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The 2012 WTA Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2012 tennis season. The 2012 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the Tournament of Champions), and the tennis event at the London Summer Olympic Games. Also included in the 2012 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which is organized by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points.^[1]

Schedule

This is the complete schedule of events on the 2012 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.^[1]

Key

Grand Slam tournaments
Summer Olympic Games
Year-end championships
WTA Premier Mandatory
WTA Premier 5
WTA Premier
WTA International
Team events

January

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
January 2	Hyundai Hopman Cup Perth, Australia ITF Mixed Teams Championships A$1,000,000 – Hard (i) – 8 teams (RR)	Czech Republic 2–0	France	Round Robin (Group A) Bulgaria Denmark United States	Round Robin (Group B) Spain Australia China
	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA Premier $655,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Kaia Kanepi 6–2, 6–1	Daniela Hantuchová	Kim Clijsters Francesca Schiavone	Iveta Benešová Serena Williams Jelena Janković Andrea Petkovic
		Nuria Llagostera Vives Arantxa Parra Santonja 7–6^(7–2), 7–6^(7–2)	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	Kim Clijsters Francesca Schiavone
	ASB Classic Auckland, New Zealand WTA International $220,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Zheng Jie 2–6, 6–3, 2–0 retired^[a]	Flavia Pennetta	Angelique Kerber Svetlana Kuznetsova	Sabine Lisicki Elena Vesnina Sara Errani Lucie Hradecká
		Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká 6–7^(2–7), 6–2, [10–7]	Julia Görges Flavia Pennetta	Angelique Kerber Svetlana Kuznetsova	Sabine Lisicki Elena Vesnina Sara Errani Lucie Hradecká
January 9	Apia International Sydney Sydney, Australia WTA Premier $637,000 – Hard – 30S/48Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Victoria Azarenka 6–2, 1–6, 6–3	Li Na	Agnieszka Radwańska Petra Kvitová	Caroline Wozniacki Marion Bartoli Lucie Šafářová Daniela Hantuchová
		Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik 6–1, 4–6, [13–11]	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	Agnieszka Radwańska Petra Kvitová
	Moorilla Hobart International Hobart, Australia WTA International $220,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Mona Barthel 6–1, 6–2	Yanina Wickmayer	Shahar Pe'er Angelique Kerber	Simona Halep Anna Chakvetadze Sorana Cîrstea Jarmila Gajdošová
		Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu 6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–4), [10–5]	Chuang Chia-jung Marina Erakovic	Shahar Pe'er Angelique Kerber
January 16 January 23	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam A$ – Hard 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Draw	Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–0	Maria Sharapova	Kim Clijsters Petra Kvitová	Caroline Wozniacki Agnieszka Radwańska Ekaterina Makarova Sara Errani
		Svetlana Kuznetsova Vera Zvonareva 5–7, 6–4, 6–3	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Horia Tecău 6–3, 5–7, [10–3]	Elena Vesnina Leander Paes
January 30	Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Quarterfinals Moscow, Russia – Hard (i) Charleroi, Belgium – Hard (i) Biella, Italy – Clay (Red) (i) Stuttgart, Germany – Hard (i)	Quarterfinals winners Russia 3–2 Serbia 3–2 Italy 3–2 Czech Republic 4–1	Quarterfinals losers Spain Belgium Ukraine Germany

