2012 Apia International Sydney
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2012 Apia International Sydney
| 2012 Apia International Sydney | ||||
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| Date: | 8 January – 15 January | |||
| Edition: | 120th | |||
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| Champions | ||||
| Men's Singles | ||||
 Jarkko Nieminen |
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| Women's Singles | ||||
 Victoria Azarenka |
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| Men's Doubles | ||||
 Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan |
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| Women's Doubles | ||||
 Květa Peschke /  Katarina Srebotnik |
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Sydney International
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The 2012 Apia International Sydney was a joint ATP and WTA tennis tournament, that was played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 120th edition of the Apia International Sydney, and was a part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2012 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the NSW Tennis Centre in Sydney, Australia, from 8 January to 15 January 2012.
Due to rain, the Men's Singles and Double's finals had to be rescheduled from the evening of 14 January to the morning of 15 January, the day before the Australian Open was due to begin.[1]
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ATP entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
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 ARG |
Juan Martín del Potro[2] | 11 | 1 |
| USA |
John Isner | 18 | 2 |
 FRA |
Richard Gasquet | 19 | 3 |
 ESP |
Feliciano López | 20 | 4 |
 SRB |
Viktor Troicki | 22 | 5 |
 GER |
Florian Mayer | 23 | 6 |
| ESP |
Marcel Granollers | 27 | 7 |
| CZE |
Radek Štěpánek | 28 | 8 |
- Rankings as of 26 December 2011.[3]
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot:
Withdrawn
The following player withdrew from the singles main draw:
- Florian Mayer (right hip injury)
WTA entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
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 DEN |
Caroline Wozniacki[5] | 1 | 1 |
| CZE |
Petra Kvitová[6] | 2 | 2 |
| BLR |
Victoria Azarenka | 3 | 3 |
 CHN |
Li Na | 5 | 4 |
 AUS |
Samantha Stosur | 6 | 5 |
 RUS |
Vera Zvonareva | 7 | 6 |
 POL |
Agnieszka Radwańska | 8 | 7 |
| FRA |
Marion Bartoli | 9 | 8 |
- Rankings as of 26 December 2011.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Sofia Arvidsson
Melinda Czink- Ekaterina Makarova
- Urszula Radwańska
Chanelle Scheepers
Stefanie Vögele
The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot:
Withdrawn
The following players withdrew from the singles main draw:
- Sabine Lisicki (abdominal strain)
Flavia Pennetta (back injury)
The following players withdrew from the doubles main draw:
- Julia Görges (viral illness)
- Agnieszka Radwańska
Retirements
The following players retire from the singles main draw:
- Julia Görges (viral illness)
- Svetlana Kuznetsova (heat illness)
Champions
Men's Singles
Main article: 2012 Apia International Sydney – Men's Singles
Jarkko Nieminen def. Julien Benneteau, 6–2, 7–5
- It was Nieminen's 1st title of the year and 2nd title of his career.
Women's Singles
Main article: 2012 Apia International Sydney – Women's Singles
Victoria Azarenka def. Li Na, 6–2, 1–6, 6–3
- It was Azarenka's 1st title of the year and 9th of her career. It was her 1st premier-level title of the year and 3rd of her career.
Men's Doubles
Main article: 2012 Apia International Sydney – Men's Doubles
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan def. Matthew Ebden / Jarkko Nieminen, 6–1, 6–4
Women's Doubles
Main article: 2012 Apia International Sydney – Women's Doubles
Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik def. Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond, 6–1, 4–6, [13–11]
References
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