2012 ASB Classic

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2012 ASB Classic
Date	2 – 8 January 2012
Edition	27th
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Auckland, New Zealand
Venue	ASB Tennis Centre
Champions
Singles
Zheng Jie
Doubles
Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká
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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:

• Sacha Jones
• Virginie Razzano
• Magdaléna Rybáriková

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Jamie Hampton
• Aravane Rezaï
• Alison Riske
• Karolína Plíšková

Withdrawals[]

• Venus Williams (Sjögren's syndrome disease)

Retirements[]

• Sabine Lisicki (left abdominal muscle injury)
• 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:

• Marina Erakovic / Rebecca Marino
• Emily Fanning / Regina Kulikova

Withdrawals[]

• Sabine Lisicki (left abdominal muscle injury)

Champions[]

Singles[]

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

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

Doubles[]

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

See also[]

• 2012 Heineken Open – men's tournament

References[]

External links[]

• Official website