2012 Sony Ericsson Open

The 2012 Sony Ericsson Open (also known as 2012 Miami Masters), a men's and women's tennis tournament, was held from March 19 to April 1, 2012. It was the 28th edition of the Miami Masters event and played on outdoor hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Miami. The tournament was a part of 2012 ATP World Tour and 2012 WTA Tour, classified as ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and Premier Mandatory event respectively.

Prize money
The total commitment prize money for this year's event was $4,828,050 each (WTA Tour and ATP World Tour).

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of March 19, 2012

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
 * Fernando González
 * 🇺🇸 Ryan Harrison
 * 🇺🇸 Denis Kudla
 * 🇺🇸 Jesse Levine
 * 🇦🇺 Marinko Matosevic

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
 * 🇩🇪 Benjamin Becker
 * 🇩🇪 Tommy Haas

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇪🇸 Roberto Bautista Agut
 * 🇮🇹 Simone Bolelli
 * 🇺🇦 Sergei Bubka
 * 🇫🇷 Arnaud Clément
 * 🇨🇦 Frank Dancevic
 * 🇪🇸 Guillermo García López
 * 🇧🇪 David Goffin
 * 🇩🇪 Björn Phau
 * 🇺🇸 Rajeev Ram
 * 🇫🇷 Édouard Roger-Vasselin
 * 🇫🇷 Guillaume Rufin
 * Antonio Veić

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
 * 🇩🇪 Tobias Kamke

Withdrawals

 * 🇪🇸 Juan Carlos Ferrero → replaced by 🇦🇺 Matthew Ebden
 * 🇮🇹 Fabio Fognini → replaced by 🇩🇪 Benjamin Becker
 * Ivan Ljubičić → replaced by 🇧🇬 Grigor Dimitrov
 * Rui Machado → replaced by 🇧🇪 Steve Darcis
 * 🇪🇸 Albert Montañés → replaced by 🇮🇹 Flavio Cipolla
 * 🇩🇪 Philipp Petzschner → replaced by 🇩🇪 Tobias Kamke
 * 🇸🇪 Robin Söderling (mononucleosis) → replaced by 🇷🇺 Igor Kunitsyn
 * 🇷🇺 Dmitry Tursunov → replaced by 🇦🇷 David Nalbandian
 * 🇮🇹 Filippo Volandri → replaced by 🇺🇸 Sam Querrey
 * Stanislas Wawrinka → replaced by 🇫🇷 Nicolas Mahut
 * 🇷🇺 Mikhail Youzhny → replaced by Frederico Gil

Retirements

 * 🇺🇿 Denis Istomin (illness)
 * Yen-Hsun Lu (neck injury)
 * 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal (left knee injury)
 * 🇨🇦 Milos Raonic (sprained right ankle)

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of March 19, 2012

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇺🇸 James Blake / 🇺🇸 Ryan Harrison
 * 🇦🇺 Paul Hanley / 🇦🇺 Bernard Tomic

Retirements

 * 🇨🇦 Milos Raonic (ankle injury)

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of March 5, 2012

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
 * 🇷🇸 Bojana Jovanovski
 * 🇷🇺 Alisa Kleybanova
 * 🇪🇸 Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco
 * 🇦🇺 Olivia Rogowska
 * 🇬🇧 Heather Watson
 * 🇺🇸 Venus Williams
 * 🇨🇦 Aleksandra Wozniak
 * 🇨🇳 Zhang Shuai

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇨🇿 Eva Birnerová
 * 🇺🇦 Kateryna Bondarenko
 * 🇫🇷 Alizé Cornet
 * 🇭🇺 Melinda Czink
 * 🇯🇵 Misaki Doi
 * 🇷🇺 Vera Dushevina
 * 🇫🇷 Stéphanie Foretz Gacon
 * 🇺🇸 Jamie Hampton
 * 🇺🇸 Madison Keys
 * 🇵🇱 Urszula Radwańska
 * 🇷🇺 Valeria Savinykh
 * 🇺🇸 Sloane Stephens

Withdrawals

 * 🇷🇺 Anna Chakvetadze → replaced by 🇯🇵 Kimiko Date-Krumm
 * 🇷🇴 Alexandra Dulgheru → replaced by Michaëlla Krajicek
 * 🇨🇦 Rebecca Marino → replaced by 🇭🇺 Gréta Arn
 * 🇪🇸 María José Martínez Sánchez → replaced by Eleni Daniilidou
 * 🇺🇸 Bethanie Mattek-Sands → replaced by 🇪🇸 Lourdes Domínguez Lino
 * Romina Oprandi → replaced by 🇪🇸 Sílvia Soler Espinosa
 * 🇩🇪 Andrea Petkovic → replaced by Anna Tatishvili

Retirements

 * 🇯🇵 Ayumi Morita (shoulder injury)
 * 🇦🇹 Tamira Paszek (back injury)

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of March 5, 2012

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇸🇰 Dominika Cibulková / 🇷🇸 Jelena Janković
 * 🇦🇷 Gisela Dulko / 🇦🇷 Paola Suárez
 * 🇩🇪 Anna-Lena Grönefeld / 🇨🇿 Petra Kvitová
 * 🇷🇺 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / 🇨🇿 Lucie Šafářová

Men's singles
🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic defeated 🇬🇧 Andy Murray, 6–1, 7–6(7–4)
 * It was Djokovic's 2nd title of the year and 30th of his career. It was his 3rd win in Miami, also winning in 2007 and 2011. It was his 1st Masters of the year and 11th of his career.

Women's singles
🇵🇱 Agnieszka Radwańska defeated 🇷🇺 Maria Sharapova, 7–5, 6–4
 * It was Radwańska's 2nd title of the year and 9th of her career. It was her 2nd Premier Mandatory-level tournament of her career and 5th Premier overall. At this point in the season, Radwańska only lost 4 times, which were all at the hands of No. 1 seed Victoria Azarenka. She was 26-0 versus all other opponents through the Sony Ericsson Open.

Men's doubles
🇮🇳 Leander Paes / 🇨🇿 Radek Štěpánek defeated 🇧🇾 Max Mirnyi / 🇨🇦 Daniel Nestor 3–6, 6–1, [10–8]

Women's doubles
🇷🇺 Maria Kirilenko / 🇷🇺 Nadia Petrova defeated 🇮🇹 Sara Errani  / 🇮🇹 Roberta Vinci, 7–6(7–0), 4–6, [10–4]