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2012 Open GDF Suez

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Date
  
4 – 12 February

Edition
  
20th

The 2012 Open GDF Suez was a women's professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 20th edition of the Open GDF Suez (formerly known as the Open Gaz de France) and was a Premier tournament on the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place at Stade Pierre de Coubertin in Paris, France from February 4 through February 12, 2012.

Contents

Seeds

  • 1 Rankings as of January 30, 2012

    • Other entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

  • Alizé Cornet
  • Pauline Parmentier

    • The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • Gréta Arn
  • Kristina Barrois
  • Mona Barthel
  • Bethanie Mattek-Sands

    • The following players received entry as Lucky Losers into the singles main draw:

  • Alberta Brianti
  • Jill Craybas
  • Varvara Lepchenko

    • Withdrawals

  • Jelena Janković (left thigh injury)
  • Kaia Kanepi (right shoulder injury)
  • Sabine Lisicki (viral illness)

    • Retirements

  • Jill Craybas (right leg injury)
  • Li Na (lower back injury)

    • Seeds

  • 1 Rankings are as of January 30, 2012

    • Other entrants

    The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:

  • Julie Coin / Pauline Parmentier

    • Retirements

  • Monica Niculescu (abdominal injury)

    • Singles

    Angelique Kerber def. Marion Bartoli, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–3

  • It was Kerber's 1st career title. She became the first German winner at Paris since Steffi Graf in 1995.

    • Doubles

    Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond def. Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Petra Martić, 7–6(7–3), 6–1

    References

    2012 Open GDF Suez Wikipedia
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