2012 China Open (tennis)

Tennis tournament

2012 China Open

Date| 1–7 October
Edition| 14th (ATP) / 16th (WTA)
Category| ATP World Tour 500 (men)
Premier Mandatory (women)
Surface| Hard / outdoor
Location| Beijing, China
Champions
Men's singles
Novak Djokovic
Women's singles
Victoria Azarenka
Men's doubles
Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan
Women's doubles
Ekaterina Makarova /  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

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### Point distribution

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Stage  | Men's singles[1] | Men's doubles[1] | Women's singles[2] | Women's doubles[2]

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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

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Stage  | Men's singles  | Men's doubles  | Women's singles  | Women's doubles

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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

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### Seeds

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Country  | Player  | Rank1 | Seed

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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

* 1 Rankings are as of September 24, 2012

### Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Marius Copil
* Wu Di
* Ze Zhang

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Brian Baker
* Michael Berrer
* Alex Bogomolov Jr.
* Matthew Ebden

### Withdrawals

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* Santiago Giraldo
* Marcel Granollers
* John Isner
* Rafael Nadal

### Retirements

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* Julien Benneteau
* Nikolay Davydenko
* David Ferrer (stomach virus)
* Feliciano López

## ATP doubles main-draw entrants

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### Seeds

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Country  | Player  | Country  | Player  | Rank1 | Seed

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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

* Rankings are as of September 24, 2012

### Other entrants

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Yu Chang /  Zhe Li
* Maoxin Gong /  Zhang Ze

The following pair received entry as alternates:

* Carlos Berlocq /  Denis Istomin

### Withdrawals

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* Julien Benneteau
* Marin Čilić (right hip injury)

## WTA singles main-draw entrants

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### Seeds

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Country  | Player  | Rank1 | Seed

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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

* 1 Rankings are as of September 24, 2012

### Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Kimiko Date-Krumm
* María-Teresa Torró-Flor
* Wang Qiang
* Zheng Saisai
* Zhang Shuai

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Lara Arruabarrena Vecino
* Lourdes Domínguez Lino
* Camila Giorgi
* Polona Hercog
* Bojana Jovanovski
* Ayumi Morita
* Laura Robson
* Elena Vesnina

The following player received entry as lucky loser:

* Olga Govortsova

### Withdrawals

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* Kaia Kanepi (right heel injury)
* Flavia Pennetta (right wrist injury)
* Sloane Stephens
* Serena Williams (illness)
* Venus Williams (back injury)
* Vera Zvonareva (illness)

### Retirements

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* Dominika Cibulková (left hip injury)
* Sara Errani (left thigh injury)
* Angelique Kerber (right foot injury)
* Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (gastrointestinal illness)

## WTA doubles main-draw entrants

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### Seeds

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Country  | Player  | Country  | Player  | Rank1 | Seed

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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

* 1 Rankings are as of September 24, 2012

### Other entrants

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Tang Haochen /  Tian Ran
* Jelena Janković /  Andrea Petkovic
* Yan Zi /  Zheng Saisai

The following pairs received entry as alternates:

* Catalina Castaño /  Virginie Razzano
* Liu Wanting /  Sun Shengnan

### Withdrawals

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* Sara Errani (left thigh injury)
* Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (gastrointestinal illness)

## Finals

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### Men's singles

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Main article: 2012 China Open – Men's singles

* Novak Djokovic defeated  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 7–6(7–4), 6–2

### Women's singles

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Main article: 2012 China Open – Women's singles

* Victoria Azarenka defeated  Maria Sharapova, 6–3, 6–1

### Men's doubles

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Main article: 2012 China Open – Men's doubles

* Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan defeated  Carlos Berlocq /  Denis Istomin, 6–3, 6–2

### Women's doubles

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Main article: 2012 China Open – Women's doubles

* Ekaterina Makarova /  Elena Vesnina defeated  Nuria Llagostera Vives /  Sania Mirza, 7–5, 7–5

## References

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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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* Official website

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