WTA Australian Open 2012 Draw, Results & Schedule

Victoria Azarenka won the 2012 Australian Open, defeating Maria Sharapova 6-3 6-0 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on hard courts in Melbourne, Australia, from January 16 to January 30, 2012. The match log contains 127 recorded singles results for this edition.

The Australian Open opens the Grand Slam season in Melbourne and has been played at Melbourne Park since 1988.

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Champion
def. Maria Sharapova , 6-3 6-0
Dates
Jan 16 — Jan 30
Location
Melbourne, Australia
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Hard
Prize money

Results

Australian Open 2012 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Victoria Azarenka #1 6-3 6-0 Maria Sharapova #3CH H2H Match data Jan 30, 2012* F
SF (2)
Maria Sharapova #4CH 6-2 3-6 6-4 Petra Kvitova #2 H2H Match data Jan 29, 2012* SF
Victoria Azarenka #3 6-4 1-6 6-3 Kim Clijsters #14DEF H2H Match data Jan 29, 2012* SF
QF (4)
Kim Clijsters #14DEF 6-3 7-6(4) Caroline Wozniacki #1 H2H Match data Jan 27, 2012* QF
Petra Kvitova #2 6-4 6-4 Sara Errani #48 H2H Match data Jan 27, 2012* QF
Victoria Azarenka #3 6-7(0) 6-0 6-2 Agnieszka Radwanska #8 H2H Match data Jan 27, 2012* QF
Maria Sharapova #4CH 6-2 6-3 Ekaterina Makarova #56 H2H Match data Jan 27, 2012* QF
R16 (8)
Agnieszka Radwanska #8 6-1 6-1 Julia Goerges #23 H2H Match data Jan 25, 2012* R16
Maria Sharapova #4CH 3-6 6-2 6-3 Sabine Lisicki #15 H2H Match data Jan 25, 2012* R16
Kim Clijsters #14DEF 4-6 7-6(6) 6-4 Na Li #6 H2H Match data Jan 25, 2012* R16
Sara Errani #48 6-2 6-1 Jie Zheng #38 H2H Match data Jan 25, 2012* R16
Caroline Wozniacki #1 6-0 7-5 Jelena Jankovic #13 H2H Match data Jan 25, 2012* R16
Petra Kvitova #2 6-2 7-6(2) Ana Ivanovic #22 H2H Match data Jan 25, 2012* R16
Ekaterina Makarova #56 6-2 6-3 Serena Williams #125× CH H2H Match data Jan 25, 2012* R16 Upset: winner had a 5 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Victoria Azarenka #3 6-2 6-2 Iveta Benesova #46 H2H Match data Jan 25, 2012* R16
R32 (16)
Na Li #6 3-0 (ret.) Anabel Medina Garrigues #28 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2012* R32
Serena Williams #125× CH 6-1 6-1 Greta Arn #92 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2012* R32
Ekaterina Makarova #56 7-6(7) 6-1 Vera Zvonareva #7 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2012* R32 Upset: winner had a 16 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Sara Errani #48 6-7(6) 6-0 6-2 Sorana Cirstea #59 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2012* R32
Sabine Lisicki #15 2-6 6-4 6-2 Svetlana Kuznetsova #19 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2012* R32
Iveta Benesova #46 6-1 6-3 Nina Bratchikova #136 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2012* R32
Agnieszka Radwanska #8 6-2 6-2 Galina Voskoboeva #57 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2012* R32
Ana Ivanovic #22 6-3 6-4 Vania King #66 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2012* R32
Kim Clijsters #14DEF 6-3 6-2 Daniela Hantuchova #21 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2012* R32
Jelena Jankovic #13 6-2 6-0 Christina Mchale #42 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2012* R32
Julia Goerges #23 3-6 6-3 6-1 Romina Oprandi #80 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2012* R32
Jie Zheng #38 6-3 6-3 Marion Bartoli #9 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2012* R32
Maria Sharapova #4CH 6-1 6-2 Angelique Kerber #30 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2012* R32
Petra Kvitova #2 6-0 1-0 (ret.) Maria Kirilenko #29 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2012* R32
Caroline Wozniacki #1 6-2 6-2 Monica Niculescu #32 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2012* R32
Victoria Azarenka #3 6-2 6-4 Mona Barthel #44 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2012* R32
R64 (32)
Iveta Benesova #46 6-2 6-4 Shuai Peng #17 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2012* R64
Anabel Medina Garrigues #28 6-1 6-0 Olga Govortsova #114 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2012* R64
Julia Goerges #23 6-2 2-0 (ret.) Eleni Daniilidou #86 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2012* R64
Monica Niculescu #32 4-6 6-4 6-1 Pauline Parmentier #70 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2012* R64
Sabine Lisicki #15 6-1 6-2 Shahar Peer #34 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2012* R64
Agnieszka Radwanska #8 6-3 6-1 Paula Ormaechea #189 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2012* R64
Mona Barthel #44 7-5 6-3 Petra Cetkovska #33 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2012* R64
Vera Zvonareva #7 6-1 7-6(3) Lucie Hradecka #51 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2012* R64
Maria Sharapova #4CH 6-0 6-1 Jamie Hampton #144 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2012* R64
Galina Voskoboeva #57 6-4 6-4 Tsvetana Pironkova #47 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2012* R64
Na Li #6 6-2 6-2 Olivia Rogowska #168 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2012* R64
Jie Zheng #38 6-4 6-2 Roberta Vinci #25 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2012* R64
Sorana Cirstea #59 1-6 6-2 6-3 Urszula Radwanska #99 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2012* R64
Caroline Wozniacki #1 6-1 7-6(4) Anna Tatishvili #83 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2012* R64
Marion Bartoli #9 6-3 6-2 Jelena Dokic #64 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2012* R64
Serena Williams #125× CH 6-0 6-4 Barbora Strycova #49 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2012* R64
Angelique Kerber #30 7-5 6-1 Stéphanie Dubois #97 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2012* R64
Sara Errani #48 6-2 6-2 Nadia Petrova #31 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2012* R64
Romina Oprandi #80 6-4 6-3 Francesca Schiavone #11 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2012* R64 Upset: winner had a 14 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Christina Mchale #42 3-6 7-6(4) 6-3 Marina Erakovic #62 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2012* R64
Victoria Azarenka #3 6-1 6-0 Casey Dellacqua #126 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2012* R64
Kim Clijsters #14DEF 6-0 6-1 Stephanie Foretz Gacon H2H Match data Jan 20, 2012* R64
Jelena Jankovic #13 6-4 6-2 Kai-Chen Chang #149 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2012* R64
Svetlana Kuznetsova #19 7-6(6) 7-5 Sloane Stephens #95 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2012* R64
Petra Kvitova #2 6-2 2-6 6-4 Carla Suárez Navarro #58 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2012* R64
Daniela Hantuchova #21 4-6 6-4 6-3 Lesia Tsurenko #111 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2012* R64
Greta Arn #92 6-2 3-6 10-8 Dominika Cibulkova #18 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2012* R64 Upset: winner had a 19 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Ekaterina Makarova #56 6-2 7-5 Kaia Kanepi #27 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2012* R64 Upset: winner had a 18 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Vania King #66 5-7 6-3 6-4 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #16 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2012* R64
