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 to 15 January 2012. Due to rain, the men's singles and doubles 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.Play cancelled; men’s final Sun. 10 am Jarkko Nieminen and Victoria Azarenka won the singles titles.
ATP singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedJuan Martín del PotroApia International Sydney111John Isner182Richard Gasquet193Feliciano López204Viktor Troicki225Florian Mayer236Marcel Granollers277Radek Štěpánek288Alex Bogomolov Jr.349 |- 1 Rankings as of 26 December 2011.Stunning line-up set for Sydney
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: James Duckworth Matthew Ebden Lleyton HewittHewitt to play in Sydney
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Denis Istomin Jarkko Nieminen Bobby Reynolds Michael Russell
The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot: Ryan Sweeting
Withdrawals Florian Mayer (right hip injury)
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedBob BryanMike Bryan21 Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor62Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski283Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău284 1 Rankings are as of 26 December 2011
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Matthew Ebden / Jarkko Nieminen Colin Ebelthite / Marinko Matosevic
WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedCaroline WozniackiSydney set to welcome world No.111Petra KvitováWimbledon champion Petra Kvitova heads to Sydney22Victoria Azarenka33Li Na 54Samantha Stosur 65Vera Zvonareva76Agnieszka Radwańska87Marion Bartoli98 1 Rankings as of 26 December 2011
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Jelena DokićSydney Wildcard for Dokić Isabella Holland
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: Alexandra Dulgheru Polona Hercog
Withdrawals Sabine Lisicki (abdominal strain) Flavia Pennetta (back injury)
Retirements Julia Görges (viral illness) Svetlana Kuznetsova (heat illness)
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedKvěta PeschkeKatarina Srebotnik41 Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond52Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta173Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova204 1 Rankings are as of 26 December 2011
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Sofia Arvidsson / Jelena Dokić Lucie Šafářová / Vera Zvonareva The following pairs received entry as alternates: Stephanie Bengson / Tyra Calderwood Eleni Daniilidou / Tamarine Tanasugarn
Withdrawals Julia Görges (viral illness) Agnieszka Radwańska
Finals
Men's singles
Jarkko Nieminen defeated Julien Benneteau, 6–2, 7–5 It was Nieminen's 1st title of the year and 2nd title of his career.
Women's singles
Victoria Azarenka defeated 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
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Matthew Ebden / Jarkko Nieminen, 6–1, 6–4
Women's doubles
Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik defeated Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond, 6–1, 4–6, [13–11]
References
External links of the Apia International Sydney