2012 China Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
2012 China Open
Final
Champion	Victoria Azarenka
Runner-up	Maria Sharapova
Score	6–3, 6–1
Details
Seeds	16
Events

Victoria Azarenka defeated Maria Sharapova in the final, 6–3, 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2012 China Open.

Agnieszka Radwańska was the defending champion, but lost to Li Na in the quarterfinals.

Seeds

Victoria Azarenka (champion)
Maria Sharapova (final)
Agnieszka Radwańska (quarterfinals)
Petra Kvitová (second round)
Angelique Kerber (quarterfinals, retired due to right foot injury)
Sara Errani (first round, retired due to left thigh injury)
Li Na (semifinals)
Samantha Stosur (second round)
Marion Bartoli (semifinals)
Caroline Wozniacki (third round)
Ana Ivanovic (third round)
Dominika Cibulková (first round, retired due to left hip injury)
Maria Kirilenko (first round)
Kaia Kanepi (withdrew because of a right heel injury)
Roberta Vinci (first round)
Lucie Šafářová (first round)

The four Tokyo semifinalists received a bye into the second round. They are as follows:

Draw

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

1	Victoria Azarenka	6	6

	Romina Oprandi	2	0
					1	Victoria Azarenka	6	6

					9	Marion Bartoli	4	2
	Carla Suárez Navarro	0	6	4

9	Marion Bartoli	6	2	6
									1	Victoria Azarenka	6	6

									2	Maria Sharapova	3	1
7	Li Na	6	6

3	Agnieszka Radwańska	4	2
					7	Li Na	4	0

					2	Maria Sharapova	6	6
5	Angelique Kerber	0	0^r

2	Maria Sharapova	6	3

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

1	V Azarenka	6	6
	A Cornet	1	0		1	V Azarenka	6	6
	S Lisicki	6	5	6		S Lisicki	4	2
	A Medina Garrigues	3	7	2						1	V Azarenka	6	6
	M Barthel	1	1							Q	E Vesnina	3	3
Q	E Vesnina	6	6		Q	E Vesnina	7⁷	6
	T Paszek	7	0	7⁸		T Paszek	6⁵	2
LL	O Govortsova	5	6	6⁶										1	V Azarenka	6	6
11	A Ivanovic	6	6												R Oprandi	2	0
	C McHale	3	2		11	A Ivanovic	4	7	6
	V Lepchenko	7	6			V Lepchenko	6	5	1
	T Pironkova	5	4							11	A Ivanovic	4	3
	R Oprandi	7	6								R Oprandi	6	6
	U Radwańska	5	2			R Oprandi	7	6
Q	C Giorgi	5			Q	C Giorgi	5	2
6	S Errani	4^r

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

4	P Kvitová	6	6
	D Hantuchová	2	3		4	P Kvitová	3	2
	C Suárez Navarro	6	6			C Suárez Navarro	6	6
PR	T Bacsinszky	4	1								C Suárez Navarro	7	6
	J Janković	6	6								J Janković	5	4
	A Petkovic	2	4			J Janković	6	6
	M Niculescu	6	6			M Niculescu	2	1
16	L Šafářová	2	0												C Suárez Navarro	0	6	4
9	M Bartoli	6	6											9	M Bartoli	6	2	6
Q	B Jovanovski	3	3		9	M Bartoli	6	6
Q	A Morita	6	6		Q	A Morita	4	3
WC	M-T Torró-Flor	3	0							9	M Bartoli	6	7⁷
	V King	7¹¹	5	2							J Görges	3	6²
	J Görges	6⁹	7	6		J Görges	7⁷	4	7
					8	S Stosur	6²	6	5

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

7	N Li	6	6
	F Schiavone	2	3		7	N Li	6	6
						N Petrova	1	2
										7	N Li	4	6	7⁷
	Y Wickmayer	5	5								S Peng	6	2	6³
	S Peng	7	7			S Peng	5	7	6
	Y Shvedova	6	4			Y Shvedova	7	5	2
12	D Cibulková	4	1^r												7	N Li	6	6
15	R Vinci	7⁷	6⁴	2											3	A Radwańska	4	2
Q	L Domínguez Lino	6⁴	7⁷	6	Q	L Domínguez Lino	7	6
WC	K Date-Krumm	4	4		Q	L Robson	5	3
Q	L Robson	6	6							Q	L Domínguez Lino	6	1	4
WC	S Zhang	6	6							3	A Radwańska	2	6	6
WC	Q Wang	3	2		WC	S Zhang	2	3
					3	A Radwańska	6	6

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					5	A Kerber	6	6
Q	L Arruabarrena Vecino	6	6		Q	L Arruabarrena Vecino	2	0
	J Zheng	2	4							5	A Kerber	6	2	6
	S-w Hsieh	6	6							10	C Wozniacki	1	6	4
WC	S Zheng	2	3			S-w Hsieh	7⁷	6³	0
	C Scheepers	5	7⁸	2	10	C Wozniacki	6⁵	7⁷	6
10	C Wozniacki	7	6⁶	6											5	A Kerber	0	0^r
13	M Kirilenko	3	3												2	M Sharapova	6	3
	E Makarova	6	6			E Makarova	6⁵	6	6³
Q	P Hercog	5	6	3	Q	P Hercog	7⁷	3	7⁷
	A Pavlyuchenkova	7	4	0^r						Q	P Hercog	0	2
	S Arvidsson	2	3							2	M Sharapova	6	6
	S Cîrstea	6	6			S Cîrstea	2	2
	S Halep	5	5		2	M Sharapova	6	6
2	M Sharapova	7	7

Qualifying

Seeds

Anna Tatishvili (first round)
Olga Govortsova (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Bojana Jovanovski (qualified)
Laura Robson (qualified)
Tímea Babos (first round)
Mandy Minella (first round)
Lourdes Domínguez Lino (qualified)
Petra Martić (first round)
Elena Vesnina (qualified)
Pauline Parmentier (qualifying competition)
Casey Dellacqua (first round)
Heather Watson (qualifying competition)
Ayumi Morita (qualified)
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (withdrew, still competing in Tokyo)
Johanna Larsson (qualifying competition)
Galina Voskoboeva (qualifying competition)
Mathilde Johansson (first round)

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Olga Govortsova

Draw

First qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

1	Anna Tatishvili	4	3

	Lara Arruabarrena Vecino	6	6
					Lara Arruabarrena Vecino	7	7

				Alt	Vera Dushevina	5	5
Alt	Vera Dushevina	6	6

11	Casey Dellacqua	3	3

Second qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

2	Olga Govortsova	6	6

	Sesil Karatantcheva	4	3
					2	Olga Govortsova	2	4

					9	Elena Vesnina	6	6
WC	Eugenie Bouchard	3	6	1

9	Elena Vesnina	6	2	6

Third qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

3	Bojana Jovanovski	6	6

	Sílvia Soler Espinosa	1	0
				3	Bojana Jovanovski	3	6	6

				16	Galina Voskoboeva	6	4	3
WC	Tang Hao Chen	2	3

16	Galina Voskoboeva	6	6

Fourth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

4	Laura Robson	6	6

	Garbiñe Muguruza	3	3
				4	Laura Robson	4	6	6

				15	Johanna Larsson	6	2	1
	Julia Cohen	5	1

15	Johanna Larsson	7	6

Fifth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

5	Tímea Babos	2	5

	Gréta Arn	6	7
					Gréta Arn	3	6	0

					Polona Hercog	6	3	6
	Polona Hercog	6	6

17	Mathilde Johansson	3	4

Sixth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

6	Mandy Minella	2	4

	Camila Giorgi	6	6
					Camila Giorgi	5	6	6

				12	Heather Watson	7	2	3
WC	Tian Ran	5	2

12	Heather Watson	7	6

Seventh qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

7	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	3	6	6

WC	Wang Yafan	6	3	4
					7	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	6	6

					10	Pauline Parmentier	2	4
	María José Martínez Sánchez	3	6³

10	Pauline Parmentier	6	7⁷

Eighth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

8	Petra Martić	2	2

	Olga Puchkova	6	6
					Olga Puchkova	3	3

				13	Ayumi Morita	6	6
	Eleni Daniilidou	2	2

13	Ayumi Morita	6	6

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2012 China Open – Women's singles

Contents

Seeds

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Qualifying

Seeds

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Draw

First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

Fifth qualifier

Sixth qualifier

Seventh qualifier

Eighth qualifier

References

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