2012 HP Open – Singles

2012 HP Open GBR Heather Watson TPE Chang Kai-chen 7–5, 5–7, 7–6(7–4) 32 8 singles doubles Japan Women's Open 2012 HP Open Marion Bartoli was the defending champion,https://www.reuters.com/article/sports/tennis/bartoli-wins-japan-open-with-two-victories-in-a-day-idUSL3E7LG05D/ Bartoli wins Japan Open with two victories in a day Reuters 18 May 2026 but chose not to compete. Heather Watson won the title after a marathon 3 hour 12 minute battle with Chang Kai-chen.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/19940002 Heather Watson defeats Chang Kai-chen to win Japan Open BBC Sport 18 May 2026 The match saw Watson hold match point before Chang came back and won the second set. Chang went up a break and had multiple match points at 5–4 before Watson broke and won a final-set tiebreak. Watson won by a score of 7–5, 5–7, 7–6(7–4). Watson became the first British player to win the WTA Tour level since Sara Gomer in the 1988 Women's California State Championships.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/oct/14/heather-watson-wins-japan-open-tennis Heather Watson wins Japan Open to end GB's long wait for women's title The Guardian 18 May 2026 Seeds 30em AUS Samantha Stosur (semifinals) CHN Zheng Jie (second round) USA Christina McHale (first round) ITA Francesca Schiavone (first round, retired) KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova (first round) ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues (second round) RSA Chanelle Scheepers (quarterfinals) GBR Laura Robson (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 175 1 AUS Samantha Stosur 4 6 63 TPE Chang Kai-chen 6 4 77   JPN Misaki Doi 62 5 GBR Heather Watson 77 7   TPE Chang Kai-chen 5 7 64 GBR Heather Watson 7 5 77 Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 1 AUS S Stosur 6 6     JPN E Sema 4 2   Q THA N Luangnam 3 3     FRA V Razzano 6 6   JPN A Morita 3 2     USA J Hampton 6 6   WC THA T Tanasugarn 6 6   5 KAZ Y Shvedova 3 2   3 USA C McHale 3 65     TPE K-c Chang 6 77     JPN K Date-Krumm 3 6 4   AUS C Dellacqua 6 3 6 Q CHN Y Zhou 7 6   WC JPN K Nara 5 4     GRE E Daniilidou 4 2   8 GBR L Robson 6 6   1 AUS S Stosur 1 6 6   FRA V Razzano 6 2 4   USA J Hampton 7 7   WC THA T Tanasugarn 5 5     TPE K-c Chang 77 6     AUS C Dellacqua 64 3   Q CHN Y Zhou 4 4   8 GBR L Robson 6 6   1 AUS S Stosur 6 6   USA J Hampton 2 4   TPE K-c Chang 6 3 77 8 GBR L Robson 4 6 64 1 AUS S Stosur 4 6 63 TPE K-c Chang 6 4 77 Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 7 RSA C Scheepers 6 6     USA A Glatch 4 1     CRO M Lučić 4 6 6 Q THA L Kumkhum 6 3 4   JPN M Doi 7 3 6   USA J Cohen 5 6 0 Q RUS O Puchkova 6 2   4/WC ITA F Schiavone 4 1r   6 ESP A Medina Garrigues 3 6 6   ITA C Giorgi 6 2 2   GBR H Watson 6 6     SLO P Hercog 4 4     FRA M Johansson 2 2     FRA P Parmentier 6 6     ESP MJ Martínez Sánchez 6 5 4 2 CHN J Zheng 4 7 6 7 RSA C Scheepers 6 6     CRO M Lučić 2 2     JPN M Doi 6 6   Q RUS O Puchkova 3 2   6 ESP A Medina Garrigues 77 2 3   GBR H Watson 64 6 6   FRA P Parmentier 6 6   2 CHN J Zheng 3 4   7 RSA C Scheepers 6 1 3   JPN M Doi 2 6 6   GBR H Watson 7 6   FRA P Parmentier 5 3 JPN M Doi 62 5 GBR H Watson 77 7 Qualifying Seeds 30em SWE Johanna Larsson (qualifying competition) RUS Olga Puchkova (qualified) CAN Eugenie Bouchard (qualifying competition) JPN Yurika Sema (first round, retired) CHN Wang Qiang (first round) JPN Junri Namigata (second round) THA Luksika Kumkhum (qualified) THA Nudnida Luangnam (qualified) Qualifiers 30em THA Nudnida Luangnam RUS Olga Puchkova THA Luksika Kumkhum CHN Zhou Yimiao Draw First qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 1 SWE Johanna Larsson 6 6     THA Varatchaya Wongteanchai 4 4     JPN Rika Fujiwara 5 2     JPN Miharu Imanishi 7 6   WC GBR Robyn Beddow 2 0   RUS Ksenia Lykina 6 6 WC JPN Yoshimi Kawasaki 0 0   8 THA Nudnida Luangnam 6 6   1 SWE Johanna Larsson 1 78 6   JPN Miharu Imanishi 6 66 0   RUS Ksenia Lykina 3 4   8 THA Nudnida Luangnam 6 6   1 SWE Johanna Larsson 4 3   8 THA Nudnida Luangnam 6 6   Second qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 2 RUS Olga Puchkova 6 6     KAZ Zarina Diyas 1 4   WC JPN Chihiro Takayama 2 0     JPN Miki Miyamura 6 6     JPN Kazusa Ito 4 3   THA Noppawan Lertcheewakarn 6 6 JPN Aki Yamasoto 4 6 6 5 CHN Wang Qiang 6 3 4 2 RUS Olga Puchkova 6 6     JPN Miki Miyamura 3 1     THA Noppawan Lertcheewakarn 3 1   JPN Aki Yamasoto 6 6   2 RUS Olga Puchkova 6 6     JPN Aki Yamasoto 2 4   Third qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 3 CAN Eugenie Bouchard 2 6 6   JPN Eri Hozumi 6 4 4   USA Alexandra Stevenson 1 3     RUS Daria Gavrilova 6 6   WC JPN Miyu Kato 63 3   HUN Katalin Marosi 77 6 JPN Misa Eguchi 3 4   7 THA Luksika Kumkhum 6 6   3 CAN Eugenie Bouchard 4 6 6   RUS Daria Gavrilova 6 1 4   HUN Katalin Marosi 6 1 2 7 THA Luksika Kumkhum 4 6 6 3 CAN Eugenie Bouchard 1 2   7 THA Luksika Kumkhum 6 6   Fourth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 4 JPN Yurika Sema 6 3 2r WC JPN Risa Ozaki 2 6 3   JPN Shuko Aoyama 6 6   WC CRO Darija Jurak 2 2     CHN Zhou Yimiao 710 6 WC JPN Riko Sawayanagi 68 2 JPN Erika Takao 2 5   6 JPN Junri Namigata 6 7   WC JPN Risa Ozaki 3 6 2   JPN Shuko Aoyama 6 0 6   CHN Zhou Yimiao 6 77   6 JPN Junri Namigata 2 61   JPN Shuko Aoyama 2 3     CHN Zhou Yimiao 6 6   References External links Main draw Qualifying draw Hp Open - Singles Category:2012 HP Open