The 2012 French Open (also known as Roland Garros, after the famous French aviator) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 111th edition of the French Open, and took place at the Stade Roland Garros from 27 May until 11 June 2012.
Rafael Nadal won the tournament for the third year in succession, and the seventh time in eight years, defeating first-time Roland Garros finalist Novak Djokovic. His seventh title broke Björn Borg's record of six French Open Men's Singles titles, and equalled Chris Evert's record for most French Open titles won by a man or woman. Li Na was unsuccessful in her title defence, being defeated in the fourth round by Yaroslava Shvedova. Maria Sharapova defeated 21st seed Sara Errani in the final to win her first French Open title, to complete a career Grand Slam, and to return to the World No. 1 ranking for the first time in four years.
This championship was the second time in grand slam history that two multiple slam sets were accomplished in two different disciplines, and that was Mahesh Bhupathi won his first multiple slam in Mixed Doubles, and Esther Vergeer won her second multiple slam set in Women's Wheelchair Doubles. At the 1969 US Open, Rod Laver won his first multiple slam set in Men's Singles, and his fellow countryman Ken Rosewall did in Men's Doubles for the first time. This would occur again for the third time at the 2013 French Open.
Tournament
The 2012 French Open was the one hundred and eleventh edition of the French Open and was held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris. The Men's Singles final was won by Rafael Nadal by defeating Novak Djokovic in the final. By winning his seventh title at Roland Garros, Nadal surpassed Borg's overall titles record to become the most successful tennis player in French Open history. The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the 2012 ATP World Tour and the 2012 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There was a singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which is part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played on clay courts and took place over a series of twenty courts, including the three main showcourts, Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen and Court 1.
Prize money and ranking points For 2012, the prize money purse was increased to €18,718,000 from €17,520,000 in 2011. The prize money and points breakdown is as follows:
Points
Seniors EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128QQ3Q2Q1Men's singles20001200720360180904510251680Men's doubles0 – – – – –Women's singles140090050028016010056050402Women's doubles5 – – – – –
Junior Below is a table charting the points that are available to the boys and girls in boy singles and doubles play.
StageJuniors – Tournament Grades . ITF Tennis. Retrieved 30 January 2011.2011 Junior Circuit Regulations Boys' singlesBoys' doublesGirls' singlesGirls' doublesChampion250 180 250 180Runner up180 120 180 120Semifinals120 80 120 80Quarterfinals80 50 80 50Round of 1650 30 50 30Round of 3230 –30 –Qualifier who loses in first round25 25Qualifying final round20 20
Wheelchair
StageWheelchair Tennis Rules and Regulations 2011 Men's singlesMen's doublesWomen's singlesWomen's doublesChampion800Runner up500Semifinals375100375100Quarterfinals100–100–
Prize money EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128Q3Q2Q1Singles€1,250,000€625,000€310,000€155,000€80,000€47,000€28,000€18,000€9,000€4,500€2,500Doubles *€340,000€170,000€85,000€43,000€23,000€12,000€8,000 – – – –Mixed doubles *€100,000€50,000€25,000€13,000€7,000€3,500 – – – – –Wheelchair singles€15,000€7,500€4,000€2,500 – – – – – – –Wheelchair doubles *€5,000€2,500€1,500 – – – – – – – – * per team
