Qualification for tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, was determined not by any form of qualifying tournament, but by the rankings maintained by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
Qualifying criteria The main qualifying criteria were the ATP and WTA ranking lists as of 11 June 2012. The players entering were formally submitted by the International Tennis Federation. The ATP and WTA rankings were based on performances from the previous 52 weeks, and there were several tournaments in the two-month period between the time of the rankings being frozen for entry and the beginning of the tennis events at the Olympics. Players must have also made themselves available for two Fed/Davis Cup events from 2009–2012, one of which must have taken place in 2011–2012, and had a good standing with their National Olympic Committee.
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to six men and six women athletes, with a maximum of four entries in the individual events, and two pairs in the doubles events. Any player in the world's top 56 was eligible, and NOCs had the option to enter players of a lower rank. Athletes were able to compete in both singles and doubles events. Doubles players within the top 10 doubles rankings on 11 June were eligible to bring any player provided that player had any doubles or singles ranking, and as long as the number of players from the same country did not surpass the total of six.
Qualifiers aPlayer did not participate as a result of injury or the choice not to competebPlayer had not met the minimal Fed/Davis Cup representation levelcPlayer is ineligible due to too many players from a certain country The Entry List was released on 26 June 2012, based on the rankings as at 11 June.
Men's singles
No.RankPlayerNOCWorld Ranking11Novak Djokovica2Rafael Nadal23Roger Federer34Andy Murray45Jo-Wilfried Tsonga56David Ferrer67Tomáš Berdych78Janko Tipsarević89Juan Martín del Potro910John Isner1011Nicolás Almagroa12Mardy Fish1113Gilles Simon1214Juan Mónacoa15Gaël Monfils1316Fernando Verdasco1417Feliciano López1518Kei Nishikori1619Richard Gasquetb20Alexandr Dolgopolov1721Milos Raonicc22Marcel Granollers1823Stanislas Wawrinka1924Andreas Seppi2025Marin Čilić2126Radek Štěpánek2227Bernard Tomic2328Julien Benneteaua29Florian Mayerb30Kevin Anderson2431Mikhail Youzhny2532Andy Roddick2633Viktor Troickia34Philipp Kohlschreiber2735Jürgen Melzerc36Pablo Andújar2837Carlos Berlocqc38Juan Carlos Ferrero2939David Nalbandian3040Robin Haase3141Denis Istomin3242Marcos Baghdatisc43Albert Ramos Viñolas3344Santiago Giraldo3445Jarkko Nieminen3546Alex Bogomolov Jr.3647Nikolay Davydenko3748Donald Young3849Mikhail Kukushkin3950Łukasz Kubotc51Michaël Llodra4052Ryan Harrison4153Gilles Müller4254Go Soedac55Jérémy Chardya56Ivo Karlović4357Yen-Hsun Lu4458Lukáš Lackoc59Benoît Paire4560Martin Kližan4661Olivier Rochusc62Leonardo Mayer4763Fabio Fognini4864David Goffinc65Nicolas Mahut4966Dmitry Tursunovc67Édouard Roger-Vasselin5068Tatsuma Ito5169Ivan Dodig5270Alejandro Falla5371Steve Darcis5472Grigor Dimitrov ITF places5573Malek Jaziri5676Thomaz Bellucci5779Adrian Ungur5880Blaž Kavčič5985PR(240)Somdev Devvarman6086Sergiy Stakhovsky61103Vasek Pospisil62205Lleyton Hewitt Alternates63144Philipp Petzschner64461Vishnu Vardhan
Women's singles
No.RankPlayerNOC11Maria Sharapova22Victoria Azarenka33Agnieszka Radwańska44Petra Kvitová55Samantha Stosur66Serena Williams77Caroline Wozniackib8Marion Bartoli89Angelique Kerber910Sara Errani1011Li Na1112Dominika Cibulková1213Vera Zvonareva1314Ana Ivanovic1415Sabine Lisickia16Kaia Kanepi1517Flavia Pennettaa18Andrea Petkovic1619Maria Kirilenko1720Roberta Vinci1821Lucie Šafářová1922Jelena Janković2023Nadia Petrova2124Daniela Hantuchovác24PR(556)Alisa Kleybanova2225Julia Görges2326Petra Cetkovská2427Francesca Schiavone2528Anabel Medina Garrigues2629Christina McHalea30Monica Niculescu2731Peng Shuai2832Zheng Jiec33Svetlana Kuznetsovac34Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova2935Klára Zakopalová3036Mona Barthela36PR(322)Alona Bondarenko3137Yanina Wickmayer3238Carla Suárez Navarro3339Tsvetana Pironkova3440Simona Halepb41Ksenia Pervaka42Petra Martićb43Chanelle Scheepers3544Polona Hercog3644PR(NR)Ágnes Szávay3745María José Martínez Sánchez3846Marina Erakovic3947Venus Williamsa47PR(431)Timea Bacsinszky4048Sofia Arvidsson4149Shahar Pe'er4250Kim Clijsters4351Sorana Cîrstea4452Varvara Lepchenkoc53Iveta Benešovác54Ekaterina Makarova4555Galina Voskoboeva4656Aleksandra Wozniakc57Sloane Stephens4758Tamira Paszekc59Vania Kingc59PR(295)Anna Chakvetadzec60Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová4861Irina-Camelia Begu4962Yaroslava Shvedova5063Urszula Radwańska5164Silvia Soler-Espinosa5265Hsieh Su-wei5366Kateryna Bondarenkoc67Lucie Hradecká5468Tímea Babosb69Romina Oprandi†5570Anna Tatishvili ITF places5673Alizé Cornet5776Anne Keothavong5891Elena Baltacha59117Mariana Duque Mariño60111Heather Watson61336Ons Jabeur Tripartite Commission Invitation62176Verónica Cepede Royg*63236Stephanie Vogt* Alternates64114Laura Robson † Romina Oprandi has previously represented Italy, making her ineligible for Switzerland.
PR Protected/Special Ranking Rankings as at 11 June 2012 * by Tripartite Commission Invitation, their rankings as of 11 June 2012
Men's doubles No.CombinedRankingsRankPlayer ARankPlayer BNOC World Ranking 1 Alexander Bury1 Max Mirnyi 21 Daniel Nestor Vasek Pospisil^33 Bob Bryan3 Mike Bryan45 Michaël Llodra Jo-Wilfried Tsonga^5 Janko Tipsarević^6 Nenad Zimonjić67 Leander Paes Vishnu Vardhan78 Mariusz Fyrstenberg9 Marcin Matkowski8 Johan Brunström10 Robert Lindstedt Other entrants 9 20 7' Tomáš Berdych^ 13 Radek Štěpánek^ 10 23 6' David Ferrer^ 17' Feliciano López^ 11 26 3' Roger Federer^ 23' Stanislas Wawrinka^ 12 27 15 Mahesh Bhupathi 12 Rohan Bopanna 13 34 1' Novak Djokovic^ 33' Victor Troicki^ 14 35 19 Marcel Granollers 16 Marc López 15 39 4' Andy Murray^ 35 Jamie Murray 16 37 17 Jürgen Melzer^ 20 Alexander Peya 17 40 22 Christopher Kas 18 Philipp Petzschner^ 18 42 10' John Isner^ 32' Andy Roddick^ 19 45 21 Daniele Bracciali 24' Andreas Seppi^ 20 47 28' Julien Benneteau^ 19' Richard Gasquet^ 21 55 27 Marcelo Melo 29 Bruno Soares 22 61 30 Colin Fleming 31 Ross Hutchins 23 63 40' Robin Haase^ 23 Jean-Julien Rojer 24 69 25' Marin Čilić^ 44 Ivan Dodig^ ITF places 25 72 18' Kei Nishikori^ 54' Go Soeda^ 26 75 37 Jonathan Erlich 38 Andy Ram 27 78 47' Nikolay Davydenko^ 31' Mikhail Youzhny^ 28 78 34 Juan Sebastián Cabal 44' Santiago Giraldo^ 29 88 39' David Nalbandian^ 47 Eduardo Schwank 30 90 11 Horia Tecău 79' Adrian Ungur^ 31 118 60' Martin Kližan^ 58' Lukáš Lacko^ 32 121 76' Thomaz Bellucci^ 45 André Sá ' Players higher ranking is singles ^ Players have also qualified to the singles tournament
