2012 French Open


The 2012 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 116th edition of the French Open, and took place at the Stade Roland Garros from 27 May until 11 June 2012.
Rafael Nadal won the tournament for the third year in succession, and the seventh time in eight years, defeating first-time Roland Garros finalist Novak Djokovic. His seventh title broke Björn Borg's record of six French Open Men's Singles titles, and equalled Chris Evert's record for most French Open titles won by a man or woman. Li Na was unsuccessful in her title defence, being defeated in the fourth round by Yaroslava Shvedova. Maria Sharapova defeated 21st seed Sara Errani in the final to win her first French Open title, to complete a career Grand Slam, and to return to the World No. 1 ranking for the first time in four years.
This championship was the second time in grand slam history that two multiple slam sets were accomplished in two different disciplines, and that was Mahesh Bhupathi won his first multiple slam in Mixed Doubles, and Esther Vergeer won her second multiple slam set in Women's Wheelchair Doubles. At the 1969 US Open, Rod Laver won his first multiple slam set in Men's Singles, and his fellow countryman Ken Rosewall did in Men's Doubles for the first time. This would occur again for the third time at the 2013 French Open.

Tournament

The 2012 French Open was the one hundred and eleventh edition of the French Open and was held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris. The Men's Singles Final was won by Rafael Nadal by defeating Novak Djokovic in the final. By winning his seventh title at Roland Garros, Nadal surpassed Borg's overall titles record to become the most successful tennis player in French Open history.
The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation and is part of the 2012 ATP World Tour and the 2012 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event.
There was a singles and doubles events for both boys and girls, which is part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played on clay courts and took place over a series of twenty courts, including the three main showcourts, Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen and Court 1.

Prize money and ranking points

For 2012, the prize money purse was increased to €18,718,000 from €17,520,000 in 2011. The prize money and points breakdown is as follows:

Points

Seniors

Junior

Below is a table charting the points that are available to the boys and girls in boy singles and doubles play.
StageBoys SinglesBoys DoublesGirls SinglesGirls Doubles
Champion250180250180
Runner up180120180120
Semifinals1208012080
Quarterfinals80508050
Round of 1650305030
Round of 3230–30–
Qualifier who loses in first round25–25–
Qualifying Final Round20–20–

Wheelchair

Prize money

* per team

Singles players

Men's Singles
Women's Singles

Day-by-day summaries

Events

Seniors

Men's singles

Rafael Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic 6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5

Women's singles

Maria Sharapova defeated Sara Errani, 6–3, 6–2

Men's doubles

Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor defeated Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan, 6–4, 6–4

Women's doubles

Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci defeated Maria Kirilenko / Nadia Petrova, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2

Mixed doubles

Sania Mirza / Mahesh Bhupathi defeated Klaudia Jans-Ignacik / Santiago González, 7–6, 6–1

Juniors

Boys' Singles

Kimmer Coppejans defeated Filip Peliwo 6–1, 6–4

Girls' Singles

Annika Beck defeated Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3

Boys' Doubles

Andrew Harris / Nick Kyrgios defeated Adam Pavlásek / Václav Šafránek, 6–4, 2–6,

Girls' Doubles

Daria Gavrilova / Irina Khromacheva defeated Montserrat González / Beatriz Haddad Maia, 4–6, 6–4,

Wheelchair events

Wheelchair Men's Singles

Stéphane Houdet defeated Shingo Kunieda, 6–2, 2–6, 7–6

Wheelchair Women's Singles

Esther Vergeer defeated Aniek van Koot, 6–0, 6–0

Wheelchair Men's Doubles

Frédéric Cattaneo / Shingo Kunieda defeated Michael Jeremiasz / Stefan Olsson, 3–6, 7–6,

Wheelchair Women's Doubles

Marjolein Buis / Esther Vergeer defeated Sabine Ellerbrock / Yui Kamiji, 6–0, 6–1

Other events

Legends Under 45 Doubles

Albert Costa / Carlos Moyá defeated Thomas Enqvist / Todd Woodbridge, 6–2, 6–1

Legends Over 45 Doubles

John McEnroe / Patrick McEnroe defeated Guy Forget / Henri Leconte, 7–6, 6–3

Women's Legends Doubles

Lindsay Davenport / Martina Hingis defeated Martina Navratilova / Jana Novotná, 6–4, 6–4

Singles seeds

The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings based on ATP and WTA rankings are as of 21 May 2012, Rankings and Points are as of 28 May 2012.
Because the tournament takes place one week later than in 2011, points defending includes results from both the 2011 French Open and tournaments from the week of 6 June 2011.

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The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the tournament.
RankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints wonPoints afterReason
10 Mardy Fish2,6259002,535Cardiac Catheter Ablation
14 Gaël Monfils2,165360+900+901,805Right knee injury
18 Kei Nishikori1,6904501,645Stomach injury

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The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the tournament.
RankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints wonPoints afterReason
15 Andrea Petkovic2,92150002,421Right ankle injury
18 Daniela Hantuchová2,355280+2000+751,950Left foot injury

Main Draw Wildcard Entries

Men's Singles

Men's singles qualifiers

  1. Jesse Levine
  2. Eduardo Schwank
  3. Jürgen Zopp
  4. Andreas Haider-Maurer
  5. Filip Krajinović
  6. Andrey Kuznetsov
  7. Igor Sijsling
  8. Horacio Zeballos
  9. João Sousa
  10. Florent Serra
  11. Tommy Haas
  12. Michael Berrer
  13. Mischa Zverev
  14. Daniel Muñoz de la Nava
  15. Nicolas Devilder
  16. Rogério Dutra Silva
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
  1. David Goffin

    Women's singles qualifiers

  2. Kiki Bertens
  3. Chan Yung-jan
  4. Yaroslava Shvedova
  5. Alexa Glatch
  6. Heather Watson
  7. Eva Birnerová
  8. Dinah Pfizenmaier
  9. Heidi El Tabakh
  10. Lauren Davis
  11. Lara Arruabarrena
  12. Karolína Plíšková
  13. Zhang Shuai
The following players received entry as a lucky losers:
  1. Laura Robson
  2. Sesil Karatantcheva

    Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
; Men's Singles
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or personal reasons.
;Men's Singles
;Women's Singles