Singles players Men's singles Champion Runner-up Rafael Nadal Novak Djokovic Semifinals out David Ferrer Roger Federer Quarterfinals out Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Juan Martín del Potro Andy Murray Nicolás Almagro 4th round out Andreas Seppi Stanislas Wawrinka David Goffin [LL] Tomáš Berdych Marcel Granollers Richard Gasquet Janko Tipsarević Juan Mónaco 3rd round out Nicolas Devilder (Q) Fernando Verdasco Gilles Simon Fabio Fognini Nicolas Mahut Łukasz Kubot Marin Čilić Kevin Anderson Mikhail Youzhny Tommy Haas (Q) Santiago Giraldo Julien Benneteau Leonardo Mayer Milos Raonic Eduardo Schwank (Q) 2nd round out Blaž Kavčič Michael Berrer (Q) Mikhail Kukushkin Gilles Müller Brian Baker (WC) Pablo Andújar Victor Troicki Cedrik-Marcel Stebe Adrian Ungur Martin Kližan Arnaud Clément (WC) Florent Serra (Q) Édouard Roger-Vasselin Juan Carlos Ferrero Horacio Zeballos (Q) Michaël Llodra Benoît Paire Robin Haase Malek Jaziri John Isner Sergiy Stakhovsky Grigor Dimitrov Bernard Tomic Jarkko Nieminen Jérémy Chardy Dmitry Tursunov Philipp Kohlschreiber Marcos Baghdatis Lukáš Rosol Jesse Levine (Q) Florian Mayer Denis Istomin 1st round out Potito Starace Lleyton Hewitt (WC) Filip Krajinović (Q) Jürgen Melzer Nikolay Davydenko Ernests Gulbis Igor Sijsling (Q) Steve Darcis Ryan Harrison Xavier Malisse Victor Hănescu Flavio Cipolla Thomaz Bellucci Adrian Mannarino (WC) João Souza Andrey Kuznetsov Tobias Kamke David Nalbandian Frank Dancevic Andy Roddick Radek Štěpánek Alex Bogomolov Jr. Karol Beck Feliciano López Albert Montañés Vasek Pospisil Rui Machado Éric Prodon Guillermo García López Dudi Sela Lukáš Lacko Albert Ramos Ivan Dodig James Blake João Sousa (Q) Philipp Petzschner Björn Phau Rogério Dutra da Silva Alexandr Dolgopolov Filippo Volandri Jürgen Zopp (Q) Donald Young Alejandro Falla Igor Andreev Tatsuma Ito Sam Querrey Lu Yen-hsun Go Soeda Mischa Zverev (Q) Matthew Ebden Olivier Rochus Juan Ignacio Chela Paolo Lorenzi Guillaume Rufin (WC) Carlos Berlocq Benjamin Becker (PR) Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Daniel Gimeno Traver Ivo Karlović Igor Kunitsyn Simone Bolelli
Women's singles Champion Runner-up Maria Sharapova Sara Errani Semifinals out Samantha Stosur Petra Kvitová Quarterfinals out Dominika Cibulková Angelique Kerber Yaroslava Shvedova [Q] Kaia Kanepi 4th round out Victoria Azarenka Sloane Stephens Svetlana Kuznetsova Petra Martić Li Na Varvara Lepchenko Arantxa Rus Klára Zakopalová 3rd round out Aleksandra Wozniak Mathilde Johansson Nadia Petrova Ana Ivanovic Flavia Pennetta Christina McHale Carla Suárez Navarro Francesca Schiavone Nina Bratchikova Julia Görges Caroline Wozniacki Peng Shuai 2nd round out Dinah Pfizenmaier (Q) Zheng Jie Lucie Šafářová Vania King Bethanie Mattek-Sands Petra Cetkovská Chanelle Scheepers Irina Falconi Venus Williams Chan Yung-jan (Q) Melanie Oudin (WC) Shahar Pe'er Olga Govortsova Alexa Glatch (Q) Irena Pavlovic (WC) Marion Bartoli Stéphanie Foretz Gacon Lauren Davis (Q) Sofia Arvidsson Sesil Karatantcheva (LL) Tsvetana Pironkova Jelena Janković Claire Feuerstein (WC) Urszula Radwańska Virginie Razzano Heather Watson (Q) Irina-Camelia Begu Jarmila Gajdošová Maria Kirilenko Melinda Czink Lourdes Domínguez Lino Ayumi Morita 1st round out Alberta Brianti Caroline Garcia (WC) Heidi El Tabakh (Q) Alizé Cornet Anastasiya Yakimova Eva Birnerová (Q) Galina Voskoboeva Kristina Mladenovic (WC) Sabine Lisicki Ekaterina Makarova Anastasia Rodionova Simona Halep Iveta Benešová Laura Pous Tió Edina Gallovits-Hall Elena Baltacha Bojana Jovanovski Paula Ormaechea Kateryna Bondarenko Mirjana Lučić Casey Dellacqua Johanna