WTA Indian Wells Open 2012 Draw & Results

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Victoria Azarenka won the 2012 Indian Wells Open, defeating Maria Sharapova 6-2 6-3 in the final. The WTA 1000 event was played March 8–15 on hard courts in Indian Wells, United States.

Indian Wells begins the Sunshine Double, the paired March swing completed by the Miami Open.

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Champion
def. Maria Sharapova , 6-2 6-3
Dates
Mar 8 — Mar 15
Location
Indian Wells, United States
Category
Premier Mandatory → modern equivalent WTA 1000
Surface
Hard
Prize money
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Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Mapping details.

Results

Match type

95 recorded singles results

Indian Wells Open 2012 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Victoria Azarenka #1 6-2 6-3 Maria Sharapova #2CH H2H Match data Mar 15, 2012* F
SF (2)
Maria Sharapova #2CH 6-4 0-1 (ret.) Ana Ivanovic #16CH H2H Match data Mar 14, 2012* SF
Victoria Azarenka #1 6-4 6-3 Angelique Kerber #19 H2H Match data Mar 14, 2012* SF
QF (4)
Victoria Azarenka #1 6-0 6-2 Agnieszka Radwanska #5 H2H Match data Mar 14, 2012* QF
Angelique Kerber #19 6-4 6-2 Na Li #8 H2H Match data Mar 14, 2012* QF
Ana Ivanovic #16CH 6-3 6-4 Marion Bartoli #7 H2H Match data Mar 14, 2012* QF
Maria Sharapova #2CH 3-6 7-5 6-2 Maria Kirilenko #23 H2H Match data Mar 14, 2012* QF
R16 (8)
Victoria Azarenka #1 6-3 6-1 Julia Goerges #15 H2H Match data Mar 13, 2012* R16
Angelique Kerber #19 6-3 3-6 7-6(4) Christina Mchale #35 H2H Match data Mar 13, 2012* R16
Na Li #8 6-1 6-0 Klara Koukalova #51 H2H Match data Mar 13, 2012* R16
Maria Kirilenko #23 6-1 5-7 6-2 Nadia Petrova #33 H2H Match data Mar 13, 2012* R16
Maria Sharapova #2CH 6-2 6-1 Roberta Vinci #22 H2H Match data Mar 13, 2012* R16
Marion Bartoli #7 6-1 6-4 Lucie Safarova #28 H2H Match data Mar 13, 2012* R16
Ana Ivanovic #16CH 6-3 6-2 Caroline Wozniacki #4DEF H2H Match data Mar 13, 2012* R16
Agnieszka Radwanska #5 6-3 4-6 3-0 (ret.) Jamie Hampton #99 H2H Match data Mar 13, 2012* R16
R32 (16)
Maria Kirilenko #23 6-2 4-6 6-4 Lourdes Domínguez Lino #110 H2H Match data Mar 11, 2012* R32
Roberta Vinci #22 6-7(5) 6-0 6-4 Dominika Cibulkova #17 H2H Match data Mar 11, 2012* R32
Caroline Wozniacki #4DEF 3-6 7-5 6-2 Sofia Arvidsson #56 H2H Match data Mar 11, 2012* R32
Angelique Kerber #19 (w/o) Vania King #58 H2H Match data Mar 11, 2012* R32
Lucie Safarova #28 6-2 0-0 (ret.) Francesca Schiavone #12 H2H Match data Mar 11, 2012* R32
Marion Bartoli #7 6-2 6-0 Chanelle Scheepers #47 H2H Match data Mar 11, 2012* R32
Ana Ivanovic #16CH 6-7(8) 6-3 6-2 Ksenia Pervak #41 H2H Match data Mar 11, 2012* R32
Victoria Azarenka #1 6-1 6-2 Svetlana Kuznetsova #27 H2H Match data Mar 11, 2012* R32
Maria Sharapova #2CH 6-3 6-4 Simona Halep #50 H2H Match data Mar 11, 2012* R32
Klara Koukalova #51 (w/o) Vera Zvonareva #9CH H2H Match data Mar 11, 2012* R32
Na Li #8 6-1 6-3 Jie Zheng #34 H2H Match data Mar 11, 2012* R32
Jamie Hampton #99 6-2 6-7(1) 6-2 Jarmila Wolfe #52 H2H Match data Mar 11, 2012* R32
Nadia Petrova #33 6-1 6-7(6) 7-6(5) Samantha Stosur #6 H2H Match data Mar 11, 2012* R32
Christina Mchale #35 2-6 6-2 6-3 Petra Kvitova #3 H2H Match data Mar 11, 2012* R32 Upset: winner had a 17 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Julia Goerges #15 6-3 6-4 Anabel Medina Garrigues #26 H2H Match data Mar 11, 2012* R32
Agnieszka Radwanska #5 6-4 6-2 Flavia Pennetta #25 H2H Match data Mar 11, 2012* R32
R64 (32)
Svetlana Kuznetsova #27 6-3 2-0 (ret.) Timea Bacsinszky #335 H2H Match data Mar 10, 2012* R64
Maria Sharapova #2CH 6-2 6-0 Gisela Dulko #126 H2H Match data Mar 10, 2012* R64
Petra Kvitova #3 6-1 6-3 Barbora Strycova #59 H2H Match data Mar 10, 2012* R64
Agnieszka Radwanska #5 6-2 6-4 Sorana Cirstea #48 H2H Match data Mar 10, 2012* R64
Jie Zheng #34 6-1 6-3 Michaella Krajicek #80 H2H Match data Mar 10, 2012* R64
Ana Ivanovic #16CH 6-1 6-2 Johanna Larsson #67 H2H Match data Mar 10, 2012* R64
Julia Goerges #15 6-3 6-2 Elena Baltacha #62 H2H Match data Mar 10, 2012* R64
Marion Bartoli #7 2-6 6-2 7-5 Varvara Lepchenko #82 H2H Match data Mar 10, 2012* R64
Klara Koukalova #51 6-3 6-7(7) 6-3 Daniela Hantuchova #212× CH H2H Match data Mar 10, 2012* R64
Christina Mchale #35 6-3 7-5 Elena Vesnina #54 H2H Match data Mar 10, 2012* R64
Chanelle Scheepers #47 6-3 6-2 Kaia Kanepi #32 H2H Match data Mar 10, 2012* R64
Nadia Petrova #33 6-3 6-2 Lauren Davis #221 H2H Match data Mar 10, 2012* R64
Vera Zvonareva #9CH 6-3 6-4 Kimiko Date #74 H2H Match data Mar 10, 2012* R64
Flavia Pennetta #25 6-3 6-4 Carla Suárez Navarro #69 H2H Match data Mar 10, 2012* R64
Samantha Stosur #6 6-0 6-3 Irina Falconi Hartman #100 H2H Match data Mar 10, 2012* R64
Sofia Arvidsson #56 6-3 6-3 Monica Niculescu #29 H2H Match data Mar 10, 2012* R64
Angelique Kerber #19 2-6 7-5 6-4 Sloane Stephens #90 H2H Match data Mar 10, 2012* R64
Jamie Hampton #99 6-4 6-3 Jelena Jankovic #14CH H2H Match data Mar 10, 2012* R64 Upset: winner had a 12 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Ksenia Pervak #41 6-4 6-0 Shuai Peng #18 H2H Match data Mar 10, 2012* R64
Dominika Cibulkova #17 2-1 (ret.) Magdalena Rybarikova #83 H2H Match data Mar 10, 2012* R64
Roberta Vinci #22 6-3 6-3 Sílvia Soler-Espinosa #76 H2H Match data Mar 10, 2012* R64
Maria Kirilenko #23 7-6(4) 6-4 Irina-Camelia Begu #46 H2H Match data Mar 10, 2012* R64
Anabel Medina Garrigues #26 6-2 7-5 Sania Mirza #130 H2H Match data Mar 10, 2012* R64
Na Li #8 3-6 6-3 6-3 Galina Voskoboeva #53 H2H Match data Mar 10, 2012* R64
Vania King #58 6-4 6-4 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #20 H2H Match data Mar 10, 2012* R64
Francesca Schiavone #12 6-2 6-4 Lesia Tsurenko #115 H2H Match data Mar 10, 2012* R64
Jarmila Wolfe #52 2-6 6-2 6-4 Yanina Wickmayer #24 H2H Match data Mar 10, 2012* R64
Lucie Safarova #28 6-3 3-1 (ret.) Tamira Paszek H2H Match data Mar 10, 2012* R64
Simona Halep #50 6-2 6-4 Petra Cetkovska #30 H2H Match data Mar 10, 2012* R64
Victoria Azarenka #1 6-4 6-7(4) 7-6(6) Mona Barthel #37 H2H Match data Mar 10, 2012* R64
Lourdes Domínguez Lino #110 6-1 6-4 Sabine Lisicki #13 H2H Match data Mar 10, 2012* R64 Upset: winner had a 16 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Caroline Wozniacki #4DEF 6-2 6-0 Ekaterina Makarova #42 H2H Match data Mar 10, 2012* R64
R128 (32)
Vania King #58 7-6(3) 6-4 Sara Errani #31 H2H Match data Mar 9, 2012* R128
Varvara Lepchenko #82 7-6(3) 6-2 Alexandra Panova #84 H2H Match data Mar 9, 2012* R128
Kimiko Date #74 6-1 6-3 Pauline Parmentier #60 H2H Match data Mar 9, 2012* R128
Tamira Paszek 6-4 2-6 6-1 Anastasiya Yakimova #65 H2H Match data Mar 9, 2012* R128
Sloane Stephens #90 4-6 7-5 7-6(7) Aleksandra Wozniak #86 H2H Match data Mar 9, 2012* R128
Mona Barthel #37 6-1 6-2 Jill Craybas #142 H2H Match data Mar 9, 2012* R128
Galina Voskoboeva #53 5-7 6-3 7-5 Marina Erakovic #45 H2H Match data Mar 9, 2012* R128
Johanna Larsson #67 4-1 (ret.) Greta Arn #70 H2H Match data Mar 9, 2012* R128
Ekaterina Makarova #42 6-2 6-3 Bethanie Mattek-Sands #75 H2H Match data Mar 9, 2012* R128
Elena Baltacha #62 3-6 6-4 6-3 Arantxa Rus #98 H2H Match data Mar 9, 2012* R128
Elena Vesnina #54 6-4 7-5 Casey Dellacqua #103 H2H Match data Mar 9, 2012* R128
Jamie Hampton #99 6-0 6-1 Polona Hercog #38 H2H Match data Mar 9, 2012* R128
Jarmila Wolfe #52 4-6 6-3 6-3 Coco Vandeweghe #159 H2H Match data Mar 9, 2012* R128
Timea Bacsinszky #335 6-4 2-6 7-5 Anne Keothavong #77 H2H Match data Mar 9, 2012* R128
Barbora Strycova #59 2-6 6-1 6-4 Ayumi Morita #71 H2H Match data Mar 9, 2012* R128
Magdalena Rybarikova #83 5-7 6-3 6-3 Jessica Pegula #305 H2H Match data Mar 9, 2012* R128
Sania Mirza #130 4-6 6-2 6-4 Kristina Barrois #113 H2H Match data Mar 9, 2012* R128
Irina-Camelia Begu #46 4-6 7-5 6-2 Lucie Hradecka #61 H2H Match data Mar 9, 2012* R128
Irina Falconi Hartman #100 4-6 5-2 (ret.) Alexandra Dulgheru #57 H2H Match data Mar 9, 2012* R128
Klara Koukalova #51 6-1 6-1 Laura Pous-Tio #94 H2H Match data Mar 9, 2012* R128
Gisela Dulko #126 1-0 (ret.) Jelena Dokic #118 H2H Match data Mar 9, 2012* R128
Simona Halep #50 6-1 6-1 Shuai Zhang #160 H2H Match data Mar 9, 2012* R128
Chanelle Scheepers #47 6-3 6-3 Mathilde Johansson #105 H2H Match data Mar 9, 2012* R128
Ksenia Pervak #41 6-3 6-1 Olga Govortsova #87 H2H Match data Mar 9, 2012* R128
Lauren Davis #221 6-2 7-6(7) Petra Martic #55 H2H Match data Mar 9, 2012* R128
Lesia Tsurenko #115 4-6 6-3 7-5 Shahar Peer #40 H2H Match data Mar 9, 2012* R128
Sorana Cirstea #48 4-6 7-5 7-6(5) Iveta Benesova #43 H2H Match data Mar 9, 2012* R128
Sílvia Soler-Espinosa #76 6-3 1-6 7-6(4) Alberta Brianti #63 H2H Match data Mar 9, 2012* R128
Lourdes Domínguez Lino #110 6-3 1-6 7-5 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez #39 H2H Match data Mar 9, 2012* R128 Upset: winner had a 19 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Carla Suárez Navarro #69 6-4 6-2 Tsvetana Pironkova #44 H2H Match data Mar 9, 2012* R128
Sofia Arvidsson #56 6-4 7-6(4) Eleni Daniilidou #66 H2H Match data Mar 9, 2012* R128
Michaella Krajicek #80 3-6 6-4 6-4 Urszula Radwanska #85 H2H Match data Mar 9, 2012* R128

