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2012 Qatar Airways Tournament Of Champions – Singles
Ana Ivanovic was the two-time defending champion, but didn't qualify and was not able to compete as a wildcard due to playing in the Fed Cup. Second seed Nadia Petrova won the title, defeating top seed Caroline Wozniacki in the final. This was Petrova's 13th and final WTA singles title before announcing her retirement in January 2017 (she played her last tournament in April 2014). Players Alternates Draw The eight players have been drawn into two groups – "History of Sofia, Serdika" and "History of Sofia, Sredets" – which are the ancient names of the city of Sofia during the History of Bulgaria#The Thracians, thracian, respectively History of Bulgaria#Dark Ages, medieval period of History of Bulgaria, Bulgarian history. Finals Serdika group ''Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.'' Sredets gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadia Petrova
Nadezhda Viktorovna "Nadia" Petrova (russian: Надежда Викторовна Петрова ; born 8 June 1982) is a Russian former professional tennis player. A former top-five player in both singles and doubles, she reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 in the world in both disciplines (doing so in doubles on 21 March 2005, then in singles on 15 May 2006). Petrova won a total of 37 titles on the WTA Tour in her career, 13 in singles and 24 in doubles, as well as over $12.4 million in prize money, making her one of the most successful Russian tennis players of all time. Petrova's career highlights in singles include reaching a total of nine Grand Slam quarterfinals across all four major tournaments (including two Grand Slam semifinals at the French Open in 2003 and 2005), and qualifying for the WTA Tour Championships on three separate occasions. Her largest singles titles came at two Tier-I tournaments, Charleston and Berlin in 2006 (during a span in which she won thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |