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2012 Apia International Sydney

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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 to 15 January 2012. Due to rain, the men's singles and doubles 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.[1] Jarkko Nieminen and Victoria Azarenka won the singles titles.

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ATP singles main-draw entrants

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  • 1 Rankings as of 26 December 2011.[3]

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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot:

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ATP doubles main-draw entrants

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  • 1 Rankings are as of 26 December 2011

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

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WTA singles main-draw entrants

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  • 1 Rankings as of 26 December 2011

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot:

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WTA doubles main-draw entrants

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  • 1 Rankings are as of 26 December 2011

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pairs received entry as alternates:

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Finals

Men's singles

Finland Jarkko Nieminen defeated France Julien Benneteau, 6–2, 7–5

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

Women's singles

Belarus Victoria Azarenka defeated China 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

United States Bob Bryan / United States Mike Bryan defeated Australia Matthew Ebden / Finland Jarkko Nieminen, 6–1, 6–4

Women's doubles

Czech Republic Květa Peschke / Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik defeated United States Liezel Huber / United States Lisa Raymond, 6–1, 4–6, [13–11]

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