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2012 BNP Paribas Open
Tennis tournament
The 2012 BNP Paribas Open (also known as the 2012 Indian Wells Open) was a professional tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2012. It was the 39th edition of the men's event (24th for the women), known as the BNP Paribas Open, and 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. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States from March 5 through March 18, 2012 and were played on outdoor hard courts. Roger Federer and Victoria Azarenka won the singles titles.
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Quick Facts Date, Edition ...
| 2012 BNP Paribas Open | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | March 5– 18 | |||
| Edition | 39th (ATP) / 24th (WTA) | |||
| Category | World Tour Masters 1000 (ATP) Premier Mandatory (WTA) | |||
| Prize money | $4,694,696 | |||
| Surface | Hard / outdoor | |||
| Location | Indian Wells, California, US | |||
| Venue | Indian Wells Tennis Garden | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Men's singles | ||||
 Roger Federer | ||||
| Women's singles | ||||
 Victoria Azarenka | ||||
| Men's doubles | ||||
 Marc López / Rafael Nadal | ||||
| Women's doubles | ||||
 Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond | ||||
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Men's singles
Main article: 2012 BNP Paribas Open – Men's singles
Roger Federer defeated 
John Isner, 7–6(9–7), 6–3- It was Federer's 3rd title of the year and 73rd of his career. It was his 4th win at Indian Wells, also winning in 2004, 2005, and 2006. It was his 19th career Masters win, tying the record held by Rafael Nadal.
Women's singles
Main article: 2012 BNP Paribas Open – Women's singles
Victoria Azarenka defeated 
Maria Sharapova, 6–2, 6–3.- It was Azarenka's 4th title of the year and 12th of her career. Azarenka is now 23–0 for the year. It was her 3rd career Premier Mandatory event and 7th Premier overall.
Men's doubles
Main article: 2012 BNP Paribas Open – Men's doubles
Marc López / Rafael Nadal defeated John Isner / Sam Querrey, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Women's doubles
Main article: 2012 BNP Paribas Open – Women's doubles
- Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond defeated
Sania Mirza / Elena Vesnina, 6–2, 6–3.
Point distribution
More information Stage, Men's singles ...
| Stage | Men's singles[1] | Men's doubles[1] | Women's singles[2] | Women's doubles[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 1000 | |||
| Runner up | 600 | 700 | ||
| Semifinals | 360 | 450 | ||
| Quarterfinals | 180 | 250 | ||
| Round of 16 | 90 | 140 | ||
| Round of 32 | 45 | 10 | 80 | 5 |
| Round of 64 | 25 (10) | – | 50 (5) | – |
| Round of 128 | 10 | 5 | ||
| Qualifier | 16 | 30 | ||
| Qualifying Finalist | 8 | 20 | ||
| Qualifying 1st round | 1 | |||
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Prize money
All money is in US dollars
More information Stage, Men's singles ...
| Stage | Men's singles[3] | Men's doubles[3] | Women's singles[3] | Women's doubles[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | $1,000,000 | $241,000 | $1,000,000 | $241,000 |
| Runner up | $500,000 | $121,000 | $500,000 | $121,000 |
| Semifinals | $200,000 | $55,000 | $200,000 | $55,000 |
| Quarterfinals | $100,000 | $27,041 | $100,000 | $27,041 |
| Round of 16 | $43,520 | $14,259 | $43,520 | $14,259 |
| Round of 32 | $23,291 | $7,632 | $23,291 | $7,632 |
| Round of 64 | $12,725 | – | $12,725 | – |
| Round of 96 | $7,709 | $7,709 | ||
| Final round qualifying | $2,296 | $2,296 | ||
| First round qualifying | $1,175 | $1,175 |
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Men's singles
Seeds
More information Country, Player ...
