2012 Aegon Classic – Singles

November 2019 2012 Aegon Classic USA Melanie Oudin SRB Jelena Janković 6–4, 6–2 56 (8 Q Qualifiers / 4 WC Wild Cards) 16 singles doubles Birmingham Classic (tennis) Birmingham Classic 2012 Aegon Classic Sabine Lisicki was the defending champion,https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/13755900 Unseeded German Sabine Lisicki wins Aegon Classic BBC Sport 23 September 2025https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/jun/13/sabine-lisicki-daniela-hantuchova-aegon-classic Unseeded Sabine Lisicki beats Daniela Hantuchova to win Aegon Classic The Guardian 23 September 2025 but was defeated in the second round by Urszula Radwańska. Melanie Oudin won her maiden and only WTA tour title, defeating Jelena Janković in the final 6–4, 6–2.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/jun/18/melanie-oudin-title-birmingham-wimbledon Melanie Oudin wins first WTA title at Wimbledon warm-up in Birmingham The Guardian 23 September 2025 Seeds 30em ITA Francesca Schiavone (second round) GER Sabine Lisicki (second round) SVK Daniela Hantuchová (second round) ITA Roberta Vinci (quarterfinals) SRB Jelena Janković (final) GER Mona Barthel (second round) USA Christina McHale (second round) RUS Ekaterina Makarova (semifinals) NZL Marina Erakovic (third round) ROU Sorana Cîrstea (first round) CZE Iveta Benešová (first round) AUT Tamira Paszek (first round) TPE Hsieh Su-wei (quarterfinals) HUN Tímea Babos (second round) GBR Elena Baltacha (second round) GRE Eleni Daniilidou (first round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 JPN Misaki Doi 3 4 5/WC SRB Jelena Janković 6 6 4 ITA Roberta Vinci 3 7 4 Q CHN Zheng Jie 6 5 6 8 RUS Ekaterina Makarova 3 6 6 13 TPE Hsieh Su-wei 6 3 3 Q USA Melanie Oudin 6 5 7 USA Irina Falconi 4 7 5 5/WC SRB Jelena Janković 62 7 6 Q CHN Zheng Jie 77 5 1 8 RUS Ekaterina Makarova 4 6 2 Q USA Melanie Oudin 6 3 6 5/WC SRB Jelena Janković 4 2 Q USA Melanie Oudin 6 6 Top half Section one First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Q THA N Lertcheewakarn 4 6 3   JPN M Doi 6 3 6 Q USA A Spears 63 6 1   AUS A Rodionova 77 1 6   FRA S Foretz Gacon 6 6   16 GRE E Daniilidou 4 2   11 CZE I Benešová 1 2   WC GBR T Moore 6 6     AUS C Dellacqua 6 3 6   ESP G Muguruza Blanco 2 6 2   CRO M Lučić 1 6 3 WC GBR M South 6 4 6 1/WC ITA F Schiavone 5 4     JPN M Doi 7 6     AUS A Rodionova 5 2     FRA S Foretz Gacon 7 6   WC GBR T Moore 6 4 1   AUS C Dellacqua 4 6 6 WC GBR M South 1 63   5/WC SRB J Janković 6 77     JPN M Doi 6 7   FRA S Foretz Gacon 4 5     AUS C Dellacqua       5/WC SRB J Janković w/o       JPN M Doi 3 4   5/WC SRB J Janković 6 6   Section two First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals ITA A Brianti 4 5 FRA V Razzano 6 7 ARG P Ormaechea 4 6 3 GBR H Watson 6 3 6 TPE K-c Chang 6 4 5 15 GBR E Baltacha 4 6 7 12 AUT T Paszek 2 5 GBR A Keothavong 6 7 Q CHN J Zheng 6 4 6 LL RUS A Kudryavtseva 4 6 3 NED M Krajicek 2 78 0r CZE A Hlaváčková 6 66 4 4 ITA R Vinci 6 FRA V Razzano 3r GBR H Watson 77 6 15 GBR E Baltacha 65 3 GBR A Keothavong 3 4 Q CHN J Zheng 6 6 CZE A Hlaváčková 77 6 6 GER M Barthel 65 2 4 ITA R Vinci 6 4 6 GBR H Watson 3 6 1 Q CHN J Zheng 6 6 CZE A Hlaváčková 4 1 4 ITA R Vinci 3 7 4 Q CHN J Zheng 6 5 6 Bottom half Section three First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals THA T Tanasugarn 4 2 LL KAZ S Karatantcheva 6 6 GBR L Robson 6 6 Q USA G Min 4 1 JPN A Morita 0r 9 NZL M Erakovic 5 13 TPE S-w Hsieh 4 77 6 Q RUS V Dushevina 6 65 4 RUS A Panova 62 6 7 CAN S Dubois 77 1 5 HUN M Czink 77 3 6 GEO A Tatishvili 65 6 3 8 RUS E Makarova 77 6 LL KAZ S Karatantcheva 64 3 GBR L Robson 4 6 4 9 NZL M Erakovic 6 3 6 13 TPE S-w Hsieh 6 6 RUS A Panova 4 2 HUN M Czink 7 77 3 SVK D Hantuchová 5 65 8 RUS E Makarova 2 6 6 9 NZL M Erakovic 6 1 3 13 TPE S-w Hsieh 6 6 HUN M Czink 1 2 8 RUS E Makarova 3 6 6 13 TPE S-w Hsieh 6 3 3 Section four First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals RUS E Vesnina 6 6 AUS O Rogowska 3 2 SRB B Jovanovski 6 5 4 Q POR M Larcher de Brito 3 7 6 Q USA M Oudin 3 6 6 10 ROU S Cîrstea 6 3 2 14 HUN T Babos 6 4 77 Q USA A Riske 4 6 62 USA I Falconi 6 6 ROU A Cadanțu 2 0 WC GBR S Murray 4 4 POL U Radwańska 6 6 7 USA C McHale 1 6 5 RUS E Vesnina 6 1 7 Q POR M Larcher de Brito 3 4 Q USA M Oudin 6 6 14 HUN T Babos 0 4 USA I Falconi 6 6 POL U Radwańska 6 6 2 GER S Lisicki 3 4 RUS E Vesnina 0 2 Q USA M Oudin 6 6 USA I Falconi 7 6 POL U Radwańska 5 3 Q USA M Oudin 6 5 7 USA I Falconi 4 7 5 Qualifying Seeds Zheng and Dushevina would have made it to the main draw, however, they registered late. Zheng would have been 7th seed. 30em CHN Zheng Jie (qualified) RUS Vera Dushevina (qualified) KAZ Sesil Karatantcheva (qualifying competition, lucky loser) RUS Alla Kudryavtseva (qualifying competition, lucky loser) JPN Kurumi Nara (qualifying competition) USA Alison Riske (qualified) POR Michelle Larcher de Brito (qualified) NED Bibiane Schoofs (first round) TPE Chan Yung-jan (qualifying competition) THA Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (qualified) CHN Zhang Shuai (qualifying competition) POL Sandra Zaniewska (qualifying competition) FRA Victoria Larrière (first round) USA Grace Min (qualified) GBR Naomi Broady (qualifying competition) USA Gail Brodsky (qualifying competition) Qualifiers 30em CHN Zheng Jie RUS Vera Dushevina THA Noppawan Lertcheewakarn USA Abigail Spears USA Grace Min USA Alison Riske POR Michelle Larcher de Brito USA Melanie Oudin Lucky loser KAZ Sesil Karatantcheva RUS Alla Kudryavtseva Draw First qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 1 CHN Zheng Jie 3 6 6   RSA Natalie Grandin 6 1 2   USA Raquel Kops-Jones 1 6 1 12 POL Sandra Zaniewska 6 4 6 1 CHN Zheng Jie 6 6   12 POL Sandra Zaniewska 3 3   Second qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 2 RUS Vera Dushevina 6 6   WC GBR Emma Devine 0 1   WC AUS Karolina Wlodarczak 0 6 0r 15 GBR Naomi Broady 6 3 2 2 RUS Vera Dushevina 7 61 6 15 GBR Naomi Broady 5 77 1 Third qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 3 KAZ Sesil Karatantcheva 6 6   WC GBR Francesca Stephenson 1 1   WC USA Lindsay Lee-Waters 6 63 2 10 THA Noppawan Lertcheewakarn 3 7 6 3 KAZ Sesil Karatantcheva 611 4   10 THA Noppawan Lertcheewakarn 713 6   Fourth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 4 RUS Alla Kudryavtseva 6 6   WC GBR Jessica Ren 2 4     USA Abigail Spears 6 6   13 FRA Victoria Larrière 0 3   4 RUS Alla Kudryavtseva 6 1 4   USA Abigail Spears 4 6 6 Fifth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 5 JPN Kurumi Nara 6 6   WC GBR Daneika Borthwick 2 2     POL Alicja Rosolska 1 3   14 USA Grace Min 6 6   5 JPN Kurumi Nara 3 3   14 USA Grace Min 6 6   Sixth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 6 USA Alison Riske 6 6     CZE Vladimíra Uhlířová 2 0     AUS Daniella Jeflea 4 2   11 CHN Zhang Shuai 6 6   6 USA Alison Riske 6 6   11 CHN Zhang Shuai 4 2   Seventh qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 7 POR Michelle Larcher de Brito 6 6   WC LAT Līga Dekmeijere 3 2     GBR Emily Webley-Smith 6 3 64 9 TPE Chan Yung-jan 4 6 77 7 POR Michelle Larcher de Brito 6 6   9 TPE Chan Yung-jan 2 2   Eighth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 8 NED Bibiane Schoofs 4 68     USA Melanie Oudin 6 710   WC GBR Sabrina Bamburac 0 4   16 USA Gail Brodsky 6 6     USA Melanie Oudin 6 6   16 USA Gail Brodsky 4 0   References External links Main draw Qualifying draw Category:2012 WTA Tour 2012 Singles