Maria Kirilenko #29 6-4 1-6 6-2 Aleksandra Wozniak #102 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2012* R64
Nina Bratchikova #136 6-2 6-1 Alberta Brianti #71 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2012* R64
Ana Ivanovic #22 6-2 6-3 Michaella Krajicek #91 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2012* R64
R128 (64)
Aleksandra Wozniak #102 6-3 6-3 Shuai Zhang #127 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Lesia Tsurenko #111 7-6(4) 6-1 Arantxa Rus #77 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Svetlana Kuznetsova #19 6-3 3-6 6-0 Chanelle Scheepers #37 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Iveta Benesova #46 6-3 2-6 6-4 Mathilde Johansson #74 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Nadia Petrova #31 6-3 3-6 6-0 Andrea Sestini Hlavackova #116 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Lucie Hradecka #51 6-3 6-1 Evgeniya Rodina #104 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Na Li #6 6-3 6-1 Ksenia Pervak #40 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Dominika Cibulkova #18 6-3 6-1 Magdalena Rybarikova #69 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Eleni Daniilidou #86 6-3 6-2 Kimiko Date #79 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Kai-Chen Chang #149 6-4 6-2 Petra Martic #55 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Greta Arn #92 6-4 6-2 Rebecca Marino #65 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Petra Kvitova #2 6-2 6-0 Vera Dushevina #82 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Jie Zheng #38 6-2 6-1 Madison Keys #272 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Casey Dellacqua #126 6-3 6-2 Bojana Jovanovski Petrovic #90 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Monica Niculescu #32 5-7 6-0 6-3 Alizé Cornet #85 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Maria Sharapova #4CH 6-0 6-1 Gisela Dulko #68 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Jelena Jankovic #13 6-2 6-0 Laura Robson #134 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Angelique Kerber #30 6-1 6-3 Bojana Bobusic #242 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Sorana Cirstea #59 7-6(2) 6-3 Samantha Stosur #5 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128 Upset: winner had a 15 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Daniela Hantuchova #21 4-6 6-3 6-2 Varvara Lepchenko #128 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Carla Suárez Navarro #58 6-1 7-5 Irina-Camelia Begu #41 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Michaella Krajicek #91 6-3 7-6(13) Kristina Barrois #87 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Olivia Rogowska #168 6-3 6-1 Sofia Arvidsson #75 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Vania King #66 7-6(3) 6-3 Kateryna Volodko #88 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Ana Ivanovic #22 6-0 6-3 Lourdes Domínguez Lino #76 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Sloane Stephens #95 6-4 6-2 Sílvia Soler-Espinosa #78 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Petra Cetkovska #33 3-6 6-1 7-5 Ayumi Morita #52 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Anna Tatishvili #83 6-2 7-6(4) Ashleigh Barty #670 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Galina Voskoboeva #57 7-5 6-2 Yanina Wickmayer #26 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Mona Barthel #44 6-0 (ret.) Anne Keothavong #73 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Vera Zvonareva #7 7-6(4) 6-7(5) 6-3 Alexandra Dulgheru #61 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Alberta Brianti #71 6-2 7-5 Irina Falconi Hartman #81 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Sara Errani #48 6-2 6-1 Valeria Savinykh #124 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Marion Bartoli #9 7-5 6-0 Virginie Razzano #84 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Paula Ormaechea #189 6-1 3-6 7-5 Simona Halep #50 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Caroline Wozniacki #1 6-2 6-1 Anastasia Rodionova #103 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Shuai Peng #17 6-3 6-4 Aravane Rezai #120 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Olga Govortsova #114 6-2 6-4 Patricia Mayr-Achleitner #98 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Urszula Radwanska #99 6-4 1-6 6-2 Alison Riske-Amritraj #137 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Tsvetana Pironkova #47 6-4 6-2 Sania Mirza #106 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Jamie Hampton #144 6-1 6-1 Mandy Minella #110 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Marina Erakovic #62 7-5 7-6(4) Irena Pavlovic #219 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Nina Bratchikova #136 6-3 1-6 6-2 Flavia Pennetta #20 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128 Upset: winner had a 9 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Romina Oprandi #80 6-4 6-1 Anastasiya Yakimova #63 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Shahar Peer #34 6-2 6-0 Isabella Holland #181 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Roberta Vinci #25 6-0 6-1 Alexandra Cadantu-Ignatik #109 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Serena Williams #125× CH 6-3 6-2 Tamira Paszek H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Kaia Kanepi #27 6-2 6-4 Johanna Larsson #60 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Julia Goerges #23 6-3 7-6(3) Polona Hercog #35 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Pauline Parmentier #70 6-3 5-7 6-3 Alla Kudryavtseva #108 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Sabine Lisicki #15 6-2 4-6 6-4 Stefanie Voegele #138 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Ekaterina Makarova #56 6-0 2-6 6-0 Tamarine Tanasugarn #93 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Kim Clijsters #14DEF 7-5 6-1 Maria Joao Koehler #223 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Jelena Dokic #64 6-2 6-1 Anna Chakvetadze #196 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Christina Mchale #42 6-2 6-4 Lucie Safarova #24 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Anabel Medina Garrigues #28 6-3 6-3 Eva Birnerova #100 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Barbora Strycova #49 6-0 6-4 Iryna Bremond #94 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Stéphanie Dubois #97 6-4 1-6 6-4 Elena Vesnina #53 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Francesca Schiavone #11 6-1 6-3 Laura Pous-Tio #72 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Agnieszka Radwanska #8 6-7(10) 6-4 6-2 Bethanie Mattek-Sands #67 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #16 7-6(5) 6-1 Klara Koukalova #43 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Stephanie Foretz Gacon 6-2 6-4 Elena Baltacha #54 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Victoria Azarenka #3 6-1 6-0 Heather Watson #105 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128
Maria Kirilenko #29 6-4 6-2 Jarmila Wolfe #39 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2012* R128

