WTA Championships 2012

WTA Championships 2012
date	23.10.2012 - 28.10.2012
Edition	42
navigation	2011  ◄  2012  ►  2013
WTA tour
venue	Istanbul Turkey
Tournament number	808
category	WTA Tour Championships
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	8E / 4D
Prize money	US $ 4,900,000
Website	Official website
Last year's winner (individual)	Petra Kvitová
Last year's winner (double)	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond
Winner (singles)	Serena Williams
Winner (doubles)	Marija Kirilenko Nadja Petrova
Tournament director	Markus Günthardt
Tournament supervisor	Laura Ceccarelli Giulia Orlandi
As of October 9, 2013

The WTA Championships 2012 (also known as TEB-BNP Paribas WTA Championships - Istanbul 2012 ) was a women's hard court tournament . After the four Grand Slam tournaments, the most important WTA tournament in the women's tournament calendar took place from October 23 to 28, 2012 in the Sinan Erdem Dome . The tennis championships of the WTA Tour in women singles and doubles were held for the second time in Istanbul , Turkey .

The Czech Petra Kvitová in singles and the American pairing Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond in doubles were the defending champions. All three players were qualified again this time. Kvitová could only play the first group game against Agnieszka Radwańska and then had to cancel the other games. For them, the Australian Samantha Stosur moved up, who was the first substitute player after the preliminary round without a win.

The winner in the individual was Serena Williams , who defeated Maria Sharapova 6: 4, 6: 3. The double title was secured by the Russian pairing Marija Kirilenko / Nadja Petrowa against Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká 6: 1, 6: 4.

singles

qualification

The eight best placed women of the WTA Tour 2012 were qualified for this competition. There were also two reservists.

WTA race in singles (as of October 22, 2012)
#	Player	Points	Tournaments	Qualification date
1	Viktoriya Azaranka	10190	17th	August 27, 2012
2	Maria Sharapova	9115	16	August 27, 2012
3	Serena Williams	7900	14th	September 10, 2012
4th	Agnieszka Radwańska	7095	21st	September 24, 2012
5	Angelique Kerber	5470	20th	4th October 2012
6th	Petra Kvitová	5215	19th	4th October 2012
7th	Sara Errani	4855	22nd	4th October 2012
8th	Li Na	4726	17th	5th October 2012
9	Samantha Stosur	4120	22nd
10	Marion Bartoli	3740	25th
11	Caroline Wozniacki	3685	22nd
12	Ana Ivanović	2900	19th
13	Nadia Petrova	2725	21st
14th	Dominika Cibulková	2495	27
15th	Maria Kirilenko	2463	21st
16	Roberta Vinci	2400	27
17th	Lucie Šafářová	2125	24
18th	Julia Goerges	1965	26th
19th	Kaia Kanepi	1929	15th
20th	Ekaterina Makarova	1841	19th

Competition mode

In the round-robin phase (Engl. Round Robin) played four players in two groups, each against all. The top two in each group qualified for the semi-finals, which were played according to the knockout system . The winner of each group played against the second in the other group, the winners of these games played the final.

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Viktoriya Azaranka Semifinals 02.  Maria Sharapova final 03.  Serena Williams victory 04th  Agnieszka Radwańska Semifinals

No. Player Round reached 05.  Angelique Kerber Preliminary round 06th  Petra Kvitová Preliminary round 07th  Sara Errani Preliminary round 08th.  Li Na Preliminary round

Semi-finals, finals

Semifinals

final

3

Serena Williams

6th

6th

4th

Agnieszka Radwańska

2

1

3

Serena Williams

6th

6th

2

Maria Sharapova

4th

3

2

Maria Sharapova

6th

6th

1

Viktoriya Azaranka

4th

2

Red group

		Asaranka	Williams	Kerber	Li Na	Round Robin S-N	Sentences S-N	Play S-N	Item
1	Viktoriya Azaranka		4: 6, 4: 6	6: 7 11 , 7: 6 2 , 6: 4	7: 6 4 , 6: 3	2: 1	4: 3	40:38	2
3	Serena Williams	6: 4, 6: 4		6: 4, 6: 1	7: 6 2 , 6: 3	3-0	6-0	37:22	1
5	Angelique Kerber	7: 6 11 , 6: 7 2 , 4: 6	4: 6, 1: 6		4: 6, 3: 6	0: 3	1: 6	29:43	4th
8th	Li Na	6: 7 4 , 3: 6	6: 7 2 , 3: 6	6: 4, 6: 3		1: 2	2: 4	30:33	3