February

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
February 6	Open GDF Suez Paris, France WTA Premier $637,000 – Hard (i) – 30S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Angelique Kerber 7–6^(7–3), 5–7, 6–3	Marion Bartoli	Yanina Wickmayer Klára Zakopalová	Maria Sharapova Mona Barthel Julia Görges Roberta Vinci
		Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 7–6^(7–3), 6–1	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Petra Martić	Yanina Wickmayer Klára Zakopalová	Maria Sharapova Mona Barthel Julia Görges Roberta Vinci
	PTT Pattaya Open Pattaya City, Thailand WTA International $220,000 – Hard – 32S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Daniela Hantuchová 6–7^(4–7), 6–3, 6–3	Maria Kirilenko	Sorana Cîrstea Hsieh Su-wei	Vera Zvonareva Tamarine Tanasugarn Vania King Sania Mirza
		Sania Mirza Anastasia Rodionova 3–6, 6–1, [10–8]	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	Sorana Cîrstea Hsieh Su-wei	Vera Zvonareva Tamarine Tanasugarn Vania King Sania Mirza
February 13	Qatar Total Open Doha, Qatar WTA Premier 5 $2,168,400 – Hard – 56S/32Q/26D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Victoria Azarenka 6–1, 6–2	Samantha Stosur	Agnieszka Radwańska Marion Bartoli	Yanina Wickmayer Christina McHale Monica Niculescu Lucie Šafářová
		Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 6–3, 6–1	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	Agnieszka Radwańska Marion Bartoli
	XX Copa BBVA-Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia WTA International $220,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino 6–2, 7–5	Alexandra Panova	Edina Gallovits-Hall Tímea Babos	Mariana Duque-Mariño Paula Ormaechea Yaroslava Shvedova Karin Knapp
		Eva Birnerová Alexandra Panova 6–2, 6–2	Mandy Minella Stefanie Vögele	Edina Gallovits-Hall Tímea Babos
February 20	Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates WTA Premier $2,000,000 – Hard – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Agnieszka Radwańska 7–5, 6–4	Julia Görges	Caroline Wozniacki Jelena Janković	Daniela Hantuchová Ana Ivanovic Samantha Stosur Sabine Lisicki
		Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 6–2, 6–1	Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina	Caroline Wozniacki Jelena Janković
	Memphis International Memphis, United States WTA International $220,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Sofia Arvidsson 6–3, 6–4	Marina Erakovic	Vera Dushevina Alberta Brianti	Stéphanie Foretz Gacon Michaëlla Krajicek Lesia Tsurenko Varvara Lepchenko
		Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká 6–3, 6–4	Vera Dushevina Olga Govortsova	Vera Dushevina Alberta Brianti
	Whirlpool Monterrey Open Monterrey, Mexico WTA International $220,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Tímea Babos 6–4, 6–4	Alexandra Cadanțu	Gréta Arn Sara Errani	Nina Bratchikova Lourdes Domínguez Lino Patricia Mayr-Achleitner Mandy Minella
		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–2, 7–6^(8–6)	Kimiko Date-Krumm Zhang Shuai	Gréta Arn Sara Errani
February 27	Abierto Mexicano TELCEL p/b HSBC Acapulco, Mexico WTA International $220,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Sara Errani 5–7, 7–6^(7–2), 6–0	Flavia Pennetta	Roberta Vinci Irina-Camelia Begu	Michaëlla Krajicek Estrella Cabeza Candela Magdaléna Rybáriková Mariana Duque-Mariño
		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–2, 6–1	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja	Roberta Vinci Irina-Camelia Begu
	BMW Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia WTA International $220,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Hsieh Su-wei 2–6, 7–5, 4–1 retired^[b]	Petra Martić	Eleni Daniilidou Jelena Janković	Agnieszka Radwańska Olivia Rogowska Peng Shuai Ayumi Morita
		Chang Kai-chen Chuang Chia-jung 7–5, 6–4	Chan Hao-ching Rika Fujiwara	Eleni Daniilidou Jelena Janković	Agnieszka Radwańska Olivia Rogowska Peng Shuai Ayumi Morita

March

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
March 5 March 12	BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory $5,536,664 – Hard – 96S/48Q/32D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Victoria Azarenka 6–2, 6–3	Maria Sharapova	Angelique Kerber Ana Ivanovic	Agnieszka Radwańska Li Na Marion Bartoli Maria Kirilenko
March 5 March 12		Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 6–2, 6–3	Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina	Angelique Kerber Ana Ivanovic	Agnieszka Radwańska Li Na Marion Bartoli Maria Kirilenko
March 21 March 28	Sony Ericsson Open Miami, United States WTA Premier Mandatory $4,828,050 – Hard – 96S/48Q/32D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Agnieszka Radwańska 7–5, 6–4	Maria Sharapova	Marion Bartoli Caroline Wozniacki	Victoria Azarenka Venus Williams Serena Williams Li Na
March 21 March 28		Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova 7–6^(7–0), 4–6, [10–4]	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	Marion Bartoli Caroline Wozniacki	Victoria Azarenka Venus Williams Serena Williams Li Na

