singles Qualifying Laura Robson Irena Pavlovic Andrea Hlaváčková Stefanie Vögele Alison Riske Maria João Köhler Paula Ormaechea Nina Bratchikova Valeria Savinykh Chang Kai-chen Varvara Lepchenko Jamie Hampton

Men's Singles Original player Replacement Michael Berrer Édouard Roger-Vasselin James Blake João Souza Marin Čilić Frederico Gil Somdev Devvarman Paolo Lorenzi Fernando González Jérémy Chardy Paul-Henri Mathieu Stéphane Robert Florian Mayer Rik de Voest Tommy Robredo Daniel Gimeno Traver Robin Söderling Karol Beck

Women's Singles Original player Replacement Timea Bacsinszky Aleksandra Wozniak Alisa Kleybanova Urszula Radwańska María José Martínez Sánchez Lesia Tsurenko Andrea Petkovic Olga Govortsova Anastasija Sevastova Anastasia Rodionova Venus Williams Mandy Minella

Men's Singles

Original player	Replacement
Michael Berrer	Édouard Roger-Vasselin
James Blake	João Souza
Marin Čilić	Frederico Gil
Somdev Devvarman	Paolo Lorenzi
Fernando González	Jérémy Chardy
Paul-Henri Mathieu	Stéphane Robert
Florian Mayer	Rik de Voest
Tommy Robredo	Daniel Gimeno Traver
Robin Söderling	Karol Beck

Women's Singles

Original player	Replacement
Timea Bacsinszky	Aleksandra Wozniak
Alisa Kleybanova	Urszula Radwańska
María José Martínez Sánchez	Lesia Tsurenko
Andrea Petkovic	Olga Govortsova
Anastasija Sevastova	Anastasia Rodionova
Venus Williams	Mandy Minella

Boys' Singles Sd Player 1 Luke Saville 2 Thiago Monteiro 3 Liam Broady 4 Kaichi Uchida 5 Frederico Ferreira Silva 6 Andrew Harris 7 Kyle Edmund 8 Stefano Napolitano 9 Nikola Milojević 10 Adam Pavlásek 11 Kimmer Coppejans 12 Julien Cagnina 13 Nick Kyrgios 14 Connor Farren 15 Herkko Pöllänen 16 Karim Hossam

Girls' Singles Sd Player 1 Irina Khromacheva 2 Eugenie Bouchard 3 Anett Kontaveit 4 Yulia Putintseva 5 Indy de Vroome 6 Elizaveta Kulichkova 7 Danka Kovinić 8 Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 9 Zheng Saisai 10 Ilka Csöregi 11 Zuzanna Maciejewska 12 Sabina Sharipova 13 Donna Vekić 14 Taylor Townsend 15 Varvara Flink 16 Kyle McPhillips

Sd	Player
1	Luke Saville
2	Thiago Monteiro
3	Liam Broady
4	Kaichi Uchida
5	Frederico Ferreira Silva
6	Andrew Harris
7	Kyle Edmund
8	Stefano Napolitano
9	Nikola Milojević
10	Adam Pavlásek
11	Kimmer Coppejans
12	Julien Cagnina
13	Nick Kyrgios
14	Connor Farren
15	Herkko Pöllänen
16	Karim Hossam

Sd	Player
1	Irina Khromacheva
2	Eugenie Bouchard
3	Anett Kontaveit
4	Yulia Putintseva
5	Indy de Vroome
6	Elizaveta Kulichkova
7	Danka Kovinić
8	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
9	Zheng Saisai
10	Ilka Csöregi
11	Zuzanna Maciejewska
12	Sabina Sharipova
13	Donna Vekić
14	Taylor Townsend
15	Varvara Flink
16	Kyle McPhillips

Wheelchair Tennis

Singles Seeds

Men's Singles Maikel Scheffers (1) Stéphane Houdet (2)

Women Esther Vergeer (1) Aniek van Koot (2)

Quad David Wagner (1) Peter Norfolk (2)