The 2012 Italian Open (also known as the 2012 Rome Masters 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.
Points and prize money
Point distribution StageMen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's singlesWomen's doubles Champion 1000 900 Runner up 600 620Semifinals 360 395Quarterfinals 180 225Round of 16 90 125Round of 32 45 10 70 1Round of 64 10 – 1 –Qualifier 25 30Qualifying Finalist 16 20Qualifying 1st round 0 1
Prize money StageMen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's singlesWomen's doubles Champion €460,260 €142,500 $385,000 $110,000 Runner up €225,680 €69,780 $192,000 $55,000Semifinals €113,580 €35,000 $95,100 $27,525Quarterfinals €57,755 €17,970 $44,250 $13,850Round of 16 €30,000 €9,290 $22,000 $7,000Round of 32 €15,810 €4,900 $11,300 $3,500Round of 64 €8,535 – $5,800 –Final round qualifying €1,965 $3,200First round qualifying €1,000 $1,650
ATP singles main draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedNovak Djokovic11Roger Federer23Rafael Nadal32Andy Murray44Jo-Wilfried Tsonga55David Ferrer66Tomáš Berdych77Janko Tipsarević88John Isner109Juan Martín del Potro1110Gilles Simon1211Nicolás Almagro1312Gaël Monfils1413Juan Mónaco1514Feliciano López1615Richard Gasquet1816 Rankings are as of 15 May 2012
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: Fabio Fognini Paolo Lorenzi Potito Starace Filippo Volandri
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) Robin Söderling (mononucleosis)
Retirements Alexandr Dolgopolov
ATP doubles main draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor61Bob BryanMike Bryan62Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić113 Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău174Leander PaesMarcin Matkowski205Mariusz Fyrstenberg Radek Štěpánek206Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna277Alexander Peya Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi328 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 Rank1 SeedVictoria Azarenka11Maria Sharapova22Agnieszka Radwańska33Petra Kvitová44Samantha Stosur55Caroline Wozniacki66Marion Bartoli77Li Na88Serena Williams99Francesca Schiavone1110Sabine Lisicki1311Angelique Kerber1412Ana Ivanovic1513Dominika Cibulková1614Jelena Janković1815Maria Kirilenko1916 Rankings are as of 7 May 2012
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: Alberta Brianti Karin Knapp Venus Williams
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) Kaia Kanepi (foot injury) Andrea Petkovic (ankle injury)Andrea Petkovic out three months with ankle injury Vera Zvonareva
WTA doubles main draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedLiezel HuberLisa Raymond21 Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik72 Sara Errani Roberta Vinci253Andrea Hlaváčková Anastasia Rodionova264Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova275 Julia Görges Vania King376Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová457 Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears488 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
Women's singles
Maria Sharapova defeated Li Na, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
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
External links
WTA tournament draws ATP tournament profile WTA tournament profile