April

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
April 2	Family Circle Cup Charleston, United States WTA Premier $740,000 – Clay (Green) – 56S/48Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Serena Williams 6–0, 6–1	Lucie Šafářová	Polona Hercog Samantha Stosur	Nadia Petrova Vera Zvonareva Sabine Lisicki Venus Williams
April 2		Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Lucie Šafářová 5–7, 6–4, [10–6]	Anabel Medina Garrigues Yaroslava Shvedova	Polona Hercog Samantha Stosur	Nadia Petrova Vera Zvonareva Sabine Lisicki Venus Williams
April 9	Barcelona Ladies Open Barcelona, Spain WTA International $220,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.		vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /		vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
	e-Boks Open Copenhagen, Denmark WTA International $220,000 – Hard (i)^[2] – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.		vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /		vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
April 16	Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Semifinals Moscow, Russia – Clay (i) Ostrava, Czech Republic – Hard (i)	Semifinals Russia vs. Serbia Czech Republic vs. Italy
April 23	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany WTA Premier $740,000 – Clay (Red) (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.		vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /		vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
	Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Fes, Morocco WTA International $220,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.		vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /		vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
April 30	Budapest Grand Prix Budapest, Hungary WTA International $220,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.		vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /		vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
	Estoril Open Estoril, Portugal WTA International $220,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.		vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /		vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.

May

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
May 7	Mutua Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA Premier Mandatory €3,755,140 – Clay (Blue) – 64S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
May 7		/ vs. /	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
May 14	Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 $2,168,400 – Clay (Red) – 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
May 14		/ vs. /	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
May 21	Brussels Open Brussels, Belgium WTA Premier $637,000 – Clay (Red) – 30S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France WTA International $220,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
May 28 June 4	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam € – Clay (Red) 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw - Mixed Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /
		/ vs. /

June

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
June 11	AEGON Classic Birmingham, United Kingdom WTA International $220,000 – Grass – 56S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
	NÜRNBERGER Gastein Ladies Bad Gastein, Austria WTA International $ – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
June 18	AEGON International Eastbourne, United Kingdom WTA Premier $637,000 – Grass – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
	UNICEF Open 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands WTA International $220,000 – Grass – 32S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
June 25 July 2	The Championships, Wimbledon London, United Kingdom Grand Slam £ – Grass 128S/96Q/64D/16Q/48X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw - Mixed Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /
		/ vs. /

July

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists		Quarterfinalists
July 9	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, United States WTA Premier $740,000 – Hard – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.		vs. vs.		vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /		vs. vs.		vs. vs. vs. vs.
	Internazionali femminili di tennis di Palermo Palermo, Italy WTA International $220,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.		vs. vs.		vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /		vs. vs.		vs. vs. vs. vs.
July 16	Mercury Insurance Open p/b Tri-City Medical Center Carlsbad, United States WTA Premier $740,000 – Hard – 56S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.		vs. vs.		vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /		vs. vs.		vs. vs. vs. vs.
	Sony Ericsson Swedish Open Women Båstad, Sweden WTA International $220,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.		vs. vs.		vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /		vs. vs.		vs. vs. vs. vs.
July 23	Baku Cup Baku, Azerbaijan WTA International $220,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.		vs. vs.		vs. vs. vs. vs.
July 23		/ vs. /		vs. vs.		vs. vs. vs. vs.
July 30	Summer Olympic Games London, United Kingdom Summer Olympic Games Grass 64S/32D/X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw - Mixed Draw	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Fourth place	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		vs.		vs.
		/ vs. /		/ vs. /
		/ vs. /		/ vs. /
	Citi Open Washington D.C., United States WTA International $220,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.		vs. vs.		vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /		vs. vs.		vs. vs. vs. vs.

