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 January until 8 January 2012. Unseeded Zheng Jie won the singles title.

2012 ASB Classic
Date2–8 January
Edition27th
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$220,000
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationAuckland, New Zealand
VenueASB Tennis Centre
Champions
Singles
China Zheng Jie
Doubles
Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková / Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
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Finals edit

Singles edit

  Zheng Jie defeated   Flavia Pennetta,[1] 2–6, 6–3, 2–0 retired

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

Doubles edit

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

Singles main-draw entrants edit

Seeds edit

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 edit

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals edit

Retirements edit

Doubles main-draw entrants edit

Seeds edit

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 edit

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals edit

Finals edit

Singles edit

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

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

Doubles edit

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

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2012 ASB Classic - Sport News". NZ Herald. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  2. ^ "2012 ASB Classic - Sport News". NZ Herald. Retrieved 4 August 2022.

External links edit