2012 Brussels Open

2012 Brussels Open
Date	May 19–26
Edition	2nd
Category	WTA Premier tournaments
Surface	Clay / Outdoor
Location	Brussels, Belgium
Champions
Singles
Agnieszka Radwańska
Doubles
Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Sania Mirza

Agnieszka Radwanska at the Pan Pacific Open in 2011

The 2012 Brussels Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 2nd edition of the Brussels Open, and was part of the Premier-level tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. The event took place at the Royal Primerose Tennis Club in Brussels, Belgium, from May 19 through May 26, 2012. Agnieszka Radwańska won the singles title.

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2012 Brussels Open – Singles

Agnieszka Radwańska defeated Simona Halep 7–5, 6–0

• It was Radwanska's 3rd title of the year and 10th of her career. It was her 3rd Premier-level tournament of her career and 6th Premier overall.

Doubles

Main article: 2012 Brussels Open – Doubles

Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Sania Mirza defeated Alicja Rosolska / Zheng Jie 6–3, 6–2

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	3	1
FRA	Marion Bartoli	7	2
GER	Angelique Kerber	11	3
SVK	Dominika Cibulková	17	4
ITA	Roberta Vinci	19	5
SRB	Jelena Janković	20	6
CHN	Peng Shuai	23	7
EST	Kaia Kanepi	25	8
RUS	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	26	9
RUS	Nadia Petrova	30	10

• Rankings as of May 14, 2012^[1]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Tamaryn Hendler
• Jelena Janković
• Alison van Uytvanck

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Irina Falconi
• Sania Mirza
• Urszula Radwańska
• Arantxa Rus

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Bojana Jovanovski
• Lesia Tsurenko

Withdrawals

• Sara Errani
• Daniela Hantuchová (foot stress fracture)
• Angelique Kerber (low back injury)
• Andrea Petkovic (ankle ligaments injury)
• Roberta Vinci (right wrist injury)

Retirements

• Arantxa Rus

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
CZE	Květa Peschke	SLO	Katarina Srebotnik	7	1
USA	Raquel Kops-Jones	USA	Abigail Spears	46	2
POL	Alicja Rosolska	CHN	Zheng Jie	68	3
USA	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	IND	Sania Mirza	71	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of May 14, 2012

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:

• Elena Bovina / Alison Van Uytvanck

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Veronika Kapshay / Lenka Wienerová

Withdrawals

• Ksenia Pervak (knee injury)

References

1. "Official entry list Archived 2013-02-10 at archive.today", Bruxelles Open, 16 April 2012. Retrieved 2011-04-18.

External links

• Official website