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Roland Garros 2012 Women’s Singles Draw Seeding

Editor — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:32:49 +0000

The 2012 Roland Garros women’s singles draw begins on Sunday 27 and runs for 15 days making it one day longer than any of the other Grand Slam tournaments. In this post who the 2012 Roland Garros women’s seeds are, what country they represent and a full list of the 32 seeds in order from 1 to 32 will be covered.

In a 128-player sized draw there are 32 seeded players in order to keep the one seed for each four spots in the draw ratio according to tournament draw rules. All of the 32 seeds are placed in preselected positions in the 128-player draw to guarantee that all seeds cannot meet another seed until the 3rd round. Therefore, the seeded players have the advantage of only playing against players in their first two rounds that are lower ranked players and outside of the highest 32 ranked players in the draw.

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The 32 seeds for Roland Garros are the highest 32 ranked players in order from 1 to 32 according to the latest WTA women’s rankings available prior to the main draw being conducted. The draw ceremony will be held on Friday 25th of May. However, the seeds can be worked out before they are officially announced due to the fact that the seeds are selected solely according to the latest WTA rankings before the draw is made i.e. as of 21 May 2012.

The 32 seeds listed below are the seeds according to the 14th of May 2012. As soon as the results at the 2012 Italian Open in Rome are completed any changes in the rankings/seeding list below will be adjusted. The first 16 players names are bolded because according to seeding they are seeded to be the 16 players who win through to the round of 16. The first eight players have both their first name and surname bolded to highlight the eight players seeded to make the quarter finals.

How many of the Top 16 seeds do YOU think will actually qualify this year? At Roland Garros in 2011 12 of the Top 16 seeded women won through to the round of 16 to live up to their seeding.

VICTORIA AZARENKA Belarus
MARIA SHARAPOVA Russia
AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA Poland
PETRA KVITOVA Czech Republic
SAMANTHA STOSUR Australia
SERENA WILLIAMS USA
MARION BARTOLI France
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI Denmark
LI Na China
Vera ZVONAREVA Russia
Angelique KERBER Germany
Andrea PETKOVIC Germany
Sabine LISICKI Germany
Francesca SCHIAVONE Italy
Ana IVANOVIC Serbia
Maria KIRILENKO Russia
Dominika CIBULKOVA Slovakia
Daniela HANTUCHOVA Slovakia
Roberta VINCI Italy
Jelena JANKOVIC Serbia
Flavia PENNETTA Italy
Lucie SAFAROVA Czech Republic
PENG Shuai China
Sara ERRANI Italy
Kaia KANEPI Estonia
Anastasia PAVLYUCHENKOVA Russia
Svetlana KUZNETSOVA Russia
Petra CETKOVSKA Czech Republic
Julia GOERGES Germany
Nadia PETROVA Russia
Anabel MEDINA GARRIGUES Spain
Mona BARTHEL Germany

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Rome Masters 2012 Results: Men

Editor — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:57:34 +0000

The 2012 Italian Open in Rome is the third of the four ATP Tour “BIG 14″ MAJOR tournaments played on clay courts in 2012. In this post the match results for each day will be continually added to this page throughout the entire tournament, to make it easier for you to know who is progressing through the draw and what the final scores were.

The Rome Open full 2012 Women’s Schedule of Play and the full 2012 Men’s Schedule of Play contain all of the details for how the prize money and ranking points are allocated to the players for each round throughout the tournament. The 2012 Rome Open Women’s Singles Draw and the Men’s Singles Draw posts contain many interesting details about how the draws work.

Please leave a comment below this article regarding anything YOU would like to know about in tennis, have explained or suggest for me to write about here at OnCourt Advantage. To watch the tennis in Singapore you need to add 6 hours to the local time in Rome to work out the equivalent Singapore time for this-> daily 2012 Italian Open Order of Play.

The full list for the 2012 Rome 1st Round Women’s Singles Draw and for the 2012 Rome 1st Round Men’s Singles Draw also include who the seeds are, which seeds are drawn to play off against each other, plus who the wild cards and qualifiers are and who they play in the 1st round.

In the lists of results that will be featured below, all players except for the direct acceptances will have letters or a number in brackets in front of their names when they are a seeded player e.g. [1] for the No.1 seed, or a wild card entrant [WC] or a player who won through the qualifying tournament i.e. a qualifier [Q]. The letters in brackets after each player’s name is the prefix for the country that player represents e.g. the local players have (ITA) added after their names because it is short for Italy.

WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY, 2012:

Singles – Second Round
[2] R Nadal (ESP) d F Mayer (GER) 61 75
[3] R Federer (SUI) d C Berlocq (ARG) 63 64
[7] T Berdych (CZE) d L Kubot (POL) 64 61
S Wawrinka (SUI) d [8] J Tipsarevic (SRB) 63 61
A Seppi (ITA) d [9] J Isner (USA) 26 76(5) 75
[10] J Del Potro (ARG) d M Youzhny (RUS) 64 62
[11] G Simon (FRA) d [Q] G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 64 26 64
[12] N Almagro (ESP) d [Q] S Querrey (USA) 75 62
[14] J Monaco (ARG) d R Stepanek (CZE) 64 62
[16] R Gasquet (FRA) d [WC] P Lorenzi (ITA) 63 62
M Granollers (ESP) d [WC] F Fognini (ITA) 63 64

Doubles – Second Round
[2] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) d S Gonzalez (MEX) / C Kas (GER) 63 62
[4] R Lindstedt (SWE) / H Tecau (ROU) d J Cabal (COL) / E Schwank (ARG) 64 63

TUESDAY, 15 MAY, 2012:

Singles – Second Round
[1] N Djokovic (SRB) d B Tomic (AUS) 63 63
[4] A Murray (GBR) d D Nalbandian (ARG) 61 46 75
[5] J Tsonga (FRA) d V Troicki (SRB) 63 62
[6] D Ferrer (ESP) d F Verdasco (ESP) 63 76(3)
J Ferrero (ESP) d [13] G Monfils (FRA) 75 63

Singles – First Round
[10] J Del Potro (ARG) d M Llodra (FRA) 75 36 64
[11] G Simon (FRA) d D Young (USA) 62 75
[14] J Monaco (ARG) d [Q] A Ungur (ROU) 62 62
M Granollers (ESP) d [15] F Lopez (ESP) 64 64
[16] R Gasquet (FRA) d J Melzer (AUT) 61 76(6)
[Q] G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d P Andujar (ESP) 64 61
L Kubot (POL) d [WC] P Starace (ITA) 63 57 62
[Q] S Querrey (USA) d J Nieminen (FIN) 76(4) 57 64

Doubles – First Round
N Almagro (ESP) / P Andujar (ESP) d D Marrero (ESP) / F Verdasco (ESP) 63 76(4)
M Granollers (ESP) / M Lopez (ESP) d S Bolelli (ITA) / F Fognini (ITA) 63 64
J Melzer (AUT) / P Petzschner (GER) d J Isner (USA) / S Querrey (USA) 36 76(7) 10-5
J Cabal (COL) / E Schwank (ARG) d F Cermak (CZE) / F Polasek (SVK) 62 63

MONDAY, 14 MAY, 2012:

Singles – First Round
[9] J Isner (USA) d P Kohlschreiber (GER) 26 76(3) 62
[12] N Almagro (ESP) d M Cilic (CRO) 62 36 60
[13] G Monfils (FRA) d A Bogomolov Jr. (RUS) 64 61
B Tomic (AUS) d [Q] S Giraldo (COL) 46 62 64
R Stepanek (CZE) d J Chela (ARG) 26 60 63
C Berlocq (ARG) d [Q] B Kavcic (SLO) 61 63
S Wawrinka (SUI) d [Q] R Haase (NED) 61 46 75
F Verdasco (ESP) d A Dolgopolov (UKR) 60 00 Ret. (intestinal pain)
D Nalbandian (ARG) d [Q] A Ramos (ESP) 63 64
[WC] F Fognini (ITA) d M Baghdatis (CYP) 62 62

Doubles – First Round
[WC] G Naso (ITA) / F Volandri (ITA) d D Ferrer (ESP) / F Lopez (ESP) 75 64
D Bracciali (ITA) / A Seppi (ITA) d J Nieminen (FIN) / V Troicki (SRB) 63 46 10-3
L Kubot (POL) / J Tipsarevic (SRB) d K Anderson (RSA) / B Tomic (AUS) 64 46 11-9
S Gonzalez (MEX) / C Kas (GER) d [WC] F Cipolla (ITA) / P Lorenzi (ITA) 16 63 10-8

SUNDAY, 13 MAY, 2012:

Singles – First Round
M Youzhny (RUS) d T Bellucci (BRA) 62 36 63
V Troicki (SRB) d [WC] F Volandri (ITA) 46 64 63
J Ferrero (ESP) d K Anderson (RSA) 64 75
A Seppi (ITA) d D Istomin (UZB) 64 36 63
[WC] P Lorenzi (ITA) d N Davydenko (RUS) 63 26 63
F Mayer (GER) d M Raonic (CAN) 76(5) 64

Qualifying – Final Round

[1] A Ramos d [WC] G Naso 64 63
[2] R Haase d [12] X Malisse 63 36 64
[13] S Querrey d [3] M Kukushkin 36 64 63
[4] S Giraldo d V Hanescu 62 63
G Garcia-Lopez d [8] I Karlovic 64 64
B Kavcic d [WC] M Cecchinato 46 61 62

SATURDAY, 12 MAY, 2012:

Qualifying – 1st Round

[1] A Ramos d D Gimeno-Traver 76(3) 64
[WC] G Naso d [11] M Ebden 63 60
[2] R Haase d S Stakhovsky 64 76(9)
[12] X Malisse d [WC] M Viola 64 64
[3] M Kukushkin d F Cipolla 61 63
[13] S Querrey d S Bolelli 63 64
[4] S Giraldo d E Gulbis 46 64 76(4)
V Hanescu d [9] R Harrison 64 62
[5] G Muller d V Pospisil 61 75
A Ungur d [10] A Montanes 76(2) 61
G Garcia-Lopez d [6] A Falla 62 60
[8] I Karlovic d P Petzschner 60 76(3)
[WC] M Cecchinato d [7] G Soeda 75 26 63
[14] B Kavcic d [WC] E Burzi 62 64

Italian Open 2012 Order of Play

Editor — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:22:55 +0000

The 2012 Italian Open in Rome is a joint tournament whereby the WTA women and the ATP Tour men play at the same venue and during the same week. In this post the order of play for each day (see below) will be continually added to this page throughout the entire tournament, to make it easier for you to know who plays whom and when.

The order of play is different to the schedule of play because the order of play refers to the order that the matches will be played on each individual day plus what court each match has been allocated to. The schedule of play is the overall tournament plan of which rounds are scheduled to be played and at what times play will commence each day.

In the order of play lists that will be featured below, all players except for the direct acceptances will have letters or a number in brackets in front of their names when they are a seeded player i.e. [1] for the No.1 seed, a wild card entrant [WC] or a player who won through the qualifying tournament i.e. a qualifier [Q]. The letters in brackets after each player’s name is the prefix for the country that player represents e.g. the local players have (ITA) added after their names because it is short for ITALY. (WTA) denotes women’s matches and (ATP) denotes men’s matches.

The Italian Open full 2012 Women’s Schedule of Play and the full 2012 Men’s Schedule of Play contain all of the details for how the prize money and ranking points are allocated to the players for each round throughout the tournament. The 2012 Italian Open Women’s Singles Draw and the Men’s Singles Draw posts contain many interesting details about how the draws work.

