Australian Open 2012

◄ Australian Open 2012 ►
Date:	January 16-29, 2012
Edition:	100th  Australian Open
Place:	Melbourne
Covering:	Hard court
Defending champion
Men's singles :	Novak Đoković
Ladies singles :	Kim Clijsters
Men's double :	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
Ladies doubles :	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta
Mixed :	Katarina Srebotnik Daniel Nestor
winner
Men's singles :	Novak Đoković
Ladies singles :	Viktoriya Azaranka
Men's double :	Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek
Ladies doubles :	Svetlana Kuznetsova Vera Swonaryova
Mixed :	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Horia Tecău
Grand Slams 2012
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The 100th Australian Open took place in Melbourne from January 16-29, 2012 .

Defending champions in the singles were Novak Đoković in the men and Kim Clijsters in the women. While Đoković was able to defend his title against Rafael Nadal , Clijsters was eliminated in the semifinals against Wiktoryja Asaranka from Belarus. Asaranka defeated Maria Sharapova in two sets in the final and not only won her first Grand Slam title, but also took the lead in the WTA world rankings for the first time . In the men's doubles, the twin brothers Bob and Mike Bryan failed as defending champions in the final due to the unset pairing Leander Paes / Radek Štěpánek . In the women's doubles, the defending champions Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta failed to the later winners Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Svonarjowa . Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Horia Tecau prevailed in the mixed final .

In Germany, the tournament was televised by Eurosport.

Men's singles

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Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Novak Đoković victory 02.  Rafael Nadal final 03.  Roger Federer Semifinals 04th  Andy Murray Semifinals 05.  David Ferrer Quarter finals 06th  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Round of 16 07th  Tomáš Berdych Quarter finals 08th.  Mardy Fish 2nd round 09.  Janko Tipsarevic 3rd round 10.  Nicolás Almagro Round of 16 11.  Juan Martín del Potro Quarter finals 12.  Gilles Simon 2nd round 13.  Oleksandr Dolhopolov 3rd round 14th  Gaël Monfils 3rd round 15th  Andy Roddick 2nd round 16.  John Isner 3rd round

No. player Round reached 17th  Richard Gasquet Round of 16 18th  Feliciano López Round of 16 19th  Viktor Troicki 2nd round 20th  Florian Mayer retreat 21st  Stanislas Wawrinka 3rd round 22nd  Fernando Verdasco 1 round 23.  Milos Raonic 3rd round 24.  Kei Nishikori Quarter finals 25th  Juan Mónaco 1 round 26th  Marcel Granollers 2nd round 27.  Juan Ignacio Chela 3rd round 28.  Ivan Ljubičić 1 round 29  Radek Štěpánek 1 round 30th  Kevin Anderson 3rd round 31.  Jürgen Melzer 1 round 32.  Alex Bogomolov junior 2nd round

Ladies singles

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Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Caroline Wozniacki Quarter finals 02.  Petra Kvitová Semifinals 03.  Viktoriya Azaranka victory 04th  Maria Sharapova final 05.  Li Na Round of 16 06th  Samantha Stosur 1 round 07th  Vera Swonaryova 3rd round 08th.  Agnieszka Radwańska Quarter finals 09.  Marion Bartoli 3rd round 10.  Francesca Schiavone 2nd round 11.  Kim Clijsters Semifinals 12.  Serena Williams Round of 16 13.  Jelena Janković Round of 16 14th  Sabine Lisicki Round of 16 15th  Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova 2nd round 16.  Peng Shuai 2nd round

No. Player Round reached 17th  Dominika Cibulková 2nd round 18th  Svetlana Kuznetsova 3rd round 19th  Flavia Pennetta 1 round 20th  Daniela Hantuchová 3rd round 21st  Ana Ivanović Round of 16 22nd  Julia Goerges Round of 16 23.  Roberta Vinci 2nd round 24.  Lucie Šafářová 1 round 25th  Kaia Kanepi 2nd round 26th  Anabel Medina Garrigues 3rd round 27.  Maria Kirilenko 3rd round 28.  Yanina Wickmayer 1 round 29  Nadia Petrova 2nd round 30th  Angelique Kerber 3rd round 31.  Monica Niculescu 3rd round 32.  Petra Cetkovská 2nd round

Due to a stress fracture in the lower back ( sacroiliac joint ), the German Andrea Petković , who was initially ranked 10th, had to cancel her participation.

Men's doubles

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Bob Bryan Mike Bryan   final 02.  Max Mirny Daniel Nestor   Semifinals 03.  Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić   Round of 16 04th  Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna   Round of 16 05.  Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner   Round of 16 06th  Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski   Quarter finals 07th  Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecau   Semifinals 08th.  Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer   Round of 16

No. pairing Round reached 09.  Oliver Marach Alexander Peya   1 round 10.  Eric Butorac Bruno Soares   Quarter finals 11.  František Čermák Filip Polášek   Round of 16 12.  Santiago González Christopher Kas   Quarter finals 13.  Scott Lipsky Rajeev Ram   Quarter finals 14th  Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini   2nd round 15th  Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins   Round of 16 16.  Paul Hanley Jamie Murray   1 round

Ladies doubles

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik   2nd round 02.  Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond   Quarter finals 03.  Vania King Jaroslawa Schwedowa   Quarter finals 04th  Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta   Round of 16 05.  Marija Kirilenko Nadja Petrova   Round of 16 06th  Sania Mirza Jelena Wesnina   Semifinals 07th  Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká   Semifinals 08th.  Daniela Hantuchová Agnieszka Radwańska   Round of 16

No. pairing Round reached 09.  Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová   2nd round 10.  Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová   2nd round 11.  Sara Errani Roberta Vinci   final 12.  Jarmila Gajdošová Bethanie Mattek-Sands   Round of 16 13.  Nuria Llagostera Vives Arantxa Parra Santonja   2nd round 14th  Hsieh Su-wei Galina Voskoboyeva   2nd round 15th  Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears   1 round 16.  Wera Duschewina Shahar Peer   2nd round

Mixed

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Květa Peschke Mike Bryan   1 round 02.  Katarina Srebotnik Nenad Zimonjić   retreat 03.  Marija Kirilenko Daniel Nestor   retreat 04th  Lisa Raymond Rohan Bopanna   Quarter finals

No. pairing Round reached 05.  Jelena Wesnina Leander Paes   final 06th  Sania Mirza Mahesh Bhupathi   Semifinals 07th  Andrea Hlaváčková Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi   Quarter finals 08th.  Bethanie Mattek-Sands Horia Tecău   victory

Web links

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• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eurosport broadcasts Australian Open 2012.
2. ↑ Andrea Petkovic cancels Australian Open.