2012 Mercury Insurance Open

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2012 Mercury Insurance Open
DateJuly 16–22
Edition32nd
Category WTA Premier
Surface Hard
Location Carlsbad, California, United States
Champions
Singles
Flag of Slovakia.svg Dominika Cibulková
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Raquel Kops-Jones / Flag of the United States.svg Abigail Spears
  2011  · Southern California Open ·  2013  

The 2012 Mercury Insurance Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 3rd edition of the Southern California Open since the tournament left the tour in 2007. It was classified as one of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place in Carlsbad, California, United States from July 16 to 22. [1]

Contents

Finals

Singles

Doubles

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of France.svg  FRA Marion Bartoli 101
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Dominika Cibulková 152
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Jelena Janković 203
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Nadia Petrova 214
Flag of the United States.svg USA Christina McHale 285
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Daniela Hantuchová 336
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Yanina Wickmayer 377
Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Chanelle Scheepers 428

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 loser:

Withdrawals

Retirements

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg USA Liezel Huber Flag of the United States.svg USA Lisa Raymond 21
Flag of the United States.svg USA Vania King Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Nadia Petrova 192
Flag of the United States.svg USA Raquel Kops-Jones Flag of the United States.svg USA Abigail Spears 393
Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Natalie Grandin Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Vladimíra Uhlířová 474

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:

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References

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