The 2012 China Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the China Open for the men (16th for the women), and part of the ATP 500 Series of the 2012 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2012 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events were held at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing, China, from September 30 till October 7, 2012.
1 Rankings are as of September 24, 2012The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
Marius Copil Wu Di Ze ZhangThe following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Brian Baker Michael Berrer Alex Bogomolov, Jr. Matthew Ebden Santiago Giraldo Marcel Granollers John Isner Rafael Nadal Julien Benneteau Nikolay Davydenko David Ferrer (stomach virus) Feliciano LópezRankings are as of September 24, 2012The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Yu Chang / Zhe Li Maoxin Gong / Zhang ZeThe following pair received entry as alternates:
Carlos Berlocq / Denis Istomin Julien Benneteau Marin Čilić (right hip injury)1 Rankings are as of September 24, 2012The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
Kimiko Date-Krumm María-Teresa Torró-Flor Wang Qiang Zheng Saisai Zhang ShuaiThe following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Lara Arruabarrena Vecino Lourdes Domínguez Lino Camila Giorgi Polona Hercog Bojana Jovanovski Ayumi Morita Laura Robson Elena VesninaThe following player received entry as lucky loser:
Olga Govortsova Kaia Kanepi (right heel injury) Flavia Pennetta (right wrist injury) Sloane Stephens Serena Williams (illness) Venus Williams (back injury) Vera Zvonareva (illness) Dominika Cibulková (left hip injury) Sara Errani (left thigh injury) Angelique Kerber (right foot injury) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (gastrointestinal illness)1 Rankings are as of September 24, 2012The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Tang Haochen / Tian Ran Jelena Janković / Andrea Petkovic Yan Zi / Zheng SaisaiThe following pairs received entry as alternates:
Catalina Castaño / Virginie Razzano Liu Wanting / Sun Shengnan Sara Errani (left thigh injury) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (gastrointestinal illness) Novak Djokovic def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 7–6(7–4), 6–2 Victoria Azarenka def. Maria Sharapova, 6–3, 6–1 Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan def. Carlos Berlocq / Denis Istomin, 6–3, 6–2 Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina def. Nuria Llagostera Vives / Sania Mirza, 7–5, 7–5