2012 Western & Southern Open

The 2012 Western and Southern Open 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 Mason, Ohio, United States, from August 11 to August 19, 2012. Roger Federer and Li Na won the singles titles.

2012 Western & Southern Open
Date	August 11–19
Edition	111th (men) / 84th (women)
Category	ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (men) WTA Premier 5 (women)
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Mason, Ohio, United States
Venue	Lindner Family Tennis Center
Champions
Men's singles
Roger Federer
Women's singles
Li Na
Men's doubles
Robert Lindstedt / Horia Tecău
Women's doubles
Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká

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		900
Runner up	600		620
Semifinals	360		395
Quarterfinals	180		225
Round of 16	90		125
Round of 32	45	10	70	1
Round of 64	10	–	1	–
Qualifier	25		30
Qualifying Finalist	16		20
Qualifying 1st round	0		1

Prize money

Stage	Men's singles[3]	Men's doubles[3]	Women's singles[3]	Women's doubles[3]
Champion	$535,600	$165,860	$385,000	$110,000
Runner up	$262,610	$81,200	$192,000	$55,000
Semifinals	$132,165	$40,730	$96,100	$27,525
Quarterfinals	$67,205	$20,910	$45,750	$13,850
Round of 16	$34,900	$10,800	$22,060	$7,000
Round of 32	$18,400	$5,700	$11,300	$3,500
Round of 64	$9,935	–	$6,100	–
Final round qualifying	$2,290		$2,050
First round qualifying	$1,165		$1,080

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

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

Country	Player	Ranking	Seeds
SUI	Roger Federer	1	1
SRB	Novak Djokovic	2	2
GBR	Andy Murray	4	3
ESP	David Ferrer	5	4
CZE	Tomáš Berdych	7	5
ARG	Juan Martín del Potro	8	6
SRB	Janko Tipsarević	9	7
ARG	Juan Mónaco	10	8
USA	John Isner	11	9
USA	Mardy Fish	13	10
FRA	Gilles Simon	14	11
CRO	Marin Čilić	15	12
UKR	Alexandr Dolgopolov	16	13
JPN	Kei Nishikori	17	14
GER	Philipp Kohlschreiber	18	15
USA	Andy Roddick	20	16

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)^[4]
• 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

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
BLR	Max Mirnyi	CAN	Daniel Nestor	2	1
USA	Bob Bryan	USA	Mike Bryan	6	2
POL	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	POL	Marcin Matkowski	13	3
SWE	Robert Lindstedt	ROU	Horia Tecău	21	4
IND	Leander Paes	CZE	Radek Štěpánek	21	5
IND	Mahesh Bhupathi	IND	Rohan Bopanna	28	6
ESP	Marcel Granollers	ESP	Marc López	33	7
PAK	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	NED	Jean-Julien Rojer	33	8

• 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)

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Ranking	Seeds
POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	3	1
USA	Serena Williams	4	2
AUS	Samantha Stosur	5	3
CZE	Petra Kvitová	6	4
GER	Angelique Kerber	7	5
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	8	6
ITA	Sara Errani	9	7
FRA	Marion Bartoli	10	8
CHN	Li Na	11	9
SRB	Ana Ivanovic	12	10
SVK	Dominika Cibulková	13	11
RUS	Maria Kirilenko	14	12
SRB	Jelena Janković	18	13
ITA	Francesca Schiavone	21	14
RUS	Nadia Petrova	22	15
CZE	Lucie Šafářová	23	16
RUS	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	24	17

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) ^[4]
• Svetlana Kuznetsova (knee injury) ^[4]
• Sabine Lisicki (left abdominal sprain)
• Monica Niculescu (hand injury) ^[4]
• Flavia Pennetta (wrist injury) ^[4]
• Andrea Petkovic (knee injury) ^[4]
• Maria Sharapova (stomach virus) ^[4]
• Vera Zvonareva (illness) ^[4]

Retirements

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

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
USA	Liezel Huber	USA	Lisa Raymond	2	1
ITA	Sara Errani	ITA	Roberta Vinci	7	2
USA	Vania King	KAZ	Yaroslava Shvedova	11	3
RUS	Maria Kirilenko	RUS	Nadia Petrova	16	4
CZE	Andrea Hlaváčková	CZE	Lucie Hradecká	18	5
ESP	Nuria Llagostera Vives	ESP	María José Martínez Sánchez	37	6
USA	Raquel Kops-Jones	USA	Abigail Spears	39	7
SLO	Katarina Srebotnik	CHN	Zheng Jie	41	8

• 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 Pe'er

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)

Finals

Men's singles

Main article: 2012 Western & Southern Open – Men's singles

Roger Federer defeated 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 dropping serve throughout the tournament.^[5]

Women's singles

Main article: 2012 Western & Southern Open – Women's singles

Li Na defeated 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

Main article: 2012 Western & Southern Open – Men's doubles

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

Women's doubles

Main article: 2012 Western & Southern Open – Women's doubles

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