Qatar Women's Open Tennis Championship 2012 Singles

Doha Tournament 2012

	Single player tournament		Doubles tournament

Victoria Azarenka is the winner of the tournament.

Last year's tournament winner Vera Zvonareva defended her title as the sixth seeded, but withdrew from the second round match against Monica Niculescu with a score of 5-7, 2-3.

Content

Sowing

The first eight seeded start the tournament from the second round.

Victoria Azarenka (Title)
Carolina Wozniacki (Second Round)
Samantha Stosur (Final)
Agnieszka Radwanska (Semifinal)
Marion Bartoli (Semifinal, Failure)
Vera Zvonareva (Second round, failure)
Francesca Schiavone (Second Round)
Elena Yankovich (Second Round)
Sabina Lissitzky (First Round)
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (First Round)
Dominika Tsibulkova (First Round)
Peng Shuai (Second Circle)
Ana Ivanovich (Second Round)
Svetlana Kuznetsova (Third Circle)
Daniela Gantuhova (First Round)
Julia Görges (Second Round)

Main Event

Abbreviations Used

Q ( English qualifier , literally - qualified ) - the winner of the qualification tournament.
WC ( English wild card , wild card) - a special invitation from the organizers.
LL ( English lucky loser , literally - lucky loser ) - the player with the highest rating of the losers in the final qualifying round, invited as a replacement for the late star player of the main grid.
R ( eng. Retired , literally - withdrawn ) - the player's refusal to continue the game during the match.
W / O ( English walkover , literally - passage ) - winning an opponent’s absenteeism for the game.
SE ( English special exempt ) - the special admission. It is used for players who have successfully played in the week preceding the tournament, and therefore could not participate in the qualification.
PR ( English protected ranking , literally - protected rating ). It is used for admission to the tournament of players who have missed a long time due to injury and dropped in the ranking.
ALT ( English alternate ) - an alternative player in the grid (replacing one of the late withdrawn from the tournament).
S ( Eng. Suspended , literally - postponed ) - the match is suspended due to rain or darkness.
D ( eng. Defaulted ) - one of the athletes removed from the tournament for unsportsmanlike behavior.

Final Rounds

Semifinals				The final

one	Victoria Azarenko	6	6
four	Agnieszka Radwan	2	four
				one	Victoria Azarenko	6	6

				3	Samantha Stosur	one	2
3	Samantha Stosur	6

five	Marion Bartoli	3	r

First Rounds

Section 1

First round					Second round				Third circle				Quarter finals


					one	V.Azarenko	6	6
Q	C. Garcia	6 ⁶	6 ⁴			M. Barthel	one	0
	M. Barthel	7	7						one	V.Azarenko	6	6
	I. Beneshova	four	6	6						S. Halep	3	one
	B.Zaglavova	6	3	one		I. Beneshova	four	four
	S. Halep	3	6	7		S. Halep	6	6
15	D. Gantuhova	6	2	6 ⁴									one	V.Azarenko	6	6
ten	A. Pavlyuchenkova	6	2	3										J. Wickmeier	0	four
	K. Pervak	one	6	6		K. Pervak	6	6
Q	B. Razzano	6	2	6	Q	B. Razzano	four	0
WC	W. Jabir	3	6	3						K. Pervak	four	0
	A. Morita	2	one							J. Wickmeier	6	6
	J. Wickmeier	6	6			J. Wickmeier	7	6
					7	F. Schiavone	6 ⁴	four

Section 2

First round				Second round					Third circle					Quarter finals


				four	A.Radvanskaya	6	6
Q	E. Keotawong	7	7	Q	E. Keotawong	one	2
	T. Pashek	6 ⁴	6 ⁵						four	A.Radvanskaya	7	6
Q	A. Wozniak	3	3						Q	V. Lepchenko	five	one
Q	V. Lepchenko	6	6	Q	V. Lepchenko	7	7
	A. Ekimova	2	2	sixteen	Y. Görges	6 ⁴	6 ⁵
sixteen	Y. Görges	6	6											four	A.Radvanskaya	6	6
12	Sh. Pan	6	7												C. McHale	one	one
WC	F.Al Nabhani	0	five	12	Sh. Pan	7	3	2
	S. Schepers	four	3		C. McHale	five	6	6
	C. McHale	6	6							C. McHale	four	6	6
WC	N. Lalami	0	0							Sh. Peer	6	3	four
	Sh. Peer	6	6		Sh. Peer	7	6
				eight	E. Yankovich	6 ³	2

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third circle				Quarter finals


					6	V.Zvonareva	five	2	r
	E. Vesnina	one	0			M. Niculescu	7	3
	M. Niculescu	6	6								M. Niculescu	7	6
Q	V. Dushevina	five	2							Q	K. Bondarenko	6 ⁵	four
Q	K. Bondarenko	7	6		Q	K. Bondarenko	6	6
	F. Pennetta	6	2	7		F. Pennetta	four	2
eleven	D. Tsibulkova	3	6	five											M. Niculescu	2	6	3
13	A. Ivanovich	6	four											3	S. Stosur	6	2	6
	C. Suarez	one	one	r	13	A. Ivanovich	four	four
	P.Martic	6 ⁵	five			P. Tsetkovskaya	6	6
	P. Tsetkovskaya	7	7								P. Tsetkovskaya	3	2
	Y. Gaidoshova	four	one							3	S. Stosur	6	6
	S.Kirsta	6	6			S.Kirsta	four	6 ⁵
					3	S. Stosur	6	7

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third circle				Quarter finals


					five	M. Bartoli	6	6
	K.Zakopalova	four	one			A. Medina	2	0
	A. Medina	6	6							five	M. Bartoli	6	6
	C. Pironkova	6	6								C. Pironkova	3	3
	P. Herzog	0	four			C. Pironkova	6	6
	A. Kerber	four	6	6		A. Kerber	four	one
9	S. Lisicki	6	four	one										five	M. Bartoli	7	four	6
14	S. Kuznetsova	7	6												L. Shafarzhova	five	6	one
	M. H. Martinez	five	3		14	S. Kuznetsova	6	6
	C. Zheng	3	6	3		M. Kirilenko	four	four
	M. Kirilenko	6	3	6						14	S. Kuznetsova	6 ⁶	3
	L. Shafarzhova	6	6								L. Shafarzhova	7	6
Q	U. Radwan	3	four			L. Shafarzhova	four	6	7
					2	K. Wozniacki	6	four	6 ³