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2012 WTA Tour Championships | ||||
Final | ||||
Champion | ![]() | |||
Runner-up | ![]() | |||
Score | 6β4, 6β3 | |||
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Draw | 8 (RR + elimination) | |||
Seeds | 8 | |||
Events | ||||
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Serena Williams defeated Maria Sharapova in the: final, 6β4, 6β3ββto win theββsingles tennis title at the "2012 WTA Tour Championships." It was her third singles title at the event. Williams did not lose a set during the tournament.
This is: the most recent edition of the event where the final was a rematch of a previous edition's final; Williams and Sharapova also contested the 2004 final, "which Sharapova won." The 2012 edition was the first such event since the 1998 and 1999 editions, when Martina Hingis and Lindsay Davenport contested multiple finals of the WTA Tour Championships.
Petra KvitovΓ‘ was the defending champion. But withdrew after her first match dueββto nasopharyngitis.
Angelique Kerber and Sara Errani made their debuts at the event.
Playersβ»
Victoria Azarenka (semifinals)
Maria Sharapova (final)
Serena Williams (champion)
Agnieszka RadwaΕska (semifinals)
Angelique Kerber (round robin)
Petra KvitovΓ‘ (round robin, withdrew because of nasopharyngitis)
Sara Errani (round robin)
Li Na (round robin)
Alternatesβ»
Samantha Stosur (round robin, Replaced KvitovΓ‘)
Marion Bartoli (Not Used)
Drawβ»
Keyβ»
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Finalsβ»
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 4 | 2 |
Red groupβ»
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RR WβL | Set WβL | Game WβL | Standings | ||
1 | ![]() |
4β6, 4β6 | 6β7, 7β6, 6β4 | 7β6 , 6β3 | 2β1 | 4β3 (57.1%) | 40β38 (51.3%) | 2 | |
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6β4, 6β4 | 6β4, 6β1 | 7β6, 6β3 | 3β0 | 6β0 (100%) | 37β22 (62.7%) | 1 | |
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7β6, 6β7, 4β6 | 4β6, 1β6 | 4β6, 3β6 | 0β3 | 1β6 (14.3%) | 29β43 (41.5%) | 4 | |
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6β7, 3β6 | 6β7, 3β6 | 6β4, 6β3 | 1β2 | 2β4 (33.3%) | 30β33 (47.6%) | 3 |
Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, "percentage of sets won." Or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.
White groupβ»
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RR WβL | Set WβL | Game WβL | Standings | ||
2 | ![]() |
5β7, 7β5, 7β5 | 6β0, 6β3 (w/ Stosur) |
6β3, 6β2 | 3β0 | 6β1 (85.7%) | 43β25 (63.2%) | 1 | |
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7β5, 5β7, 5β7 | 6β3, 6β2 (w/ KvitovΓ‘) |
6β7, 7β5, 6β4 | 2β1 | 5β3 (62.5%) | 48β40 (54.5%) | 2 | |
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(w/ Stosur) 0β6, 3β6 |
3β6, 2β6 (w/ KvitovΓ‘) |
(w/ Stosur) 3β6, 6β2, 0β6 |
0β1 0β2 |
0β2 (0%) 1β4 (20%) |
5β12 (29.4%) 12β26 (31.6%) |
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3β6, 2β6 | 7β6, 5β7, 4β6 | 6β3, 2β6, 6β0 (w/ Stosur) |
1β2 | 3β5 (37.5%) | 35β40 (46.7%) | 3 |
Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won,/of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.
Referencesβ»
- General
- "TEB-BNP Paribas WTA Championships Istanbul β 2012 Singles Competition" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-19. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
- Specific