2012 Mercury Insurance Open
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| 2012 Mercury Insurance Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | July 16–22 |
| Edition | 32nd |
| Category | WTA Premier |
| Draw | 28S / 16D |
| Surface | Hard / outdoor |
| Location | Carlsbad, California, United States |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
| Slovakia Dominika Cibulková | |
| Doubles | |
| United States Raquel Kops-Jones / United States Abigail Spears | |
The 2012 Mercury Insurance Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 3rd edition of the Southern California Open since the tournament left the tour in 2007. It was classified as one of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place in Carlsbad, California, United States from July 16 through July 22, 2012. Second-seeded Dominika Cibulková won the singles title.[1]
Finals
[edit | edit source]Singles
[edit | edit source]- Slovakia Dominika Cibulková defeated France Marion Bartoli, 6–1, 7–5
Doubles
[edit | edit source]- United States Raquel Kops-Jones / United States Abigail Spears defeated United States Vania King / Russia Nadia Petrova, 6–2, 6–4
Singles main-draw entrants
[edit | edit source]Seeds
[edit | edit source]| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of France.svg FRA | Marion Bartoli | 10 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Slovakia.svg SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 15 | 2 |
| File:Flag of Serbia.svg SRB | Jelena Janković | 20 | 3 |
| File:Flag of Russia.svg RUS | Nadia Petrova | 21 | 4 |
| File:Flag of the United States.svg USA | Christina McHale | 28 | 5 |
| File:Flag of Slovakia.svg SVK | Daniela Hantuchová | 33 | 6 |
| File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg BEL | Yanina Wickmayer | 37 | 7 |
| File:Flag of South Africa.svg RSA | Chanelle Scheepers | 42 | 8 |
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- 1 Rankings are as of July 9, 2012[2]
Other entrants
[edit | edit source]The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
- United States Lauren Davis
- United States Nicole Gibbs
- Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
- United States CoCo Vandeweghe
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
- United States Alexa Glatch
- Kazakhstan Sesil Karatantcheva
- Portugal Michelle Larcher de Brito
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The following players received entry as lucky loser:
Withdrawals
[edit | edit source]- Romania Sorana Cîrstea (right adductor strain)
- Germany Angelique Kerber (low back injury)
- Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova (right knee injury)
- Germany Sabine Lisicki (abdominal Injury)
- Romania Monica Niculescu (left hand injury)
- Austria Tamira Paszek (left thigh injury)
Retirements
[edit | edit source]- Belgium Yanina Wickmayer (low-back 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 | Liezel Huber | File:Flag of the United States.svg USA | Lisa Raymond | 2 | 1 |
| File:Flag of the United States.svg USA | Vania King | File:Flag of Russia.svg RUS | Nadia Petrova | 19 | 2 |
| File:Flag of the United States.svg USA | Raquel Kops-Jones | File:Flag of the United States.svg USA | Abigail Spears | 39 | 3 |
| File:Flag of South Africa.svg RSA | Natalie Grandin | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE | Vladimíra Uhlířová | 47 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings are as of July 9, 2012
Other entrants
[edit | edit source]The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:
