2012 Western & Southern Open – Women's singles

January 2025 December 2015 December 2015 2012 Western & Southern Open CHN Li Na GER Angelique Kerber 1–6, 6–3, 6–1 56 16 2012 Western & Southern Open Li Na defeated Angelique Kerber in the final, 1–6, 6–3, 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2012 Cincinnati Masters.https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/WTA_Tennis/5522/wta-cincinnati-li-na-beats-kerber-to-win-first-title-since-last-year-s-french-open/ WTA Cincinnati - Li Na beats Kerber to win first title since last year´s French Open Tennis World USA 14 May 2026 Maria Sharapova was the reigning champion,https://www.skysports.com/tennis/news/12110/7117197/sharapova-wins-cinci-epic Sharapova wins Cinci epic Sky Sports 14 May 2026 but withdrew because of a stomach virus.https://www.sportsnet.ca/tennis/sharapova-cincinnati/ Sharapova drops out of Cincinnati tournament Sportsnet 14 May 2026 Seeds The top eight seeds and the Montreal finalists receive a bye into the second round. 30em POL Agnieszka Radwańska (quarterfinals) USA Serena Williams (quarterfinals) AUS Samantha Stosur (quarterfinals) CZE Petra Kvitová (semifinals) GER Angelique Kerber (final) DEN Caroline Wozniacki (third round) ITA Sara Errani (third round) FRA Marion Bartoli (second round) CHN Li Na (champion) SRB Ana Ivanovic (withdrew because of a right foot injury) SVK Dominika Cibulková (second round, retired) RUS Maria Kirilenko (first round) SRB Jelena Janković (first round) ITA Francesca Schiavone (first round) RUS Nadia Petrova (first round, retired because of dizziness) CZE Lucie Šafářová (first round) RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 185 1 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 1 1   9 CHN Li Na 6 6   3 AUS Samantha Stosur 2 77 4 WC USA Venus Williams 6 62 6 17 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 3 64 4 CZE Petra Kvitová 6 77 5 GER Angelique Kerber 6 6   2 USA Serena Williams 4 4   9 CHN Li Na 7 3 6 WC USA Venus Williams 5 6 1 4 CZE Petra Kvitová 1 6 4 5 GER Angelique Kerber 6 2 6 9 CHN Li Na 1 6 6 5 GER Angelique Kerber 6 3 1 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   SWE S Arvidsson 6 2 AUT T Paszek 1 1r   BUL T Pironkova 4 1 WC USA S Stephens 6 6 WC ITA C Giorgi 6 6 14 ITA F Schiavone 1 3 BEL Y Wickmayer 78 2 3 ROU S Cîrstea 66 6 6 Q SWE J Larsson 6 6 Q AUS C Dellacqua 1 3 1 POL A Radwańska 6 6 SWE S Arvidsson 4 3 WC USA S Stephens 6 6 WC ITA C Giorgi 2 1 9 CHN N Li 6 4 6 ROU S Cîrstea 3 6 3 Q SWE J Larsson 6 6 8 FRA M Bartoli 4 2 1 POL A Radwańska 6 4 6 WC USA S Stephens 1 6 4 9 CHN N Li 6 6 Q SWE J Larsson 2 2 1 POL A Radwańska 1 1 9 CHN N Li 6 6 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   ROU S Halep 3 0 ESP A Medina Garrigues 6 6   CZE K Zakopalová 65 5 LL GEO A Tatishvili 77 7   RUS E Makarova 710 3 15 RUS N Petrova 68 1r 12 RUS M Kirilenko 3 77 2 WC USA V Williams 6 65 6 RSA C Scheepers 3 6 3 USA C McHale 6 3 0r CHN J Zheng 6 61 3 SVK D Hantuchová 2 77 6 3 AUS S Stosur 6 66 6 ESP A Medina Garrigues 3 78 4 LL GEO A Tatishvili 1 2 RUS E Makarova 6 6 WC USA V Williams 2 6 6 RSA C Scheepers 6 3 2   SVK D Hantuchová 4 4 7 ITA S Errani 6 6 3 AUS S Stosur 6 6 RUS E Makarova 1 3 WC USA V Williams 6 6 7 ITA S Errani 3 0 3 AUS S Stosur 2 77 4 WC USA V Williams 6 62 6 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Q KAZ S Karatantcheva 6 6 Q NED K Bertens 2 1   ISR S Pe'er 3 3 GER J Görges 6 6   ESP C Suárez Navarro 4 0 17 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 6 6 13 SRB J Janković 7 5 68 CHN S Peng 5 7 710 ITA R Vinci 6 6 Q USA M Keys 3 3 ESP MJ Martínez Sánchez 0 4 GER M Barthel 6 6 6 DEN C Wozniacki 6 6 Q KAZ S Karatantcheva 1 0   GER J Görges 3 0 17 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 6 6   CHN S Peng 6 6 ITA R Vinci 3 4   GER M Barthel 6 2 5 4 CZE P Kvitová 3 6 7 6 DEN C Wozniacki 4 4 17 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 6 6   CHN S Peng 2 2 4 CZE P Kvitová 6 6 17 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 3 64 4 CZE P Kvitová 6 77 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   USA V Lepchenko 64 4 LL HUN T Babos 77 6 Q USA B Mattek-Sands 3 5 Q CZE A Hlaváčková 6 7 Q UZB A Amanmuradova 3 4 11 SVK D Cibulková 6 6 16 CZE L Šafářová 3 4 Q KAZ Y Shvedova 6 6 KAZ K Pervak 2 4 Q POL U Radwańska 6 6 Q USA V King 3 6 66 Q GRE E Daniilidou 6 2 78 5 GER A Kerber 3 6 6 LL HUN T Babos 6 1 2 Q CZE A Hlaváčková 77 4 11 SVK D Cibulková 61 1r Q KAZ Y Shvedova 6 1r Q POL U Radwańska 4 4 Q GRE E Daniilidou 