2012 French Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
2012 French Open
Final
Champion	Maria Sharapova
Runner-up	Sara Errani
Score	6–3, 6–2
Events

Maria Sharapova defeated Sara Errani in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2012 French Open. It was her first French Open title, and she completed the career Grand Slam with the win.^[1] It was Sharapova's first major title since the 2008 Australian Open, and her first since a shoulder surgery that threatened to end her career four years prior.^[2] She lost only one set during the tournament, to Klára Zakopalová in the fourth round. Sharapova regained the world No. 1 ranking with the win; Victoria Azarenka and Agnieszka Radwańska were also in contention for the top spot.

Li Na was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to qualifier Yaroslava Shvedova, the first time a defending champion was defeated by a qualifier in the tournament's history.

The tournament was notable for one of the biggest upsets in French Open history as world No. 111 Virginie Razzano defeated world No. 5 and 2002 champion Serena Williams in the first round, despite Williams being two points from victory at 5–1 in the second-set tiebreaker. Razzano became only the second player ranked outside the top 100 (after Sun Tiantian at the 2005 China Open) to defeat Williams in a WTA Tour-level main draw match.^{[citation needed]} It was Williams' first loss in the first round of a major.^[3]

This tournament marked the major main-draw debut of future world No. 1 Karolína Plíšková.

Seeds edit

01.

Victoria Azarenka (fourth round)

02. Maria Sharapova (champion)

03.

Agnieszka Radwańska (third round)

04.

Petra Kvitová (semifinals)

05.

Serena Williams (first round)

06.

Samantha Stosur (semifinals)

07.

Li Na (fourth round)

08.

Marion Bartoli (second round)

09.

Caroline Wozniacki (third round)

10.

Angelique Kerber (quarterfinals)

11.

Vera Zvonareva (withdrew because of a right shoulder injury)

12.

Sabine Lisicki (first round)

13.

Ana Ivanovic (third round)

14.

Francesca Schiavone (third round)

15.

Dominika Cibulková (quarterfinals)

16.

Maria Kirilenko (second round)

17.

Roberta Vinci (first round)

18.

Flavia Pennetta (third round)

19.

Jelena Janković (second round)

20.

Lucie Šafářová (second round)

21.

Sara Errani (final)

22.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (third round)

23.

Kaia Kanepi (quarterfinals)

24.

Petra Cetkovská (second round)

25.

Julia Görges (third round)

26.

Svetlana Kuznetsova (fourth round)

27.

Nadia Petrova (third round)

28.

Peng Shuai (third round)

29.

Anabel Medina Garrigues (third round)

30.

Mona Barthel (first round)

31.

Zheng Jie (second round)

32.

Monica Niculescu (first round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Qualifying edit

Draw edit

Key edit

Finals edit

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

15	Dominika Cibulková	4	1

6	Samantha Stosur	6	6
					6	Samantha Stosur	5	6	3

					21	Sara Errani	7	1	6
21	Sara Errani	6	7⁷

10	Angelique Kerber	3	6²
										21	Sara Errani	3	2

										2	Maria Sharapova	6	6
Q	Yaroslava Shvedova	6	2	4

4	Petra Kvitová	3	6	6
					4	Petra Kvitová	3	3

					2	Maria Sharapova	6	6
23	Kaia Kanepi	2	3

2	Maria Sharapova	6	6

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First round					Second round				Third round				Fourth round

1	V Azarenka	6⁶	6	6
	A Brianti	7⁸	4	2	1	V Azarenka	6	6
WC	C Garcia	6	4	3	Q	D Pfizenmaier	1	1
Q	D Pfizenmaier	3	6	6					1	V Azarenka	6	6
Q	H El Tabakh	5	2							A Wozniak	4	4
	A Wozniak	7	6			A Wozniak	6	6
	A Cornet	4	4		31	J Zheng	2	4
31	J Zheng	6	6										1	V Azarenka	2	6⁴
20	L Šafářová	6	6										15	D Cibulková	6	7⁷
	A Yakimova	2	0		20	L Šafářová	4	5
	MJ Martínez Sánchez	4	6	8		MJ Martínez Sánchez	6	7
Q	E Birnerová	6	4	6						MJ Martínez Sánchez	2	1
	V King	6	6						15	D Cibulková	6	6
	G Voskoboeva	4	2			V King	0	2
WC	K Mladenovic	2	1		15	D Cibulková	6	6
15	D Cibulková	6	6

