2012 BGL Luxembourg Open
The 2012 BGL Luxembourg Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 17th edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg between 15 and 21 October 2011. Venus Williams won the singles title.
2012 BGL Luxembourg Open | |
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Date | 15 – 21 October |
Edition | 17th |
Category | WTA International Tournaments |
Surface | Hard / Indoor |
Location | Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Venus Williams | |
Doubles | |
Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká |
Champions
Singles
- Venus Williams defeated Monica Niculescu 6–2, 6–3
Doubles
- Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká defeated Irina-Camelia Begu / Monica Niculescu 6–3, 6–4
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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ITA | Roberta Vinci | 15 | 1 |
GER | Julia Görges | 19 | 2 |
SRB | Jelena Janković | 22 | 3 |
GER | Sabine Lisicki | 25 | 5 |
ROU | Sorana Cîrstea | 26 | 6 |
AUT | Tamira Paszek | 27 | 7 |
ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 35 | 8 |
GER | Mona Barthel | 37 | 9 |
- 1 Rankings are as of October 8, 2012
Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following players received entry as lucky loser:
Withdrawals
- Tímea Babos
- Angelique Kerber (foot injury)
- Sloane Stephens
- Yanina Wickmayer (knee injury)
Retirements
- Peng Shuai (right shoulder injury)
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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CZE | Andrea Hlaváčková | CZE | Lucie Hradecká | 11 | 1 |
ROU | Irina-Camelia Begu | ROU | Monica Niculescu | 75 | 2 |
RUS | Vera Dushevina | BLR | Olga Govortsova | 117 | 3 |
CRO | Petra Martić | LUX | Mandy Minella | 127 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings are as of October 8, 2012
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Retirements
- Jelena Janković (gastrointestinal illness)
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