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rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks"><tbody><tr><td class="sidebar-above" style="font-size:larger;"> Years in tennis</td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tennis_by_year" title="Category:Tennis by year">←</a> <a href="/wiki/2009_in_tennis" title="2009 in tennis">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_in_tennis" title="2010 in tennis">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_in_tennis" title="2011 in tennis">2011</a></li> <li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2012</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_in_tennis" title="2013 in tennis">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_tennis" title="2014 in tennis">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_in_tennis" title="2015 in tennis">2015</a> <a href="/wiki/Category:Tennis_by_year" title="Category:Tennis by year">→</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="font-size:larger; line-height:1.8em;"> <hr /><a href="/wiki/2012_in_sports" title="2012 in sports">2012 in sports</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_air_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 in air sports (page does not exist)">Air sports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_American_football&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 in American football (page does not exist)">American football</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_aquatic_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 in aquatic sports (page does not exist)">Aquatic sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_in_association_football" title="2012 in association football">Association football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_in_the_sport_of_athletics" title="2012 in the sport of athletics">Athletics</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_Australian_rules_football&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 in Australian rules football (page does not exist)">Australian rules football</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_badminton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 in badminton (page does not exist)">Badminton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_in_baseball" title="2012 in baseball">Baseball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_in_basketball" title="2012 in basketball">Basketball</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_Canadian_football&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 in Canadian football (page does not exist)">Canadian football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_in_chess" title="2012 in chess">Chess</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_sport_climbing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 in sport climbing (page does not exist)">Climbing</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_combat_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 in combat sports (page does not exist)">Combat sports</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_in_sumo" title="2012 in sumo">Sumo</a></li></ul></li> <li>Cricket <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_cricket_in_2011%E2%80%9312" title="International cricket in 2011–12">2011–12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_cricket_in_2012" title="International cricket in 2012">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_cricket_in_2012%E2%80%9313" title="International cricket in 2012–13">2012–13</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_cycling&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 in cycling (page does not exist)">Cycling</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_dance_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 in dance sports (page does not exist)">Dance sports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_darts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 in darts (page does not exist)">Darts</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_equestrianism&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 in equestrianism (page does not exist)">Equestrianism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_in_esports" title="2012 in esports">Esports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_field_hockey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 in field hockey (page does not exist)">Field hockey</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_flying_disc_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 in flying disc sports (page does not exist)">Flying disc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_in_golf" title="2012 in golf">Golf</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_gymnastics&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 in gymnastics (page does not exist)">Gymnastics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_in_handball" title="2012 in handball">Handball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_in_ice_hockey" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 in ice hockey">Ice hockey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_in_ice_sports" title="2012 in ice sports">Ice sports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_korfball&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 in korfball (page does not exist)">Korfball</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_lumberjack_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 in lumberjack sports (page does not exist)">Lumberjack sports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_mind_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 in mind sports (page does not exist)">Mind sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_in_modern_pentathlon" title="2012 in modern pentathlon">Modern pentathlon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_in_motorsport" title="2012 in motorsport">Motorsport</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_orienteering&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 in orienteering (page does not exist)">Orienteering</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_paralympic_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 in paralympic sports (page does not exist)">Paralympic sports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_precision_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 in precision sports (page does not exist)">Precision sports</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_in_shooting" title="2012 in shooting">Shooting</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_racquetball&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 in racquetball (page does not exist)">Racquetball</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_roller_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 in roller sports (page does not exist)">Roller sports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_sailing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 in sailing (page does not exist)">Sailing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_in_skiing" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 in skiing">Skiing</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_speedway&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 in speedway (page does not exist)">Speedway</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=International_rugby_league_in_2012&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="International rugby league in 2012 (page does not exist)">Rugby league‎</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_in_rugby_union" title="2012 in rugby union">Rugby union</a></li> <li>Snooker <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_snooker_season" title="2011–12 snooker season">2011–12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_snooker_season" title="2012–13 snooker season">2012–13</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_strength_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 in strength sports (page does not exist)">Strength sports</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_in_weightlifting" title="2012 in weightlifting">Weightlifting</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_in_squash_sport" title="2012 in squash sport">Squash</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_table_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 in table tennis (page does not exist)">Table tennis</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Tennis</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_triathlon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 in triathlon (page does not exist)">Triathlon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_volleyball&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 in volleyball (page does not exist)">Volleyball</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p>This page covers all the important events in the sport of <b><a href="/wiki/Tennis" title="Tennis">tennis</a></b> in 2012. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the <a href="/wiki/Association_of_Tennis_Professionals" title="Association of Tennis Professionals">ATP</a> and <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Tennis_Association" title="Women's Tennis Association">WTA</a> Tours, the <a href="/wiki/Davis_Cup" title="Davis Cup">Davis Cup</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Fed_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Fed Cup">Fed Cup</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Important_Events">Important Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_tennis&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Important Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_tennis&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Victoria_Azarenka_at_the_WTA_Istanbul_2011_trim1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Victoria_Azarenka_at_the_WTA_Istanbul_2011_trim1.jpg/100px-Victoria_Azarenka_at_the_WTA_Istanbul_2011_trim1.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Victoria_Azarenka_at_the_WTA_Istanbul_2011_trim1.jpg/150px-Victoria_Azarenka_at_the_WTA_Istanbul_2011_trim1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Victoria_Azarenka_at_the_WTA_Istanbul_2011_trim1.jpg/200px-Victoria_Azarenka_at_the_WTA_Istanbul_2011_trim1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="832" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption>Victoria Azarenka.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_at_the_Hopman_Cup" title="Czech Republic at the Hopman Cup">Czech Republic</a> has won the <a href="/wiki/2012_Hopman_Cup" title="2012 Hopman Cup">Hyundai Hopman Cup</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for the second time with top seeds <a href="/wiki/Petra_Kvitov%C3%A1" title="Petra Kvitová">Petra Kvitová</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1_Berdych" title="Tomáš Berdych">Tomáš Berdych</a> going right through the week unbeaten in singles ending with straight-set singles victories in the final inside the Burswood Dome, Perth on January 7 against <a href="/wiki/France_at_the_Hopman_Cup" title="France at the Hopman Cup">France</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Marion_Bartoli" title="Marion Bartoli">Marion Bartoli</a> and <a href="/wiki/Richard_Gasquet" title="Richard Gasquet">Richard Gasquet</a>. The mixed-doubles match was not played because the championship was decided in singles.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Murray" title="Andy Murray">Andy Murray</a> began the season by playing in the <a href="/wiki/2012_Brisbane_International" title="2012 Brisbane International">Brisbane International</a> making his debut appearance at the tournament as the top seed in singles and also winning the title against <a href="/wiki/Alexandr_Dolgopolov" title="Alexandr Dolgopolov">Alexandr Dolgopolov</a> in the final.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Estonian tennis player <a href="/wiki/Kaia_Kanepi" title="Kaia Kanepi">Kaia Kanepi</a> won the <a href="/wiki/2012_Brisbane_International" title="2012 Brisbane International">Brisbane International</a> by defeating <a href="/wiki/Daniela_Hantuchov%C3%A1" title="Daniela Hantuchová">Daniela Hantuchová</a> in the final.</li></ul> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Djokovic_celebrates_AO_2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Djokovic_celebrates_AO_2011.jpg/200px-Djokovic_celebrates_AO_2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Djokovic_celebrates_AO_2011.jpg/300px-Djokovic_celebrates_AO_2011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Djokovic_celebrates_AO_2011.jpg/400px-Djokovic_celebrates_AO_2011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3937" data-file-height="2790" /></a><figcaption>Novak Djokovic.