3 4 2 USA S Williams 6 6 5 GER A Kerber 6 77 Q CZE A Hlaváčková 4 65 Q POL U Radwańska 4 3 2 USA S Williams 6 6 5 GER A Kerber 6 6 2 USA S Williams 4 4 Qualifying draw Seeds 30em KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova (qualified) POL Urszula Radwańska (qualified) USA Vania King (qualified) KAZ Galina Voskoboeva (withdrew) CZE Iveta Benešová (first round) ESP Sílvia Soler Espinosa (first round) NED Arantxa Rus (first round) HUN Tímea Babos (qualifying competition, lucky loser) CZE Lucie Hradecká (first round) SRB Bojana Jovanovski (first round) USA CoCo Vandeweghe (first round) ESP Lourdes Domínguez Lino (first round) GBR Anne Keothavong (first round) GEO Anna Tatishvili (qualifying competition, lucky loser) NED Kiki Bertens (qualified) BLR Olga Govortsova (qualifying competition) ROU Irina-Camelia Begu (qualifying competition) HUN Melinda Czink (qualifying competition) GBR Laura Robson (qualifying competition) CZE Andrea Hlaváčková (qualified) FRA Pauline Parmentier (first round) SWE Johanna Larsson (qualified) UKR Kateryna Bondarenko (qualifying competition) ESP Garbiñe Muguruza (first round) Qualifiers 30em KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova POL Urszula Radwańska USA Vania King UZB Akgul Amanmuradova SWE Johanna Larsson NED Kiki Bertens KAZ Sesil Karatantcheva USA Madison Keys AUS Casey Dellacqua CZE Andrea Hlaváčková GRE Eleni Daniilidou USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucky losers HUN Tímea Babos GEO Anna Tatishvili Draw First qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 1 KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 6 6   WC USA Lauren Davis 3 2   WC USA Nicole Gibbs 2 68   14 GEO Anna Tatishvili 6 710   1 KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 7 6   14 GEO Anna Tatishvili 5 2   Second qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 2 POL Urszula Radwańska 6 6     CRO Mirjana Lučić 2 2     RUS Vera Dushevina 2 6 4 19 GBR Laura Robson 6 3 6 2 POL Urszula Radwańska 6 6   19 GBR Laura Robson 3 2   Third qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 3 USA Vania King 6 6     JPN Kimiko Date-Krumm 4 4     USA Julia Cohen 4 2   17 ROU Irina-Camelia Begu 6 6   3 USA Vania King 3 6 7 17 ROU Irina-Camelia Begu 6 3 5 Fourth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 Alt SVK Jana Čepelová 3 1     CZE Karolína Plíšková 6 6     UZB Akgul Amanmuradova 6 6   21 FRA Pauline Parmentier 4 3   CZE Karolína Plíšková 3 2     UZB Akgul Amanmuradova 6 6   Fifth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 5 CZE Iveta Benešová 1 77 3   USA Alexa Glatch 6 62 6 WC USA Komal Safdar 1 1   22 SWE Johanna Larsson 6 6   USA Alexa Glatch 2 2   22 SWE Johanna Larsson 6 6   Sixth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 6 ESP Sílvia Soler Espinosa 3 5     KAZ Yulia Putintseva 6 7     FRA Aravane Rezaï 3 77 4 15 NED Kiki Bertens 6 63 6 KAZ Yulia Putintseva 3 3   15 NED Kiki Bertens 6 6   Seventh qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 7 NED Arantxa Rus 6 5 0   KAZ Sesil Karatantcheva 3 7 6 WC USA Jill Craybas 3 2   16 BLR Olga Govortsova 6 6   KAZ Sesil Karatantcheva 3 7 6 16 BLR Olga Govortsova 6 5 0 Eighth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 8 HUN Tímea Babos 6 6     UKR Lesia Tsurenko 2 4   WC USA Madison Keys 77 3 6 24 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 65 6 1 8 HUN Tímea Babos 3 0   WC USA Madison Keys 6 6   Ninth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 9 CZE Lucie Hradecká 3 1     AUS Casey Dellacqua 6 6     USA Melanie Oudin 3 4   18 HUN Melinda Czink 6 6   AUS Casey Dellacqua 6 77   18 HUN Melinda Czink 4 62   Tenth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 10 SRB Bojana Jovanovski 3 6 62   AUS Olivia Rogowska 6 2 77   AUS Jarmila Gajdošová 3 64   20 CZE Andrea Hlaváčková 6 77   AUS Olivia Rogowska 77 4 4 20 CZE Andrea Hlaváčková 65 6 6 Eleventh qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 11 USA CoCo Vandeweghe 3 62     GRE Eleni Daniilidou 6 77     TPE Chang Kai-chen 5 4   23 UKR Kateryna Bondarenko 7 6   GRE Eleni Daniilidou 6 77   23 UKR Kateryna Bondarenko 3 62   Twelfth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 12 ESP Lourdes Domínguez Lino 3 3   WC USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6 6     TPE Chan Yung-jan 6 4 6 13 GBR Anne Keothavong 3 6 0 WC USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands 1 7 6   TPE Chan Yung-jan 6 5 3 References Main Draw Qualifying Draw Category:2012 WTA Tour Women's Singles