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The2012 French Open (also known asRoland Garros, after the famous French aviator) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 111th edition of theFrench Open, and took place at the Stade Roland Garros from 27 May until 11 June 2012.[1]
Rafael Nadal won the tournament for the third year in succession, and the seventh time in eight years, defeating first-time Roland Garros finalistNovak Djokovic. His seventh title brokeBjörn Borg's record of six French Open Men's Singles titles, and equalledChris Evert's record for most French Open titles won by a man or woman.Li Na was unsuccessful in her title defence, being defeated in the fourth round byYaroslava Shvedova.Maria Sharapova defeated 21st seedSara Errani in the final to win her first French Open title, to complete a career Grand Slam, and to return to the World No. 1 ranking for the first time in four years.[2]
This championship was the second time in grand slam history that twomultiple slam sets were accomplished in two different disciplines, and that wasMahesh Bhupathi won his first multiple slam in Mixed Doubles, andEsther Vergeer won her second multiple slam set in Women's Wheelchair Doubles. At the1969 US Open, Rod Laver won his first multiple slam set in Men's Singles, and his fellow countrymanKen Rosewall did in Men's Doubles for the first time. This would occur again for the third time at the2013 French Open.
The 2012 French Open was the one hundred and eleventh edition of the French Open and was held atStade Roland Garros in Paris.[3] The Men's Singles final was won by Rafael Nadal by defeating Novak Djokovic in the final. By winning his seventh title at Roland Garros, Nadal surpassed Borg's overall titles record to become the most successful tennis player in French Open history.The tournament was an event run by theInternational Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the2012 ATP World Tour and the2012 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event.[4]
There was a singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which is part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and singles and doubles events for men's and women'swheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played on clay courts and took place over a series of twenty courts, including the three main showcourts,Court Philippe Chatrier,Court Suzanne Lenglen andCourt 1.
For 2012, the prize money purse was increased to €18,718,000 from €17,520,000 in 2011. The prize money and points breakdown is as follows:[5]
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | 2000 | 1200 | 720 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's doubles | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
| Women's singles | 1400 | 900 | 500 | 280 | 160 | 100 | 5 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 2 | |
| Women's doubles | 5 | – | – | – | – | – |
Below is a table charting the points that are available to the boys and girls in boy singles and doubles play.
| Stage[6][7] | Boys' singles | Boys' doubles | Girls' singles | Girls' doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 250 | 180 | 250 | 180 |
| Runner up | 180 | 120 | 180 | 120 |
| Semifinals | 120 | 80 | 120 | 80 |
| Quarterfinals | 80 | 50 | 80 | 50 |
| Round of 16 | 50 | 30 | 50 | 30 |
| Round of 32 | 30 | – | 30 | – |
| Qualifier who loses in first round | 25 | 25 | ||
| Qualifying final round | 20 | 20 |
| Stage[8] | Men's singles | Men's doubles | Women's singles | Women's doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 800 | |||
| Runner up | 500 | |||
| Semifinals | 375 | 100 | 375 | 100 |
| Quarterfinals | 100 | – | 100 | – |
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | €1,250,000 | €625,000 | €310,000 | €155,000 | €80,000 | €47,000 | €28,000 | €18,000 | €9,000 | €4,500 | €2,500 |