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Milos_Raonic" title="Milos Raonic">Milos Raonic</a> wins <a href="/wiki/2012_Aircel_Chennai_Open" title="2012 Aircel Chennai Open">Aircel Chennai Open</a> in Chennai, India, overcomes <a href="/wiki/Janko_Tipsarevi%C4%87" title="Janko Tipsarević">Janko Tipsarević</a> in the final. Raonic did not drop serve during the tournament, becoming the first player to do so since <a href="/wiki/Roger_Federer" title="Roger Federer">Roger Federer</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2008_Gerry_Weber_Open" title="2008 Gerry Weber Open">2008 Gerry Weber Open</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zheng_Jie" title="Zheng Jie">Zheng Jie</a> began the season by winning the <a href="/wiki/2012_ASB_Classic" title="2012 ASB Classic">ASB Classic</a> over <a href="/wiki/Flavia_Pennetta" title="Flavia Pennetta">Flavia Pennetta</a> as she retired due to injury.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo-Wilfried_Tsonga" title="Jo-Wilfried Tsonga">Jo-Wilfried Tsonga</a>, began his 2012 season at the <a href="/wiki/2012_Qatar_Open" title="2012 Qatar Open">Qatar ExxonMobil Open</a> in Doha, as the #3 seed of the tournament. After Roger Federer announced an unexpected withdrawal from the tournament due to a back problem, Tsonga had a walkover to the final where he defeated <a href="/wiki/Ga%C3%ABl_Monfils" title="Gaël Monfils">Gaël Monfils</a> to become the champion of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open.</li> <li>Finland's best player ever, <a href="/wiki/Jarkko_Nieminen" title="Jarkko Nieminen">Jarkko Nieminen</a> won the <a href="/wiki/2012_Apia_International_Sydney" title="2012 Apia International Sydney">Apia International Sydney</a> against <a href="/wiki/Julien_Benneteau" title="Julien Benneteau">Julien Benneteau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Azarenka" title="Victoria Azarenka">Victoria Azarenka</a> won her first tournament of the year by winning <a href="/wiki/2012_Apia_International_Sydney" title="2012 Apia International Sydney">Apia International Sydney</a> defeating the defending champion <a href="/wiki/Li_Na" title="Li Na">Li Na</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Ferrer" title="David Ferrer">David Ferrer</a> won his first tournament of 2012 in Auckland, New Zealand at the <a href="/wiki/2012_Heineken_Open" title="2012 Heineken Open">Heineken Open</a> over <a href="/wiki/Olivier_Rochus" title="Olivier Rochus">Olivier Rochus</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mona_Barthel" title="Mona Barthel">Mona Barthel</a> achieved her highest singles ranking of world no. 44 in singles on 16 January 2012 by defeating top seed <a href="/wiki/Yanina_Wickmayer" title="Yanina Wickmayer">Yanina Wickmayer</a> in the final of <a href="/wiki/2012_Moorilla_Hobart_International" title="2012 Moorilla Hobart International">Moorilla Hobart International</a> claiming her first <a href="/wiki/WTA_Tour" title="WTA Tour">WTA Tour</a> title. With this win, Mona became the first qualifier since September 2010 to win a WTA tournament.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Azarenka" title="Victoria Azarenka">Victoria Azarenka</a> has claimed her first Grand Slam title, becoming the first Belarusian player to win a Grand Slam in singles, by defeating <a href="/wiki/Maria_Sharapova" title="Maria Sharapova">Maria Sharapova</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2012_Australian_Open" title="2012 Australian Open">Australian Open</a> final and over took <a href="/wiki/Caroline_Wozniacki" title="Caroline Wozniacki">Caroline Wozniacki</a> as the number one ranked player on the WTA Tour.</li></ul> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Esther_Vergeer_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Esther_Vergeer_2010.jpg/100px-Esther_Vergeer_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Esther_Vergeer_2010.jpg/150px-Esther_Vergeer_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Esther_Vergeer_2010.jpg/200px-Esther_Vergeer_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="340" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Esther Vergeer.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>For the first time of his career, <a href="/wiki/Novak_Djokovic" title="Novak Djokovic">Novak Djokovic</a> will enter the season as reigning <a href="/wiki/List_of_ATP_number_1_ranked_singles_players#Year-end_number_1" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players">World No. 1</a>. Novak Djokovic was the defending champion <sup id="cite_ref-Djokovic2011_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Djokovic2011-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and retain the <a href="/wiki/2012_Australian_Open" title="2012 Australian Open">Australian Open</a> title by winning in the final against <a href="/wiki/Rafael_Nadal" title="Rafael Nadal">Rafael Nadal</a>. It was the longest match in the history of the Australian Open, and in fact, the longest ever final in Grand Slam history; clocked at 5 hours and 53 minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-ABC_–_30Jan2012_–_Djokovic_wins_epic_final_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABC_–_30Jan2012_–_Djokovic_wins_epic_final-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It marked the 5th Grand Slam of his career and his 3rd Australian Open. It also marked the first time that he had defended a Grand Slam title. After winning the 2012 Australian Open, Djokovic is on the edge of history, as is having an opportunity to become the first man since <a href="/wiki/Rod_Laver" title="Rod Laver">Rod Laver</a> in 1969 to hold all four Grand Slams at the same time (chances of completing a <a href="/wiki/Golden_Slam" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Slam">Golden Slam</a> this year.), after winning the previous two in 2011. Nadal went on to become the first player to lose three Grand Slam finals in a row in the Open Era.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leander_Paes" title="Leander Paes">Leander Paes</a> completed a <a href="/wiki/Golden_Slam#Men.27s_doubles_3" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Slam">Career Grand Slam</a> while <a href="/wiki/Radek_%C5%A0t%C4%9Bp%C3%A1nek" title="Radek Štěpánek">Radek Štěpánek</a> won his first ever Slam after winning the <a href="/wiki/2012_Australian_Open" title="2012 Australian Open">Australian Open</a> in Men's Doubles.</li> <li>The unseeded Russian pair <a href="/wiki/Svetlana_Kuznetsova" title="Svetlana Kuznetsova">Svetlana Kuznetsova</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vera_Zvonareva" title="Vera Zvonareva">Vera Zvonareva</a> defeated the all Italian pair of <a href="/wiki/Sara_Errani" title="Sara Errani">Sara Errani</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roberta_Vinci" title="Roberta Vinci">Roberta Vinci</a> in <a href="/wiki/2012_Australian_Open" title="2012 Australian Open">Australian Open</a> in Women's Doubles.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethanie_Mattek-Sands" title="Bethanie Mattek-Sands">Bethanie Mattek-Sands</a> and <a href="/wiki/Horia_Tec%C4%83u" title="Horia Tecău">Horia Tecău</a> won the <a href="/wiki/2012_Australian_Open" title="2012 Australian Open">Australian Open</a> in Mixed Doubles tournament by defeating <a href="/wiki/Elena_Vesnina" title="Elena Vesnina">Elena Vesnina</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leander_Paes" title="Leander Paes">Leander Paes</a>. Mattek-Sands was the only American, man or woman, to win a title at the Australian Open.</li> <li>World number one wheel chair tennis player, <a href="/wiki/Esther_Vergeer" title="Esther Vergeer">Esther Vergeer</a> defended her title against Aniek van Koot in the final of <a href="/wiki/2012_Australian_Open" title="2012 Australian Open">Australian Open</a> in Wheelchair women's singles.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_tennis&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Empty_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span"><b>This section is empty.</b> You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2012_in_tennis&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">February 2013</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>In the first round of Davis Cup, Spain and the United States won all five matches against their respective opponents, Kazakhstan and Switzerland. France def. Canada, the Czech Republic def. Italy, and Argentina def. Germany by 4–1. Austria and Croatia won 3–2 against Russia and Japan, respectively.</li> <li>During the week of February 13, Roger Federer defeated Juan Martín del Potro to win the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, a 500 event on the ATP World Tour held in Rotterdam, Netherlands.</li> <li>After his defeat in Rotterdam, del Potro played the next week in Marseille, France, winning his 1st title of the year.</li> <li>The Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Memphis International, took place from February 17 to February 26. The Regions Morgan Keegan Championships was an ATP World Tour 500 series event, and the Memphis International was a WTA Tour International event. In the final, Jürgen Melzer defeated Milos Raonic, 7–5, 7–6(4).</li> <li>The 2012 Dubai Tennis Championships, an ATP World Tour 500 series event and WTA Tour Premier event, was held over two weeks in the United Arab Emirates. The women's event, took place between February 20 to February 25, and was won by 5th seed Agnieszka Radwańska, after she defeated Julia Görges in the final. The men's event, took place a week later, from February 27 to March 3, 2012. Roger Federer, seeded second, defeated Andy Murray, 7–5, 6–2, to take home his fifth Dubai title. Murray defeated ATP world No.1 and three-time defending champion Novak Djokovic in the semifinals.</li> <li>During the week of February 27, the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, also an ATP World Tour 500 event and a WTA International event was held in Acapulco, Mexico. David Ferrer, who was ranked 5th but seeded 1st at the event, won the final over Fernando Verdasco, 6–1, 6–2.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_tennis&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The BNP Paribas Open, the first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event and WTA Premier Mandatory event of the year, took place in Indian Wells, United States from March 5 to March 12. The men's singles event was won by Roger Federer who defeated John Isner, 7–6(7), 6–3.Defending champion Novak Djokovic lost in the semifinals to Isner. The women's singles event was won by Victoria Azarenka who defeated Maria Sharapova, 6–2, 6–3.</li> <li>From March 21 to March 26, the second ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event and WTA Premier Mandatory event took place in Miami, United States. 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text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2012_in_tennis&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">February 2013</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_entire_year">The entire year</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_tennis&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: The entire year"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 2012 Australian Open was held from January 16 to January 29. Defending champion Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–7(5), 7–5, to win the longest final in history. The second Grand Slam event of the year was won by Nadal who defeated Djokovic 6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5 to win a record seventh French Open title. At Wimbledon, Roger Federer would equal this record, held by Nadal and Pete Sampras, by winning the final 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–4 against Andy Murray. Murray went on to win the last Grand Slam event of the year, by defeating defending champion Djokovic, 7–6(10), 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 6–2. At the ATP World Tour Finals, Djokovic won against defending champion Federer, 7–6(6), 7–5. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_tennis&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>On November 12, <a href="/wiki/Novak_Djokovic" title="Novak Djokovic">Novak Djokovic</a> won the singles title of the <a href="/wiki/2012_ATP_World_Tour_Finals" title="2012 ATP World Tour Finals">Barclays ATP World Tour Finals</a> by defeating defending champion <a href="/wiki/Roger_Federer" title="Roger Federer">Roger Federer</a> 7–6<sup>(8–6)</sup>, 7–5 in the final.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Djokovic's win was his 6th title of the year and his 2nd win at the event having won back in 2008.</li> <li>On November 12, <a href="/wiki/Marcel_Granollers" title="Marcel Granollers">Marcel Granollers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marc_L%C3%B3pez" title="Marc López">Marc López</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/Mahesh_Bhupathi" title="Mahesh Bhupathi">Mahesh Bhupathi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rohan_Bopanna" title="Rohan Bopanna">Rohan Bopanna</a> 7–5, 3–6, [10–3] in the final of the doubles draw of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On November 18, the <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a> became champions of the <a href="/wiki/2012_Davis_Cup_World_Group" title="2012 Davis Cup World Group">2012 Davis Cup World Group</a> after defeating Spain 3–2 in the final held at the <a href="/wiki/O2_Arena_(Prague)" title="O2 Arena (Prague)">O<sub>2</sub> Arena</a> in <a href="/wiki/Prague" title="Prague">Prague</a> from the 16th to the 18th of November.