Section 2 edit

First round					Second round				Third round				Fourth round

12	S Lisicki	4	3
	B Mattek-Sands	6	6			B Mattek-Sands	1	1
	E Makarova	4	6⁶			S Stephens	6	6
	S Stephens	6	7⁸							S Stephens	6	6
	M Johansson	5	7⁸	6						M Johansson	3	2
	An Rodionova	7	6⁶	4		M Johansson	7⁷	6
	S Halep	1	3		24	P Cetkovská	6¹	2
24	P Cetkovská	6	6											S Stephens	5	4
27	N Petrova	6	6										6	S Stosur	7	6
	I Benešová	3	3		27	N Petrova	6	6
	L Pous Tió	4	6	1		C Scheepers	3	3
	C Scheepers	6	2	6					27	N Petrova	3	3
	I Falconi	3	6	6					6	S Stosur	6	6
	E Gallovits-Hall	6	3	1		I Falconi	1	4
	E Baltacha	4	0		6	S Stosur	6	6
6	S Stosur	6	6

Section 3 edit

First round					Second round				Third round					Fourth round

3	A Radwańska	6	6
	B Jovanovski	1	0		3	A Radwańska	6	6
	V Williams	4	6	6		V Williams	2	3
	P Ormaechea	6	1	3					3	A Radwańska	1	2
Q	Y-j Chan	6	7¹⁰						26	S Kuznetsova	6	6
	K Bondarenko	1	6⁸		Q	Y-j Chan	4	6⁴
	M Lučić-Baroni	1	3		26	S Kuznetsova	6	7⁷
26	S Kuznetsova	6	6											26	S Kuznetsova	0	5
21	S Errani	4	6	6										21	S Errani	6	7
	C Dellacqua	6	2	2	21	S Errani	6	6
WC	M Oudin	6	6		WC	M Oudin	2	3
	J Larsson	3	3						21	S Errani	1	7	6
	S Dubois	2	2						13	A Ivanovic	6	5	3
	S Pe'er	6	6			S Pe'er	2	2
Q	L Arruabarrena	1	1		13	A Ivanovic	6	6
13	A Ivanovic	6	6

Section 4 edit

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

10	A Kerber	6	6
Q	S Zhang	3	4		10	A Kerber	6	6
	R Oprandi	4	1			O Govortsova	3	2
	O Govortsova	6	6							10	A Kerber	4	6	6
	A Tatishvili	3	7	4						18	F Pennetta	6	3	2
Q	A Glatch	6	5	6	Q	A Glatch	3	1
	S-w Hsieh	7⁷	4	2	18	F Pennetta	6	6
18	F Pennetta	6³	6	6											10	A Kerber	6	7
29	A Medina Garrigues	6	6													P Martić	3	5
LL	L Robson	2	1		29	A Medina Garrigues	6	6
	K-c Chang	4	5		WC	I Pavlovic	3	2
WC	I Pavlovic	6	7							29	A Medina Garrigues	2	1
	P Martić	6	7								P Martić	6	6
	M Krajicek	2	5			P Martić	6	3	6
Q	Ka Plíšková	3	3		8	M Bartoli	2	6	3
8	M Bartoli	6	6

Bottom half edit

Section 5 edit

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

7	N Li	6	6
	S Cîrstea	2	1		7	N Li	6	6
	B Záhlavová-Strýcová	3	5			S Foretz Gacon	0	2
	S Foretz Gacon	6	7							7	N Li	3	6	6
	C McHale	2	6	6							C McHale	6	2	1
Q	K Bertens	6	4	4		C McHale	6	6
Q	L Davis	6	6		Q	L Davis	1	3
30	M Barthel	1	1												7	N Li	6	2	0
17	R Vinci	2	6	3											Q	Y Shvedova	3	6	6
	S Arvidsson	6	4	6		S Arvidsson	1	0
Q	Y Shvedova	6	6		Q	Y Shvedova	6	6
	M Minella	3	4							Q	Y Shvedova	6	7
	T Tanasugarn	0	3								C Suárez Navarro	4	5
	C Suárez Navarro	6	6			C Suárez Navarro	4	6	6
	T Babos	1	0		LL	S Karatantcheva	6	4	1
LL	S Karatantcheva	6	6