Larsson Stéphanie Dubois Zhang Shuai Romina Oprandi Anna Tatishvili Hsieh Su-wei Laura Robson (LL) Chang Kai-chen Michaëlla Krajicek Karolína Plíšková (Q) Sorana Cîrstea Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Kiki Bertens (Q) Mona Barthel Roberta Vinci Mandy Minella Tamarine Tanasugarn Tímea Babos Kimiko Date-Krumm Yanina Wickmayer Ksenia Pervak Patricia Mayr-Achleitner Monica Niculescu Vera Dushevina Pauline Parmentier Ashleigh Barty (WC) Serena Williams Jamie Hampton Elena Vesnina Lucie Hradecká Alexandra Panova Aravane Rezaï (WC) Magdaléna Rybáriková Eleni Daniilidou Victoria Larrière (WC) Lesia Tsurenko Anne Keothavong Gréta Arn Tamira Paszek Marina Erakovic Polona Hercog Alexandra Cadanțu
Day-by-day summaries
Events
Seniors
Men's singles
Rafael Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic 6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5 *It was Nadal's eleventh career Grand Slam title and his 7th title at French Open. It was his 4th title of the year, 50th title overall.
Women's singles
Maria Sharapova defeated Sara Errani, 6–3, 6–2 *It was Sharapova's fourth career Grand Slam title and her 1st title at French Open.
Men's doubles
Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor defeated Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan, 6–4, 6–4 *It was Mirnyi's sixth career Grand Slam doubles title and his 4th title at French Open. *It was Nestor's eighth career Grand Slam doubles title and his 4th title at French Open.
Women's doubles
Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci defeated Maria Kirilenko / Nadia Petrova, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 *It was Errani and Vinci's first career Grand Slam doubles title.
Mixed doubles
Sania Mirza / Mahesh Bhupathi defeated Klaudia Jans-Ignacik / Santiago González, 7–6(7–3), 6–1 *It was Mirza's second career Grand Slam mixed doubles title and her 1st title at French Open. *It was Bhupathi's eight career Grand Slam mixed doubles title and his 3rd title at French Open.
Juniors
Boys' singles
Kimmer Coppejans defeated Filip Peliwo 6–1, 6–4
Girls' singles
Annika Beck defeated Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Boys' doubles
Andrew Harris / Nick Kyrgios defeated Adam Pavlásek / Václav Šafránek, 6–4, 2–6, [10–7]
Girls' doubles
Daria Gavrilova / Irina Khromacheva defeated Montserrat González / Beatriz Haddad Maia, 4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Wheelchair events
Wheelchair men's singles
Stéphane Houdet defeated Shingo Kunieda, 6–2, 2–6, 7–6(8–6)
Wheelchair women's singles
Esther Vergeer defeated Aniek van Koot, 6–0, 6–0
Wheelchair men's doubles
Frédéric Cattanéo / Shingo Kunieda defeated Michaël Jérémiasz / Stefan Olsson, 3–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–6]
Wheelchair women's doubles
Marjolein Buis / Esther Vergeer defeated Sabine Ellerbrock / Yui Kamiji, 6–0, 6–1
Other events
Legends under 45 doubles
Albert Costa / Carlos Moyá defeated Thomas Enqvist / Todd Woodbridge, 6–2, 6–1
Legends over 45 doubles
John McEnroe / Patrick McEnroe defeated Guy Forget / Henri Leconte, 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Women's legends doubles
Lindsay Davenport / Martina Hingis defeated Martina Navratilova / Jana Novotná, 6–4, 6–4
Singles seeds The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings based on ATP and WTA rankings are as of 21 May 2012, Rankings and Points are as of 28 May 2012.
Because the tournament takes place one week later than in 2011, points defending includes results from both the 2011 French Open and tournaments from the week of 6 June 2011 (Halle and London for men; Birmingham and Copenhagen for women).
Men's singles