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2012 BNP Paribas Open
DateMarch 5– 18
Edition39th (ATP) / 24th (WTA)
CategoryWorld Tour Masters 1000 (ATP)
Premier Mandatory (WTA)
Prize money$4,694,696
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationIndian Wells, California, US
VenueIndian Wells Tennis Garden
Champions
Men's singles
Switzerland Roger Federer
Women's singles
Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Men's doubles
Spain Marc López / Spain Rafael Nadal
Women's doubles
United States Liezel Huber / United States Lisa Raymond
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The 2012 BNP Paribas Open (also known as the 2012 Indian Wells Masters) was a professional tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2012. It was the 39th edition of the men's event (24th for the women), known as the BNP Paribas Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2012 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2012 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States from March 5 through March 18, 2012 and were played on outdoor hard courts. Roger Federer and Victoria Azarenka won the singles titles.

Finals

Men's singles

Singles champion Roger Federer wins a record 4th title in Indian Wells.

Main article: 2012 BNP Paribas Open – Men's singles

Women's singles

Main article: 2012 BNP Paribas Open – Women's singles

Men's doubles

Main article: 2012 BNP Paribas Open – Men's doubles

Women's doubles

Main article: 2012 BNP Paribas Open – Women's doubles

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Stage Men's singles[1] Men's doubles[1] Women's singles[2] Women's doubles[2]
Champion 1000
Runner up 600 700
Semifinals 360 450
Quarterfinals 180 250
Round of 16 90 140
Round of 32 45 10 80 5
Round of 64 25 (10) – 50 (5) –
Round of 128 10 5
Qualifier 16 30
Qualifying Finalist 8 20
Qualifying 1st round 1


Prize money

All money is in US dollars

Stage Men's singles[3] Men's doubles[3] Women's singles[3] Women's doubles[3]
Champion $1,000,000 $241,000 $1,000,000 $241,000
Runner up $500,000 $121,000 $500,000 $121,000
Semifinals $200,000 $55,000 $200,000 $55,000
Quarterfinals $100,000 $27,041 $100,000 $27,041
Round of 16 $43,520 $14,259 $43,520 $14,259
Round of 32 $23,291 $7,632 $23,291 $7,632
Round of 64 $12,725 – $12,725 –
Round of 96 $7,709 $7,709
Final round qualifying $2,296 $2,296
First round qualifying $1,175 $1,175

Players

Men's singles

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 SRB Novak Djokovic 1 1
 ESP Rafael Nadal 2 2
  SUI Roger Federer 3 3
 GRB Andy Murray 4 4
 ESP David Ferrer 5 5
 FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6 6
 CZE Tomáš Berdych 7 7
 USA Mardy Fish 8 8
 ARG Juan Martín del Potro 9 9
 SRB Janko Tipsarević 10 10
 USA John Isner 11 11
 ESP Nicolás Almagro 12 12
 FRA Gilles Simon 13 13
 FRA Gaël Monfils 14 14
 ESP Feliciano López 15 15
 FRA Richard Gasquet 16 16
 JPN Kei Nishikori 17 17
 GER Florian Mayer 18 18
 ESP Fernando Verdasco 19 19
 AUT Jürgen Melzer 20 20
 UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov 21 21
 ARG Juan Mónaco 22 22
  SUI Stanislas Wawrinka 23 23
 CRO Marin Čilić 24 24
 SRB Viktor Troicki 25 25
 ESP Marcel Granollers 26 26
 CAN Milos Raonic 27 27
 CZE Radek Štěpánek 28 28
 RSA Kevin Anderson 30 29
 USA Andy Roddick 31 30
 ARG Juan Ignacio Chela 32 31
 FRA Julien Benneteau 33 32

Other entrants

The following players got wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Main article: 2012 BNP Paribas Open – Men's singles qualifying

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Retirements

Men's doubles

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 USA Bob Bryan  USA Mike Bryan 2 1
 BLR Max Mirnyi  CAN Daniel Nestor 6 2
 FRA Michaël Llodra  SRB Nenad Zimonjić 11 3
 SWE Robert Lindstedt  ROU Horia Tecău 19 4
 IND Mahesh Bhupathi  IND Rohan Bopanna 20 5
 POL Mariusz Fyrstenberg  POL Marcin Matkowski 26 6
 IND Leander Paes  CZE Radek Štěpánek 29 7
 AUT Oliver Marach  AUT Alexander Peya 42 8

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Retirements

Women's singles

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 BLR Victoria Azarenka 1 1
 RUS Maria Sharapova 2 2
 CZE Petra Kvitová 3 3
 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 4 4
 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 5 5
 AUS Samantha Stosur 6 6
 FRA Marion Bartoli 7 7
 CHN Li Na 8 8
 RUS Vera Zvonareva 9 9
 ITA Francesca Schiavone 12 10
 GER Sabine Lisicki 13 11
 SRB Jelena Janković 14 12
 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 15 13
 GER Julia Görges 16 14
 SRB Ana Ivanovic 17 15
 SVK Dominika Cibulková 18 16
 CHN Peng Shuai 19 17
 GER Angelique Kerber 20 18
 SVK Daniela Hantuchová 21 19
 RUS Maria Kirilenko 22 20
 ITA Roberta Vinci 23 21
 BEL Yanina Wickmayer 24 22
 CZE Lucie Šafářová 25 23
 ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues 26 24
 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 27 25
 ROU Monica Niculescu 28 26
 ITA Flavia Pennetta 29 27
 CZE Petra Cetkovská 30 28
 EST Kaia Kanepi 31 29
 RUS Nadia Petrova 32 30
 CHN Zheng Jie 33 31
 USA Christina McHale 34 32

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Main article: 2012 BNP Paribas Open – Women's singles qualifying

Withdrawals

Retirements

Women's doubles

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 USA Liezel Huber  USA Lisa Raymond 3 1
 IND Sania Mirza  RUS Elena Vesnina 15 2
 CZE Andrea Hlaváčková  CZE Lucie Hradecká 20 3
 RUS Maria Kirilenko  RUS Nadia Petrova 26 4
 ITA Sara Errani  ITA Roberta Vinci 29 5
 ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues  ITA Flavia Pennetta 46 6
 ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives  ESP Arantxa Parra Santonja 49 7
 GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld  USA Vania King 52 8

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

References

  1. ^ a b "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  2. ^ a b "WTA Tour rules" (PDF). wtatour.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d "Prize Money BNP Paribas Open 2012". bnpparibasopen.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  4. ^ Clijsters withdraws from Indian Wells

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