El WTA Tour 2012 es el circuito de tenis profesional de élite organizado por la Asociación de Tenis Femenino (WTA) para la temporada de tenis de 2012. El calendario del WTA Tour 2012 comprende los torneos Grand Slam (supervisados por la Federación Internacional de Tenis (ITF)), los torneos WTA Premier (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5 y Premier regular), los torneos WTA International , la Fed Cup (organizada por la ITF), los campeonatos de fin de año (el WTA Tour Championships y el WTA Tournament of Champions ) y el evento de tenis en los Juegos Olímpicos de Verano . También se incluye en el calendario de 2012 la Copa Hopman , que es organizada por la ITF y no distribuye puntos de clasificación. [1]
Cronograma
Este es el calendario completo de eventos del año 2012, con la progresión de los jugadores documentada desde la etapa de cuartos de final. [1]
- Llave
Enero
Febrero
Marzo
Abril
Puede
Junio
Julio
Agosto
Septiembre
Octubre
Información estadística
Estas tablas presentan el número de títulos de individuales (S), dobles (D) y dobles mixtos (X) ganados por cada jugadora y cada nación durante la temporada, dentro de todas las categorías de torneos del WTA Tour 2012: los torneos Grand Slam , el evento de tenis en los Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de Londres , los campeonatos de fin de año (el WTA Tour Championships y el Tournament of Champions ), los torneos WTA Premier (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5 y Premier regular) y los torneos WTA International . [1] Las jugadoras/naciones se ordenan por: 1) número total de títulos (un título de dobles ganado por dos jugadoras que representan a la misma nación cuenta como solo una victoria para la nación); 2) importancia acumulada de esos títulos (una victoria de Grand Slam equivale a dos victorias Premier Mandatory/Premier 5, una victoria de campeonato de fin de año equivale a una victoria y media Premier Mandatory/Premier 5, una victoria Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 equivale a dos victorias Premier, una victoria olímpica equivale a una victoria y media Premier, una victoria Premier equivale a dos victorias internacionales); 3) una jerarquía de individuales > dobles > dobles mixtos; 4) orden alfabético (por apellidos de los jugadores).
Llave
Para evitar confusiones y dobles recuentos, estas tablas deben actualizarse solo después de que finalice un evento. Las tablas corresponden a los torneos de la semana del 9 de septiembre.
Títulos ganados por jugador
Títulos ganados por nación
Información de títulos
Los siguientes jugadores ganaron su primer título del circuito principal en individuales, dobles o dobles mixtos:
- Individual
Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino – Bogotá ( sencillos )
Tímea Babos – Monterrey ( sencillos )
Mona Barthel – Hobart ( sencillos )
Kiki Bertens – Fez ( individuales )
Irina-Camelia Begu – Tashkent ( individuales )
Hsieh Su-wei - Kuala Lumpur ( individuales )
Bojana Jovanovski – Bakú ( individuales )
Angelique Kerber – París ( individuales )
Heather Watson – Osaka ( individuales )
- Dobles
Shuko Aoyama – Washington, DC ( dobles )
Tímea Babos – Birmingham ( dobles )
Irina-Camelia Begu – Hobart ( dobles )
Irina Buryachok – Bakú ( dobles )
Catalina Castaño – Bastad ( dobles )
Mariana Duque Mariño – Bastad ( dobles )
Rika Fujiwara – Copenhague ( dobles )
Paula Kania – Tashkent ( dobles )
Tatjana Malek – Ciudad de Quebec ( dobles )
Kristina Mladenovic – Montreal ( dobles )
Polina Pekhova – Taskent ( dobles )
Magdaléna Rybáriková – Budapest ( dobles )
Lucie Šafářová – Charleston ( dobles )
Valeriya Solovyeva – Bakú ( dobles )
Heather Watson – Stanford ( dobles )
- Dobles mixtos
Bethanie Mattek-Sands – Abierto de Australia ( dobles mixtos )
Ekaterina Makarova – US Open ( dobles mixtos )
Los siguientes jugadores defendieron un título del circuito principal en individuales, dobles o dobles mixtos:
- Individual
Daniela Hantuchová – Ciudad de Pattaya ( individuales )
Polona Hercog - Båstad ( sencillos )
Maria Sharapova – Roma ( individuales )
Serena Williams – Stanford ( individuales )
- Dobles
Liezel Huber – Dubái ( dobles )
Serena Williams – Juegos Olímpicos ( dobles )
Venus Williams – Juegos Olímpicos ( dobles )
Clasificaciones
La carrera hacia el campeonato determina las jugadoras que participarán en el WTA Tour Championships en octubre. Las clasificaciones de la WTA se basan en los torneos de las últimas 52 semanas.
