2012 New Haven Open at Yale

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2012 New Haven Open at Yale
DateAugust 17–25
Edition44th
Category WTA Premier
Draw30S / 16D
Surface Hard / outdoor
Location New Haven, United States
Venue Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Kvitová
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Liezel Huber / Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Raymond
  2011  · New Haven Open at Yale ·  2013  

The 2012 New Haven Open at Yale (New Haven Open at Yale presented by First Niagara for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 44th edition of the New Haven Open at Yale, and was part of the Premier Series of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, from August 17 through August 25, 2012. It was the last event on the 2012 US Open Series before the 2012 US Open. [1]

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Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRanking*Seed
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Agnieszka Radwańska 31
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Petra Kvitová 52
Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Caroline Wozniacki 83
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Sara Errani 104
Flag of France.svg  FRA Marion Bartoli 115
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Dominika Cibulková 136
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Maria Kirilenko 147
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Šafářová 198

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players entry as lucky loser:

Withdrawals

The following players withdrew from the singles main draw:

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 Czech Republic.svg  CZE Andrea Hlaváčková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Hradecká 212
Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Katarina Srebotnik Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zheng Jie 383
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives Flag of Spain.svg  ESP María José Martínez Sánchez 384

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

Finals

Singles

Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Kvitová defeated Flag of Russia.svg Maria Kirilenko, 7–6(11–9), 7–5

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Liezel Huber / Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Raymond defeated Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Andrea Hlaváčková / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lucie Hradecká, 4–6, 6–0, [10–4]

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References

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