2012 Mercury Insurance Open

2012 Mercury Insurance Open
DateJuly 16–22
Edition32nd
CategoryWTA Premier
Draw28S / 16D
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationCarlsbad, California, United States
Champions
Singles
Slovakia Dominika Cibulková
Doubles
United States Raquel Kops-Jones / United States Abigail Spears
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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 through July 22, 2012. Second-seeded Dominika Cibulková won the singles title.[1]

Finals

Singles

Doubles

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 FRA Marion Bartoli 10 1
 SVK Dominika Cibulková 15 2
 SRB Jelena Janković 20 3
 RUS Nadia Petrova 21 4
 USA Christina McHale 28 5
 SVK Daniela Hantuchová 33 6
 BEL Yanina Wickmayer 37 7
 RSA Chanelle Scheepers 42 8
  • 1 Rankings are as of July 9, 2012[2]

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

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 USA Liezel Huber  USA Lisa Raymond 2 1
 USA Vania King  RUS Nadia Petrova 19 2
 USA Raquel Kops-Jones  USA Abigail Spears 39 3
 RSA Natalie Grandin  CZE Vladimíra Uhlířová 47 4
  • 1 Rankings are as of July 9, 2012

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:

References

  1. ^ "La Costa Resort Prepares for Mercury Insurance Open July 14–22". Patch. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Mercury Insurance Open players". Mercury Insurance Open. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2012.