2012 HP Open – Singles

Singles
2012 HP Open
Champion	Heather Watson
Runner-up	Chang Kai-chen
Final score	7–5, 5–7, 7–6^(7–4)

Marion Bartoli was the defending champion, but chose not to compete.
Heather Watson won the title after a marathon 3 hour 12 minute battle with Chang Kai-chen. 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). That meant for the first time in 25-year history, a British female won an WTA tournament.

Seeds

1. Samantha Stosur (Semifinals)
2. Zheng Jie (Second Round)
3. Christina McHale (First Round)
4. Francesca Schiavone (First Round, retired)
5. Yaroslava Shvedova (First Round)
6. Anabel Medina Garrigues (Second Round)
7. Chanelle Scheepers (Quarterfinals)
8. Laura Robson (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Samantha Stosur	4	6	6^3
		Chang Kai-chen	6	4	7^7
									Chang Kai-chen	5	7	6^4
									Heather Watson	7	5	7^7
		Misaki Doi	6^2	5
		Heather Watson	7^7	7

Top Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	S Stosur	6	6
		E Sema	4	2				1	S Stosur	1	6	6
	Q	N Luangnam	3	3					V Razzano	6	2	4
		V Razzano	6	6											1	S Stosur	6	6
		A Morita	3	2												J Hampton	2	4
		J Hampton	6	6					J Hampton	7	7
	WC	T Tanasugarn	6	6				WC	T Tanasugarn	5	5
	5	Y Shvedova	3	2																		1	S Stosur	4	6	6^3
	3	C McHale	3	6^5																			K-c Chang	6	4	7^7
		K-c Chang	6	7^7					K-c Chang	7^7	6
		K Date-Krumm	3	6	4				C Dellacqua	6^4	3
		C Dellacqua	6	3	6											K-c Chang	6	3	7^7
	Q	Y Zhou	7	6											8	L Robson	4	6	6^4
	WC	K Nara	5	4				Q	Y Zhou	4	4
		E Daniilidou	4	2				8	L Robson	6	6
	8	L Robson	6	6

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
7	C Scheepers	6	6
	A Glatch	4	1				7	C Scheepers	6	6
	M Lučić	4	6	6				M Lučić	2	2
Q	L Kumkhum	6	3	4										7	C Scheepers	6	1	3
	M Doi	7	3	6											M Doi	2	6	6
	J Cohen	5	6	0				M Doi	6	6
Q	O Puchkova	6	2				Q	O Puchkova	3	2
4/WC	F Schiavone	4	1^r																			M Doi	6^2	5
6	A Medina Garrigues	3	6	6																		H Watson	7^7	7
	C Giorgi	6	2	2			6	A Medina Garrigues	7^7	2	3
	H Watson	6	6					H Watson	6^4	6	6
	P Hercog	4	4												H Watson	7	6
	M Johansson	2	2												P Parmentier	5	3
	P Parmentier	6	6					P Parmentier	6	6
	MJ Martínez Sánchez	6	5	4			2	J Zheng	3	4
2	J Zheng	4	7	6

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Johanna Larsson (Qualifying Competition)
2. Olga Puchkova (Qualified)
3. Eugenie Bouchard (Qualifying Competition)
4. Yurika Sema (First Round, retired)
5. Wang Qiang (First Round)
6. Junri Namigata (Second Round)
7. Luksika Kumkhum (Qualified)
8. Nudnida Luangnam (Qualified)

Qualifiers

1. Nudnida Luangnam
2. Olga Puchkova
3. Luksika Kumkhum
4. Zhou Yimiao

Draw

First Qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	1	Johanna Larsson	6	6
		Varatchaya Wongteanchai	4	4
								1	Johanna Larsson	1	7^8	6
									Miharu Imanishi	6	6^6	0
		Rika Fujiwara	5	2
		Miharu Imanishi	7	6
															1	Johanna Larsson	4	3
															8	Nudnida Luangnam	6	6
	WC	Robyn Beddow	2	0
		Ksenia Lykina	6	6
									Ksenia Lykina	3	4
								8	Nudnida Luangnam	6	6
	WC	Yoshimi Kawasaki	0	0
	8	Nudnida Luangnam	6	6

Second Qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	2	Olga Puchkova	6	6
		Zarina Diyas	1	4
								2	Olga Puchkova	6	6
									Miki Miyamura	3	1
	WC	Chihiro Takayama	2	0
		Miki Miyamura	6	6
															2	Olga Puchkova	6	6
																Aki Yamasoto	2	4
		Kazusa Ito	4	3
		Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	6	6
									Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	3	1
									Aki Yamasoto	6	6
		Aki Yamasoto	4	6	6
	5	Wang Qiang	6	3	4

Third Qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	3	Eugenie Bouchard	2	6	6
		Eri Hozumi	6	4	4
								3	Eugenie Bouchard	4	6	6
									Daria Gavrilova	6	1	4
		Alexandra Stevenson	1	3
		Daria Gavrilova	6	6
															3	Eugenie Bouchard	1	2
															7	Luksika Kumkhum	6	6
	WC	Miyu Kato	6^3	3
		Katalin Marosi	7^7	6
									Katalin Marosi	6	1	2
								7	Luksika Kumkhum	4	6	6
		Misa Eguchi	3	4
	7	Luksika Kumkhum	6	6

Fourth Qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	4	Yurika Sema	6	3	2^r
	WC	Risa Ozaki	2	6	3
								WC	Risa Ozaki	3	6	2
									Shuko Aoyama	6	0	6
		Shuko Aoyama	6	6
	WC	Darija Jurak	2	2
																Shuko Aoyama	2	3
																Zhou Yimiao	6	6
		Zhou Yimiao	7^10	6
	WC	Riko Sawayanagi	6^8	2
									Zhou Yimiao	6	7^7
								6	Junri Namigata	2	6^1
		Erika Takao	2	5
	6	Junri Namigata	6	7

References

• Main Draw
• Qualifying Draw