2012 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's singles
# 2012 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's singles

Agnieszka Radwańska defeated Julia Görges in the final, 7–5, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2012 Dubai Tennis Championships.

Caroline Wozniacki was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Görges.

## Seeds

* Victoria Azarenka (withdrew because of a left ankle injury)
* Petra Kvitová (withdrew because of an illness)
* Caroline Wozniacki (semifinals)
* Samantha Stosur (quarterfinals)
* Agnieszka Radwańska (champion)
* Marion Bartoli (first round)
* Francesca Schiavone (first round)
* Jelena Janković (semifinals)
* Sabine Lisicki (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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Julia Görges | $7^7$ | 7 | | | | | |
| 3 | Caroline Wozniacki | $6^3$ | 5 | | | | | |
| 3 | Caroline Wozniacki | $6^3$ | 5 | | | Julia Görges | 5 | 4 |
| | | | | | 5 | Agnieszka Radwańska | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | Jelena Janković | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | Agnieszka Radwańska | 7 | 6 |
| 5 | Agnieszka Radwańska | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | |

### 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | LL | C Dellacqua | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Görges | 2 | $7^7$ | 6 | | J Görges | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Kuznetsova | 6 | $6^2$ | 4 | | | | | | J Görges | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | D Hantuchová | 1 | 7 | $7^7$ | | | | | | D Hantuchová | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| LL | P Hercog | 6 | 5 | $6^4$ | | D Hantuchová | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Peng | 6 | 6 | | | S Peng | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | M Bartoli | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | J Görges | $7^7$ | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | C Wozniacki | $6^3$ | 5 |
| | | | | | 3 | C Wozniacki | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Halep | 6 | 6 | | Q | S Halep | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Pavlyuchenkova | 4 | 2 | | | | | | 3 | C Wozniacki | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | M Kirilenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | A Ivanovic | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| | M Niculescu | 3 | 0 | | | M Kirilenko | 2 | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Ivanovic | 6 | 7 | | | A Ivanovic | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | F Schiavone | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | J Janković | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Cetkovská | 2 | 2 | | 8 | J Janković | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Medina Garrigues | 3 | 3 | | | F Pennetta | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Pennetta | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | J Janković | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | L Šafářová | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | S Stosur | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| Q | P Martić | 3 | 7 | 3 | | L Šafářová | 1 | $7^7$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | S Stosur | 6 | $6^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | J Janković | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | A Radwańska | 6 | $6^6$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | A Radwańska | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| Q | A Wozniak | 1 | $7^8$ | 5 | 5 | A Radwańska | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | F Al Nabhani | 3 | 1 | | WC | S Pe'er | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Pe'er | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | A Radwańska | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | D Cibulková | $1^r$ | | | | | | | | 9 | S Lisicki | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| Q | I Benešová | 3 | | | Q | I Benešová | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 9 | S Lisicki | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying

### Seeds

* Zheng Jie (first round)
* Polona Hercog (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Christina McHale (withdrew)
* Mona Barthel (qualifying competition)
* María José Martínez Sánchez (second round)
* Chanelle Scheepers (first round)
* Klára Zakopalová (first round)
* Tamira Paszek (first round)
* Iveta Benešová (qualifier)

### Qualifiers

* Simona Halep
* Aleksandra Wozniak
* Iveta Benešová
* Petra Martić

### Lucky loser

* Polona Hercog
* Casey Dellacqua

### 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Zheng Jie | 3 | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Ons Jabeur | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Ons Jabeur | 6 | $7^7$ | | WC | Ons Jabeur | 3 | 6 | 5 | | | |
| | | | | | | Arantxa Rus | 6 | 2 | 7 | | | |
| | Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | 6 | 1 | 4 | | Arantxa Rus | 6 | 2 | 7 | | | |
| | Arantxa Rus | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Arantxa Rus | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | Arantxa Rus | 2 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Simona Halep | 6 | 6 |
| | Alla Kudryavtseva | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | Simona Halep | 6 | 6 |
| | Simona Halep | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Simona Halep | 6 | 6 | | | Simona Halep | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | María José Martínez Sánchez | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| | Anastasiya Yakimova | 4 | 4 | | 5 | María José Martínez Sánchez | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| 5 | María José Martínez Sánchez | 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 | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Polona Hercog | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Kristina Mladenovic | 2 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Kristina Mladenovic | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | Polona Hercog | 6 | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Virginie Razzano | 2 | $0^r$ | | | | | | |
| | Kristina Barrois | 2 | 6 | 2 | | Virginie Razzano | 2 | $0^r$ | | | | | | |
| | Virginie Razzano | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Virginie Razzano | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | Polona Hercog | $7^{10}$ | $6^4$ | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Aleksandra Wozniak | $6^8$ | $7^7$ | 6 |
| WC | Sania Mirza | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | Aleksandra Wozniak | $6^8$ | $7^7$ | 6 |
| | Aleksandra Wozniak | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Aleksandra Wozniak | 2 | 6 | 6 | | Aleksandra Wozniak | $6^5$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Kateryna Bondarenko | $7^7$ | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| | Kateryna Bondarenko | 5 | 6 | 6 | | Kateryna Bondarenko | $7^7$ | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| 6 | Chanelle Scheepers | 7 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

**Third qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Iveta Benešová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Caroline Garcia | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Caroline Garcia | 2 | 3 | | 9 | Iveta Benešová | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Eleni Daniilidou | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | Elena Vesnina | 4 | 3 | | | Eleni Daniilidou | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | Eleni Daniilidou | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Eleni Daniilidou | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 9 | Iveta Benešová | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Casey Dellacqua | 1 | 5 |
| | Ayumi Morita | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Casey Dellacqua | 1 | 5 |
| Alt | Misaki Doi | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | Misaki Doi | 4 | 3 | | | Ayumi Morita | 0 | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Casey Dellacqua | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Casey Dellacqua | 6 | 1 | 6 | | Casey Dellacqua | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 7 | Klára Zakopalová | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | |

**Fourth qualifier**

| 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Mona Barthel | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Anne Keothavong | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Anne Keothavong | 3 | 2 | 4 | Mona Barthel | 4 | $7^7$ | 7 | | | | |
| | | | | | Bojana Jovanovski | 6 | $6^3$ | 5 | | | | |
| | Bojana Jovanovski | 6 | 7 | | Bojana Jovanovski | 6 | $6^3$ | 5 | | | | |
| Alt | Kurumi Nara | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | Kurumi Nara | 4 | 5 | | | | | | 4 | Mona Barthel | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Petra Martić | 6 | 6 |
| | Petra Martić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Petra Martić | 6 | 6 |
| | Iryna Brémond | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Iryna Brémond | 0 | 1 | | Petra Martić | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | Anastasia Rodionova | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Anastasia Rodionova | 6 | 6 | | Anastasia Rodionova | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 8 | Tamira Paszek | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
