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2012 WTA Tour Championships
DateOctober 23 – October 28
Edition42nd (singles) / 37th (doubles)
SurfaceHard
LocationIstanbul, Turkey
2011 Champions
Singles
Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
Doubles
United States Liezel Huber / United States Lisa Raymond
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The 2012 WTA Tour Championships is a tennis tournament to be played at Istanbul, Turkey from October 23 to October 28, 2012. It will be the 42nd edition of the singles event and the 37th edition of the doubles competition. The tournament will be held at the Sinan Erdem Dome and will be contested by eight singles players (and possibly two alternates) and four doubles teams. It is the larger of two season ending championships on the 2012 WTA Tour.

Tournament

Sinan Erdem Dome will host the WTA Championships for the second time in 2012.

The 2012 WTA Championships will take place at the Sinan Erdem Dome 23–28 October 2012. It is the 41st edition of the event. The tournament is jointly run by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and is part of the 2012 WTA Tour. It is the larger of the two season ending championships on the 2012 WTA Tour, the smaller being the Tournament of Champions the following week. The latter is only for players who did not qualify for the WTA Championships.

Format

The singles event features eight players and begins as a round robin event, split into two groups of four. Over the first four days of competition, each player meets the other three players in their group, with the top two in each group advancing to the semifinals. The first-placed player in one group met the second-placed player in the other group, and vice versa. The winners of each semifinal meet in the championship match.

Round Robin tie-breaking methods

The final standings of each group shall be determined by the first of the following methods that apply:

  1. Greatest number of wins
  2. Greatest number of matches played; or
  3. Head-to-head results if only two players are tied, or if three players are tied then:
a If three players each have the same number of wins, a player having played less than all three matches is automatically eliminated and the player advancing to the single elimination competition is the winner of the match-up of the two remaining tied players; or
b Highest percentage of sets won; or
c Highest percentage of games won

The doubles competition has four teams playing in a straight knockout format from the semifinal stage.[1]

Prize money and points

The total prize money for the 2011 WTA Championships is 4.9 million United States dollars.[2]

Stage Singles Doubles Points 1
Champion RR2 + $1,295,000 $375,000 RR2 + 810
Runner-up RR2 + $435,000 $187,500 RR2 + 360
Semifinalist RR2 + $35,000 $93,750 RR2
Round Robin (3 wins) $455,000 – 690
Round Robin (2 wins) $340,000 – 530
Round Robin (1 win) $225,000 – 370
Round Robin (0 wins) $110,000 – 210
Alternates $50,000 –
  • 1 for every match played in the round robin a player gets 70 points automatically, and for each round robin win they get 160 additional points
  • 2 RR means Prize money or Points won in the Round Robin Round. RR for doubles is 690

Qualified Players

Singles

# Players Points Tours Date Qualified
1  Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 8,911 15(14) 6 September
2  Maria Sharapova (RUS) 8,415 15(12) 6 September
3  Serena Williams (USA) 7,900 13(12) 10 September
4  Agnieszka Radwańska (POL) 6,915 20 24 September
5  Angelique Kerber (GER) 5,350 19 4 October
6  Petra Kvitová (CZE) 5,310 18(16) 4 October
7  Sara Errani (ITA) 4,975 21 4 October
8  Li Na (CHN) 4,726 17(16) 5 October
File:Victoria Azarenka - Qatar Open trophy (2).jpg
Victoria Azarenka started the season with a 26-match winning-streak, including her first major.

On September 6, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova became the first two players to qualify for the championships.[3]

