2012 Aegon Classic

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2012 Aegon Classic
Date11–17 June
Edition31st
Surface Grass / outdoor
Location Birmingham, United Kingdom
Venue Edgbaston Priory Club
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Melanie Oudin
Doubles
Flag of Hungary.svg Tímea Babos / Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei
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The 2012 Aegon Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 31st edition of the event. It took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, United Kingdom, scheduled between 11 and 17 June 2012. Qualifier Melanie Oudin won the singles title.

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Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Francesca Schiavone 121
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Sabine Lisicki 132
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Daniela Hantuchová 183
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Roberta Vinci 194
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Jelena Janković 215
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Mona Barthel 326
Flag of the United States.svg USA Christina McHale 367
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Ekaterina Makarova 388
Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Marina Erakovic 429
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Sorana Cîrstea 4310
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Iveta Benešová 5111
Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Tamira Paszek 5212
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Hsieh Su-wei 6413
Flag of Hungary.svg  HUN Tímea Babos 6714
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Elena Baltacha 6815
Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Eleni Daniilidou 6916

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry via the Lucky loser spot:

Withdrawals

Retirements

The following players retired from the singles main draw:

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg USA Liezel Huber Flag of the United States.svg USA Lisa Raymond 21
Flag of India.svg  IND Sania Mirza Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 152
Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Natalie Grandin Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Vladimíra Uhlířová 473
Flag of the United States.svg USA Raquel Kops-Jones Flag of the United States.svg USA Abigail Spears 504

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

Retirements

Finals

Singles

Doubles

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