2012 Guangzhou International Women's Open

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2012 Guangzhou International Women's Open
DateSeptember 17–23
Edition9th
Category WTA International
Surface Hard / outdoor
Location Guangzhou, China
Champions
Singles
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei
Doubles
Flag of Thailand.svg Tamarine Tanasugarn / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Shuai
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The 2012 Guangzhou International Women's Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 9th edition of the Guangzhou International Women's Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place in Guangzhou, China, from September 17 through September 23, 2012. Unseeded Hsieh Su-wei won the singles title.

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Finals

Singles

It was the second title of the year and the second of her career for Hsieh. It was the first tour level final of her career for Robson.

Doubles

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of France.svg FRA Marion Bartoli 101
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg CHN Zheng Jie 232
Flag of Romania.svg ROU Sorana Cîrstea 323
Flag of Poland.svg POL Urszula Radwańska 404
Flag of South Africa.svg RSA Chanelle Scheepers 445
Flag of Romania.svg ROU Monica Niculescu 476
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg CHN Peng Shuai 487
Flag of France.svg FRA Alizé Cornet 498

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Retirements

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS Jarmila Gajdošová Flag of Romania.svg ROU Monica Niculescu 741
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg TPE Chan Hao-ching Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg TPE Chan Yung-jan 1062
Flag of Thailand.svg THA Tamarine Tanasugarn Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg CHN Zhang Shuai 1203
Flag of Russia.svg RUS Nina Bratchikova Flag of Russia.svg RUS Alla Kudryavtseva 1434

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Retirements