Individual
A continuación se muestra el top 20 de 2012 en la Carrera al Campeonato y los 20 jugadores mejor clasificados del mundo. [3] [4] Los jugadores deben incluir puntos de los Grand Slams, torneos Premier Mandatory, los Juegos Olímpicos de Verano y los Campeonatos de la WTA. Para los jugadores del Top 20, sus dos mejores resultados en torneos Premier 5 también contarán. [5] Los fondos dorados indican a los jugadores que se clasificaron para el Campeonato del WTA Tour . Los fondos azules indican a los jugadores que se clasificaron como suplentes en el Campeonato del WTA Tour.
Número 1 en el ranking
Dobles
A continuación, se muestran las 20 mejores jugadoras de dobles de la Race To The Championships de 2012 y las 20 mejores jugadoras de dobles en el ranking individual. Los fondos dorados indican los equipos que se han clasificado para el WTA Tour Championships .
Número 1 en el ranking
Líderes en premios monetarios
La temporada 2012 del WTA Tour fue la primera (y hasta ahora única) en la que 3 jugadoras diferentes ganaron al menos 6.000.000 de dólares. En las temporadas 2014 y 2017, 3 jugadoras diferentes ganaron al menos 5.000.000 de dólares. Las 16 mejores jugadoras ganaron más de 1.000.000 de dólares.
Líderes en estadística
al 12 de noviembre de 2012 [update][9]
Distribución de puntos
[5]
Retirements
Vasilisa Bardina (born 30 November 1987, in Moscow) turned professional in 2003 with a high singles ranking career of No. 48 on 15 January 2007 and a high doubles ranking career of No. 117 on 25 June 2007.
Myriam Casanova (born 20 June 1985, in Altstätten) turned professional in 2000 with a high singles ranking career of No. 45 on 7 April 2003 and a high doubles ranking career of No. 19 on 5 July 2004.
Kim Clijsters (born 8 July 1983, in Bilzen) turned professional in 1997, reaching career-high rankings of World No. 1 in Singles and Doubles. Clijsters has won 41 WTA singles titles and 11 WTA doubles titles. She has won four Grand Slam singles titles: three at the US Open, in 2005, 2009, and 2010 and one at the Australian Open in 2011. She has also been runner-up in four Grand Slam singles tournaments, and won the WTA Tour Championships singles title in 2002, 2003, and 2010. In doubles, she won the French Open and Wimbledon titles in 2003. Clijsters has retired once on 6 May 2007,[10] but almost two years later, on 26 March 2009, she publicly declared her intent to return to the WTA tour for the 2009 summer hard court season.[11] In only her third tournament back, she won her second US Open title, becoming the first unseeded player and wildcard to win the tournament, and the first mother to win a major since Evonne Goolagong in 1980.[12] Clijsters announced in May that her second retirement would occur after the completion of the 2012 US Open[13]
Julie Ditty (born 4 January 1979, in Atlanta) turned professional in 2002 with a high singles ranking career of No. 89 on 24 March 2008 and a high doubles ranking career of No. 66 on 3 August 2009.
Gisela Dulko (born January 30, 1985, in Buenos Aires) was a former world no. 1 in doubles turned professional in 2001. Dulko has won 4 WTA singles titles and 17 WTA doubles titles. Dulko won the 2010 WTA Tour Championships and the 2011 Australian Open in doubles, enjoying an 11-year career before announcing her retirement in November 2012.[14]
Ashley Harkleroad (born 2 May 1985, in Rossville) turned professional in 2000 with a high singles ranking career of No. 39 on 9 June 2003 and a high doubles ranking career of No. 39 on 27 January 2007.
Svetlana Krivencheva (born 30 December 1973 in Plovdiv) turned professional in 1991 with a high doubles ranking career of No. 69 on 3 August 1998.
Courtney Nagle (born 29 September 1982) turned professional in 2005 with a high doubles ranking career of No. 97 on 20 April 2009.
Olivia Sanchez (born 17 November 1982 in Paris) turned professional in 1998 with a high singles ranking career of No. 90 on 9 June 2008.
İpek Şenoğlu (born 8 June 1979 in Eskişehir) turned professional in 1996 with a high doubles ranking career of No. 53 on 19 October 2009.
Olga Vymetálková (born 24 January 1976) turned professional in 1994 with a high doubles ranking career of No. 82 on 13 September 2004.
Mashona Washington (born 31 May 1976, in Flint) turned professional in 1995 with a high singles ranking career of No. 50 on 8 November 2004 and a high doubles ranking career of No. 55 on 18 July 2005.
Jasmin Wöhr (born 21 August 1980 in Tübingen) turned professional in 1999 with a high doubles ranking career of No. 46 on 23 July 2007.
Comebacks
Following are notable players who will comeback after retirements during the 2012 WTA Tour season:
Paola Suárez (born June 23, 1976, in Buenos Aires), who turned professional in 1991 and has reached a career high ranking of No. 9 on 7 June 2004 in singles and in doubles she was a former world no. 1. She has won 8 doubles Grand Slam (with Virginia Ruano Pascual), 4 singles titles, 44 WTA Tour doubles including 1 WTA Championships. She returned from retirement in 2012, partnering with Gisela Dulko at the 2012 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas, but they lost in the first round. The pair played at the London Summer Olympic Games, where they also lost in the first round.
Awards
The winners of the 2012 WTA Awards were announced throughout the last week of November.[15]
- Player of the Year –
Serena Williams - Doubles Team of the Year –
Sara Errani &
Roberta Vinci - Most Improved Player –
Sara Errani - Comeback Player of the Year –
Yaroslava Shvedova - Newcomer of the Year –
Laura Robson - Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award –
Kim Clijsters - Player Service Award –
Venus Williams - Diamond Aces –
Victoria Azarenka - Fan Favorite Singles Player –
Agnieszka Radwańska - Fan Favorite Doubles Team –
Serena Williams &
Venus Williams - Fan Favorite Twitter –
Caroline Wozniacki (Twitter account) - Fan Favorite Facebook –
Agnieszka Radwańska (Facebook account) - Fan Favorite Video – Agnieszka Radwańska & The Bee (video)
- Favorite Premier Tournament –
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (Stuttgart) - Favorite International Tournament –
Sony Swedish Open (Båstad)
See also
- 2012 ATP World Tour
- 2012 ATP Challenger Tour
- 2012 ITF Men's Circuit
- 2012 WTA 125s
- 2012 ITF Women's Circuit
- Women's Tennis Association
- International Tennis Federation
Notes
- a Zheng Jie won the final after Flavia Pennetta was forced to retire because of a low back injury.[16]
- b Hsieh Su-wei won the final after Petra Martić was forced to retire because of fatigue and cramping.
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- ^ Antonia Vandevelde (26 March 2009). "Clijsters announces return to WTA tour". Reuters. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
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- ^ AFP (2012-05-22). "Clijsters to retire after US Open". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
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- ^ "Zheng Wins Auckland, Ends WTA Title Drought". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. 2012-01-08. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
External links
- Women's Tennis Association (WTA) official website
- International Tennis Federation (ITF) official website