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Davis Cup title was the Czech Republic's first as an independent nation.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_tennis&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="ITF"><a href="/wiki/International_Tennis_Federation" title="International Tennis Federation">ITF</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_tennis&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: ITF"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Grand_Slam_events"><a href="/wiki/Grand_Slam_(tennis)" title="Grand Slam (tennis)">Grand Slam events</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_tennis&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Grand Slam events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Australian_Open">Australian Open</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_tennis&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Australian Open"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>2012 Australian Open</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Tennis_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="Tennis tournament">tennis tournament</a> that is taking place in <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Park" title="Melbourne Park">Melbourne Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, Australia from January 16 to January 29, 2012. It is the 100th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year. </p><p>The 2012 Australian Open will take place from the January 2012 and is to be held at Melbourne Park. The Men's singles will be staged for the 100th time. There have been different 59 previous winners and the 100th staging of the event was marked by a special coin and the 2012 Champion will receive a special medallion. The tournament will also mark 50 years since <a href="/wiki/Rod_Laver" title="Rod Laver">Rod Laver</a> won his first Grand Slam.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the first time Hawk eye will be used on the Margaret Court Arena,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while Ken Fletcher will be inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2012_Australian_Open" title="2012 Australian Open">2012 Australian Open</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <th width="25%">Category</th> <th width="25%">Champion(s)</th> <th width="25%">Finalist(s)</th> <th width="25%">Score in the final </th></tr> <tr> <td>Men's singles</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia"><img alt="Serbia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Novak_Djokovic" title="Novak Djokovic">Novak Djokovic</a></b></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rafael_Nadal" title="Rafael Nadal">Rafael Nadal</a></td> <td>5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>, 7–5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Women's singles</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus"><img alt="Belarus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/46px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Azarenka" title="Victoria Azarenka">Victoria Azarenka</a></b></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Maria_Sharapova" title="Maria Sharapova">Maria Sharapova</a></td> <td>6–3, 6–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Men's doubles</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Leander_Paes" title="Leander Paes">Leander Paes</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic"><img alt="Czech Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Radek_%C5%A0t%C4%9Bp%C3%A1nek" title="Radek Štěpánek">Radek Štěpánek</a></b></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Bryan" title="Bob Bryan">Bob Bryan</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Bryan" title="Mike Bryan">Mike Bryan</a></td> <td>7–6, 6–2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Women's doubles</td> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Svetlana_Kuznetsova" title="Svetlana Kuznetsova">Svetlana Kuznetsova</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Vera_Zvonareva" title="Vera Zvonareva">Vera Zvonareva</a></b></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sara_Errani" title="Sara Errani">Sara Errani</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Roberta_Vinci" title="Roberta Vinci">Roberta Vinci</a></td> <td>5–7, 6–4, 6–3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mixed doubles</td> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bethanie_Mattek-Sands" title="Bethanie Mattek-Sands">Bethanie Mattek-Sands</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania"><img alt="Romania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Horia_Tec%C4%83u" title="Horia Tecău">Horia Tecău</a></b></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Elena_Vesnina" title="Elena Vesnina">Elena Vesnina</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Leander_Paes" title="Leander Paes">Leander Paes</a></td> <td>6–3, 5–7, [10–3] </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="French_Open">French Open</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_tennis&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: French Open"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>French Open</b> (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr"><b>Les internationaux de France de Roland-Garros</b></i> or <i><b>Tournoi de Roland-Garros</b></i>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">IPA:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[ʁɔlɑ̃<span class="wrap"> </span>ɡaʁos]</a></span>, named after the famous French aviator <a href="/wiki/Roland_Garros_(aviator)" title="Roland Garros (aviator)">Roland Garros</a>) is a major <a href="/wiki/Tennis" title="Tennis">tennis</a> <a href="/wiki/Tournament" title="Tournament">tournament</a> held over two weeks between late May and early June in Paris, France, at the <a href="/wiki/Stade_Roland_Garros" title="Stade Roland Garros">Stade Roland Garros</a>. It is the premier <a href="/wiki/Clay_court" title="Clay court">clay court</a> tennis tournament in the world and the second of the four annual <a href="/wiki/Grand_Slam_(tennis)" title="Grand Slam (tennis)">Grand Slam</a> tournaments – the other three are the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Open" title="Australian Open">Australian Open</a>, <a href="/wiki/US_Open_(tennis)" title="US Open (tennis)">US Open</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Championships,_Wimbledon" class="mw-redirect" title="The Championships, Wimbledon">Wimbledon</a>. Roland Garros is the only Grand Slam held on clay and ends the spring clay court season. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2012_French_Open" title="2012 French Open">2012 French Open</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <th width="25%">Category</th> <th width="25%">Champion(s)</th> <th width="25%">Finalist(s)</th> <th width="25%">Score in the final </th></tr> <tr> <td>Men's singles</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Rafael_Nadal" title="Rafael Nadal">Rafael Nadal</a></b></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia"><img alt="Serbia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Novak_Djokovic" title="Novak Djokovic">Novak Djokovic</a></td> <td>6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Women's singles</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Maria_Sharapova" title="Maria Sharapova">Maria Sharapova</a></b></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sara_Errani" title="Sara Errani">Sara Errani</a></td> <td>6–3, 6–2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Men's doubles</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus"><img alt="Belarus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/46px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Max_Mirnyi" title="Max Mirnyi">Max Mirnyi</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Nestor" title="Daniel Nestor">Daniel Nestor</a></b></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Bryan" title="Bob Bryan">Bob Bryan</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Bryan" title="Mike Bryan">Mike Bryan</a></td> <td>6–4, 6–4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Women's doubles</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Sara_Errani" title="Sara Errani">Sara Errani</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Roberta_Vinci" title="Roberta Vinci">Roberta Vinci</a></b></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Maria_Kirilenko" title="Maria Kirilenko">Maria Kirilenko</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nadia_Petrova" title="Nadia Petrova">Nadia Petrova</a></td> <td>4–6, 6–4, 6–2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mixed doubles</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Sania_Mirza" title="Sania Mirza">Sania Mirza</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mahesh_Bhupathi" title="Mahesh Bhupathi">Mahesh Bhupathi</a> </b></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland"><img alt="Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Klaudia_Jans-Ignacik" title="Klaudia Jans-Ignacik">Klaudia Jans-Ignacik</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Santiago_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(tennis)" title="Santiago González (tennis)">Santiago González</a></td> <td>7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup>, 6–1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Wimbledon_Championships">Wimbledon Championships</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_tennis&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Wimbledon Championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>The Championships, Wimbledon</b>, or simply <b>Wimbledon</b> (25 June – 8 July in 2012), is the only Major still <a href="/wiki/Grass_court" title="Grass court">played on grass</a>, the game's original surface, which gave the game of <a href="/wiki/Lawn_tennis" class="mw-redirect" title="Lawn tennis">lawn tennis</a> its name. The tournament takes place over two weeks in late June and early July, culminating with the Ladies' and Gentlemen's Singles Final, scheduled respectively for the second Saturday and Sunday. Each year, five major events are contested, as well as four junior events and three invitational events. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2012_Wimbledon_Championships" title="2012 Wimbledon Championships">2012 Wimbledon Championships</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <th width="25%">Category</th> <th width="25%">Champion(s)</th> <th width="25%">Finalist(s)</th> <th width="25%">Score in the final </th></tr> <tr> <td>Men's singles</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland"><img alt="Switzerland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Roger_Federer" title="Roger Federer">Roger Federer</a></b></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Andy_Murray" title="Andy Murray">Andy Murray</a></td> <td>4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Women's singles</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Serena_Williams" title="Serena Williams">Serena Williams</a></b></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland"><img alt="Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Agnieszka_Radwa%C5%84ska" title="Agnieszka Radwańska">Agnieszka Radwańska</a></td> <td>6–1, 5–7, 6–2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Men's doubles</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Marray" title="Jonathan Marray">Jonathan Marray</a></b> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Frederik_Nielsen" title="Frederik Nielsen">Frederik Nielsen</a></b></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Lindstedt" title="Robert Lindstedt">Robert Lindstedt</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania"><img alt="Romania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Horia_Tec%C4%83u" title="Horia Tecău">Horia Tecău</a></td> <td>4–6, 6–4, 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>, 6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>, 6–3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Women's doubles</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Serena_Williams" title="Serena Williams">Serena Williams</a></b> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Venus_Williams" title="Venus Williams">Venus Williams</a></b></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic"><img alt="Czech Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Lucie_Hradeck%C3%A1" title="Lucie Hradecká">Lucie Hradecká</a></td> <td>7–5, 6–4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mixed doubles</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Mike_Bryan" title="Mike Bryan">Mike Bryan</a></b> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Raymond" title="Lisa Raymond">Lisa Raymond</a></b></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span><a href="/wiki/Leander_Paes" title="Leander Paes">Leander Paes</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Elena_Vesnina" title="Elena Vesnina">Elena Vesnina</a></td> <td>6–3, 5–7, 6–4 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="US_Open">US Open</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_tennis&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: US Open"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>US Open</b>, formally the <b>United States Open Tennis Championships</b>, is a hardcourt <a href="/wiki/Tennis" title="Tennis">tennis</a> tournament held annually in August and September over a two-week period (the weeks before and after <a href="/wiki/Labor_Day_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Labor Day (United States)">Labor Day</a> weekend). </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2012_US_Open_(tennis)" title="2012 US Open (tennis)">2012 US Open (tennis)</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <th width="25%">Category</th> <th width="25%">Champion(s)</th> <th width="25%">Finalist(s)</th> <th width="25%">Score in the final </th></tr> <tr> <td>Men's singles</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Andy_Murray" title="Andy Murray">Andy Murray</a></b></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia"><img alt="Serbia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Novak_Djokovic" title="Novak Djokovic">Novak Djokovic</a></td> <td>7–6<sup>(12–10)</sup>, 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 6–2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Women's singles</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Serena_Williams" title="Serena Williams">Serena Williams</a></b></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus"><img alt="Belarus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/46px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Azarenka" title="Victoria Azarenka">Victoria Azarenka</a></td> <td>6–2, 2–6, 7–5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Men's doubles</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Bob_Bryan" title="Bob Bryan">Bob Bryan</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Bryan" title="Mike Bryan">Mike Bryan</a></b></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Leander_Paes" title="Leander Paes">Leander Paes</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic"><img alt="Czech Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Radek_%C5%A0t%C4%9Bp%C3%A1nek" title="Radek Štěpánek">Radek Štěpánek</a></td> <td>6–3, 6–4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Women's doubles</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Sara_Errani" title="Sara Errani">Sara Errani</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Roberta_Vinci" title="Roberta Vinci">Roberta Vinci</a></b></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic"><img alt="Czech Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Andrea_Hlav%C3%A1%C4%8Dkov%C3%A1" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrea Hlaváčková">Andrea Hlaváčková</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic"><img alt="Czech Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lucie_Hradeck%C3%A1" title="Lucie Hradecká">Lucie Hradecká</a></td> <td>6–4, 6–2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mixed doubles</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Ekaterina_Makarova" title="Ekaterina Makarova">Ekaterina Makarova</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Soares" title="Bruno Soares">Bruno Soares</a></b></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic"><img alt="Czech Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kv%C4%9Bta_Peschke" title="Květa Peschke">Květa Peschke</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland"><img alt="Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Marcin_Matkowski" title="Marcin Matkowski">Marcin Matkowski</a></td> <td>6–7<sup>(8–10)</sup>, 6–1, [12–10] </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Davis_Cup">Davis Cup</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_tennis&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Davis Cup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>2012 <a href="/wiki/Davis_Cup" title="Davis Cup">Davis Cup</a></b> (also known as the <b>2012 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas</b> for sponsorship purposes) is the <b>100th</b> edition of the tournament between national teams in men's tennis. </p><p>The draw took place on 21 September 2011 in <a href="/wiki/Bangkok" title="Bangkok">Bangkok</a>, Thailand.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2012_Davis_Cup" title="2012 Davis Cup">2012 Davis Cup</a></div> <p><b>World Group Draw</b> </p> <ul><li>S-Seeded</li> <li>U-Unseeded <ul><li>Choice of ground</li></ul></li></ul> <div style="overflow:auto"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;margin:1em 2em 0em 1em;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr style="visibility:collapse"></tr><tr><td style="width:1px"></td><td style="width:25px"></td><td style="width:150px"></td><td style="width:25px"></td><td style="width:2px;padding-left:4px"></td><td style="width:2px;padding-right:2px"></td><td style="width:25px"></td><td style="width:150px"></td><td style="width:25px"></td><td style="width:2px;padding-left:4px"></td><td style="width:2px;padding-right:2px"></td><td style="width:25px"></td><td style="width:150px"></td><td style="width:25px"></td><td style="width:2px;padding-left:4px"></td><td style="width:2px;padding-right:2px"></td><td style="width:25px"></td><td style="width:150px"></td><td style="width:25px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">First round<br />10–12 February</td><td rowspan="5"></td><td rowspan="5"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">Quarterfinals<br />6–8 April</td><td rowspan="8"></td><td rowspan="8"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">Semifinals<br />14–16 September</td><td rowspan="14"></td><td rowspan="14"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">Final<br />16–18 November</td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"><a href="/wiki/Oviedo" title="Oviedo">Oviedo</a>, Spain</td><td colspan="3" rowspan="3" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="9" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="21" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">1</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain_Davis_Cup_team" title="Spain Davis Cup team">Spain</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">5</td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td><td></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"><a href="/wiki/Oropesa_del_Mar" title="Oropesa del Mar">Oropesa del Mar</a>, Spain (clay)</td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan_Davis_Cup_team" title="Kazakhstan Davis Cup team">Kazakhstan</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">0</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">1</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain_Davis_Cup_team" title="Spain Davis Cup team">Spain</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">4</td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"><a href="/wiki/Wiener_Neustadt" title="Wiener Neustadt">Wiener Neustadt</a>, Austria</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Austria_Davis_Cup_team" title="Austria Davis Cup team">Austria</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">1</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">8</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russia_Davis_Cup_team" title="Russia Davis Cup team">Russia</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">2</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td></td><td rowspan="4" style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="4"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 2px 0px"></td><td></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="3" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"><a href="/wiki/Gij%C3%B3n" title="Gijón">Gijón</a>, Spain (clay)</td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Austria_Davis_Cup_team" title="Austria Davis Cup team">Austria</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">3</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="4"></td><td rowspan="4"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">1</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain_Davis_Cup_team" title="Spain Davis Cup team">Spain</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">3</td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"><a href="/wiki/Vancouver" title="Vancouver">Vancouver</a>, Canada</td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">6</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Davis_Cup_team" title="United States Davis Cup team">United States</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">1</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">4</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France_Davis_Cup_team" title="France Davis Cup team">France</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">4</td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td rowspan="4" style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="4"></td><td rowspan="10" style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="10"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td><td></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"><a href="/wiki/Roquebrune-Cap-Martin" title="Roquebrune-Cap-Martin">Roquebrune-Cap-Martin</a>, France (clay)</td><td colspan="3" rowspan="9" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada_Davis_Cup_team" title="Canada Davis Cup team">Canada</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">1</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">4</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France_Davis_Cup_team" title="France Davis Cup team">France</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">2</td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"><a href="/wiki/Fribourg" title="Fribourg">Fribourg</a>, Switzerland</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 2px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">6</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Davis_Cup_team" title="United States Davis Cup team">United States</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">3</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">6</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Davis_Cup_team" title="United States Davis Cup team">United States</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">5</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td></td><td rowspan="4"></td><td rowspan="4"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 2px 0px"></td><td></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="3" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"><a href="/wiki/Prague" title="Prague">Prague</a>, <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a> (indoor carpet)</td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span>  </span><a href="/wiki/Switzerland_Davis_Cup_team" title="Switzerland Davis Cup team">Switzerland</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">0</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="4"></td><td rowspan="4"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">1</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain_Davis_Cup_team" title="Spain Davis Cup team">Spain</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">2</td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"><a href="/wiki/Ostrava" title="Ostrava">Ostrava</a>, <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a></td><td colspan="8" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">5</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_Davis_Cup_team" title="Czech Republic Davis Cup team">Czech Republic</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">3</td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Italy_Davis_Cup_team" title="Italy Davis Cup team">Italy</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">1</td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td rowspan="4"></td><td rowspan="4"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="7" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td rowspan="10" style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="10"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td><td></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"><a href="/wiki/Prague" title="Prague">Prague</a>, <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a> (indoor