August

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
August 6	Rogers Cup p/b National Bank Montreal, Canada WTA Premier 5 $2,168,400 – Hard – 56S/64Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
August 6		/ vs. /	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
August 13	Western & Southern Open Cincinnati, United States WTA Premier 5 $2,168,400 – Hard – 56S/48Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
August 13		/ vs. /	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
August 20	New Haven Open at Yale New Haven, United States WTA Premier $637,000 – Hard – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
	Texas Tennis Open Dallas, United States WTA International $220,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
August 27 September 3	US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam $ – Hard 128S/128Q/64D/32X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw - Mixed Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /
		/ vs. /

September

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
September 10	Tashkent Open Tashkent, Uzbekistan WTA International $220,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
	Bell Challenge Quebec City, Canada WTA International $220,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
September 17	Hansol Korea Open Seoul, South Korea WTA International $220,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
	Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou, China WTA International $220,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
September 24	Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA Premier 5 $2,168,400 – Hard – 56S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
September 24		/ vs. /	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.

October

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
October 1	China Open Beijing, China WTA Premier Mandatory $4,828,050 – Hard – 60S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
October 1		/ vs. /	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
October 8	Generali Ladies Linz p/b voestalpine Linz, Austria WTA International $220,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
	HP Japan Women's Open Tennis Osaka, Japan WTA International $220,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
October 15	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia WTA Premier $740,000 – Hard (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
	BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open Luxembourg City, Luxembourg WTA International $220,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
October 22	TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships Istanbul, Turkey Year-end championships $4,900,000 – Hard (i) – 8S (RR)/4D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs
October 22		/ vs /
October 29	Tournament of Champions Sofia, Bulgaria Year-end championships $750,000 – Hard (i) – 8S Singles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
October 29	Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Final TBA	vs.

Statistical information

These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2012 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the tennis event at the London Summer Olympic Games, the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the Tournament of Champions), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), and the WTA International tournaments.^[1] The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) cumulated importance of those titles (one Grand Slam win equalling two Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 wins, one year-end championships win equalling one-and-a-half Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win, one Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win equalling two Premier wins, one Olympic win equalling one-and-a-half Premier win, one Premier win equalling two International wins); 3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy; 4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).

Key

Grand Slam tournaments
Summer Olympic Games
Year-end championships
WTA Premier Mandatory
WTA Premier 5
WTA Premier
WTA International

To avoid confusion and double counting, these tables should be updated only after an event is completed. The tables are through to the tournaments of the week of January 23.

Titles won by player

Total	Player	Singles	Doubles	Mixed Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Mixed Doubles
4	Victoria Azarenka (BLR)	●			●		●		●				4	0	0
4	Liezel Huber (USA)					●		●		● ●			0	4	0
4	Lisa Raymond (USA)					●		●		● ●			0	4	0
3	Sara Errani (ITA)										●	● ●	1	2	0
2	Agnieszka Radwańska (POL)				●				●				2	0	0
2	Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE)											● ●	0	2	0
2	Lucie Hradecká (CZE)											● ●	0	2	0
2	Roberta Vinci (ITA)											● ●	0	2	0
1	Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)		●										0	1	0
1	Vera Zvonareva (RUS)		●										0	1	0
1	Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)			●									0	0	1
1	Maria Kirilenko (RUS)					●						●	0	1	0
1	Nadia Petrova (RUS)					●						●	0	1	0
1	Kaia Kanepi (EST)								●				1	0	0
1	Angelique Kerber (GER)								●				1	0	0
1	Serena Williams (USA)								●				1	0	0
1	Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP)									●			0	1	0
1	Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP)									●			0	1	0
1	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)									●			0	1	0
1	Květa Peschke (CZE)									●			0	1	0
1	Lucie Šafářová (CZE)									●			0	1	0
1	Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)									●			0	1	0
1	Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino (ESP)										●		1	0	0
1	Sofia Arvidsson (SWE)										●		1	0	0
1	Tímea Babos (HUN)										●		1	0	0
1	Mona Barthel (GER)										●		1	0	0
1	Daniela Hantuchová (SVK)										●		1	0	0
1	Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)										●		1	0	0
1	Zheng Jie (CHN)										●		1	0	0
1	Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)											●	0	1	0
1	Eva Birnerová (CZE)											●	0	1	0
1	Chuang Chia-jung (TPE)											●	0	1	0
1	Chang Kai-chen (TPE)											●	0	1	0
1	Sania Mirza (IND)											●	0	1	0
1	Monica Niculescu (ROU)											●	0	1	0
1	Alexandra Panova (RUS)											●	0	1	0
1	Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)											●	0	1	0

Titles won by nation

Total	Nation	Singles	Doubles	Mixed Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Mixed Doubles
6	United States (USA)			1		1		1	1	2			1	4	1
4	Belarus (BLR)	1			1		1		1				4	0	0
4	Russia (RUS)		1			1				1		1	0	4	0
4	Czech Republic (CZE)									2		2	0	4	0
3	Italy (ITA)										1	2	1	2	0
2	Poland (POL)				1				1				2	0	0
2	Germany (GER)								1		1		2	0	0
2	Spain (ESP)									1	1		1	1	0
2	Chinese Taipei (TPE)										1	1	1	1	0
1	Estonia (EST)								1				1	0	0
1	Slovenia (SLO)									1			0	1	0
1	China (CHN)										1		1	0	0
1	Hungary (HUN)										1		1	0	0
1	Slovakia (SVK)										1		1	0	0
1	Sweden (SWE)										1		1	0	0
1	Australia (AUS)											1	0	1	0
1	India (IND)											1	0	1	0
1	Romania (ROU)											1	0	1	0

Titles information

The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

Singles

Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino – Bogota (singles)
Tímea Babos – Monterrey (singles)
Mona Barthel – Hobart (singles)
Hsieh Su-wei – Kuala Lumpur (singles)
Angelique Kerber – Paris (singles)

Doubles

Irina-Camelia Begu – Hobart (doubles)
Lucie Šafářová – Charleston (doubles)

Mixed doubles

Bethanie Mattek-Sands – Australian Open (mixed doubles)

The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

Singles

Daniela Hantuchová – Pattaya City (singles)
Liezel Huber – Dubai (doubles)

Rankings

The Race to the Championships determines the players in the WTA Tour Championships in October. The WTA rankings are based on tournaments of the latest 52 weeks.

Singles

The following is the 2012 top 20 in the Race to the Championships and the top 20 ranked players in the world.^[3]^[4] Premier Mandatory Events are counted for players in the top 10, even if they did not compete, unless there is an injury excuse. Gold backgrounds indicate players that have already qualified for the WTA Tour Championships.

Race Singles (as of April 9, 2012)
Rk	Player	Points	Tour
1	Victoria Azarenka (BLR)	4620	6
2	Maria Sharapova (RUS)	2920	4
3	Agnieszka Radwańska (POL)	2885	7
4	Marion Bartoli (FRA)	1756	8
5	Angelique Kerber (GER)	1415	7
6	Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)	1411	6
7	Samantha Stosur (AUS)	1226	7
8	Petra Kvitová (CZE)	1185	6
9	Kim Clijsters (BEL)	1180	4
10	Ana Ivanovic (SRB)	1121	7
11	Serena Williams (USA)	1120	5
12	Li Na (CHN)	1101	6
13	Daniela Hantuchová (SVK)	1086	8
14	Sara Errani (ITA)	1020	7
15	Julia Görges (GER)	966	8
16	Maria Kirilenko (RUS)	888	7
17	Lucie Šafářová (CZE)	877	9
18	Mona Barthel (GER)	838	8
19	Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)	845	8
20	Jelena Jankovic (SRB)	802	9

Template:Current Women's Singles WTA Rankings

Doubles

The following is the 2012 top 20 in the Race To The Championships – Doubles and the top 20 individual ranked doubles players. Gold backgrounds indicate teams that have qualified for WTA Tour Championships.

