Abierto de Francia 2012

El Abierto de Francia de 2012 (también conocido como Roland Garros , en honor al famoso aviador francés) fue un torneo de tenis disputado en pistas de tierra batida al aire libre. Fue la 111.ª edición del Abierto de Francia y tuvo lugar en el Estadio Roland Garros del 27 de mayo al 11 de junio de 2012. ^{[ 1 ]}

Rafael Nadal won the tournament for the third year in succession, and the seventh time in eight years, defeating first-time Roland Garros finalist Novak Djokovic. His seventh title broke Björn Borg's record of six French Open Men's Singles titles, and equalled Chris Evert's record for most French Open titles won by a man or woman. Li Na was unsuccessful in her title defence, being defeated in the fourth round by Yaroslava Shvedova. Maria Sharapova defeated 21st seed Sara Errani in the final to win her first French Open title, to complete a career Grand Slam, and to return to the World No. 1 ranking for the first time in four years.^[2]

This championship was the second time in grand slam history that two multiple slam sets were accomplished in two different disciplines, and that was Mahesh Bhupathi won his first multiple slam in Mixed Doubles, and Esther Vergeer won her second multiple slam set in Women's Wheelchair Doubles. At the 1969 US Open, Rod Laver won his first multiple slam set in Men's Singles, and his fellow countryman Ken Rosewall did in Men's Doubles for the first time. This would occur again for the third time at the 2013 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.

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:^[5]

Men's singles

Individual femenino

A continuación se muestran los jugadores preclasificados y los jugadores destacados que se retiraron del evento. La clasificación según los rankings ATP y WTA corresponde al 21 de mayo de 2012, mientras que la clasificación general y los puntos corresponden al 28 de mayo de 2012.

Debido a que el torneo se celebra una semana más tarde que en 2011, los puntos a defender incluyen los resultados tanto del Abierto de Francia de 2011 como de los torneos de la semana del 6 de junio de 2011 ( Halle y Londres para hombres; Birmingham y Copenhague para mujeres).

Los siguientes jugadores fueron admitidos directamente al cuadro principal mediante una clasificación protegida:

Individual masculino

• Benjamin Becker

Los siguientes jugadores fueron admitidos directamente en el torneo principal, pero se retiraron por lesiones o motivos personales.

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