2012 Generali Ladies Linz
# 2012 Generali Ladies Linz

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.

## Singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| BLR | Victoria Azarenka | 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 | $Rank^1$ | 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
