2012 HP Open
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| 2012 HP Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | 8–14 October |
| Edition | 4th |
| Category | WTA International |
| Draw | 32S / 16D |
| Prize money | $220,000 |
| Surface | Hard / outdoor |
| Location | Osaka, Japan |
| Venue | Utsubo Tennis Center |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
| United Kingdom Heather Watson | |
| Doubles | |
| United States Raquel Kops-Jones / United States Abigail Spears | |
The 2012 HP Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts sponsored by Hewlett-Packard. It was the fourth edition of the HP Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. It was held at the Utsubo Tennis Center in Osaka, Japan, from October 8 through October 14, 2012. Unseeded Heather Watson won the singles title.
Finals
[edit | edit source]Singles
[edit | edit source]- United Kingdom Heather Watson defeated Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen 7–5, 5–7, 7–6(7–4)
Doubles
[edit | edit source]- United States Raquel Kops-Jones / United States Abigail Spears defeated Japan Kimiko Date-Krumm / United Kingdom Heather Watson 6–1, 6–4
Singles main-draw entrants
[edit | edit source]Seeds
[edit | edit source]| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS | Samantha Stosur | 9 | 1 |
| File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg CHN | Zheng Jie | 22 | 2 |
| File:Flag of the United States.svg USA | Christina McHale | 30 | 3 |
| File:Flag of Italy.svg ITA | Francesca Schiavone | 33 | 4 |
| File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg KAZ | Yaroslava Shvedova | 36 | 5 |
 ESP
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Anabel Medina Garrigues | 39 | 6 |
 RSA
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Chanelle Scheepers | 53 | 7 |
| File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR | Laura Robson | 60 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of October 1, 2012
Other entrants
[edit | edit source]The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
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Withdrawals
[edit | edit source]- Hungary Tímea Babos
Petra Cetkovská- Hungary Melinda Czink
- New Zealand Marina Erakovic
- Belarus Olga Govortsova
- Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek
- Luxembourg Mandy Minella
- Israel Shahar Pe'er
- United States Sloane Stephens
- United States CoCo Vandeweghe
- Kazakhstan Galina Voskoboeva
- Canada Aleksandra Wozniak
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Retirements
[edit | edit source]- Italy Francesca Schiavone (right wrist injury)
Doubles main-draw entrants
[edit | edit source]Seeds
[edit | edit source]| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of the United States.svg USA | Raquel Kops-Jones | File:Flag of the United States.svg USA | Abigail Spears | 33 | 1 |
| ESP
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Anabel Medina Garrigues | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg CHN | Zheng Jie | 49 | 2 |
| File:Flag of Croatia.svg CRO | Darija Jurak | File:Flag of Hungary.svg HUN | Katalin Marosi | 98 | 3 |
| File:Flag of Japan.svg JPN | Kimiko Date-Krumm | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR | Heather Watson | 149 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings are as of October 1, 2012
Other entrants
[edit | edit source]The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:
Retirements
[edit | edit source]- Greece Eleni Daniilidou (right hamstring strain)
