2012 Open GDF Suez
2012 Open GDF Suez | |
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Date | 4–12 February |
Edition | 20th |
Category | Premier |
Draw | 30S / 16D |
Surface | Hard / indoor |
Location | Paris, France |
Venue | Stade Pierre de Coubertin |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Doubles | |
The 2012 Open GDF Suez was a women's professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 20th edition of the Open GDF Suez (formerly known as the Open Gaz de France) and was a Premier tournament on the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place at Stade Pierre de Coubertin in Paris, France from 4 February through 12 February 2012.
Singles main-draw entrants[edit]
Seeds[edit]
Country | Player | Ranking1 | Seeding |
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Maria Sharapova | 3 | 1 | |
Marion Bartoli | 7 | 2 | |
Li Na | 9 | 3 | |
Jelena Janković | 13 | 4 | |
Sabine Lisicki | 14 | 5 | |
Julia Görges | 21 | 6 | |
Roberta Vinci | 23 | 7 | |
Anabel Medina Garrigues | 24 | 8 | |
Angelique Kerber | 27 | 9 |
- 1 Rankings as of January 30, 2012
Other entrants[edit]
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following players received entry as lucky losers into the singles main draw:
Withdrawals[edit]
Jelena Janković (left thigh injury)
Kaia Kanepi (right shoulder injury)
Sabine Lisicki (viral illness)
Retirements[edit]
Jill Craybas (right leg injury)
Li Na (lower back injury)
Doubles main-draw entrants[edit]
Seeds[edit]
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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Liezel Huber | Lisa Raymond | 3 | 1 | ||
Natalie Grandin | Vladimíra Uhlířová | 59 | 2 | ||
Jarmila Gajdošová | Bethanie Mattek-Sands | 63 | 3 | ||
Monica Niculescu | Alicja Rosolska | 81 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings are as of January 30, 2012
Other entrants[edit]
The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:
Retirements[edit]
Monica Niculescu (abdominal injury)
Finals[edit]
Singles[edit]
Angelique Kerber defeated
Marion Bartoli, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–3
- It was Kerber's 1st career title. She became the first German winner at Paris since Steffi Graf in 1995.
Doubles[edit]
Liezel Huber /
Lisa Raymond defeated
Anna-Lena Grönefeld /
Petra Martić, 7–6(7–3), 6–1