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2012 Maria Sharapova tennis season

Sharapova at the 2012 London Olympics
Calendar prize money	$6,508,296
Singles
Season record	60–11 (84.51%)
Year-end ranking	No. 2
Ranking change from previous year	2
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian Open	F
French Open	W
Wimbledon	4R
US Open	SF
Tour Finals	F
Olympic Games	S
Fed Cup
Fed Cup	SF
Last updated on: 12 August 2014.

The 2012 Maria Sharapova tennis season officially began on 16 January 2012 with the start of the 2012 Australian Open. Sharapova began the season ranked the number 4 player in the world.

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent	Rank	Result	Score
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 16–29 January 2012	1	1R	Gisela Dulko	#68	Win	6–0, 6–1
	2	2R	Jamie Hampton	#144	Win	6–0, 6–1
	3	3R	Angelique Kerber	#30	Win	6–1, 6–2
	4	4R	Sabine Lisicki	#15	Win	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
	5	QF	Ekaterina Makarova	#56	Win	6–2, 6–3
	6	SF	Petra Kvitová	#2	Win	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
	7	F	Victoria Azarenka	#3	Loss (1)	3–6, 0–6
Fed Cup WG: Russia vs. Spain Moscow, Russia Fed Cup Hard, indoor 4–5 February 2012	8	-	Sílvia Soler Espinosa	#77	Win	6–2, 6–1
Open GDF Suez Paris, France WTA Premier Hard, outdoor 6–12 February 2012	-	1R	Bye
	9	2R	Chanelle Scheepers	#44	Win	6–3, 6–1
	10	QF	Angelique Kerber	#27	Loss	4–6, 4–6
BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 5–18 March 2012	–	1R	Bye
	11	2R	Gisela Dulko	#126	Win	6–2, 6–0
	12	3R	Simona Halep	#50	Win	6–3, 6–4
	13	4R	Roberta Vinci	#22	Win	6–2, 6–1
	14	QF	Maria Kirilenko	#23	Win	3–6, 7–5, 6–2
	15	SF	Ana Ivanovic	#16	Win	6–4, 0–1 ret.
	16	F	Victoria Azarenka	#10	Loss (2)	2–6, 3–6
Sony Ericsson Open Miami, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 19 March – 1 April 2013	–	1R	Bye
	17	2R	Shahar Pe'er	#55	Win	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
	18	3R	Sloane Stephens	#90	Win	6–4, 6–2
	19	4R	Ekaterina Makarova	#41	Win	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
	20	QF	Li Na	#8	Win	6–3, 6–0
	21	SF	Caroline Wozniacki	#6	Win	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
	22	F	Agnieszka Radwańska	#4	Loss (3)	5–7, 4–6
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany WTA Premier Clay, indoor 23–29 April 2012	–	1R	Bye
	23	2R	Alizé Cornet	#100	Win	6–3, 1–0 ret.
	24	QF	Samantha Stosur	#5	Win	6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 7–5
	25	SF	Petra Kvitová	#3	Win	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
	26	F	Victoria Azarenka	#1	Win (1)	6–1, 6–3
Mutua Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA Premier Mandatory Clay (blue), outdoor 7–13 May 2012	27	1R	Irina-Camelia Begu	#55	Win	6–0, 6–3
	28	2R	Klára Koukalová	#44	Win	6–4, 6–3
	-	3R	Lucie Šafářová	#23	Walkover	N/A
	29	QF	Serena Williams	#9	Loss	1–6, 3–6
Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 Clay, outdoor 14–20 May 2012	–	1R	Bye
	30	2R	Christina McHale	#36	Win	7–5, 7–5
	31	3R	Ana Ivanovic	#15	Win	7–6(7–3), 6–3
	32	QF	Venus Williams	#63	Win	6–4, 6–3
	33	SF	Angelique Kerber	#11	Win	6–3, 6–4
	34	F	Li Na	#9	Win (2)	4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay, outdoor 28 May – 10 June 2012	35	1R	Alexandra Cadanțu	#78	Win	6–0, 6–0
	36	2R	Ayumi Morita	#84	Win	6–1, 6–1
	37	3R	Peng Shuai	#30	Win	6–2, 6–1
	38	4R	Klára Koukalová	#44	Win	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–2
	39	QF	Kaia Kanepi	#23	Win	6–2, 6–3
	40	SF	Petra Kvitová	#4	Win	6–3, 6–3
	41	F	Sara Errani	#24	Win (3)	6–3, 6–2
Wimbledon Championships London, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass, outdoor 25 June – 8 July 2012	42	1R	Anastasia Rodionova	#133	Win	6–2, 6–3
	43	2R	Tsvetana Pironkova	#38	Win	7–6(7–3), 6–7(3–7), 6–0
	44	3R	Su-Wei Hsieh	#63	Win	6–1, 6–4
	45	4R	Sabine Lisicki	#15	Loss	4–6, 3–6
2012 Summer Olympics London, United Kingdom Olympic Games Grass, outdoor 27 July–5 August 2012	46	1R	Shahar Pe'er	#49	Win	6–2, 6–0
	47	2R	Laura Robson	#76	Win	7–6(7–5), 6–3
	48	3R	Sabine Lisicki	#17	Win	6–7(8–10), 6–4, 6–3
	49	QF	Kim Clijsters	#36	Win	6–2, 7–5
	50	SF	Maria Kirilenko	#15	Win	6–2, 6–3
	51	F	Serena Williams	#4	Loss (4)	0–6, 1–6
US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 27 August – 9 September 2012	52	1R	Melinda Czink	#88	Win	6–2, 6–2
	53	2R	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	#78	Win	6–0, 6–1
	54	3R	Mallory Burdette	#252	Win	6–1, 6–1
	55	4R	Nadia Petrova	#22	Win	6–1, 4–6, 6–4
	56	QF	Marion Bartoli	#11	Win	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
	57	SF	Victoria Azarenka	#1	Loss	6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 23–28 September 2013	-	1R	Bye
	58	2R	Heather Watson	#78	Win	6–7(7–9), 6–3, 6–4
	59	3R	Lucie Šafářová	#17	Win	6–2, 7–6(7–5)
	60	QF	Samantha Stosur	#9	Loss	4–6, 6–7(10–12)
China Open Beijing, China WTA Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 28 September–6 October 2013	61	1R	Simona Halep	#47	Win	7–5, 7–5
	62	2R	Sorana Cîrstea	#29	Win	6–2, 6–2
	63	3R	Polona Hercog	#90	Win	6–0, 6–2
	64	QF	Angelique Kerber	#6	Win	6–0, 3–0 ret.
	65	SF	Li Na	#47	Win	6–4, 6–0
	66	F	Victoria Azarenka	#1	Loss (5)	3–6, 1–6
WTA Tour Championships Istanbul, Turkey Year-End Championship Hard, indoor 23 – 28 October 2012	67	RR	Sara Errani	#7	Win	6–3, 6–2
	68	RR	Agnieszka Radwańska	#4	Win	5–7, 7–5, 7–5
	69	RR	Samantha Stosur	#9	Win	6–0, 6–3
	70	SF	Victoria Azarenka	#1	Win	6–4, 6–2
	71	F	Serena Williams	#3	Loss (6)	4–6, 3–6

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