# 2012 Dunlop World Challenge – Women's singles

Tamarine Tanasugarn was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Stefanie Vögele.
Vögele won the tournament, defeating Kimiko Date-Krumm in the final, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–4.

## Seeds

* Casey Dellacqua (quarterfinals)
* Misaki Doi (second round)
* Stefanie Vögele (champion)
* Kimiko Date-Krumm (final)
* Tamarine Tanasugarn (semifinals)
* Kurumi Nara (quarterfinals)
* Ashleigh Barty (quarterfinals)
* Erika Sema (first round)

## Main 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 |
| 5 | Tamarine Tanasugarn | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| 3 | Stefanie Vögele | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 3 | Stefanie Vögele | 6 | 6 | 3 | Stefanie Vögele | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | | | | 4 | Kimiko Date-Krumm | 6$^3$ | 4 |
| 4 | Kimiko Date-Krumm | 6 | 6 | 4 | Kimiko Date-Krumm | 6$^3$ | 4 |
| | Samantha Murray | 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | C Dellacqua | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Lertcheewakarn | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | C Dellacqua | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Xu | 6 | 7 | | | Y Xu | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Ninomiya | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | 1 | C Dellacqua | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | Q Wang | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | 5 | T Tanasugarn | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | N Gibbs | 3 | 6 | 6 | | N Gibbs | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Omae | 3 | 3 | | 5 | T Tanasugarn | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | T Tanasugarn | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | T Tanasugarn | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | S Vögele | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | S Vögele | 6 | 6 |
| Q | R Sawayanagi | 1 | 2 | | 3 | S Vögele | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Gavrilova | 6 | 6 | | | D Gavrilova | 5 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Miyamura | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | S Vögele | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | J Namigata | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 7/JE | A Barty | 6$^4$ | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | E Takao | 5 | 2 | | | J Namigata | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Ozaki | 0 | 0 | | 7/JE | A Barty | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7/JE | A Barty | 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | K Nara | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C-w Chan | 3 | 4 | | 6 | K Nara | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Wongteanchai | 2 | 6 | 6 | | V Wongteanchai | 6 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Z Diyas | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | 6 | K Nara | 5 | 3 | | | | | |
| | M Eguchi | 6 | 7$^{13}$ | | | | | | | 4 | K Date-Krumm | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Rodionova | 3 | 6$^{11}$ | | | M Eguchi | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Lykina | 1 | 0$^r$ | | 4 | K Date-Krumm | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | K Date-Krumm | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | K Date-Krumm | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | E Sema | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | S Murray | 3 | 2 |
| | N Luangnam | 6 | 6 | | | N Luangnam | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Aoyama | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6 | Q | S Aoyama | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Sema | 4 | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | N Luangnam | 2 | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | |
| | S Murray | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | S Murray | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6 | | | | |
| | C-Y Hsu | 4 | 6 | 1 | | S Murray | 6 | 3 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Tanaka | 3 | 0 | | 2 | M Doi | 4 | 6 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Doi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |