2012 Serena Williams tennis season
Singles matches

2012 Serena Williams tennis season

Section Title: Singles matches
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Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent	Rank	Result	Score

Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA Premier Hard, outdoor 1–9 January 2012	601	1R	South Africa Chanelle Scheepers	#38	Win	6–2, 6–3

602	2R	Serbia Bojana Jovanovski	#76	Win	6–2, 6–4

–	QF	Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová	#24	Withdrew	N/A

Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 16–29 January 2012	603	1R	Austria Tamira Paszek	#45	Win	6–3, 6–2

604	2R	Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	#49	Win	6–0, 6–4

605	3R	Hungary Gréta Arn	#92	Win	6–1, 6–1

606	4R	Russia Ekaterina Makarova	#56	Loss	2–6, 3–6

Fed Cup WG II: United States vs. Belarus Massachusetts, United States Fed Cup Hard, indoor February 4–5, 2012	607	–	Belarus Olga Govortsova	#97	Win	7–5, 6–0

608	–	Belarus Anastasiya Yakimova	#65	Win	5–7, 6–1, 6–1

Sony Ericsson Open Miami, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 19 March–1 April 2012	–	1R	Bye

609	2R	China Zhang Shuai	#171	Win	6–2, 6–3

610	3R	Italy Roberta Vinci	#21	Win	6–2, 6–1

611	4R	Australia Samantha Stosur	#5	Win	7–5, 6–3

612	QF	Denmark Caroline Wozniacki	#6	Loss	4–6, 4–6

Family Circle Cup Charleston, United States WTA Premier Clay (Green), outdoor 2–8 April 2012	–	1R	Bye

613	2R	Russia Elena Vesnina	#56	Win	6–3, 6–4

614	3R	New Zealand Marina Erakovic	#45	Win	6–2, 6–2

615	QF	Germany Sabine Lisicki	#13	Win	4–1, Ret.

616	SF	Australia Samantha Stosur	#5	Win	6–1, 6–1

617	F	Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová	#26	Win	6–0, 6–1

Fed Cup Play-offs: Ukraine vs. United States Kharkiv, Ukraine Fed Cup Clay, outdoor April 21–22, 2012	618	–	Ukraine Lesia Tsurenko	#110	Win	6–3, 6–2

619	–	Ukraine Elina Svitolina	#171	Win	6–2, 6–1

Mutua Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA Premier Mandatory Clay, outdoor 7–13 May 2012	620	1R	Russia Elena Vesnina	#68	Win	6–3, 6–1

621	2R	Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	#24	Win	6–2, 6–1

622	3R	Denmark Caroline Wozniacki	#6	Win	1–6, 6–3, 6–2

623	QF	Russia Maria Sharapova	#2	Win	6–1, 6–3

624	SF	Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká	#105	Win	7–6(7–5), 6–0

625	F	Belarus Victoria Azarenka	#1	Win	6–1, 6–3

Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 Clay, outdoor 14–20 May 2012	626	1R	Kazakhstan Galina Voskoboeva	#46	Win	6–2, 6–3

627	2R	Russia Nadia Petrova	#30	Win	4–6, 6–2, 6–3

628	3R	Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues	#31	Win	6–3, 6–1

629	QF	Italy Flavia Pennetta	#21	Win	4–0, Ret

–	SF	China Li Na	#9	Withdrew	N/A

French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay, outdoor 28 May – 10 June 2012	630	1R	France Virginie Razzano	#111	Loss	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 3–6

Wimbledon Championships London, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass, outdoor 25 June – 8 July 2012	631	1R	Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	#62	Win	6–2, 6–4

632	2R	Hungary Melinda Czink	#98	Win	6–1, 6–4

633	3R	China Zheng Jie	#27	Win	6–7(5–7), 6–2, 9–7

634	4R	Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova	#65	Win	6–1, 2–6, 7–5

635	QF	Czech Republic Petra Kvitová	#4	Win	6–3, 7–5

636	SF	Belarus Victoria Azarenka	#2	Win	6–3, 7–6(8–6)

637	F	Poland Agnieszka Radwańska	#3	Win	6–1, 5–7, 6–2

Bank of the West Classic Stanford, United States WTA Premier Hard, outdoor 9–15 July 2012	–	1R	Bye

638	2R	United States Nicole Gibbs	#403	Win	6–2, 6–1

639	QF	South Africa Chanelle Scheepers	#42	Win	6–4, 6–0

640	SF	Romania Sorana Cîrstea	#43	Win	6–1, 6–2

641	F	United States Coco Vandeweghe	#120	Win	7–5, 6–3

2012 Summer Olympics London, United Kingdom Olympic Games Grass, outdoor 27 July–5 August 2012	642	1R	Serbia Jelena Janković	#18	Win	6–3, 6–1

643	2R	Poland Urszula Radwańska	#45	Win	6–2, 6–3

644	3R	Russia Vera Zvonareva	#13	Win	6–1, 6–0

645	QF	Denmark Caroline Wozniacki	#8	Win	6–0, 6–3

646	SF	Belarus Victoria Azarenka	#1	Win	6–1, 6–2

647	G	Russia Maria Sharapova	#3	Win	6–0, 6–1

Western & Southern Open Cincinnati, United States WTA Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 13–19 August 2012	–	1R	Bye

648	2R	Greece Eleni Daniilidou	#121	Win	6–3, 6–4

649	3R	Poland Urszula Radwańska	#46	Win	6–4, 6–3

650	QF	Germany Angelique Kerber	#7	Loss	4–6, 4–6

US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 27 August – 9 September 2012	651	1R	United States Coco Vandeweghe	#75	Win	6–1, 6–1

652	2R	Spain María José Martínez Sánchez	#108	Win	6–2, 6–4

653	3R	Russia Ekaterina Makarova	#42	Win	6–4, 6–0

654	4R	Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková	#82	Win	6–0, 6–0

655	QF	Serbia Ana Ivanovic	#13	Win	6–1, 6–3

656	SF	Italy Sara Errani	#10	Win	6–1, 6–2

657	F	Belarus Victoria Azarenka	#1	Win	6–2, 2–6, 7–5

WTA Tour Championships Istanbul, Turkey Year-End Championship Hard, indoor 23 – 28 October 2012	658	RR	Germany Angelique Kerber	#5	Win	6–4, 6–1

659	RR	China Li Na	#8	Win	7–6(7–2), 6–3

660	RR	Belarus Victoria Azarenka	#1	Win	6–4, 6–4

661	SF	Poland Agnieszka Radwańska	#4	Win	6–2, 6–1

662	F	Russia Maria Sharapova	#2	Win	6–4, 6–3

Sentence(s)

In the first round, Williams lost to Virginie Razzano, who ranked 111th in the world.

final_sentence: In the first round, Williams lost to Virginie Razzano, who ranked 111th in the world.