WTA Australian Open 2012 Draw, Results & Schedule

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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.

Champion
Victoria Azarenka
def. Maria Sharapova , 6-3 6-0
Dates
Jan 16 — Jan 30
Location
Melbourne, Australia
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Hard
Prize money
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DateRoundWinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch
F (1)
Jan 30, 2012* F Victoria Azarenka #1 6-3 6-0 Maria Sharapova #3 H2H Match data
SF (2)
Jan 29, 2012* SF Maria Sharapova #4 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 #14 H2H Match data
QF (4)
Jan 27, 2012* QF Kim Clijsters #14 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 #4 6-2 6-3 Ekaterina Makarova #56 H2H Match data
R16 (8)
Jan 25, 2012* R16 Agnieszka Radwanska #8 6-1 6-1 Julia Goerges #23 H2H Match data
Jan 25, 2012* R16 Maria Sharapova #4 3-6 6-2 6-3 Sabine Lisicki #15 H2H Match data
Jan 25, 2012* R16 Kim Clijsters #14 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 #12 H2H Match data
Jan 25, 2012* R16 Victoria Azarenka #3 6-2 6-2 Iveta Benesova #46 H2H Match data
R32 (16)
Jan 22, 2012* R32 Na Li #6 3-0 (ret.) Anabel Medina Garrigues #28 H2H Match data
Jan 22, 2012* R32 Serena Williams #12 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 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 #14 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 #4 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
R64 (32)
Jan 20, 2012* R64 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 #4 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 #12 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 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 #14 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 Ekaterina Makarova #56 6-2 7-5 Kaia Kanepi #27 H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2012* R64 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
R128 (64)
Jan 18, 2012* R128 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 Krumm 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 #4 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 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 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 #12 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 #14 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

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