Tournament Records

The leading Open Era records for Indian Wells Open.

Most Titles

Open Era singles titles. 5 players share this record.

Most Appearances

Editions with a recorded main-draw match. 2 players share this record.

  1. Jelena Jankovic 16 appearances

Open Era main-draw singles records from 1968 onward. Ranking records begin where reliable entering rankings are available.

Recent Finals

Recent Indian Wells Open finals
WinnerScoreRunner-upH2HMatch DataSeasonSurface
Aryna Sabalenka #1 3-6 6-3 7-6(6) Elena Rybakina #3 H2H Match data 2026 Hard
Mirra Andreeva #11 2-6 6-4 6-3 Aryna Sabalenka #1 H2H Match data 2025 Hard
Iga Swiatek #1 6-4 6-0 Maria Sakkari #9 H2H Match data 2024 Hard
Elena Rybakina #10 7-6(11) 6-4 Aryna Sabalenka #2 H2H Match data 2023 Hard
Iga Swiatek #4 6-4 6-1 Maria Sakkari #6 H2H Match data 2022 Hard

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Indian Wells Open held?
Indian Wells Open is held in Indian Wells, United States.
Who is the latest recorded Indian Wells Open winner?
The 2026 Indian Wells Open was won by Aryna Sabalenka, who defeated Elena Rybakina 3-6 6-3 7-6(6).
Who has won the most Indian Wells Open titles?
Daniela Hantuchova, Iga Swiatek, and others are tied for the most Indian Wells Open titles, with 2 each.
What is the earliest recorded Indian Wells Open edition?
The earliest recorded edition of Indian Wells Open in TennisDB is 1989.
What surface is Indian Wells Open played on?
Indian Wells Open is played on hard courts.