2012 China Open – Women's singles

2012 China Open BLR Victoria Azarenka RUS Maria Sharapova 6–3, 6–1 16 China Open – Women's singles China Open – Women's singles 2012 China Open (tennis) Victoria Azarenka defeated Maria Sharapova in the final, 6–3, 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2012 China Open.https://newyorktennismagazine.com/article/sharapova-falls-azarekna-china-open-finals/ Sharapova Falls to Azarekna in China Open Finals newyorktennismagazine.com/ 18 May 2026 Agnieszka Radwańska was the defending champion,https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/WTA_Tennis/1748/wta-beijing-radwanska-takes-beijing-title-for-biggest-career-win/ WTA Beijing - Radwanska takes Beijing title for biggest career win Tennis World USA 18 May 2026 but lost to Li Na in the quarterfinals.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/19847969 Victoria Azarenka & Maria Sharapova reach last four in China BBC Sport 18 May 2026 Seeds 30em BLR Victoria Azarenka (champion) RUS Maria Sharapova (final) POL Agnieszka Radwańska (quarterfinals) CZE Petra Kvitová (second round) GER Angelique Kerber (quarterfinals, retired due to right foot injury) ITA Sara Errani (first round, retired due to left thigh injury) CHN Li Na (semifinals) AUS Samantha Stosur (second round) FRA Marion Bartoli (semifinals) DEN Caroline Wozniacki (third round) SRB Ana Ivanovic (third round) SVK Dominika Cibulková (first round, retired due to left hip injury) RUS Maria Kirilenko (first round) EST Kaia Kanepi (withdrew because of a right heel injury) ITA Roberta Vinci (first round) CZE Lucie Šafářová (first round) The four Tokyo semifinalists received a bye into the second round. They are as follows: GER Angelique Kerber RUS Nadia Petrova POL Agnieszka Radwańska AUS Samantha Stosur Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 BLR Victoria Azarenka 6 6 SUI Romina Oprandi 2 0   ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 0 6 4 9 FRA Marion Bartoli 6 2 6 7 CHN Li Na 6 6 3 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 4 2 5 GER Angelique Kerber 0 0r 2 RUS Maria Sharapova 6 3 1 BLR Victoria Azarenka 6 6 9 FRA Marion Bartoli 4 2 7 CHN Li Na 4 0 2 RUS Maria Sharapova 6 6 1 BLR Victoria Azarenka 6 6 2 RUS Maria Sharapova 3 1 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 1 BLR V Azarenka 6 6   FRA A Cornet 1 0   GER S Lisicki 6 5 6   ESP A Medina Garrigues 3 7 2   GER M Barthel 1 1 Q RUS E Vesnina 6 6   AUT T Paszek 7 0 78 LL BLR O Govortsova 5 6 66 11 SRB A Ivanovic 6 6   USA C McHale 3 2   USA V Lepchenko 7 6   BUL T Pironkova 5 4   SUI R Oprandi 7 6   POL U Radwańska 5 2 Q ITA C Giorgi 5 6 ITA S Errani 4r 1 BLR V Azarenka 6 6 GER S Lisicki 4 2 Q RUS E Vesnina 77 6 AUT T Paszek 65 2 11 SRB A Ivanovic 4 7 6 USA V Lepchenko 6 5 1   SUI R Oprandi 7 6 Q ITA C Giorgi 5 2 1 BLR V Azarenka 6 6 Q RUS E Vesnina 3 3 11 SRB A Ivanovic 4 3 SUI R Oprandi 6 6 1 BLR V Azarenka 6 6 SUI R Oprandi 2 0 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 4 CZE P Kvitová 6 6 SVK D Hantuchová 2 3   ESP C Suárez Navarro 6 6 PR SUI T Bacsinszky 4 1   SRB J Janković 6 6 GER A Petkovic 2 4   ROU M Niculescu 6 6 16 CZE L Šafářová 2 0 9 FRA M Bartoli 6 6 Q SRB B Jovanovski 3 3 Q JPN A Morita 6 6 WC ESP M-T Torró-Flor 3 0 USA V King 711 5 2 GER J Görges 69 7 6 4 CZE P Kvitová 3 2 ESP C Suárez Navarro 6 6   SRB J Janković 6 6 ROU M Niculescu 2 1 9 FRA M Bartoli 6 6 Q JPN A Morita 4 3   GER J Görges 77 4 7 8 AUS S Stosur 62 6 5   ESP C Suárez Navarro 7 6 SRB J Janković 5 4 9 FRA M Bartoli 6 77 GER J Görges 3 62 ESP C Suárez Navarro 0 6 4 9 FRA M Bartoli 6 2 6 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 7 CHN N Li 6 6 ITA F Schiavone 2 3   BEL Y Wickmayer 5 5 CHN S Peng 7 7   KAZ Y Shvedova 6 4 12 SVK D Cibulková 4 1r 15 ITA R Vinci 77 64 2 Q ESP L Domínguez Lino 64 77 6 WC JPN K Date-Krumm 4 4 Q GBR L Robson 6 6 WC CHN S Zhang 6 6 WC CHN Q Wang 3 2  7 CHN N Li 6 6 RUS N Petrova 