| 2012 Western & Southern Open | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | August 11–19 | |||
| Edition | 111th (men) / 84th (women) | |||
| Category | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (men) WTA Premier 5 (women) | |||
| Surface | Hard / outdoor | |||
| Location | Mason, Ohio, United States | |||
| Venue | Lindner Family Tennis Center | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Men's singles | ||||
 Roger Federer | ||||
| Women's singles | ||||
 Li Na | ||||
| Men's doubles | ||||
 Robert Lindstedt / Horia Tecău | ||||
| Women's doubles | ||||
 Andrea Hlaváčková /Lucie Hradecká | ||||
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The2012 Western and Southern Open was atennis tournament played on outdoorhard courts. It was the 111th edition (for the men) and the 84th (for the women) of theCincinnati Masters, and was part of theATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the2012 ATP World Tour, and of theWTA Premier 5 tournaments of the2012 WTA Tour. The tournament was held at theLindner Family Tennis Center inMason, Ohio, United States, from August 11 to August 19, 2012.Roger Federer andLi Na won the singles titles.
| Stage | Men's singles[1] | Men's doubles[1] | Women's singles[2] | Women's doubles[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 1000 | 900 | ||
| Runner up | 600 | 620 | ||
| Semifinals | 360 | 395 | ||
| Quarterfinals | 180 | 225 | ||
| Round of 16 | 90 | 125 | ||
| Round of 32 | 45 | 10 | 70 | 1 |
| Round of 64 | 10 | – | 1 | – |
| Qualifier | 25 | 30 | ||
| Qualifying Finalist | 16 | 20 | ||
| Qualifying 1st round | 0 | 1 | ||
| Stage | Men's singles[3] | Men's doubles[3] | Women's singles[3] | Women's doubles[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | $535,600 | $165,860 | $385,000 | $110,000 |
| Runner up | $262,610 | $81,200 | $192,000 | $55,000 |
| Semifinals | $132,165 | $40,730 | $96,100 | $27,525 |
| Quarterfinals | $67,205 | $20,910 | $45,750 | $13,850 |
| Round of 16 | $34,900 | $10,800 | $22,060 | $7,000 |
| Round of 32 | $18,400 | $5,700 | $11,300 | $3,500 |
| Round of 64 | $9,935 | – | $6,100 | – |
| Final round qualifying | $2,290 | $2,050 | ||
| First round qualifying | $1,165 | $1,080 |
The following players wereseeded in the main singles draw, following theATP rankings of August 6, 2012:
| Country | Player | Ranking | Seeds |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUI | Roger Federer | 1 | 1 |
 SRB | Novak Djokovic | 2 | 2 |
 GBR | Andy Murray | 4 | 3 |
 ESP | David Ferrer | 5 | 4 |
| CZE | Tomáš Berdych | 7 | 5 |
 ARG | Juan Martín del Potro | 8 | 6 |
| SRB | Janko Tipsarević | 9 | 7 |
| ARG | Juan Mónaco | 10 | 8 |
 USA | |||
| USA | Mardy Fish | 13 | 10 |
 FRA | |||
 CRO | Marin Čilić | 15 | 12 |
 UKR | Alexandr Dolgopolov | 16 | 13 |
 JPN | Kei Nishikori | 17 | 14 |
 GER | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 18 | 15 |
| USA | Andy Roddick | 20 | 16 |
The following players receivedwild cards into the main singles draw:
The following players received entry from the singlesqualifying draw:
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Nicolás Almagro (shoulder injury)[4]Juan Carlos Ferrero (foot injury)John Isner (back injury)Gaël Monfils (knee injury)Rafael Nadal (knee injury)Gilles Simon (shoulder injury)Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (knee injury)Fernando Verdasco (wrist injury)The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Juan Mónaco (toe injury)Janko Tipsarević (virus)| Country | Player | Ranking | Seeds |
|---|---|---|---|
 POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 3 | 1 |
| USA | Serena Williams | 4 | 2 |
 AUS | Samantha Stosur | 5 | 3 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 6 | 4 |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 7 | 5 |
 DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 8 | 6 |
 ITA | Sara Errani | 9 | 7 |
| FRA | Marion Bartoli | 10 | 8 |
| CHN | Li Na | 11 | 9 |
| SRB | |||
 SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 13 | 11 |
 RUS | Maria Kirilenko | 14 | 12 |
| SRB | Jelena Janković | 18 | 13 |
| ITA | Francesca Schiavone | 21 | 14 |
| RUS | Nadia Petrova | 22 | 15 |
| CZE | Lucie Šafářová | 23 | 16 |
| RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 24 | 17 |
The following players receivedwild cards into the main singles draw:
The following players received entry from the singlesqualifying draw:
Akgul Amanmuradova
Kiki Bertens
Eleni DaniilidouCasey DellacquaAndrea Hlaváčková
Sesil KaratantchevaMadison KeysVania KingJohanna LarssonBethanie Mattek-SandsUrszula RadwańskaYaroslava ShvedovaThe following players received entry as lucky losers:
Ana Ivanovic (right foot injury)
Kaia Kanepi (achilles heel injury)[4]Svetlana Kuznetsova (knee injury)[4]Sabine Lisicki (left abdominal sprain)Monica Niculescu (hand injury)[4]Flavia Pennetta (wrist injury)[4]Andrea Petkovic (knee injury)[4]Maria Sharapova (stomach virus)[4]Vera Zvonareva (illness)[4]Dominika Cibulková (right elbow injury)Christina McHale (gastrointestinal illness)
Tamira Paszek (migraine)Nadia Petrova (dizziness)Yaroslava Shvedova (heat illness)| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | Liezel Huber | USA | Lisa Raymond | 2 | 1 |
| ITA | Sara Errani | ITA | Roberta Vinci | 7 | 2 |
| USA | Vania King | KAZ | Yaroslava Shvedova | 11 | 3 |
| RUS | Maria Kirilenko | RUS | Nadia Petrova | 16 | 4 |
| CZE | Andrea Hlaváčková | CZE | Lucie Hradecká | 18 | 5 |
| ESP | Nuria Llagostera Vives | ESP | María José Martínez Sánchez | 37 | 6 |
| USA | Raquel Kops-Jones | USA | Abigail Spears | 39 | 7 |
 SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | CHN | Zheng Jie | 41 | 8 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pairs received entry as alternates:
Nadia Petrova (dizziness)Yaroslava Shvedova (heat illness)Dominika Cibulková (right elbow injury)Peng Shuai (right shoulder injury)Roger Federer defeatedNovak Djokovic, 6–0, 7–6(9–7)
Li Na defeatedAngelique Kerber, 1–6, 6–3, 6–1
Robert Lindstedt /Horia Tecău defeated
Mahesh Bhupathi /Rohan Bopanna, 6–4, 6–4
Andrea Hlaváčková /Lucie Hradecká defeatedKatarina Srebotnik /Zheng Jie, 6–1, 6–3
