WTA Tour 2012

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WTA Tour 2012
Period: January 1st - November 4th 2012
Edition: 42
Number of tournaments: 57
Categories: Grand Slam (4)
WTA Championships (2)
WTA Premier Mandatory (4)
WTA Premier 5 (5)
WTA Premier (12)
WTA International (29)
Olympic Games
successes
Most tournament victories: United StatesUnited States Serena Williams (7)
Most of the finals: BelarusBelarus Viktoria Azaranka Maria Sharapova (9)
RussiaRussia 
Most prize money: BelarusBelarus Victoria Azarenka ($ 7,928,920)
Most points: BelarusBelarus Viktoriya Azaranka (10,595)
Awards
Player of the year: United StatesUnited States Serena Williams
Double team of the year: ItalyItaly Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
ItalyItaly 
Newcomer of the year: ItalyItaly Sara Errani
Newcomer of the year: United KingdomUnited Kingdom Laura Robson
Returner of the year: KazakhstanKazakhstan Jaroslawa Schwedowa
The 2012 Grand Slam winners
Victoria Azarenka 2012.jpg
Australian Open :
Wiktoryja Asaranka
US Open 2012 - Sharapova 01 Cropped.jpg
French Open :
Maria Sharapova
Serena Williams Fed Cup.jpg
Wimbledon Championships and US Open :
Serena Williams


The 2012 WTA Tour was the 42nd year of the women 's tennis tournament series hosted by the Women's Tennis Association .

Like the Grand Slam tournaments, the Hopman Cup and Fed Cup team competitions are not organized by the WTA, but by the ITF . They are listed here, however, as the top players usually play these tournaments as well.

Changes

Compared to 2011, the tournament calendar has undergone the following changes:

  • Some tournaments were ranked differently. The WTA Brisbane is now a tournament of the Premier category (previously: International), the WTA Doha is one of the Premier 5 category (previously: Premier), while the WTA Dubai is now Premier (previously: Premier 5)
  • The WTA Tournament of Champions will be held in Sofia from 2012 to 2014 (2009 to 2011 in Bali).

Tournament schedule

category
Grand Slam
Year-end event
Premier Mandatory
Premier 5
premier
International
Others
Hopman Cup
Fed Cup
Olympic games

Explanations

The string from e.g. B. 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32M has the following meaning:
128E = 128 players play in single
96Q = 96 players play the qualification
64D = 64 pairings play in doubles
32M = 32 pairings play in mixed

January

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
02.01. Hyundai Hopman Cup Perth , Australia ITF - A $ Hard Court
AustraliaAustralia 

Czech RepublicCzech Republic Petra Kvitová Tomáš Berdych
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
FranceFrance Marion Bartoli Richard Gasquet
FranceFrance 
2-0
Brisbane International Brisbane , Australia Premier - $ 655,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
AustraliaAustralia 

EstoniaEstonia Kaia Kanepi SlovakiaSlovakia Daniela Hantuchová 6: 2, 6: 1
SpainSpain Nuria Llagostera Vives Arantxa Parra Santonja
SpainSpain 
United StatesUnited States Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears
United StatesUnited States 
7: 6 2 , 7: 6 2
ASB Classic Auckland , New Zealand International - $ 220,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
New ZealandNew Zealand 

China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zheng Jie ItalyItaly Flavia Pennetta 2: 6, 6: 3, 2: 0 task
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
GermanyGermany Julia Görges Flavia Pennetta
ItalyItaly 
6: 7 2 , 6: 2, [10: 7]
09.01. Apia International Sydney Sydney , Australia Premier - $ 637,000 Hard Court - 30E / 48Q / 16D
AustraliaAustralia 

BelarusBelarus Viktoriya Azaranka China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Na 6: 2, 1: 6, 6: 3
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia 
United StatesUnited States Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond
United StatesUnited States 
6: 1, 4: 6, [13:11]
Moorilla Hobart International Hobart , Australia International - $ 220,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 15D
AustraliaAustralia 

GermanyGermany Mona Barthel BelgiumBelgium Yanina Wickmayer 6: 1, 6: 2
RomaniaRomania Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu
RomaniaRomania 
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung Marina Eraković
New ZealandNew Zealand 
6: 7 4 , 7: 6 4 , [10: 5]
16.01. Australian Open Melbourne , Australia Grand Slam - A $ Hard Court - 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32M
AustraliaAustralia 

