2012 Kangaroo Cup – Singles

Last updated
Singles
2012 Kangaroo Cup
Champion Flag of Japan.svg Kimiko Date-Krumm
Runner-up Flag of Thailand.svg Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
Final score6–1, 5–7, 6–3
Events
Singles Doubles
  2011  · Kangaroo Cup ·  2013  

Sachie Ishizu was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.

Contents

Kimiko Date-Krumm won the title, defeating Noppawan Lertcheewakarn in the final, 6–1, 5–7, 6–3.

Seeds

  1. Flag of Japan.svg Kimiko Date-Krumm (champion)
  2. Flag of Thailand.svg Tamarine Tanasugarn (first round)
  3. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Casey Dellacqua (second round)
  4. Flag of Japan.svg Erika Sema (semifinals)
  5. Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Yung-jan (first round)
  6. Flag of Japan.svg Kurumi Nara (semifinals)
  7. Flag of Japan.svg Yurika Sema (first round)
  8. Flag of Thailand.svg Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (final)

Main draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1 Flag of Japan.svg Kimiko Date-Krumm 66 
6 Flag of Japan.svg Kurumi Nara 4 2  
1 Flag of Japan.svg Kimiko Date-Krumm 65 6
8 Flag of Thailand.svg Noppawan Lertcheewakarn 1 73
4 Flag of Japan.svg Erika Sema 4 65
8 Flag of Thailand.svg Noppawan Lertcheewakarn 64 7

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Flag of Japan.svg K Date-Krumm 66 
  Flag of Japan.svg J Namigata 1 2  1 Flag of Japan.svg K Date-Krumm 66
  Flag of Japan.svg E Takao 66  Flag of Japan.svg E Takao 1 4
WC Flag of Japan.svg Y Aoki 0 1  1 Flag of Japan.svg K Date-Krumm 66
WC Flag of Japan.svg R Ozaki 66 WC Flag of Japan.svg R Ozaki 1 1
  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg E Webley-Smith 1 2  WC Flag of Japan.svg R Ozaki 66
Q Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg C-w Chan 66 Q Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg C-w Chan 1 2
7 Flag of Japan.svg Y Sema 2 4  1 Flag of Japan.svg K Date-Krumm 66
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg C Dellacqua 66 6 Flag of Japan.svg K Nara 4 2
  Flag of Ukraine.svg T Arefyeva 4 4  3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg C Dellacqua 64 5
Q Flag of Japan.svg S Aoyama 61 1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg S Zheng 2 67
  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg S Zheng 3 66 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg S Zheng 3 63
  Flag of South Korea.svg S-j Kim 66 6 Flag of Japan.svg K Nara 64 6
  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Y Xu 4 3   Flag of South Korea.svg S-j Kim 2 3
  Flag of Japan.svg A Nakamura 4 1  6 Flag of Japan.svg K Nara 66
6 Flag of Japan.svg K Nara 66 

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Y-j Chan 5 1  
WC Flag of Japan.svg M Ninomiya 76 WC Flag of Japan.svg M Ninomiya 3 4
  Flag of Thailand.svg L Kumkhum 76  Flag of Thailand.svg L Kumkhum 66
  Flag of Hong Kong.svg L Zhang 5 2   Flag of Thailand.svg L Kumkhum 64 3
  Flag of Australia (converted).svg M Adamczak 1 61 4 Flag of Japan.svg E Sema 3 66
  Flag of the United States.svg J Pegula 677  Flag of the United States.svg J Pegula 3 65
  Flag of Thailand.svg N Luangnam 6662 4 Flag of Japan.svg E Sema 62 7
4 Flag of Japan.svg E Sema 782 64 Flag of Japan.svg E Sema 4 65
8 Flag of Thailand.svg N Lertcheewakarn 66 8 Flag of Thailand.svg N Lertcheewakarn 64 7
  Flag of Austria.svg N Hofmanova 2 4  8 Flag of Thailand.svg N Lertcheewakarn 66
WC Flag of Japan.svg M Ukai 3 1   Flag of South Korea.svg S-h Han 4 2
  Flag of South Korea.svg S-h Han 66 8 Flag of Thailand.svg N Lertcheewakarn 67
  Flag of Japan.svg M Eguchi 2 2  Q Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg S Sun 3 5
Q Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg S Sun 66 Q Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg S Sun 6461
Q Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Y Zhou 66 Q Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Y Zhou 771 0r
2 Flag of Thailand.svg T Tanasugarn 2 3  

Related Research Articles

Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Thai tennis player

Noppawan "Nok" Lertcheewakarn is a professional Thai tennis player. At 2009 Wimbledon Championships, she won the junior singles title. Lertcheewakarn has career-high WTA rankings of 149 in singles and 97 in doubles.

Gréta Arn defeated defending champion Yanina Wickmayer 6–3, 6–3 in the final to win her 2nd career title.

Kimiko Date-Krumm was the defending champion, but chose to not compete this year.
Misaki Doi defeated Junri Namigata in the final 7–5, 6–2.

Alberta Brianti was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.
Anastasiya Yakimova won the title by defeating Erika Sema in the final 7–6(7–3), 6–3.

Sachie Ishizu was the defending champion, but lost to Tamarine Tanasugarn in the second round.
Chang Kai-chen won the title, defeating Mandy Minella 6–4, 1–6, 6–4 in the final.

Misaki Doi is the defending champion but lost to Tamarine Tanasugarn 5–7, 5–7 in the quarterfinals.

Lu Jingjing was the defending champion, but lost to the 3rd seeded Tetiana Luzhanska in the first round.

Serena Williams was the defending champion, and successfully defended her title, defeating lucky loser Coco Vandeweghe in the final, 7–5, 6–3. It was the first all-American final on the WTA Tour since the 2009 WTA Tour Championships, and the first on American soil since Los Angeles in 2004.

Hsieh Su-wei was the defending champion, but opted to play at the London Summer Olympics instead.

Tamarine Tanasugarn was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Stefanie Vögele.

Noppawan Lertcheewakarn was the defending champion, but lost to Stefanie Vögele in the first round.

Kimiko Date-Krumm was the defending champion, but chose to compete at the 2013 Apia International Sydney instead.

Kimiko Date-Krumm was the defending champion, having won the event in 2012, but retired in the second round against qualifier An-Sophie Mestach, who went on to win the tournament. She defeated Wang Qiang in the final, 1–6, 6–3, 6–0.

Jessica Pegula and Zheng Saisai were the defending champions, having won the event in 2012, but Pegula chose not to participate. Zheng paired up with Xu Yifan, but they lost in the quarterfinals.

Ashleigh Barty and Sally Peers were the defending champions, having won the event in 2012, but Barty chose to participate in the 2013 Birmingham Classic during that week and Peers chose not to participate.

Arina Rodionova was the defending champion, having won the event in 2012, but lost in the semifinals to Noppawan Lertcheewakarn.

Ashleigh Barty and Sally Peers were the defending champions, having won the event in 2012, but Barty decided not to participate this year. Peers partnered up with Stephanie Bengson, but lost in the first round.

This was the first edition of the event.

Karolína Plíšková was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Dominika Cibulková.

Erika Sema and Yurika Sema were the defending champions, however, they chose not to participate.

References