# 2012 Baku Cup – Singles

Vera Zvonareva was the defending champion but was chosen to compete the 2012 Summer Olympics in London instead. Bojana Jovanovski defeated Julia Cohen 6–3, 6–1 in the final to win the tournament.

## Seeds

* Ksenia Pervak (first round, retired)
* Alexandra Panova (semifinals)
* Mandy Minella (quarterfinals)
* Andrea Hlaváčková (first round)
* Bojana Jovanovski (champion)
* Nina Bratchikova (quarterfinals)
* Akgul Amanmuradova (first round)
* Eva Birnerová (first round)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Julia Cohen | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Olga Puchkova | 6 | 0 | 3 | | | | |
| | Olga Puchkova | 6 | 0 | 3 | | Julia Cohen | 3 | 1 |
| | | | | | 5 | Bojana Jovanovski | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Bojana Jovanovski | 6 | 6 | | 5 | Bojana Jovanovski | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Alexandra Panova | 2 | 2 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | K Pervak | 4 | 6 | 2$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Cohen | 6 | 3 | 3 | | J Cohen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | K Farhad | 1 | 0 | | | A Kudryavtseva | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kudryavtseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | J Cohen | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | V Flink | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | M Rybáriková | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | T Tanasugarn | 3 | 6 | 6 | | T Tanasugarn | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Rybáriková | 6 | 6 | | | M Rybáriková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | E Birnerová | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | J Cohen | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | M Minella | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | O Puchkova | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| Q | Q Wang | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | M Minella | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Garcia | 6 | 5 | 0 | | M Domachowska | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Domachowska | 1 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | M Minella | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| | Z Diyas | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | O Puchkova | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Brianti | 6 | 6 | | | A Brianti | 6 | 6$^2$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Puchkova | 6 | 7$^{14}$ | | | O Puchkova | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | A Amanmuradova | 3 | 6$^{12}$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | B Jovanovski | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Tsurenko | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | B Jovanovski | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | V Solovieva | 1 | 6 | 7$^7$ | Q | V Solovieva | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Savchuk | 6 | 3 | 6$^1$ | | | | | | 5 | B Jovanovski | 5 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | N Lertcheewakarn | 1 | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | Q | A Krunić | 7 | 6$^3$ | 3 | | | | |
| | L Pous Tió | 6 | 2 | | | L Pous Tió | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Krunić | 6 | 6$^{11}$ | 6 | Q | A Krunić | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | A Hlaváčková | 1 | 7$^{13}$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | B Jovanovski | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | N Bratchikova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | A Panova | 2 | 2 |
| | P Mayr-Achleitner | 2 | 4 | | 6 | N Bratchikova | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Cabeza Candela | 6 | 6 | | | E Cabeza Candela | 0 | r | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | E Gorgodze | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 6 | N Bratchikova | 6 | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | |
| | S Zaniewska | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | 2 | A Panova | 2 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | E Svitolina | 1 | 6$^4$ | | | S Zaniewska | 6 | 6$^8$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Jones | 5 | 6$^7$ | | 2 | A Panova | 4 | 7$^{10}$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | A Panova | 7 | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Sacha Jones (qualified)
* Aleksandra Krunić (qualified)
* Valeria Solovieva (qualified)
* Rika Fujiwara (qualifying competition, retired)
* Daria Gavrilova (qualifying competition)
* Wang Qiang (qualified)
* Zhou Yimiao (qualifying competition)
* Stephanie Bengson (first round)

### Qualifiers

* Sacha Jones
* Aleksandra Krunić
* Valeria Solovieva
* Wang Qiang

### Draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| | | | | 1 | Sacha Jones | 6 | 6 |
| WC | Anna Smolina | 1 | 1 | 5 | Daria Gavrilova | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | Daria Gavrilova | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| | | | | 2 | Aleksandra Krunić | 6 | 6 |
| WC | Oleksandra Korashvili | 2 | 0 | 7 | Zhou Yimiao | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | Zhou Yimiao | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| | | | | 3 | Valeria Solovieva | 6 | 6 |
| | Ekaterina Dzehalevich | 6 | 6 | | Ekaterina Dzehalevich | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | Stephanie Bengson | 0 | 3 | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| | | | | 4 | Rika Fujiwara | 1 | 6 | 1$^r$ |
| WC | Nina Khrisanova | 4 | 0 | 6 | Wang Qiang | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Wang Qiang | 6 | 6 | | | | | |