BelarusBelarus Viktoriya Azaranka RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova 6: 3, 6: 0
RussiaRussia Svetlana Kuznetsova Vera Swonaryova
RussiaRussia 
ItalyItaly Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
ItalyItaly 
5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 3
United StatesUnited States Bethanie Mattek-Sands Horia Tecău
RomaniaRomania 
RussiaRussia Jelena Wesnina Leander Paes
IndiaIndia 
6: 3, 5: 7, [10: 3]
01/30 Fed Cup , 1st round Moscow , Russia Indoor hard court Charleroi , Belgium Indoor hard court Biella , Italy Indoor clay court Stuttgart , Germany Indoor hard court
RussiaRussia 

BelgiumBelgium 

ItalyItaly 

GermanyGermany 

RussiaRussia Russia Serbia Italy Czech Republic

SerbiaSerbia 

ItalyItaly 

Czech RepublicCzech Republic 

SpainSpain Spain Belgium Ukraine Germany

BelgiumBelgium 

UkraineUkraine 

GermanyGermany 

3: 2

3: 2

3: 2

4: 1

February

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
06.02. PTT Pattaya Open Pattaya , Thailand International - $ 220,000 Hard Court - 32E / 16Q / 16D
ThailandThailand 

SlovakiaSlovakia Daniela Hantuchová RussiaRussia Maria Kirilenko 6: 7 4 , 6: 3, 6: 3
IndiaIndia Sania Mirza Anastasija Rodionova
AustraliaAustralia 
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei 
3: 6, 6: 1, [10: 8]
Open GDF Suez (Hall) Paris , France Premier - $ 637,000 Hard Court - 30E / 32Q / 16D
FranceFrance 

GermanyGermany Angelique Kerber FranceFrance Marion Bartoli 7: 6 3 , 5: 7, 6: 3
United StatesUnited States Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond
United StatesUnited States 
GermanyGermany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Petra Martić
CroatiaCroatia 
7: 6 3 , 6: 1
02/12 Qatar Total Open Doha , Qatar Premier 5 - $ 2,168,400 Hard Court - 56E / 32Q / 26D
QatarQatar 

BelarusBelarus Viktoriya Azaranka AustraliaAustralia Samantha Stosur 6: 1, 6: 2
United StatesUnited States Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond
United StatesUnited States 
United StatesUnited States Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears
United StatesUnited States 
6: 3, 6: 1
XX Copa BBVA Colsanitas Bogotá , Colombia International - $ 220,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 25Q / 16D
ColombiaColombia 

SpainSpain Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino RussiaRussia Alexandra Panova 6: 2, 7: 5
RussiaRussia Alexandra Panowa Eva Birnerová
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
LuxembourgLuxembourg Mandy Minella Stefanie Vögele
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
6: 2, 6: 2
February 20 Memphis WTA International Event Memphis , United States International - $ 220,000 Hard Court - 32E / 16Q / 16D
United StatesUnited States 

SwedenSweden Sofia Arvidsson New ZealandNew Zealand Marina Eraković 6: 3, 6: 4
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
RussiaRussia Wera Duschewina Wolha Hawarzowa
BelarusBelarus 
6: 3, 6: 4
Dubai Duty Free Championships Dubai , United Arab Emirates Premier - $ 2,000,000 Hard 28E / 32Q / 16D
United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates 

PolandPoland Agnieszka Radwańska GermanyGermany Julia Goerges 7: 5, 6: 4
United StatesUnited States Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond
United StatesUnited States 
IndiaIndia Sania Mirza Jelena Wesnina
RussiaRussia 
6: 2, 6: 1
Hot Tub Monterrey Open Monterrey , Mexico International - $ 220,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
MexicoMexico 

HungaryHungary Tímea Babos RomaniaRomania Alexandra Cadanțu 6: 4, 6: 4
ItalyItaly Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
ItalyItaly 
JapanJapan Kimiko Date Krumm Zhang Shuai
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
6: 2, 7: 6 6
02/27 Abierto Mexicano TELCEL Acapulco , Mexico International - $ 220,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D
MexicoMexico 

ItalyItaly Sara Errani ItalyItaly Flavia Pennetta 5: 7, 7: 6 2 , 6: 0
ItalyItaly Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
ItalyItaly 
SpainSpain Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja
SpainSpain 
6: 2, 6: 1
BMW Malaysia Open Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia International - $ 220,000 Hard Court - 32E / 31Q / 16D
MalaysiaMalaysia 

Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei CroatiaCroatia Petra Martić 2: 6, 7: 5, 4: 1 exercise
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen Chuang Chia-jung
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei 
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching Rika Fujiwara
JapanJapan 
7: 5, 6: 4

March

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
05.03. BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells , United States Premier Mandatory - $ 4,828,050 Hard Court - 96E / 48Q / 32D
United StatesUnited States 

BelarusBelarus Viktoriya Azaranka RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova 6: 2, 6: 3
United StatesUnited States Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond
United StatesUnited States 
IndiaIndia Sania Mirza Jelena Wesnina
RussiaRussia 
6: 2, 6: 3
19.03. Sony Ericsson Open Miami , United States Premier Mandatory - $ 4,828,050 Hard Court - 96E / 48Q / 32D
United StatesUnited States 

PolandPoland Agnieszka Radwańska RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova 7: 5, 6: 4
RussiaRussia Marija Kirilenko Nadja Petrova
RussiaRussia 
ItalyItaly Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
ItalyItaly 
7: 6 0 , 4: 6, [10: 4]

April

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
04/02 Family Circle Cup Charleston , United States Premier - $ 740,000 Clay (Green) - 56E / 48Q / 16D
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Serena Williams Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lucie Šafářová 6-0, 6-1
RussiaRussia Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova Lucie Šafářová
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
SpainSpain Anabel Medina Garrigues Jaroslawa Schwedowa
KazakhstanKazakhstan 
5: 7, 6: 4, [10: 6]
04/09 e-Boks Sony Ericsson Open ( Indoor ) Copenhagen , Denmark International - $ 220,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
DenmarkDenmark 

GermanyGermany Angelique Kerber DenmarkDenmark Caroline Wozniacki 6: 4, 6: 4
JapanJapan Kimiko Date Krumm Rika Fujiwara
JapanJapan 
SwedenSweden Sofia Arvidsson Kaia Kanepi
EstoniaEstonia 
6: 2, 4: 6, [10: 5]
Barcelona Ladies Open Barcelona , Spain International - $ 220,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D
SpainSpain 

ItalyItaly Sara Errani SlovakiaSlovakia Dominika Cibulková 6: 2, 6: 2
ItalyItaly Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
ItalyItaly 
ItalyItaly Flavia Pennetta Francesca Schiavone
ItalyItaly 
6-0, 6-2
04/16 Fed Cup , semi-finals Moscow , Russia Indoor clay court Ostrava , Czech Republic Indoor hard court
RussiaRussia 

Czech RepublicCzech Republic 

SerbiaSerbia Serbia Czech Republic

Czech RepublicCzech Republic 

RussiaRussia Russia Italy

ItalyItaly 

3: 2

4: 1
04/23 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Fès , Morocco International - $ 220,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 27Q / 16D
MoroccoMorocco 

NetherlandsNetherlands Kiki Bertens SpainSpain Laura Pous Tió 7: 5, 6: 0
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Petra Cetkovská Alexandra Panowa
RussiaRussia 
RomaniaRomania Irina-Camelia Begu Alexandra Cadanțu
RomaniaRomania 
3: 6, 7: 6 5 , [11: 9]
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (Halle) Stuttgart , Germany Premier - $ 740,000 Clay Court (red) - 28E / 32Q / 16D
GermanyGermany 

RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova BelarusBelarus Viktoriya Azaranka 6: 1, 6: 4
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
GermanyGermany Julia Görges Anna-Lena Grönefeld
GermanyGermany 
6: 4, 7: 5
04/30 Budapest Grand Prix Budapest , Hungary International - $ 220,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 16Q / 16D
HungaryHungary 

ItalyItaly Sara Errani RussiaRussia Jelena Wesnina 7: 5, 6: 4
SlovakiaSlovakia Janette Husárová Magdaléna Rybáriková
SlovakiaSlovakia 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Eva Birnerová Michaëlla Krajicek
NetherlandsNetherlands 
6: 4, 6: 2
Estoril Open Oeiras , Portugal International - $ 220,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D
PortugalPortugal 

EstoniaEstonia Kaia Kanepi SpainSpain Carla Suarez Navarro 3: 6, 7: 6 6 , 6: 4
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhang Shuai Chuang Chia-young
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei 
KazakhstanKazakhstan Jaroslawa Schwedowa Galina Voskobojewa
KazakhstanKazakhstan 
4: 6. 6: 1, [11: 9]

May

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
07.05 Mutua Madrid Open Madrid , Spain Premier Mandatory - € 3,755,140 clay court (blue) - 64E / 32Q / 28D
SpainSpain 

United StatesUnited States Serena Williams BelarusBelarus Viktoriya Azaranka 6: 1, 6: 3
ItalyItaly Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
ItalyItaly 
RussiaRussia Ekaterina Makarova Jelena Wesnina
RussiaRussia 
6: 1, 3: 6, [10: 4]
14.05 Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome , Italy Premier 5 - $ 2,168,400 Clay (Red) - 56E / 32Q / 28D
ItalyItaly 

RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Na 4: 6, 6: 4, 7: 6 5
ItalyItaly Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
ItalyItaly 
RussiaRussia Ekaterina Makarova Jelena Wesnina
RussiaRussia 
6: 2, 7: 5
05/21 Brussels Open Brussels , Belgium Premier - $ 637,000 Clay Court (Red) - 30E / 28Q / 16D
BelgiumBelgium 

PolandPoland Agnieszka Radwańska RomaniaRomania Simona Halep 7: 5, 6: 0
United StatesUnited States Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza
IndiaIndia 
PolandPoland Alicja Rosolska Zheng Jie
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
6: 3, 6: 2
Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg , France International - $ 220,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 30Q / 15D
FranceFrance 

ItalyItaly Francesca Schiavone FranceFrance Alizé Cornet 6: 4, 6: 4
BelarusBelarus Wolha Hawarzowa Klaudia Jans-Ignacik
PolandPoland 
South AfricaSouth Africa Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
6: 7 4 , 6: 3, [10: 3]
05/28 French Open Paris , France Grand Slam - € 18,718,000 clay court (red) - 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32M
FranceFrance 

RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova ItalyItaly Sara Errani 6: 3, 6: 2
ItalyItaly Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
ItalyItaly 
RussiaRussia Marija Kirilenko Nadja Petrova
RussiaRussia 
4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
IndiaIndia Sania Mirza Mahesh Bhupathi
IndiaIndia 
PolandPoland Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Santiago González
MexicoMexico 
7: 6 3 , 6: 1

June

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
06/11 Nuremberg Gastein Ladies Bad Gastein , Austria International - $ 220,000 Clay Court (red) - 32E / 16Q / 16D
AustriaAustria 

FranceFrance Alizé Cornet BelgiumBelgium Yanina Wickmayer 7: 5, 7: 6 1
United StatesUnited States Jill Craybas Julia Görges
GermanyGermany 
GermanyGermany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Petra Martić
CroatiaCroatia 
6: 7 4 , 6: 4, [11: 9]
AEGON Classic Birmingham , UK International - $ 220,000 Lawn - 56E / 32Q / 16D
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 

United StatesUnited States Melanie Oudin SerbiaSerbia Jelena Janković 6: 4, 6: 2
HungaryHungary Tímea Babos Hsieh Su-wei
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei 
United StatesUnited States Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond
United StatesUnited States 
7: 5, 6: 7 2 , [10: 8]
06/18 AEGON International Eastbourne , UK Premier - $ 637,000 Lawn - 32E / 28Q / 16D
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 

AustriaAustria Tamira Paszek GermanyGermany Angelique Kerber 5: 7, 6: 3, 7: 5
SpainSpain Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez
SpainSpain 
United StatesUnited States Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond
United StatesUnited States 
6: 4, task
UNICEF Open ’s-Hertogenbosch , Netherlands International - $ 220,000 Turf - 32E / 16Q / 16D
NetherlandsNetherlands 

RussiaRussia Nadia Petrova PolandPoland Urszula Radwańska 6: 4, 6: 3
ItalyItaly Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
ItalyItaly 
RussiaRussia Marija Kirilenko Nadja Petrova
RussiaRussia 
6: 4, 3: 6, [11: 9]
25.06. Wimbledon Championships London , Great Britain Grand Slam - £ Lawn - 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32M
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 

