2012 China Open
Date1–7 October
Edition14th (ATP) / 16th (WTA)
CategoryATP World Tour 500 (men)
Premier Mandatory (women)
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationBeijing, China
Champions
Men's singles
Serbia Novak Djokovic
Women's singles
Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Men's doubles
United States Bob Bryan / United States Mike Bryan
Women's doubles
Russia Ekaterina Makarova / Russia Elena Vesnina
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The 2012 China Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the China Open for the men (16th for the women), and part of the ATP 500 Series of the 2012 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2012 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events were held at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing, China, from 1 October till 7 October 2012. Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka won the singles titles.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Stage Men's singles[1] Men's doubles[1] Women's singles[2] Women's doubles[2]
Champion 500 1000
Runner up 300 700
Semifinals 180 450
Quarterfinals 90 250
Round of 16 45 0 140
Round of 32 0 – 80 5
Round of 64 - 5 –
Qualifier 20 30
Qualifying Finalist 10 20
Qualifying 1st round 0 1


Prize money

Stage Men's singles Men's doubles Women's singles Women's doubles
Champion $505,000 $148,500 $775,500 $266,000
Runner up $234,000 $68,000 $387,750 $133,000
Semifinals $110,000 $33,000 $169,447 $53,000
Quarterfinals $52,520 $15,500 $74,450 $22,260
Round of 16 $26,810 $7,920 $37,225 $9,350
Round of 32 $14,710 – $19,950 $4,250
Round of 64 - $11,817 –
Final round qualifying $1,700 $2,610
First round qualifying $900 $1,350

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 SRB Novak Djokovic 2 1
 ESP David Ferrer 5 2
 FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7 3
 CRO Marin Čilić 13 4
 FRA Richard Gasquet 14 5
 UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov 20 6
 GER Tommy Haas 21 7
 ESP Fernando Verdasco 23 8

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Retirements

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 USA Bob Bryan  USA Mike Bryan 2 1
 BLR Max Mirnyi  CAN Daniel Nestor 6 2
 SWE Robert Lindstedt  ROU Horia Tecău 12 3
 POL Mariusz Fyrstenberg  POL Marcin Matkowski 21 4

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 BLR Victoria Azarenka 1 1
 RUS Maria Sharapova 2 2
 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 3 3
 CZE Petra Kvitová 5 4
 GER Angelique Kerber 6 5
 ITA Sara Errani 7 6
 CHN Li Na 8 7
 AUS Samantha Stosur 9 8
 FRA Marion Bartoli 10 9
 DNK Caroline Wozniacki 11 10
 SRB Ana Ivanovic 12 11
 SVK Dominika Cibulková 13 12
 RUS Maria Kirilenko 14 13
 EST Kaia Kanepi 15 14
 ITA Roberta Vinci 16 15
 CZE Lucie Šafářová 17 16

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Retirements

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 ITA Sara Errani  ITA Roberta Vinci 3 1
 RUS Maria Kirilenko  RUS Nadia Petrova 17 2
 RUS Ekaterina Makarova  RUS Elena Vesnina 26 3
 USA Vania King  KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 28 4
 ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives  IND Sania Mirza 30 5
 SLO Katarina Srebotnik  CHN Zheng Jie 31 6
 GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld  CZE Květa Peschke 41 7
 USA Raquel Kops-Jones  USA Abigail Spears 41 8

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pairs received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

Finals

Men's singles

Main article: 2012 China Open – Men's singles

Women's singles

Main article: 2012 China Open – Women's singles

Men's doubles

Main article: 2012 China Open – Men's doubles

Women's doubles

Main article: 2012 China Open – Women's doubles

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.

External links


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