2012 French Open

The 2012 French Open (also known as Roland Garros, after the famous French aviator) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 111th edition of the French Open, and took place at the Stade Roland Garros from 27 May until 11 June 2012.

Rafael Nadal won the tournament for the third year in succession, and the seventh time in eight years, defeating first-time Roland Garros finalist Novak Djokovic. His seventh title broke Björn Borg's record of six French Open Men's Singles titles, and equalled Chris Evert's record for most French Open titles won by a man or woman. Li Na was unsuccessful in her title defence, being defeated in the fourth round by Yaroslava Shvedova. Maria Sharapova defeated 21st seed Sara Errani in the final to win her first French Open title, to complete a career Grand Slam, and to return to the World No. 1 ranking for the first time in four years.

This championship was the second time in grand slam history that two multiple slam sets were accomplished in two different disciplines, and that was Mahesh Bhupathi won his first multiple slam in Mixed Doubles, and Esther Vergeer won her second multiple slam set in Women's Wheelchair Doubles. At the 1969 US Open, Rod Laver won his first multiple slam set in Men's Singles, and his fellow countryman Ken Rosewall did in Men's Doubles for the first time. This would occur again for the third time at the 2013 French Open.

Tournament

The 2012 French Open was the one hundred and eleventh edition of the French Open and was held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris. The Men's Singles final was won by Rafael Nadal by defeating Novak Djokovic in the final. By winning his seventh title at Roland Garros, Nadal surpassed Borg's overall titles record to become the most successful tennis player in French Open history.
The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the 2012 ATP World Tour and the 2012 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event.
There was a singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which is part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played on clay courts and took place over a series of twenty courts, including the three main showcourts, Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen and Court 1.

Prize money and ranking points

For 2012, the prize money purse was increased to €18,718,000 from €17,520,000 in 2011. The prize money and points breakdown is as follows:

Points

Seniors

Junior

Below is a table charting the points that are available to the boys and girls in boy singles and doubles play.

Wheelchair

Prize money

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Singles players

Men's singles

Women's singles

Day-by-day summaries

Events

Seniors

Men's singles

Rafael Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic 6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
:*It was Nadal's eleventh career Grand Slam title and his 7th title at French Open. It was his 4th title of the year, 50th title overall.

Women's singles

Maria Sharapova defeated Sara Errani, 6–3, 6–2
:*It was Sharapova's fourth career Grand Slam title and her 1st title at French Open.

Men's doubles

Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor defeated Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan, 6–4, 6–4
:*It was Mirnyi's sixth career Grand Slam doubles title and his 4th title at French Open.
:*It was Nestor's eighth career Grand Slam doubles title and his 4th title at French Open.

Women's doubles

Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci defeated Maria Kirilenko / Nadia Petrova, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
:*It was Errani and Vinci's first career Grand Slam doubles title.

Mixed doubles

Sania Mirza / Mahesh Bhupathi defeated Klaudia Jans-Ignacik / Santiago González, 7–6^(7–3), 6–1
:*It was Mirza's second career Grand Slam mixed doubles title and her 1st title at French Open.
:*It was Bhupathi's eight career Grand Slam mixed doubles title and his 3rd title at French Open.

Juniors

Boys' singles

Kimmer Coppejans defeated Filip Peliwo 6–1, 6–4

Girls' singles

Annika Beck defeated Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3

Boys' doubles

Andrew Harris / Nick Kyrgios defeated Adam Pavlásek / Václav Šafránek, 6–4, 2–6, 0–7

Girls' doubles

Daria Gavrilova / Irina Khromacheva defeated Montserrat González / Beatriz Haddad Maia, 4–6, 6–4, 0–8

Wheelchair events

Wheelchair men's singles

Stéphane Houdet defeated Shingo Kunieda, 6–2, 2–6, 7–6^(8–6)

Wheelchair women's singles

Esther Vergeer defeated Aniek van Koot, 6–0, 6–0

Wheelchair men's doubles

Frédéric Cattanéo / Shingo Kunieda defeated Michaël Jérémiasz / Stefan Olsson, 3–6, 7–6^(7–3), 0–6

Wheelchair women's doubles

Marjolein Buis / Esther Vergeer defeated Sabine Ellerbrock / Yui Kamiji, 6–0, 6–1

Other events

Legends under 45 doubles

Albert Costa / Carlos Moyá defeated Thomas Enqvist / Todd Woodbridge, 6–2, 6–1

Legends over 45 doubles

John McEnroe / Patrick McEnroe defeated Guy Forget / Henri Leconte, 7–6^(7–5), 6–3

Women's legends doubles

Lindsay Davenport / Martina Hingis defeated Martina Navratilova / Jana Novotná, 6–4, 6–4

Singles seeds

The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings based on ATP and WTA rankings are as of 21 May 2012, Rankings and Points are as of 28 May 2012.

Because the tournament takes place one week later than in 2011, points defending includes results from both the 2011 French Open and tournaments from the week of 6 June 2011 ( Halle and London for men; Birmingham and Copenhagen for women).

Men's singles

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the tournament.

Women's singles

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the tournament.

Main draw wildcard entries

Men's singles

* Brian Baker
* Arnaud Clément
* Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy
* Lleyton Hewitt
* Adrian Mannarino
* Paul-Henri Mathieu
* Éric Prodon
* Guillaume Rufin

Women's singles

* Ashleigh Barty
* Claire Feuerstein
* Caroline Garcia
* Victoria Larrière
* Kristina Mladenovic
* Melanie Oudin
* Irena Pavlovic