2012 French Open
The 2012 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 111th edition of the French Open, and took place at the Stade Roland Garros from 27 May until 11 June 2012.
Rafael Nadal won the tournament for the third year in succession, and the seventh time in eight years, defeating first-time Roland Garros finalist Novak Djokovic. His seventh title broke Björn Borg's record of six French Open Men's Singles titles, and equalled Chris Evert's record for most French Open titles won by a man or woman. Li Na was unsuccessful in her title defence, being defeated in the fourth round by Yaroslava Shvedova. Maria Sharapova defeated 21st seed Sara Errani in the final to win her first French Open title, to complete a career Grand Slam, and to return to the World No. 1 ranking for the first time in four years.
This championship was the second time in grand slam history that two multiple slam sets were accomplished in two different disciplines, and that was Mahesh Bhupathi won his first multiple slam in Mixed Doubles, and Esther Vergeer won her second multiple slam set in Women's Wheelchair Doubles. At the 1969 US Open, Rod Laver won his first multiple slam set in Men's Singles, and his fellow countryman Ken Rosewall did in Men's Doubles for the first time. This would occur again for the third time at the 2013 French Open.
Tournament
The 2012 French Open was the one hundred and eleventh edition of the French Open and was held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris. The Men's Singles final was won by Rafael Nadal by defeating Novak Djokovic in the final. By winning his seventh title at Roland Garros, Nadal surpassed Borg's overall titles record to become the most successful tennis player in French Open history.The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation and is part of the 2012 ATP World Tour and the 2012 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event.
There was a singles and doubles events for both boys and girls, which is part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played on clay courts and took place over a series of twenty courts, including the three main showcourts, Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen and Court 1.
Prize money and ranking points
For 2012, the prize money purse was increased to €18,718,000 from €17,520,000 in 2011. The prize money and points breakdown is as follows:Points
Seniors
Junior
Below is a table charting the points that are available to the boys and girls in boy singles and doubles play.| Stage | Boys' singles | Boys' doubles | Girls' singles | Girls' doubles |
| Champion | 250 | 180 | 250 | 180 |
| Runner up | 180 | 120 | 180 | 120 |
| Semifinals | 120 | 80 | 120 | 80 |
| Quarterfinals | 80 | 50 | 80 | 50 |
| Round of 16 | 50 | 30 | 50 | 30 |
| Round of 32 | 30 | – | 30 | – |
| Qualifier who loses in first round | 25 | – | 25 | – |
| Qualifying final round | 20 | – | 20 | – |
Wheelchair
Prize money
* per teamSingles players
Men's singles'''Women's singles'''
Day-by-day summaries
Events
Seniors
Men's singles
Rafael Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic 6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5Women's singles
Maria Sharapova defeated Sara Errani, 6–3, 6–2Men's doubles
Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor defeated Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan, 6–4, 6–4Women's doubles
Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci defeated Maria Kirilenko / Nadia Petrova, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2Mixed doubles
Sania Mirza / Mahesh Bhupathi defeated Klaudia Jans-Ignacik / Santiago González, 7–6, 6–1Juniors
Boys' singles
Kimmer Coppejans defeated Filip Peliwo 6–1, 6–4Girls' singles
Annika Beck defeated Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3Boys' doubles
Andrew Harris / Nick Kyrgios defeated Adam Pavlásek / Václav Šafránek, 6–4, 2–6,Girls' doubles
Daria Gavrilova / Irina Khromacheva defeated Montserrat González / Beatriz Haddad Maia, 4–6, 6–4,Wheelchair events
Wheelchair men's singles
Stéphane Houdet defeated Shingo Kunieda, 6–2, 2–6, 7–6Wheelchair women's singles
Esther Vergeer defeated Aniek van Koot, 6–0, 6–0Wheelchair men's doubles
Frédéric Cattanéo / Shingo Kunieda defeated Michaël Jérémiasz / Stefan Olsson, 3–6, 7–6,Wheelchair women's doubles
Marjolein Buis / Esther Vergeer defeated Sabine Ellerbrock / Yui Kamiji, 6–0, 6–1Other events
Legends under 45 doubles
Albert Costa / Carlos Moyá defeated Thomas Enqvist / Todd Woodbridge, 6–2, 6–1Legends over 45 doubles
John McEnroe / Patrick McEnroe defeated Guy Forget / Henri Leconte, 7–6, 6–3Women's legends doubles
Lindsay Davenport / Martina Hingis defeated Martina Navratilova / Jana Novotná, 6–4, 6–4Singles seeds
The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings based on ATP and WTA rankings are as of 21 May 2012, Rankings and Points are as of 28 May 2012.Because the tournament takes place one week later than in 2011, points defending includes results from both the 2011 French Open and tournaments from the week of 6 June 2011.
Men's singles">2012 French Open – Men's singles">Men's singles
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the tournament.| Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points won | Points after | Reason |
| 10 |  Women's singles">2012 French Open – Women's singles">Women's singlesThe following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the tournament. |
