2012 Mutua Madrid Open

2012 Mutua Madrid Open
Date 7 – 13 May
Edition 11th (men)
4th (women)
Surface Clay (Blue) / Outdoor
Location Madrid, Spain
Venue Park Manzanares
Champions
Men's Singles
Switzerland Roger Federer
Women's Singles
United States Serena Williams
Men's Doubles
Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Poland Marcin Matkowski
Women's Doubles
Italy Sara Errani / Italy Roberta Vinci

The 2012 Madrid Masters (also known as the Mutua Madrid Open for sponsorship reasons) was played on outdoor clay courts at the Park Manzanares in Madrid, Spain from 7 – 13 May. It was the 11th edition of the event on the ATP and 4th on the WTA. It was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2012 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2012 WTA Tour. This was the first tournament ever to be played on blue clay courts.

Ion Țiriac, the former Romanian ATP player and now billionaire businessman, is the owner of the tournament.[1]

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Stage Men's Singles[2] Men's Doubles[2] Women's Singles[3] Women's Doubles[3]
Champion 1000
Runner up 600700
Semifinals 360450
Quarterfinals 180250
Round of 16 90140
Round of 32 4510805
Round of 64 10–5–
Qualifier 2530
Qualifying Finalist 1620
Qualifying 1st round 1

Prize money

Stage Men's Singles[4] Men's Doubles[4] Women's Singles[4] Women's Doubles[4]
Champion €585,800€181,400€631,000€199,000
Runner up €287,225€88,800€313,000€100,000
Semifinals €144,560€44,550€149,500€45,000
Quarterfinals €73,510€22,860€70,000€18,975
Round of 16 €38,170€11,820€33,000€9,500
Round of 32 €20,125€6,240€17,500€5,000
Round of 64 €10,865–€8,750–
Final round qualifying €2,505€2,375
First round qualifying €1,275€1,140

ATP singles main draw entrants

Federer became the first and currently only man to win a tournament on blue clay.

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 SRB Novak Djokovic 1 1
 ESP Rafael Nadal 2 2
  SUI Roger Federer 3 3
 FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 5 4
 ESP David Ferrer 6 5
 CZE Tomáš Berdych 7 6
 SRB Janko Tipsarević 8 7
 USA John Isner 10 8
 FRA Gilles Simon 11 9
 ARG Juan Martín del Potro 12 10
 ESP Nicolás Almagro 13 11
 FRA Gaël Monfils 14 12
 ESP Feliciano López 16 13
 FRA Richard Gasquet 18 14
 ESP Fernando Verdasco 19 15
 UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov 20 16
  • Rankings are as of April 30, 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

ATP doubles main draw entrants

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
 POL Mariusz Fyrstenberg  POL Marcin Matkowski 16 4
 IND Leander Paes  CZE Radek Štěpánek 20 5
 SWE Robert Lindstedt  ROU Horia Tecău 21 6
 IND Mahesh Bhupathi  IND Rohan Bopanna 27 7
 AUT Jürgen Melzer  GER Philipp Petzschner 33 8
  • Rankings are as of April 30, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

WTA singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 BLR Victoria Azarenka 1 1
 RUS Maria Sharapova 2 2
 CZE Petra Kvitová 3 3
 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 4 4
 AUS Samantha Stosur 5 5
 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 6 6
 FRA Marion Bartoli 7 7
 CHN Li Na 8 8
 USA Serena Williams 9 9
 RUS Vera Zvonareva 10 10
 ITA Francesca Schiavone 11 11
 GER Angelique Kerber 14 12
 SRB Ana Ivanovic 15 13
 SVK Dominika Cibulková 16 14
 SRB Jelena Janković 17 15
 RUS Maria Kirilenko 19 16
  • Rankings are as of April 30, 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

WTA doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 USA Liezel Huber  USA Lisa Raymond 2 1
 CZE Květa Peschke  SLO Katarina Srebotnik 7 2
 CZE Andrea Hlaváčková  CZE Lucie Hradecká 19 3
 RUS Maria Kirilenko  RUS Nadia Petrova 23 4
 ITA Sara Errani  ITA Roberta Vinci 25 5
 IND Sania Mirza  AUS Anastasia Rodionova 28 6
 KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova  KAZ Galina Voskoboeva 38 7
 CZE Iveta Benešová  CZE Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 40 8
  • Rankings are as of April 30, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Champions

Men's singles

Switzerland Roger Federer defeated Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych, 3–6, 7–5, 7–5

  • It was Federer's fourth singles title of the year (out of four finals), and the 74th of his career. The win, Federer's third in Madrid after 2006 and 2009, was his second ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title of the year, and his 20th overall – at the time tying the record of Masters titles co-held by Rafael Nadal.

Women's singles

United States Serena Williams defeated Belarus Victoria Azarenka, 6–1, 6–3

  • It was Williams' second singles title of the year, and the 41st of her career – which tied her with Kim Clijsters as second among active players (10th in the Open Era) with the most singles titles. It was Williams' first Premier Mandatory title of the year, and her 12th Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 or Tier I title overall.

Men's doubles

Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Poland Marcin Matkowski defeated Sweden Robert Lindstedt / Romania Horia Tecău, 6–3, 6–4

Women's doubles

Italy Sara Errani / Italy Roberta Vinci defeated Russia Ekaterina Makarova / Russia Elena Vesnina, 6–1, 3–6, [10–4]

References

  1. ↑ "Madrid Masters goes bling". tennisworldusa. 8 April 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  3. 1 2 "WTA Tour rules" (PDF). wtatour.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Prize Money BNP Paribas Open 2012" (PDF). bnpparibasopen.com. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  5. 1 2 http://www.madrid-open.com/en/noticias-tenis-masculino/monaco-baja-en-madrid-ga-lopez-wild-card/
  6. ↑ http://www.madrid-open.com/en/noticias-mutua/wild-card-para-albert-montanes/
  7. 1 2 http://www.madrid-open.com/noticias-tenis-masculino/roddick-y-fish-no-estaran-en-madrid/
  8. ↑ http://www.madrid-open.com/en/noticias-tenis-masculino/murray-no-estara-en-madrid/
  9. ↑ http://www.espnstar.com/tennis/news/detail/item795339/Nishikori-a-doubt-for-French-Open/
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 http://www.madrid-open.com/en/noticias-tenis-femenino/wild-cards-para-el-cuadro-femenino/
  11. ↑ https://www.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/story/2012-04-27/andrea-petkovic-out-three-months/54577298/1


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