The 2012 Qatar Airways Tournament of Champions was a singles-only tennis tournament that was played on indoor hard courts in

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. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was part of the

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. The 2012 edition was the first held in Sofia, having been relocated from

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, where the tournament was held for the previous three years and called the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions. The tournament was played between October 30 and November 4.

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did not defend her title this year for two reasons: She did not win, or reach, a single final this year in order to gain direct acceptance, and she did not receive a wild card due to her participation in the

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finals.

Tournament

The 2012 WTA Tournament of Champions was the fourth edition of the event and the first in Sofia. The tournament was run by the

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(WTA) and was part of the

. It was the season ending championships for players who have won one of the

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but have not qualified for the

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. The singles draw saw eight women qualify from the year, and began as a round robin event, split into two groups of four, with the top four ranked players seeded. Over the first four days of competition, each player met the other three players in their group, with the top two in each group advancing to the semifinals. The first-placed player in one group met the second-placed player in the other group, and vice versa. The winners of each semifinal met in the championship match.

Prize money and points

The total prize money for the 2012 Qatar Airways Tournament of Champions was US$750,000. *¹ for every match played in the round robin a player gets 25 points automatically, and for each round robin win they get 35 additional points *² RR means Prize money or Points won in the Round Robin Round. *³ Alternates receive $7,500 in prize money, even if they do not participate.

Qualifying

The six highest-ranked players who have captured at least one International tournament during the year and who are not participating in singles at the year-end

in Istanbul or the finals of the Fed Cup will automatically qualify for the event. The last two players are wildcards. The wildcards were awarded to

Tsvetana Pironkova Tsvetana Kirilova Pironkova ( ; born 13 September 1987) is a Bulgarians, Bulgarian former tennis player. Considered to be one of the best grass court players of her generation, she has been noted for her "cerebral" skills on the surface, reachi ...

and

Maria Kirilenko Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko ( rus, Мари́я Ю́рьевна Кириле́нко, p=mɐˈrʲijə kʲɪrʲɪˈlʲenkə, a=Ru-Maria_Kirilenko.ogg; born 25 January 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player. A junior Grand Slam champio ...

2012 WTA International tournaments champions

Qualifiers

;Caroline Wozniacki Wozniacki began the year as the world no. 1; she lost her top ranking after the

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after losing in the quarterfinals to

Kim Clijsters Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters (; born 8 June 1983) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 20 weeks, and as the world No. 1 in women's double ...

3-6, 6-7^(4–7). She did not reach a final until the e-Boks Open, where she was the two-time defending champion but lost to

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4–6, 4–6. At the

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, she lost to

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1-6, 7-6^(7–3), 3-6. At

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, she was upset by

Tamira Paszek Tamira Shelah Paszek (born 6 December 1990) is an Austrian tennis player. On 11 February 2013, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 26. On 6 May 2013, she peaked at No. 93 in the doubles rankings. Paszek has won three single ...

7-5, 6-7^(4–7), 4-6 in the first round. At the

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, after reaching the semifinals the previous year, she lost in the first round 2-6, 2-6, which dropped her ranking out of the top 10 for the first time since 2009. She won her first title of the year at

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, defeating

6-1, 6-0. A few weeks later, she continued her good form and won the title at

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, claiming victory over

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6–2, 4–6, 7–5, coming back from 1–4 in the final set. She is making her debut to the event. Nadia Petrova
Petrova was competing for the second time, having reached the semifinals the previous year. She qualified for the event by winning the

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, her first grass title defeating

Urszula Radwańska Urszula Radwańska (; born 7 December 1990) is a Polish professional tennis player. Radwańska has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as seven singles and eleven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 8 October 2012, she reac ...

6-4, 6-3 in the final. She won her second title of the year at the

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, her first Premier 5 title since its inception, defeating defending champion

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6–0, 1–6, 6–3. At the slams, she reached the second round of the Australian Open, losing to

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2-6, 2-6. She then lost in the third rounds of Wimbledon to

3-6, 3-6 and French Open to

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3-6, 6-7^(6-8). At the US Open, she reached the fourth round, falling to

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1-6, 6-4, 4-6. She had huge top ten wins over

and

. Maria Kirilenko
Kirilenko was one of the two wild card recipients in the event. Kirilenko did not win a title in the year. However, she was able to reach two finals in the year the first of which was in the Pattaya City, losing to

Daniela Hantuchová Daniela Hantuchová (; born 23 April 1983) is a Slovak tennis commentator and retired player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first WTA Tour title at the Indian Wells Open, defeating Martin ...

7-6^(7-4), 3-6, 3-6. She reached her second final at the

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losing to

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6-7^(9-11), 5-7, despite leading 5-2 in the second set. She was able to reach the quarterfinals of

losing to

5-7, 6-4, 5-7 in a rain delayed match. At the

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she ended 4th place losing the Bronze Medal Match to

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3-6, 4-6. At the other slams, she lost in the third rounds of the

retiring against Kvitová 0-6, 0-1 and of the

losing to

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7-5, 4-6, 4-6. She also reached the second round of the

losing to

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4-6, 6-3, 3-6. Her biggest win came in the quarterfinals of the Olympics over Kvitová. Roberta Vinci
Vinci is participating for the second time after 2011. She qualified to the event by winning the

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defeating

Jelena Janković Jelena Janković ( sr-Cyrl, Јелена Јанковић, ; born 28 February 1985) is a Serbian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the W ...

7-5, 6-3 in the final and without dropping a set in the tournament. She then reached her first slam quarterfinal at the

after defeating world no. 2

6-1, 6-4 before losing to doubles partner

2-6, 4-6. In the other slams, she lost in the second round of the

Zheng Jie Zheng Jie (born 5 July 1983) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. In May 2009, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 15. Zheng is one of China's most successful tennis players. She won four singles titles on the ...

4-6, 2-6, first round of the

losing to

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2-6, 6-4, 3-6, and the fourth round of

losing to

2-6, 2-6. She earned another top ten win over world no. 7

6-2, 7-6^(9-7). Hsieh Su-wei
Hsieh is having a breakthrough season, she started out of the top 100. She won her first ever WTA Tour singles title in the Malaysian Open as a qualifier over

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after Martić retired when Hsieh was leading 2-6 7-5 4-1 due to fatigue from playing 3 hours earlier in the day. This made her eligible to qualify for the event She also won the

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defeating Britain's

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6-3, 5-7, 6-4, after coming back from 0-3 in the deciding set. She also won 3 ITF titles in the year. In the slams, she lost in the first rounds of the

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7-6^(7-3), 4-6, 2-6, and of the

Magdaléna Rybáriková Magdaléna Rybáriková (; born 4 October 1988) is a Slovak former professional tennis player. In her career, she won four singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour. Rybáriková reached the semifinals of the 2017 Wimbledon Champion ...

3-6, 6-2, 3-6, she also advanced to the third round of

before losing to World No. 1

1-6, 4-6. Zheng Jie
Zheng had a stellar start of the year by winning the ASB Classic over

after the Italian retired while Zheng was leading 2-6, 6-3, 2-0. This win made her viable to qualify for the event. She continued to have a good form coming into the

upsetting then world no. 9

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6-3, 6-3 in the third round before losing to

2-6, 1-6 in the following round. At the other slams, she lost in the second round to

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in the

2-6, 4-6. She also lost in the third rounds of

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7-6^(7-5), 2-6, 7-9 and of the

to world no. 1

0-6, 1-6. Zheng was able to participate because of the earlier injury-induced withdrawal of qualifier

, who was higher ranked. Hantuchova-winningJO2012

Daniela Hantuchová
Hantuchová went into a great start of the season by reaching the final of the

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, where she lost to

2-6, 1-6. At the

, she reached the third round losing to

3-6, 2-6. She then defended her title at the

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defeating

6-7^(4-7), 6-3, 6-3 in the final She then withdrew from the entire clay season including the

due to a left foot injury. She then lost in the first rounds of

4-6, 6-7^(1-7) to

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and the

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Anastasia Sergeyevna "Nastia" Pavlyuchenkova (; born 3 July 1991) is a Russian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 11 on 8 November 2021. Pavlyuchenkova has won twelve singles titles ...

4-6, 6-7^(1-7). Her best win in the season was against then world no. 11

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. Hantuchová was the last player to gain direct acceptance to Sofia after qualifier

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decided not to participate due to other commitments. Tsvetana Pironkova
Pironkova is one of the wild card recipients, being a native of Bulgaria. Her best results are two quarterfinals. However, she was able to earn two top-ten wins over then world no. 9

at the

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, winning after Li retired 7-6^(7–5), 3-2 and over then world no. 3

at the

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6–2, 6–4. At the slams, she reached the fourth round of the

, losing to

0-6, 4-6. She lost in the second round of the other slams, losing to

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4-6, 4-6 at the

, to

Francesca Schiavone Francesca Schiavone (; born 23 June 1980) is an Italian former professional tennis player. She had career-high rankings of world No. 4 in women's singles and No. 8 in women's doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Schiavone won eight W ...

6-2, 3-6, 1-6 at the

and to

6–7^(3–7), 7–6^(7–3), 0–6.

Groupings

The 2012 edition of the Tournament of Champion, the competitors were divided into two groups the Sredets and Serdika, which are districts in Sofia. The Serdika Group consists of no. 1 seed Caroline Wozniacki, no. 4 seed Roberta Vinci, no. 5 seed Hsieh Su-wei, and no. 7 seed Daniela Hantuchová. The Sredets Groups are composed by no. 2 seed Nadia Petrova, no. 3 seed Maria Kirilenko, no. 6 seed Zheng Jie, and no. 8 seed Tsvetana Pironkova. The alternates are Sofia Arvidsson and Alizé Cornet. In the Serdika group, in their respective head-to-heads,

Caroline Wozniacki Caroline Wozniacki (; born 11 July 1990) is an inactive Danish professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, hold ...

was 7-2,

Roberta Vinci Roberta Vinci (; born 18 February 1983) is an Italian former tennis player. In doubles tennis, she is a Grand Slam (tennis)#Career Grand Slam, Career Grand Slam champion having won all Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major tournaments and reac ...

was 4-2,

Hsieh Su-wei Hsieh Su-wei (; ; born 4 January 1986) is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. A former List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in Doubles tennis, doubles with nine Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam titles, she is rega ...

was 0-4, and

was 4-7. Leading the group Wozniacki is down in her head-to-head against Vinci 0-1, losing their only encounter at the

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6-4, 7-5. Against Hsieh, the Danish has a perfect record of 2-0 winning their last encounter at the

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6-7^(5-7), 7-6^(7-3), 6-0. Wozniacki also has a good record against Hantuchová, as she led 5-1, with her beating the Slovak twice in the year, with the latest win coming at the

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7-6^(7-3), 6-1. Vinci on the other hand has a 1-0 record against Hsieh, with the win coming in the 2012 Dallas Tennis Classic 6-2, 6-2. Against Hantuchová, she is tied at 2-2, with Hantuchová winning their last encounter at the 2012 Brisbane International 7-5, 6-2. In the final head-to-head of the group between Hantuchová and Hsieh, the Slovak leads 1-0 with the win coming in the 2012 PTT Pattaya Open 6-4, 6-1. In the Sredets group, in their head-to-heads with players within their group,

Nadia Petrova Nadezhda Viktorovna "Nadia" Petrova ( ; born 8 June 1982) is a Russian former professional tennis player. A former top-five player in both singles and doubles, she reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 in the world in both disciplines (doing s ...

was 12-6,

was 7-9,

was 8-11, and

is 1-2. Petrova's head-to-head in her group is mixed, she is 4-4 against compatriot Kirilenko, with Kirilenko winning their last match at the

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6-1, 5-7, 6-2. She then has a very good record against Zheng compiling an 8-1, with Petrova winning the first 5 meetings and their last meeting at the

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6-4, 7-6^(9-7). She is however 0-1 against Pironkova, with the Bulgarian winning at the

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6-3, 6-2. Kirilenko on the other hand is 3-5 down against Zheng in their head-to-head, however she won their last 2 meeting both in 2012, with the latest encounter at the 2012 Mutua Madrid Open 6-2, 7-5. Kirilenko and Pironkova will meet for the first time in the event. In the match-up between Zheng and Pironkova, Zheng lead 2-0 winning their most recent match at the

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7-5, 6-2.

Player head-to-head

Below are the head-to-head records as they approached the tournament.

Champions

Singles

def.

, 6–2, 6–1

References

External links

* {{2012 in tennis Qatar Airways Tournament of Champions WTA Tournament of Champions Tennis tournaments in Bulgaria Sports competitions in Sofia 2012 in Bulgarian tennis

Tournament

Prize money and points

Qualifying

2012 WTA International tournaments champions

Qualifiers

Groupings

Player head-to-head

Champions

Singles

See also

References

External links