Victoria Azarenka started the year strongly, winning the Apia International Sydney over Li Na, 6–2, 1–6, 6–3.[4] She then followed this up by winning her maiden grand slam at the Australian Open, defeating Maria Sharapova, 6–3, 6–0. With the win, she claimed the no. 1 ranking for the first time.[5] Her winning streak continued in the Qatar Total Open. She won the title without dropping a set, beating Samantha Stosur, 6–1, 6–2 in the final.[6] She then won her fourth title of the year at the BNP Paribas Open, once again defeating Sharapova, 6–2, 6–3.[7] Her streak ended when she was defeated by Marion Bartoli in the quarterfinals of Sony Ericsson Open.[8] During the clay season, she reached back-to-back finals, in Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, losing to Sharapova, 1–6, 4–6,[9] and the Mutua Madrid Open, losing to Serena Williams, 1–6, 3–6.[10] At the French Open, she lost in the fourth round to Dominika Cibulková, 2–6, 6–7(4–7).[11] Seeded second at Wimbledon, she reached the semifinals, where she was defeated by Serena, 3–6, 6–7(6–8).[12] At the Summer Olympics, she reached the semifinals, where she once again lost to Serena, 1–6, 2–6.[13] However, she won the bronze medal match against Maria Kirilenko, earning Belarus their first tennis medal in history.[14] She teamed up with Max Mirnyi for the mixed-doubles event, where she won the gold medal after defeating Laura Robson and Andy Murray in the gold-medal match.[15] Seeded first at the US Open, Azarenka defeated the defending champion, Samantha Stosur, in the quarterfinals and Sharapova in the semifinals, but lost to Williams in her first US Open final, 2–6, 6–2, 5–7.[16]

Maria Sharapova completed her grand slam collection after triumphing at the French Open.

Maria Sharapova started 2012 by reaching the final of the Australian Open. Being the favorite for the title, she succumbed in a 3–6, 0–6 defeat to first time grand slam finalist, Victoria Azarenka, in the final.[5] She followed up her consistent performance with back-to-back final appearances at the BNP Paribas Open, losing to Azarenka, 2–6, 3–6,[7] and the Sony Ericsson Open, losing to Agnieszka Radwańska, 5–7, 4–6.[17] She then won her first title of the year at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, defeating world no. 1 Azarenka, 6–1, 6–4.[9] She then also won the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, defeating Li Na, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5), coming back from 0–4 in the second set.[18] At the French Open, she won her fourth grand slam singles title, defeating Sara Errani, 6–3, 6–2, in the final. The victory gave her a career grand slam and returned her to world no. 1.[19] Entering Wimbledon as the top seed, Sharapova lost in the fourth round to Sabine Lisicki, 4–6, 3–6.[20] She rebounded well at the Summer Olympics, winning the silver medal after being outplayed by Serena Williams in the final, 0–6, 1–6.[21] Despite skipping the US Open Series, she reached the US Open's semifinals, but lost to Azarenka.[22]

Serena Williams won two Grand Slam titles and the Olympic gold in 2012

On September 10, Serena Williams became the third player to qualify for the championships.[23]

Main article: 2012 Serena Williams tennis season

Serena Williams did not enjoy a good start of the season, injuring her ankle at her first tournament of 2012 in Brisbane and succumbing in the fourth round of the Australian Open to Ekaterina Makarova, 2–6, 3–6.[24] In the clay season, she won her first title on clay since 2008 at the Family Circle Cup, losing only 15 games and defeating Lucie Šafářová, 6–0, 6–1, in the final.[25] She then won the Mutua Madrid Open over Victoria Azarenka, 6–1, 6–3.[10] Coming to the French Open as a heavy favorite with a 17-match winning streak, Williams suffered a shocking first-round loss to Virginie Razzano, 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 3–6. This marked Williams' first loss in the first round in a Grand Slam.[26] However, she regrouped well and triumphed at Wimbledon by defeating Agnieszka Radwańska in the final, 6–1, 5–7, 6–2, for her 14th Grand Slam title.[27] The following week, she defended her title at the Bank of the West Classic, defeating Coco Vandeweghe, 7–5, 6–3.[28] At the Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal after destroying Maria Sharapova, 6–0, 6–1, in the final. She lost just a total of 17 games during the event. This victory completed the career Golden Slam in singles, making her only the second woman (after Steffi Graf) to do so.[21] She also won the doubles gold with sister Venus Williams for the third time, over Lucie Hradecká and Andrea Hlaváčková, 6–4, 6–4.[29] Her 19-match winning streak ended at the Western & Southern Open to Angelique Kerber.[30] At the US Open, she reached the final with the loss of just 19 games. In the final, she defeated world no. 1, Victoria Azarenka, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5, for her second Grand Slam singles title of the year and 15th overall.[16]

Agnieszka Radwańska reached her first grandslam singles final in 2012

On September 24, Agnieszka Radwańska became the fourth player to qualify for the championships.[31]

