# 2012 Aegon Classic – Singles

Sabine Lisicki was the defending champion but was defeated in the second round by Urszula Radwańska.
Melanie Oudin won her maiden and only WTA tour title, defeating Jelena Janković in the final 6–4, 6–2.

## Seeds

* Francesca Schiavone (second round)
* Sabine Lisicki (second round)
* Daniela Hantuchová (second round)
* Roberta Vinci (quarterfinals)
* Jelena Janković (final)
* Mona Barthel (second round)
* Christina McHale (second round)
* Ekaterina Makarova (semifinals)
* Marina Erakovic (third round)
* Sorana Cîrstea (first round)
* Iveta Benešová (first round)
* Tamira Paszek (first round)
* Hsieh Su-wei (quarterfinals)
* Tímea Babos (second round)
* Elena Baltacha (second round)
* Eleni Daniilidou (first 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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Misaki Doi | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5/WC | Jelena Janković | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5/WC | Jelena Janković | 6 | 6 | | 5/WC | Jelena Janković | 6$^2$ | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | Q | Zheng Jie | 7$^7$ | 5 | 1 | | | | |
| 4 | Roberta Vinci | 3 | 7 | 4 | Q | Zheng Jie | 7$^7$ | 5 | 1 | | | | |
| Q | Zheng Jie | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Zheng Jie | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | 5/WC | Jelena Janković | 4 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Q | Melanie Oudin | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | Ekaterina Makarova | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Q | Melanie Oudin | 6 | 6 |
| 13 | Hsieh Su-wei | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Hsieh Su-wei | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | Ekaterina Makarova | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | Q | Melanie Oudin | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | Melanie Oudin | 6 | 5 | 7 | Q | Melanie Oudin | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | Irina Falconi | 4 | 7 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section one

| 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 1/WC | F Schiavone | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | N Lertcheewakarn | 4 | 6 | 3 | | M Doi | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Doi | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | M Doi | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| Q | A Spears | 6$^3$ | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | S Foretz Gacon | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| | A Rodionova | 7$^7$ | 1 | 6 | | A Rodionova | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Foretz Gacon | 6 | 6 | | | S Foretz Gacon | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | E Daniilidou | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | M Doi | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | I Benešová | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 5/WC | J Janković | 6 | 6 |
| WC | T Moore | 6 | 6 | | WC | T Moore | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | C Dellacqua | 6 | 3 | 6 | | C Dellacqua | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | G Muguruza Blanco | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | C Dellacqua | | | | | | |
| | M Lučić | 1 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | 5/WC | J Janković | w/o | | | | | |
| WC | M South | 6 | 4 | 6 | WC | M South | 1 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5/WC | J Janković | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section two

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 4 | R Vinci | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Brianti | 4 | 5 | | | V Razzano | 3$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Razzano | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 4 | R Vinci | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| | P Ormaechea | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | H Watson | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | |
| | H Watson | 6 | 3 | 6 | | H Watson | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K-c Chang | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | E Baltacha | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | E Baltacha | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | R Vinci | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| 12 | T Paszek | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | J Zheng | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| | A Keothavong | 6 | 7 | | | A Keothavong | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Zheng | 6 | 4 | 6 | Q | J Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | A Kudryavtseva | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | Q | J Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | M Krajicek | 2 | 7$^8$ | 0$^r$ | | | | | | A Hlaváčková | 4 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | A Hlaváčková | 6 | 6$^6$ | 4 | | A Hlaváčková | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | M Barthel | 6$^5$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section three

| 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 8 | E Makarova | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Tanasugarn | 4 | 2 | | LL | S Karatantcheva | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | S Karatantcheva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | E Makarova | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | L Robson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 9 | M Erakovic | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| Q | G Min | 4 | 1 | | | L Robson | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Morita | 0$^r$ | | | 9 | M Erakovic | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | M Erakovic | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | E Makarova | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 13 | S-w Hsieh | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | S-w Hsieh | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Q | V Dushevina | 6 | 6$^5$ | 4 | 13 | S-w Hsieh | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Panova | 6$^2$ | 6 | 7 | | A Panova | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Dubois | 7$^7$ | 1 | 5 | | | | | | 13 | S-w Hsieh | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | M Czink | 7$^7$ | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | M Czink | 1 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | A Tatishvili | 6$^5$ | 6 | 3 | | M Czink | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | D Hantuchová | 5 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section four

| 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 7 | C McHale | 1 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Vesnina | 6 | 6 | | | E Vesnina | 6 | 1 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Rogowska | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | E Vesnina | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| | B Jovanovski | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | Q | M Oudin | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | M Larcher de Brito | 3 | 7 | 6 | Q | M Larcher de Brito | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Oudin | 3 | 6 | 6 | Q | M Oudin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | S Cîrstea | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | Q | M Oudin | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| 14 | T Babos | 6 | 4 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | I Falconi | 4 | 7 | 5 |
| Q | A Riske | 4 | 6 | 6$^2$ | 14 | T Babos | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Falconi | 6 | 6 | | | I Falconi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Cadanțu | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | I Falconi | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | S Murray | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | U Radwańska | 5 | 3 | | | | | |
| | U Radwańska | 6 | 6 | | | U Radwańska | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | S Lisicki | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

Zheng and Dushevina would have made it to the main draw, however, they registered late. Zheng would have been 7th seed.
* Zheng Jie (qualified)
* Vera Dushevina (qualified)
* Sesil Karatantcheva (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Alla Kudryavtseva (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Kurumi Nara (qualifying competition)
* Alison Riske (qualified)
* Michelle Larcher de Brito (qualified)
* Bibiane Schoofs (first round)
* Chan Yung-jan (qualifying competition)
* Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (qualified)
* Zhang Shuai (qualifying competition)
* Sandra Zaniewska (qualifying competition)
* Victoria Larrière (first round)
* Grace Min (qualified)
* Naomi Broady (qualifying competition)
* Gail Brodsky (qualifying competition)

### Qualifiers

* Zheng Jie
* Vera Dushevina
* Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
* Abigail Spears
* Grace Min
* Alison Riske
* Michelle Larcher de Brito
* Melanie Oudin

### Lucky loser

* Sesil Karatantcheva
* Alla Kudryavtseva

### Draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Zheng Jie | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Natalie Grandin | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| | Natalie Grandin | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Zheng Jie | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 12 | Sandra Zaniewska | 3 | 3 |
| | Raquel Kops-Jones | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | Sandra Zaniewska | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | Sandra Zaniewska | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Vera Dushevina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| WC | Emma Devine | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| WC | Emma Devine | 0 | 1 | | 2 | Vera Dushevina | 7 | 6$^1$ | 6 |
| | | | | | 15 | Naomi Broady | 5 | 7$^7$ | 1 |
| WC | Karolina Wlodarczak | 0 | 6 | 0$^r$ | 15 | Naomi Broady | 5 | 7$^7$ | 1 |
| 15 | Naomi Broady | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Sesil Karatantcheva | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Francesca Stephenson | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| WC | Francesca Stephenson | 1 | 1 | | 3 | Sesil Karatantcheva | 6$^{11}$ | 4 |
| | | | | | 10 | Noppawan Lertcheewakarn | 7$^{13}$ | 6 |
| WC | Lindsay Lee-Waters | 6 | 6$^3$ | 2 | 10 | Noppawan Lertcheewakarn | 7$^{13}$ | 6 |
| 10 | Noppawan Lertcheewakarn | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Alla Kudryavtseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Jessica Ren | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| WC | Jessica Ren | 2 | 4 | 4 | Alla Kudryavtseva | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| | | | | | Abigail Spears | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| | Abigail Spears | 6 | 6 | | Abigail Spears | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 13 | Victoria Larrière | 0 | 3 | | | | | |

#### Fifth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 5 | Kurumi Nara | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Daneika Borthwick | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| WC | Daneika Borthwick | 2 | 2 | 5 | Kurumi Nara | 3 | 3 |
| | | | | 14 | Grace Min | 6 | 6 |
| | Alicja Rosolska | 1 | 3 | 14 | Grace Min | 6 | 6 |
| 14 | Grace Min | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Sixth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 6 | Alison Riske | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Vladimíra Uhlířová | 2 | 0 | | | | |
| | Vladimíra Uhlířová | 2 | 0 | 6 | Alison Riske | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 11 | Zhang Shuai | 4 | 2 |
| | Daniella Jeflea | 4 | 2 | 11 | Zhang Shuai | 4 | 2 |
| 11 | Zhang Shuai | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Seventh qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 7 | Michelle Larcher de Brito | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Līga Dekmeijere | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | Līga Dekmeijere | 3 | 2 | | 7 | Michelle Larcher de Brito | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 9 | Chan Yung-jan | 2 | 2 |
| | Emily Webley-Smith | 6 | 3 | 6$^4$ | 9 | Chan Yung-jan | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Chan Yung-jan | 4 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | |

#### Eighth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 8 | Bibiane Schoofs | 4 | 6$^8$ | | | | |
| | Melanie Oudin | 6 | 7$^{10}$ | | | | |
| | Melanie Oudin | 6 | 7$^{10}$ | | Melanie Oudin | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 16 | Gail Brodsky | 4 | 0 |
| WC | Sabrina Bamburac | 0 | 4 | 16 | Gail Brodsky | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | Gail Brodsky | 6 | 6 | | | | |