Women's doubles No.CombinedRankingsRankPlayer ARankPlayer BNOC World Ranking11 Liezel Huber1 Lisa Raymond23 Sara Errani^3 Roberta Vinci^35 Katarina Srebotnik Andreja Klepača5 Květa Peschke 47 Maria Kirilenko^ Nadia Petrova^58 Yaroslava Shvedova^ Galina Voskoboeva^a9 Vania King 610 Elena Vesnina Ekaterina Makarova Other entrants7 24 9' Angelique Kerber^ 15' Sabine Lisicki^8 30 17 Andrea Hlaváčková 13 Lucie Hradecká9 36 12' Dominika Cibulková^ 24' Daniela Hantuchová^10 42 15 Flavia Pennetta^ 27' Francesca Schiavone^11 44 16 Nuria Llagostera Vives 28 María José Martínez Sánchez^12 47 26' Petra Cetkovská^ 21' Lucie Šafářová^13 50 11' Li Na^ 39 Zhang Shuai14 52 31 Peng Shuai^ 21 Zheng Jie^15 53 6' Serena Williams^ 47' Venus Williams^16 53 28' Anabel Medina Garrigues^ 25 Arantxa Parra Santonja17 57 36 Jarmila Gajdošová 19 Anastasia Rodionova18 61 25' Julia Görges^ 36 Anna-Lena Grönefeld19 65 14 Gisela Dulko 51 Paola Suárez20 66 3' Agnieszka Radwańska^ 63' Urszula Radwańska^21 67 62 Casey Dellacqua 5' Samantha Stosur^a 69 40 Irina-Camelia Begu^ 29 Monica Niculescu^22 90 49 Klaudia Jans-Ignacik 41 Alicja Rosolska23 91 51' Sorana Cîrstea^ 40' Simona Halep^a 102 36'PRAlona Bondarenko^ 66' Kateryna Bondarenko^24 Bye Bye ITF places 25 Stéphanie Dubois Aleksandra Wozniak^26 Chuang Chia-jung Hsieh Su-wei^27 Alizé Cornet^ Kristina Mladenovic28 Margalita Chakhnashvili Anna Tatishvili^29 Laura Robson^ Heather Watson^30 Tímea Babos^ Ágnes Szávay^31 Rushmi Chakravarthi Sania Mirza 32 Anne Keothavong^ Elena Baltacha^ ' Players higher ranking is singles ^ Players have also qualified to the singles tournament
Mixed doubles The Entry List was released on 31 July 2012, based on the rankings as at 11 June. No.CombinedRankingsRankPlayer ARankPlayer BNOC Direct Entrants 1 3 2' Victoria Azarenka 1 Max Mirnyi 2 4 1 Lisa Raymond 3 Mike Bryan 3 4 1 Liezel Huber 3 Bob Bryan 4 12 3' Agnieszka Radwańska 9 Marcin Matkowski 5 19 12 Sania Mirza 7 Leander Paes 6 20 14' Ana Ivanovic 6 Nenad Zimonjić 7 23 14 Gisela Dulko 9' Juan Martín del Potro 8 24 3 Roberta Vinci 21 Daniele Bracciali 9 26 13 Lucie Hradecká 13 Radek Štěpánek 10 27 3 Sara Errani 24' Andreas Seppi 11 27 9' Angelique Kerber 18 Philipp Petzschner 12 37 15' Sabine Lisicki 22 Christopher Kas ITF places 13 41 10 Elena Vesnina 31' Mikhail Youzhny 14 58 48' Sofia Arvidsson 10 Robert Lindstedt 15 118 114' Laura Robson 4 Andy Murray 16 210 5 Samantha Stosur 205 Lleyton Hewitt
Summary Numbers represent the current conditions (27 July 2012) Nation Men Women Mixed Total Singles Doubles Singles Doubles 4 2(1) 0 2(2) 2 7 2 0 1 4(3) 2 6 1 2(1) 1 0 0 3 0 2(2) 1 0 2 3 3 0 2 0 0 5 1 4(3) 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 2(1) 1 2(1) 0 5 0 0 3 4(1) 0 4 1 0 1 2(1) 0 3 2 2(1) 1 0 0 4 2 2(0) 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2(0) 4 4(2) 2 8 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 4(1) 1 2(1) 0 7 0 0 1 2(1) 0 2 2 2(1) 4 4(1) 4 8 1 4(3) 4 4(0) 2 8 0 0 2 2(0) 0 2 2 4(4) 0 2(2) 2 7 0 2(2) 1 0 0 3 2 2(1) 4 4(0) 4 7 3 2(0) 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 2(0) 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2(1) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2(2) 2 4(2) 2 7 1 2(1) 3 2(0) 0 5 4 2(0) 4 4(2) 2 10 3 4(1) 2 0 2 6 2 2(0) 2 2(0) 0 4 1 0 1 2(2) 0 4 4 4(2) 4 4(2) 0 12 0 2(2) 1 0 2 3 2 2(0) 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 4(2) 4 4(2) 4 12 1 0 0 0 0 1 Total: 44 NOCs 64 64(32) 64 62(25) 32 185 Number in brackets = players participating only in doubles
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References
External links Tennis London 2012 official website Official Davis Cup website Official Fed Cup website London 2012 official website