2012 HP Open

Women's tennis tournament 2012 HP Open 8–14 October 4th WTA International 32S / 16D $220,000 Hard / outdoor Osaka, Japan Utsubo Tennis Center GBR Heather Watson USA Raquel Kops-Jones / USA Abigail Spears Japan Women's Open 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 thumb|Heather Watson|200px Singles 2012 HP Open – Singles GBR Heather Watson defeated TPE Chang Kai-chen 7–5, 5–7, 7–6(7–4) Doubles 2012 HP Open – Doubles USA Raquel Kops-Jones / USA Abigail Spears defeated JPN Kimiko Date-Krumm / GBR Heather Watson 6–1, 6–4 Singles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Rank1 Seed AUS Samantha Stosur91CHN Zheng Jie222USA Christina McHale303ITAFrancesca Schiavone334KAZYaroslava Shvedova365ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues396RSA Chanelle Scheepers537GBR Laura Robson608 Rankings are as of October 1, 2012 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: JPN Kurumi Nara ITA Francesca Schiavone THA Tamarine Tanasugarn The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: THA Nudnida Luangnam RUS Olga Puchkova THA Luksika Kumkhum CHN Zhou Yimiao Withdrawals HUN Tímea Babos CZE Petra Cetkovská HUN Melinda Czink NZL Marina Erakovic BLR Olga Govortsova NED Michaëlla Krajicek LUX Mandy Minella ISR Shahar Pe'er USA Sloane Stephens USA CoCo Vandeweghe KAZ Galina Voskoboeva CAN Aleksandra Wozniak Retirements ITA Francesca Schiavone (right wrist injury) Doubles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedUSA Raquel Kops-JonesUSA Abigail Spears331ESP Anabel Medina GarriguesCHN Zheng Jie492CRODarija JurakHUN Katalin Marosi983JPNKimiko Date-KrummGBR Heather Watson1494 1 Rankings are as of October 1, 2012 Other entrants The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw: JPN Kurumi Nara / JPN Erika Sema Retirements GRE Eleni Daniilidou (right hamstring strain) External links www.jw-open.jp WTA tournament draws HP Open Category:HP Open Category:2012 in Japanese tennis Category:2012 in Japanese women's sport Category:October 2012 sports events in Japan