Agnieszka Radwańska began the season with a semifinal appearance at Apia International Sydney and a quarterfinal finish at the Australian Open.[32] She claimed her first title of the year at the Dubai Tennis Championships over Julia Görges, 7–5, 6–4.[33] She claimed her second title of the year at the Sony Ericsson Open by defeating Maria Sharapova in the final, 7–5, 6–4.[17] In the clay season, she reached two semifinals, before losing in her opening match in the Internazionali BNL d'Italia to Petra Cetkovská, 4–6, 6–4, 1–6, her first lost to a player other than Azarenka in the year.[34] However, she bounced back by winning the Brussels Open over Simona Halep, 7–5, 6–0.[35] At the French Open, she fell to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the third round, 1–6, 2–6.[36] At Wimbledon, she reached the first Grand Slam singles final of her career, losing to Serena Williams, 1–6, 7–5, 2–6.[37] At the Summer Olympics, she was upset in the first round by Julia Görges, 5–7, 7–6(7–5), 4–6.[38] At the US Open, she lost for the first time to Roberta Vinci in the fourth round, 1–6, 4–6.[39] She reached the final of the 2012 Toray Pan Pacific Open, where she was the defending champion, but was upset in the final by Nadia Petrova, 0–6, 6–1, 3–6.[40]

Angelique Kerber reached three Premier finals, winning two

On October 4, three more spots were filled, as Angelique Kerber, Petra Kvitová, and Sara Errani qualified for the championships.[41]

Angelique Kerber enjoyed her best season so far. She reached two semifinals in her Australian Open preparation, before losing in the third round of the the Australian Open to Maria Sharapova, 1–6, 2–6.[42] She then claimed her first career title at the Open GDF Suez, defeating Marion Bartoli, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–3.[43] She won her second title of the year at the e-Boks Open, defeating defending champion Caroline Wozniacki, 6–4, 6–4.[44] At the French Open, she fell in the quarterfinals to Sara Errani 3–6, 6–7(2–7).[45] In the grass season, she reached the final of the AEGON International, losing to Tamira Paszek, 7–5, 3–6, 5–7, despite having five match points and a 5–3 lead.[46] At Wimbledon, reached her second Grand Slam semifinal, but ended up losing to Agnieszka Radwańska, 3–6, 4–6.[47] At the Western & Southern Open, Kerber reached her first Premier 5 final and fourth final of the year, but lost to Li Na, 1–6, 6–3, 1–6.[48] At the US Open, after reaching the semifinals the previous year, she fell in the fourth round to Errani, 6–7(5–7), 3–6.[49]

Petra Kvitová reached two grandslam semifinals in 2012

Petra Kvitová came into 2012 as a strong contender. She began the year by winning the Hopman Cup with Tomáš Berdych over France's Marion Bartoli and Richard Gasquet.[50] At the Australian Open, she reached the semifinals, losing to Maria Sharapova, 2–6, 6–3, 4–6.[51] She did not perform well until the French Open, where she reached her second straight Grand Slam semifinal, falling again to Sharapova.[52] At Wimbledon as the defending champion, she lost to eventual champion Serena Williams in the quarterfinals, 3–6, 5–7.[53] She then claimed her first title of the year at the Rogers Cup, defeating Li Na, 7–5, 2–6, 6–3, in the final.[54] She claimed the US Open Series top spot, after winning the New Haven Open at Yale, defeating Russian Maria Kirilenko, 7–6(11–9), 7–5.[55] At the US Open, she was upset by Marion Bartoli in the fourth round, 6–1, 2–6, 0–6.[56]

Sara Errani reached the final of the French Open and won four titles

Sara Errani is having a breakthrough season. She reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinals at the Australian Open, losing to Petra Kvitová, 4–6, 4–6.[57] She then won her first title of the year at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, defeating Flavia Pennetta, 5–7, 7–6(7–2), 6–0.[58] She then claimed the Barcelona Ladies Open over Dominika Cibulková, 6–2, 6–2.[59] At the Budapest Grand Prix, the Italian claimed her third title of the year over Elena Vesnina, 7–5, 6–4.[60] At the French Open, Errani made a surprising run, reaching the final and earning her first top-10 wins over no. 10 Angelique Kerber, 6–3, 7–6,(7–2) and no. 6 Samantha Stosur, 7–5, 1–6, 6–3, before losing to Maria Sharapova, 3–6, 2–6, in the final. The result broke her into the top 10.[19][45][61] At Wimbledon, Errani was on the receiving end of the first golden set in a Grand Slam, when she lost to Yaroslava Shvedova, 0–6, 4–6, in the third round.[62] However, she bounced back by winning her fourth title at the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo over Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 6–1, 6–3.[63] At the US Open, she reached her second Grand Slam semifinal, where she lost to Serena Williams, 1–6, 2–6.[64]

Li Na won her first title of the year in Cincinnati.