Race Doubles (as of April 9, 2012)
Rk	Team	Points	Tour
1	Liezel Huber (USA) Lisa Raymond (USA)	3665	7
2	Sara Errani (ITA) Roberta Vinci (ITA)	2911	6
3	Sania Mirza (IND) Elena Vesnina (RUS)	2176	7
4	Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE) Lucie Hradecká (CZE)	2175	7
5	Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) Vera Zvonareva (RUS)	2145	3
6	Maria Kirilenko (RUS) Nadia Petrova (RUS)	1620	4
7	Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) Abigail Spears (USA)	1276	8
8	Iveta Benešová (CZE) Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (CZE)	1062	8
9	Gisela Dulko (ARG) Paola Suárez (ARG)	961	5
10	Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP)	910	4

Template:Current Women's Doubles Individual WTA Rankings

Prize money leaders

#	Player	Singles	Doubles	Year-to-date
1	Victoria Azarenka (BLR)	$4,000,950	$7,130	$4,008,080
2	Maria Sharapova (RUS)	$2,083,350	$ 0	$2,083,350
3	Agnieszka Radwańska (POL)	$1,621,573	$28,886	$1,650,459
4	Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)	$596,188	$ 0	$596,188
5	Petra Kvitová (CZE)	$528,217	$5,473	$533,690
6	Kim Clijsters (BEL)	$513,691	$ 0	$513,691
7	Sara Errani (ITA)	$306,769	$205,496	$512,265
8	Marion Bartoli (FRA)	$501,216	$ 0	$509,326
9	Julia Görges (GER)	$449,908	$34,762	$484,670
10	Angelique Kerber (GER)	$409,136	$5,071	$414,207
prize money given in US$Template:·w as of April 9, 2012^[update]^[5]

Points distribution

Category	W	F	SF	QF	R16	R32	R64	R128	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Grand Slam (S)	2000	1400	900	500	280	160	100	5	60	50	40	2
Grand Slam (D)	2000	1400	900	500	280	160	5	–	48	–	–	–
WTA Championships (S)	+450	+360	(230 for each win, 70 for each loss)					–	–	–	–	–
WTA Championships (D)	1500	1050	690	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier Mandatory (96S)	1000	700	450	250	140	80	50	5	30	–	20	1
WTA Premier Mandatory (64S)	1000	700	450	250	140	80	5	–	30	–	20	1
WTA Premier Mandatory (28/32D)	1000	700	450	250	140	5	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier 5 (56S)	900	620	395	225	125	70	1	–	30	–	20	1
WTA Premier 5 (28D)	900	620	395	225	125	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
Summer Olympic Games (64S)	685	470	340(3rd) 260(4th)	175	95	55	1	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier (56S)	470	320	200	120	60	40	1	–	12	–	8	1
WTA Premier (32S)	470	320	200	120	60	1	–	–	20	12	8	1
WTA Premier (16D)	470	320	200	120	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tournament of Champions	+120	+75	(60 for each win, 25 for each loss)					–	–	–	–	–
WTA International (56S)	280	200	130	70	30	15	1	–	10	–	6	1
WTA International (32S)	280	200	130	70	30	1	–	–	16	10	6	1
WTA International (16D)	280	200	130	70	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Retirements

Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WTA Rankings top 100 (singles) or top 50 (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2012 season:

Květa Peschke (born July 9, 1975 in Bílovec, Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic) turned professional in 1993, reaching career-high rankings of singles no. 26 in 2005, and doubles World No. 1 in July 2011, holding the top spot for 10 weeks and finishing the 2011 season with Katarina Srebotnik as the year-end no. 1 team. As of January 16, 2012, Peschke won one singles and 23 doubles titles on the main circuit, including one Grand Slam doubles title at Wimbledon (2011, with Srebotnik). She also had two doubles runner-up finishes at the French Open (2010) and the WTA Tour Championships (2011), and two mixed doubles runner-up finishes at the US Open (2006, 2010). Peschke was part of the Czech Republic Fed Cup team for thirteen years, winning the title once (2011). She announced in November 2011 her eventual retirement from the sport at the end of the 2012 season.^[6]
Kim Clijsters

