2012 Kremlin Cup
# 2012 Kremlin Cup

The 2012 Kremlin Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 23rd edition of the Kremlin Cup for the men (17th edition for the women) and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2012 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2012 WTA Tour. It was held at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, from 13 October through 21 October 2012. Andreas Seppi and Caroline Wozniacki won the singles title.

## ATP singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| UKR | Alexandr Dolgopolov | 20 | 1 |
| ITA | Andreas Seppi | 26 | 2 |
| SRB | Viktor Troicki | 32 | 3 |
| BRA | Thomaz Bellucci | 39 | 4 |
| RUS | Nikolay Davydenko | 42 | 5 |
| UZB | Denis Istomin | 44 | 6 |
| ARG | Carlos Berlocq | 49 | 7 |
| JPN | Tatsuma Ito | 65 | 8 |

* Seeds are based on the rankings of October 8, 2012

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Evgeny Donskoy
* Teymuraz Gabashvili
* Andrey Kuznetsov

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Evgeny Korolev
* Konstantin Kravchuk
* Édouard Roger-Vasselin
* Michael Berrer

### Withdrawals

* Tobias Kamke
* Mikhail Kukushkin
* Lu Yen-hsun

## ATP doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| CZE | František Čermák | SVK | Michal Mertiňák | 82 | 1 |
| RUS | Mikhail Elgin | UZB | Denis Istomin | 117 | 2 |
| ARG | Carlos Berlocq | RUS | Alex Bogomolov Jr. | 156 | 3 |
| AUS | Rameez Junaid | USA | Scott Lipsky | 158 | 4 |

* Rankings are as of October 8, 2012

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Evgeny Donskoy / Igor Kunitsyn
* Teymuraz Gabashvili / Andrey Kuznetsov

## WTA singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| AUS | Samantha Stosur | 9 | 1 |
| FRA | Marion Bartoli | 10 | 2 |
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 11 | 3 |
| SRB | Ana Ivanovic | 12 | 4 |
| SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 13 | 5 |
| RUS | Nadia Petrova | 14 | 6 |
| RUS | Maria Kirilenko | 16 | 7 |
| CZE | Lucie Šafářová | 18 | 8 |

* Seeds are based on the rankings of October 8, 2012

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Margarita Gasparyan
* Elena Vesnina
* Caroline Wozniacki

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Vesna Dolonc
* Anastasia Rodionova
* Valeria Solovieva
* Elina Svitolina

### Withdrawals

* Marina Erakovic
* Sara Errani (left thigh injury)
* Kaia Kanepi
* Aleksandra Wozniak

## WTA doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| RUS | Ekaterina Makarova | RUS | Elena Vesnina | 18 | 1 |
| RUS | Maria Kirilenko | RUS | Nadia Petrova | 18 | 2 |
| ESP | Nuria Llagostera Vives | IND | Sania Mirza | 22 | 3 |
| KAZ | Yaroslava Shvedova | SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 31 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of October 8, 2012

### Other entrants

The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:

* Anastasia Frolova / Margarita Gasparyan

## Finals

### Men's singles

* Andreas Seppi defeated Thomaz Bellucci, 3–6, $7–6^{(7–3)},$ 6–3

### Women's singles

* Caroline Wozniacki defeated Samantha Stosur, 6–2, 4–6, 7–5

### Men's doubles

* František Čermák / Michal Mertiňák defeated Simone Bolelli / Daniele Bracciali, 7–5, 6–3

### Women's doubles

* Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina defeated Maria Kirilenko / Nadia Petrova, 6–3, 1–6, [10–8]
