2012 Serena Williams tennis season
Serena Williams at the Wimbledon Championships
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| Name | Serena Jameka Williams |
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| Country |
 United States
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| Calendar prize money | $7,045,975 |
| Season record | 58–4 (93.55%) |
| Calendar titles | 7 |
| Year-end ranking | No. 3 |
| Ranking change from previous year |
 9 |
| Australian Open | 4R |
| French Open | 1R |
| Wimbledon | W |
| US Open | W |
| Tour Finals | W |
| Olympic Games |
 Gold Medal
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| Season record | 13–1 (92.86%) |
| Calendar titles | 2 |
| Year-end ranking | No. 35 |
| Ranking change from previous year |
NR |
| Wimbledon | W |
| US Open | 3R |
| Olympic Games |
Gold Medal
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| Season record | 0–1 (0.0%) |
| French Open | 1R |
| Fed Cup | WG Play-offs (Adv. to 2013 WG) |
| Last updated on: 29 October 2012. | |
The 2012 Serena Williams tennis season officially began on 2 January with the start of the 2012 WTA Tour. Williams won the most WTA singles titles of the season with seven titles which included two grand slam titles at Wimbledon and the US Open. She also won the WTA Championships and her first singles Olympics gold. She suffered her first first round loss in a slam at the French Open losing to Virginie Razzano.
In doubles, Williams, partnering with sister Venus, dominated the grass court season by triumphing at Wimbledon and winning women's doubles gold medal at the Summer Olympics. Serena Williams was voted WTA Player of the Year for 2012, the fourth time she has won this award. Based on her brilliant show in 2012, Serena was named as International Tennis Federation world champion.
Williams began her 2012 season at the Brisbane International where she defeated Chanelle Scheepers in the first round in straight sets. At the second round, she faced Bojana Jovanovski and served for the match when she twisted her left ankle. She eventually won the match breaking the Serbians serve in the tenth game. However, the next day, she withdrew in her quarterfinals match against Daniela Hantuchová due to the same injury.
Williams then played the Australian Open where she was on a 14-match winning streak after winning the event in 2009 and 2010 but missing the 2011 edition. She was able to cruise pass the first three rounds. She beat Austrian Tamira Paszek in straight sets hitting 34 winners but also made 26 unforced error, in a first round match that started 30 minutes to 12 midnight. At the second round, she defeated Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová winning the first set at love and breaking serve once and by doing so, she earned her 500th tour win. She then cruise pass Hungarian Gréta Arn with a loss of only 2 games to make through the fourth round. The match ended with 2 double faults and 59 minutes. At the fourth round, she suffered a surprising loss to Russian Ekaterina Makarova at the fourth match point of the Russian. At the time, Makarova was the lowest ranked player left in the draw. Williams hit 37 unforced errors and 7 double faults in 2 sets. The loss ended her 17 match winning streak at the Open.
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