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2012 BNP Paribas Open

The 2012 BNP Paribas Open (also known as the 2012 Indian Wells Open) was a professional tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2012. It was the 39th edition of the men's event (24th for the women), known as the BNP Paribas Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2012 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2012 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States from March 5 through March 18, 2012 and were played on outdoor hard courts. Roger Federer and Victoria Azarenka won the singles titles.

2012 BNP Paribas Open
DateMarch 5– 18
Edition39th (ATP) / 24th (WTA)
CategoryWorld Tour Masters 1000 (ATP)
Premier Mandatory (WTA)
Prize money$4,694,696
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationIndian Wells, California, US
VenueIndian Wells Tennis Garden
Champions
Men's singles
Switzerland Roger Federer
Women's singles
Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Men's doubles
Spain Marc López / Spain Rafael Nadal
Women's doubles
United States Liezel Huber / United States Lisa Raymond
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Finals edit

Men's singles edit

 
Singles champion Roger Federer wins a record 4th title in Indian Wells.
Main article: 2012 BNP Paribas Open – Men's singles
  •   Roger Federer defeated   John Isner, 7–6(9–7), 6–3
  • It was Federer's 3rd title of the year and 73rd of his career. It was his 4th win at Indian Wells, also winning in 2004, 2005, and 2006. It was his 19th career Masters win, tying the record held by Rafael Nadal.

Women's singles edit

Main article: 2012 BNP Paribas Open – Women's singles
  •   Victoria Azarenka defeated   Maria Sharapova, 6–2, 6–3.
  • It was Azarenka's 4th title of the year and 12th of her career. Azarenka is now 23–0 for the year. It was her 3rd career Premier Mandatory event and 7th Premier overall.

Men's doubles edit

Main article: 2012 BNP Paribas Open – Men's doubles

Women's doubles edit

Main article: 2012 BNP Paribas Open – Women's doubles

Points and prize money edit

Point distribution edit

Stage Men's singles[1] Men's doubles[1] Women's singles[2] Women's doubles[2]
Champion 1000
Runner up 600 700
Semifinals 360 450
Quarterfinals 180 250
Round of 16 90 140
Round of 32 45 10 80 5
Round of 64 25 (10) – 50 (5) –
Round of 128 10 5
Qualifier 16 30
Qualifying Finalist 8 20
Qualifying 1st round 1


Prize money edit

All money is in US dollars

Stage Men's singles[3] Men's doubles[3] Women's singles[3] Women's doubles[3]
Champion $1,000,000 $241,000 $1,000,000 $241,000
Runner up $500,000 $121,000 $500,000 $121,000
Semifinals $200,000 $55,000 $200,000 $55,000
Quarterfinals $100,000 $27,041 $100,000 $27,041
Round of 16 $43,520 $14,259 $43,520 $14,259
Round of 32 $23,291 $7,632 $23,291 $7,632
Round of 64 $12,725 – $12,725 –
Round of 96 $7,709 $7,709
Final round qualifying $2,296 $2,296
First round qualifying $1,175 $1,175

Players edit

Men's singles edit

Seeds edit

Country Player Rank1 Seed
  SRB Novak Djokovic 1 1
  ESP Rafael Nadal 2 2
   SUI Roger Federer 3 3
  GRB Andy Murray 4 4
  ESP David Ferrer 5 5
  FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6 6
  CZE Tomáš Berdych 7 7
  USA Mardy Fish 8 8
  ARG Juan Martín del Potro 9 9
  SRB Janko Tipsarević 10 10
  USA John Isner 11 11
  ESP Nicolás Almagro 12 12
  FRA Gilles Simon 13 13
  FRA Gaël Monfils 14 14
  ESP Feliciano López 15 15
  FRA Richard Gasquet 16 16
  JPN Kei Nishikori 17 17
  GER Florian Mayer 18 18
  ESP Fernando Verdasco 19 19
  AUT Jürgen Melzer 20 20
  UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov 21 21
  ARG Juan Mónaco 22 22
   SUI Stanislas Wawrinka 23 23
  CRO Marin Čilić 24 24
  SRB Viktor Troicki 25 25
  ESP Marcel Granollers 26 26
  CAN Milos Raonic 27 27
  CZE Radek Štěpánek 28 28
  RSA Kevin Anderson 30 29
  USA Andy Roddick 31 30
  ARG Juan Ignacio Chela 32 31
  FRA Julien Benneteau 33 32
  • 1 Rankings are as of March 5, 2012

Other entrants edit

The following players got wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Main article: 2012 BNP Paribas Open – Men's singles qualifying

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals edit

Retirements edit

Men's doubles edit

Seeds edit

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
  USA Bob Bryan   USA Mike Bryan 2 1
  BLR Max Mirnyi   CAN Daniel Nestor 6 2
  FRA Michaël Llodra   SRB Nenad Zimonjić 11 3
  SWE Robert Lindstedt   ROU Horia Tecău 19 4
  IND Mahesh Bhupathi   IND Rohan Bopanna 20 5
  POL Mariusz Fyrstenberg   POL Marcin Matkowski 26 6
  IND Leander Paes   CZE Radek Štěpánek 29 7
  AUT Oliver Marach   AUT Alexander Peya 42 8
  • Rankings are as of March 5, 2012

Other entrants edit

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Retirements edit

Women's singles edit

Seeds edit

Country Player Rank1 Seed
  BLR Victoria Azarenka 1 1
  RUS Maria Sharapova 2 2
  CZE Petra Kvitová 3 3
  DEN Caroline Wozniacki 4 4
  POL Agnieszka Radwańska 5 5
  AUS Samantha Stosur 6 6
  FRA Marion Bartoli 7 7
  CHN Li Na 8 8
  RUS Vera Zvonareva 9 9
  ITA Francesca Schiavone 12 10
  GER Sabine Lisicki 13 11
  SRB Jelena Janković 14 12
  RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 15 13
  GER Julia Görges 16 14
  SRB Ana Ivanovic 17 15
  SVK Dominika Cibulková 18 16
  CHN Peng Shuai 19 17
  GER Angelique Kerber 20 18
  SVK Daniela Hantuchová 21 19
  RUS Maria Kirilenko 22 20
  ITA Roberta Vinci 23 21
  BEL Yanina Wickmayer 24 22
  CZE Lucie Šafářová 25 23
  ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues 26 24
  RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 27 25
  ROU Monica Niculescu 28 26
  ITA Flavia Pennetta 29 27
  CZE Petra Cetkovská 30 28
  EST Kaia Kanepi 31 29
  RUS Nadia Petrova 32 30
  CHN Zheng Jie 33 31
  USA Christina McHale 34 32
  • 1 Rankings are as of February 27, 2012

Other entrants edit

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Main article: 2012 BNP Paribas Open – Women's singles qualifying

Withdrawals edit

Retirements edit

Women's doubles edit

Seeds edit

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
  USA Liezel Huber   USA Lisa Raymond 3 1
  IND Sania Mirza   RUS Elena Vesnina 15 2
  CZE Andrea Hlaváčková   CZE Lucie Hradecká 20 3
  RUS Maria Kirilenko   RUS Nadia Petrova 26 4
  ITA Sara Errani   ITA Roberta Vinci 29 5
  ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues   ITA Flavia Pennetta 46 6
  ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives   ESP Arantxa Parra Santonja 49 7
  GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld   USA Vania King 52 8
  • Rankings are as of February 27, 2012

Other entrants edit

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  2. ^ a b "WTA Tour rules" (PDF). wtatour.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d "Prize Money BNP Paribas Open 2012". bnpparibasopen.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  4. ^ Clijsters withdraws from Indian Wells

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