On October 5, after reaching the semifinals of the China Open, Li Na became the last qualifier.[65]

Li Na started the year by reaching the final of the Apia International Sydney, losing to Victoria Azarenka in the final, 2–6, 6–1, 3–6.[4] In the Australian Open, she lost to Kim Clijsters in the fourth round, 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 4–6, after wasting match point and being ahead 6–2 in the second-set tiebreak.[66] She reached her second final of the year at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, losing to Maria Sharapova, 6–4, 4–6, 6–7(5–7), despite leading 4–0 in the second set.[18] At the French Open as the defending champion, she was upset by Yaroslava Shvedova in the fourth round, 6–3, 2–6, 0–6.[67] At Wimbledon, she fell to Sorana Cîrstea, 3–6, 4–6, in the second round.[68] She then reached her third final of the year at the Rogers Cup, losing to Petra Kvitová, 5–7, 6–2, 3–6.[54] She won her first title of the year at the Western & Southern Open over Angelique Kerber, 1–6, 6–3, 6–1, placing her second in the US Open Series.[48] At the US Open, she received a shock exit in the third round to Laura Robson, 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 2–6.[69]

Doubles

# Players Points Tours Date Qualified
1  Sara Errani (ITA)
 Roberta Vinci (ITA)		 10,097 15 6 September
2  Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE)
 Lucie Hradecká (CZE)		 7,100 13 10 September
3  Liezel Huber (USA)
 Lisa Raymond (USA)		 7,036 19 10 September

On September 6, Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci became the first doubles team to qualify for the championships.[3]

Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci had a breakthrough season as a team winning 8 titles. They won their first two title of the year came back-to-back at the Monterrey Open over Date-Krumm & Zhang 6–2, 7–6(8–6)[70] and Abierto Mexicano Telcel over Domínguez Lino & Parra Santonja 6–2, 6–1.[71] They won their third title at the Barcelona Ladies Open over Pennetta & Schiavone 6–0, 6–2.[72] They then won 4 titles in a row, this begun in the Mutua Madrid Open winning 6–1, 3–6, [10–4] and Internazionali BNL d'Italia 6–2, 7–5 both times over Makarova & Vesnina.[73][74] They then won their first slam titles at the Paris against Kirilenko & Petrova 4–6, 6–4, 6–2.[75] They continued their winning ways at the UNICEF Open defeating Kirilenko & Petrova 6–4, 3–6, [11–9]. They won their eight title and second slam at the US Open against Hlaváčková and Hradecká 6–4, 6–2.[76] They also reached two other finals both losing to Russian pairings, at the Australian Open to Kuznetsova & Zvonareva 7–5, 4–6, 3–6[77] and the Sony Ericsson Open to Kirilenko & Petrova 7–6(7–0), 4–6, [10–4].[78]

On September 10, two more teams qualified for the championships. They were Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká from Czech Republic and Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond from the United States.[23]

Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká had a solid season in 2012. They were able to to reach 7 finals, winning 3 of them. Their firs title came in ASB Classic over Görges & Pennetta 6–7(2–7), 6–2, [10–7].[79] They then won their second title at the Memphis International over Dushevina & Govortsova 6–3, 6–4. They did not reach a final until the grass season, however it came in with 5 straight finals. The first one in the Wimbledon losing to Serena & Venus 5–7, 4–6[80] They then won the silver medal at the Summer Olympics losing once again to Serena & Venus 4–6, 4–6[81] They then won their biggest title of the year at the Western & Southern Open defeating Srebotnik & Zheng 6–1, 6–3.[82] The following week, they reach the final of the New Haven Open at Yale losing to Huber & Raymond 6–4, 0–6, [4–10].[83] They then reached their second slam final of the year at the US Open losing to Errani & Vinci 4–6, 2–6, their first loss to the team.[76]

Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond started early parts of the year strongly, winning 4 successive titles. They won the Open GDF Suez over Grönefeld & Martić 7–6(7–3), 6–1[84] and the Qatar Total Open over Kops-Jones & Spears 6–3, 6–1.[85] They then beat Mirza & Vesnina in the Dubai Tennis Championships 6–2, 6–1 and BNP Paribas Open 6–2, 6–3.[86][87] They did not win any title until the New Haven Open at Yale over Hlaváčková & Hradecká 4–6, 6–0, [10–4]. At the Summer Olympics, they lost to Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova in the bronze medal match 4–6, 6–4, 6–1.[88] They finished runner-up at three tournaments this year, at the Apia International Sydney losing to Peschke & Srebotnik 1–6, 6–4, [11–13],[89] at the AEGON Classic to Babos & Hsieh 5–7, 7–6(7–2), [8–10],[90] and AEGON International to Llagostera Vives & Martínez Sánchez 6–4 RET.

Player head-to-head

Below are the head-to-head records as they approached the tournament.

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  • As of October 7, 2012

Contenders

Singles

Those with a red background have been eliminated.

Rank Athlete Grand Slam Premier Mandatory Best Premier 5 Best Other Total points Tours
AUS French Wimble USO IW Miami Madrid Beijing 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Belarus Victoria Azarenka W
2,000 		R16
280 		SF
900 		F
1,400 		W
1,000 		QF
250 		F
700 		W
1,000 		W
900 		QF
225 		W
470 		B
340 		F
320 		W
280 		R16
125 		A
0 		10,190 17(16)
2 Russia Maria Sharapova F
1,400 		W
2,000 		R16
280 		SF
900 		F
700 		F
700 		QF
250 		F
700 		W
900 		QF
225 		W
470 		S
470 		QF
120 		A
0 		A
0 		A
0 		9,115 16(13)
3 United States Serena Williams R16
280 		R128
5 		W
2,000 		W
2,000 		A
0 		QF
250 		W
1,000 		A
0 		SF
395 		QF
225 		G
685 		W
470 		W
470 		QF
120 		7,900 14(12)
4 Poland Agnieszka Radwańska QF
500 		R32
160 		F
1,400 		R16
280 		QF
250 		W
1,000 		SF
450 		QF
250 		F
620 		SF
395 		W
470 		W
470 		QF
225 		QF
225 		SF
200 		SF
200 		7,095 21
5 Germany Angelique Kerber R32
160 		QF
500 		SF
900 		R16
280 		SF
450 		R64
5 		R16
140 		QF
250 		F
620 		SF
395 		W
470 		SF
395 		F
320 		W
280 		QF
175 		SF
130 		5,470 20
6 Czech Republic Petra Kvitová SF
900 		SF
900 		QF
500 		R16
280 		R32
80 		R64
5 		R32
80 		R32
80 		W
900 		SF
395 		W
470 		QF
225 		SF
200 		SF
200 		A
0 		A
0 		5,215 19(17)
7 Italy Sara Errani QF
500 		F
1,400 		R32
160 		SF
900 		R128
5 		R64
5 		R32
80 		R64
5 		QF
225 		R16
125 		W
280 		W
280 		W
280 		W
280 		SF
200 		SF
130 		4,855 22
8 China Li Na R16
280 		R16
280 		R64
100 		R32
160 		QF
250 		QF
250 		QF
250 		SF
450 		W
900 		F
620 		F
620 		F
320 		R16
125 		QF
120 		R32
1 		A
0 		4,726 17(16)
9 Australia Samantha Stosur R128
5 		SF
900 		R64
100 		QF
500 		R32
80 		R16
140 		QF
250 		R32
5 		F
620 		SF
395 		QF
225 		SF
200 		SF
130 		R16
125 		R16
125 		QF
120 		3,920 21
10 France Marion Bartoli R32
160 		R64
100 		R64
100 		QF
500 		QF
250 		SF
450 		R64
5 		SF
450 		SF
395 		R16
125 		F
320 		F
320 		SF
200 		R16
125 		QF
120 		QF
120 		3,740 24

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2012 WTA Tour Championships – Singles
  • TBD vs. TBD

Doubles

Main article: 2012 WTA Tour Championships – Doubles
  • TBD / TBD vs. TBD / TBD

See also

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