2012 WTA Tour
Details | |
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Duration | December 31, 2011 – November 4, 2012 |
Edition | 42nd |
Tournaments | 57 |
Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships (2) Summer Olympics WTA Premier Mandatory (4) WTA Premier 5 (5) WTA Premier (12) WTA International (29) |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most tournament titles | Serena Williams (7) |
Most tournament finals | Victoria Azarenka Maria Sharapova (9) |
Prize money leader | Victoria Azarenka (US$7,928,920) |
Points leader | Victoria Azarenka (10,595) |
Awards | |
Player of the year | Serena Williams |
Doubles team of the year | |
Most improved player of the year | Sara Errani |
Newcomer of the year | Laura Robson |
Comeback player of the year | Yaroslava Shvedova |
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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 WTA Tournament of Champions), and the tennis event at the 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
[edit]This is the complete schedule of events on the 2012 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.[1]
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Grand Slam tournaments |
Summer Olympic Games |
Year-end championships |
WTA Premier Mandatory |
WTA Premier 5 |
WTA Premier |
WTA International |
Team events |
January
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[edit]March
[edit]Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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5 Mar 12 Mar | BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $5,536,664 – 96S/32D Singles – Doubles | 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 | ||||
19 Mar 26 Mar | Sony Ericsson Open Key Biscayne, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $4,828,050 – 96S/32D Singles – Doubles | 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
[edit]May
[edit]June
[edit]July
[edit]August
[edit]September
[edit]October
[edit]Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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1 Oct | China Open Beijing, China WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $4,828,050 – 60S/28D Singles – Doubles | 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 | ||||
8 Oct | Generali Ladies Linz p/b voestalpine Linz, Austria WTA International Hard (i) – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles | Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–4 | Julia Görges | Irina-Camelia Begu Kirsten Flipkens | Petra Martić Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sofia Arvidsson Ana Ivanovic |
6–3, 6–4 | |||||
HP Japan Women's Open Tennis Osaka, Japan WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles | Heather Watson 7–5, 5–7, 7–6(7–4) | Chang Kai-chen | Samantha Stosur Misaki Doi | Jamie Hampton |