2012 Open GDF Suez

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2012 Open GDF Suez
Date:		4 – 12 February
Edition:		20th
Surface:
Champions
Singles
Angelique Kerber
Doubles
Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond
Open GDF Suez  < 2011 2013 >

The 2012 Open GDF Suez was a women's professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 20th edition of the Open GDF Suez (formerly known as the Open Gaz de France) and was a Premier tournament on the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place at Stade Pierre de Coubertin in Paris, France from February 4 through February 12, 2012.

WTA Entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Ranking1	Seeding
RUS	Maria Sharapova	3	1
FRA	Marion Bartoli	7	2
CHN	Li Na	9	3
SRB	Jelena Janković	13	4
GER	Sabine Lisicki	14	5
GER	Julia Görges	21	6
ITA	Roberta Vinci	23	7
ESP	Anabel Medina Garrigues	24	8
GER	Angelique Kerber	27	9

• ¹ Rankings as of January 30, 2012.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Alizé Cornet
• Pauline Parmentier

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Gréta Arn
• Kristina Barrois
• Mona Barthel
• Bethanie Mattek-Sands

The following players received entry as Lucky Losers into the singles main draw:

• Alberta Brianti
• Jill Craybas
• Varvara Lepchenko

Withdrawn

The following players withdrew from the singles main draw:

• Jelena Jankovic (left thigh injury)
• Kaia Kanepi (right shoulder injury)
• Sabine Lisicki (viral illness)

Retirements

The following players retire from the singles main draw:

• Jill Craybas (right leg injury)
• Li Na (lower back injury)

The following player retire from the doubles main draw:

• Monica Niculescu (abdominal injury)

Champions

Singles

Angelique Kerber def. Marion Bartoli, 7–6^(7–3), 5–7, 6–3

• It was Kerber's 1st career title. She became the first German winner at Paris since Steffi Graf in 1995.

Doubles

Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond def. Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Petra Martić, 7–6^(7–3), 6–1

References

External links

• Official website