| Doubles * | €340,000 | €170,000 | €85,000 | €43,000 | €23,000 | €12,000 | €8,000 | – | – | – | – |
| Mixed doubles * | €100,000 | €50,000 | €25,000 | €13,000 | €7,000 | €3,500 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Wheelchair singles | €15,000 | €7,500 | €4,000 | €2,500 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Wheelchair doubles * | €5,000 | €2,500 | €1,500 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
* per team
| Champion | Runner-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 Rafael Nadal [2] |  Novak Djokovic [1] | ||
| Semifinals out | |||
| David Ferrer [6] |  Roger Federer [3] | ||
| Quarterfinals out | |||
 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [5] |  Juan Martín del Potro [9] |  Andy Murray [4] | Nicolás Almagro [12] |
| 4th round out | |||
 Andreas Seppi [22] | Stanislas Wawrinka [18] |  David Goffin [LL] |  Tomáš Berdych [7] |
| Marcel Granollers [20] | Richard Gasquet [17] | Janko Tipsarević [8] | Juan Mónaco [13] |
| 3rd round out | |||
| Nicolas Devilder (Q) | Fernando Verdasco [14] | Gilles Simon [11] | Fabio Fognini |
| Nicolas Mahut |  Łukasz Kubot |  Marin Čilić [21] |  Kevin Anderson [31] |
 Mikhail Youzhny [27] | Paul-Henri Mathieu [WC] |  Tommy Haas (Q) |  Santiago Giraldo |
| Julien Benneteau [29] | Leonardo Mayer |  Milos Raonic [19] | Eduardo Schwank (Q) |
| 2nd round out | |||
 Blaž Kavčič | Michael Berrer (Q) |  Mikhail Kukushkin |  Gilles Müller |
 Brian Baker (WC) | Pablo Andújar | Victor Troicki [28] | Cedrik-Marcel Stebe |
 Adrian Ungur |  Martin Kližan | Arnaud Clément (WC) | Florent Serra (Q) |
| Édouard Roger-Vasselin | Juan Carlos Ferrero | Horacio Zeballos (Q) | Michaël Llodra |
| Benoît Paire |  Robin Haase |  Malek Jaziri | John Isner [10] |
 Sergiy Stakhovsky |  Grigor Dimitrov |  Bernard Tomic [25] |  Jarkko Nieminen |
| Jérémy Chardy | Dmitry Tursunov | Philipp Kohlschreiber [24] |  Marcos Baghdatis |
| Lukáš Rosol | Jesse Levine (Q) | Florian Mayer [32] |  Denis Istomin |
| 1st round out | |||
| Potito Starace | Lleyton Hewitt (WC) | Filip Krajinović (Q) |  Jürgen Melzer [30] |
| Nikolay Davydenko |  Ernests Gulbis | Igor Sijsling (Q) | Steve Darcis |
| Ryan Harrison | Xavier Malisse | Victor Hănescu | Flavio Cipolla |
 Thomaz Bellucci | Adrian Mannarino (WC) | João Souza | Andrey Kuznetsov |
| Tobias Kamke | David Nalbandian | Frank Dancevic | Andy Roddick [26] |
| Radek Štěpánek [23] | Alex Bogomolov Jr. | Karol Beck | Feliciano López [15] |
| Albert Montañés | Vasek Pospisil | Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy (WC) | Daniel Muñoz de la Nava (Q) |
 Rui Machado | Éric Prodon | Guillermo García López |  Dudi Sela |
| Lukáš Lacko | Albert Ramos | Ivan Dodig | James Blake |
| João Sousa (Q) | Philipp Petzschner | Björn Phau | Rogério Dutra da Silva |
| Alexandr Dolgopolov [16] | Filippo Volandri |  Jürgen Zopp (Q) | Donald Young |
| Andreas Haider-Maurer (Q) | Alejandro Falla | Igor Andreev |  Tatsuma Ito |
| Sam Querrey |  Lu Yen-hsun | Go Soeda | Mischa Zverev (Q) |
| Matthew Ebden | Olivier Rochus | Juan Ignacio Chela | Paolo Lorenzi |
| Guillaume Rufin (WC) | Carlos Berlocq | Benjamin Becker (PR) | Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo |
| Daniel Gimeno Traver | Ivo Karlović | Igor Kunitsyn | Simone Bolelli |
| Champion | Runner-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Sharapova [2] | Sara Errani [21] | ||
| Semifinals out | |||
| Samantha Stosur [6] | Petra Kvitová [4] | ||
| Quarterfinals out | |||
| Dominika Cibulková [15] | Angelique Kerber [10] | Yaroslava Shvedova [Q] | Kaia Kanepi [23] |
| 4th round out | |||
 Victoria Azarenka [1] | Sloane Stephens | Svetlana Kuznetsova [26] | Petra Martić |
 Li Na [7] | Varvara Lepchenko | Arantxa Rus | Klára Zakopalová |
| 3rd round out | |||
| Aleksandra Wozniak | María José Martínez Sánchez | Mathilde Johansson | Nadia Petrova [27] |