clay)</td><td colspan="3" rowspan="10" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">5</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_Davis_Cup_team" title="Czech Republic Davis Cup team">Czech Republic</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">4</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">5</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_Davis_Cup_team" title="Czech Republic Davis Cup team">Czech Republic</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">4</td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"><a href="/wiki/Ni%C5%A1" title="Niš">Niš</a>, <a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">3</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Serbia_Davis_Cup_team" title="Serbia Davis Cup team">Serbia</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">1</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden_Davis_Cup_team" title="Sweden Davis Cup team">Sweden</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">1</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td></td><td rowspan="4" style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="4"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 2px 0px"></td><td></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="3" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"><a href="/wiki/Buenos_Aires" title="Buenos Aires">Buenos Aires</a>, <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a> (clay)</td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">3</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Serbia_Davis_Cup_team" title="Serbia Davis Cup team">Serbia</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">4</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="4"></td><td rowspan="4"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">5</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_Davis_Cup_team" title="Czech Republic Davis Cup team">Czech Republic</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">3</td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"><a href="/wiki/Miki,_Hy%C5%8Dgo" title="Miki, Hyōgo">Miki</a>, Japan</td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 2px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">2</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Argentina_Davis_Cup_team" title="Argentina Davis Cup team">Argentina</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">2</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_Davis_Cup_team" title="Japan Davis Cup team">Japan</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">2</td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td rowspan="4" style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="4"></td><td rowspan="10"></td><td rowspan="10"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td><td></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"><a href="/wiki/Buenos_Aires" title="Buenos Aires">Buenos Aires</a>, <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a> (clay)</td><td colspan="3" rowspan="10" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">7</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Croatia_Davis_Cup_team" title="Croatia Davis Cup team">Croatia</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">3</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">7</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Croatia_Davis_Cup_team" title="Croatia Davis Cup team">Croatia</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">1</td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"><a href="/wiki/Bamberg" title="Bamberg">Bamberg</a>, Germany</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 2px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">2</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Argentina_Davis_Cup_team" title="Argentina Davis Cup team">Argentina</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">4</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany_Davis_Cup_team" title="Germany Davis Cup team">Germany</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">1</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td></td><td rowspan="4"></td><td rowspan="4"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 2px 0px"></td><td></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="4" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="4" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">2</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Argentina_Davis_Cup_team" title="Argentina Davis Cup team">Argentina</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">4</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fed_Cup">Fed Cup</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_tennis&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Fed Cup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>2012 <a href="/wiki/Fed_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Fed Cup">Fed Cup</a></b> (also known as the <b>2012 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas</b> for sponsorship purposes) is the 50th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in women's <a href="/wiki/Tennis" title="Tennis">tennis</a>. The final will take place on 4–5 November. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2012_Fed_Cup" title="2012 Fed Cup">2012 Fed Cup</a></div> <p><b>World Group Draw</b> </p> <ul><li>S-Seeded</li> <li>U-Unseeded <ul><li>Choice of ground</li></ul></li></ul> <div style="overflow:auto"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;margin:1em 2em 0em 1em;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr style="visibility:collapse"></tr><tr><td style="width:1px"></td><td style="width:25px"></td><td style="width:150px"></td><td style="width:25px"></td><td style="width:2px;padding-left:4px"></td><td style="width:2px;padding-right:2px"></td><td style="width:25px"></td><td style="width:150px"></td><td style="width:25px"></td><td style="width:2px;padding-left:4px"></td><td style="width:2px;padding-right:2px"></td><td style="width:25px"></td><td style="width:150px"></td><td style="width:25px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">Quarterfinals<br />4–5 February</td><td rowspan="5"></td><td rowspan="5"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">Semifinals<br />21–22 April</td><td rowspan="8"></td><td rowspan="8"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">Final<br />4–5 November</td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"><a href="/wiki/Moscow,_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Moscow, Russia">Moscow, Russia</a> (indoor hard)</td><td colspan="3" rowspan="3" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="9" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">1</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russia_Billie_Jean_King_Cup_team" title="Russia Billie Jean King Cup team">Russia</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>3</b></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td><td></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"><a href="/wiki/Moscow,_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Moscow, Russia">Moscow, Russia</a> (indoor clay)</td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain_Billie_Jean_King_Cup_team" title="Spain Billie Jean King Cup team">Spain</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">2</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">1</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russia_Billie_Jean_King_Cup_team" title="Russia Billie Jean King Cup team">Russia</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">1</td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"><a href="/wiki/Charleroi" title="Charleroi">Charleroi, Belgium</a> (indoor hard)</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Serbia_Billie_Jean_King_Cup_team" title="Serbia Billie Jean King Cup team">Serbia</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>3</b></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">4</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belgium_Billie_Jean_King_Cup_team" title="Belgium Billie Jean King Cup team">Belgium</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">2</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td></td><td rowspan="4" style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="4"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 2px 0px"></td><td></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="3" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"><a href="/wiki/Prague" title="Prague">Prague</a>, <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a> (indoor hard)</td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Serbia_Billie_Jean_King_Cup_team" title="Serbia Billie Jean King Cup team">Serbia</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>3</b></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="4"></td><td rowspan="4"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Serbia_Billie_Jean_King_Cup_team" title="Serbia Billie Jean King Cup team">Serbia</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">1</td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"><a href="/wiki/Biella,_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Biella, Italy">Biella, Italy</a> (indoor clay)</td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">2</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_Billie_Jean_King_Cup_team" title="Czech Republic Billie Jean King Cup team">Czech Republic</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>3</b></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">3</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Italy_Billie_Jean_King_Cup_team" title="Italy Billie Jean King Cup team">Italy</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>3</b></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td rowspan="4" style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="4"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td><td></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"><a href="/wiki/Ostrava,_Czech_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Ostrava, Czech Republic">Ostrava, Czech Republic</a> (indoor hard)</td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ukraine_Billie_Jean_King_Cup_team" title="Ukraine Billie Jean King Cup team">Ukraine</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">2</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">3</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Italy_Billie_Jean_King_Cup_team" title="Italy Billie Jean King Cup team">Italy</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">1</td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"><a href="/wiki/Stuttgart,_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Stuttgart, Germany">Stuttgart, Germany</a> (indoor hard)</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 0px 2px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 2px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">2</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_Billie_Jean_King_Cup_team" title="Czech Republic Billie Jean King Cup team">Czech Republic</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>4</b></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany_Billie_Jean_King_Cup_team" title="Germany Billie Jean King Cup team">Germany</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">1</td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 0px 0px"></td><td></td><td rowspan="4"></td><td rowspan="4"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:0px 2px 2px 0px"></td><td></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="4" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em">2</td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 0px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;padding:0em 0.3em"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_Billie_Jean_King_Cup_team" title="Czech Republic Billie Jean King Cup team">Czech Republic</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="border:solid #aaa;border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px;background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;padding:0em 0.3em"><b>4</b></td><td style="border:solid black;border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:11px"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0em 0.3em"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2012_London_Olympics">2012 London Olympics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_tennis&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: 2012 London Olympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>tennis</b> competitions of the <b><a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics" title="2012 Summer Olympics">2012 Summer Olympics</a></b> were staged at the <a href="/wiki/All_England_Lawn_Tennis_and_Croquet_Club" title="All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club">All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club</a> in <a href="/wiki/Wimbledon,_London" title="Wimbledon, London">Wimbledon, London</a>, from 29 July to 5 August 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-Official_Site_of_2012_Games_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Official_Site_of_2012_Games-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 172 <a href="/wiki/Tennis" title="Tennis">tennis players</a> competed in five events; singles and doubles for both men and women and for the first time since 1924 mixed doubles were officially included. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Tennis_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics" title="Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics">Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <th width="25%">Category</th> <th width="25%">Champion(s)</th> <th width="25%">Finalist(s)</th> <th width="25%">Score in the final </th></tr> <tr> <td>Men's singles</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Andy_Murray" title="Andy Murray">Andy Murray</a></b></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland"><img alt="Switzerland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Roger_Federer" title="Roger Federer">Roger Federer</a></td> <td>6–2, 6–1, 6–4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Women's singles</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Serena_Williams" title="Serena Williams">Serena Williams</a></b></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Maria_Sharapova" title="Maria Sharapova">Maria Sharapova</a></td> <td>6–0, 6–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Men's doubles</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Bob_Bryan" title="Bob Bryan">Bob Bryan</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Bryan" title="Mike Bryan">Mike Bryan</a></b></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Micha%C3%ABl_Llodra" title="Michaël Llodra">Michaël Llodra</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jo_Wilfried_Tsonga" class="mw-redirect" title="Jo Wilfried Tsonga">Jo Wilfried Tsonga</a></td> <td>6–4, 7–6<sup>(7–2)</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Women's doubles</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Serena_Williams" title="Serena Williams">Serena Williams</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Venus_Williams" title="Venus Williams">Venus Williams</a></b></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic"><img alt="Czech Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Andrea_Hlav%C3%A1%C4%8Dkov%C3%A1" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrea Hlaváčková">Andrea Hlaváčková</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic"><img alt="Czech Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lucie_Hradeck%C3%A1" title="Lucie Hradecká">Lucie Hradecká</a></td> <td>6–4, 6–4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mixed doubles</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus"><img alt="Belarus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/46px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Max_Mirnyi" title="Max Mirnyi">Max Mirnyi</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus"><img alt="Belarus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/46px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Azarenka" title="Victoria Azarenka">Victoria Azarenka</a></b></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Andy_Murray" title="Andy Murray">Andy Murray</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, 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The 2012 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Slam_(tennis)" title="Grand Slam (tennis)">Grand Slam</a> tournaments (supervised by the <a href="/wiki/International_Tennis_Federation" title="International Tennis Federation">International Tennis Federation</a> (ITF)), the <a href="/wiki/ATP_World_Tour_Masters_1000" class="mw-redirect" title="ATP World Tour Masters 1000">ATP World Tour Masters 1000</a>, the <a href="/wiki/ATP_World_Tour_500_series" class="mw-redirect" title="ATP World Tour 500 series">ATP World Tour 500 series</a>, the <a href="/wiki/ATP_World_Tour_250_series" class="mw-redirect" title="ATP World Tour 250 series">ATP World Tour 250 series</a>, the <a href="/wiki/ATP_World_Team_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="ATP World Team Championship">ATP World Team Championship</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Davis_Cup" title="Davis Cup">Davis Cup</a> (organized by the ITF), the <a href="/wiki/ATP_World_Tour_Finals" class="mw-redirect" title="ATP World Tour Finals">ATP World Tour Finals</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Tennis_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics" title="Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics">tennis event</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics" title="2012 Summer Olympics">London Summer Olympic Games</a>. Also included in the 2012 calendar is the <a href="/wiki/Hopman_Cup" title="Hopman Cup">Hopman Cup</a>, which is organized by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points.<sup id="cite_ref-ATPWorldTour_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ATPWorldTour-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ESPN_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESPN-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2012_ATP_World_Tour" title="2012 ATP World Tour">2012 ATP World Tour</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="ATP_Challenger_Tour">ATP Challenger Tour</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_tennis&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: ATP Challenger Tour"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/ATP_Challenger_Tour" title="ATP Challenger Tour">ATP Challenger Tour</a> is the secondary professional <a href="/wiki/Tennis" title="Tennis">tennis</a> circuit organized by the ATP. The <b>2012 ATP Challenger Tour</b> calendar comprises 15 top tier <a href="/wiki/Tretorn_SERIE%2B" class="mw-redirect" title="Tretorn SERIE+">Tretorn SERIE+</a> tournaments, and approximately 150 regular series tournaments, with prize money ranging from $35,000 up to $150,000.<sup id="cite_ref-AboutChallenger_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AboutChallenger-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tretorn_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tretorn-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2012_ATP_Challenger_Tour" title="2012 ATP Challenger Tour">2012 ATP Challenger Tour</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="WTA_Tour">WTA Tour</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_tennis&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: WTA Tour"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>2012 WTA Tour</b> is the elite professional <a href="/wiki/Tennis" title="Tennis">tennis</a> circuit organized by the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Tennis_Association" title="Women's Tennis Association">Women's Tennis Association</a> (WTA) for the 2012 tennis season. The 2012 WTA Tour calendar comprises the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Slam_(tennis)" title="Grand Slam (tennis)">Grand Slam</a> tournaments (supervised by the <a href="/wiki/International_Tennis_Federation" title="International Tennis Federation">International Tennis Federation</a> (ITF)), the <a href="/wiki/WTA_Premier_tournaments" title="WTA Premier tournaments">WTA Premier tournaments</a> (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), the <a href="/wiki/WTA_International_tournaments" title="WTA International tournaments">WTA International tournaments</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Fed_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Fed Cup">Fed Cup</a> (organized by the ITF), the year-end championships (the <a href="/wiki/WTA_Tour_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="WTA Tour Championships">WTA Tour Championships</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Bank_Tournament_of_Champions" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions">Tournament of Champions</a>), and the <a href="/wiki/Tennis_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics" title="Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics">tennis event</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics" title="2012 Summer Olympics">London Summer Olympic Games</a>. Also included in the 2012 calendar is the <a href="/wiki/Hopman_Cup" title="Hopman Cup">Hopman Cup</a>, which is organized by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points.<sup id="cite_ref-WTACalendar2012_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WTACalendar2012-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2012_WTA_Tour" title="2012 WTA Tour">2012 WTA Tour</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Retirements">Retirements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_tennis&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Retirements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fernando_Gonzalez_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Fernando_Gonzalez_%282%29.jpg/150px-Fernando_Gonzalez_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Fernando_Gonzalez_%282%29.jpg/225px-Fernando_Gonzalez_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Fernando_Gonzalez_%282%29.jpg/300px-Fernando_Gonzalez_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/2007_Australian_Open" title="2007 Australian Open">2007 Australian Open</a> runner-up <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Gonz%C3%A1lez" title="Fernando González">Fernando González</a> retired after the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Wells_Masters" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Wells Masters">Indian Wells</a>–<a href="/wiki/Miami_Masters" class="mw-redirect" title="Miami Masters">Miami</a> American swing.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lubby_-_Flickr_-_chascow.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Lubby_-_Flickr_-_chascow.jpg/150px-Lubby_-_Flickr_-_chascow.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Lubby_-_Flickr_-_chascow.jpg/225px-Lubby_-_Flickr_-_chascow.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Lubby_-_Flickr_-_chascow.jpg/300px-Lubby_-_Flickr_-_chascow.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2601" data-file-height="2410" /></a><figcaption>Former World No. 3 <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Ljubi%C4%8Di%C4%87" title="Ivan Ljubičić">Ivan Ljubičić</a> played for the last time at the <a href="/wiki/Monte_Carlo_Masters" class="mw-redirect" title="Monte Carlo Masters">Monte Carlo Masters</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Andy_Roddick_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Andy_Roddick_2010.jpg/150px-Andy_Roddick_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Andy_Roddick_2010.jpg/225px-Andy_Roddick_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Andy_Roddick_2010.jpg/300px-Andy_Roddick_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="336" data-file-height="512" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Andy_Roddick" title="Andy Roddick">Andy Roddick</a> was the year-end World No. 1 at the end of the <a href="/wiki/2003_ATP_Tour" title="2003 ATP Tour">2003 season</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the <a href="/wiki/ATP_rankings" title="ATP rankings">ATP rankings</a> Top 100 (singles) or Top 50 (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2012 season: </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Peter_Luczak" title="Peter Luczak">Peter Luczak</a></b> <i>(born 31 August 1979 in <a href="/wiki/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw</a>, Poland, moved to Australia in 1980)</i> joined the main circuit in 2000, peaking at No. 64 in singles in 2009. Competing mainly on the <a href="/wiki/ITF_Men%27s_Circuit" class="mw-redirect" title="ITF Men's Circuit">ITF Men's Circuit</a> and the <a href="/wiki/ATP_Challenger_Tour" title="ATP Challenger Tour">ATP Challenger Tour</a> during his career, Luczak's best result came with a gold medal in <a href="/wiki/Tennis_at_the_2010_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_doubles" title="Tennis at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's doubles">doubles</a> (w/ <a href="/wiki/Paul_Hanley_(tennis)" title="Paul Hanley (tennis)">Hanley</a>) at the <a href="/wiki/2010_Commonwealth_Games" title="2010 Commonwealth Games">2010 New Delhi Commonwealth Games</a>. The Australian retired from the sport after losing in the second round of the <a href="/wiki/2012_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_doubles" title="2012 Australian Open – Men's doubles">Australian Open</a> doubles in January.