# 2012 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships – Women's singles

The 2012 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships women's singles was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Lexington, Kentucky, United States.
Chichi Scholl was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Bethanie Mattek-Sands.
Julia Glushko won the title, defeating Johanna Konta in the final, 6–3, 6–0.

## Seeds

* Olivia Rogowska (first round)
* Erika Sema (first round)
* Karin Knapp (first round)
* Misaki Doi (semifinals)
* Irena Pavlovic (second round)
* Alison Riske (first round)
* Grace Min (first round)
* Madison Keys (semifinals)

## 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 |
| 8 | Madison Keys | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | Julia Glushko | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Julia Glushko | 6 | 6 | | Julia Glushko | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | Johanna Konta | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Misaki Doi | 6 | 5 | 1 | Johanna Konta | 3 | 0 |
| | Johanna Konta | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | |

### 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 | O Rogowska | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Burdette | 6 | 6 | | WC | M Burdette | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Boserup | 1 | 4 | | | J Pegula | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Pegula | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | WC | M Burdette | 3 | 0 | | | | |
| | H El Tabakh | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | 8 | M Keys | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Coin | 6 | 6 | | | J Coin | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Elie | 4 | 3 | | 8 | M Keys | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | M Keys | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | M Keys | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | K Knapp | 7 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | J Glushko | 6 | 6 |
| | T Hendler | 5 | 6 | 7 | | T Hendler | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Glushko | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | J Glushko | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | K Hardebeck | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | | J Glushko | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | C Scholl | 4 | 6$^1$ | | | | | | | WC | B Mattek-Sands | 2 | 0 | | | | |
| WC | B Mattek-Sands | 6 | 7$^7$ | | WC | B Mattek-Sands | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Embree | 3 | 5 | | 5 | I Pavlovic | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | I Pavlovic | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | A Riske | 6 | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Xu | 4 | 6 | 6 | | Y Xu | 1 | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Koch Benvenuto | 3 | 4 | | | B Bobusic | 6 | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Bobusic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | B Bobusic | 4 | 0 | | | | | |
| Q | A Weinhold | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | M Doi | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Eguchi | 2 | 1 | | Q | A Weinhold | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Holland | 1 | 0 | | 4 | M Doi | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | M Doi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | M Doi | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | G Min | 7$^9$ | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | J Konta | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| WC | S Rogers | 6$^7$ | 7 | 6 | WC | S Rogers | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Nakamura | 6 | 1 | 6 | | A Nakamura | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Larrière | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | WC | S Rogers | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | A Stevenson | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | J Konta | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| PR | L Albanese | 6 | 7 | | PR | L Albanese | 1 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Konta | 1 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | J Konta | 6 | 1 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | E Sema | 6 | 4 | 6$^1$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |