A year is a long time in tennis. As a reminder of who won what during the 2012 Australian and NZ tennis season here is a recap.
Hyundai Hopman Cup, Perth, Australia – Mixed Teams
Czech Republic (Petra Kvitova and Tomas Berdych) defeated France (Marion Bartolli and Richard Gasquet)
Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia – Men and Women
Kaia Kanepi defeated Daniela Hantuchova 6-2, 6-1
Andy Murray defeated Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-1, 6-3
ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand – Women
Jie Zheng defeated Flavia Pennetta 2-6, 6-3, 2-0 Ret’d
Moorilla Hobart Interntaional, Hobart, Australia – Women
Mona Barthel defeated Yanina Wickmayer 6-1, 6-2
Heineken Open, Auckland, New Zealand – Men
David Ferrer defeated Olivier Rochus 6-3, 6-4
APIA International, Sydney, Australia – Men and Women
Victoria Azarenka defeated Li Na 6-2, 1-6, 6-3
Jarkko Nieminen defeated Julien Benneteau 6-2, 7-5
AAMI Classic, Melbourne, Australia – Men
Bernard Tomic defeated Mardy Fish 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
Australian Open, Melbourne
Women’s Singles
Victoria Azarenka defeated Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-0
Men’s Singles
Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (7-5), 7-5
Women’s Doubles
Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva defeated Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
Men’s Doubles
Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek defeated Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan 7-6 (7-1), 6-2
Mixed Doubles
Elena Vesnina and Leander Paes defeated Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Horia Tecau 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (10-3)
Until next time
Grand Slam Gal
Great recap, I’d forgotten about some of those winners.