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 SRB |
Novak Djokovic | 1 | 1 |
| ESP |
Rafael Nadal | 2 | 2 |
| SUI |
Roger Federer | 3 | 3 |
 GRB |
Andy Murray | 4 | 4 |
| ESP |
David Ferrer | 5 | 5 |
 FRA |
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 6 | 6 |
 CZE |
Tomáš Berdych | 7 | 7 |
| USA |
Mardy Fish | 8 | 8 |
 ARG |
Juan Martín del Potro | 9 | 9 |
| SRB |
Janko Tipsarević | 10 | 10 |
| USA |
John Isner | 11 | 11 |
| ESP |
Nicolás Almagro | 12 | 12 |
| FRA |
Gilles Simon | 13 | 13 |
| FRA |
Gaël Monfils | 14 | 14 |
| ESP |
Feliciano López | 15 | 15 |
| FRA |
Richard Gasquet | 16 | 16 |
 JPN |
Kei Nishikori | 17 | 17 |
 GER |
Florian Mayer | 18 | 18 |
| ESP |
Fernando Verdasco | 19 | 19 |
 AUT |
Jürgen Melzer | 20 | 20 |
 UKR |
Alexandr Dolgopolov | 21 | 21 |
| ARG |
Juan Mónaco | 22 | 22 |
| SUI |
Stanislas Wawrinka | 23 | 23 |
 CRO |
Marin Čilić | 24 | 24 |
| SRB |
Viktor Troicki | 25 | 25 |
| ESP |
Marcel Granollers | 26 | 26 |
 CAN |
Milos Raonic | 27 | 27 |
| CZE |
Radek Štěpánek | 28 | 28 |
 RSA |
Kevin Anderson | 30 | 29 |
| USA |
Andy Roddick | 31 | 30 |
| ARG |
Juan Ignacio Chela | 32 | 31 |
| FRA |
Julien Benneteau | 33 | 32 |
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- 1 Rankings are as of March 5, 2012
Other entrants
The following players got wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Main article: 2012 BNP Paribas Open – Men's singles qualifying
Ruben Bemelmans
Sergei Bubka
Amer Delić
Rik de Voest
Matthew Ebden
Andrey Golubev
Paolo Lorenzi- Marinko Matosevic
Vasek Pospisil- Bobby Reynolds
- Tim Smyczek
- Rhyne Williams
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
- James Blake → replaced by
Matthias Bachinger - Juan Carlos Ferrero → replaced by
Frederico Gil - Fabio Fognini → replaced by
Lu Yen-hsun 
Ivan Ljubičić → replaced by 
Leonardo Mayer
Gaël Monfils (gastroenteritis) → replaced by Björn Phau- Albert Montañés → replaced by Benoît Paire
- Philipp Petzschner → replaced by David Nalbandian
- Tommy Robredo → replaced by Nicolas Mahut
Robin Söderling (mononucleosis) → replaced by Jérémy Chardy- Dmitry Tursunov → replaced by Tobias Kamke
- Filippo Volandri → replaced by Cedrik-Marcel Stebe
- Mikhail Youzhny → replaced by Steve Darcis
Retirements
- Nikolay Davydenko (illness)
- Philipp Kohlschreiber (illness)
- Michaël Llodra (knee injury)
- Andreas Seppi (illness)
Men's doubles
Seeds
More information Country, Player ...
| 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 |
 SWE |
Robert Lindstedt |  ROU |
Horia Tecău | 19 | 4 |
 IND |
Mahesh Bhupathi | IND |
Rohan Bopanna | 20 | 5 |
 POL |
Mariusz Fyrstenberg | POL |
Marcin Matkowski | 26 | 6 |
| IND |
Leander Paes | CZE |
Radek Štěpánek | 29 | 7 |
| AUT |
Oliver Marach | AUT |
Alexander Peya | 42 | 8 |
Close
- Rankings are as of March 5, 2012
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Retirements
Jürgen Melzer (illness)
Women's singles
Seeds
More information Country, Player ...
