The 2012 Italian Open[4][2][5][6][7] (also known as the 2012 Rome Masters[8][9][10][11] 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.[12]
| 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[3] | |
| Women's doubles | |
 Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci | |
Points and prize money
editPoint distribution
edit| Stage | Men's singles[13] | Men's doubles[13] | Women's singles[14] | Women's doubles[14] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
Prize money
edit| Stage | Men's singles[15] | Men's doubles[15] | Women's singles[15] | Women's doubles[15] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
ATP singles main draw entrants
editSeeds
edit| 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 |
- Rankings are as of 15 May 2012
Other entrants
editThe following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Guillermo García-López
- Santiago Giraldo
- Robin Haase
- Blaž Kavčič
- Sam Querrey
- Albert Ramos
- Adrian Ungur
Withdrawals
edit- Mardy Fish
- Kei Nishikori (stomach injury)[17]
- Robin Söderling (mononucleosis)[18]
Retirements
editATP doubles main draw entrants
editSeeds
edit| 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 |
- Rankings are as of 15 May 2012
Other entrants
editThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Retirements
editWTA singles main draw entrants
editSeeds
edit| 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 |
- Rankings are as of 7 May 2012
Other entrants
editThe following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Anna Chakvetadze
- Olga Govortsova
- Andrea Hlaváčková
- Mirjana Lučić
- Anastasia Rodionova
- Silvia Soler Espinosa
- Sloane Stephens
- Aleksandra Wozniak
Withdrawals
edit- Mona Barthel
- Daniela Hantuchová (foot injury)[19]
- Kaia Kanepi (foot injury)[19]
- Andrea Petkovic (ankle injury)[20]
- Vera Zvonareva
WTA doubles main draw entrants
editSeeds
edit| 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 |
- 1 Rankings are as of 7 May 2012
Other entrants
editThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Withdrawals
edit- Andrea Hlaváčková (right thigh injury)
Retirements
edit- Janette Husárová (low back injury)
- Flavia Pennetta (right wrist injury)
- Peng Shuai (left hand injury)
Finals
editMen's singles
edit- Rafael Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic, 7–5, 6–3[4]
Women's singles
edit- Maria Sharapova defeated Li Na, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)[2]
Men's doubles
edit- Marcel Granollers / Marc López defeated Łukasz Kubot / Janko Tipsarević, 6–3, 6–2
Women's doubles
edit- Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci defeated Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina, 6–2, 7–5
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- ^ Internazionali BNL d'Italia (13 April 2012). "Entry list Internazionali BNL d'Italia Out Soderling, entra Young" [Entry list Internazionali BNL d'Italia Söderling Out, Young enters]. federtennis.it (in Italian). Rome, Italy: Italian Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ^ a b "WTA KANEPI OUT AND HANTUCHOVA". Archived from the original on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ^ Andrea Petkovic out three months with ankle injury