2012 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge
# 2012 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge

The 2012 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the fourteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $75,000 in prize money. It took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on 26 November–2 December 2012.

## Singles entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| ROU | Irina-Camelia Begu | 52 | 1 |
| SRB | Bojana Jovanovski | 56 | 2 |
| RUS | Nina Bratchikova | 85 | 3 |
| SVK | Jana Čepelová | 106 | 4 |
| CZE | Kristýna Plíšková | 109 | 5 |
| UKR | Elina Svitolina | 114 | 6 |
| SUI | Stefanie Vögele | 116 | 7 |
| JPN | Kimiko Date-Krumm | 120 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of 19 November 2012

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Ons Jabeur
* Iva Mekovec
* Ksenia Palkina
* Conny Perrin

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Kristina Barrois
* Cristina Dinu
* Tara Moore
* Jasmina Tinjić

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

* Alexandra Artamonova
* Danka Kovinić

The following player received entry by a Protected Ranking:

* Oksana Kalashnikova

The following player received entry by a Special Exempt:

* Samantha Murray

## Champions

### Singles

* Kimiko Date-Krumm def. Yulia Putintseva 6–1, 3–6, 6–4

### Doubles

* Maria Elena Camerin / Vera Dushevina def. Eva Hrdinová / Karolína Plíšková 7–5, 6–3