<sup id="cite_ref-RetirementPeterLuczak1_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RetirementPeterLuczak1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RetirementPeterLuczak2_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RetirementPeterLuczak2-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Rainer_Sch%C3%BCttler" title="Rainer Schüttler">Rainer Schüttler</a></b> <i>(born 25 April 1976 in <a href="/wiki/Korbach" title="Korbach">Korbach</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a>)</i> turned professional in 1995, reaching career-high rankings of singles No. 5 in 2004, and doubles No. 40 in 2005. Schüttler won four singles and four doubles titles during his stint on the main circuit, his best Grand Slam results coming with a final at the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Open" title="Australian Open">Australian Open</a> (<a href="/wiki/2003_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles" title="2003 Australian Open – Men's singles">2003</a>, lost to <a href="/wiki/Andre_Agassi" title="Andre Agassi">Agassi</a>), and a semifinal run at <a href="/wiki/The_Championships,_Wimbledon" class="mw-redirect" title="The Championships, Wimbledon">Wimbledon</a> (<a href="/wiki/2008_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles" title="2008 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles">2008</a>). Alongside countryman <a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Kiefer" title="Nicolas Kiefer">Nicolas Kiefer</a>, the German also took the silver medal in doubles at the <a href="/wiki/Tennis_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_doubles" title="Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles">2004 Athens Olympics</a>, losing the final in five sets (to <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Gonz%C3%A1lez" title="Fernando González">González</a>/<a href="/wiki/Nicol%C3%A1s_Mass%C3%BA" title="Nicolás Massú">Massú</a>). Schüttler last played in <a href="/wiki/2012_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles" title="2012 Australian Open – Men's singles">Melbourne</a> in January.<sup id="cite_ref-RetirementRainerSchuttler_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RetirementRainerSchuttler-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina"><img alt="Argentina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Juan_Pablo_Brzezicki" title="Juan Pablo Brzezicki">Juan Pablo Brzezicki</a></b> <i>(born 12 April 1982 in <a href="/wiki/Buenos_Aires" title="Buenos Aires">Buenos Aires</a>, <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a>)</i> joined the tour in 2001, reaching a career-high ranking of singles No. 94 in 2008. Winner of one doubles titles on the main circuit, Brzezicki competed for the last time in <a href="/wiki/2012_Copa_Claro" title="2012 Copa Claro">Buenos Aires</a> in February.<sup id="cite_ref-RetirementJuanPabloBrzezicki_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RetirementJuanPabloBrzezicki-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile"><img alt="Chile" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Gonz%C3%A1lez" title="Fernando González">Fernando González</a></b> <i>(born July 29, 1980, in <a href="/wiki/Santiago" title="Santiago">Santiago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a>)</i> joined the main tour in 1999, and reached his best singles ranking, No. 5, in early 2007, finishing two seasons in the Top Ten (2006–07). A Junior World No. 1, winner of the boys' doubles at the <a href="/wiki/US_Open_(tennis)" title="US Open (tennis)">US Open</a> in 1997 and the boys' singles and doubles at the <a href="/wiki/French_Open" title="French Open">French Open</a> in 1998, González won 11 singles and three doubles titles on the pro circuit, and gathered three medals at the <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Games" title="Olympic Games">Olympics</a> : the bronze in singles and the gold in doubles (w/ <a href="/wiki/Nicol%C3%A1s_Mass%C3%BA" title="Nicolás Massú">Nicolás Massú</a>, def. <a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Kiefer" title="Nicolas Kiefer">Kiefer</a>/<a href="/wiki/Rainer_Sch%C3%BCttler" title="Rainer Schüttler">Schüttler</a>) in <a href="/wiki/Tennis_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics" title="Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics">2004</a>, and the silver in singles (lost the final to <a href="/wiki/Rafael_Nadal" title="Rafael Nadal">Nadal</a>) in <a href="/wiki/Tennis_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles" title="Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's singles">2008</a>. The Chilean reached the last eight at every major, making three quarterfinals at <a href="/wiki/The_Championships,_Wimbledon" class="mw-redirect" title="The Championships, Wimbledon">Wimbledon</a> (<a href="/wiki/2005_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles" title="2005 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles">2005</a>) and the US Open (<a href="/wiki/2002_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles" title="2002 US Open – Men's singles">2002</a>, <a href="/wiki/2009_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles" title="2009 US Open – Men's singles">2009</a>), one semifinal at the French (<a href="/wiki/2009_French_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles" title="2009 French Open – Men's singles">2009</a>), and one final at the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Open" title="Australian Open">Australian Open</a> (<a href="/wiki/2007_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles" title="2007 Australian Open – Men's singles">2007</a>, lost to <a href="/wiki/Roger_Federer" title="Roger Federer">Federer</a>). Struggling with injuries for more than a year before deciding to retire, González played his last event in <a href="/wiki/2012_Sony_Ericsson_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles" title="2012 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's singles">Miami</a> in March.<sup id="cite_ref-RetirementFernandoGonzalez_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RetirementFernandoGonzalez-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina"><img alt="Argentina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Acasuso" title="José Acasuso">José Acasuso</a></b> <i>(born 20 October 1982 in <a href="/wiki/Posadas,_Misiones" title="Posadas, Misiones">Posadas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a>)</i> turned professional in 1999, reaching career-high rankings of singles No. 20 and doubles No. 27, both in 2006. Mainly a <a href="/wiki/Clay_court" title="Clay court">clay court</a> specialist, the Argentine took three singles and five doubles career titles, all on the surface. Playing for Argentina, Acasuso competed in two <a href="/wiki/Davis_Cup" title="Davis Cup">Davis Cup</a> finals (<a href="/wiki/2006_Davis_Cup" title="2006 Davis Cup">2006</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008_Davis_Cup" title="2008 Davis Cup">2008</a>), but helped claim one <a href="/wiki/World_Team_Cup" title="World Team Cup">World Team Cup</a> title (<a href="/wiki/2007_ARAG_World_Team_Cup" title="2007 ARAG World Team Cup">2007</a>). Acasuso announced his retirement in February, less than a year after his last match in the <a href="/wiki/2011_French_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles_qualifying" title="2011 French Open – Men's singles qualifying">French Open qualifying</a> in May 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-RetirementJoseAcasuso_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RetirementJoseAcasuso-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia"><img alt="Croatia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Ivan_Ljubi%C4%8Di%C4%87" title="Ivan Ljubičić">Ivan Ljubičić</a></b> <i>(born 19 March 1979 in <a href="/wiki/Banja_Luka" title="Banja Luka">Banja Luka</a>, <a href="/wiki/SFR_Yugoslavia" class="mw-redirect" title="SFR Yugoslavia">SFR Yugoslavia</a>, now <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a>)</i> turned professional in 1998, peaking at No. 3 in singles in 2006, ending two seasons in the Top Ten (2005–06). During his career Ljubičić won 10 singles titles, including one Masters shield at <a href="/wiki/Indian_Wells_Masters" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Wells Masters">Indian Wells</a> (<a href="/wiki/2010_BNP_Paribas_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles" title="2010 BNP Paribas Open – Men's singles">2010</a>), and went past the fourth round twice in <a href="/wiki/Grand_Slam_(tennis)" title="Grand Slam (tennis)">Grand Slam</a> tournaments, reaching one quarterfinal at the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Open" title="Australian Open">Australian Open</a> (<a href="/wiki/2006_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles" title="2006 Australian Open – Men's singles">2006</a>) and one semifinal at the <a href="/wiki/French_Open" title="French Open">French Open</a> (<a href="/wiki/2006_French_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles" title="2006 French Open – Men's singles">2006</a>). Playing for his country, the Croat partnered <a href="/wiki/Mario_An%C4%8Di%C4%87" title="Mario Ančić">Mario Ančić</a> to a bronze medal in doubles at the <a href="/wiki/Tennis_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_doubles" title="Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles">2004 Athens Olympics</a>, and took part in one successful <a href="/wiki/Davis_Cup" title="Davis Cup">Davis Cup</a> campaign (<a href="/wiki/2005_Davis_Cup" title="2005 Davis Cup">2005</a>). Ljubičić played his last tournament in <a href="/wiki/2012_Monte-Carlo_Rolex_Masters_%E2%80%93_Singles" title="2012 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Singles">Monte Carlo</a> in April.<sup id="cite_ref-RetirementIvanLjubicic_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RetirementIvanLjubicic-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Arnaud_Cl%C3%A9ment" title="Arnaud Clément">Arnaud Clément</a></b> <i>(born 17 December 1977 in <a href="/wiki/Aix-en-Provence" title="Aix-en-Provence">Aix-en-Provence</a>, France)</i> became a tennis professional in 1996, peaking as singles No. 10 in 2001, and doubles No. 8 in 2008. In singles, Clément won four titles, made the quarterfinals at all majors but one (the <a href="/wiki/French_Open" title="French Open">French Open</a>), and reached one Grand Slam final at the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Open" title="Australian Open">Australian Open</a> (<a href="/wiki/2001_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles" title="2001 Australian Open – Men's singles">2001</a>, lost to <a href="/wiki/Andre_Agassi" title="Andre Agassi">Agassi</a>). In doubles, he collected 12 titles and made two major finals with <a href="/wiki/Micha%C3%ABl_Llodra" title="Michaël Llodra">Michaël Llodra</a>, winning one at <a href="/wiki/The_Championships,_Wimbledon" class="mw-redirect" title="The Championships, Wimbledon">Wimbledon</a> (<a href="/wiki/2007_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_doubles" title="2007 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles">2007</a>), and losing the other in Australia (<a href="/wiki/2008_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_doubles" title="2008 Australian Open – Men's doubles">2008</a>). A member of the <a href="/wiki/France_Davis_Cup_team" title="France Davis Cup team">French Davis Cup team</a> for nine years, winner of one title (<a href="/wiki/2001_Davis_Cup" title="2001 Davis Cup">2001</a>), Clément was selected in June to become the new captain starting in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-ArnaudClementDC_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ArnaudClementDC-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Frenchman played his last event on the tour in the <a href="/wiki/2012_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_doubles" title="2012 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles">Wimbledon doubles</a> in July.