| Agnieszka Radwańska [3] | Ana Ivanovic [13] | Flavia Pennetta [18] | Anabel Medina Garrigues [29] |
| Christina McHale | Carla Suárez Navarro | Francesca Schiavone [14] | Nina Bratchikova |
| Julia Görges [25] |  Caroline Wozniacki [9] | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [22] | Peng Shuai [28] |
| 2nd round out | |||
| Dinah Pfizenmaier (Q) | Zheng Jie [31] | Lucie Šafářová [20] | Vania King |
| Bethanie Mattek-Sands | Petra Cetkovská [24] | Chanelle Scheepers | Irina Falconi |
| Venus Williams | Chan Yung-jan (Q) | Melanie Oudin (WC) | Shahar Pe'er |
| Olga Govortsova | Alexa Glatch (Q) | Irena Pavlovic (WC) | Marion Bartoli [8] |
| Stéphanie Foretz Gacon | Lauren Davis (Q) |  Sofia Arvidsson | Sesil Karatantcheva (LL) |
| Tsvetana Pironkova | Jelena Janković [19] | Claire Feuerstein (WC) | Urszula Radwańska |
| Virginie Razzano | Heather Watson (Q) | Irina-Camelia Begu | Jarmila Gajdošová |
| Maria Kirilenko [16] |  Melinda Czink | Lourdes Domínguez Lino | Ayumi Morita |
| 1st round out | |||
| Alberta Brianti | Caroline Garcia (WC) | Heidi El Tabakh (Q) | Alizé Cornet |
| Anastasiya Yakimova | Eva Birnerová (Q) | Galina Voskoboeva | Kristina Mladenovic (WC) |
| Sabine Lisicki [12] | Ekaterina Makarova | Anastasia Rodionova | Simona Halep |
| Iveta Benešová | Laura Pous Tió | Edina Gallovits-Hall | Elena Baltacha |
| Bojana Jovanovski | Paula Ormaechea | Kateryna Bondarenko | Mirjana Lučić |
| Casey Dellacqua | Johanna Larsson | Stéphanie Dubois | Lara Arruabarrena Vecino (Q) |
| Zhang Shuai | Romina Oprandi |  Anna Tatishvili | Hsieh Su-wei |
| Laura Robson (LL) | Chang Kai-chen | Michaëlla Krajicek | Karolína Plíšková (Q) |
| Sorana Cîrstea | Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | Kiki Bertens (Q) | Mona Barthel [30] |
| Roberta Vinci [17] | Mandy Minella |  Tamarine Tanasugarn | Tímea Babos |
| Kimiko Date-Krumm | Yanina Wickmayer | Ksenia Pervak | Patricia Mayr-Achleitner |
| Monica Niculescu [32] | Vera Dushevina | Pauline Parmentier | Ashleigh Barty (WC) |
| Serena Williams [5] | Jamie Hampton | Elena Vesnina | Lucie Hradecká |
| Alexandra Panova | Aravane Rezaï (WC) | Magdaléna Rybáriková |  Eleni Daniilidou |
| Victoria Larrière (WC) | Lesia Tsurenko | Anne Keothavong | Gréta Arn |
| Tamira Paszek |  Marina Erakovic | Polona Hercog | Alexandra Cadanțu |
Rafael Nadal defeatedNovak Djokovic 6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
Maria Sharapova defeatedSara Errani, 6–3, 6–2
Max Mirnyi /Daniel Nestor defeatedBob Bryan /Mike Bryan, 6–4, 6–4
Sara Errani /Roberta Vinci defeatedMaria Kirilenko /Nadia Petrova, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Sania Mirza /Mahesh Bhupathi defeatedKlaudia Jans-Ignacik /
Santiago González, 7–6(7–3), 6–1
Kimmer Coppejans defeatedFilip Peliwo 6–1, 6–4
Annika Beck defeatedAnna Karolína Schmiedlová, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Andrew Harris /Nick Kyrgios defeatedAdam Pavlásek /Václav Šafránek, 6–4, 2–6, [10–7]
Daria Gavrilova /Irina Khromacheva defeated
Montserrat González /Beatriz Haddad Maia, 4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Stéphane Houdet defeatedShingo Kunieda, 6–2, 2–6, 7–6(8–6)
Esther Vergeer defeatedAniek van Koot, 6–0, 6–0
Frédéric Cattanéo /Shingo Kunieda defeatedMichaël Jérémiasz /Stefan Olsson, 3–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–6]
Marjolein Buis /Esther Vergeer defeatedSabine Ellerbrock /Yui Kamiji, 6–0, 6–1
Albert Costa /Carlos Moyá defeatedThomas Enqvist /Todd Woodbridge, 6–2, 6–1
John McEnroe /Patrick McEnroe defeatedGuy Forget /Henri Leconte, 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Lindsay Davenport /Martina Hingis defeatedMartina Navratilova /Jana Novotná, 6–4, 6–4
The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings based on ATP and WTA rankings are as of 21 May 2012, Rankings and Points are as of 28 May 2012.