Section 6 edit

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

14	F Schiavone	6	6
	K Date-Krumm	3	1		14	F Schiavone	2	6	6
	T Pironkova	3	6	6		T Pironkova	6	3	1
	Y Wickmayer	6	0	3						14	F Schiavone	6	3	6
	V Lepchenko	6	6⁶	6							V Lepchenko	3	6	8
	K Pervak	2	7⁸	4		V Lepchenko	7⁷	4	6
	P Mayr-Achleitner	6	1	5	19	J Janković	6⁴	6	4
19	J Janković	1	6	7												V Lepchenko	2	1
32	M Niculescu	6	3	3											4	P Kvitová	6	6
	N Bratchikova	0	6	6		N Bratchikova	3	6	7
	V Dushevina	4	1		WC	C Feuerstein	6	3	5
WC	C Feuerstein	6	6								N Bratchikova	2	6	1
	P Parmentier	4	3							4	P Kvitová	6	4	6
	U Radwańska	6	6			U Radwańska	1	3
WC	A Barty	1	2		4	P Kvitová	6	6
4	P Kvitová	6	6

Section 7 edit

First round					Second round				Third round					Fourth round

5	S Williams	6	6⁵	3
	V Razzano	4	7⁷	6		V Razzano	3	6³
	A Rus	6	4			A Rus	6	7⁷
	J Hampton	4	3^r							A Rus	7⁷	2	6
	E Vesnina	2	4						25	J Görges	6⁵	6	2
Q	H Watson	6	6		Q	H Watson	3	4
	L Hradecká	6¹	4		25	J Görges	6	6
25	J Görges	7⁷	6												A Rus	1	6	0
23	K Kanepi	6	6											23	K Kanepi	6	4	6
	A Panova	3	3		23	K Kanepi	6	6
	I-C Begu	7	5	6		I-C Begu	4	1
WC	A Rezaï	5	7	2					23	K Kanepi	6	6³	6
	J Gajdošová	6	4						9	C Wozniacki	1	7⁷	3
	M Rybáriková	3	1^r			J Gajdošová	1	4
	E Daniilidou	0	1		9	C Wozniacki	6	6
9	C Wozniacki	6	6

Section 8 edit

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

16	M Kirilenko	6	6
WC	V Larrière	1	2		16	M Kirilenko	4	6	3
	K Zakopalová	6	6			K Zakopalová	6	3	6
	L Tsurenko	2	1								K Zakopalová	6	7
	A Keothavong	1	2							22	A Pavlyuchenkova	3	5
	M Czink	6	6			M Czink	6	3	3
	G Arn	4	4		22	A Pavlyuchenkova	4	6	6
22	A Pavlyuchenkova	6	6												K Zakopalová	4	7⁷	2
28	S Peng	6	6											2	M Sharapova	6	6⁵	6
	T Paszek	4	3		28	S Peng	6	6
	M Erakovic	5	5			L Domínguez Lino	4	3
	L Domínguez Lino	7	7							28	S Peng	2	1
	P Hercog	6	4	3						2	M Sharapova	6	6
	A Morita	3	6	6		A Morita	1	1
	A Cadanțu	0	0		2	M Sharapova	6	6
2	M Sharapova	6	6

Championship match statistics edit

Category	Sharapova	Errani
1st serve %	36/60 (60%)	48/61 (79%)
1st serve points won	25 of 36 = 69%	22 of 48 = 46%
2nd serve points won	12 of 24 = 50%	5 of 13 = 38%
Total service points won	37 of 60 = 61.67%	27 of 61 = 44.26%
Aces	6	0
Double faults	5	1
Winners	37	12
Unforced errors	29	11
Net points won	5 of 9 = 56%	6 of 10 = 60%
Break points converted	5 of 13 = 38%	2 of 5 = 40%
Return points won	34 of 61 = 56%	23 of 60 = 38%
Total points won	71	50
Source

References edit

^ "Maria Sharapova wins French Open to complete career grand slam". The Guardian. 9 June 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
^ "Maria Sharapova celebrates one of her sweetest grand slam wins after having feared for future". Daily Telegraph. 9 June 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
^ "French Open: Serena Williams loses to Virginie Razzano". BBC. 29 May 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

External links edit

Preceded by 2012 Australian Open – Women's singles	Grand Slam women's singles	Succeeded by 2012 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

[1] "Maria Sharapova wins French Open to complete career grand slam". The Guardian. 9 June 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.

[2] "Maria Sharapova celebrates one of her sweetest grand slam wins after having feared for future". Daily Telegraph. 9 June 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.

[3] "French Open: Serena Williams loses to Virginie Razzano". BBC. 29 May 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

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