THURSDAY, 17 MAY, 2012:

CENTRALE start 12:00 noon
[1] N Djokovic (SRB) vs [14] J Monaco (ARG) – ATP
[5] S Stosur (AUS) vs [WC] V Williams (USA) – WTA
M Granollers (ESP) vs [2] R Nadal (ESP) – ATP
Not Before 7:30 PM
[13] A Ivanovic (SRB) vs [2] M Sharapova (RUS) – WTA
Not Before 9:00 PM
[3] R Federer (SUI) vs J Ferrero (ESP) – ATP

SUPERTENNIS ARENA start 11:00 am
S Cirstea (ROU) vs [4] P Kvitova (CZE) – WTA
[6] D Ferrer (ESP) vs [11] G Simon (FRA) – ATP
[16] R Gasquet (FRA) vs [4] A Murray (GBR) – ATP
C Scheepers (RSA) vs [8] N Li (CHN) – WTA – Possible Court Change
Not Before 7:00 PM
[10] J Del Potro (ARG) vs [5] J Tsonga (FRA) – ATP

PIETRANGELI start 11:00 am
[7] T Berdych (CZE) vs [12] N Almagro (ESP) – ATP
P Cetkovska (CZE) vs F Pennetta (ITA) – WTA
[9] S Williams (USA) vs A Medina Garrigues (ESP) – WTA
A Seppi (ITA) vs S Wawrinka (SUI) – ATP
Not Before 6:00 PM
D Bracciali (ITA) / A Seppi (ITA) vs [7] M Bhupathi (IND) / R Bopanna (IND) – ATP – After Suitable Rest

COURT 1 start 11:00 am
J Goerges (GER) vs [12] A Kerber (GER) – WTA
Not Before 12:30 PM
[1] M Mirnyi (BLR) / D Nestor (CAN) vs [WC] G Naso (ITA) / F Volandri (ITA) – ATP
Not Before 2:00 PM
[6] J Goerges (GER) / V King (USA) vs J Hampton (USA) / A Tatishvili (GEO) – WTA – After Suitable Rest
[5] L Paes (IND) / R Stepanek (CZE) vs L Kubot (POL) / J Tipsarevic (SRB) – ATP
Not Before 6:00 PM
M Granollers (ESP) / M Lopez (ESP) vs [8] A Peya (AUT) / A Qureshi (PAK) – ATP – After Suitable Rest

COURT 2 start 11:00 am
C Chuang (TPE) / V Dushevina (RUS) vs [WC] M Camerin (ITA) / K Knapp (ITA) – WTA
[3] S Errani (ITA) / R Vinci (ITA) vs G Dulko (ARG) / P Suarez (ARG) – WTA
Not Before 3:00 PM
[1] V Azarenka (BLR) or S Peer (ISR) vs [14] D Cibulkova (SVK) – WTA – Possible Court Change
Not Before 4:00 PM
F Pennetta (ITA) / F Schiavone (ITA) vs [2] K Peschke (CZE) / K Srebotnik (SLO) – WTA-TBA After Rest

COURT 4 start 12:30 pm
[6] M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) vs J Melzer (AUT) / P Petzschner (GER) – ATP
Not Before 2:00 PM
[3] M Llodra (FRA) / N Zimonjic (SRB) vs N Almagro (ESP) / P Andujar (ESP) – ATP – After Suitable Rest
Not Before 5:00 PM
D Cibulkova (SVK) / J Husarova (SVK) vs [7] N Grandin (RSA) / V Uhlirova (CZE) – WTA-TBA After Rest

COURT 6 start 1:00 pm
E Makarova (RUS) / E Vesnina (RUS) vs [Alt] J Craybas (USA) / S Stephens (USA) – WTA
Not Before 5:00 PM
I Benesova (CZE) / A Medina Garrigues (ESP) vs [5] M Kirilenko (RUS) / N Petrova (RUS) – WTA-TBA After Rest

WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY, 2012:

CENTRALE start 12:00 noon
M Granollers (ESP) vs [WC] F Fognini (ITA) – ATP
[3] R Federer (SUI) vs C Berlocq (ARG) – ATP
[9] S Williams (USA) vs N Petrova (RUS) – WTA – Possible Court Change

Not Before 7:30 PM
F Mayer (GER) vs [2] R Nadal (ESP) – ATP

Not Before 9:00 PM
[1] V Azarenka (BLR) vs S Peer (ISR) – WTA

SUPERTENNIS ARENA start 11:00 am
[3] A Radwanska (POL) vs P Cetkovska (CZE) – WTA
[10] J Del Potro (ARG) vs M Youzhny (RUS) – ATP
[16] R Gasquet (FRA) vs [WC] P Lorenzi (ITA) – ATP
[WC] V Williams (USA) vs E Makarova (RUS) – WTA

Not Before 7:00 PM
S Wawrinka (SUI) vs [8] J Tipsarevic (SRB) – ATP

PIETRANGELI start 11:00 am
[Q] S Stephens (USA) vs F Pennetta (ITA) – WTA
[5] S Stosur (AUS) vs S Errani (ITA) – WTA
[7] T Berdych (CZE) vs L Kubot (POL) – ATP
[9] J Isner (USA) vs A Seppi (ITA) – ATP

COURT 1 start 11:00 am
S Gonzalez (MEX) / C Kas (GER) vs [2] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) – ATP
R Stepanek (CZE) vs [14] J Monaco (ARG) – ATP
[Q] S Querrey (USA) vs [12] N Almagro (ESP) – ATP
J Cabal (COL) / E Schwank (ARG) vs [4] R Lindstedt (SWE) / H Tecau (ROU) – ATP

COURT 2 start 11:00 am
I Benesova (CZE) vs [8] N Li (CHN) – WTA
A Medina Garrigues (ESP) vs [6] C Wozniacki (DEN) – WTA
[WC] K Knapp (ITA) vs [14] D Cibulkova (SVK) – WTA – Possible Court Change
[13] A Ivanovic (SRB) vs [Q] S Soler-Espinosa (ESP) – WTA

COURT 4 start 11:00 am
V King (USA) vs [12] A Kerber (GER) – WTA
[7] M Bartoli (FRA) vs J Goerges (GER) – WTA

