# 2012 President's Cup (tennis) – Women's singles

The 2012 President's Cup Women's singles was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Vitalia Diatchenko would be the defending champion, but chose not to participate.
Maria João Koehler won the title defeating Marta Sirotkina in the final 7–5, 6–2.

## Seeds

* Stéphanie Foretz Gacon (first round)
* Sesil Karatantcheva (withdrew)
* Yulia Putintseva (second round)
* Dinah Pfizenmaier (quarterfinals)
* Kurumi Nara (first round)
* Ekaterina Bychkova (quarterfinals)
* Maria João Koehler (champion)
* Marta Sirotkina (final)

## 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| LL | Paula Kania | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| 7 | Maria João Koehler | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 7 | Maria João Koehler | 6 | 6 | 7 | Maria João Koehler | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | 8 | Marta Sirotkina | 5 | 2 |
| Q | Sofia Shapatava | 2 | 0 | 8 | Marta Sirotkina | 5 | 2 |
| 8 | Marta Sirotkina | 6 | 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 | S Foretz Gacon | 6 | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | P Kania | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6 | LL | P Kania | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | L Zhang | 6 | 7 | | | L Zhang | 1 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | V Kapshay | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | LL | P Kania | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | A Danilina | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | 6 | E Bychkova | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| | S-h Han | 6 | 6$^3$ | 2 | WC | A Danilina | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | A Artamonova | 3 | 1 | | 6 | E Bychkova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | E Bychkova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | LL | P Kania | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Y Putintseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | MJ Koehler | 6 | 6 |
| | E Ivanova | 3 | 0 | | 3 | Y Putintseva | 5 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ç Büyükakçay | 6 | 6 | | | Ç Büyükakçay | 7 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | | |
| SR | O Kalashnikova | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | Ç Büyükakçay | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | N Luangnam | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | 7 | MJ Koehler | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | K Lykina | 6 | 6 | | Q | K Lykina | 6 | 4 | 6$^1$ | | | | | | | | |
| | V Wongteanchai | 4 | 2 | | 7 | MJ Koehler | 4 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | MJ Koehler | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 5 | K Nara | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Shapatava | 7 | 6 | | Q | S Shapatava | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Kichenok | 6 | 6 | | | L Kichenok | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | E Klyueva | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | Q | S Shapatava | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | A Naydenova | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | 4 | D Pfizenmaier | 4 | 6$^5$ | | | | |
| SR | K Palkina | 6 | 6 | | SR | K Palkina | 7 | 6$^3$ | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Yepisheva | 1 | 2 | | 4 | D Pfizenmaier | 5 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | D Pfizenmaier | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | S Shapatava | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | M Sirotkina | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 8 | M Sirotkina | 6 | 6 |
| LL | N Kichenok | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | M Sirotkina | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Stančiūtė | 6 | 2 | 6 | | L Stančiūtė | 2 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | S Pirazhenka | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | 8 | M Sirotkina | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | L Kumkhum | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | L Kumkhum | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | V Ivakhnenko | 1 | 1 | | Q | L Kumkhum | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | K Wörle | 4 | 3 | | Q | S Sun | 2 | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Sun | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |