2012 ASB Classic

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2012 ASB Classic
Date:		January 2 – January 7
Edition:		27th
Surface:
Champions
Singles
Zheng Jie
Doubles
Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká
ASB Classic  < 2011 2013 >

The 2012 ASB Classic was a 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 January 2 to January 8, 2012.

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

• 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

Withdrawn

The following player withdrew from the singles main draw:

• Venus Williams (Sjögren's syndrome disease)

The following player withdrew from the doubles main draw:

• Sabine Lisicki (left abdominal muscle injury)

Retirements

The following players retire from the singles main draw:

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

Champions

Singles

Zheng Jie def. 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 def. Julia Görges / Flavia Pennetta 6–7^(2–7), 6–2, [10–7]

References

External links

• Official website