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLR |
Victoria Azarenka | 1 | 1 |
 RUS |
Maria Sharapova | 2 | 2 |
| CZE |
Petra Kvitová | 3 | 3 |
 DEN |
Caroline Wozniacki | 4 | 4 |
| POL |
Agnieszka Radwańska | 5 | 5 |
 AUS |
Samantha Stosur | 6 | 6 |
| FRA |
Marion Bartoli | 7 | 7 |
 CHN |
Li Na | 8 | 8 |
| RUS |
Vera Zvonareva | 9 | 9 |
 ITA |
Francesca Schiavone | 12 | 10 |
| GER |
Sabine Lisicki | 13 | 11 |
| SRB |
Jelena Janković | 14 | 12 |
| RUS |
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 15 | 13 |
| GER |
Julia Görges | 16 | 14 |
| SRB |
Ana Ivanovic | 17 | 15 |
 SVK |
Dominika Cibulková | 18 | 16 |
| CHN |
Peng Shuai | 19 | 17 |
| GER |
Angelique Kerber | 20 | 18 |
| SVK |
Daniela Hantuchová | 21 | 19 |
| RUS |
Maria Kirilenko | 22 | 20 |
| ITA |
Roberta Vinci | 23 | 21 |
 BEL |
Yanina Wickmayer | 24 | 22 |
| CZE |
Lucie Šafářová | 25 | 23 |
| ESP |
Anabel Medina Garrigues | 26 | 24 |
| RUS |
Svetlana Kuznetsova | 27 | 25 |
| ROU |
Monica Niculescu | 28 | 26 |
| ITA |
Flavia Pennetta | 29 | 27 |
| CZE |
Petra Cetkovská | 30 | 28 |
 EST |
Kaia Kanepi | 31 | 29 |
| RUS |
Nadia Petrova | 32 | 30 |
| CHN |
Zheng Jie | 33 | 31 |
| USA |
Christina McHale | 34 | 32 |
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- 1 Rankings are as of February 27, 2012
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
- Jill Craybas
- Lauren Davis
- Irina Falconi
- Jamie Hampton
- Sania Mirza
Urszula Radwańska- Sloane Stephens
- Coco Vandeweghe
The following player received entry using a protected ranking:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Main article: 2012 BNP Paribas Open – Women's singles qualifying
Withdrawals
- Serena Williams (continued boycott of the event since 2001) → replaced by Sofia Arvidsson
- Anna Chakvetadze → replaced by
Arantxa Rus - Kim Clijsters (left ankle injury)[4] → replaced by Lourdes Domínguez Lino
- Rebecca Marino → replaced by
Kimiko Date-Krumm - Andrea Petkovic (lower back injury) → replaced by Sílvia Soler Espinosa
Retirements
Gréta Arn (neck injury)- Jelena Dokić (wrist injury)
Alexandra Dulgheru (knee injury)- Jamie Hampton
Ana Ivanovic (hip injury)- Vania King (illness)
- Tamira Paszek
Magdaléna Rybáriková- Francesca Schiavone (illness)
- Vera Zvonareva (intestinal illness)
Women's doubles
Seeds
More information Country, Player ...
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA |
Liezel Huber | USA |
Lisa Raymond | 3 | 1 |
| IND |
Sania Mirza | RUS |
Elena Vesnina | 15 | 2 |
| CZE |
Andrea Hlaváčková | CZE |
Lucie Hradecká | 20 | 3 |
| RUS |
Maria Kirilenko | RUS |
Nadia Petrova | 26 | 4 |
| ITA |
Sara Errani | ITA |
Roberta Vinci | 29 | 5 |
| ESP |
Anabel Medina Garrigues | ITA |
Flavia Pennetta | 46 | 6 |
| ESP |
Nuria Llagostera Vives | ESP |
Arantxa Parra Santonja | 49 | 7 |
| GER |
Anna-Lena Grönefeld | USA |
Vania King | 52 | 8 |
Close
- Rankings are as of February 27, 2012
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
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