1 2   CHN S Peng 5 7 6 KAZ Y Shvedova 7 5 2 Q ESP L Domínguez Lino 7 6 Q GBR L Robson 5 3 WC CHN S Zhang 2 3 3 POL A Radwańska 6 6 7 CHN N Li 4 6 77 CHN S Peng 6 2 63 Q ESP L Domínguez Lino 6 1 4 3 POL A Radwańska 2 6 6 7 CHN N Li 6 6 3 POL A Radwańska 4 2 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Q ESP L Arruabarrena Vecino 6 6   CHN J Zheng 2 4   TPE S-w Hsieh 6 6 WC CHN S Zheng 2 3   RSA C Scheepers 5 78 2 10 DEN C Wozniacki 7 66 6 13 RUS M Kirilenko 3 3   RUS E Makarova 6 6 Q SLO P Hercog 5 6 3 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 7 4 0r SWE S Arvidsson 2 3 ROU S Cîrstea 6 6 ROU S Halep 5 5 2 RUS M Sharapova 7 7 5 GER A Kerber 6 6 Q ESP L Arruabarrena Vecino 2 0   TPE S-w Hsieh 77 63 0 10 DEN C Wozniacki 65 77 6   RUS E Makarova 65 6 63 Q SLO P Hercog 77 3 77   ROU S Cîrstea 2 2 2 RUS M Sharapova 6 6 5 GER A Kerber 6 2 6 10 DEN C Wozniacki 1 6 4 Q SLO P Hercog 0 2 2 RUS M Sharapova 6 6 5 GER A Kerber 0 0r 2 RUS M Sharapova 6 3 Qualifying Seeds 30em GEO Anna Tatishvili (first round) BLR Olga Govortsova (qualifying competition, lucky loser) SRB Bojana Jovanovski (qualified) GBR Laura Robson (qualified) HUN Tímea Babos (first round) LUX Mandy Minella (first round) ESP Lourdes Domínguez Lino (qualified) CRO Petra Martić (first round) RUS Elena Vesnina (qualified) FRA Pauline Parmentier (qualifying competition) AUS Casey Dellacqua (first round) GBR Heather Watson (qualifying competition) JPN Ayumi Morita (qualified) CZE Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (withdrew, still competing in Tokyo) SWE Johanna Larsson (qualifying competition) KAZ Galina Voskoboeva (qualifying competition) FRA Mathilde Johansson (first round) Qualifiers 30em ESP Lara Arruabarrena Vecino RUS Elena Vesnina SRB Bojana Jovanovski GBR Laura Robson SLO Polona Hercog ITA Camila Giorgi ESP Lourdes Domínguez Lino JPN Ayumi Morita Lucky losers BLR Olga Govortsova Draw First qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 1 GEO Anna Tatishvili 4 3     ESP Lara Arruabarrena Vecino 6 6   Alt RUS Vera Dushevina 6 6   11 AUS Casey Dellacqua 3 3   ESP Lara Arruabarrena Vecino 7 7   Alt RUS Vera Dushevina 5 5   Second qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 2 BLR Olga Govortsova 6 6     KAZ Sesil Karatantcheva 4 3   WC CAN Eugenie Bouchard 3 6 1 9 RUS Elena Vesnina 6 2 6 2 BLR Olga Govortsova 2 4   9 RUS Elena Vesnina 6 6   Third qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 3 SRB Bojana Jovanovski 6 6     ESP Sílvia Soler Espinosa 1 0   WC CHN Tang Hao Chen 2 3   16 KAZ Galina Voskoboeva 6 6   3 SRB Bojana Jovanovski 3 6 6 16 KAZ Galina Voskoboeva 6 4 3 Fourth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 4 GBR Laura Robson 6 6     ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 3 3     USA Julia Cohen 5 1   15 SWE Johanna Larsson 7 6   4 GBR Laura Robson 4 6 6 15 SWE Johanna Larsson 6 2 1 Fifth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 5 HUN Tímea Babos 2 5     HUN Gréta Arn 6 7     SLO Polona Hercog 6 6   17 FRA Mathilde Johansson 3 4   HUN Gréta Arn 3 6 0   SLO Polona Hercog 6 3 6 Sixth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 6 LUX Mandy Minella 2 4     ITA Camila Giorgi 6 6   WC CHN Tian Ran 5 2   12 GBR Heather Watson 7 6   ITA Camila Giorgi 5 6 6 12 GBR Heather Watson 7 2 3 Seventh qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 7 ESP Lourdes Domínguez Lino 3 6 6 WC CHN Wang Yafan 6 3 4   ESP María José Martínez Sánchez 3 63   10 FRA Pauline Parmentier 6 77   7 ESP Lourdes Domínguez Lino 6 6   10 FRA Pauline Parmentier 2 4   Eighth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 8 CRO Petra Martić 2 2     RUS Olga Puchkova 6 6     GRE Eleni Daniilidou 2 2   13 JPN Ayumi Morita 6 6   RUS Olga Puchkova 3 3   13 JPN Ayumi Morita 6 6   References External links Main Draw Qualifying Draw China Open - Singles Category:2012 China Open 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