2012 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem
# 2012 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem

The 2012 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the twelfth edition of the tournament which was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place in Fés, Morocco between 23 and 29 April 2012. Qualifier Kiki Bertens won the singles title.

## Singles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| ESP | Anabel Medina Garrigues | 26 | 1 |
| RUS | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 27 | 2 |
| CZE | Petra Cetkovská | 30 | 3 |
| BEL | Yanina Wickmayer | 31 | 4 |
| ROU | Simona Halep | 42 | 5 |
| RSA | Chanelle Scheepers | 44 | 6 |
| CZE | Klára Zakopalová | 47 | 7 |
| ISR | Shahar Pe'er | 55 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of April 16, 2012

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Anabel Medina Garrigues
* Nadia Lalami
* Fatima Zahrae El Allami

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Kiki Bertens
* Melinda Czink
* Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco
* Arina Rodionova

The following players received entry as lucky loser:

* Mathilde Johansson

### Withdrawals

* Polona Hercog
* Ekaterina Makarova
* Ksenia Pervak

### Retirements

* Fatima Zahrae El Allami (gastro intestinal illness)
* Svetlana Kuznetsova (left thigh injury)
* Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (right hip injury)
* Arina Rodionova (left wrist injury)

## Doubles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AUS | Anastasia Rodionova | RUS | Arina Rodionova | 113 | 1 |
| GRE | Eleni Daniilidou | CZE | Klára Zakopalová | 135 | 2 |
| RUS | Nina Bratchikova | CRO | Darija Jurak | 141 | 3 |
| BLR | Olga Govortsova | UKR | Olga Savchuk | 168 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of April 16, 2012

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Melinda Czink / Chanelle Scheepers
* Fatima Zahrae El Allami / Nadia Lalami

The following pair received entry as alternates:

* Kiki Bertens / Arantxa Rus

### Withdrawals

* Klára Zakopalová

### Retirements

* Arina Rodionova (left wrist injury)

## Finals

### Singles

* Kiki Bertens defeated Laura Pous Tió, 7–5, 6–0

It was Bertens' first career title.

### Doubles

* Petra Cetkovská / Alexandra Panova defeated Irina-Camelia Begu / Alexandra Cadanțu, 3–6, $7–6^{(7–5)},$ [11–9]
