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2012 Sony Ericsson Open
DateMarch 19 – April 1
Edition28th
Category Masters 1000 (ATP)
Premier Mandatory (WTA)
SurfaceHard / Outdoor
Location Key Biscayne, Miami, United States
Venue Tennis Center at Crandon Park
Champions
Men's singles
Serbia Novak Djokovic
Women's singles
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
Men's doubles
India Leander Paes / Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
Women's doubles
Russia Maria Kirilenko / Russia Nadia Petrova
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The 2012 Sony Ericsson Open (also known as 2012 Miami Masters), a men's and women's tennis tournament, was held from March 19 to April 1, 2012. It was the 28th edition of the Miami Masters event and played on outdoor hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Miami. The tournament was a part of 2012 ATP World Tour and 2012 WTA Tour, classified as ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and Premier Mandatory event respectively.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Stage Men's singles [1] Men's doubles [1] Women's singles [2] Women's doubles [2]
Champion 1000
Runner up 600 700
Semifinals 360 450
Quarterfinals 180 250
Round of 16 90 140
Round of 32 45 80
Round of 64 25 (10) 0 50 0
Round of 128 10 – 5 –
Qualifier 16 30
Qualifying Finalist 8 20
Qualifying 1st round 0 1

Prize money

The total commitment prize money for this year's event was $4,828,050 each (WTA Tour and ATP World Tour). [3]

Stage Men's singles Men's doubles Women's singles Women's doubles
Champion $659,775 $216,190 $712,000 $241,010
Runner up $321,990 $105,500 $352,000 $121,000
Semifinals $161,375 $52,880 $164,000 $55,000
Quarterfinals $82,270 $26,950 $79,000 $25,965
Round of 16 $43,370 $14,210 $39,000 $12,750
Round of 32 $23,210 $7,610 $21,000 $6,000
Round of 64 $12,530 – $12,725 –
Round of 96 $7,680 $7,700

Players

Men's singles

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
  SRB Novak Djokovic 1 1
  ESP Rafael Nadal 2 2
   SUI Roger Federer 3 3
  GBR Andy Murray 4 4
  ESP David Ferrer 5 5
  FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6 6
  CZE Tomáš Berdych 7 7
 USA Mardy Fish 8 8
  SRB Janko Tipsarević 9 9
 USA John Isner 10 10
  ARG Juan Martín del Potro 11 11
  ESP Nicolás Almagro 12 12
  FRA Gilles Simon 13 13
  FRA Gaël Monfils 14 14
  ESP Feliciano López 15 15
  JPN Kei Nishikori 16 16
  FRA Richard Gasquet 17 17
  UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov 18 18
  GER Florian Mayer 19 19
  ESP Fernando Verdasco 20 20
  ARG Juan Mónaco 21 21
  AUT Jürgen Melzer 22 22
  CRO Marin Čilić 23 23
  ESP Marcel Granollers 24 24
  CZE Radek Štěpánek 25 25
  CAN Milos Raonic 26 26
  SRB Viktor Troicki 27 27
  RSA Kevin Anderson 28 28
  ARG Juan Ignacio Chela 32 29
  FRA Julien Benneteau 33 30
 USA Andy Roddick 34 31
  GER Philipp Kohlschreiber 35 32
  • Rankings are as of March 19, 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Retirements

Men's doubles

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 USA Bob Bryan  USA Mike Bryan 2 1
  BLR Max Mirnyi   CAN Daniel Nestor 6 2
  FRA Michaël Llodra   SRB Nenad Zimonjić 11 3
  SWE Robert Lindstedt   ROU Horia Tecău 17 4
  IND Mahesh Bhupathi   IND Rohan Bopanna 20 5
  POL Mariusz Fyrstenberg   POL Marcin Matkowski 25 6
  IND Leander Paes   CZE Radek Štěpánek 27 7
  CZE František Čermák   SVK Filip Polášek 40 8
  • Rankings are as of March 19, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Retirements

Women's singles

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
  BLR Victoria Azarenka 1 1
  RUS Maria Sharapova 2 2
  CZE Petra Kvitová 3 3
  DEN Caroline Wozniacki 4 4
  POL Agnieszka Radwańska 5 5
  AUS Samantha Stosur 6 6
  FRA Marion Bartoli 7 7
  CHN Li Na 8 8
  RUS Vera Zvonareva 9 9
 USA Serena Williams 11 10
  ITA Francesca Schiavone 12 11
  GER Sabine Lisicki 13 14
  SRB Jelena Janković 14 13
  GER Julia Görges 15 14
  SRB Ana Ivanovic 16 15
  SVK Dominika Cibulková 17 16
  CHN Peng Shuai 18 17
  GER Angelique Kerber 19 18
  RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 20 19
  SVK Daniela Hantuchová 21 20
  ITA Roberta Vinci 22 21
  RUS Maria Kirilenko 23 22
  BEL Yanina Wickmayer 24 23
  ITA Flavia Pennetta 25 24
  ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues 26 25
  RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 27 26
  CZE Lucie Šafářová 28 27
  ROU Monica Niculescu 29 28
  CZE Petra Cetkovská 30 29
  ITA Sara Errani 31 30
  EST Kaia Kanepi 32 31
  RUS Nadia Petrova 33 32
  • Rankings are as of March 5, 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Retirements

Women's doubles

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 USA Liezel Huber  USA Lisa Raymond 3 1
  CZE Květa Peschke   SLO Katarina Srebotnik 6 2
  IND Sania Mirza   RUS Elena Vesnina 15 3
  CZE Andrea Hlaváčková   CZE Lucie Hradecká 21 4
  RUS Maria Kirilenko   RUS Nadia Petrova 25 5
  ITA Sara Errani   ITA Roberta Vinci 29 6
  KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova   KAZ Galina Voskoboeva 37 7
  SVK Daniela Hantuchová   POL Agnieszka Radwańska 37 8
  • Rankings are as of March 5, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Finals

Men's singles

Main article: 2012 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's singles

Serbia Novak Djokovic defeated United Kingdom Andy Murray, 6–1, 7–6(7–4)

  • It was Djokovic's 2nd title of the year and 30th of his career. It was his 3rd win in Miami, also winning in 2007 and 2011. It was his 1st Masters of the year and 11th of his career.

Women's singles

Main article: 2012 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's singles

Poland Agnieszka Radwańska defeated Russia Maria Sharapova, 7–5, 6–4

  • It was Radwańska's 2nd title of the year and 9th of her career. It was her 2nd Premier Mandatory-level tournament of her career and 5th Premier overall. At this point in the season, Radwańska only lost 4 times, which were all at the hands of No. 1 seed Victoria Azarenka. She was 26-0 versus all other opponents through the Sony Ericsson Open.

Men's doubles

Main article: 2012 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's doubles

India Leander Paes / Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek defeated Belarus Max Mirnyi / Canada Daniel Nestor 3–6, 6–1, [10–8]

Women's doubles

Main article: 2012 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's doubles

Russia Maria Kirilenko / Russia Nadia Petrova defeated Italy Sara Errani / Italy Roberta Vinci, 7–6(7–0), 4–6, [10–4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  2. ^ a b "WTA Tour rules" (PDF). wtatour.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  3. ^ "2012 Prize Money". Archived from the original on 2010-03-30. Retrieved 2012-03-12.

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