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2012 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

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Date
  
April 23 – 29

Surface
  
Clay

Edition
  
35th

The 2012 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a tennis tournament played on indoor clay courts. It was the 35th edition of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, and was part of the Premier tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany, from April 23 through 29, 2012.

Contents

Seeds

  • 1 Rankings are as of April 16, 2012

    • Other entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

  • Kristina Barrois
  • Mona Barthel

    • The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • Gréta Arn
  • Iveta Benešová
  • Anna Chakvetadze
  • Alizé Cornet

    • The following players received entry as lucky loser:

  • Akgul Amanmuradova
  • Kateryna Bondarenko

    • Withdrawals

  • Daniela Hantuchová
  • Sabine Lisicki
  • Flavia Pennetta (wrist injury)
  • Vera Zvonareva

    • Retirements

  • Alizé Cornet (right shoulder injury)
  • Jelena Janković (low back injury)
  • Andrea Petkovic (right ankle injury)

    • Seeds

  • 1 Rankings are as of April 16, 2012

    • Other entrants

    The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

  • Mona Barthel / Tatjana Malek
  • Angelique Kerber / Andrea Petkovic
  • Francesca Schiavone / Roberta Vinci

    • The following pair received entry as alternates:

  • Chan Hao-ching / Rika Fujiwara

    • Withdrawals

  • Flavia Pennetta (wrist injury)

    • Retirements

  • Paola Suárez (low back injury)

    • Singles

  • Maria Sharapova def. Victoria Azarenka, 6–1, 6–4
  • It was Sharapova's 1st title of the year and 25th of her career.

    • Doubles

  • Iveta Benešová / Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová def. Julia Görges / Anna-Lena Grönefeld, 6–4, 7–5

    • References

    2012 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Wikipedia
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