2012 WTA Tour
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 WTA 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
February
March
Week of | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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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 |
Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 6–2, 6–3 |
Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina | ||||
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 |
Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova 7–6(7–0), 4–6, [10–4] |
Sara Errani Roberta Vinci |
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
Week of | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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October 1 | China Open Beijing, China WTA Premier Mandatory $4,828,050 – Hard – 60S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw |
Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–1 |
Maria Sharapova | Marion Bartoli Li Na |
Romina Oprandi Carla Suárez Navarro Agnieszka Radwańska Angelique Kerber |
Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 7–5, 7–5 |
Nuria Llagostera Vives Sania Mirza | ||||
October 8 | Generali Ladies Linz p/b voestalpine Linz, Austria WTA International $220,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw |
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October 15 | Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia WTA Premier $740,000 – Hard (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw |
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October 22 | TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships Istanbul, Turkey Year-end championships $4,900,000 – Hard (i) – 8S (RR)/4D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw |
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October 29 | Qatar Airways Tournament of Champions Sofia, Bulgaria Year-end championships $750,000 – Hard (i) – 8S Singles Draw |
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Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Final Czech Republic |
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 September 9th.
Titles won by player
Total | Player | Singles | Doubles | Mixed Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Mixed Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | TotalSingles | TotalDoubles | TotalMixed Doubles |
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12 | Sara Errani (ITA) | ● ● | ● | ● | ● ● ● ● | ● ● ● ● | 4 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||
9 | Roberta Vinci (ITA) | ● ● | ● | ● | ● | ● ● ● ● | 1 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||
8 | Serena Williams (USA) | ● ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● ● | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
5 | Victoria Azarenka (BLR) | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
5 | Lisa Raymond (USA) | ● | ● | ● | ● ● | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||
4 | Liezel Huber (USA) | ● | ● | ● ● | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||
3 | Maria Sharapova (RUS) | ● | ● | ● | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
3 | Sania Mirza (IND) | ● | ● | ● | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||
3 | Agnieszka Radwańska (POL) | ● | ● ● | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Nadia Petrova (RUS) | ● | ● | ● | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
3 | Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) | ● | ● | ● | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||
3 | Abigail Spears (USA) | ● | ● | ● | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||
3 | Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) | ● ● | ● | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Venus Williams (USA) | ● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) | ● | ● | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) | ● | ● | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Petra Kvitová (CZE) | ● | ● | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Klaudia Jans-Ignacik (POL) | ● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) | ● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Kaia Kanepi (EST) | ● | ● | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Angelique Kerber (GER) | ● | ● | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Marina Erakovic (NZL) | ● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Heather Watson (GBR) | ● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (CZE) | ● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Tímea Babos (HUN) | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Magdaléna Rybáriková (SVK) | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Chuang Chia-jung (TPE) | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
2 | Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE) | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
2 | Lucie Hradecká (CZE) | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
2 | Chang Kai-chen (TPE) | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
2 | Alexandra Panova (RUS) | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
2 | Zhang Shuai (CHN) | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Vera Zvonareva (RUS) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Maria Kirilenko (RUS) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Elena Vesnina (RUS) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Li Na (CHN) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Dominika Cibulková (SVK) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Tamira Paszek (AUT) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Iveta Benešová (CZE) | ● | 0 | 1 | 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 | Mona Barthel (GER) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Kiki Bertens (NED) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Alizé Cornet (FRA) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Daniela Hantuchová (SVK) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Polona Hercog (SLO) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Melanie Oudin (USA) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Francesca Schiavone (ITA) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Caroline Wozniacki (DNK) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Zheng Jie (CHN) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Shuko Aoyama (JPN) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Eva Birnerová (CZE) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Irina Buryachok (UKR) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Catalina Castaño (COL) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Petra Cetkovská (CZE) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Jill Craybas (USA) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Mariana Duque Mariño (COL) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Rika Fujiwara (JPN) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Julia Görges (GER) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Olga Govortsova (BLR) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Janette Husárová (SVK) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Paula Kania (POL) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Tatjana Malek (GER) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Monica Niculescu (ROU) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Polina Pekhova (BLR) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Valeria Solovieva (RUS) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Renata Voráčová (CZE) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Titles won by nation
Total | Nation | Singles | Doubles | Mixed Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Mixed Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | TotalSingles | TotalDoubles | TotalMixed Doubles |
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18 | United States (USA) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | ||||
14 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||
13 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | |||||||
11 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||
7 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
6 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||
5 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
5 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
4 | China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
4 | Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
3 | India (IND) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||
3 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
2 | Estonia (EST) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
1 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Serbia (SRB) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Colombia (COL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Thailand (THA) | 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)
- Kiki Bertens – Fes (singles)
- Irina-Camelia Begu - Tashkent (singles)
- Kirsten Flipkens – Quebec City (singles)
- Hsieh Su-wei – Kuala Lumpur (singles)
- Bojana Jovanovski – Baku (singles)
- Angelique Kerber – Paris (singles)
- Melanie Oudin – Birmingham (singles)
- Doubles
- Shuko Aoyama – Washington, D.C. (doubles)
- Tímea Babos – Birmingham (doubles)
- Irina-Camelia Begu – Hobart (doubles)
- Irina Buryachok – Baku (doubles)
- Catalina Castaño – Båstad (doubles)
- Mariana Duque Mariño – Båstad (doubles)
- Rika Fujiwara – Copenhagen (doubles)
- Paula Kania – Tashkent (doubles)
- Tatjana Malek – Quebec City (doubles)
- Kristina Mladenovic – Montreal (doubles)
- Polina Pekhova – Tashkent (doubles)
- Magdaléna Rybáriková – Budapest (doubles)
- Lucie Šafářová – Charleston (doubles)
- Valeria Solovieva – Baku (doubles)
- Heather Watson – Stanford (doubles)
- Mixed doubles
- Bethanie Mattek-Sands – Australian Open (mixed doubles)
- Ekaterina Makarova – US Open (mixed doubles)
The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
- Singles
- Daniela Hantuchová – Pattaya City (singles)
- Polona Hercog – Båstad (singles)
- Maria Sharapova – Rome (singles)
- Serena Williams – Stanford (singles)
- Doubles
- Liezel Huber – Dubai (doubles)
- Serena Williams – Olympics (doubles)
- Venus Williams – Olympics (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] Players must include points from the Grand Slams, Premier Mandatory tournaments and the WTA Championships. For Top 20 players, their best two results at Premier 5 tournaments will also count.[5] Gold backgrounds indicate players that have already qualified for the WTA Tour Championships.
DoublesThe 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.
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