United StatesUnited States Serena Williams PolandPoland Agnieszka Radwańska 6: 1, 5: 7, 6: 2
United StatesUnited States Serena Williams Venus Williams
United StatesUnited States 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
7: 5, 6: 4
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Mike Bryan
United StatesUnited States 
RussiaRussia Jelena Wesnina Leander Paes
IndiaIndia 
6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 4

July

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
09.07. Bank of the West Classic Stanford , United States Premier - $ 740,000 Hard Court - 28E / 16Q / 15D
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Serena Williams United StatesUnited States Coco Vandeweghe 7: 5, 6: 3
New ZealandNew Zealand Marina Eraković Heather Watson
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
AustraliaAustralia Jarmila Gajdošová Vania King
United StatesUnited States 
7: 5, 7: 6 7
XXV Italiacom Open Palermo , Italy International - $ 220,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D
ItalyItaly 

ItalyItaly Sara Errani Czech RepublicCzech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 6: 1, 6: 3
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Renata Voráčová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
CroatiaCroatia Darija Jurak Katalin Marosi
HungaryHungary 
7: 6 5 , 6: 4
July 16 Mercury Insurance Open San Diego , United States Premier - $ 740,000 Hard Court - 28E / 16Q / 16D
United StatesUnited States 

SlovakiaSlovakia Dominika Cibulková FranceFrance Marion Bartoli 6: 1, 7: 5
United StatesUnited States Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears
United StatesUnited States 
United StatesUnited States Vania King Nadja Petrowa
RussiaRussia 
6: 2, 6: 4
Sony Swedish Open Båstad , Sweden International - $ 220,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D
SwedenSweden 

SloveniaSlovenia Polona Hercog FranceFrance Mathilde Johansson 0: 6, 6: 4, 7: 5
ColombiaColombia Catalina Castaño Mariana Duque Mariño
ColombiaColombia 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Eva Hrdinová Mervana Jugic-Salkic
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina 
6: 4, 5: 7, [10: 6]
07/23 Baku Cup Baku , Azerbaijan International - $ 220,000 Hard Court - 32E / 12Q / 16D
AzerbaijanAzerbaijan 

SerbiaSerbia Bojana Jovanovski United StatesUnited States Julia Cohen 6: 3, 6: 1
UkraineUkraine Iryna Buryachok Valeria Solovyova
RussiaRussia 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Eva Birnerová Alberta Brianti
ItalyItaly 
6: 3, 6: 2
07/30 London Summer Olympics London , Great Britain Olympic Games Turf - 64E / 31D / 16M
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 

United StatesUnited States Serena Williams RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova 6-0, 6-1
BelarusBelarus Viktoriya Azaranka RussiaRussia Maria Kirilenko 6: 3, 6: 4
United StatesUnited States Serena Williams Venus Williams
United StatesUnited States 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
6: 4, 6: 4
RussiaRussia Marija Kirilenko Nadja Petrova
RussiaRussia 
United StatesUnited States Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond
United StatesUnited States 
4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 1
BelarusBelarus Viktoria Azaranka Max Mirny
BelarusBelarus 
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Laura Robson Andy Murray
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
2: 6, 6: 3, [10: 8]
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Mike Bryan
United StatesUnited States 
GermanyGermany Sabine Lisicki Christopher Kas
GermanyGermany 
6: 3, 4: 6, [10: 4]
Citi Open Washington DC , United States International - $ 220,000 Hard Court - 32E / 16Q / 16D
United StatesUnited States 

SlovakiaSlovakia Magdaléna Rybáriková RussiaRussia Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova 6: 1, 6: 1
JapanJapan Shuko Aoyama Kai-Chen Chang
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei 
United StatesUnited States Irina Falconi Chanelle Scheepers
South AfricaSouth Africa 
7: 5, 6: 2

August

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
06.08. Rogers Cup presented by National Bank Montreal , Canada Premier 5 - $ 2,168,400 hard court - 48E / 56Q / 28D
CanadaCanada 

Czech RepublicCzech Republic Petra Kvitová China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Na 7: 5, 2: 6, 6: 3
PolandPoland Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Kristina Mladenovic
FranceFrance 
RussiaRussia Nadja Petrowa Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia 
7: 5, 2: 6, [10: 7]
08/13 Western & Southern Open Cincinnati , United States Premier 5 - $ 2,168,400 Hard Court - 55E / 48Q / 28D
United StatesUnited States 

