2012 Italian Open (tennis)

The 2012 Italian Open[1][2][3][4][5] (also known as the 2012 Rome Masters[6][7][8][9] and sponsored title 2012 Internazionali BNL d'Italia) was a tennis tournament, being played on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. It was the 69th edition of the Italian Open and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2012 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place from 14 to 21 May 2012, because rain delayed the Men's final to Monday.[10]

2012 Italian Open
Date	14 – 21 May
Edition	69th
Category	World Tour Masters 1000 Premier 5
Surface	Clay / Outdoor
Location	Rome, Italy
Venue	Foro Italico
Champions
Men's Singles
Rafael Nadal[1]
Women's Singles
Maria Sharapova[2]
Men's Doubles
Marcel Granollers / Marc López
Women's Doubles
Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Stage	Men's Singles[11]	Men's Doubles[11]	Women's Singles[12]	Women's Doubles[12]
Champion	1000		900
Runner up	600		620
Semifinals	360		395
Quarterfinals	180		225
Round of 16	90		125
Round of 32	45	10	70	1
Round of 64	10	–	1	–
Qualifier	25		30
Qualifying Finalist	16		20
Qualifying 1st round	0		1

Prize money

Stage	Men's Singles[13]	Men's Doubles[13]	Women's Singles[13]	Women's Doubles[13]
Champion	€460,260	€142,500	$385,000	$110,000
Runner up	€225,680	€69,780	$192,000	$55,000
Semifinals	€113,580	€35,000	$95,100	$27,525
Quarterfinals	€57,755	€17,970	$44,250	$13,850
Round of 16	€30,000	€9,290	$22,000	$7,000
Round of 32	€15,810	€4,900	$11,300	$3,500
Round of 64	€8,535	–	$5,800	–
Final round qualifying	€1,965		$3,200
First round qualifying	€1,000		$1,650

ATP singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
SRB	Novak Djokovic	1	1
SUI	Roger Federer	2	3
ESP	Rafael Nadal	3	2
GBR	Andy Murray	4	4
FRA	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	5	5
ESP	David Ferrer	6	6
CZE	Tomáš Berdych	7	7
SRB	Janko Tipsarević	8	8
USA	John Isner	10	9
ARG	Juan Martín del Potro	11	10
FRA	Gilles Simon	12	11
ESP	Nicolás Almagro	13	12
FRA	Gaël Monfils	14	13
ARG	Juan Mónaco	15	14
ESP	Feliciano López	16	15
FRA	Richard Gasquet	18	16

• Rankings are as of 15 May 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Fabio Fognini[14]
• Paolo Lorenzi[14]
• Potito Starace[14]
• Filippo Volandri[14]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Guillermo García-López
• Santiago Giraldo
• Robin Haase
• Blaž Kavčič
• Sam Querrey
• Albert Ramos
• Adrian Ungur

Withdrawals

• Mardy Fish
• Kei Nishikori (stomach injury)[15]
• Robin Söderling (mononucleosis)[16]

Retirements

• Alexandr Dolgopolov

ATP doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
BLR	Max Mirnyi	CAN	Daniel Nestor	6	1
USA	Bob Bryan	USA	Mike Bryan	6	2
FRA	Michaël Llodra	SRB	Nenad Zimonjić	11	3
SWE	Robert Lindstedt	ROU	Horia Tecău	17	4
IND	Leander Paes	CZE	Marcin Matkowski	20	5
POL	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	POL	Radek Štěpánek	20	6
IND	Mahesh Bhupathi	IND	Rohan Bopanna	27	7
AUT	Alexander Peya	PAK	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	32	8

• Rankings are as of 15 May 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Flavio Cipolla / Paolo Lorenzi
• Gianluca Naso / Filippo Volandri

