Defending champions Esther Vergeer and Sharon Walraven defeated Aniek van Koot and Marjolein Buis in the final, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 to win the women's doubles wheelchair tennis title at the 2012 Australian Open.[1][2]
Wheelchair women's doubles | |
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2012 Australian Open | |
Champion | Esther Vergeer Sharon Walraven |
Runner-up | Aniek van Koot Marjolein Buis |
Score | 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
The 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair women's doubles[3][4] is a tennis tournament featuring 8 paraplegic women tennis players, which is part of the NEC Tour. The tournament takes place at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 25 January to 28 January 2012, it is the 10th edition of the Australian Open women's wheelchair event and the first Grand Slam event of 2012. The tournament is played on Plexicushion Prestige AO hard courts, which is rated a medium-fast pace by the ITF. The competition is organised by the International Tennis Federation and Tennis Australia.
Seeds
edit- Esther Vergeer / Sharon Walraven (champions)
- Aniek van Koot / Marjolein Buis (final)
Draw
editKey
edit- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Finals
editSemifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
1 | Esther Vergeer Sharon Walraven | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
Sabine Ellerbrock Yui Kamiji | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
1 | Esther Vergeer Sharon Walraven | 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
2 | Aniek van Koot Marjolein Buis | 6 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
Annick Sevenans Daniela Di Toro | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
2 | Aniek van Koot Marjolein Buis | 6 | 6 |
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ Australian Open Wheelchair results Archived 2012-01-26 at the Wayback Machine beta.ITFtennis.com
- ^ Results Women Wheelchair Doubles www.australianopen.com
- ^ "itftennis.com Australien open Wheelchair championships preview". Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
- ^ Australian open