The first tennis grand slam event of 2012, the Australian Open, got under way on Monday 16th January 2012 at Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia. A number of Ukrainian tennis players entered into the competition.
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| Name | Event(s) |
| Yuliya Beygelzimer | Women’s Qualifying Singles |
| Kateryna Bondarenko | Women’s Singles Women’s Doubles |
| Mariya Koryttseva | Women’s Doubles Women’s Qualifying Singles |
| Olga Savchuk | Women’s Doubles Women’s Qualifying Singles |
| Lesia Tsurenko | Women’s Singles |
Results of the first 2 rounds of Singles competitions
Men’s Singles – 1st Round
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| Alexandr Dolgopolov | UKR | 13 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
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| Greg Jones | AUS | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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| Sergiy Stakhovsky | UKR | 6 | 69 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
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| Illya Marchenko | UKR | 3 | 711 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
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Men’s Singles – 2nd Round
| Player | Country | Seed |
Set scores |
Result |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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| Alexandr Dolgopolov | UKR | 13 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
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| Tobias Kamke | GER | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
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| Sergiy Stakhovsky | UKR | 6 | 1 | 63 | 3 |
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| Kevin Anderson | RSA | 30 | 3 | 6 | 77 | 6 |
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Women’s Singles – 1st Round
| Player | Country | Seed |
Set scores |
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| Arantxa Rus | NED | 64 | 1 |
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| Lesia Tsurenko | UKR | 77 | 6 |
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| Kateryna Bondarenko | UKR | 63 | 3 |
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| Vania King | USA | 77 | 6 |
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Women’s Singles – 2nd Round
| Player | Country | Seed |
Set scores |
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| Lesia Tsurenko | UKR | 6 | 4 | 3 |
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| Daniela Hantuchova | SVK | 20 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
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After four days and two completed rounds of the Australian Open 2012 only one Ukrainian player, 13th seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov, remains in the singles competition. He faces a stiff test in the next round where he faces Australian Bernard Tomic who will be strongly supported by the local partisan crowd on Friday evening in Rod Laver Arena.
The official site for the Australian Open is http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/index.html