Tournament Records

The leading Open Era records for Australian Open.

Most Appearances

Editions with a recorded main-draw match.

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

Recent Finals

Recent Australian Open finals
WinnerScoreRunner-upH2HMatch DataSeasonSurface
Elena Rybakina #5 6-4 4-6 6-4 Aryna Sabalenka #1 H2H Match data 2026 Hard
Madison Keys #14 6-3 2-6 7-5 Aryna Sabalenka #1 H2H Match data 2025 Hard
Aryna Sabalenka #2 6-3 6-2 Qinwen Zheng #15 H2H Match data 2024 Hard
Aryna Sabalenka #5 4-6 6-3 6-4 Elena Rybakina #25 H2H Match data 2023 Hard
Ashleigh Barty #1 6-3 7-6(2) Danielle Collins #30 H2H Match data 2022 Hard

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Australian Open held?
Australian Open is held in Melbourne, Australia.
Who won the most recent Australian Open?
The 2026 Australian Open was won by Elena Rybakina, who defeated Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 4-6 6-4.
Who has won the most Australian Open titles?
Serena Williams has won 7 Australian Open titles, the most by any player in the Open Era (since 1968).
When was the first Australian Open played?
The first edition of Australian Open was held in 1905. The first women's singles edition was held in 1922.
What surface is Australian Open played on?
Australian Open is played on hard courts.