Tennis at the 2012 Simmer Olympics

2012 Simmer Olympics
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	Champions
	Men's Singles
	Andy Murray
	Weemen's Singles
	Serena Williams
	Men's Doubles
	Mike Bryan & Bob Bryan
	Weemen's Doubles
	Serena Williams & Venus Williams
	Mixed Doubles
	Victoria Azarenka & Max Mirnyi
< 2008	2016 >

The tennis tournaments at the 2012 Simmer Olympics in Lunnon wur staged at the Aw Ingland Club in Wimbledon, frae 28 Julie tae 5 August, the first grass court tournament syne tennis wis reintroduced tae the Olympics.^[1] A tot o 190 players competit in five events: singles an doubles for baith men an weemen an, for the first time syne 1924, mixed doubles wur offeecially includit. The Olympic tennis events wur run an organised bi the Lunnon Organising Committee o the Olympic Gemmes (LOCOG) an the Internaitional Tennis Federation (ITF), an wur pairt o the Association o Tennis Professionals an Weemen's Tennis Association's tours.

Neither o the defendin singles champions competit, syne Elena Dementieva ha retired frae professional tennis in 2010^[2] an Rafael Nadal withdrew due tae tendinitis.^[3] Andy Murray beat Roger Federer. Serena Williams defeatit Maria Sharapova an alang wi her sister Venus Williams defendit her Weemen's doubles title. The Bryan brothers teuk the Men's doubles title also.

Serena Williams acame the seicont female player tae win a career Gowden Grand Slam efter winnin the gowd medal an the first player in history, male or female, tae win the career Gowden Grand Slam in baith singles an doubles.^[4]

Pynts distribution[eedit | eedit soorce]

The pynts distribution for the Association o Tennis Professionals an the Weemen's Tennis Association tours, anent anly singles competition on the 2012 Olympic Gemmes, is leetit below.^[5]

Stage	Gowd Medal	Siller Medal	Bronze Medal	Fowerth Place	Quarterfinals	Roond o 16	Roond o 32	Roond o 64
Men's singles	750	450	340	270	135	70	35	5
Weemen's singles	685	470	340	260	175	95	55	1

Medal summary[eedit | eedit soorce]

Medal table[eedit | eedit soorce]

Rank	Naition	Gowd	Siller	Bronze	Tot
1	United States (USA)	3	0	1	4
2	Great Breetain (GBR)	1	1	0	2
3	Belaroushie (BLR)	1	0	1	2
4	Fraunce (FRA)	0	1	1	2
4	Roushie (RUS)	0	1	1	2
6	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	0	1
6	Swisserland (SUI)	0	1	0	1
8	Argentinae (ARG)	0	0	1	1
	Grand Tot	5	5	5	15

Medal events[eedit | eedit soorce]

Event	Gowd	Siller	Bronze
Men's singles	Andy Murray Great Breetain	Roger Federer Swisserland	Juan Martín del Potro Argentinae
Men's doubles	Bob Bryan an Mike Bryan United States	Michaël Llodra an Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Fraunce	Julien Benneteau an Richard Gasquet Fraunce

Weemen's singles	Serena Williams United States	Maria Sharapova Roushie	Victoria Azarenka Belaroushie
Weemen's doubles	Serena Williams an Venus Williams United States	Andrea Hlaváčková an Lucie Hradecká Czech Republic	Maria Kirilenko an Nadia Petrova Roushie

Mixed doubles	Victoria Azarenka an Max Mirnyi Belaroushie	Laura Robson an Andy Murray Great Breetain	Lisa Raymond an Mike Bryan United States

Singles seeds[eedit | eedit soorce]

Seedins are based on the rankins as o 23 Julie 2012.

Men's singles[eedit | eedit soorce]

Seed	Rank	Player	Status
1	1	Roger Federer (SUI)	Finals lost tae Andy Murray (GBR) [3]
2	2	Novak Djokovic (SRB)	Semifinals lost tae Andy Murray (GBR) [3] Bronze medal lost tae Juan Martín del Potro (ARG) [8]
3	4	Andy Murray (GBR)	Finals defeatit Roger Federer (SUI) [1]
4	5	David Ferrer (ESP)	Third Roond lost tae Kei Nishikori (JPN) [15]
5	6	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)	Quarterfinals lost tae Novak Djokovic (SRB) [2]
6	7	Tomáš Berdych (CZE)	First Roond lost tae Steve Darcis (BEL)
7	8	Janko Tipsarević (SRB)	Third Roond lost tae John Isner (USA) [10]
8	9	Juan Martín del Potro (ARG)	Semifinals lost tae Roger Federer (SUI) [1] Bronze medal defeated Novak Djokovic (SRB) [2]
9	10	Juan Mónaco (ARG)	Seicont Round lost tae Feliciano López (ESP)
10	11	John Isner (USA)	Quarterfinals lost tae Roger Federer (SUI) [1]
11	12	Nicolás Almagro (ESP)	Quarterfinals lost tae Andy Murray (GBR)
12	14	Gilles Simon (FRA)	Third Roond lost tae Juan Martín del Potro (ARG)
13	15	Marin Čilić (CRO)	Seicont Roond lost tae Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)
14	16	Fernando Verdasco (ESP)	First Roond lost tae Denis Istomin (UZB)
15	18	Kei Nishikori (JPN)	Quarterfinals lost tae Juan Martín del Potro (ARG) [8]
16	21	Richard Gasquet (FRA)	Seicont Roond lost tae Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)

Widrawn Players[eedit | eedit soorce]

Rank	Player	Pynts	Pynts defendin	Points Won	New pynts	Widrew due tae
4	Rafael Nadal	8,905	750	0	8,155	Knee tendinitis^[6]

Weemen's singles[eedit | eedit soorce]

Seed	Rank	Player	Status
1	1	Victoria Azarenka (BLR)	Semifinals lost tae Serena Williams (USA) [4] Bronze medal defeatit Maria Kirilenko (RUS) [14]
2	2	Agnieszka Radwańska (POL)	First Roond lost tae Julia Görges (GER)
3	3	Maria Sharapova (RUS)	Finals lost tae Serena Williams (USA) [4]
4	4	Serena Williams (USA)	Finals defeatit Maria Sharapova (RUS) [3]
5	5	Samantha Stosur (AUS)	First Roond lost tae Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP)
6	6	Petra Kvitová (CZE)	Quarterfinals lost tae Maria Kirilenko (RUS) [14]
7	7	Angelique Kerber (GER)	Quarterfinals lost tae Victoria Azarenka (BLR) [1]
8	8	Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)	Quarterfinals lost tae Serena Williams (USA) [4]
9	9	Sara Errani (ITA)	First Roond lost tae Venus Williams (USA)
10	11	Li Na (CHN)	First Roond lost tae Daniela Hantuchová (SVK)
11	12	Ana Ivanović (SRB)	Third Roond lost tae Kim Clijsters (BEL)
12	13	Dominika Cibulková (SVK)	First Roond lost tae Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)
13	14	Vera Zvonareva (RUS)	Third Roond lost tae Serena Williams (USA) [4]
14	15	Maria Kirilenko (RUS)	Semifinal lost tae Maria Sharapova (RUS) [3] Bronze medal lost tae Victoria Azarenka (BLR) [1]
15	17	Sabine Lisicki (GER)	Third Roond lost tae Maria Sharapova (RUS) [3]
16	19	Nadia Petrova (RUS)	Third Roond lost tae Victoria Azarenka (BLR) [1]