2012 Generali Ladies Linz

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2012 Generali Ladies Linz
Date	October 8 – October 14
Edition	26th
Surface	Hard
Location	Linz, Austria
Venue	TipsArena Linz
Champions
Singles
Victoria Azarenka
Doubles
Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Květa Peschke
← 2011 · Generali Ladies Linz · 2013 →

The 2012 Generali Ladies Linz was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 26th edition of the Generali Ladies Linz, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. It was held at the TipsArena Linz in Linz, Austria, from October 8 through October 14, 2012.^[1]

Singles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
BLR	Victoria Azarenka[2]	1	1
SRB	Ana Ivanovic	12	2
SVK	Dominika Cibulková	13	3
CZE	Lucie Šafářová	18	4
GER	Julia Görges	21	5
BEL	Yanina Wickmayer	25	6
AUT	Tamira Paszek	27	7
GER	Sabine Lisicki	28	8

• Rankings are as of October 1, 2012

Other Entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Ana Ivanovic
• Patricia Mayr-Achleitner
• Andrea Petkovic

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Mallory Burdette
• Kirsten Flipkens
• Bethanie Mattek-Sands
• Lesia Tsurenko

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Irina-Camelia Begu
• Catalina Castaño

Withdrawals[]

• Iveta Benešová
• Dominika Cibulková (shoulder injury)
• Roberta Vinci
• Anna Tatishvili (viral infection)
• Yanina Wickmayer (viral illness)

Retirements[]

• Lesia Tsurenko (shoulder injury)

Doubles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
GER	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	CZE	Květa Peschke	31	1
GER	Julia Görges	CZE	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	52	2
RSA	Natalie Grandin	CZE	Vladimíra Uhlířová	79	3
RUS	Vera Dushevina	POL	Alicja Rosolska	97	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of October 1, 2012

Other entrants[]

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Barbara Haas / Patricia Mayr-Achleitner
• Romina Oprandi / Andrea Petkovic

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Kiki Bertens / Arantxa Rus

Retirements[]

• Vladimíra Uhlířová (back injury)

Champions[]

Singles[]

• Victoria Azarenka def. Julia Görges, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles[]

• Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Květa Peschke def. Julia Görges / Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, 6–3, 6–4

References[]

External links[]

• Official website