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2012 HP Open

Women's tennis tournament

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

Singles

Main article: 2012 HP Open – Singles

GBR Heather Watson defeated TPE Chang Kai-chen 7–5, 5–7, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles

Main article: 2012 HP Open – Doubles

USA Raquel Kops-Jones / USA Abigail Spears defeated JPN Kimiko Date-Krumm / GBR Heather Watson 6–1, 6–4

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
AUS	Samantha Stosur	9	1
CHN	Zheng Jie	22	2
USA	Christina McHale	30	3
ITA	Francesca Schiavone	33	4
KAZ	Yaroslava Shvedova	36	5
ESP	Anabel Medina Garrigues	39	6
RSA	Chanelle Scheepers	53	7
GBR	Laura Robson	60	8

Rankings are as of October 1, 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

JPN Kurumi Nara
ITA Francesca Schiavone
THA Tamarine Tanasugarn

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

THA Nudnida Luangnam
RUS Olga Puchkova
THA Luksika Kumkhum
CHN Zhou Yimiao

Withdrawals

HUN Tímea Babos
CZE Petra Cetkovská
HUN Melinda Czink
NZL Marina Erakovic
BLR Olga Govortsova
NED Michaëlla Krajicek
LUX Mandy Minella
ISR Shahar Pe'er
USA Sloane Stephens
USA CoCo Vandeweghe
KAZ Galina Voskoboeva
CAN Aleksandra Wozniak

Retirements

ITA Francesca Schiavone (right wrist injury)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
USA	Raquel Kops-Jones	USA	Abigail Spears	33	1
ESP	Anabel Medina Garrigues	CHN	Zheng Jie	49	2
CRO	Darija Jurak	HUN	Katalin Marosi	98	3
JPN	Kimiko Date-Krumm	GBR	Heather Watson	149	4

1 Rankings are as of October 1, 2012

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:

JPN Kurumi Nara / JPN Erika Sema

Retirements

GRE Eleni Daniilidou (right hamstring strain)

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