# 2012 Open GDF Suez de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes – Singles

Sorana Cîrstea was the defending champion but decided to play at the 2012 Mutua Madrid Open instead.
Yulia Putintseva won the title defeating Patricia Mayr-Achleitner in the final 6–2, 6–1.

## Seeds

* Elena Baltacha (first round)
* Tímea Babos (first round)
* Alexandra Cadanțu (quarterfinals)
* Anne Keothavong (first round)
* Alexandra Panova (second round)
* Ayumi Morita (second round)
* Kimiko Date-Krumm (first round, retired)
* Stéphanie Foretz Gacon (second 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 |
| | Patricia Mayr-Achleitner | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| | Magdaléna Rybáriková | 3 | 6 | 2$^r$ | | | | |
| | Magdaléna Rybáriková | 3 | 6 | 2$^r$ | | Patricia Mayr-Achleitner | 2 | 1 |
| | | | | | Q | Yulia Putintseva | 6 | 6 |
| Q | Yulia Putintseva | 4 | 6 | 6 | Q | Yulia Putintseva | 6 | 6 |
| WC | Caroline Garcia | 6 | 3 | 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | E Baltacha | 5 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Barrois | 7 | 2 | 7 | | K Barrois | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | P Rampre | 6$^5$ | 6 | 5 | | N Bratchikova | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Bratchikova | 7$^7$ | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | K Barrois | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | P Mayr-Achleitner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | P Mayr-Achleitner | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | I Falconi | 2 | 4 | | | P Mayr-Achleitner | 6 | 6$^3$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Yakimova | 7$^8$ | 3 | | | A Yakimova | 1 | 7$^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | K Date-Krumm | 6$^6$ | 2$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | P Mayr-Achleitner | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | A Cadanțu | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | M Rybáriková | 3 | 6 | 2$^r$ |
| | E Gallovits-Hall | 4 | 6$^5$ | | 3 | A Cadanțu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Watson | 2 | 6 | 6 | | H Watson | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Birnerová | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | 3 | A Cadanțu | 0 | 3 | | | | |
| | M Rybáriková | 6 | | | | | | | | | M Rybáriková | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | L Robson | 1 | r | | | M Rybáriková | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Rezaï | 4 | 5 | | 6 | A Morita | 6$^3$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | A Morita | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | A Panova | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Amanmuradova | 5 | 0 | | 5 | A Panova | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Y Putintseva | 6 | 6 | | Q | Y Putintseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | K Mladenovic | 2 | 4 | | | | | | Q | Y Putintseva | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | |
| | S Dubois | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | S Dubois | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | |
| WC | V Larrière | 3 | 3 | | | S Dubois | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | V Dolonts | 6 | 6 | | Q | V Dolonts | 6$^6$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | A Keothavong | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | Y Putintseva | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | S Foretz Gacon | 7$^{12}$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | WC | C Garcia | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| | M Minella | 6$^{10}$ | 5 | | 8 | S Foretz Gacon | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| JE | I Khromacheva | 2 | 2 | | WC | C Garcia | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | C Garcia | 6 | 6 | | | | | | WC | C Garcia | 5 | 7$^{10}$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | U Radwańska | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | M Czink | 7 | 6$^8$ | 4 | | | | | |
| | M Lučić | 4 | 4 | | | U Radwańska | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Czink | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | M Czink | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | T Babos | 6 | 6$^4$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |