# 2012 US Open (tennis)

The 2012 US Open was a tennis tournament played on the outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park, of Queens, New York City, United States. It was played from August 27 to September 10. As a result of adverse weather conditions on September 8, which included a full evacuation of the National Tennis Center because of an upcoming tornado, another day was added to the schedule for the fifth straight year, with the women's final postponed to the afternoon of Sunday, September 9 rather than the previous evening, the men's semi-final between Novak Djokovic and David Ferrer suspended on September 8 and completed on September 9, and the men's final postponed to the afternoon of Monday, September 10.
Djokovic and Samantha Stosur were the defending men's and women's singles champions, respectively. Both were unsuccessful in their title defenses; Stosur being narrowly defeated by World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka in the quarter-finals, and Djokovic defeated in the final by Andy Murray. Murray became the first British man since Fred Perry in 1936 to win a Grand Slam singles title, and the first man to win both the US Open and the Olympic men's singles gold medal in the same year. In the women's draw, Serena Williams won her fourth US Open title, and first since 2008, by defeating Victoria Azarenka in the final.

## Notable events

* 2010 champion and 2011 finalist Rafael Nadal withdrew from the tournament because of a knee injury.
* 2010 finalist Vera Zvonareva also withdrew from the tournament due to illness.
* Two former World No. 1s and US Open champions ended their careers after this year's US Open. Three-time women's champion Kim Clijsters suffered her first defeat at Flushing Meadows since losing the 2003 final to her compatriot and rival Justine Henin, when she was defeated in the second round by Laura Robson. This loss marked the end of Clijsters' singles career. American Andy Roddick, who won in 2003, retired from professional tennis with his loss against 2009 champion Juan Martín del Potro in the fourth round.
* Robson followed up her upset of Clijsters with a third round victory against Li Na, making the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time, and this was also the first British woman to reach the fourth round in any Grand Slam since Samantha Smith did so in 1998 Wimbledon.
* On September 3, John Isner and Philipp Kohlschreiber finished play at 2:26 am, tying the 1993 Mats Wilander/Mikael Pernfors record for the latest-ever finish to a matchday at the tournament.
* Serena Williams won 23 consecutive games from 4–4 in the first set against Ekaterina Makarova in the third round through to 3–0 in the first set against Ana Ivanovic in the quarter-finals.
* After 17 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments without a quarter-final appearance, Ivanovic reached that stage for the first time since winning the 2008 French Open.
* Ivanovic, Marion Bartoli and Roberta Vinci all advanced to the US Open quarter-finals for the first time. For Vinci, this was her first Grand Slam quarter-final, eleven years and 31 Grand Slam tournaments after debuting at the 2001 US Open.
* Maria Sharapova returned to the semi-finals for the first time since 2006, and Sara Errani advanced to her first ever US Open semi-final.
* Serena Williams advanced to her second straight US Open final, and her sixth overall. She defeated Victoria Azarenka in the first three-set final to be decided since 1995.
* In the men's draw, Tomáš Berdych advanced to his first US Open quarter-final by virtue of his three-set win against Nicolás Almagro in the fourth round. He then advanced to the semi-finals after upsetting five-time US Open champion Roger Federer in the quarter-finals.
** With Federer's defeat, this meant that for the first time since the 2004 French Open, neither Federer nor Nadal featured in a Grand Slam semi-final.
* With their victory in the men's doubles final, Bob and Mike Bryan took sole possession of the Open-era record for most Grand Slam men's doubles titles. Their 12th Grand Slam title took them past The Woodies (Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde). The win was also their fourth at the US Open, tying the Open-era record of Bob Lutz and Stan Smith.
* The women's final between Victoria Azarenka and Serena Williams was postponed to Sunday, due to inclement weather, for the fourth time in five years.
* The second men's semi-final between David Ferrer and Novak Djokovic was also postponed to Sunday, also due to inclement weather, with the men's final to be played on Monday for the fifth year in a row.
* Andy Murray became the first British winner of a Grand Slam singles title since 1977, and the first British man to do so since 1936, by defeating the defending champion Djokovic in the final. Lasting 4:54, it was the equal-longest US Open final by duration in history, and the equal-second longest Grand Slam final in the Open Era, only behind the 2012 Australian Open final.
* For the first time since 2003, the four Grand Slam Men's Singles titles were won by different players.

## Points and prize money
### Point distribution

Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.

#### Seniors points

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | 2000 | 1200 | 720 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
| Men's doubles | 2000 | 1200 | 720 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 0 | – | 25 | – | – | – |
| Women's singles | 2000 | 1400 | 900 | 500 | 280 | 160 | 100 | 5 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 2 |
| Women's doubles | 2000 | 1400 | 900 | 500 | 280 | 160 | 5 | – | 60 | – | – | – |

#### Junior points

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 |
| Boys' singles | 250 | 180 | 120 | 80 | 50 | 30 | 25 | 20 |
| Girls' singles | 250 | 180 | 120 | 80 | 50 | 30 | 25 | 20 |
| Boys' doubles | 180 | 120 | 80 | 50 | 30 | — | — | — |
| Girls' doubles | 180 | 120 | 80 | 50 | 30 | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $1,900,000 | $950,000 | $475,000 | $237,500 | $120,000 | $65,000 | $37,000 | $23,000 | $8,638 | $5,775 | $3,000 |
| Doubles * | $420,000 | $210,000 | $105,000 | $50,000 | $26,000 | $16,000 | $11,000 | – | – | – | – |
| Mixed doubles * | $150,000 | $70,000 | $30,000 | $15,000 | $10,000 | $5,000 | – | – | – | – | – |
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### Bonus prize money

2012 Olympus US Open Series Finish :
| 2012 US Open Finish | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Awardees | Awardees |
| 1st place | $1,000,000 | $500,000 | $250,000 | $125,000 | $70,000 | $40,000 | $25,000 | $15,000 | Novak Djokovic | $500,000 |
| 1st place | $1,000,000 | $500,000 | $250,000 | $125,000 | $70,000 | $40,000 | $25,000 | $15,000 | Petra Kvitová | $70,000 |
| 2nd place | $500,000 | $250,000 | $125,000 | $62,500 | $35,000 | $20,000 | $12,500 | $7,500 | John Isner | $20,000 |
| 2nd place | $500,000 | $250,000 | $125,000 | $62,500 | $35,000 | $20,000 | $12,500 | $7,500 | Li Na | $20,000 |
| 3rd place | $250,000 | $125,000 | $62,500 | $31,250 | $17,500 | $10,000 | $6,250 | $3,750 | Sam Querrey | $10,000 |
| 3rd place | $250,000 | $125,000 | $62,500 | $31,250 | $17,500 | $10,000 | $6,250 | $3,750 | Dominika Cibulková | $10,000 |

## Singles players

Men's singles
| Champion | Champion | Runner-up | Runner-up |
| Andy Murray [3] | Andy Murray [3] | Novak Djokovic [2] | Novak Djokovic [2] |
| Semifinals out ||||
| Tomáš Berdych [6] | Tomáš Berdych [6] | David Ferrer [4] | David Ferrer [4] |
| Quarterfinals out ||||
| Roger Federer [1] | Marin Čilić [12] | Janko Tipsarević [8] | Juan Martín del Potro [7] |
| 4th round out ||||
| Mardy Fish [23] | Nicolás Almagro [11] | Milos Raonic [15] | Martin Kližan |
| Philipp Kohlschreiber [19] | Richard Gasquet [13] | Andy Roddick [20] | Stanislas Wawrinka [18] |
| 3rd round out ||||
| Fernando Verdasco [25] | Gilles Simon [16] | Jack Sock (WC) | Sam Querrey [27] |
| Feliciano López [30] | James Blake (WC) | Kei Nishikori [17] | Jérémy Chardy [32] |
| Grega Žemlja (Q) | John Isner [9] | Steve Johnson (Q) | Lleyton Hewitt (WC) |
| Leonardo Mayer | Fabio Fognini | Alexandr Dolgopolov [14] | Julien Benneteau [31] |
| 2nd round out ||||
| Björn Phau | Albert Ramos Viñolas | Nikolay Davydenko | Wang Yeu-tzuoo (Q) |
| Philipp Petzschner | Flavio Cipolla | Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | Jürgen Zopp |
| Ivan Dodig | Pablo Andújar | Marcel Granollers [24] | Paul-Henri Mathieu (PR) |
| Daniel Brands (Q) | Tim Smyczek (Q) | Matthew Ebden | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [5] |
| Brian Baker | Cedrik-Marcel Stebe | Benoît Paire | Jarkko Nieminen |
| Bradley Klahn (Q) | Ernests Gulbis | Gilles Müller | Igor Sijsling (Q) |
| Ryan Harrison | Tommy Robredo (PR) | Bernard Tomic | Guillermo García López |
| Marcos Baghdatis | Steve Darcis | Dennis Novikov (WC) | Rogério Dutra da Silva |
| 1st round out ||||
| Donald Young | Maxime Authom (Q) | Robby Ginepri (WC) | Rui Machado |
| Go Soeda | Guido Pella (Q) | Ivo Karlović | Michael Russell |
| Radek Štěpánek | Nicolas Mahut | Blaž Kavčič | Florian Mayer [22] |
| Lu Yen-hsun | Somdev Devvarman (PR) | Denis Istomin | David Goffin |
| Alex Bogomolov Jr. | Hiroki Moriya (Q) | Thomaz Bellucci | Robin Haase |
| Denis Kudla (WC) | Lukáš Lacko | Igor Andreev | Santiago Giraldo |
| Marinko Matosevic | Adrian Ungur | Bobby Reynolds (Q) | Guido Andreozzi (Q) |
| Filippo Volandri | Tatsuma Ito | Alejandro Falla | Karol Beck (Q) |
| Guillaume Rufin (WC) | Jan Hájek | Ricardo Mello (Q) | Viktor Troicki [29] |
| Michaël Llodra | Grigor Dimitrov | Mikhail Kukushkin | Xavier Malisse |
| Albert Montañés | Jürgen Melzer | Rajeev Ram | Tommy Haas [21] |
| Mikhail Youzhny [28] | Tobias Kamke | Daniel Gimeno Traver | Kevin Anderson |
| Florent Serra (LL) | Benjamin Becker | Łukasz Kubot | Andreas Seppi [26] |
| Rhyne Williams (Q) | Carlos Berlocq | Édouard Roger-Vasselin | Juan Mónaco [10] |
| Jesse Levine | Matthias Bachinger (Q) | Malek Jaziri | Sergiy Stakhovsky |
| Olivier Rochus | Jerzy Janowicz | Teymuraz Gabashvili (Q) | Paolo Lorenzi |