Because the tournament takes place one week later than in 2011, points defending includes results from both the2011 French Open and tournaments from the week of 6 June 2011 (Halle andLondon for men;Birmingham andCopenhagen for women).
| Seed | Rank[9] | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points won | Points after | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Novak Djokovic | 11,800 | 720 | 1,200 | 12,280 | Runner-up, lost toRafael Nadal [2] |
| 2 | 2 | Rafael Nadal | 10,060 | 2,000+45 | 2,000+45 | 10,060 | Champion, defeatedNovak Djokovic [1] |
| 3 | 3 | Roger Federer | 9,790 | 1,200 | 720 | 9,310 | Semifinals lost toNovak Djokovic [1] |
| 4 | 4 | Andy Murray | 7,500 | 720+250 | 360+90 | 6,980 | Quarterfinals lost toDavid Ferrer [6] |
| 5 | 5 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 4,965 | 90+150 | 360+145 | 5,230 | Quarterfinals lost toNovak Djokovic [1] |
| 6 | 6 | David Ferrer | 4,640 | 180 | 720 | 5,180 | Semifinals lost toRafael Nadal [2] |
| 7 | 7 | Tomáš Berdych | 4,515 | 10+90 | 180+90 | 4,685 | Fourth round lost toJuan Martín del Potro [9] |
| 8 | 8 | Janko Tipsarević | 3,110 | 90+20 | 180+20 | 3,200 | Fourth round lost toNicolás Almagro [12] |
| 9 | 9 | Juan Martín del Potro | 2,910 | 90+20 | 360+20 | 3,180 | Quarterfinals lost toRoger Federer [3] |
| 10 | 11 | John Isner | 2,620 | 10 | 45 | 2,655 | Second round lost toPaul-Henri Mathieu [WC] |
| 11 | 12 | Gilles Simon | 2,615 | 180+10 | 90+10 | 2,525 | Third round lost toStan Wawrinka [18] |
| 12 | 13 | Nicolás Almagro | 2,255 | 10 | 360 | 2,605 | Quarterfinals lost toRafael Nadal [2] |
| 13 | 15 | Juan Mónaco | 1,945 | 10 | 180 | 2,115 | Fourth round lost toRafael Nadal [2] |
| 14 | 16 | Fernando Verdasco | 1,765 | 90+45 | 90+45 | 1,765 | Third round lost toAndreas Seppi [22] |
| 15 | 17 | Feliciano López | 1,725 | 10+10 | 10+10 | 1,725 | First round retired againstFlorent Serra [Q] |
| 16 | 19 | Alexandr Dolgopolov | 1,665 | 90+20 | 10+20 | 1,585 | First round lost toSergiy Stakhovsky |
| 17 | 20 | Richard Gasquet | 1,600 | 180 | 180 | 1,600 | Fourth round lost toAndy Murray [4] |
| 18 | 21 | Stan Wawrinka | 1,505 | 180+10 | 180+10 | 1,505 | Fourth round lost toJo-Wilfried Tsonga [5] |
| 19 | 22 | Milos Raonic | 1,460 | 10+45 | 90+45 | 1,540 | Third round lost toJuan Mónaco [13] |
| 20 | 23 | Marcel Granollers | 1,385 | 45 | 180 | 1,520 | Fourth round lost toDavid Ferrer [6] |
| 21 | 24 | Marin Čilić | 1,380 | 10+45 | 90+45 | 1,460 | Third round lost toJuan Martín del Potro [9] |
| 22 | 25 | Andreas Seppi | 1,355 | 45+20 | 180+20 | 1,490 | Fourth round lost toNovak Djokovic [1] |
| 23 | 27 | Radek Štěpánek | 1,340 | 10+20 | 10+20 | 1,340 | First round lost toDavid Goffin [LL] |
| 24 | 26 | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 1,345 | 10+250 | 45+45 | 1,175 | Second round lost toLeonardo Mayer |
| 25 | 29 | Bernard Tomic | 1,240 | 10 | 45 | 1,275 | Second round lost toSantiago Giraldo |
| 26 | 30 | Andy Roddick | 1,225 | 0+90 | 10+45 | 1,190 | First round lost toNicolas Mahut |
| 27 | 31 | Mikhail Youzhny | 1,210 | 90 | 90 | 1,210 | Third round lost toDavid Ferrer [6] |
| 28 | 28 | Viktor Troicki | 1,325 | 180+45 | 45+45 | 1,190 | Second round lost toFabio Fognini |
| 29 | 32 | Julien Benneteau | 1,190 | 45 | 90 | 1,235 | Third round lost toJanko Tipsarević [8] |
| 30 | 33 | Jürgen Melzer | 1,182 | 45 | 10 | 1,147 | First round lost toMichael Berrer [Q] |
| 31 | 34 | Kevin Anderson | 1,170 | 45+20 | 90+20 | 1,215 | Third round lost toTomáš Berdych [7] |
| 32 | 35 | Florian Mayer | 1,150 | 45+45 | 45+115 | 1,230 | Second round lost toEduardo Schwank [Q] |
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the tournament.
| Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points won | Points after | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Mardy Fish | 2,625 | 90 | 0 | 2,535 | Cardiac Catheter Ablation[10] |
| 14 | Gaël Monfils | 2,165 | 360+90 | 0+90 | 1,805 | Right knee injury[11] |
| 18 | Kei Nishikori | 1,690 | 45 | 0 | 1,645 | Stomach injury[12] |
| Seed | Rank[13] | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points won | Points after | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Victoria Azarenka | 9,020 | 500 | 280 | 8,800 | Fourth round lost toDominika Cibulková [15] |
| 2 | 2 | Maria Sharapova | 8,390 | 900 | 2,000 | 9,490 | Champion, defeatedSara Errani [21] |
| 3 | 3 | Agnieszka Radwańska | 7,350 | 280 | 160 | 7,230 | Third round lost toSvetlana Kuznetsova [26] |
| 4 | 4 | Petra Kvitová | 6,275 | 280 | 900 | 6,895 | Semifinals lost toMaria Sharapova [2] |
| 5 | 5 | Serena Williams | 5,695 | 0 | 5 | 5,700 | First round lost toVirginie Razzano |
| 6 | 6 | Samantha Stosur | 5,440 | 160 | 900 | 6,180 | Semifinals lost toSara Errani [21] |
| 7 | 7 | Li Na | 4,965 | 2,000 | 280 | 3,245 | Fourth round lost toYaroslava Shvedova [Q] |
| 8 | 8 | Marion Bartoli | 4,870 | 900 | 100 | 4,070 | Second round lost toPetra Martić |
| 9 | 9 | Caroline Wozniacki | 4,586 | 160+280 | 160+60 | 4,366 | Third round lost toKaia Kanepi [23] |
| 10 | 10 | Angelique Kerber | 3,560 | 5 | 500 | 4,055 | Quarterfinals lost toSara Errani [21] |
| Vera Zvonareva | 3,440 | 280 | 0 | 3,160 | Withdrew because of shoulder injury[14] | ||
| 12 | 13 | Sabine Lisicki | 3,012 | 160+280 | 5+125 | 2,697 | First round lost toBethanie Mattek-Sands |
| 13 | 14 | Ana Ivanovic | 2,975 | 5+130 | 160+75 | 3,070 | Third round lost toSara Errani [21] |
| 14 | 12 | Francesca Schiavone | 3,160 | 1,400 | 160 | 1,920 | Third round lost toVarvara Lepchenko |
| 15 | 16 | Dominika Cibulková | 2,685 | 5 | 500 | 3,180 | Quarterfinals lost toSamantha Stosur [6] |
| 16 | 17 | Maria Kirilenko | 2,475 | 280 | 100 | 2,295 | Second round lost toKlára Zakopalová |
| 17 | 19 | Roberta Vinci | 2,320 | 160 | 5 | 2,165 | First round lost toSofia Arvidsson |
| 18 | 20 | Flavia Pennetta | 2,315 | 5 | 160 | 2,470 | Third round lost toAngelique Kerber [10] |
| 19 | 21 | Jelena Janković | 2,260 | 280 | 100 | 2,080 | Second round lost toVarvara Lepchenko |
| 20 | 22 | Lucie Šafářová | 2,215 | 100+200 | 100+70 | 2,085 | Second round lost toMaría José Martínez Sánchez |
| 21 | 24 | Sara Errani | 2,050 | 100+30 | 1,400+30 | 3,350 | Runner-up, lost toMaria Sharapova [2] |
| 22 | 25 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 2,021 | 500 | 160 | 1,681 | Third round lost toKlára Zakopalová |
| 23 | 23 | Kaia Kanepi | 2,179 | 160 | 500 | 2,519 | Quarterfinals lost toMaria Sharapova [2] |
| 24 | 26 | Petra Cetkovská | 1,955 | 70+110 | 100+70 | 1,945 | Second round lost toMathilde Johansson |
| 25 | 27 | Julia Görges | 1,945 | 160 | 160 | 1,945 | Third round lost toArantxa Rus |
| 26 | 28 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 1,931 | 500 | 280 | 1,711 | Fourth round lost toSara Errani [21] |
| 27 | 29 | Nadia Petrova | 1,860 | 5 | 160 | 2,015 | Third round lost toSamantha Stosur [6] |
| 28 | 30 | Peng Shuai | 1,800 | 160+130 | 160+60 | 1,730 | Third round lost toMaria Sharapova [2] |
| 29 | 31 | Anabel Medina Garrigues | 1,775 | 100 | 160 | 1,835 | Third round lost toPetra Martić |
| 30 | 32 | Mona Barthel | 1,762 | 160+146 | 5+55 | 1,511 | First round lost toLauren Davis [Q] |
| 31 | 34 | Zheng Jie | 1,730 | 100 | 100 | 1,730 | Second round lost toAleksandra Wozniak |
| 32 | 33 | Monica Niculescu | 1,745 | 5+40 | 5+30 | 1,735 | First round lost toNina Bratchikova |
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the tournament.
| Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points won | Points after | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Andrea Petkovic | 2,921 | 500 | 0 | 2,421 | Right ankle injury[15] |
| 18 | Daniela Hantuchová | 2,355 | 280+200 | 0+75 | 1,950 | Left foot injury[16] |
Men's singles[edit] | Women's singles[edit]
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Mathilde Johansson /Marc GicquelStéphanie Foretz Gacon /Édouard Roger-VasselinJulie Coin /Nicolas MahutAmandine Hesse /Michaël LlodraVirginie Razzano /Nicolas DevilderPauline Parmentier /Benoît Paire
Men's singles qualifiers[edit]Main article:2012 French Open – Men's singles qualifying
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: | Women's singles qualifiers[edit]Main article:2012 French Open – Women's singles qualifying
The following players received entry as a lucky losers:
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The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or personal reasons.
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