2012 BGL Luxembourg Open

2012 BGL Luxembourg Open 15–21 October 17th WTA International 32S / 16D $220,000 Hard / indoor Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg USA Venus Williams CZE Andrea Hlaváčková / CZE Lucie Hradecká 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. Unseeded Venus Williams won the singles title. Finals Singles 2012 BGL Luxembourg Open – Singles USA Venus Williams defeated ROU Monica Niculescu 6–2, 6–3 Doubles 2012 BGL Luxembourg Open – Doubles CZE Andrea Hlaváčková / CZE Lucie Hradecká defeated ROU Irina-Camelia Begu / ROU Monica Niculescu 6–3, 6–4 Singles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedITARoberta Vinci151GERJulia Görges192SRBJelena Janković223BELYanina Wickmayer234GERSabine Lisicki255ROUSorana Cîrstea266AUTTamira Paszek277ESPCarla Suárez Navarro358GERMona Barthel379 1 Rankings are as of October 8, 2012 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: SUI Belinda Bencic BEL Kirsten Flipkens LUX Mandy Minella The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: GER Annika Beck RUS Vera Dushevina GER Tatjana Malek ESP Garbiñe Muguruza The following players received entry as lucky loser: GBR Anne Keothavong Withdrawals HUN Tímea Babos GER Angelique Kerber (foot injury) USA Sloane Stephens BEL Yanina Wickmayer (knee injury) Retirements CHN Peng Shuai (right shoulder injury) Doubles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedCZEAndrea HlaváčkováCZE Lucie Hradecká111ROU Irina-Camelia BeguROU Monica Niculescu752RUSVera DushevinaBLR Olga Govortsova1173CROPetra MartićLUX Mandy Minella1274 1 Rankings are as of October 8, 2012 Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: GER Mona Barthel / SRB Jelena Janković SUI Belinda Bencic / LUX Claudine Schaul Retirements SRB Jelena Janković (gastrointestinal illness) External links Official website https://web.archive.org/web/20090422005555/http://www.bgl-bnp-paribas-open.lu/ 2009-04-22 WTA tournament draws BGL Luxembourg Open Category:Luxembourg Open Category:2012 in Luxembourgian tennis