The 2012 China Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the China Open for the men (16th for the women), and part of the ATP 500 Series of the 2012 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2012 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events were held at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing, China, from 1 October till 7 October 2012. Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka won the singles titles.
Finals
Men's singles
Novak Djokovic defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 7–6(7–4), 6–2
Women's singles
Victoria Azarenka defeated Maria Sharapova, 6–3, 6–1
Men's doubles
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Carlos Berlocq / Denis Istomin, 6–3, 6–2
Women's doubles
Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina defeated Nuria Llagostera Vives / Sania Mirza, 7–5, 7–5
Points and prize money
Point distribution
StageMen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's singlesWomen's doubles Champion 500 1000 Runner up 300 700Semifinals 180 450Quarterfinals 90 250Round of 16 45 0 140Round of 32 0 – 80 5Round of 64 - 5 –Qualifier 20 30Qualifying Finalist 10 20Qualifying 1st round 0 1
Prize money
StageMen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's singlesWomen's doubles Champion $505,000 $148,500 $775,500 $266,000 Runner up $234,000 $68,000 $387,750 $133,000Semifinals $110,000 $33,000 $169,447 $53,000Quarterfinals $52,520 $15,500 $74,450 $22,260Round of 16 $26,810 $7,920 $37,225 $9,350Round of 32 $14,710 – $19,950 $4,250Round of 64 - $11,817 –Final round qualifying $1,700 $2,610First round qualifying $900 $1,350
ATP singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 Seed Novak Djokovic 2 1 David Ferrer 5 2 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7 3 Marin Čilić 13 4 Richard Gasquet 14 5 Alexandr Dolgopolov 20 6 Tommy Haas 21 7 Fernando Verdasco 23 8 1 Rankings are as of September 24, 2012
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Marius Copil Wu Di Ze Zhang
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Brian Baker Michael Berrer Alex Bogomolov Jr. Matthew Ebden
Withdrawals Santiago Giraldo Marcel Granollers John Isner Rafael Nadal
Retirements Julien Benneteau Nikolay Davydenko David Ferrer (stomach virus) Feliciano López
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedBob BryanMike Bryan21 Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor62 Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău123Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski214 Rankings are as of September 24, 2012
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Yu Chang / Zhe Li Maoxin Gong / Zhang Ze The following pair received entry as alternates: Carlos Berlocq / Denis Istomin
Withdrawals Julien Benneteau Marin Čilić (right hip injury)
WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 Seed Victoria Azarenka 1 1 Maria Sharapova 2 2 Agnieszka Radwańska 3 3 Petra Kvitová 5 4 Angelique Kerber 6 5 Sara Errani 7 6 Li Na 8 7 Samantha Stosur 9 8 Marion Bartoli 10 9 Caroline Wozniacki 11 10 Ana Ivanovic 12 11 Dominika Cibulková 13 12 Maria Kirilenko 14 13 Kaia Kanepi 15 14 Roberta Vinci 16 15 Lucie Šafářová 17 16 1 Rankings are as of September 24, 2012
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Kimiko Date-Krumm María-Teresa Torró-Flor Wang Qiang Zheng Saisai Zhang Shuai
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Lara Arruabarrena Vecino Lourdes Domínguez Lino Camila Giorgi Polona Hercog Bojana Jovanovski Ayumi Morita Laura Robson Elena Vesnina
The following player received entry as lucky loser: Olga Govortsova
Withdrawals Kaia Kanepi (right heel injury) Flavia Pennetta (right wrist injury) Sloane Stephens Serena Williams (illness) Venus Williams (back injury) Vera Zvonareva (illness)
Retirements Dominika Cibulková (left hip injury) Sara Errani (left thigh injury) Angelique Kerber (right foot injury) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (gastrointestinal illness)
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed Sara Errani Roberta Vinci31Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova172Ekaterina MakarovaElena Vesnina263Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova284 Nuria Llagostera Vives Sania Mirza305 Katarina Srebotnik Zheng Jie316 Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke417 Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears418 1 Rankings are as of September 24, 2012
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Tang Haochen / Tian Ran Jelena Janković / Andrea Petkovic Yan Zi / Zheng Saisai The following pairs received entry as alternates: Catalina Castaño / Virginie Razzano Liu Wanting / Sun Shengnan
Withdrawals Sara Errani (left thigh injury) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (gastrointestinal illness)
References
External links Official website