2012 Mutua Madrid Open

It was the 11th edition of the event on the ATP and 4th on the WTA. It was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2012 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2012 WTA Tour. The clay courts used for the tournament were dyed blue to provide better contrast with the ball, which garnered controversy amongst players who found the dyeing made the surface too slippery and difficult to maneuver, putting defensive players at a disadvantage. Ion Țiriac, the former Romanian ATP player and billionaire businessman who owns the tournament, instituted the use of the color.

2012 Mutua Madrid Open
Date	7–13 May
Edition	11th (men) 4th (women)
Surface	Clay (blue) / outdoor
Location	Madrid, Spain
Venue	Park Manzanares
Champions
Men's singles
Roger Federer
Women's singles
Serena Williams
Men's doubles
Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski
Women's doubles
Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci
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Point distribution

Prize money

 

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
SRB	Novak Djokovic	1	1
ESP	Rafael Nadal	2	2
SUI	Roger Federer	3	3
FRA	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	5	4
ESP	David Ferrer	6	5
CZE	Tomáš Berdych	7	6
SRB	Janko Tipsarević	8	7
USA	John Isner	10	8
FRA	Gilles Simon	11	9
ARG	Juan Martín del Potro	12	10
ESP	Nicolás Almagro	13	11
FRA	Gaël Monfils	14	12
ESP	Feliciano López	16	13
FRA	Richard Gasquet	18	14
ESP	Fernando Verdasco	19	15
UKR	Alexandr Dolgopolov	20	16

• Rankings are as of April 30, 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

•   Guillermo García López
•   Ryan Harrison
•   Javier Martí
•   Albert Montañés

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

•   Igor Andreev
•   Federico Delbonis
•   Alejandro Falla
•   Daniel Gimeno Traver
•   Santiago Giraldo
•   Victor Hănescu
•   Sergiy Stakhovsky

Withdrawals

•   Mardy Fish
•   Juan Mónaco (ankle injury)
•   Andy Murray (back injury)
•   Kei Nishikori (stomach injury)
•   Andy Roddick (hamstring injury)
•   Robin Söderling (mononucleosis)
•   Julien Benneteau (elbow, ankle and wrist injuries)
•   Łukasz Kubot

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
USA	Bob Bryan	USA	Mike Bryan	2	1
BLR	Max Mirnyi	CAN	Daniel Nestor	6	2
FRA	Michaël Llodra	SRB	Nenad Zimonjić	11	3
POL	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	POL	Marcin Matkowski	16	4
IND	Leander Paes	CZE	Radek Štěpánek	20	5
SWE	Robert Lindstedt	ROU	Horia Tecău	21	6
IND	Mahesh Bhupathi	IND	Rohan Bopanna	27	7
AUT	Jürgen Melzer	GER	Philipp Petzschner	33	8

• Rankings are as of April 30, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

•   Sergei Bubka /   Javier Martí
•   Daniel Gimeno Traver /   Iván Navarro

The following pair received entry as alternates:

•   Alex Bogomolov Jr. /   Fabio Fognini

Withdrawals

•   Philipp Kohlschreiber (adductor injury)

 

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
BLR	Victoria Azarenka	1	1
RUS	Maria Sharapova	2	2
CZE	Petra Kvitová	3	3
POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	4	4
AUS	Samantha Stosur	5	5
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	6	6
FRA	Marion Bartoli	7	7
CHN	Li Na	8	8
USA	Serena Williams	9	9
RUS	Vera Zvonareva	10	10
ITA	Francesca Schiavone	11	11
GER	Angelique Kerber	14	12
SRB	Ana Ivanovic	15	13
SVK	Dominika Cibulková	16	14
SRB	Jelena Janković	17	15
RUS	Maria Kirilenko	19	16

• Rankings are as of April 30, 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

•   Lara Arruabarrena Vecino
•   Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco
•   Sílvia Soler Espinosa
•   Carla Suárez Navarro
•   Venus Williams

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

•   Jill Craybas
•   Lourdes Domínguez Lino
•   Andrea Hlaváčková
•   Lucie Hradecká
•   Mathilde Johansson
•   Johanna Larsson
•   Varvara Lepchenko
•   Anastasia Rodionova

Withdrawals

•   Daniela Hantuchová
•   Sabine Lisicki (ankle injury)
•   Flavia Pennetta (wrist injury)
•   Andrea Petkovic (ankle injury)

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
USA	Liezel Huber	USA	Lisa Raymond	2	1
CZE	Květa Peschke	SLO	Katarina Srebotnik	7	2
CZE	Andrea Hlaváčková	CZE	Lucie Hradecká	19	3
RUS	Maria Kirilenko	RUS	Nadia Petrova	23	4
ITA	Sara Errani	ITA	Roberta Vinci	25	5
IND	Sania Mirza	AUS	Anastasia Rodionova	28	6
KAZ	Yaroslava Shvedova	KAZ	Galina Voskoboeva	38	7
CZE	Iveta Benešová	CZE	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	40	8

• Rankings are as of April 30, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

•   Dominika Cibulková /   Janette Husárová
•   Lourdes Domínguez Lino /   Laura Pous Tió
•   Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova /   Lucie Šafářová
•   Sílvia Soler Espinosa /   Carla Suárez Navarro

Men's singles

  Roger Federer defeated   Tomáš Berdych, 3–6, 7–5, 7–5

• It was Federer's fourth singles title of the year (out of four finals), and the 74th of his career. The win, Federer's third in Madrid after 2006 and 2009, was his second ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title of the year, and his 20th overall – at the time tying the record of Masters titles co-held by Rafael Nadal.

Women's singles

  Serena Williams defeated   Victoria Azarenka, 6–1, 6–3

• It was Williams' second singles title of the year, and the 41st of her career – which tied her with Kim Clijsters as second among active players (10th in the Open Era) with the most singles titles. It was Williams' first Premier Mandatory title of the year, and her 12th Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 or Tier I title overall.

Men's doubles

  Mariusz Fyrstenberg /   Marcin Matkowski defeated   Robert Lindstedt /   Horia Tecău, 6–3, 6–4

Women's doubles

  Sara Errani /   Roberta Vinci defeated   Ekaterina Makarova /   Elena Vesnina, 6–1, 3–6, [10–4]