# 2012 Australian Open – Girls' singles

Taylor Townsend won the title, defeating Yulia Putintseva in the final, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3.
An-Sophie Mestach was the defending champion, but withdrew before the tournament began.

## Seeds

* Irina Khromacheva (quarterfinals)
* Eugenie Bouchard (semifinals)
* Anett Kontaveit (third round)
* Yulia Putintseva (final)
* Indy de Vroome (second round, retired)
* Elizaveta Kulichkova (first round)
* Danka Kovinić (first round)
* Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (third round)
* Zheng Saisai (second round)
* Ilka Csöregi (second round)
* Zuzanna Maciejewska (first round)
* Sabina Sharipova (quarterfinals)
* Donna Vekić (first round)
* Taylor Townsend (champion)
* Varvara Flink (first round)
* Kyle McPhillips (third 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

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Irina Khromacheva | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| SE | Krista Hardebeck | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| SE | Krista Hardebeck | 6 | 6 | | SE | Krista Hardebeck | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 14 | Taylor Townsend | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| 14 | Taylor Townsend | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | Taylor Townsend | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| 12 | Sabina Sharipova | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Sabina Sharipova | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | 14 | Taylor Townsend | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | 4 | Yulia Putintseva | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| | Barbora Krejčíková | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Yulia Putintseva | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 4 | Yulia Putintseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Yulia Putintseva | 6 | 6 | | 4 | Yulia Putintseva | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Eugenie Bouchard | 5 | 1 | | | | | |
| | Risa Ozaki | 4 | 3 | | 2 | Eugenie Bouchard | 5 | 1 | | | | | |
| 2 | Eugenie Bouchard | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal |
| 1 | Irina Khromacheva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Naiktha Bains | 3 | 2 | | 1 | I Khromacheva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Stephanie Nauta | 6 | 2 | 7 | | S Nauta | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Aldila Sutjiadi | 4 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | 1 | I Khromacheva | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Storm Sanders | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | WC | S Sanders | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| | Kathinka von Deichmann | 5 | 4 | | WC | S Sanders | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Julia Elbaba | 6 | 6 | | Q | J Elbaba | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Donna Vekić | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | I Khromacheva | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Zheng Saisai | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | SE | K Hardebeck | 6 | 6 |
| SE | Riko Sawayanagi | 4 | 1 | | 9 | S Zheng | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| SE | Krista Hardebeck | 6 | 6 | | SE | K Hardebeck | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Petra Rohanová | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | SE | K Hardebeck | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Brooke Rischbieth | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | 8 | AK Schmiedlová | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| | Carol Zhao | 6 | 6 | | | C Zhao | 6 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | Emily Fanning | 5 | 1 | | 8 | AK Schmiedlová | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Anna Karolína Schmiedlová | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal |
| 3 | Anett Kontaveit | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Miho Kowase | 1 | 0 | | 3 | A Kontaveit | 6 | 6$^6$ | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Beatriz Haddad Maia | 3 | 2 | | | S-r Lee | 1 | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Lee So-ra | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | A Kontaveit | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Abbie Myers | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | 14 | T Townsend | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | Ioana Loredana Roșca | 4 | 6 | 7 | Q | IL Roșca | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ratnika Batra | 1 | 2 | | 14 | T Townsend | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Taylor Townsend | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | T Townsend | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | Sabina Sharipova | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 12 | S Sharipova | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| | Jesika Malečková | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | S Sharipova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Georgiana Ruhrig | 7$^7$ | 0 | 6 | WC | G Ruhrig | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Valeria Patiuk | 6$^4$ | 6 | 4 | | | | | | 12 | S Sharipova | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Samantha Crawford | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | S Crawford | 5 | 1 | | | | | |
| | Makoto Ninomiya | 3 | 6 | 4 | | S Crawford | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jade Suvrijn | 7 | 6 | | | J Suvrijn | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Elizaveta Kulichkova | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal |
| 5 | Indy de Vroome | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Eri Hozumi | 4 | 7$^7$ | 1 | 5 | I de Vroome | 4 | 6 | 1$^r$ | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Camilla Rosatello | 6$^0$ | 6 | 7 | Q | C Rosatello | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Zoe Hives | 7$^7$ | 3 | 5 | | | | | | Q | C Rosatello | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Sachia Vickery | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | B Krejčíková | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Barbora Krejčíková | 6 | 6 | | | B Krejčíková | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Priscilla Hon | 6 | 6$^5$ | 3 | 10 | I Csöregi | 6$^4$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Ilka Csöregi | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | B Krejčíková | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | Kyle McPhillips | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Y Putintseva | 6 | 6 |
| Q | Mégane Bianco | 3 | 2 | | 16 | K McPhillips | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jang Su-jeong | 6 | 6$^4$ | 3 | | J Ostapenko | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jeļena Ostapenko | 2 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | 16 | K McPhillips | 7 | 1 | 5 | | | | |
| | Nao Hibino | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | Y Putintseva | 5 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| WC | Belinda Woolcock | 2 | 2 | | | N Hibino | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Catherine Harrison | 2 | 2 | | 4 | Y Putintseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Yulia Putintseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal |
| 7 | Danka Kovinić | 2 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Anna Danilina | 6 | 1 | 6 | | A Danilina | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Eliza Long | 6 | 4 | 0 | | R Ozaki | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Risa Ozaki | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | R Ozaki | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Gabrielle Andrews | 7 | 6$^6$ | 4 | | | | | | | E-T Cadar | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | Olga Doroshina | 5 | 7$^8$ | 6 | | O Doroshina | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Elena-Theodora Cadar | 7 | 0 | 7 | | E-T Cadar | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Zuzanna Maciejewska | 5 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | R Ozaki | 4 | 3 |
| 15 | Varvara Flink | 6$^3$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | E Bouchard | 6 | 6 |
| | Ellen Allgurin | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | E Allgurin | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Christina Makarova | 6 | 6 | | | C Makarova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Sara Tomic | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | C Makarova | 5 | 5 | | | | |
| | Iva Mekovec | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | E Bouchard | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| | Rutuja Bhosale | 6 | 4 | 2 | | I Mekovec | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | Miyu Kato | 2 | 4 | | 2 | E Bouchard | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Eugenie Bouchard | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |