2012 Kremlin Cup Explained

2012 Kremlin Cup should not be confused with 2012 Kazan Kremlin Cup.

The 2012 Kremlin Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 23rd edition of the Kremlin Cup for the men (17th edition for the women) and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2012 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2012 WTA Tour. It was held at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, from 13 October through 21 October 2012. Andreas Seppi and Caroline Wozniacki won the singles title.

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Alexandr Dolgopolov	20	1
	Andreas Seppi	26	2
	Viktor Troicki	32	3
	Thomaz Bellucci	39	4
	Nikolay Davydenko	42	5
	Denis Istomin	44	6
	Carlos Berlocq	49	7
	Tatsuma Ito	65	8

• Seeds are based on the rankings of October 8, 2012^[1]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Evgeny Donskoy
• Teymuraz Gabashvili
• Andrey Kuznetsov

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Evgeny Korolev
• Konstantin Kravchuk
• Édouard Roger-Vasselin
• Michael Berrer

Withdrawals

• Tobias Kamke
  • Mikhail Kukushkin Lu Yen-hsun

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Czech Republic	František Čermák	Slovakia	Michal Mertiňák	82	1
	Mikhail Elgin		Denis Istomin	117	2
Argentina	Carlos Berlocq		Alex Bogomolov Jr.	156	3
Australia	Rameez Junaid		Scott Lipsky	158	4

• Rankings are as of October 8, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Evgeny Donskoy / Igor Kunitsyn
• Teymuraz Gabashvili / Andrey Kuznetsov

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Samantha Stosur	9	1
France	Marion Bartoli	10	2
	Caroline Wozniacki	11	3
Serbia	Ana Ivanovic	12	4
	Dominika Cibulková	13	5
	Nadia Petrova	14	6
	Maria Kirilenko	16	7
	Lucie Šafářová	18	8

• Seeds are based on the rankings of October 8, 2012^[2]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Margarita Gasparyan
• Elena Vesnina
• Caroline Wozniacki

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Vesna Dolonc
• Anastasia Rodionova
• Valeria Solovieva
• Elina Svitolina

Withdrawals

• Marina Erakovic
• Sara Errani (left thigh injury)
• Kaia Kanepi
• Aleksandra Wozniak

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Russian Federation	Ekaterina Makarova	Russian Federation	Elena Vesnina	18	1
Russian Federation	Maria Kirilenko		Nadia Petrova	18	2
Spain	Nuria Llagostera Vives		Sania Mirza	22	3
Kazakhstan	Yaroslava Shvedova		Katarina Srebotnik	31	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of October 8, 2012

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:

• Anastasia Frolova / Margarita Gasparyan

Finals

Men's singles

See main article: 2012 Kremlin Cup – Men's singles.

• Andreas Seppi defeated Thomaz Bellucci, 3–6, 7–6^(7–3), 6–3

Women's singles

See main article: 2012 Kremlin Cup – Women's singles.

• Caroline Wozniacki defeated Samantha Stosur, 6–2, 4–6, 7–5

Men's doubles

See main article: 2012 Kremlin Cup – Men's doubles.

• František Čermák / Michal Mertiňák defeated Simone Bolelli / Daniele Bracciali, 7–5, 6–3

Women's doubles

See main article: 2012 Kremlin Cup – Women's doubles.

• Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina defeated Maria Kirilenko / Nadia Petrova, 6–3, 1–6, [10–8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2012 Men's Acceptance List . kremlincup.ru . 10 September 2012 . 20 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131220082904/http://images.kremlincup.ru/players/players_list_2012_m_en.pdf . dead .
2. Web site: 2012 Women's Acceptance List . kremlincup.ru . 10 September 2012 . 21 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121021021522/http://images.kremlincup.ru/players/players_list_2012_w_en.pdf . dead .