White group

		Sharapova	Radwańska	Kvitová	Errani	Stosur	Round Robin S-N	Sentences S-N	Play S-N	Item
2	Maria Sharapova		5: 7, 7: 5, 7: 5	*	6: 3, 6: 2	6: 0, 6: 3	3-0	6: 1	43:25	1
4th	Agnieszka Radwańska	7: 5, 5: 7, 5: 7		6: 3, 6: 2	6: 7 6 , 7: 5, 6: 4	X	2: 1	5: 3	48:40	2
6th	Petra Kvitová	*	3: 6, 2: 6		*	*	0: 1	0: 2	5:12	5
7th	Sara Errani	3: 6, 2: 6	7: 6 6 , 5: 7, 4: 6	*		6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 0	1: 2	3: 5	35:40	3
9	Samantha Stosur	0: 6, 3: 6	X	*	3: 6, 6: 2, 0: 6		0: 2	1: 4	12:26	4th

• Petra Kvitová could only play the first game against Agnieszka Radwańska and then had to retire due to a virus infection. For her, Samantha Stosur moved up as the first substitute player.

Prize money and world ranking points

Player	Points	Entry fee	Prize money won	Total prize money
Serena Williams	1,500	$ 110,000	$ 1,640,000	$ 1,750,000
Maria Sharapova	1,050	$ 110,000	$ 780,000	$ 890,000
Viktoriya Azaranka	530	$ 110,000	$ 260,000	$ 370,000
Agnieszka Radwańska	530	$ 110,000	$ 260,000	$ 370,000
Sara Errani	370	$ 110,000	$ 115,000	$ 225,000
Li Na	370	$ 110,000	$ 115,000	$ 225,000
Angelique Kerber	210	$ 110,000	$ 0	$ 110,000
Samantha Stosur	140	$ 50,000	$ 0	$ 50,000
Petra Kvitová	70	$ 10,000	$ 0	$ 10,000

Double

qualification

The four best placed double pairings of the WTA Tour 2012 were qualified for this competition.

WTA-Race in doubles (as of October 22, 2012)
#	pairing	Points	Tournaments	Qualification date
1	Roberta Vinci Sara Errani	10097	15th	August 27, 2012
2	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	7380	14th	September 10, 2012
3	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	7036	19th	September 10, 2012
4th	Nadja Petrowa Marija Kirilenko	5325	12	20th October 2012
5	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	5173	25th
6th	Jelena Wesnina Yekaterina Makarova	4071	8th
7th	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	3737	9
8th	Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová	2576	31
9	Venus Williams Serena Williams	2280	2
10	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	2197	12

Competition mode

The tournament winners were determined according to the knockout system.

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Sara Errani Roberta Vinci   Semifinals 02.  Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká   final 03.  Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond   Semifinals 04th  Marija Kirilenko Nadja Petrova   victory

Semi-finals, finals

Semifinals

final

1

Sara Errani Roberta Vinci

6th

3

[4]

4th

Marija Kirilenko Nadja Petrova

1

6th

[10]

4th

Marija Kirilenko Nadja Petrova

6th

6th

2

Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká

1

4th

3

Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond

6 6

1

2

Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká

7th

6th

Prize money and world ranking points

Players	Points	Prize money
Marija Kirilenko Nadja Petrova	1500	$ 375,000
Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	1050	$ 187,500
Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	690	$ 93,750
Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	690	$ 93,750

Web links

• WTA tournament calendar 2012 (English)
• Official website of the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships (English)
• WTA Championships 2012 (English) on the ITF homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stosur replaces Kvitova in Istanbul . In: ESPN.co.uk . ( espn.co.uk [accessed August 3, 2017]).
2. ↑ kicker online, Nuremberg, Germany: Ranking lists - WTA-Race 2012 week 43 - 22.10. Retrieved August 3, 2017 . 
3. ^ ^{A b} Courtney Nguyen: Maria Sharapova, Victoria Azarenka qualify for WTA Championships . In: SI.com . ( si.com [accessed August 3, 2017]).
4. ↑ Serena Williams Qualifies for WTA Year-End Event - Tennis Now. Retrieved August 3, 2017 . 
5. ↑ TENNIS: The 2012 TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships, Istanbul - Serena Amongst Elite 8 - Women's Sports & Entertainment Network . ( wsenetwork.com [accessed August 3, 2017]).
6. ↑ Radwanska Becomes Istanbul Qualifier No.4 . In: WTA Tennis . September 24, 2012 ( wtatennis.com [accessed August 3, 2017]).
7. ↑ ^{a b c} Three More Qualifiers: Kerber, Kvitova, Errani . In: WTA Tennis . October 4, 2012 ( wtatennis.com [accessed August 3, 2017]).
8. ↑ Final Qualifier: Li Na ... Elite Eight Complete . In: WTA Tennis . October 5, 2012 ( wtatennis.com [accessed August 3, 2017]).
9. ↑ Race to the WTA Championships Doubles Standings. (No longer available online.) WTA Tennis, archived from the original on October 14, 2013 ; accessed on August 3, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.