2012 Maria Sharapova tennis season

2012 Maria Sharapova tennis season

275px Sharapova at the 2012 London Olympics
Calendar prize money	$6,508,296
Singles
Season record	60–11 (84.51%)
Year-end ranking	No. 2
Ranking change from previous year	2
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	F
French Open	W
Wimbledon	4R
US Open	SF
Tour Finals	F
Olympic Games	S
Fed Cup
Fed Cup	SF
Last updated on: 12 August 2014.

Main article: Maria Sharapova

The 2012 Maria Sharapova tennis season officially began on 16 January 2012 with the start of the 2012 Australian Open. Sharapova began the season ranked the number 4 player in the world.

All matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent	Rank	Result	Score
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 16–29 January 2012	1	1R	Gisela Dulko	#68	Win	6–0, 6–1
	2	2R	Jamie Hampton	#144	Win	6–0, 6–1
	3	3R	Angelique Kerber	#30	Win	6–1, 6–2
	4	4R	Sabine Lisicki	#15	Win	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
	5	QF	Ekaterina Makarova	#56	Win	6–2, 6–3
	6	SF	Petra Kvitová	#2	Win	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
	7	F	Victoria Azarenka	#3	Loss (1)	3–6, 0–6
Fed Cup WG: Russia vs. Spain Moscow, Russia Fed Cup Hard, indoor February 4–5, 2012	8	-	Sílvia Soler Espinosa	#77	Win	6–2, 6–1
Open GDF Suez Paris, France WTA Premier Hard, outdoor 6–12 February 2012	-	1R	Bye
	9	2R	Chanelle Scheepers	#44	Win	6–3, 6–1
	10	QF	Angelique Kerber	#27	Loss	4–6, 4–6
BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 5–18 March 2012	–	1R	Bye
	11	2R	Gisela Dulko	#126	Win	6–2, 6–0
	12	3R	Simona Halep	#50	Win	6–3, 6–4
	13	4R	Roberta Vinci	#22	Win	6–2, 6–1
	14	QF	Maria Kirilenko	#23	Win	3–6, 7–5, 6–2
	15	SF	Ana Ivanovic	#16	Win	6–4, 0–1 ret.
	16	F	Victoria Azarenka	#10	Loss (2)	2–6, 3–6
Sony Ericsson Open Miami, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 19 March – 1 April 2013	–	1R	Bye
	17	2R	Shahar Pe'er	#55	Win	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
	18	3R	Sloane Stephens	#90	Win	6–4, 6–2
	19	4R	Ekaterina Makarova	#41	Win	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
	20	QF	Li Na	#8	Win	6–3, 6–0
	21	SF	Caroline Wozniacki	#6	Win	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
	22	F	Agnieszka Radwańska	#4	Loss (3)	5–7, 4–6
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany WTA Premier Clay, indoor 23–29 April 2012	–	1R	Bye
	23	2R	Alizé Cornet	#100	Win	6–3, 1–0 ret.
	24	QF	Samantha Stosur	#5	Win	6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 7–5
	25	SF	Petra Kvitová	#3	Win	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
	26	F	Victoria Azarenka	#1	Win (1)	6–1, 6–3
Mutua Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA Premier Mandatory Clay (blue), outdoor 7–13 May 2012	27	1R	Irina-Camelia Begu	#55	Win	6–0, 6–3
	28	2R	Klára Koukalová	#44	Win	6–4, 6–3
	-	3R	Lucie Šafářová	#23	Walkover	N/A
	29	QF	Serena Williams	#9	Loss	1–6, 3–6
Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 Clay, outdoor 14–20 May 2012	–	1R	Bye
	30	2R	Christina McHale	#36	Win	7–5, 7–5
	31	3R	Ana Ivanovic	#15	Win	7–6(7–3), 6–3
	32	QF	Venus Williams	#63	Win	6–4, 6–3
	33	SF	Angelique Kerber	#11	Win	6–3, 6–4
	34	F	Li Na	#9	Win (2)	4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay, outdoor 28 May – 10 June 2012	35	1R	Alexandra Cadanțu	#78	Win	6–0, 6–0
	36	2R	Ayumi Morita	#84	Win	6–1, 6–1
	37	3R	Peng Shuai	#30	Win	6–2, 6–1
	38	4R	Klára Koukalová	#44	Win	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–2
	39	QF	Kaia Kanepi	#23	Win	6–2, 6–3
	40	SF	Petra Kvitová	#4	Win	6–3, 6–3
	41	F	Sara Errani	#24	Win (3)	6–3, 6–2
Wimbledon Championships London, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass, outdoor 25 June – 8 July 2012	42	1R	Anastasia Rodionova	#133	Win	6–2, 6–3
	43	2R	Tsvetana Pironkova	#38	Win	7–6(7–3), 6–7(3–7), 6–0
	44	3R	Su-Wei Hsieh	#63	Win	6–1, 6–4
	45	4R	Sabine Lisicki	#15	Loss	4–6, 3–6
2012 Summer Olympics London, United Kingdom Olympics Games Grass, outdoor 27 July–5 August 2012	46	1R	Shahar Pe'er	#49	Win	6–2, 6–0
	47	2R	Laura Robson	#76	Win	7–6(7–5), 6–3
	48	3R	Sabine Lisicki	#17	Win	6–7(8–10), 6–4, 6–3
	49	QF	Kim Clijsters	#36	Win	6–2, 7–5
	50	SF	Maria Kirilenko	#15	Win	6–2, 6–3
	51	F	Serena Williams	#4	Loss (4)	0–6, 1–6
US Open New York, United States Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 27 August – 9 September 2012	52	1R	Melinda Czink	#88	Win	6–2, 6–2
	53	2R	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	#78	Win	6–0, 6–1
	54	3R	Mallory Burdette	#252	Win	6–1, 6–1
	55	4R	Nadia Petrova	#22	Win	6–1, 4–6, 6–4
	56	QF	Marion Bartoli	#11	Win	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
	57	SF	Victoria Azarenka	#1	Loss	6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 23–28 September 2013	-	1R	Bye
	58	2R	Heather Watson	#78	Win	6–7(7–9), 6–3, 6–4
	59	3R	Lucie Šafářová	#17	Win	6–2, 7–6(7–5)
	60	QF	Samantha Stosur	#9	Loss	4–6, 6–7(10–12)
China Open Beijing, China WTA Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 28 September–6 October 2013	61	1R	Simona Halep	#47	Win	7–5, 7–5
	62	2R	Sorana Cîrstea	#29	Win	6–2, 6–2
	63	3R	Polona Hercog	#90	Win	6–0, 6–2
	64	QF	Angelique Kerber	#6	Win	6–0, 3–0 ret.
	65	SF	Li Na	#47	Win	6–4, 6–0
	66	F	Victoria Azarenka	#1	Loss (5)	3–6, 1–6
WTA Tour Championships Istanbul, Turkey Year-End Championship Hard, indoor 23 – 28 October 2012	67	RR	Sara Errani	#7	Win	6–3, 6–2
	68	RR	Agnieszka Radwańska	#4	Win	5–7, 7–5, 7–5
	69	RR	Samantha Stosur	#9	Win	6–0, 6–3
	70	SF	Victoria Azarenka	#1	Win	6–4, 6–2
	71	F	Serena Williams	#3	Loss (6)	4–6, 3–6

See also

• 2012 Serena Williams tennis season
• 2012 WTA Tour
• Maria Sharapova career statistics

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by Lindsay Davenport Lindsay Davenport Justine Henin Justine Henin Victoria Azarenka	World No. 1 22 August 2005 – 28 August 2005 12 September 2005 – 23 October 2005 29 January 2007 – 18 March 2007 19 May 2008 – 8 June 2008 11 June 2012 – 8 July 2012	Succeeded by Lindsay Davenport Lindsay Davenport Justine Henin Ana Ivanovic Victoria Azarenka
Preceded by Ana Ivanovic	US Open Series Champion 2007	Succeeded by Dinara Safina
Awards
Preceded by Svetlana Kuznetsova	WTA Newcomer of the Year 2003	Succeeded by Tatiana Golovin
Preceded by Nadia Petrova	WTA Most Improved Player 2004	Succeeded by Ana Ivanovic
Preceded by Justine Henin	WTA Player of the Year 2004	Succeeded by Kim Clijsters
Preceded by Serena Williams Venus Williams Serena Williams Serena Williams	ESPY Best Female Tennis Player 2005 2007–2008 2012 2014	Succeeded by Venus Williams Serena Williams Serena Williams Serena Williams
Preceded by N/A	ESPY Best International Female Athlete 2007	Succeeded by Lorena Ochoa
Preceded by Elena Dementieva	WTA Fan Favorite Singles Player of the Year 2010	Succeeded by Agnieszka Radwańska
Preceded by Ana Ivanovic	WTA Humanitarian of the Year 2010	Incumbent
Olympic Games
Preceded by Andrei Kirilenko	Flagbearer for Russia London 2012	Incumbent