Comebacks

Following are notable players who will comeback after retirements during the 2012 WTA Tour season:

Paola Suárez (born June 23, 1976 in Buenos Aires), who turned professional in 1991 and has reached a career high ranking of No. 9 on 07 June 2004 in singles and in doubles she was a former world no. 1. She has won 8 doubles Grand Slam (with Virginia Ruano Pascual), 4 singles titles, 44 WTA Tour doubles including 1 WTA Championships. She return back from retirement in 2012, partnering with Gisela Dulko at the 2012 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas, but they lost in the first round. The pair is aiming to play at the London Summer Olympics Games.

Notes

^a Zheng Jie won the final after Flavia Pennetta was forced to retire because of a low back injury.^[7]
^b Hsieh Su-wei won the final after Petra Martić was forced to retire because of fatigue and cramping.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "2012 WTA calendar" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
^ Vinkel, Per Colstrup. "Farum dropper dyr plan". politiken.dk (in Danish). Politiken. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
^ "Race to the WTA Championships". WTA Tour. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
^ "WTA Singles Rankings". WTA Tour. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
^ "WTA Prize Money". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc.
^ "No more Fed Cup for Czech heroine Peschke". Agence France-Presse (AFP). Yahoo!, Inc. 2011-11-07. Retrieved 2011-12-23.
^ "Zheng Wins Auckland, Ends WTA Title Drought". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. 2012-01-08. Retrieved 2012-01-08.

External links

[WTACalendar2012-1] "2012 WTA calendar" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2011-10-09.

[2] Vinkel, Per Colstrup. "Farum dropper dyr plan". politiken.dk (in Danish). Politiken. Retrieved 2 January 2012.

[3] "Race to the WTA Championships". WTA Tour. Retrieved 2012-01-09.

[4] "WTA Singles Rankings". WTA Tour. Retrieved 2012-01-09.

[Prizemoney-5] "WTA Prize Money". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc.

[RetirementKvětaPeschke-6] "No more Fed Cup for Czech heroine Peschke". Agence France-Presse (AFP). Yahoo!, Inc. 2011-11-07. Retrieved 2011-12-23.

[Auckland-7] "Zheng Wins Auckland, Ends WTA Title Drought". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. 2012-01-08. Retrieved 2012-01-08.

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 *{{flagicon|CZE}} '''[[Květa Peschke]]''' ''(born July 9, 1975 in [[Bílovec]], [[Czechoslovakia]], now [[Czech Republic]])'' turned professional in 1993, reaching career-high rankings of singles no. 26 in 2005, and doubles [[List of WTA number 1 ranked players|World No. 1]] in July 2011, holding the top spot for 10 weeks and finishing the 2011 season with [[Katarina Srebotnik]] as the year-end no. 1 team. As of January 16, 2012, Peschke won one singles and 23 doubles titles on the main circuit, including one Grand Slam doubles title at [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] ([[2011 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles|2011]], with Srebotnik). She also had two doubles runner-up finishes at the [[French Open]] ([[2010 French Open – Women's Doubles|2010]]) and the [[WTA Tour Championships]] ([[2011 WTA Tour Championships – Doubles|2011]]), and two mixed doubles runner-up finishes at the [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] ([[2006 US Open – Mixed Doubles|2006]], [[2010 US Open – Mixed Doubles|2010]]). Peschke was part of the [[Czech Republic Fed Cup team]] for thirteen years, winning the title once ([[2011 Fed Cup|2011]]). She announced in November 2011 her eventual retirement from the sport at the end of the 2012 season.<ref name=RetirementKvětaPeschke>{{cite web|work=[[Agence France-Presse]] (AFP)|publisher=[[Yahoo!]], Inc.|title=No more Fed Cup for Czech heroine Peschke|url=http://sports.yahoo.com/tennis/news?slug=afp-tennis_wta_fedcup_cze_peschke_20111107|date=2011-11-07|accessdate=2011-12-23}}</ref>
+* {{flagicon|BEL}} '''[[Kim Clijsters]]
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