2012 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas

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2012 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas
Date February 13 – February 19
Edition 15th
Category WTA International tournaments
Surface Clay / Outdoor
Location Bogotá, Colombia
Champions
Singles
Flag of Spain.svg Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino
Doubles
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Eva Birnerová / Flag of Russia.svg Alexandra Panova
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The 2012 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 15th edition of the Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas, and was on the International category of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place at the Club Campestre El Rancho in Bogotá, Colombia, from February 13 through February 19, 2012. Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino won the singles title.

Tennis ball sport with racket and net

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Clay court type of tennis court

A clay court is one of many different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone, brick, or other unbound mineral aggregates. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments. Clay courts are more common in Continental Europe and Latin America than in North America, Asia or Britain. Two main types exist: red clay, the more common variety, and green clay, also known as "rubico", which is a harder surface. Although less expensive to construct than other types of tennis courts, the maintenance costs of clay are high as the surface must be rolled to preserve flatness.

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Contents

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Ranking1 Seeds
Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Marina Erakovic 561
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Alexandra Dulgheru 612
Flag of Switzerland.svg   SUI Romina Oprandi 633
Flag of Australia.svg  AUS Jelena Dokić 674
Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Gisela Dulko 695
Flag of France.svg  FRA Mathilde Johansson 736
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Lourdes Domínguez Lino 827
Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Patricia Mayr-Achleitner 968

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

A wild card is a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that fails to qualify in the normal way, for example by having a high ranking or winning a qualifying stage. In some events, wild cards are chosen freely by the organizers. Other events have fixed rules. Some North American professional sports leagues compare the records of teams which did not qualify directly by winning a division or conference.

Catalina Castaño Colombian tennis player

Catalina Castaño Álvarez is a retired professional female tennis player from Colombia. Her highest Women's Tennis Association singles ranking was number 35. She was coached by Peruvian-born British citizen Pablo Giacopelli since 2004.

Karen Emilia Castiblanco Duarte is a professional Colombian tennis player and member of the Colombia Fed Cup team. On 24 October 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 411 whilst her best doubles ranking was 218 on 13 February 2012.

Carol Yuliana Lizarazo Antolinez is a Colombian tennis player and member of the Colombia Fed Cup team. On December 22, 2014, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 337 whilst her best doubles ranking was No. 358 on February 16, 2015.

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Inés Ferrer Suárez is a professional Spanish tennis player.

Sesil Karatantcheva female Bulgarian tennis player

Sesil Radoslavova Karatantcheva is a Bulgarian tennis player.

Paula Ormaechea Argentine tennis player

Paula Ormaechea is an Argentine tennis player. She has won 14 singles and eight doubles ITF titles in her career, and, on 21 October 2013, reached a singles ranking high of world No. 59. Ormaechea has a 12–12 record for the Argentina Fed Cup team.

Withdrawals

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Eva Birnerová Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Alexandra Panova 1561
Flag of Canada.svg  CAN Sharon Fichman Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Sun Shengnan 2172
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tetiana Luzhanska Flag of Germany.svg  GER Kathrin Wörle 2823
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Maria Abramović Flag of Canada.svg  CAN Marie-Ève Pelletier 2834

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Gisela Dulko Argentine tennis player

Gisela Dulko is a retired Argentine tennis player. Although she enjoyed modest success in singles, reaching a career-high ranking of world No. 26 and winning four WTA titles, her speciality was doubles, where she achieved the world No. 1 ranking. Partnering Flavia Pennetta, Dulko won the 2010 WTA Tour Championships and the 2011 Australian Open. She also reached the mixed-doubles final at the 2011 US Open, with Edward Schwank. Dulko is remembered for her ability to upset the big names on the tour, such as Maria Sharapova in the second round of Wimbledon in 2009, and Samantha Stosur in the third round of Roland Garros in 2011. She also beat Martina Navratilova in the second round of Wimbledon in 2004 in Navratilova's final Grand Slam singles match.

Paola Suárez Argentine tennis player

Paola Suárez is a retired tennis player from Argentina. She was one of the most prominent women's doubles players throughout the early and mid-2000s, winning eight Grand Slam titles, all of them with Virginia Ruano Pascual, and holding the No. 1 doubles ranking for 87 non-consecutive weeks. She was also a singles semifinalist at the 2004 French Open.

Retirements

Champions

Singles

Alexandra Panova Russian tennis player

Alexandra Alexandrovna Panova is a Russian professional tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 71, which she reached on 30 July 2012. Her career-high in doubles ranking is No. 38, which she reached on 18 January 2016.

Doubles

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