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2012 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

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2012 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Date23–29 April
Edition35th
CategoryPremier tournaments
SurfaceClay / indoor
LocationStuttgart, Germany
Champions
Singles
Russia Maria Sharapova
Doubles
Czech Republic Iveta Benešová /
Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
← 2011 · Porsche Tennis Grand Prix · 2013 →

The 2012 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor clay courts. It was the 35th edition of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, and was part of the Premier tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany, from 23 April until 29 April 2012. Second-seeded Maria Sharapova won the singles title.

Singles main draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Rank1 Seed
 BLR Victoria Azarenka 1 1
 RUS Maria Sharapova 2 2
 CZE Petra Kvitová 3 3
 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 4 4
 AUS Samantha Stosur 5 5
 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 6 6
 FRA Marion Bartoli 7 7
 CHN Li Na 8 8
  • 1 Rankings are as of April 16, 2012

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky loser:

Withdrawals

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Retirements

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Doubles main draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 CZE Květa Peschke  SLO Katarina Srebotnik 7 1
 IND Sania Mirza  ITA Flavia Pennetta 24 2
 CHN Peng Shuai  RUS Elena Vesnina 45 3
 RSA Natalie Grandin  CZE Vladimíra Uhlířová 45 4
 CZE Iveta Benešová  CZE Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 52 5
  • 1 Rankings are as of April 16, 2012

Other entrants

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

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Retirements

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Finals

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Singles

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Russia Maria Sharapova defeated. Belarus Victoria Azarenka, 6–1, 6–4

  • It was Sharapova's 1st title of the year and 25th of her career.

Doubles

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Czech Republic Iveta Benešová / Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová defeated. Germany Julia Görges / Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld, 6–4, 7–5

References

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