2012 Internationaux de Strasbourg

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2012 Internationaux de Strasbourg
Date19–26 May
Edition26th
Category WTA International
Draw32S / 15D
Prize money$220,000
Surface Clay
Location Strasbourg, France
VenueTennis Club de Strasbourg
Champions
Singles
Flag of Italy.svg Francesca Schiavone
Doubles
Flag of Belarus.svg Olga Govortsova /
Flag of Poland.svg Klaudia Jans-Ignacik
  2011  · Internationaux de Strasbourg ·  2013  

The 2012 Internationaux de Strasbourg was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 26th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place in Strasbourg, France between 19 and 26 May 2012. [1]

Contents

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Sabine Lisicki 131
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Francesca Schiavone [2] 142
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Maria Kirilenko [3] 163
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues 314
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Mona Barthel 325
Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Marina Erakovic 406
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Klára Zakopalová 427
Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Tamira Paszek 528
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Aleksandra Wozniak 539

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Retirements

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Natalie Grandin Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Vladimíra Uhlířová 431
Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Olga Govortsova Flag of Poland.svg  POL Klaudia Jans-Ignacik 1062
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Mandy Minella Flag of France.svg  FRA Pauline Parmentier 1713
Flag of Hungary.svg  HUN Tímea Babos Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Hsieh Su-wei 1724

Retirements

Finals

Singles

Flag of Italy.svg Francesca Schiavone defeated Flag of France.svg Alizé Cornet, 6–4, 6–4

Doubles

Flag of Belarus.svg Olga Govortsova / Flag of Poland.svg Klaudia Jans-Ignacik defeated Flag of South Africa.svg Natalie Grandin / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vladimíra Uhlířová, 6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–3]

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