The 2012 Mercury Insurance Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 3rd edition of the Southern California Open since the tournament left the tour in 2007. It was classified as one of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place in Carlsbad, California, United States from July 16 through July 22, 2012. Second-seeded Dominika Cibulková won the singles title.
Finals
Singles
Dominika Cibulková defeated Marion Bartoli, 6–1, 7–5 It was Cibulková's only singles title of the year and the 2nd of her career.
Doubles
Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears defeated Vania King / Nadia Petrova, 6–2, 6–4
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 Seed Marion Bartoli 10 1 Dominika Cibulková 15 2 Jelena Janković 20 3 Nadia Petrova 21 4 Christina McHale 28 5 Daniela Hantuchová 33 6 Yanina Wickmayer 37 7 Chanelle Scheepers 42 8 1 Rankings are as of July 9, 2012
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Lauren Davis Nicole Gibbs Daniela Hantuchová CoCo Vandeweghe
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Chan Yung-jan Alexa Glatch Sesil Karatantcheva Michelle Larcher de Brito
The following players received entry as lucky loser: Melanie Oudin
Withdrawals Sorana Cîrstea (right adductor strain) Angelique Kerber (low back injury) Svetlana Kuznetsova (right knee injury) Sabine Lisicki (abdominal Injury) Monica Niculescu (left hand injury) Tamira Paszek (left thigh injury)
Retirements Yanina Wickmayer (low-back injury)
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedLiezel HuberLisa Raymond21 Vania King Nadia Petrova192Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears393Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová474 1 Rankings are as of July 9, 2012
Other entrants The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw: Mirjana Lučić / CoCo Vandeweghe
References
External links
WTA tournament draws ITF tournament edition details