2012 Australian Open – Women's Singles


won her maiden Grand Slam title, beating 2008 champion Maria Sharapova 6–3, 6–0 in the final to capture the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2012 Australian Open. Kim Clijsters was the defending champion, but was defeated in the semifinals by eventual champion Azarenka.
Azarenka became the new WTA No. 1 singles player for the first time in her career following the tournament by reaching the final. Caroline Wozniacki, Petra Kvitová and Sharapova were also in contention for the No. 1 ranking at the start of the tournament.
For the first time since the start of the women's singles tournament in 1922, all of the quarterfinalists were European. This was also the first Grand Slam main draw appearance for future French Open champion and world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty, losing in the first round to Georgian Anna Tatishvili.

Seeds

Qualifying

Wildcards

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8