2012 Brisbane International
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| 2012 Brisbane International | |
|---|---|
| Date | 1–8 January |
| Edition | 4th |
| Surface | Hard / outdoors |
| Location | Brisbane, Australia |
| Venue | Queensland Tennis Centre |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles | |
| United Kingdom Andy Murray | |
| Women's singles | |
| Estonia Kaia Kanepi | |
| Men's doubles | |
| Belarus Max Mirnyi / Canada Daniel Nestor | |
| Women's doubles | |
| Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives / Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja | |
The 2012 Brisbane International was a joint 2012 ATP World Tour and 2012 WTA Tour tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts in Brisbane, Queensland. Because of its ongoing success, the WTA decided in 2011 to upgrade the event to a Premier event. It was the 4th edition of the tournament and took place at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Tennyson. It was held from 1 to 8 January 2012 and was part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year. Andy Murray and Kaia Kanepi won the singles titles.
ATP singles main-draw entrants
[edit ]Seeds
[edit ]| Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| GBR | Andy Murray | 4 | 1 |
| FRA | Gilles Simon | 12 | 2 |
| UKR | Alexandr Dolgopolov | 15 | 3 |
| GER | Florian Mayer | 23 | 4 |
| JPN | Kei Nishikori | 25 | 5 |
| CZE | Radek Štěpánek | 28 | 6 |
| AUT | Jürgen Melzer | 33 | 7 |
| AUS | Bernard Tomic | 42 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings as of 26 December 2011
Other entrants
[edit ]The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Withdrawals
[edit ]- South Africa Kevin Anderson (knee injury)
- United States James Blake (personal reasons)
- Germany Tommy Haas (calf injury)
- United States Donald Young (personal reasons)
Retirements
[edit ]- Germany Florian Mayer (groin injury)
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
[edit ]Seeds
[edit ]| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLR | Max Mirnyi | CAN | Daniel Nestor | 4 | 1 |
| AUT | Jürgen Melzer | GER | Philipp Petzschner | 12 | 2 |
| SWE | Robert Lindstedt | ROU | Horia Tecău | 14 | 3 |
| PAK | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | CUR | Jean-Julien Rojer | 16 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings are as of 26 December 2011
Other entrants
[edit ]The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
- Australia Matthew Ebden / Australia Chris Guccione
- Australia Greg Jones / Australia Marinko Matosevic
Withdrawals
[edit ]- Germany Tommy Haas (calf injury)
WTA singles main-draw entrants
[edit ]Seeds
[edit ]| Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | Samantha Stosur | 6 | 1 |
| GER | Andrea Petkovic | 10 | 2 |
| ITA | Francesca Schiavone | 11 | 3 |
| USA | Serena Williams | 12 | 4 |
| BEL | Kim Clijsters | 13 | 5 |
| SRB | Jelena Janković | 14 | 6 |
| RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 16 | 7 |
| SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 18 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings as of 26 December 2011
Other entrants
[edit ]The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Withdrawals
[edit ]- Russia Maria Sharapova (ankle injury)
Retirements
[edit ]- Belgium Kim Clijsters (left hip injury)
- Slovenia Polona Hercog (low back injury)
- Kazakhstan Ksenia Pervak (migraine)
- United States Serena Williams (left ankle sprain)
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
[edit ]Seeds
[edit ]| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSA | Natalie Grandin | CZE | Vladimíra Uhlířová | 47 | 1 |
| CZE | Iveta Benešová | CZE | Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | 51 | 2 |
| TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | KAZ | Galina Voskoboeva | 66 | 3 |
| ESP | Nuria Llagostera Vives | ESP | Arantxa Parra Santonja | 66 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings are as of 26 December 2011
Other entrants
[edit ]The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
- Australia Ashleigh Barty / Australia Casey Dellacqua
- Slovakia Dominika Cibulková / Slovakia Janette Husárová
- Serbia Jelena Janković / Germany Andrea Petkovic
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Withdrawals
[edit ]- Slovenia Polona Hercog (low back injury)
Finals
[edit ]Men's singles
[edit ]United Kingdom Andy Murray defeated Ukraine Alexandr Dolgopolov, 6–1, 6–3
- It was Murray's 1st title of the year and 22nd of his career.[1]
Women's singles
[edit ]Estonia Kaia Kanepi defeated Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová, 6–2, 6–1
- It was Kanepi's 1st title of the year and the 2nd of her career.
Men's doubles
[edit ]Belarus Max Mirnyi / Canada Daniel Nestor defeated Austria Jürgen Melzer / Germany Philipp Petzschner, 6–1, 6–2
Women's doubles
[edit ]Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives / Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja defeated United States Raquel Kops-Jones / United States Abigail Spears, 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2)
Broadcast
[edit ]The 2012 Brisbane International was, for the first time, broadcast live and in full to most states in Australia on digital channel 7Two. In previous years, the event was broadcast only on certain days and often on significant delay on Channel Seven.
References
[edit ]- ^ "Andy Murray cruises to Brisbane title and pays tribute to sense of humour and work ethic of new coach Ivan Lendl". The Daily Telegraph. 9 January 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2012.