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2012 ITF WORLD CHAMPIONS itf singles WORLD champions SRB itf doubles world champions USA ITA USA Novak Djokovic Bob and Mike Bryan Djokovic is World Champion for the second consecutive year. The 25-year-old successfully defended his Australian Open title and reached the finals at Roland Garros and the US Open. He won a total of six titles in 2012, including the ATP World Tour Finals, and finished the year ranked No. 1. The Bryans are World Champions for the ninth time in 10 years. The brothers completed a career Golden Slam by winning the gold medal at London 2012 and equalled the all-time record for Grand Slam doubles titles by capturing their 12th title at the US Open. Serena Williams Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci Williams has been named World Champion for the third time. In 2012 she secured Olympics singles gold and won Wimbledon and the US Open to take her total number of Grand Slam titles to 15. She captured the year-end WTA Championships and finished the season with a Tour-high seven titles. Errani and Vinci are the first all-Italian pairing to be named Women's Doubles World Champions. The duo won a Tour-high eight titles during the year, including their first Grand Slam titles at Roland Garros and the US Open. They ended the year as the No. 1-ranked team. itf junior world champions itf wheelchair world champions CAN FRA USA NED Filip Peliwo Stephane Houdet Peliwo is only the second Canadian to be named ITF World Champion in any category. The 18-year-old became the first player since Mark Kratzmann in 1984 to reach all four junior Grand Slam finals in a calendar year, winning Wimbledon and the US Open, and finished the year ranked No. 1. Houdet enjoyed a breakthrough year to be named Wheelchair World Champion for the first time aged 42. The Frenchman won his first Grand Slam singles title at Roland Garros to take over the No. 1 ranking. He was a singles silver medallist at the Paralympic Tennis Event and led France to victory in the BNP Paribas World Team Cup. Taylor Townsend Esther Vergeer Townsend is the first American girl since Gretchen Rush in 1982 to be named Junior World Champion. The 16-year-old won the Australian Open, and narrowly failed to achieve the Grand Slam in doubles, winning the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. She also led her country to victory in the Junior Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Finals. Vergeer extended her winning streak to 470 matches en route to the year-end No. 1 for the 13th consecutive year. The 31-year-old became tennis's most successful Paralympian, winning her fourth successive singles gold in London. She won 10 singles titles during the year, including the Australian Open and Roland Garros. ITF WORLD CHAMPIONS 5

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