2012 Sony Ericsson Open

The 2012 Sony Ericsson Open (also known as 2012 Miami Masters), a men's and women's tennis tournament, was held from March 19 to April 1, 2012. It was the 28th edition of the Miami Masters event and played on outdoor hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Miami. The tournament was a part of 2012 ATP World Tour and 2012 WTA Tour, classified as ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and Premier Mandatory event respectively.

2012 Sony Ericsson Open
DateMarch 19 – April 1
Edition28th
CategoryMasters 1000 (ATP)
Premier Mandatory (WTA)
SurfaceHard / Outdoor
LocationKey Biscayne, Miami, United States
VenueTennis Center at Crandon Park
Champions
Men's singles
Serbia Novak Djokovic
Women's singles
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
Men's doubles
India Leander Paes / Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
Women's doubles
Russia Maria Kirilenko / Russia Nadia Petrova

Points and prize money

Point distribution
Stage Men's singles[1] Men's doubles[1] Women's singles[2] Women's doubles[2]
Champion 1000
Runner up 600700
Semifinals 360450
Quarterfinals 180250
Round of 16 90140
Round of 32 4580
Round of 64 25 (10)0500
Round of 128 10–5–
Qualifier 1630
Qualifying Finalist 820
Qualifying 1st round 01

Prize money

The total commitment prize money for this year's event was $4,828,050 each (WTA Tour and ATP World Tour).[3]

Stage Men's singles Men's doubles Women's singles Women's doubles
Champion $659,775$216,190$712,000$241,010
Runner up $321,990$105,500$352,000$121,000
Semifinals $161,375$52,880$164,000$55,000
Quarterfinals $82,270$26,950$79,000$25,965
Round of 16 $43,370$14,210$39,000$12,750
Round of 32 $23,210$7,610$21,000$6,000
Round of 64 $12,530–$12,725–
Round of 96 $7,680$7,700

Players

Seeds
Country Player Rank1 Seed
 SRB Novak Djokovic 1 1
 ESP Rafael Nadal 2 2
  SUI Roger Federer 3 3
 GBR Andy Murray 4 4
 ESP David Ferrer 5 5
 FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6 6
 CZE Tomáš Berdych 7 7
 USA Mardy Fish 8 8
 SRB Janko Tipsarević 9 9
 USA John Isner 10 10
 ARG Juan Martín del Potro 11 11
 ESP Nicolás Almagro 12 12
 FRA Gilles Simon 13 13
 FRA Gaël Monfils 14 14
 ESP Feliciano López 15 15
 JPN Kei Nishikori 16 16
 FRA Richard Gasquet 17 17
 UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov 18 18
 GER Florian Mayer 19 19
 ESP Fernando Verdasco 20 20
 ARG Juan Mónaco 21 21
 AUT Jürgen Melzer 22 22
 CRO Marin Čilić 23 23
 ESP Marcel Granollers 24 24
 CZE Radek Štěpánek 25 25
 CAN Milos Raonic 26 26
 SRB Viktor Troicki 27 27
 RSA Kevin Anderson 28 28
 ARG Juan Ignacio Chela 32 29
 FRA Julien Benneteau 33 30
 USA Andy Roddick 34 31
 GER Philipp Kohlschreiber 35 32
  • Rankings are as of March 19, 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Retirements

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
 SWE Robert Lindstedt  ROU Horia Tecău 17 4
 IND Mahesh Bhupathi  IND Rohan Bopanna 20 5
 POL Mariusz Fyrstenberg  POL Marcin Matkowski 25 6
 IND Leander Paes  CZE Radek Štěpánek 27 7
 CZE František Čermák  SVK Filip Polášek 40 8
  • Rankings are as of March 19, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Retirements

Seeds
Country Player Rank1 Seed
 BLR Victoria Azarenka 1 1
 RUS Maria Sharapova 2 2
 CZE Petra Kvitová 3 3
 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 4 4
 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 5 5
 AUS Samantha Stosur 6 6
 FRA Marion Bartoli 7 7
 CHN Li Na 8 8
 RUS Vera Zvonareva 9 9
 USA Serena Williams 11 10
 ITA Francesca Schiavone 12 11
 GER Sabine Lisicki 13 14
 SRB Jelena Janković 14 13
 GER Julia Görges 15 14
 SRB Ana Ivanovic 16 15
 SVK Dominika Cibulková 17 16
 CHN Peng Shuai 18 17
 GER Angelique Kerber 19 18
 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 20 19
 SVK Daniela Hantuchová 21 20
 ITA Roberta Vinci 22 21
 RUS Maria Kirilenko 23 22
 BEL Yanina Wickmayer 24 23
 ITA Flavia Pennetta 25 24
 ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues 26 25
 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 27 26
 CZE Lucie Šafářová 28 27
 ROU Monica Niculescu 29 28
 CZE Petra Cetkovská 30 29
 ITA Sara Errani 31 30
 EST Kaia Kanepi 32 31
 RUS Nadia Petrova 33 32
  • Rankings are as of March 5, 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Retirements

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 USA Liezel Huber  USA Lisa Raymond 3 1
 CZE Květa Peschke  SLO Katarina Srebotnik 6 2
 IND Sania Mirza  RUS Elena Vesnina 15 3
 CZE Andrea Hlaváčková  CZE Lucie Hradecká 21 4
 RUS Maria Kirilenko  RUS Nadia Petrova 25 5
 ITA Sara Errani  ITA Roberta Vinci 29 6
 KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova  KAZ Galina Voskoboeva 37 7
 SVK Daniela Hantuchová  POL Agnieszka Radwańska 37 8
  • Rankings are as of March 5, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Finals

Men's singles
Main article: 2012 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's singles

Serbia Novak Djokovic defeated United Kingdom Andy Murray, 6–1, 7–6(7–4)

  • It was Djokovic's 2nd title of the year and 30th of his career. It was his 3rd win in Miami, also winning in 2007 and 2011. It was his 1st Masters of the year and 11th of his career.

Women's singles
Main article: 2012 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's singles

Poland Agnieszka Radwańska defeated Russia Maria Sharapova, 7–5, 6–4

  • It was Radwańska's 2nd title of the year and 9th of her career. It was her 2nd Premier Mandatory-level tournament of her career and 5th Premier overall. At this point in the season, Radwańska only lost 4 times, which were all at the hands of No. 1 seed Victoria Azarenka. She was 26-0 versus all other opponents through the Sony Ericsson Open.

Men's doubles
Main article: 2012 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's doubles

India Leander Paes / Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek defeated Belarus Max Mirnyi / Canada Daniel Nestor 3–6, 6–1, [10–8]

Women's doubles
Main article: 2012 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's doubles

Russia Maria Kirilenko / Russia Nadia Petrova defeated Italy Sara Errani / Italy Roberta Vinci, 7–6(7–0), 4–6, [10–4]

References
  1. "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  2. "WTA Tour rules" (PDF). wtatour.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  3. "2012 Prize Money". Archived from the original on 2010-03-30. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
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