2012 Mutua Madrid Open

The 2012 Madrid Masters (also known as the Mutua Madrid Open for sponsorship reasons) was played on outdoor blue clay courts at the Park Manzanares in Madrid, Spain from 7 to 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. The clay courts used for the tournament were dyed blue to provide better contrast with the ball, which garnered controversy amongst players who found the dyeing made the surface too slippery and difficult to maneuver, putting defensive players at a disadvantage. Ion Țiriac, the former Romanian ATP player and billionaire businessman who owns the tournament, instituted the use of the color.[1]

2012 Mutua Madrid Open
Date7–13 May
Edition11th (men)
4th (women)
SurfaceClay (blue) / outdoor
LocationMadrid, Spain
VenuePark 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

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
Roger Federer became the first and 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
Sara Errani serving.

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:

Finals

Men's singles
Main article: 2012 Mutua Madrid Open – 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
Main article: 2012 Mutua Madrid Open – 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
Main article: 2012 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's doubles

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

Women's doubles
Main article: 2012 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's doubles

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

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