The 2012 HP Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts sponsored by Hewlett-Packard. It was the fourth edition of the HP Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. It was held at the Utsubo Tennis Center in Osaka, Japan, from October 8 through October 14, 2012. Unseeded Heather Watson won the singles title.
Finals
Singles
Heather Watson defeated Chang Kai-chen 7–5, 5–7, 7–6(7–4)
Doubles
Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears defeated Kimiko Date-Krumm / Heather Watson 6–1, 6–4
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 Seed Samantha Stosur91 Zheng Jie222 Christina McHale303Francesca Schiavone334Yaroslava Shvedova365 Anabel Medina Garrigues396 Chanelle Scheepers537 Laura Robson608
Rankings are as of October 1, 2012
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Kurumi Nara Francesca Schiavone Tamarine Tanasugarn
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Nudnida Luangnam Olga Puchkova Luksika Kumkhum Zhou Yimiao
Withdrawals Tímea Babos Petra Cetkovská Melinda Czink Marina Erakovic Olga Govortsova Michaëlla Krajicek Mandy Minella Shahar Pe'er Sloane Stephens CoCo Vandeweghe Galina Voskoboeva Aleksandra Wozniak
Retirements Francesca Schiavone (right wrist injury)
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears331 Anabel Medina Garrigues Zheng Jie492Darija Jurak Katalin Marosi983Kimiko Date-Krumm Heather Watson1494 1 Rankings are as of October 1, 2012
Other entrants The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw: Kurumi Nara / Erika Sema
Retirements Eleni Daniilidou (right hamstring strain)
External links
WTA tournament draws