China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Na GermanyGermany Angelique Kerber 1: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
SloveniaSlovenia Katarina Srebotnik Zheng Jie
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
6: 1, 6: 3
08/20 Texas Tennis Open Dallas , United States International - $ 220,000 Hard Court - 30E / 16Q / 16D
United StatesUnited States 

ItalyItaly Roberta Vinci SerbiaSerbia Jelena Janković 7: 5, 6: 3
New ZealandNew Zealand Marina Eraković Heather Watson
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
LatviaLatvia Līga Dekmeijere Irina Falconi
United StatesUnited States 
6: 3, 6: 0
New Haven Open at Yale New Haven , United States Premier - $ 637,000 Hard Court - 30E / 32Q / 16D
United StatesUnited States 

Czech RepublicCzech Republic Petra Kvitová RussiaRussia Maria Kirilenko 7: 6 9 , 7: 5
United StatesUnited States Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond
United StatesUnited States 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
4: 6, 6: 0, [10: 4]
08/27 US Open New York , United States Grand Slam - $ Hard Court - 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32M
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Serena Williams BelarusBelarus Viktoriya Azaranka 6: 2, 2: 6, 7: 5
ItalyItaly Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
ItalyItaly 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
6: 4, 6: 2
RussiaRussia Ekaterina Makarova Bruno Soares
BrazilBrazil 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Květa Peschke Marcin Matkowski
PolandPoland 
6: 7 8 , 6: 1, [12:10]

September

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
10.09. Tashkent Open Tashkent , Uzbekistan International - $ 220,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
UzbekistanUzbekistan 

RomaniaRomania Irina-Camelia Begu CroatiaCroatia Donna Vekic 6: 4, 6: 4
PolandPoland Paula Kania Polina Pechowa
BelarusBelarus 
RussiaRussia Anna Tschakwetadze Wesna Dolonz
SerbiaSerbia 
6: 2, retirement
Challenge Bell Québec , Canada International - $ 220,000 Carpet - 32E / 32Q / 16D
CanadaCanada 

BelgiumBelgium Kirsten Flipkens Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lucie Hradecká 6: 1, 7: 5
GermanyGermany Tatjana Malek Kristina Mladenovic
FranceFrance 
PolandPoland Alicja Rosolska Heather Watson
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
7: 6 5 , 6: 7 6 , [10: 7]
17.09. GRC Bank Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou , China International - $ 220,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 

Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei United KingdomUnited Kingdom Laura Robson 6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 4
ThailandThailand Tamarine Tanasu yarn Zhang Shuai
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
AustraliaAustralia Jarmila Gajdošová Monica Niculescu
RomaniaRomania 
2: 6, 6: 2, [10: 8]
KDB Korea Open Seoul , South Korea International - $ 220,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
Korea SouthSouth Korea 

DenmarkDenmark Caroline Wozniacki EstoniaEstonia Kaia Kanepi 6: 1, 6: 0
United StatesUnited States Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears
United StatesUnited States 
UzbekistanUzbekistan Oqgul Omonmurodova Vania King
United StatesUnited States 
2: 6, 6: 2, [10: 8]
24.09. Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo , Japan Premier 5 - $ 2,168,400 Hard Court - 56E / 32Q / 16D
JapanJapan 

RussiaRussia Nadia Petrova PolandPoland Agnieszka Radwańska 6: 0, 1: 6, 6: 3
United StatesUnited States Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears
United StatesUnited States 
GermanyGermany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
6: 1, 6: 4

October

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
01.10. China Open Beijing , China Premier Mandatory - $ 4,828,050 Hard Court - 60E / 32Q / 28D
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 

BelarusBelarus Viktoriya Azaranka RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova 6: 3, 6: 1
RussiaRussia Ekaterina Makarova Jelena Wesnina
RussiaRussia 
SpainSpain Nuria Llagostera Vives Sania Mirza
IndiaIndia 
7: 5, 7: 5
08.10. Generali Ladies Linz presented by voestalpine (Halle) Linz , Austria International - $ 220,000 hard court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
AustriaAustria 

BelarusBelarus Viktoriya Azaranka GermanyGermany Julia Goerges 6: 3, 6: 4
GermanyGermany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
GermanyGermany Julia Görges Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
6: 3, 6: 4
HP Japan Women's Tennis Open Osaka , Japan International - $ 220,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
JapanJapan 

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Heather Watson Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Kai-chen Chang 7: 5, 5: 7, 7: 6 4
United StatesUnited States Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears
United StatesUnited States 
JapanJapan Kimiko Date Crooked Heather Watson
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
6: 1, 6: 4
15.10. Kremlin Cup ( Indoor ) Moscow , Russia Premier - $ 740,000 Hard Court - 28E / 32Q / 16D
RussiaRussia 

DenmarkDenmark Caroline Wozniacki AustraliaAustralia Samantha Stosur 6: 2, 4: 6, 7: 5
RussiaRussia Ekaterina Makarova Jelena Wesnina
RussiaRussia 
RussiaRussia Marija Kirilenko Nadja Petrova
RussiaRussia 
6: 3, 1: 6 [10: 8]
BGL BNP PARIBAS Luxembourg Open (indoor) Luxembourg (city) , Luxembourg International - $ 220,000 hard court - 32E / 30Q / 16D
LuxembourgLuxembourg 

United StatesUnited States Venus Williams RomaniaRomania Monica Niculescu 6: 2, 6: 3
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
RomaniaRomania Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu
RomaniaRomania 
6: 3, 6: 4
10/22 WTA Championships (Indoor) Istanbul , Turkey Year Ending Event - $ 4,900,000 Hard Court - 8E / 4D
TurkeyTurkey 

United StatesUnited States Serena Williams RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova 6: 4, 6: 3
RussiaRussia Marija Kirilenko Nadja Petrova
RussiaRussia 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
6: 1, 6: 4
29.10. Qatar Airways Tournament of Champions (Hall) Sofia , Bulgaria Year End Event - $ 750,000 Hard Court - 8E
BulgariaBulgaria 

RussiaRussia Nadia Petrova DenmarkDenmark Caroline Wozniacki 6: 2, 6: 1
Fed Cup , final Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic SerbiaSerbia Serbia 3: 1
1 the date indicates the Monday of the corresponding week

Resignations

The following players ended their tennis careers in 2012:

Money ranking

As of the end of the season on November 5, 2012 (prize money in US dollars):

space Player singles Double Mixed total
1. BelarusBelarus Viktoriya Azaranka 7,312,651 7.130 4.139 7,923,920
2. United StatesUnited States Serena Williams 6,828,831 214.725 2,419 7,045,975
3. RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova 6,308,296 6,508,296
4th PolandPoland Agnieszka Radwańska 3,803,819 47,723 4,101,542
5. ItalyItaly Sara Errani 2,181,948 926,618 2,070 3,110,636
6th Czech RepublicCzech Republic Petra Kvitová 2,127,402 5,473 2,732,845
7th DenmarkDenmark Caroline Wozniacki 1,408,240 430 2,408,670
8th. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Na 1,880,646 2,280,646
9. GermanyGermany Angelique Kerber 1,938,436 31,856 2,070 1,972,362
10. AustraliaAustralia Samantha Stosur 1,490,602 45,582 1,936,184
11. RussiaRussia Nadia Petrova 1,164,337 601.229 4,427 1,769,993
12. ItalyItaly Roberta Vinci 806.001 929.243 22,047 1,757,291
13. FranceFrance Marion Bartoli 1,226,185 1,551,185
14th RussiaRussia Maria Kirilenko 757,000 570.054 1,327,054
15th RussiaRussia Ekaterina Makarova 598.457 388,750 77,070 1,064,277
16. SerbiaSerbia Ana Ivanović 1,001,752 1,001,752
17th Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lucie Hradecká 393.046 538.031 19,427 950.504
18th GermanyGermany Julia Goerges 749,571 130,888 10,858 891.317
19th RussiaRussia Jelena Wesnina 251,752 480.143 97.049 828.944
20th Czech RepublicCzech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková 262,412 539.356 15,177 816.945

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. WTA Mediaguide 2012 ( Memento of the original from October 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (wtatennis.com, accessed January 5, 2016) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wtatennis.com
  2. WTA tournament calendar 2012 ( Memento of the original from October 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) 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. (wtatennis.com, accessed January 5, 2016) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wtatennis.com
  3. Clijsters announces resignation.
  4. Dulko announces the end of his career