2012 Blossom Cup

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2012 Blossom Cup
Date3–8 January
Edition3rd
Location Quanzhou, China
Champions
Singles
Flag of Japan.svg Kimiko Date-Krumm
Doubles
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Hao-ching / Flag of Japan.svg Rika Fujiwara
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The 2012 Blossom Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Quanzhou, China between 3 and 8 January 2012. It offered the prize of US$50,000.

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WTA entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kimiko Date-Krumm 871
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zhang Shuai 1262
Flag of the United States.svg USA Tetiana Luzhanska 1353
Flag of France.svg  FRA Caroline Garcia 1424
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Kathrin Wörle 1525
Flag of Hungary.svg  HUN Tímea Babos 1546
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Ekaterina Ivanova 1567
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yurika Sema 1698

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Champions

Singles

Flag of Japan.svg Kimiko Date-Krumm def. Flag of Hungary.svg Tímea Babos, 6–3, 6–3.

Doubles

Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Hao-ching / Flag of Japan.svg Rika Fujiwara def. Flag of Japan.svg Kimiko Date-Krumm / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Shuai, 4–6, 6–4, [10–7]

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