2012 HP Open

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2012 HP Open
Date8–14 October
Edition4th
Category WTA International
Surface Hard / outdoor
Location Osaka, Japan
Venue Utsubo Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Heather Watson
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Raquel Kops-Jones / Flag of the United States.svg Abigail Spears
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The 2012 HP Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts sponsored by Hewlett-Packard. It was the fourth edition of the HP Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. It was held at the Utsubo Tennis Center in Osaka, Japan, from October 8 through October 14, 2012. Heather Watson won the singles title.

Contents

Finals

Heather Watson HeatherWatson.jpg
Heather Watson

Singles

Doubles

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS Samantha Stosur 91
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg CHN Zheng Jie 222
Flag of the United States.svg USA Christina McHale 303
Flag of Italy.svg ITA Francesca Schiavone 334
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 365
Flag of Spain.svg ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues 396
Flag of South Africa.svg RSA Chanelle Scheepers 537
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR Laura Robson 608

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Retirements

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg USA Raquel Kops-Jones Flag of the United States.svg USA Abigail Spears 331
Flag of Spain.svg ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg CHN Zheng Jie 492
Flag of Croatia.svg CRO Darija Jurak Flag of Hungary.svg HUN Katalin Marosi 983
Flag of Japan.svg JPN Kimiko Date-Krumm Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR Heather Watson 1494

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:

Retirements