Serena Williams defeated the two-time defending champion, Venus Williams, 6-4, 6-3, in a rematch of the previous year's final This was Serena's third consecutive Grand Slam title, and second consecutive without losing a set. This was also her first Grand Slam tournament competed as World No. 1.
Jelena Janković was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.
Eleni Daniilidou was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.
Julia Görges and Vladimíra Uhlířová were the defending champions, but Görges chose to participate in Bad Gastein.
Uhlířová partnered up with Maria Kondratieva and won in the final against Anna Chakvetadze and Marina Erakovic 6–4, 2–6, [10–7].
Olivia Sanchez was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.
Jelena Dokić was the defending champion but decided not to participate.
Aleksandra Wozniak won the title, defeating Jamie Hampton 6–3, 6–1 in the final.
Monica Seles was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Eleni Daniilidou.
Kim Clijsters was the defending champion, but was defeated in the semifinals by eventual champion Victoria Azarenka. Azarenka went on to win her maiden Grand Slam title in the final, beating 2008 champion Maria Sharapova 6–3, 6–0.
The 2012 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 10th edition of the event. It took place at International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 13 and 19 February 2012. It was upgraded from a Premier event to a Premier 5 event. Victoria Azarenka won the title after defeating Samantha Stosur 6–1, 6–2. Vera Zvonareva was the defending champion, but retired during her second round match against Monica Niculescu.
Anna Smashnova was the defending champion, but retired in the semifinals against Cho Yoon-jeong.
Eleni Daniilidou was the defending champion but was knocked out in the first round by Kristýna Plíšková.
Urszula Radwańska went on to win the title by defeating Coco Vandeweghe 6–1, 4–6, 6–1 in the final.
Kimiko Date-Krumm and Zhang Shuai were the defending champions but decided not to participate.
Eleni Daniilidou and Casey Dellacqua, defeated Laura Robson and Heather Watson, 6–4, 6–2, to take the title.
Maria Sharapova was the defending champion, but withdrew because of a stomach virus. Li Na defeated Angelique Kerber for the title, 1–6, 6–3, 6–1.
Eleni Daniilidou and Vitalia Diatchenko were the defending champions, but decided not to defend their title together. Daniilidou played with Eva Birnerová, but lost in the first round to Lyudmyla Kichenok and Nadiya Kichenok.
Diatchenko played alongside Akgul Amanmuradova, losing in the semifinals to Paula Kania and Polina Pekhova.
They eventually won the title Anna Chakvetadze and Vesna Dolonc retired in the final after losing the first set 2–6.
María José Martínez Sánchez was the defending champion, but lost to Ekaterina Makarova in the quarterfinals.
Caroline Wozniacki won the title, defeating Kaia Kanepi in the final, 6–1, 6–0. This was the first title in 13 months for the former World No. 1 and her first of 2012.
Victoria Azarenka was the defending champion but decided not to participate.
Venus Williams won the title, defeating Monica Niculescu 6–2 6–3.
Anne Keothavong was the defending champion, but lost to Anastasia Rodionova in the first round.
Maria Sharapova was the defending champion, but chose not to compete.
Nadia Petrova won the title, defeating Amélie Mauresmo 6–3, 7–5 in the final.
This was a new event on the 2013 ITF Women's Circuit.
Asia Muhammad and Yasmin Schnack were the defending champions, having won the event in 2012. Schnack decided not to participate while Muhammad played alongside Allie Will. They lost, however, in the semifinals.
