2012 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Singles
# 2012 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Singles

Julia Görges was the defending champion, but she lost to Samantha Stosur in the second round.

Maria Sharapova won the title, defeating Victoria Azarenka in the final, 6–1, 6–4. Sharapova won the title after saving a match point in her quarterfinal match against Samantha Stosur. This tournament was the first since Wimbledon in 2009 in which the top four players in the world reached the semifinals.

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

* Victoria Azarenka (final)
* Maria Sharapova (champion)
* Petra Kvitová (semifinals)
* Agnieszka Radwańska (semifinals)
* Samantha Stosur (quarterfinals)
* Caroline Wozniacki (second round)
* Marion Bartoli (second round)
* Li Na (quarterfinals)

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Victoria Azarenka | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 4 | Agnieszka Radwańska | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| 4 | Agnieszka Radwańska | 1 | 3 | 1 | Victoria Azarenka | 1 | 4 |
| | | | | 2 | Maria Sharapova | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Petra Kvitová | 4 | $6^3$ | 2 | Maria Sharapova | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Maria Sharapova | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 1 | V Azarenka | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | K Barrois | 1 | 4 | | | A Petkovic | 2 | $4^r$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Petkovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | V Azarenka | 6 | $6^3$ | 7 | | | | |
| | A Ivanovic | 5 | $6^4$ | | | | | | WC | M Barthel | 4 | $7^7$ | 5 | | | | |
| WC | M Barthel | 7 | $7^7$ | | WC | M Barthel | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | I Benešová | 3 | 2 | | 7 | M Bartoli | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | M Bartoli | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | V Azarenka | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | A Radwańska | 1 | 3 |
| | | | | | 4 | A Radwańska | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | G Arn | 7 | 6 | | Q | G Arn | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | K Bondarenko | 5 | 3 | | | | | | 4 | A Radwańska | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| LL | A Amanmuradova | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | 8 | N Li | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | D Cibulková | 2 | 7 | 3 | LL | A Amanmuradova | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Šafářová | $6^4$ | 4 | | 8 | N Li | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | N Li | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | C Wozniacki | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Janković | 3 | $0^r$ | | 6 | C Wozniacki | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kerber | 6 | 6 | | | A Kerber | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Vinci | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | A Kerber | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | F Schiavone | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 3 | P Kvitová | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Niculescu | 3 | 5 | | | F Schiavone | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | P Kvitová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | P Kvitová | 4 | $6^3$ |
| 5 | S Stosur | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | M Sharapova | 6 | $7^7$ |
| | S Peng | 2 | 2 | | 5 | S Stosur | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Görges | 5 | 6 | 6 | | J Görges | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Pavlyuchenkova | 7 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | 5 | S Stosur | $7^7$ | $6^5$ | 5 | | | | |
| Q | A Cornet | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | M Sharapova | $6^5$ | $7^7$ | 7 | | | | |
| Q | A Chakvetadze | 3 | 4 | | Q | A Cornet | 3 | $0^r$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | M Sharapova | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying

### Seeds

* Sorana Cîrstea (first round)
* Tsvetana Pironkova (first round)
* Iveta Benešová (qualified)
* Aleksandra Wozniak (first round)
* Carla Suárez Navarro (first round)
* Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (second round)
* Kateryna Bondarenko (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Gréta Arn (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Anna Chakvetadze
* Gréta Arn
* Iveta Benešová
* Alizé Cornet

### Lucky losers

* Kateryna Bondarenko
* Akgul Amanmuradova

### Draw

**First qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sorana Cîrstea | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Anna Chakvetadze | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Anna Chakvetadze | 6 | 6 | | | Anna Chakvetadze | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Irena Pavlovic | 1 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | Irena Pavlovic | 4 | 7 | 6 | | Irena Pavlovic | 1 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| WC | Julia Kimmelmann | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Julia Kimmelmann | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | Anna Chakvetadze | 6 | $7^7$ |
| | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Kateryna Bondarenko | 3 | $6^2$ |
| WC | Antonia Lottner | 2 | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Kateryna Bondarenko | 3 | $6^2$ |
| WC | Anna-Lena Friedsam | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Anna-Lena Friedsam | 6 | $7^7$ | | WC | Anna-Lena Friedsam | $7^7$ | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | Kateryna Bondarenko | $6^5$ | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Gisela Dulko | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | Kateryna Bondarenko | $6^5$ | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 7 | Kateryna Bondarenko | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

**Second qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Tsvetana Pironkova | 5 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Carina Witthöft | 7 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Carina Witthöft | 7 | 3 | 7 | WC | Carina Witthöft | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Yvonne Meusburger | w/o | | | | | | |
| | Yvonne Meusburger | $7^7$ | 6 | | | Yvonne Meusburger | w/o | | | | | | |
| PR | Ágnes Szávay | $6^3$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | Ágnes Szávay | $6^3$ | 3 | | | | | | | | Yvonne Meusburger | $6^5$ | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Gréta Arn | $7^7$ | 6 |
| | Sesil Karatantcheva | $7^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Gréta Arn | $7^7$ | 6 |
| | Zuzana Luknárová | $6^6$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Zuzana Luknárová | $6^6$ | 3 | | | Sesil Karatantcheva | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | Gréta Arn | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | Zhang Shuai | 4 | 3 | | 8 | Gréta Arn | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| 8 | Gréta Arn | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

**Third qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Iveta Benešová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jasmina Tinjić | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jasmina Tinjić | 1 | 1 | 3 | Iveta Benešová | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | Maria Elena Camerin | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Maria Elena Camerin | 7 | 6 | | Maria Elena Camerin | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Romana Tabak | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Romana Tabak | 5 | 3 | | | | | 3 | Iveta Benešová | 6 | 4 | $7^7$ |
| | | | | | | | | | Akgul Amanmuradova | 2 | 6 | $6^3$ |
| | Sarah Gronert | $6^3$ | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | | | Akgul Amanmuradova | 2 | 6 | $6^3$ |
| | Akgul Amanmuradova | $7^7$ | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | Akgul Amanmuradova | $7^7$ | $7^7$ | | Akgul Amanmuradova | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | 6 | Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | $6^5$ | 2 | | | | | |
| | Sandra Záhlavová | 4 | 2 | 6 | Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | $6^5$ | 2 | | | | | |
| 6 | Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

**Fourth qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Aleksandra Wozniak | 4 | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | |
| | Annika Beck | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| | Annika Beck | 6 | $7^7$ | Annika Beck | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | Anastasia Pivovarova | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| | Dinah Pfizenmaier | 4 | $6^4$ | Anastasia Pivovarova | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| | Anastasia Pivovarova | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| | Anastasia Pivovarova | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | Annika Beck | 4 | 6 | $6^1$ |
| | | | | | | | | Alizé Cornet | 6 | 4 | $7^7$ |
| | Tatjana Malek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | Alizé Cornet | 6 | 4 | $7^7$ |
| | Lenka Juríková | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | Lenka Juríková | 1 | 2 | Tatjana Malek | 2 | 7 | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | Alizé Cornet | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | |
| | Alizé Cornet | 7 | $7^7$ | Alizé Cornet | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | |
| 5 | Carla Suárez Navarro | 5 | $6^1$ | | | | | | | | |
