2012 Australian Open

Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.

The 2012 Australian Open was the richest Grand Slam tournament in history, with the singles champions pocketing 2.3 million dollars.[9] All prize money is in Australian dollars (AUD); doubles prize money is distributed per pair.

Novak Djokovic was the defending champion[10] and won in the final 5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–7^(5–7), 7–5 against Rafael Nadal entering the season as reigning world number 1 for the first time of his career. It was the longest match in the history of the Australian Open, and in fact, the longest ever singles final in the Open Era in Grand Slam history; clocked at 5 hours and 53 minutes and ending after midnight with Nadal memorable saying after the match "good morning."[11] It marked the fifth Grand Slam of Djokovic's career and his 3rd Australian Open. It also marked the first time that he had defended a Grand Slam title. After winning the 2012 Australian Open, Djokovic had an opportunity to become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four Grand Slams at the same time, after winning the previous two in 2011. Nadal became the first player to lose in the final of three consecutive Grand Slams in the Open Era.[12]

Championship match result Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–7^(5–7), 7–5

Victoria Azarenka won her first Grand Slam title, becoming the first Belarusian player to win a Grand Slam in singles, by defeating Maria Sharapova in the final. She also became the 21st player to be ranked World No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association on 30 January 2012 as a result of this win. It was Azarenka's 2nd title of the year and 10th of her career.

Championship match result Victoria Azarenka defeated Maria Sharapova, 6–3, 6–0

Leander Paes / Radek Štěpánek defeated Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan, 7–6^(7–1), 6–2

Svetlana Kuznetsova / Vera Zvonareva defeated Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci, 5–7, 6–4, 6–3

Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Horia Tecău defeated Elena Vesnina / Leander Paes, 6–3, 5–7, [10–3]

Luke Saville defeated Filip Peliwo, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4

Taylor Townsend defeated Yulia Putintseva, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3

Liam Broady / Joshua Ward-Hibbert defeated Adam Pavlásek / Filip Veger, 6–3, 6–2

Gabrielle Andrews / Taylor Townsend defeated Irina Khromacheva / Danka Kovinić, 5–7, 7–5, [10–6]

Maikel Scheffers defeated Nicolas Peifer, 3–6, 7–6^(7–2), 6–0

Esther Vergeer defeated Aniek van Koot, 6–0, 6–0

Peter Norfolk defeated David Wagner, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2

Ronald Vink / Robin Ammerlaan defeated Stéphane Houdet / Nicolas Peifer, 6–2, 4–6, 6–1

Esther Vergeer / Sharon Walraven defeated Aniek van Koot / Marjolein Buis, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4

Andrew Lapthorne / Peter Norfolk defeated David Wagner / Noam Gershony, 6–4, 6–2

Seeds and Rankings are as of 9 January 2012 and Points are as of 16 January 2012.[14]

• Ashleigh Barty / Benjamin Mitchell
• Kimiko Date-Krumm / Kei Nishikori
• Casey Dellacqua / Matthew Ebden
• Jelena Dokić / Paul Hanley
• Jarmila Gajdošová / Bruno Soares
• Jelena Janković / Bernard Tomic
• Olivia Rogowska / Marinko Matosevic

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries.

Men's singles Original player Replacement Michael Berrer Édouard Roger-Vasselin James Blake João Souza Marin Čilić Frederico Gil Somdev Devvarman Paolo Lorenzi Fernando González Jérémy Chardy Paul-Henri Mathieu Stéphane Robert Florian Mayer Rik de Voest Tommy Robredo Daniel Gimeno Traver Robin Söderling Karol Beck

Women's singles Original player Replacement Timea Bacsinszky Aleksandra Wozniak Alisa Kleybanova Urszula Radwańska María José Martínez Sánchez Lesia Tsurenko Andrea Petkovic Olga Govortsova Anastasija Sevastova Anastasia Rodionova Venus Williams Mandy Minella

Below is a list of the sixteen seeds for the boys and girls singles and the eight qualifiers for each event.

The field consisted of top seven ranked players in the men's and women's singles, the three top three ranked players in the quad singles category and one wildcard was chosen for each draw.[21]