2012 Mercury Insurance Open
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Tennis tournament
| 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 ]Singles
[edit ]Main article: 2012 Mercury Insurance Open – Singles
- Slovakia Dominika Cibulková defeated France Marion Bartoli, 6–1, 7–5
Doubles
[edit ]Main article: 2012 Mercury Insurance Open – Doubles
- 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 ]Seeds
[edit ]| 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[2]
Other entrants
[edit ]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
The following players received entry as lucky loser:
Withdrawals
[edit ]- 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 ]- Belgium Yanina Wickmayer (low-back injury)
Doubles main-draw entrants
[edit ]Seeds
[edit ]| 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
[edit ]The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:
References
[edit ]- ^ "La Costa Resort Prepares for Mercury Insurance Open July 14–22". Patch. Retrieved June 13, 2012.
- ^ "Mercury Insurance Open players". Mercury Insurance Open. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved July 9, 2012.