2012 China Open (tennis)

The 2012 China Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the China Open for the men (16th for the women), and part of the ATP 500 Series of the 2012 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2012 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events were held at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing, China, from 1 October till 7 October 2012. Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka won the singles titles.

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings are as of September 24, 2012

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇷🇴 Marius Copil
 * 🇨🇳 Wu Di
 * 🇨🇳 Ze Zhang

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇺🇸 Brian Baker
 * 🇩🇪 Michael Berrer
 * 🇷🇺 Alex Bogomolov Jr.
 * 🇦🇺 Matthew Ebden

Withdrawals

 * 🇨🇴 Santiago Giraldo
 * 🇪🇸 Marcel Granollers
 * 🇺🇸 John Isner
 * 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal

Retirements

 * 🇫🇷 Julien Benneteau
 * 🇷🇺 Nikolay Davydenko
 * 🇪🇸 David Ferrer (stomach virus)
 * 🇪🇸 Feliciano López

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of September 24, 2012

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: The following pair received entry as alternates:
 * 🇨🇳 Yu Chang / 🇨🇳 Zhe Li
 * 🇨🇳 Maoxin Gong / 🇨🇳 Zhang Ze
 * 🇦🇷 Carlos Berlocq / 🇺🇿 Denis Istomin

Withdrawals

 * 🇫🇷 Julien Benneteau
 * Marin Čilić (right hip injury)

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings are as of September 24, 2012

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇯🇵 Kimiko Date-Krumm
 * 🇪🇸 María-Teresa Torró-Flor
 * 🇨🇳 Wang Qiang
 * 🇨🇳 Zheng Saisai
 * 🇨🇳 Zhang Shuai

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇪🇸 Lara Arruabarrena Vecino
 * 🇪🇸 Lourdes Domínguez Lino
 * 🇮🇹 Camila Giorgi
 * Polona Hercog
 * 🇷🇸 Bojana Jovanovski
 * 🇯🇵 Ayumi Morita
 * 🇬🇧 Laura Robson
 * 🇷🇺 Elena Vesnina

The following player received entry as lucky loser:
 * 🇧🇾 Olga Govortsova

Withdrawals

 * 🇪🇪 Kaia Kanepi (right heel injury)
 * 🇮🇹 Flavia Pennetta (right wrist injury)
 * 🇺🇸 Sloane Stephens
 * 🇺🇸 Serena Williams (illness)
 * 🇺🇸 Venus Williams (back injury)
 * 🇷🇺 Vera Zvonareva (illness)

Retirements

 * 🇸🇰 Dominika Cibulková (left hip injury)
 * 🇮🇹 Sara Errani (left thigh injury)
 * 🇩🇪 Angelique Kerber (right foot injury)
 * 🇷🇺 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (gastrointestinal illness)

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings are as of September 24, 2012

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: The following pairs received entry as alternates:
 * 🇨🇳 Tang Haochen / 🇨🇳 Tian Ran
 * 🇷🇸 Jelena Janković / 🇩🇪 Andrea Petkovic
 * 🇨🇳 Yan Zi / 🇨🇳 Zheng Saisai
 * 🇨🇴 Catalina Castaño / 🇫🇷 Virginie Razzano
 * 🇨🇳 Liu Wanting / 🇨🇳 Sun Shengnan

Withdrawals

 * 🇮🇹 Sara Errani (left thigh injury)
 * 🇷🇺 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (gastrointestinal illness)

Men's singles

 * 🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic defeated 🇫🇷 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 7–6(7–4), 6–2

Women's singles

 * 🇧🇾 Victoria Azarenka defeated 🇷🇺 Maria Sharapova, 6–3, 6–1

Men's doubles

 * 🇺🇸 Bob Bryan / 🇺🇸 Mike Bryan defeated 🇦🇷 Carlos Berlocq / 🇺🇿 Denis Istomin, 6–3, 6–2

Women's doubles

 * 🇷🇺 Ekaterina Makarova / 🇷🇺 Elena Vesnina defeated 🇪🇸 Nuria Llagostera Vives / 🇮🇳 Sania Mirza, 7–5, 7–5