Victoria Azarenka was the defending champion, but lost to Marion Bartoli in the quarterfinals, which ended Azarenka's 26-match winning streak to start the 2012 season. Agnieszka Radwańska won her second Premier Mandatory title and first Miami Masters title, defeating defending finalist Maria Sharapova in straight sets. Radwańska did not drop a set the whole tournament. This tournament also marks the first WTA main draw appearance of two-time Grand Slam champion,

Garbiñe Muguruza Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco (; born 8 October 1993) is a Spanish-Venezuelan professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. ...

, where she made the fourth round before losing to eventual champion, Radwańska.

Seeds

All

seeds A seed is an embryonic plant enclosed in a protective outer covering, along with a food reserve. The formation of the seed is a part of the process of reproduction in seed plants, the spermatophytes, including the gymnosperm and angiosperm pl ...

received a bye into the second round. Victoria Azarenka ''(quarterfinals)'' Maria Sharapova ''(final)'' Petra Kvitová ''(second round)'' Caroline Wozniacki ''(semifinals)'' Agnieszka Radwańska (champion) Samantha Stosur ''(fourth round)'' Marion Bartoli ''(semifinals)'' Li Na ''(quarterfinals)'' Vera Zvonareva ''(second round)''

Serena Williams Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American inactive professional tennis player. Considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for ...

''(quarterfinals)'' Francesca Schiavone ''(second round)''

Sabine Lisicki Sabine Katharina Lisicki (; born 22 September 1989) is a German professional tennis player. Lisicki turned professional in 2006, and her breakthrough came in 2009 when she reached the quarterfinals of the Wimbledon Championships, and also won h ...

''(fourth round)'' Jelena Janković ''(second round)''

Julia Görges Julia Görges (born 2 November 1988) is a German former professional tennis player. A former top-ten singles player, she was ranked as high as No. 9 in the world on 20 August 2018, and was ranked inside the top 15 in doubles, peaking at world No ...

''(second round)''

Ana Ivanovic Ana Schweinsteiger ( sr, Ана Швајнштајгер / ''Ana Švajnštajger''; born 6 November 1987), professionally known by her birth name Ana Ivanovic (Ана Ивановић / ''Ana Ivanović'', ), is a Serbian former world No. 1 tenn ...

''(fourth round)'' Dominika Cibulková ''(fourth round)'' Peng Shuai ''(third round)'' Angelique Kerber ''(second round)''

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Anastasia Sergeyevna "Nastia" Pavlyuchenkova (russian: Анастаси́я "Настя" Серге́евна Павлюче́нкова; born 3 July 1991) is an inactive Russian professional tennis player. A junior prodigy, Pavlyuchenkova won ...

''(second round)'' Daniela Hantuchová ''(third round)'' Roberta Vinci ''(third round)''

Maria Kirilenko Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko ( rus, Мари́я Ю́рьевна Кириле́нко, p=mɐˈrʲijə kʲɪrʲɪˈlʲɛnkə ; born 25 January 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player. A junior Grand Slam champion at the 2002 US Open a ...

''(fourth round)'' Yanina Wickmayer ''(fourth round)''

Flavia Pennetta Flavia Pennetta (; born 25 February 1982) is an Italian former professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top-ten female singles player on 17 August 2009 and the first Italian to be ranked world No. 1 in doubles, on 28 February 2011. ...

''(third round)''

Anabel Medina Garrigues Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues (, ; born 31 July 1982) is a Spanish tennis coach and former professional player. As a player she reached a career-high ranking of world No. 16 in 2020, and won 11 singles and 28 doubles titles, including the 2008 ...

''(second round)''

Svetlana Kuznetsova Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (born 27 June 1985) is a Russian inactive professional tennis player. She is a two-time major singles champion, winning the 2004 US Open and 2009 French Open, and finishing runner-up at two other majors. I ...

''(second round)''

Lucie Šafářová Lucie Šafářová (; born 4 February 1987) is a Czech former professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles, and No. 5 in singles. She is a five-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having won the 2015 Australian Open, 2015 ...

