# 2012 Goldwater Women's Tennis Classic – Singles

Sesil Karatantcheva was the defending champion, but lost to Shelby Rogers in the first round.
Madison Keys won the title, defeating Maria Sanchez in the final, 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–1)}$.

## Seeds

* Camila Giorgi (quarterfinals)
* Sesil Karatantcheva (first round)
* Melanie Oudin (first round)
* Michelle Larcher de Brito (quarterfinals)
* Mirjana Lučić (quarterfinals)
* Alexa Glatch (first round)
* Mallory Burdette (first round)
* Maria Sanchez (final)

## 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 |
| 8 | Maria Sanchez | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | Gabriela Dabrowski | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| Q | Gabriela Dabrowski | 2 | 2 | 8 | Maria Sanchez | 3 | 6$^1$ |
| | | | | | Madison Keys | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| | Madison Keys | 6 | 6 | | Madison Keys | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| | Sharon Fichman | 1 | 3 | | | | |

### 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 Giorgi | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Vickery | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | C Giorgi | 6$^4$ | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Scholl | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | C Scholl | 7$^7$ | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Weinhold | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | C Giorgi | 6 | 0 | 5 | | | | |
| | A Pérez | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | 8 | M Sanchez | 1 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | S Crawford | 4 | 6 | 6 | | S Crawford | 3 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Bouchard | 5 | 3 | | 8 | M Sanchez | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | M Sanchez | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | M Sanchez | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | M Larcher de Brito | 6 | 3 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | Q | G Dabrowski | 2 | 2 |
| Q | J Abaza | 4 | 6 | 6$^4$ | 4 | M Larcher de Brito | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Craybas | 4 | 3 | | WC | V Duval | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | V Duval | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | M Larcher de Brito | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| Q | K Ahn | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | G Dabrowski | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | J Scheepens | 2 | 3 | | Q | K Ahn | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | G Dabrowski | 4 | 6 | 6 | Q | G Dabrowski | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | A Glatch | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 5 | M Lučić | 6 | 1 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kudryavtseva | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | M Lučić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Boserup | 6 | 1 | 6 | | J Boserup | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Duque | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | 5 | M Lučić | 5 | 1 | | | | |
| | M Keys | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | M Keys | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| LL | R Tedjakusuma | 1 | 2 | | | M Keys | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Mattek-Sands | 6 | 6 | | | B Mattek-Sands | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | M Oudin | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | M Keys | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | M Burdette | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | S Fichman | 1 | 3 |
| | S Fichman | 7 | 6 | | | S Fichman | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | C-Y Hsu | 4 | 6 | 0 | | G Min | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | G Min | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | S Fichman | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | |
| WC | T Townsend | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | WC | T Townsend | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | |
| | M Hončová | 0 | 4 | | WC | T Townsend | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Rogers | 6 | 6 | | | S Rogers | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | S Karatantcheva | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |