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2012 ASB Classic

The 2012 ASB Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 27th edition of the ASB Classic, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, from 2 January until 8 January 2012. Unseeded Zheng Jie won the singles title.

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2012 ASB Classic – Singles

CHN Zheng Jie defeated ITA Flavia Pennetta, 2–6, 6–3, 2–0 retired

  • It was Zheng's 1st title of the year and 4th of her career.

Doubles

Main article: 2012 ASB Classic – Doubles

CZE Andrea Hlaváčková / CZE Lucie Hradecká defeated GER Julia Görges / ITA Flavia Pennetta 6–7(2–7), 6–2, [10–7]

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRankSeed
GERSabine Lisicki151
CHNPeng Shuai172
RUSSvetlana Kuznetsova193
ITAFlavia Pennetta204
GERJulia Görges215
ITARoberta Vinci236
BELYanina Wickmayer267
ROUMonica Niculescu308
  • 1 Rankings as of 26 December 2011

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

  • NZL Sacha Jones
  • FRA Virginie Razzano
  • SVK Magdaléna Rybáriková

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • USA Jamie Hampton
  • FRA Aravane Rezaï
  • USA Alison Riske
  • CZE Karolína Plíšková

Withdrawals

  • USA Venus Williams (Sjögren's syndrome disease)

Retirements

  • GER Sabine Lisicki (left abdominal muscle injury)
  • ITA Flavia Pennetta (back injury)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
CZEKvěta PeschkeSLOKatarina Srebotnik41
INDSania MirzaRUSElena Vesnina212
CZEAndrea HlaváčkováCZELucie Hradecká293
GERJulia GörgesITAFlavia Pennetta484
  • 1 Rankings are as of 26 December 2011

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

  • NZL Marina Erakovic / CAN Rebecca Marino
  • NZL Emily Fanning / RUS Regina Kulikova

Withdrawals

  • GER Sabine Lisicki (left abdominal muscle injury)

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2012 ASB Classic – Singles

CHN Zheng Jie defeated ITA Flavia Pennetta, 2–6, 6–3, 2–0 retired

  • It was Zheng's 1st title of the year and 4th of her career.

Doubles

Main article: 2012 ASB Classic – Doubles

CZE Andrea Hlaváčková / CZE Lucie Hradecká defeated GER Julia Görges / ITA Flavia Pennetta 6–7(2–7), 6–2, [10–7]

References

References

  1. "2012 ASB Classic - Sport News".
  2. "2012 ASB Classic - Sport News".
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