2012 French Open

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 • per team ==Singles players==

'''Men's singles''' '''Women's singles''' ==Day-by-day summaries==

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, [10–7] Girls' doubles Daria Gavrilova / Irina Khromacheva defeated Montserrat González / Beatriz Haddad Maia, 4–6, 6–4, [10–8] 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), [10–6] 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 • Aravane Rezaï Men's doubles • Arnaud Clément / Kenny de Schepper • Olivier Charroin / Stéphane Robert • Paul-Henri Mathieu / Florent Serra • Marc Gicquel / Édouard Roger-Vasselin • Adrian Mannarino / Benoît Paire • Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Albano Olivetti • Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy / Nicolas Renavand Women's doubles • Irena Pavlovic / Aravane Rezaï • Alizé Cornet / Virginie Razzano • Caroline Garcia / Mathilde Johansson • Claire Feuerstein / Victoria Larrière • Iryna Brémond / Sophie Lefèvre • Séverine Beltrame / Laura Thorpe • Julie Coin / Pauline Parmentier Mixed doubles • Mathilde Johansson / Marc Gicquel • Stéphanie Foretz Gacon / Édouard Roger-Vasselin • Julie Coin / Nicolas Mahut • Amandine Hesse / Michaël Llodra • Virginie Razzano / Nicolas Devilder • Pauline Parmentier / Benoît Paire ==Qualifiers==

Men's singles qualifiers • Jesse Levine • Eduardo Schwank • Jürgen Zopp • Andreas Haider-Maurer • Filip Krajinović • Andrey Kuznetsov • Igor Sijsling • Horacio Zeballos • João Sousa • Florent Serra • Tommy Haas • Michael Berrer • Mischa Zverev • Daniel Muñoz de la Nava • Nicolas Devilder • Rogério Dutra Silva The following player received entry as a lucky loser: • David Goffin Women's singles qualifiers • Kiki Bertens • Chan Yung-jan • Yaroslava Shvedova • Alexa Glatch • Heather Watson • Eva Birnerová • Dinah Pfizenmaier • Heidi El Tabakh • Lauren Davis • Lara Arruabarrena • Karolína Plíšková • Zhang Shuai The following players received entry as a lucky losers: • Laura Robson • Sesil Karatantcheva ==Protected ranking==

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking: ; Men's singles • Benjamin Becker ==Withdrawals==

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or personal reasons. ;Men's singles • Pablo Cuevas → replaced by Blaž Kavčič • Mardy Fish → replaced by Frank Dancevic • Gaël Monfils → replaced by David Goffin • Kei Nishikori → replaced by Karol Beck • Pere Riba → replaced by Simone Bolelli • Robin Söderling → replaced by Daniel Gimeno Traver ;Women's singles • Timea Bacsinszky → replaced by Paula Ormaechea • Kim Clijsters → replaced by Mirjana Lučić-Baroni • Alexandra Dulgheru → replaced by Nina Bratchikova • Daniela Hantuchová → replaced by Laura Pous Tió • Andrea Petkovic → replaced by Lesia Tsurenko • Sílvia Soler Espinosa → replaced by Laura Robson • Ágnes Szávay → replaced by Mathilde Johansson • Vera Zvonareva → replaced by Sesil Karatantcheva ==References==