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2012 Apia International Sydney

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Date
  
8 January – 15 January

Edition
  
120th

The 2012 Apia International Sydney was a joint ATP and WTA tennis tournament, that was played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 120th edition of the Apia International Sydney, and was a part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2012 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the NSW Tennis Centre in Sydney, Australia, from 8 January to 15 January 2012.

Contents

Due to rain, the Men's Singles and Double's finals had to be rescheduled from the evening of 14 January to the morning of 15 January, the day before the Australian Open was due to begin.

Seeds

  • 1 Rankings as of December 26, 2011.
  • Other entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

  • James Duckworth
  • Matthew Ebden
  • Lleyton Hewitt
  • The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • Denis Istomin
  • Jarkko Nieminen
  • Bobby Reynolds
  • Michael Russell
  • The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot:

  • Ryan Sweeting
  • Withdrawals

  • Florian Mayer (right hip injury)
  • Seeds

  • 1 Rankings are as of December 26, 2011
  • Other entrants

    The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

  • Matthew Ebden / Jarkko Nieminen
  • Colin Ebelthite / Marinko Matosevic
  • Seeds

  • 1 Rankings as of December 26, 2011
  • Other entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

  • Jelena Dokić
  • Isabella Holland
  • The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • Sofia Arvidsson
  • Melinda Czink
  • Ekaterina Makarova
  • Urszula Radwańska
  • Chanelle Scheepers
  • Stefanie Vögele
  • The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot:

  • Alexandra Dulgheru
  • Polona Hercog
  • Withdrawals

  • Sabine Lisicki (abdominal strain)
  • Flavia Pennetta (back injury)
  • Retirements

  • Julia Görges (viral illness)
  • Svetlana Kuznetsova (heat illness)
  • Seeds

  • 1 Rankings are as of December 26, 2011
  • Other entrants

    The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

  • Sofia Arvidsson / Jelena Dokić
  • Lucie Šafářová / Vera Zvonareva
  • The following pairs received entry as alternates:

  • Stephanie Bengson / Tyra Calderwood
  • Eleni Daniilidou / Tamarine Tanasugarn
  • Withdrawals

  • Julia Görges (viral illness)
  • Agnieszka Radwańska
  • Men's Singles

    Jarkko Nieminen def. Julien Benneteau, 6–2, 7–5

  • It was Nieminen's 1st title of the year and 2nd title of his career.
  • Women's Singles

    Victoria Azarenka def. Li Na, 6–2, 1–6, 6–3

  • It was Azarenka's 1st title of the year and 9th of her career. It was her 1st premier-level title of the year and 3rd of her career.
  • Men's Doubles

    Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan def. Matthew Ebden / Jarkko Nieminen, 6–1, 6–4

    Women's Doubles

    Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik def. Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond, 6–1, 4–6, [13–11]

    References

    2012 Apia International Sydney Wikipedia