''(second round)''

Monica Niculescu Monica Niculescu (born 25 September 1987) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the Women's Tennis Association as high as 28 in singles and 11 in doubles. Niculescu has won several titles: three singles and ten doubles ...

''(second round)'' Petra Cetkovská ''(third round)'' Sara Errani ''(second round)'' Kaia Kanepi ''(second round)'' Nadia Petrova ''(second round)''

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Qualifying

Seeds

Kateryna Bondarenko Kateryna Volodymyrivna Volodko (née Bondarenko; uk, Катерина Володимирівна Бондаренко; born 8 August 1986) is a tennis player from Ukraine. She was the doubles champion in 2008 at the Australian Open, partnering ...

(qualified) Anne Keothavong ''(first round)'' Hsieh Su-wei ''(qualifying competition)''

Vera Dushevina Vera Yevgenyevna Dushevina ( rus, Вера Евгеньевна Душевина; born 6 October 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She won one singles title and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour. As a junior, she won the ...

(qualified) Varvara Lepchenko ''(qualifying competition)'' Alexandra Panova ''(first round)'' Urszula Radwańska (qualified)

Olga Govortsova Olga Alekseyevna Govortsova ( be, Вольга Аляксееўна Гаварцова (Volha Alyakseyeuna Havartsova); ; born 23 August 1988) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. On 23 June 2008, she achieved a career-high singles ranki ...

''(first round)'' Stéphanie Foretz Gacon (qualified) Sloane Stephens (qualified) Stéphanie Dubois ''(first round)'' Mandy Minella ''(qualifying competition)'' Patricia Mayr-Achleitner ''(first round)''

Edina Gallovits-Hall Klaudia Edina Gallovits-Hall (née Gallovits; born December 10, 1984) is a Romanian-born American tennis player. Her career-high ranking of No. 54 she achieved on April 28, 2008. She represented Romania until April 2015, then started playing fo ...

''(first round)'' Nina Bratchikova ''(first round)''

Arantxa Rus Arantxa Rus (; born 13 December 1990) is a Dutch tennis player. In 2008, she won the girl's singles title at the 2008 Australian Open – Girls' singles, Australian Open, defeating Jessica Moore (tennis), Jessica Moore from Australia in the final ...

''(qualifying competition)''

Jamie Hampton Jamie Lee Hampton (born January 8, 1990) is a former American professional tennis player. In July 2013, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 24. Early life Hampton was born in Frankfurt, West Germany, because her father, a career ...

(qualified) Irina Falconi ''(first round)'' Anastasia Rodionova ''(qualifying competition)'' Chang Kai-chen ''(first round, retired)'' Lara Arruabarrena Vecino ''(first round)''

Eva Birnerová Eva Birnerová (born 14 August 1984) is a Czech former tennis player. In her career, she won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as eight singles and 11 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 29 January 2007, she reached her be ...

(qualified)

Alla Kudryavtseva Alla Alexandrovna Kudryavtseva (; born 3 November 1987) is a retired Russian tennis player. Kudryavtseva won one singles title and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as two singles titles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Cir ...

''(first round)'' Valeria Savinykh (qualified)

Qualifiers

Misaki Doi

Alizé Cornet Alizé Cornet (; born 22 January 1990) is a French professional tennis player. Cornet has won six singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as three singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circu ...

Valeria Savinykh

Melinda Czink Melinda Czink (born 22 October 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. On 21 September 2009, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 37. Czink reached two WTA Tour singles finals. In 2005, she lost to Ana Iva ...

Urszula Radwańska

Madison Keys Madison Keys (born February 17, 1995) is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 7 by the Women's Tennis Association The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is the principal organizing body of women's ...

Stéphanie Foretz Gacon Sloane Stephens

Draw

First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

Fifth qualifier

Sixth qualifier

Seventh qualifier

Eighth qualifier

Ninth qualifier

Tenth qualifier

Eleventh qualifier

Twelfth qualifier

External links

WTA tournament draws

ITF tournament draws
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