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2012 Mercury Insurance Open
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| date | July 16–22 |
| edition | 32nd |
| category | WTA Premier |
| draw | 28S / 16D |
| prize_money | $740,000 |
| surface | Hard / outdoor |
| location | Carlsbad, California, United States |
| champs | SVK Dominika Cibulková |
| champd | USA Raquel Kops-Jones / USA Abigail Spears |
| after_name | Southern California Open |
| main_name | Southern California Open |
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.
Finals
Singles
Main article: 2012 Mercury Insurance Open – Singles
SVK Dominika Cibulková defeated FRA Marion Bartoli, 6–1, 7–5
- It was Cibulková's only singles title of the year and the 2nd of her career.
Doubles
Main article: 2012 Mercury Insurance Open – Doubles
USA Raquel Kops-Jones / USA Abigail Spears defeated USA Vania King / RUS Nadia Petrova, 6–2, 6–4
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRA | Marion Bartoli | 10 | 1 |
| SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 15 | 2 |
| SRB | Jelena Janković | 20 | 3 |
| RUS | Nadia Petrova | 21 | 4 |
| USA | Christina McHale | 28 | 5 |
| SVK | Daniela Hantuchová | 33 | 6 |
| BEL | Yanina Wickmayer | 37 | 7 |
| RSA | Chanelle Scheepers | 42 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings are as of July 9, 2012
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
- USA Lauren Davis
- USA Nicole Gibbs
- SVK Daniela Hantuchová
- USA CoCo Vandeweghe
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- TPE Chan Yung-jan
- USA Alexa Glatch
- KAZ Sesil Karatantcheva
- POR Michelle Larcher de Brito
The following players received entry as lucky loser:
- USA Melanie Oudin
Withdrawals
- ROU Sorana Cîrstea (right adductor strain)
- GER Angelique Kerber (low back injury)
- RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova (right knee injury)
- GER Sabine Lisicki (abdominal Injury)
- ROU Monica Niculescu (left hand injury)
- AUT Tamira Paszek (left thigh injury)
Retirements
- BEL Yanina Wickmayer (low-back injury)
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | Liezel Huber | USA | Lisa Raymond | 2 | 1 |
| USA | Vania King | RUS | Nadia Petrova | 19 | 2 |
| USA | Raquel Kops-Jones | USA | Abigail Spears | 39 | 3 |
| RSA | Natalie Grandin | CZE | Vladimíra Uhlířová | 47 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings are as of July 9, 2012
Other entrants
The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:
- CRO Mirjana Lučić / USA CoCo Vandeweghe
References
References
- (July 22, 2012). "Cibulkova beats top-seeded Bartoli to win Carlsbad".
- (July 23, 2012). "WTA Carlsbad - Dominika Cibulkova wins second career title".
- "Mercury Insurance Open players". Mercury Insurance Open.
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