2012 ASB Classic

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2012 ASB Classic
Date2 – 8 January 2012
Edition27th
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationAuckland, New Zealand
VenueASB Tennis Centre
Champions
Singles
China Zheng Jie
Doubles
Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková / Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
← 2011 · WTA Auckland Open · 2013 →

The 2012 ASB Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 27th edition of the ASB Classic, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, from 2 to 8 January 2012.

Singles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country Player Rank Seed
 GER Sabine Lisicki 15 1
 CHN Peng Shuai 17 2
 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 19 3
 ITA Flavia Pennetta 20 4
 GER Julia Görges 21 5
 ITA Roberta Vinci 23 6
 BEL Yanina Wickmayer 26 7
 ROU Monica Niculescu 30 8
  • 1 Rankings as of 26 December 2011

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals[]

  • United States Venus Williams (Sjögren's syndrome disease)

Retirements[]

  • Germany Sabine Lisicki (left abdominal muscle injury)
  • Italy Flavia Pennetta (back injury)

Doubles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 CZE Květa Peschke  SLO Katarina Srebotnik 4 1
 IND Sania Mirza  RUS Elena Vesnina 21 2
 CZE Andrea Hlaváčková  CZE Lucie Hradecká 29 3
 GER Julia Görges  ITA Flavia Pennetta 48 4
  • 1 Rankings are as of 26 December 2011

Other entrants[]

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals[]

  • Germany Sabine Lisicki (left abdominal muscle injury)

Champions[]

Singles[]

China Zheng Jie defeated Italy Flavia Pennetta, 2–6, 6–3, 2–0 retired

  • It was Zheng's 1st title of the year and 4th of her career.

Doubles[]

Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková / Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká defeated Germany Julia Görges / Italy Flavia Pennetta 6–7(2–7), 6–2, [10–7]

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