Not Before 2:00 PM
[Q] G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs [11] G Simon (FRA) – ATP
[WC] M Camerin (ITA) / K Knapp (ITA) vs S Lisicki (GER) / S Peng (CHN) – WTA – TBA After Rest

COURT 6 start 11:00 am
[1] L Huber (USA) / L Raymond (USA) vs B Mattek-Sands (USA) / S Mirza (IND) – WTA
S Cirstea (ROU) vs S Arvidsson (SWE) – WTA
M Erakovic (NZL) vs C Scheepers (RSA) – WTA
A Groenefeld (GER) / P Martic (CRO) vs F Pennetta (ITA) / F Schiavone (ITA) – WTA

TUESDAY, 15 MAY, 2012:

CENTRALE start 12:00 noon
C Mchale (USA) vs [2] M Sharapova (RUS) – WTA
L Kubot (POL) vs [WC] P Starace (ITA) – ATP
D Nalbandian (ARG) vs [4] A Murray (GBR) – ATP

Not Before 7:30 PM
[1] N Djokovic (SRB) vs B Tomic (AUS) – ATP

Not Before 9:00 PM
[9] S Williams (USA) vs G Voskoboeva (KAZ) – WTA

SUPERTENNIS ARENA start 11:00 am
[6] D Ferrer (ESP) vs F Verdasco (ESP) – ATP
[10] J Del Potro (ARG) vs M Llodra (FRA) – ATP
[WC] V Williams (USA) vs S Halep (ROU) – WTA
T Bacsinszky (SUI) vs S Errani (ITA) – WTA

Not Before 7:00 PM
V Troicki (SRB) vs [5] J Tsonga (FRA) – ATP

PIETRANGELI start 11:00 am
A Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) vs [4] P Kvitova (CZE) – WTA
F Pennetta (ITA) vs [16] M Kirilenko (RUS) – WTA
J Ferrero (ESP) vs [13] G Monfils (FRA) – ATP
D Young (USA) vs [11] G Simon (FRA) – ATP

COURT 1 start 11:00 am
[16] R Gasquet (FRA) vs J Melzer (AUT) – ATP
[15] F Lopez (ESP) vs M Granollers (ESP) – ATP
[Q] A Ungur (ROU) vs [14] J Monaco (ARG) – ATP

Not Before 4:00 PM
M Granollers (ESP) / M Lopez (ESP) vs S Bolelli (ITA) / F Fognini (ITA) – ATP – After Suitable Rest

COURT 2 start 11:00 am
[15] J Jankovic (SRB) vs S Cirstea (ROU) – WTA
[11] S Lisicki (GER) vs M Erakovic (NZL) – WTA
R Vinci (ITA) vs [WC] K Knapp (ITA) – WTA

Not Before 4:00 PM
D Marrero (ESP) / F Verdasco (ESP) vs N Almagro (ESP) / P Andujar (ESP) – ATP – After Suitable Rest

COURT 3 start 11:00 am
[WC] A Brianti (ITA) vs [Q] S Soler-Espinosa (ESP) – WTA
[6] J Goerges (GER) / V King (USA) vs K Jans-Ignacik (POL) / A Kudryavtseva (RUS) – WTA
[Q] M Lucic (CRO) vs [14] D Cibulkova (SVK) – WTA
N Llagostera Vives (ESP) / M Martinez Sanchez (ESP) vs E Makarova (RUS) / E Vesnina (RUS) – WTA
J Hampton (USA) / A Tatishvili (GEO) vs S Hsieh (TPE) / J Zheng (CHN) – WTA

COURT 4 start 11:00 am
[Q] G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs P Andujar (ESP) – ATP

Not Before 12:30 PM
[Q] S Querrey (USA) vs J Nieminen (FIN) – ATP
N Petrova (RUS) vs [Q] A Hlavackova (CZE) – WTA

Not Before 4:00 PM
J Isner (USA) / S Querrey (USA) vs J Melzer (AUT) / P Petzschner (GER) – ATP – After Suitable Rest
J Cabal (COL) / E Schwank (ARG) vs F Cermak (CZE) / F Polasek (SVK) – ATP

COURT 6 start 11:00 am
[Q] A Chakvetadze (RUS) vs [Q] S Stephens (USA) – WTA
I Benesova (CZE) / A Medina Garrigues (ESP) vs A Klepac (SLO) / A Rosolska (POL) – WTA
P Cetkovska (CZE) vs [Q] O Govortsova (BLR) – WTA
G Dulko (ARG) / P Suarez (ARG) vs S Arvidsson (SWE) / J Gajdosova (AUS) – WTA

MONDAY, 14 MAY, 2012:

CENTRALE start 12:00 noon
F Verdasco (ESP) vs A Dolgopolov (UKR) – ATP
[13] A Ivanovic (SRB) vs S Kuznetsova (RUS) – WTA
[WC] F Fognini (ITA) vs M Baghdatis (CYP) – ATP
Not Before 7:30 PM
E Makarova (RUS) vs [10] F Schiavone (ITA) – WTA
Not Before 9:00 PM
[9] J Isner (USA) vs P Kohlschreiber (GER) – ATP

SUPERTENNIS ARENA start 11:00 am
A Bogomolov Jr. (RUS) vs [13] G Monfils (FRA) – ATP
B Tomic (AUS) vs [Q] S Giraldo (COL) – ATP
[Q] A Rodionova (AUS) vs [12] A Kerber (GER) – WTA
S Arvidsson (SWE) vs M Martinez Sanchez (ESP) – WTA
Not Before 7:00 PM
M Cilic (CRO) vs [12] N Almagro (ESP) – ATP

PIETRANGELI start 11:00 am
A Medina Garrigues (ESP) vs J Zheng (CHN) – WTA
[Q] A Wozniak (CAN) vs J Goerges (GER) – WTA
[Q] A Ramos (ESP) vs D Nalbandian (ARG) – ATP
R Stepanek (CZE) vs J Chela (ARG) – ATP

