# 2012 Apia International Sydney

The 2012 Apia International Sydney was a joint ATP and WTA tennis tournament, that was played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 120th edition of the Apia International Sydney and was a part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2012 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the NSW Tennis Centre in Sydney, Australia, from 8 to 15 January 2012. Due to rain, the men's singles and doubles finals had to be rescheduled from the evening of 14 January to the morning of 15 January, the day before the Australian Open was due to begin. Jarkko Nieminen and Victoria Azarenka won the singles titles.

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

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| ARG | Juan Martín del Potro | 11 | 1 |
| USA | John Isner | 18 | 2 |
| FRA | Richard Gasquet | 19 | 3 |
| ESP | Feliciano López | 20 | 4 |
| SRB | Viktor Troicki | 22 | 5 |
| GER | Florian Mayer | 23 | 6 |
| ESP | Marcel Granollers | 27 | 7 |
| CZE | Radek Štěpánek | 28 | 8 |
| RUS | Alex Bogomolov Jr. | 34 | 9 |
* $^1$ Rankings as of 26 December 2011.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* James Duckworth
* Matthew Ebden
* Lleyton Hewitt
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Denis Istomin
* Jarkko Nieminen
* Bobby Reynolds
* Michael Russell
The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot:
* Ryan Sweeting

### Withdrawals

* Florian Mayer (right hip injury)

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

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| USA | Bob Bryan | USA | Mike Bryan | 2 | 1 |
| BLR | Max Mirnyi | CAN | Daniel Nestor | 6 | 2 |
| POL | Mariusz Fyrstenberg | POL | Marcin Matkowski | 28 | 3 |
| SWE | Robert Lindstedt | ROU | Horia Tecău | 28 | 4 |
* $^1$ Rankings are as of 26 December 2011

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Matthew Ebden / Jarkko Nieminen
* Colin Ebelthite / Marinko Matosevic

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

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 1 | 1 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 2 | 2 |
| BLR | Victoria Azarenka | 3 | 3 |
| CHN | Li Na | 5 | 4 |
| AUS | Samantha Stosur | 6 | 5 |
| RUS | Vera Zvonareva | 7 | 6 |
| POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 8 | 7 |
| FRA | Marion Bartoli | 9 | 8 |
* $^1$ Rankings as of 26 December 2011

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Jelena Dokić
* Isabella Holland
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Sofia Arvidsson
* Melinda Czink
* Ekaterina Makarova
* Urszula Radwańska
* Chanelle Scheepers
* Stefanie Vögele
The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot:
* Alexandra Dulgheru
* Polona Hercog

### Withdrawals

* Sabine Lisicki (abdominal strain)
* Flavia Pennetta (back injury)

### Retirements

* Julia Görges (viral illness)
* Svetlana Kuznetsova (heat illness)

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

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| CZE | Květa Peschke | SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 4 | 1 |
| USA | Liezel Huber | USA | Lisa Raymond | 5 | 2 |
| ARG | Gisela Dulko | ITA | Flavia Pennetta | 17 | 3 |
| RUS | Maria Kirilenko | RUS | Nadia Petrova | 20 | 4 |
* $^1$ Rankings are as of 26 December 2011

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Sofia Arvidsson / Jelena Dokić
* Lucie Šafářová / Vera Zvonareva
The following pairs received entry as alternates:
* Stephanie Bengson / Tyra Calderwood
* Eleni Daniilidou / Tamarine Tanasugarn

### Withdrawals

* Julia Görges (viral illness)
* Agnieszka Radwańska

## Finals
### Men's singles

Jarkko Nieminen defeated Julien Benneteau, 6–2, 7–5
* It was Nieminen's 1st title of the year and 2nd title of his career.

### Women's singles

Victoria Azarenka defeated Li Na, 6–2, 1–6, 6–3
* It was Azarenka's 1st title of the year and 9th of her career. It was her 1st Premier-level title of the year and 3rd of her career.

### Men's doubles

Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Matthew Ebden / Jarkko Nieminen, 6–1, 6–4

### Women's doubles

Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik defeated Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond, 6–1, 4–6, [13–11]