### Women's singles

| Champion | Champion | Runner-up | Runner-up |
| Serena Williams [4] | Serena Williams [4] | Victoria Azarenka [1] | Victoria Azarenka [1] |
| Semifinals out ||||
| Maria Sharapova [3] | Maria Sharapova [3] | Sara Errani [10] | Sara Errani [10] |
| Quarterfinals out ||||
| Samantha Stosur [7] | Marion Bartoli [11] | Ana Ivanovic [12] | Roberta Vinci [20] |
| 4th round out ||||
| Anna Tatishvili | Laura Robson | Nadia Petrova [19] | Petra Kvitová [5] |
| Tsvetana Pironkova | Andrea Hlaváčková | Angelique Kerber [6] | Agnieszka Radwańska [2] |
| 3rd round out ||||
| Zheng Jie [28] | Mandy Minella | Li Na [9] | Varvara Lepchenko [31] |
| Mallory Burdette (WC) | Lucie Šafářová [15] | Kristina Mladenovic (WC) | Pauline Parmentier |
| Sílvia Soler Espinosa | Sloane Stephens | Maria Kirilenko [14] | Ekaterina Makarova |
| Olga Govortsova | Olga Puchkova (Q) | Dominika Cibulková [13] | Jelena Janković [30] |
| 2nd round out ||||
| Kirsten Flipkens (Q) | Magdaléna Rybáriková (Q) | Kristýna Plíšková (Q) | Sorana Cîrstea |
| Casey Dellacqua | Kim Clijsters [23] | Anastasia Rodionova (Q) | Edina Gallovits-Hall (Q) |
| Lourdes Domínguez Lino | Lucie Hradecká | Simona Halep | Aleksandra Wozniak |
| Romina Oprandi | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [17] | Yanina Wickmayer [25] | Alizé Cornet |
| Irina-Camelia Begu | Ayumi Morita | Tatjana Malek (Q) | Sofia Arvidsson |
| Gréta Arn | Galina Voskoboeva | Elena Vesnina | María José Martínez Sánchez |
| Venus Williams | Johanna Konta (Q) | Kiki Bertens | Vera Dushevina |
| Bojana Jovanovski | Yaroslava Shvedova | Lara Arruabarrena Vecino (Q) | Carla Suárez Navarro |
| 1st round out ||||
| Alexandra Panova | Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | Hsieh Su-wei | Virginie Razzano |
| Julia Görges [18] | Olivia Rogowska (WC) | Stéphanie Foretz Gacon | Sabine Lisicki [16] |
| Heather Watson | Lesia Tsurenko (Q) | Samantha Crawford | Victoria Duval (WC) |
| Mathilde Johansson | Julia Cohen (WC) | Stefanie Vögele (Q) | Petra Martić |
| Melinda Czink | Sesil Karatantcheva | Timea Bacsinszky (PR) | Anabel Medina Garrigues [27] |
| Jarmila Gajdošová | Iveta Benešová | Alexandra Cadanțu | Melanie Oudin (WC) |
| Jamie Hampton | Andrea Petkovic | Marina Erakovic | Daniela Hantuchová |
| Julia Glushko (Q) | Michaëlla Krajicek | Nicole Gibbs (WC) | Polona Hercog |
| Caroline Wozniacki [8] | Alla Kudryavtseva (Q) | Camila Giorgi | Monica Niculescu [26] |
| Francesca Schiavone [22] | Akgul Amanmuradova | Kimiko Date-Krumm | Elina Svitolina (Q) |
| Chanelle Scheepers | Ágnes Szávay (PR) | Arantxa Rus | Klára Zakopalová [24] |
| Peng Shuai [32] | Eleni Daniilidou (LL) | Mirjana Lučić | CoCo Vandeweghe |
| Anne Keothavong | Bethanie Mattek-Sands (WC) | Tímea Babos | Tamira Paszek [29] |
| Christina McHale [21] | Irina Falconi | Nastassja Burnett (Q) | Garbiñe Muguruza |
| Johanna Larsson | Mona Barthel | Vania King | Urszula Radwańska |
| Kateryna Bondarenko | Shahar Pe'er | Ksenia Pervak | Nina Bratchikova |

## Events
### Seniors
#### Men's singles

Andy Murray defeated Novak Djokovic, 7–6$^{(12–10)}$, 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 6–2
    • It was Murray's 1st career Grand Slam singles title.

#### Women's singles

Serena Williams defeated Victoria Azarenka, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5
    • It was Williams' 15th career Grand Slam singles title and her 4th at the US Open.

#### Men's doubles

Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Leander Paes / Radek Štěpánek, 6–3, 6–4
    • It was Bob and Mike's 12th career Grand Slam doubles title and their 4th at the US Open.