COURT 1 start 11:00 am
J Gajdosova (AUS) vs C Scheepers (RSA) – WTA
A Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) vs K Pervak (KAZ) – WTA
S Wawrinka (SUI) vs [Q] R Haase (NED) – ATP
J Nieminen (FIN) / V Troicki (SRB) vs D Bracciali (ITA) / A Seppi (ITA) – ATP

COURT 2 start 11:00 am
C Mchale (USA) vs M Niculescu (ROU) – WTA
S Peer (ISR) vs S Peng (CHN) – WTA
[WC] G Naso (ITA) / F Volandri (ITA) vs D Ferrer (ESP) / F Lopez (ESP) – ATP
Not Before 4:00 PM
K Anderson (RSA) / B Tomic (AUS) vs L Kubot (POL) / J Tipsarevic (SRB) – ATP – After Suitable Rest
S Gonzalez (MEX) / C Kas (GER) vs [WC] F Cipolla (ITA) / P Lorenzi (ITA) – ATP

COURT 4 start 11:00 am
V King (USA) vs T Pironkova (BUL) – WTA
[WC] N Burnett (ITA) / A Virgili (ITA) vs D Cibulkova (SVK) / J Husarova (SVK) – WTA
Not Before 2:30 PM
O Govortsova (BLR) / G Voskoboeva (KAZ) vs [5] M Kirilenko (RUS) / N Petrova (RUS) – WTA
[Q] B Kavcic (SLO) vs C Berlocq (ARG) – ATP

COURT 6 start 11:00 am
I Benesova (CZE) vs Y Wickmayer (BEL) – WTA
[8] R Kops-Jones (USA) / A Spears (USA) vs C Chuang (TPE) / V Dushevina (RUS) – WTA
T Bacsinszky (SUI) / A Brianti (ITA) vs [7] N Grandin (RSA) / V Uhlirova (CZE) – WTA
Not Before 3:00 PM
B Mattek-Sands (USA) / S Mirza (IND) vs M Erakovic (NZL) / M Niculescu (ROU) – WTA – After Suitable Rest

SUNDAY, 13 MAY, 2012:

CENTRALE start 12:00 noon
K Anderson (RSA) vs J Ferrero (ESP) – ATP
N Davydenko (RUS) vs [WC] P Lorenzi (ITA) – ATP
V Troicki (SRB) vs [WC] F Volandri (ITA) – ATP

Not Before 5:00 PM
A Seppi (ITA) vs D Istomin (UZB) – ATP

SUPERTENNIS ARENA start 12:00 noon
Qualifying – A Wozniak (CAN) vs N Burnett (ITA) – WTA
Qualifying – A Ramos (ESP) vs [WC] G Naso (ITA) – ATP
T Bellucci (BRA) vs M Youzhny (RUS) – ATP

Not Before 5:00 PM
M Raonic (CAN) vs F Mayer (GER) – ATP

COURT 1 start 10:00 am
Qualifying – G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs I Karlovic (CRO) – ATP

Not Before 11:30 AM
Qualifying – G Dulko (ARG) vs M Lucic (CRO) – WTA
Qualifying – M Kukushkin (KAZ) vs S Querrey (USA) – ATP
Qualifying – G Muller (LUX) vs A Ungur (ROU) – ATP

COURT 2 start 10:00 am
Qualifying – S Hsieh (TPE) vs S Stephens (USA) – WTA

Not Before 11:30 AM
Qualifying – A Rodionova (AUS) vs V Dushevina (RUS) – WTA
Qualifying – A Hlavackova (CZE) vs P Ormaechea (ARG) – WTA
Qualifying – A Chakvetadze (RUS) vs V Lepchenko (USA) – WTA

COURT 3 start 1:00 pm
Qualifying – P Parmentier (FRA) vs O Govortsova (BLR) – WTA

Not Before 2:30 PM
Qualifying – S Giraldo (COL) vs V Hanescu (ROU) – ATP

COURT 4 start 11:00 am
Qualifying – R Haase (NED) vs X Malisse (BEL) – ATP

Not Before 1:00 PM
Qualifying – S Soler-Espinosa (ESP) vs L Tsurenko (UKR) – WTA

Not Before 2:30 PM
Qualifying – [WC] M Cecchinato (ITA) vs [Alt] B Kavcic (SLO) – ATP

SATURDAY, 12 MAY, 2012:

Qualifying – 1st Round

SUPERTENNIS ARENA Start 10:00 am

Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) v Sloane Stephens (USA) – WTA
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) v [I] Gisela Dulko (ARG) – WTA
[3] Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) v Flavio Cipolla (ITA) – ATP
Simone Bolelli (ITA) v [13] Sam Querrey (USA) – ATP
[7] Go Soeda (JPN) v [WC] Marco Cecchinato (ITA) – ATP

COURT 1 Start 10:00 am

Philipp Petzschner (GER) v [8] Ivo Karlovic (CRO) – ATP
[WC] Gianluca Naso (ITA) v [11] Matthew Ebden (AUS) – ATP
[WC] Matteo Viola (ITA) v [12] Xavier Malisse (BEL) – ATP
[4] Santiago Giraldo (COL) v Ernests Gulbis (LAT) – ATP
Adrian Ungur (ROU) v [10] Albert Montanes (ESP) – ATP

COURT 2 Start 10:00 am
Mirjana Lucic (CRO) v Jamie Hampton (USA) - WTA
Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) v [WC] Alexia Virgili (ITA) - WTA
[I] Nastassja Burnett (ITA) v Johanna Larsson (SWE) - WTA
Pauline Parmentier (FRA) v [I] Anastasia Grymalska (ITA) - WTA
Not Before 4:00 PM
[I] Corinna Dentoni (ITA) v Varvara Lepchenko (USA) - WTA

COURT 3 Start 10:00 am
Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) v Vera Dushevina (RUS) - WTA
Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) v [I] Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) - WTA
[I] Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) v Greta Arn (HUN) - WTA
Anna Tatishvili (GEO) v Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) - WTA
Not Before 4:00 PM
[I] Jill Craybas (USA) v Olga Govortsova (BLR) - WTA

COURT 4 Start 10:00 am

[6] Alejandro Falla (COL) v Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) – ATP
[1] Albert Ramos (ESP) v Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) – ATP
[2] Robin Haase (NED) v Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) – ATP
[WC] Enrico Burzi (ITA) v [Alt] Blaz Kavcic (SLO) – ATP
Victor Hanescu (ROU) v [9] Ryan Harrison (USA) – ATP

COURT 6 Start 10:00 am

Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) v Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) – WTA
[I] Paula Ormaechea (ARG) v [I] Mathilde Johansson (FRA) – WTA
Petra Martic (CRO) v [I] Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) – WTA
Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) v Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) – WTA
Not Before 5:30 PM
[5] Gilles Muller (LUX) v Vasek Pospisil (CAN) – ATP

Rome Masters 2012 Results: Women

Editor — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:54:23 +0000

The 2012 Italian Open in Rome is the second of the three WTA “BIG 14″ MAJOR tournaments played on clay courts in 2012. In this post the match results for each day will be continually added to this page throughout the entire tournament, to make it easier for you to know who is progressing through the draw and what the final scores were.

WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY, 2012:

Singles – Round of 16

[14] D Cibulkova d [1] V Azarenka withdrew injured (right shoulder)

Singles – Second Round

[1] V Azarenka d S Peer 61 62
[14] D Cibulkova d [WC] K Knapp 63 46 61
C Scheepers d M Erakovic 57 61 62
[8] L Na d I Benesova 61 75
P Cetkovska d [3] A Radwanska 64 46 61
F Pennetta d [Q] S Stephens 62 63
[9] S Williams d N Petrova 46 62 63
A Medina Garrigues d [6] C Wozniacki 64 40 Retired
J Goerges d [7] M Bartoli 63 61
[12] A Kerber d V King 63 62
S Cirstea d S Arvidsson 63 61
[5] S Stosur d S Errani 63 75
[WC] V Williams d E Makarova 76(7) 61
[13] A Ivanovic d [Q] S Soler-Espinosa 62 61

TUESDAY, 15 MAY, 2012:

Singles – First Round

[WC] K Knapp d R Vinci 64 26 62
[14] D Cibulkova d [Q] M Lucic 61 62
M Erakovic d [11] S Lisicki 76(4) 46 63
P Cetkovska d [Q] O Govortsova 75 64
[Q] S Stephens d [Q] A Chakvetadze 62 26 64
F Pennetta d [16] M Kirilenko 61 76(2)
[9] S Williams d C Voskoboeva 62 63
N Petrova d [Q] A Hlavackova 63 63
S Cirstea d [15] J Jankovic 63 46 76(4)
S Errani d T VBacsinszky 63 30 Retired
[WC] V Williams d S Halep 63 64
[Q] S Soler-Espinosa d [WC] A Brianti 62 61

Singles – Second Round

[4] P Kvitova d A Pavlyuchenkova 75 64
[2] M Sharapova d C McHale 75 75

MONDAY, 14 MAY, 2012:

Singles – First Round

S Peer d P Shuai 76(4) 46 31 Retired
C Scheepers d J Gajdosova 64 76(3)
I Benesova d Y Wickmayer 64 57 76(5)
A Medina Garrigues d Z Jie 62 61
J Goerges d [Q] A Wozniak 61 67(1) 63
V King d T Pironkova 60 61
[12] A Kerber d [Q] A Rodionova 46 75 62
S Arvidsson d M Martinez Sanchez 63 62
A Pavlyuchenkova d K Pervak 62 64
E Makarova d [10] F Schiavone 63 64
[13] A Ivanovic d S Kuznetsova 64 63
C McHale d M Niculescu 64 64

SUNDAY, 13 MAY, 2012:

Qualifying – Final Round

M Lucic d G Dulko 63 67(7) 64
A Hlavackova d P Ormaechea 64 16 63
[3] A Wozniak d [WC] N Burnett 76(3) 46 64
[4] S Soler-Espinosa d L Tsurenko 63 63
A Rodionova d [10] V Dushevina 62 64
[11] O Govortsova d [6] P Parmentier 62 61
[14] S Stephens d [7] S Hsieh 62 64
A Chakvetadze d [12] V Lepchenko 61 46 64

SATURDAY, 12 MAY, 2012:

Qualifying – 1st Round

G Dulko d [1] C Suarez Navarro 64 57 62
M Lucic d [16] J Hampton 64 62
A Hlavackova d [2] P Martic 67(3) 63 75
P Ormaechea d [15] M Johansson 75 61
[3] A Wozniak d A Kudryavtseva 61 61
[WC] N Burnett d [13] J Larsson 46 61 62
[4] S Soler-Espinosa d L Dominguez Lino 64 63
L Tsurenko d [9] G Arn 62 62
A Rodionova d [5] K Bondarenko 76(3) 00 Retired
[10] V Dushevina d C Kai-Chen 63 61
[6] P Parmentier d [WC] A Grymalska 62 63
[11] O Govortsova d J Craybas 75 63
[7] H Su-Wei d [WC] A Virgili 64 63
[14] S Stephens d B Mattek-Sands 75 75
A Chakvetadze d [8] A Tatishvili 64 61
[12] V Lepchenko d [WC] C Dentoni 64 62

Roland Garros 2012 Men’s Singles Draw Seeding

Editor — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:17:50 +0000

The 2012 Roland Garros men’s singles draw begins on Sunday 27 and runs for 15 days making it one day longer than any of the other Grand Slam tournaments. In this post who the 2012 Roland Garros men’s seeds are, what country they represent and a full list of the 32 seeds in order from 1 to 32 will be covered.

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The 32 seeds for Roland Garros are the highest 32 ranked players in order from 1 to 32 according to the latest ATP men’s rankings available prior to the main draw being conducted. The draw ceremony will be held on Friday 25th of May. However, the seeds can be worked out before they are officially announced due to the fact that the seeds are selected solely according to the latest ATP rankings before the draw is made i.e. as of 21 May 2012.

How many of the Top 16 seeds do YOU think will actually qualify this year? At Roland Garros in 2011 ten of the Top 16 seeded men won through to the round of 16 to live up to their seeding.

NOVAK DJOKOVIC Serbia
ROGER FEDERER Switzerland
RAFAEL NADAL Spain
ANDY MURRAY Great Britain
JO-WILFRIED TSONGA France
DAVID FERRER Spain
TOMAS BERDYCH Czech Republic
JANKO TIPSAREVIC Serbia
Juan Martin DEL POTRO Argentina
John ISNER USA
Mardy FISH USA
Gilles SIMON France
Nicolas ALMAGRO Spain
Gael MONFILS France
Juan MONACO Argentina
Fernando VERDASCO Spain
Feliciano LOPEZ Spain
Alexandr DOLGOPOLOV Ukraine
Kei NISHIKORI Japan
Stanislas WAWRINKA Switzerland
Milos RAONIC Canada
Richard GASQUET France
Marin CILIC Croatia
Philipp KOHLSCHREIBER Germany
Radek STEPANEK Czech Republic
Marcel GRANOLLERS Spain
Andy RODDICK USA
Florian MAYER Germany
Viktor TROICKI Serbia
Andreas SEPPI Italy
Jurgen MELZER Austria
Bernard TOMIC Australia

Boys Junior Tennis World Rankings

Editor — Wed, 16 May 2012 04:44:41 +0000

The current boys junior tennis world rankings on the ITF Junior Tour (18 years and under), as at 14 May 2012 are:

1,566.25 - Luke SAVILLE from Australia, ATP rank = No.742
801.725 - Liam Broady from Great Britain, ATP rank = No.810
738.75 - Kaichi Uchida from Japan, NO ATP ranking
736.25 – Gianluigi Quinzi from Italy, ATP rank = No.1,299
730.00 - Kimmer Coppejans from Belgium, ATP rank = No.1,917
711.25 – Nikola Milojevic from Serbia, NO ATP ranking
710.00 - FilipPeliwo from Canada, ATP rank = No.579
650.00 - Mateo Nicolas Martinez from Argentina, ATP rank = No.1,226
647.50 - Thiago Monteiro from Brazil, ATP rank = No.636
625.00 - Mitchell Krueger from the USA, ATP rank No.1,917

The number prior to the player’s name is their ranking points total.

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18-year-old Luke Saville first achieved the No.1 ranking on the ITF Junior Tour on 2 January 2012 in his sixth year of ITF Junior Tour tennis. The right-handed Saville won the 2011 Junior Wimbledon singles event and the 2012 Junior Australian Open singles event, in doing so earned 1,000 ITF Junior Ranking points. Saville is pictured above at the 2012 Australian Open.

The South Australian has a current ATP men’s singles No.742 was the runner-up at the 2011 Junior Australian Open to former Junior World No.1 Jiri Vesely with a score line of 0-6, 3-6. Saville began playing the ITF Junior Tour in 2007 from the very first year that he was eligible to compete on the ITF Junior Tour i.e.2007. As soon as you turn 13 years old you are eligible to compete on the ITF Junior Tour tournaments in the week after your birthday.

Girls Junior Tennis World Rankings

Editor — Wed, 16 May 2012 04:14:30 +0000

The current girls junior tennis world rankings on the ITF Junior Tour (18 years and under), as at 14 May 2012 are:

1,272.50 - Taylor TOWNSEND from the USA, WTA rank = No.416
1,073.75 - Irina Khromacheva from Russia, WTA rank = No.254
960.00 - Ashleigh Barty from Australia, WTA rank = No.327
822.50 - Anna Danilina from Kazakhstan, WTA rank = No.672
782.5 - Yulia Putintseva from Russia, WTA rank = No.122
775 – Elizaveta Kulichkova from Russia, WTA rank = No.977
702.50 - Eugenie Bouchard from Canada, WTA rank = No.352
682.50 - Chalena Scholl from the USA, WTA rank = No.711
647.50 - Indy De Vroome from the Netherlands, WTA rank = No.1,020
630.00 - Ons Jabeur from Tunisia, WTA rank No.482
630.00 - Grace Min from the USA, WTA rank = No.203

The number prior to the player’s name is their ranking points total.

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16-year-old Taylor Townsend first achieved the No.1 ranking on the ITF Junior Tour on 23 April 2012. The left-handed Townsend won the 2012 Junior Australian Open singles event and in doing so earned 500 ITF Junior Ranking points. Townsend is pictured above at the 2011 US Open. The current WTA women’s singles No.416 in the world defeated the highest ranked ITF Junior girl on the women’s WTA ranking list (at No.122) Yulia Putintseva in the Junior Australian Open singles final in three sets.

17-year-old Irina Khromacheva was ranked No.1 on the ITF Junior Tour until Townsend took her long-held spot. The 1.67m Khromacheva was the runner-up at the 2011 Junior Wimbledon singles event and a semi finalist at the 2011 Junior Roland Garros singles event. The left-hander earned 180 ITF Junior Ranking points at Wimbledon and 120 points at Roland Garros.

Strasbourg Open Tennis 2012

Editor — Sun, 13 May 2012 07:29:12 +0000

The 2012 Strasbourg Open is one of three WTA tennis tournaments held in France each year and is one of the 30 WTA International category tournaments in 2012.

Click this link to buy-> your Official Strasbourg tennis tickets. The official name of Strasbourg is the Internationaux de Strasbourg and it begins in the same week that Roland Garros begins, yet ends the day before the 1st round of the main draw at Roland Garros commences.

This page was created to make it easier for YOU to find the information that YOU are looking for on OnCourt Advantage. All of the OnCourt Advantage web pages related to Strasbourg are listed below and all future 2012 Strasbourg coverage will be continually updated on this directory page.

The 2012 tournament is being held at the Tennis Club de Strasbourg in France. The court surface is red clay, the centre court seats 3,000 people and this tournament is being held for the 27th time this year.

This tournament runs from Saturday 19 May to Saturday 26 May. The women’s singles qualifying event is being held on Saturday and Sunday May 19 and 20. The main draw singles event runs from Monday 21 May through to the Women’s Singles Final day on Saturday 26 May.

The 2011 women’s singles champion was No.2 seed Andrea PETKOVIC who defeated No.1 seed Marion BARTOLI in the final 6-1, 1-0 retired to win her 2nd WTA singles title and first Strasbourg title.

To like the official Strasbourg Facebook page click-> Internationaux de Tennis de Strasbourg.

WTA International Tournaments

Brussels Open Tennis 2012

Editor — Sun, 13 May 2012 06:58:35 +0000

The 2012 Brussels Open is the only WTA tennis tournament held in Belgium each year and is one of only six WTA Premier 600 category tournaments in 2012.

Click this link to buy-> your Official Brussels tennis tickets. The official name of Brussels is the Brussels Open with BNP Paribas Fortis and it begins in the same week that Roland Garros begins, yet ends the day before the 1st round of the main draw at Roland Garros commences.

This page was created to make it easier for YOU to find the information that YOU are looking for on OnCourt Advantage. All of the OnCourt Advantage web pages related to Brussels are listed below and all future 2012 Brussels coverage will be continually updated on this directory page.

The 2012 tournament is being held at the Royal Primerose Tennis Club of Brussels in Belgium. The court surface is red clay, the centre court seats 3,000 people and this tournament is being held for the second time this year.

This tournament runs from Saturday 19 May to Saturday 26 May. The women’s singles qualifying event is being held from Saturday May 19 through to Monday May 21. The main draw singles event runs from Monday 21 May through to the Women’s Singles Final day on Saturday 26 May.

The 2011 women’s singles champion was No.1 seed Caroline WOZNAICKI who defeated No.8 seed PENG Shuai in the final 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 to win her 16th WTA singles title and the inaugural Brussels title.

To follow Brussels on Twitter click-> @BrusselsOpen12, to like the official Facebook page click-> Brussels Open and the official hash tag on Twitter is #BO2102.

WTA Premier Tournaments

Rome 2012 Men’s Singles Draw: 1st Round

Editor — Sat, 12 May 2012 14:43:35 +0000

The 2012 Italian Open in Rome men’s main draw singles 1st round matches begin on Sunday 13 May at 12 noon local time at the Foro Italico site in Rome, Italy. Rome is one of the nine ATP Tour Masters 1000 tournaments each year and has 56 players vying for the title, a maximum of 1,000 ATP ranking points and € 460,260 (Euros) in prize money for the winner.

Rome has a 64-draw divided up between 7 Qualifiers (Q), 4 Wild Cards (WC), 45 Direct Acceptances and 8 BYES. The Top 16 ranked players amongst the 45 Direct Acceptances become the seeds. The 16 seeds were ranked from World No.1 (Novak DJOKOVIC) through to No.18 (Richard GASQUET).

Please leave a comment below this article regarding anything YOU would like to know about in tennis, have explained or suggest for me to write about here at OnCourt Advantage. To watch the tennis in Singapore you need to add 6 hours to the local time in Rome to work out the equivalent Singapore time for this daily 2012 Italian Open Order of Play.

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The draw for the seeded players IF they all win through to the round of 16 is:

Novak DJOKOVIC [1] v [14] Juan MONACO
Juan Martin DEL POTRO [10] v [5] Jo-Wilfried TSONGA
Roger FEDERER [3] v [13] Gael MONFILS
John ISNER [9] v [8] Janko TIPSAREVIC

The seeded match ups for the bottom half of the draw are:

David FERRER [6] v [11] Gilles SIMON
Richard GASQUET [16] v [4] Andy MURRAY
Tomas BERDYCH [7] v [12] Nicolas ALMAGRO
Feliciano LOPEZ [15] v [2] Rafael NADAL

The 2012 Rome Men’s singles draw is:

Novak DJOKOVIC [1] v BYE
Bernard TOMIC v [Q] Santiago GIRALDO
Radek STEPANEK v Juan Ignacio CHELA
Adrian UNGUR [Q] v [14] Juan MONACO
Juan Martin DEL POTRO [10] v Michael LLODRA
Thomaz BELLUCCI v Mikhail YOUZHNY
Viktor TROICKI v [WC] Filippo VOLANDRI
BYE v [5] Jo-Wilfried TSONGA
Roger FEDERER [3] v BYE
Blaz KAVCIC [Q] v Carlos BERLOCQ
Kevin ANDERSON v Juan Carlos FERRERO
Alex BOGOMOLOV Jr. v [13] Gael MONFILS
John ISNER [9] v Philipp KOHLSCHREIBER
Andreas SEPPI v Denis ISTOMIN
Stanislas WAWRINKA v [Q] Robin HAASE
BYE v [8] Janko TIPSAREVIC

The bottom half of the draw is:

David FERRER [6] v BYE
Fernando VERDASCO v Alexandr DOLGOPOLOV
Guillermo GARCIA-LOPEZ [Q] v Pablo ANDUJAR
Donald YOUNG v [11] Gilles SIMON
Richard GASQUET [16] v Jurgen MELZER
Nikolay DAVYDENKO v [WC] Paolo LORENZI
Albert RAMOS [Q] v David NALBANDIAN
BYE v [4] Andy MURRAY
Tomas BERDYCH [7] v BYE
Lukasz KUBOT v [WC] Potito STARACE
Sam QUERREY [Q] v Jarkko NIEMINEN
Marin CILIC v [12] Nicolas ALMAGRO
Feliciano LOPEZ [15] v Marcel GRANOLLERS
Fabio FOGNINI [WC] v Marcos BAGHDATIS
Milos RAONIC v Florian MAYER
BYE v [2] Rafael NADAL