<sup id="cite_ref-RetirementArnaudClement_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RetirementArnaudClement-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Andy_Roddick" title="Andy Roddick">Andy Roddick</a></b> <i>(born 30 August 1982 in <a href="/wiki/Omaha,_Nebraska" title="Omaha, Nebraska">Omaha</a>, United States)</i> turned professional in 2000, and became the sixth American player to be ranked <a href="/wiki/List_of_ATP_number_1_ranked_singles_players" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players">World No. 1</a> in singles when he reached the top spot on November 3, 2003, holding it for a single spell of 13 straight weeks. Roddick finished nine seasons in the <a href="/wiki/ATP_rankings" title="ATP rankings">ATP rankings</a> singles Top Ten (2002–10), including one year as No. 1 (2003), and also reached the No. 50 ranking in doubles in 2010. As a Junior, the American took two singles Grand Slam titles at the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Open" title="Australian Open">Australian Open</a> and the <a href="/wiki/US_Open_(tennis)" title="US Open (tennis)">US Open</a> in 2000, finishing the season as Junior World No. 1. Over his 12-year pro career, Roddick collected 32 singles titles, on every surface, among which five Masters shields and one Grand Slam title, at the <a href="/wiki/US_Open_(tennis)" title="US Open (tennis)">US Open</a> (<a href="/wiki/2003_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles" title="2003 US Open – Men's singles">2003</a>, def. <a href="/wiki/Juan_Carlos_Ferrero" title="Juan Carlos Ferrero">Ferrero</a>). Roddick's other best results in majors came with four semifinals at the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Open" title="Australian Open">Australian Open</a> (<a href="/wiki/2003_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles" title="2003 Australian Open – Men's singles">2003</a>, <a href="/wiki/2005_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles" title="2005 Australian Open – Men's singles">2005</a>, <a href="/wiki/2007_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles" title="2007 Australian Open – Men's singles">2007</a>, <a href="/wiki/2009_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles" title="2009 Australian Open – Men's singles">2009</a>), three finals at <a href="/wiki/The_Championships,_Wimbledon" class="mw-redirect" title="The Championships, Wimbledon">Wimbledon</a> (<a href="/wiki/2004_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles" title="2004 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles">2004</a>, <a href="/wiki/2005_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles" title="2005 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles">2005</a>, <a href="/wiki/2009_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles" title="2009 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles">2009</a>, all lost to <a href="/wiki/Roger_Federer" title="Roger Federer">Federer</a>), and another final at the US Open (<a href="/wiki/2006_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles" title="2006 US Open – Men's singles">2006</a>, lost to Federer). In doubles, Roddick won four titles including one Masters trophy. Part of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Davis_Cup_team" title="United States Davis Cup team">United States Davis Cup</a> roster for 25 ties over 10 years, Roddick helped the team to a final in <a href="/wiki/2004_Davis_Cup_World_Group" title="2004 Davis Cup World Group">2004</a>, and a title (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Davis_Cup_champions" title="List of Davis Cup champions">the country's 32nd</a>) in <a href="/wiki/2007_Davis_Cup_World_Group" title="2007 Davis Cup World Group">2007</a>. The American announced he would retire after the <a href="/wiki/2012_US_Open_(tennis)" title="2012 US Open (tennis)">US Open</a> in September.<sup id="cite_ref-RetirementAndyRoddick1_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RetirementAndyRoddick1-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_Tennis_Hall_of_Fame"><a href="/wiki/International_Tennis_Hall_of_Fame" title="International Tennis Hall of Fame">International Tennis Hall of Fame</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_tennis&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: International Tennis Hall of Fame"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Class of 2012: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Capriati" title="Jennifer Capriati">Jennifer Capriati</a>, player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gustavo_Kuerten" 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hopmancup.com/livescores/indexview.php?id=7056">the original</a> on 2012-09-10<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Telegraph. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/andymurray/9000543/Andy-Murray-wins-Brisbane-International-after-beating-Alexandr-Dolgopolov-in-straight-sets.html">the original</a> on 9 January 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1910_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1910 in tennis (page does not exist)">1910</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1911_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1911 in tennis (page does not exist)">1911</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1912_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1912 in tennis (page does not exist)">1912</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1913_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1913 in tennis (page does not exist)">1913</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1914_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1914 in tennis (page does not exist)">1914</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1915_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1915 in tennis (page does not exist)">1915</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1916_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1916 in tennis (page does not exist)">1916</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1917_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1917 in tennis (page does not exist)">1917</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1918_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1918 in tennis (page does not exist)">1918</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1919_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1919 in tennis (page does not exist)">1919</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1920_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1920 in tennis (page does not 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href="/w/index.php?title=1926_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1926 in tennis (page does not exist)">1926</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1927_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1927 in tennis (page does not exist)">1927</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1928_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1928 in tennis (page does not exist)">1928</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1929_in_tennis" title="1929 in tennis">1929</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1930_in_tennis" title="1930 in tennis">1930</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1931_in_tennis" title="1931 in tennis">1931</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1932_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1932 in tennis (page does not exist)">1932</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1933_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1933 in tennis (page does not exist)">1933</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in tennis (page does not exist)">1934</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1935_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1935 in tennis (page does not exist)">1935</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1936_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1936 in tennis (page does not exist)">1936</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1937_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1937 in tennis (page does not exist)">1937</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1938_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1938 in tennis (page does not exist)">1938</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1939_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1939 in tennis (page does not exist)">1939</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1940 in tennis (page does not exist)">1940</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1941_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1941 in tennis (page does not exist)">1941</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1942_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1942 in tennis (page does not exist)">1942</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1943_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1943 in tennis (page does not exist)">1943</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1944_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1944 in tennis (page does not exist)">1944</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1945_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1945 in tennis (page does not exist)">1945</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1946 in tennis (page does not exist)">1946</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1947 in tennis (page does not exist)">1947</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1948_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1948 in tennis (page does not 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style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1954_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1954 in tennis (page does not exist)">1954</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1955_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1955 in tennis (page does not exist)">1955</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1956_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1956 in tennis (page does not exist)">1956</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1957_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1957 in tennis (page does not exist)">1957</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958 in tennis (page does not exist)">1958</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1959_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1959 in tennis (page does not exist)">1959</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1960_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1960 in tennis (page does not exist)">1960</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1961_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1961 in tennis (page does not exist)">1961</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1962_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1962 in tennis (page does not exist)">1962</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1963 in tennis (page does not exist)">1963</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1964_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1964 in tennis (page does not exist)">1964</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1965_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1965 in tennis (page does not exist)">1965</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1966 in tennis (page does not exist)">1966</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1967_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1967 in tennis (page does not exist)">1967</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1968_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1968 in tennis (page does not exist)">1968</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1969 in tennis (page does not exist)">1969</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1970_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1970 in tennis (page does not exist)">1970</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1971 in tennis (page does not exist)">1971</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1972 in tennis (page does not exist)">1972</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1973 in tennis (page does not exist)">1973</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1974_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1974 in tennis (page does not exist)">1974</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1975_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1975 in tennis (page does not exist)">1975</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1976 in tennis (page does not exist)">1976</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1977_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1977 in tennis (page does not exist)">1977</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1978 in tennis (page does not exist)">1978</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in tennis (page does not exist)">1979</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1980 in tennis (page does not 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href="/w/index.php?title=1986_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986 in tennis (page does not exist)">1986</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987 in tennis (page does not exist)">1987</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1988_in_tennis" title="1988 in tennis">1988</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1989_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1989 in tennis (page does not exist)">1989</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1990_in_tennis" title="1990 in tennis">1990</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1991_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1991 in tennis (page does not exist)">1991</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a 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