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2012 Western and Southern Open

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Date
  
August 11 – 19

Surface
  
Hard / outdoor

Edition
  
111th (men) / 84th (women)

Category
  
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (men) WTA Premier 5 (women)

Location
  
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

The 2012 Western and Southern Open (known as such for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 111th edition (for the men) and the 84th (for the women) of the Cincinnati Masters, and was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2012 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. The tournament was held at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, from August 11 to August 19.

Contents

Seeds

The following players were seeded in the main singles draw, following the ATP Rankings of August 6, 2012:

Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:

  • Brian Baker
  • James Blake
  • Lleyton Hewitt
  • Sam Querrey
  • The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

  • Ivan Dodig
  • Fabio Fognini
  • Jesse Levine
  • Paul-Henri Mathieu
  • Marinko Matosevic
  • Sergiy Stakhovsky
  • Lu Yen-hsun
  • The following players received entry as lucky losers:

  • Jérémy Chardy
  • Alejandro Falla
  • Withdrawals

  • Nicolás Almagro (shoulder injury)
  • Juan Carlos Ferrero (foot injury)
  • John Isner (back injury)
  • Gaël Monfils (knee injury)
  • Rafael Nadal (knee injury)
  • Gilles Simon (shoulder injury)
  • Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (knee injury)
  • Fernando Verdasco (wrist injury)
  • Retirements

  • Janko Tipsarević (virus)
  • Nikolay Davydenko
  • Seeds

  • Rankings are as of August 6, 2012
  • Other entrants

    The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

  • Brian Baker / Rajeev Ram
  • James Blake / Sam Querrey
  • Retirements

  • Juan Mónaco (toe injury)
  • Janko Tipsarević (virus)
  • Other entrants

    The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:

  • Camila Giorgi
  • Sloane Stephens
  • Venus Williams
  • The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

  • Akgul Amanmuradova
  • Kiki Bertens
  • Eleni Daniilidou
  • Casey Dellacqua
  • Andrea Hlaváčková
  • Sesil Karatantcheva
  • Madison Keys
  • Vania King
  • Johanna Larsson
  • Bethanie Mattek-Sands
  • Urszula Radwańska
  • Yaroslava Shvedova
  • The following players received entry as lucky losers:

  • Tímea Babos
  • Anna Tatishvili
  • Withdrawals

  • Ana Ivanovic (right foot injury)
  • Kaia Kanepi (achilles heel injury)
  • Svetlana Kuznetsova (knee injury)
  • Sabine Lisicki (left abdominal sprain)
  • Monica Niculescu (hand injury)
  • Flavia Pennetta (wrist injury)
  • Andrea Petkovic (knee injury)
  • Maria Sharapova (stomach virus)
  • Vera Zvonareva (illness)
  • Retirements

  • Dominika Cibulková (right elbow injury)
  • Christina McHale (gastrointestinal illness)
  • Tamira Paszek (migraine)
  • Nadia Petrova (dizziness)
  • Yaroslava Shvedova (heat illness)
  • Seeds

  • 1 Rankings are as of August 6, 2012
  • Other entrants

    The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

  • Eleni Daniilidou / Peng Shuai
  • Jelena Janković / Shahar Peer
  • The following pairs received entry as alternates:

  • Sofia Arvidsson / Jill Craybas
  • Darija Jurak / Katalin Marosi
  • Withdrawals

  • Nadia Petrova (dizziness)
  • Yaroslava Shvedova (heat illness)
  • Retirements

  • Dominika Cibulková (right elbow injury)
  • Peng Shuai (right shoulder injury)
  • Men's singles

    Roger Federer def. Novak Djokovic, 6–0, 7–6(9–7)

  • It was Roger Federer's 5th title in Cincinnati making him the only player in history ever to win this tournament five times. Federer won the event without ever dropping serve throughout the entire tournament.
  • Women's singles

    Li Na def. Angelique Kerber, 1–6, 6–3, 6–1

  • It was Li Na's first title of the year and sixth of her career.
  • Men's doubles

    Robert Lindstedt / Horia Tecău def. Mahesh Bhupathi / Rohan Bopanna, 6–4, 6–4

    Women's doubles

    Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká def. Katarina Srebotnik / Zheng Jie, 6–1, 6–3

    References

    2012 Western & Southern Open Wikipedia