# 2012 Brisbane International

The 2012 Brisbane International was a joint 2012 ATP World Tour and 2012 WTA Tour tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts in Brisbane, Queensland. Because of its ongoing success, the WTA decided in 2011 to upgrade the event to a Premier event. It was the 4th edition of the tournament and took place at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Tennyson. It was held from 1 to 8 January 2012 and was part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year. Andy Murray and Kaia Kanepi won the singles titles.

## ATP singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
| GBR | Andy Murray | 4 | 1 |
| FRA | Gilles Simon | 12 | 2 |
| UKR | Alexandr Dolgopolov | 15 | 3 |
| GER | Florian Mayer | 23 | 4 |
| JPN | Kei Nishikori | 25 | 5 |
| CZE | Radek Štěpánek | 28 | 6 |
| AUT | Jürgen Melzer | 33 | 7 |
| AUS | Bernard Tomic | 42 | 8 |
* $^1$ Rankings as of 26 December 2011

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* James Duckworth
* Marinko Matosevic
* Ben Mitchell
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Jesse Levine
* Igor Andreev
* Tatsuma Ito
* John Millman

### Withdrawals

* Kevin Anderson (knee injury)
* James Blake (personal reasons)
* Tommy Haas (calf injury)
* Donald Young (personal reasons)

### Retirements

* Florian Mayer (groin injury)

## ATP doubles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| BLR | Max Mirnyi | CAN | Daniel Nestor | 4 | 1 |
| AUT | Jürgen Melzer | GER | Philipp Petzschner | 12 | 2 |
| SWE | Robert Lindstedt | ROU | Horia Tecău | 14 | 3 |
| PAK | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | CUR | Jean-Julien Rojer | 16 | 4 |
* $^1$ Rankings are as of 26 December 2011

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Matthew Ebden / Chris Guccione
* Greg Jones / Marinko Matosevic

### Withdrawals

* Tommy Haas (calf injury)

## WTA singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
| AUS | Samantha Stosur | 6 | 1 |
| GER | Andrea Petkovic | 10 | 2 |
| ITA | Francesca Schiavone | 11 | 3 |
| USA | Serena Williams | 12 | 4 |
| BEL | Kim Clijsters | 13 | 5 |
| SRB | Jelena Janković | 14 | 6 |
| RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 16 | 7 |
| SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 18 | 8 |
* $^1$ Rankings as of 26 December 2011

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Casey Dellacqua
* Olivia Rogowska
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Vania King
* Nina Bratchikova
* Vera Dushevina
* Alexandra Panova

### Withdrawals

* Maria Sharapova (ankle injury)

### Retirements

* Kim Clijsters (left hip injury)
* Polona Hercog (low back injury)
* Ksenia Pervak (migraine)
* Serena Williams (left ankle sprain)

## WTA doubles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| RSA | Natalie Grandin | CZE | Vladimíra Uhlířová | 47 | 1 |
| CZE | Iveta Benešová | CZE | Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | 51 | 2 |
| TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | KAZ | Galina Voskoboeva | 66 | 3 |
| ESP | Nuria Llagostera Vives | ESP | Arantxa Parra Santonja | 66 | 4 |
* $^1$ Rankings are as of 26 December 2011

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Ashleigh Barty / Casey Dellacqua
* Dominika Cibulková / Janette Husárová
* Jelena Janković / Andrea Petkovic
The following pair received entry as alternates:
* Nina Bratchikova / Kristina Mladenovic

### Withdrawals

* Polona Hercog (low back injury)

## Finals
### Men's singles

Andy Murray defeated Alexandr Dolgopolov, 6–1, 6–3
* It was Murray's 1st title of the year and 22nd of his career.

### Women's singles

Kaia Kanepi defeated Daniela Hantuchová, 6–2, 6–1
* It was Kanepi's 1st title of the year and the 2nd of her career.

### Men's doubles

Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor defeated Jürgen Melzer / Philipp Petzschner, 6–1, 6–2

### Women's doubles

Nuria Llagostera Vives / Arantxa Parra Santonja defeated Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$

## Broadcast

The 2012 Brisbane International was, for the first time, broadcast live and in full to most states in Australia on digital channel 7Two. In previous years, the event was broadcast only on certain days and often on significant delay on Channel Seven.