Retirements

• Pablo Andújar

WTA singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
BLR	Victoria Azarenka	1	1
RUS	Maria Sharapova	2	2
POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	3	3
CZE	Petra Kvitová	4	4
AUS	Samantha Stosur	5	5
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	6	6
FRA	Marion Bartoli	7	7
CHN	Li Na	8	8
USA	Serena Williams	9	9
ITA	Francesca Schiavone	11	10
GER	Sabine Lisicki	13	11
GER	Angelique Kerber	14	12
SRB	Ana Ivanovic	15	13
SVK	Dominika Cibulková	16	14
SRB	Jelena Janković	18	15
RUS	Maria Kirilenko	19	16

• Rankings are as of 7 May 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Alberta Brianti[14]
• Karin Knapp[14]
• Venus Williams[14]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Anna Chakvetadze
• Olga Govortsova
• Andrea Hlaváčková
• Mirjana Lučić
• Anastasia Rodionova
• Silvia Soler Espinosa
• Sloane Stephens
• Aleksandra Wozniak

Withdrawals

• Mona Barthel
• Daniela Hantuchová (foot injury)[17]
• Kaia Kanepi (foot injury)[17]
• Andrea Petkovic (ankle injury)[18]
• Vera Zvonareva

WTA doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
USA	Liezel Huber	USA	Lisa Raymond	2	1
CZE	Květa Peschke	SLO	Katarina Srebotnik	7	2
ITA	Sara Errani	ITA	Roberta Vinci	25	3
CZE	Andrea Hlaváčková	AUS	Anastasia Rodionova	26	4
RUS	Maria Kirilenko	RUS	Nadia Petrova	27	5
GER	Julia Görges	USA	Vania King	37	6
RSA	Natalie Grandin	CZE	Vladimíra Uhlířová	45	7
USA	Raquel Kops-Jones	USA	Abigail Spears	48	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of 7 May 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Nastassja Burnett / Alexa Virgili
• Maria Elena Camerin / Karin Knapp

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Jill Craybas / Sloane Stephens

Withdrawals

• Andrea Hlaváčková (right thigh injury)

Retirements

• Janette Husárová (low back injury)
• Flavia Pennetta (right wrist injury)
• Peng Shuai (left hand injury)

Finals

Men's singles

• Rafael Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic, 7–5, 6–3[1]

Women's singles

• Maria Sharapova defeated Li Na, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)[2]

Men's doubles

• Marcel Granollers / Marc López defeated Łukasz Kubot / Janko Tipsarević, 6–3, 6–2

Women's doubles

• Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci defeated Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina, 6–2, 7–5

References

1. "Rafael Nadal beats Novak Djokovic to win Italian Open". BBC Sport. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
2. "Maria Sharapova fights back to overcome Li Na in Italian Open final". The Guardian. Associated Press. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
3. "Sharapova lifts trophy in rainy Rome". CNN. 20 May 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
4. "Sharapova, Li reach Italian Open final". Sports Illustrated. 19 May 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
5. "Petra Kvitova and Maria Sharapova Advance in Italian Open". The New York Times. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
6. "Rome Masters final rained off". Eurosport. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
7. "French Open: Maria Sharapova & Serena Williams are back on song". BBC Sport. 24 May 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
8. "Second Rome win for Sharapova". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Agence France-Presse. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
9. "Maria Sharapova storms back to take Rome Masters title in thriller". The Independent. 20 May 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
10. "Nadal and Djokovic must wait until Monday" (Press release). Italian Open. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
11. "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
12. "WTA Tour rules" (PDF). wtatour.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
13. "Prize Money BNP Paribas Open 2012". bnpparibasopen.com. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
14. "Assegnate le wild card per il Main Draw" (Press release). Italian Open. 8 May 2012. Archived from the original on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
15. "Nishikori a doubt for French Open". Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
16. Internazionali BNL d'Italia (13 April 2012). "Entry list Internazionali BNL d'Italia Out Soderling, entra Young" [Entry list Internazionali BNL d'Italia Söderling Out, Young enters]. federtennis.it (in Italian). Rome, Italy: Italian Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
17. "WTA KANEPI OUT AND HANTUCHOVA". Archived from the original on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
18. Andrea Petkovic out three months with ankle injury

External links

• Official website