#### Women's doubles

Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci defeated Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká, 6–4, 6–2
    • It was Errani's 2nd career Grand Slam doubles title and her 1st at the US Open.
    • It was Vinci's 2nd career Grand Slam doubles title and her 1st at the US Open.

#### Mixed doubles

Ekaterina Makarova / Bruno Soares defeated Květa Peschke / Marcin Matkowski, 6–7$^{(8–10)}$, 6–1, [12–10]
    • It was Makarova's 1st career Grand Slam mixed doubles title.
    • It was Soares' 1st career Grand Slam mixed doubles title.

### Juniors
#### Boys' singles

Filip Peliwo defeated Liam Broady, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5

#### Girls' singles

Samantha Crawford defeated Anett Kontaveit, 7–5, 6–3

#### Boys' doubles

Kyle Edmund / Frederico Ferreira Silva defeated Nick Kyrgios / Jordan Thompson, 5–7, 6–4, [10–6]

#### Girls' doubles

Gabrielle Andrews / Taylor Townsend defeated Belinda Bencic / Petra Uberalová, 6–3, 6–4

### Wheelchair events

This year there was no wheelchair competition due to a calendar conflict with the Paralympic Games in London. Wheelchair competition returned in 2013.

## 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 August 20, 2012. Rankings and points as before August 27, 2012.

### Men's singles

| Seed | Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points won | Points after | Status |
| 1 | 1 | Roger Federer | 12,165 | 720 | 360 | 11,805 | Quarterfinals lost to Tomáš Berdych [6] |
| 2 | 2 | Novak Djokovic | 11,270 | 2,000 | 1,200 | 10,470 | Runner-up, lost to Andy Murray [3] |
| 3 | 4 | Andy Murray | 7,290 | 720 | 2,000 | 8,570 | Champion, defeated Novak Djokovic [2] |
| 4 | 5 | David Ferrer | 5,375 | 180 | 720 | 5,915 | Semifinals lost to Novak Djokovic [2] |
| 5 | 6 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 4,835 | 360 | 45 | 4,530 | Second round lost to Martin Kližan |
| 6 | 7 | Tomáš Berdych | 4,200 | 90 | 720 | 4,830 | Semifinals lost to Andy Murray [3] |
| 7 | 8 | Juan Martín del Potro | 3,620 | 90 | 360 | 3,890 | Quarterfinals lost to Novak Djokovic [2] |
| 8 | 9 | Janko Tipsarević | 3,285 | 360 | 360 | 3,285 | Quarterfinals lost to David Ferrer [4] |
| 9 | 10 | John Isner | 2,880 | 360 | 90 | 2,610 | Third round lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber [19] |
| 10 | 11 | Juan Mónaco | 2,735 | 180 | 10 | 2,565 | First round lost to Guillermo García López |
| 11 | 12 | Nicolás Almagro | 2,305 | 10 | 180 | 2,475 | Fourth round lost to Tomáš Berdych [6] |
| 12 | 13 | Marin Čilić | 2,185 | 90 | 360 | 2,455 | Quarterfinals lost to Andy Murray [3] |
| 13 | 14 | Richard Gasquet | 2,030 | 45 | 180 | 2,165 | Fourth round lost to David Ferrer [4] |
| 14 | 15 | Alexandr Dolgopolov | 1,905 | 180 | 90 | 1,815 | Third round lost Stan Wawrinka [18] |
| 15 | 16 | Milos Raonic | 1,900 | 0 | 180 | 2,080 | Fourth round lost to Andy Murray [3] |
| 16 | 17 | Gilles Simon | 1,890 | 180 | 90 | 1,800 | Third round lost to Mardy Fish [23] |
| 17 | 18 | Kei Nishikori | 1,790 | 10 | 90 | 1,870 | Third round lost to Marin Čilić [12] |
| 18 | 19 | Stan Wawrinka | 1,730 | 45 | 180 | 1,865 | Fourth round lost to Novak Djokovic [2] |
| 19 | 20 | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 1,685 | 10 | 180 | 1,855 | Fourth round lost to Janko Tipsarević [8] |
| 20 | 22 | Andy Roddick | 1,600 | 360 | 180 | 1,420 | Fourth round lost to Juan Martín del Potro [7] |
| 21 | 21 | Tommy Haas | 1,633 | 90 | 10 | 1,553 | First round lost to Ernests Gulbis |
| 22 | 23 | Florian Mayer | 1,580 | 90 | 10 | 1,500 | First round retired against Jack Sock [WC] |
| 23 | 25 | Mardy Fish | 1,535 | 180 | 180 | 1,535 | Fourth round withdrew for health reasons |
| 24 | 24 | Marcel Granollers | 1,555 | 90 | 45 | 1,510 | Second round lost to James Blake [WC] |
| 25 | 26 | Fernando Verdasco | 1,525 | 90 | 90 | 1,525 | Third round lost to Roger Federer [1] |
| 26 | 27 | Andreas Seppi | 1,390 | 10 | 10 | 1,390 | First round lost to Tommy Robredo [PR] |
| 27 | 28 | Sam Querrey | 1,350 | 0 | 90 | 1,440 | Third round lost to Tomáš Berdych [6] |
| 28 | 29 | Mikhail Youzhny | 1,290 | 10 | 10 | 1,290 | First round lost to Gilles Müller |
| 29 | 30 | Viktor Troicki | 1,255 | 10 | 10 | 1,255 | First round lost to Cedrik-Marcel Stebe |
| 30 | 31 | Feliciano López | 1,220 | 90 | 90 | 1,220 | Third round lost to Andy Murray [3] |
| 31 | 35 | Julien Benneteau | 1,075 | 90 | 90 | 1,075 | Third round lost to Novak Djokovic [2] |
| 32 | 32 | Jérémy Chardy | 1,168 | 0 | 90 | 1,258 | Third round lost to Martin Kližan |
The following player would have been seeded, but he withdrew from the event.
| Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points after | Reason |
| 3 | Rafael Nadal | 8,715 | 1,200 | 7,515 | Knee tendinitis |

### Women's singles

| Seed | Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points won | Points after | Status |
| 1 | 1 | Victoria Azarenka | 9,025 | 160 | 1,400 | 10,265 | Runner-up, lost to Serena Williams [4] |
| 2 | 2 | Agnieszka Radwańska | 8,115 | 100 | 280 | 8,295 | Fourth round lost to Roberta Vinci [20] |
| 3 | 3 | Maria Sharapova | 7,695 | 160 | 900 | 8,435 | Semifinals lost to Victoria Azarenka [1] |
| 4 | 4 | Serena Williams | 7,300 | 1,400 | 2,000 | 7,900 | Champion, defeated Victoria Azarenka [1] |
| 5 | 5 | Petra Kvitová | 6,415 | 5 | 280 | 6,690 | Fourth round lost to Marion Bartoli [11] |
| 6 | 6 | Angelique Kerber | 5,705 | 900 | 280 | 5,085 | Fourth round lost to Sara Errani [10] |
| 7 | 7 | Samantha Stosur | 5,700 | 2,000 | 500 | 4,200 | Quarterfinals lost to Victoria Azarenka [1] |
| 8 | 9 | Caroline Wozniacki | 4,335 | 900 | 5 | 3,440 | First round lost to Irina-Camelia Begu |
| 9 | 8 | Li Na | 4,371 | 5 | 160 | 4,526 | Third round lost to Laura Robson |
| 10 | 10 | Sara Errani | 3,860 | 5 | 900 | 4,755 | Semifinals lost to Serena Williams [4] |
| 11 | 11 | Marion Bartoli | 3,400 | 100 | 500 | 3,800 | Quarterfinals lost to Maria Sharapova [3] |
| 12 | 13 | Ana Ivanovic | 2,980 | 280 | 500 | 3,200 | Quarterfinals lost to Serena Williams [4] |
| 13 | 14 | Dominika Cibulková | 2,945 | 100 | 160 | 3,005 | Third round lost to Roberta Vinci [20] |
| 14 | 12 | Maria Kirilenko | 3,055 | 280 | 160 | 2,935 | Third round lost to Andrea Hlaváčková |
| 15 | 17 | Lucie Šafářová | 2,210 | 160 | 160 | 2,210 | Third round lost to Nadia Petrova [19] |
| 16 | 23 | Sabine Lisicki | 1,863 | 280 | 5 | 1,588 | First round lost to Sorana Cîrstea |
| 17 | 20 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 2,075 | 500 | 100 | 1,675 | Second round lost to Kristina Mladenovic [WC] |
| 18 | 21 | Julia Görges | 1,970 | 160 | 5 | 1,815 | First round lost to Kristýna Plíšková [Q] |
| 19 | 22 | Nadia Petrova | 1,885 | 160 | 280 | 2,005 | Fourth round lost to Maria Sharapova [3] |
| 20 | 19 | Roberta Vinci | 2,085 | 160 | 500 | 2,425 | Quarterfinals lost to Sara Errani [10] |
| 21 | 24 | Christina McHale | 1,780 | 160 | 5 | 1,625 | First round lost to Kiki Bertens |
| 22 | 26 | Francesca Schiavone | 1,716 | 280 | 5 | 1,441 | First round lost to Sloane Stephens |
| 23 | 25 | Kim Clijsters | 1,765 | 0 | 100 | 1,865 | Second round lost to Laura Robson |
| 24 | 30 | Klára Zakopalová | 1,670 | 5 | 5 | 1,670 | First round lost to Andrea Hlaváčková |
| 25 | 29 | Yanina Wickmayer | 1,675 | 100 | 100 | 1,675 | Second round lost to Pauline Parmentier |
| 26 | 33 | Monica Niculescu | 1,581 | 280 | 5 | 1,306 | First round lost to Ayumi Morita |
| 27 | 36 | Anabel Medina Garrigues | 1,540 | 160 | 5 | 1,385 | First round lost to Lucie Hradecká |
| 28 | 28 | Zheng Jie | 1,676 | 100 | 160 | 1,736 | Third round lost to Victoria Azarenka [1] |
| 29 | 31 | Tamira Paszek | 1,603 | 5 | 5 | 1,603 | First round lost to Olga Govortsova |
| 30 | 27 | Jelena Janković | 1,681 | 160 | 160 | 1,681 | Third round lost to Agnieszka Radwańska [2] |
| 31 | 32 | Varvara Lepchenko | 1,600 | 5 | 160 | 1,755 | Third round lost to Samantha Stosur [7] |
| 32 | 34 | Peng Shuai | 1,580 | 280 | 5 | 1,305 | First round lost to Elena Vesnina |
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.
| Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points after | Reason |
| 15 | Kaia Kanepi | 2,514 | 100 | 2,414 | Achilles tendon injury |
| 16 | Vera Zvonareva | 2,375 | 500 | 1,875 | Viral illness |
| 18 | Flavia Pennetta | 2,190 | 500 | 1,690 | Right wrist injury |
| 49 | Petra Cetkovská | 1,315 | 100 | 1,215 | Right ankle injury |

## Wild card entries

Below are the lists of the wild card awardees entering in the main draws.

### Mixed doubles wild card entries

* Samantha Crawford / Mitchell Krueger
* Irina Falconi / Steve Johnson
* Varvara Lepchenko / Donald Young
* Nicole Melichar / Brian Battistone
* Grace Min / Bradley Klahn
* Melanie Oudin / Jack Sock
* Sloane Stephens / Rajeev Ram

## Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:

## Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or personal reasons.