{{Short description|Women's tennis tournament}} {{TennisEventInfo|2012|Generali Ladies Linz| | date=8–14 October | edition=26th | logo=Victoria Azarenka 2012.jpg | prize_money=$220,000 | draw=32S / 16D | surface=[[Hardcourt|Hard]] (DecoTurf) | location=[[Linz]], Austria | venue=[[TipsArena Linz]] | champs={{flagicon|BLR}} [[Victoria Azarenka]] | champd={{flagicon|GER}} [[Anna-Lena Grönefeld]] / <br> {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Květa Peschke]] }}
The '''2012 Generali Ladies Linz''' was a women's [[tennis]] tournament played on indoor [[hard court]]s. It was the 26th edition of the [[Generali Ladies Linz]], and part of the [[WTA International tournaments]] of the [[2012 WTA Tour]]. It was held at the [[TipsArena Linz]] in [[Linz]], Austria, from 8 October until 14 October 2012. First-seeded [[Victoria Azarenka]] won the singles title.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kleinezeitung.at/sport/tennis/3121726/generali-ladies-linz-freut-sich-nummer-1-welt.story |title=Generali Ladies Linz freut sich auf Nummer 1 der Welt |publisher=KleineZeitung |accessdate=20 September 2012<!-- 14:36 (UTC) -->}}</ref>
==Finals==
===Singles=== {{main|2012 Generali Ladies Linz – Singles}} *{{flagicon|BLR}} [[Victoria Azarenka]] defeated {{flagicon|GER}} [[Julia Görges]], 6–3, 6–4
===Doubles=== {{main|2012 Generali Ladies Linz – Doubles}} *{{flagicon|GER}} [[Anna-Lena Grönefeld]] / {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Květa Peschke]] defeated {{flagicon|GER}} [[Julia Görges]] / {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová]], 6–3, 6–4
==Singles main-draw entrants==
===Seeds=== {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank<sup>1</sup> ! Seed |- |{{flag|BLR}} |[[Victoria Azarenka]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sportreport.biz/2012/premiere-in-linz-azarenka-kommt-als-weltranglisten-erste/80854 |title=Premiere in Linz: Azarenka kommt als Weltranglisten-Erste |publisher=+ sportreport |accessdate=20 September 2012<!-- 14:34 (UTC) --> |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014002045/http://sportreport.biz/2012/premiere-in-linz-azarenka-kommt-als-weltranglisten-erste/80854 |archive-date=14 October 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> |1 |1 |- |{{flag|SRB}} |[[Ana Ivanovic]] |12 |2 |- |<s>{{flag|SVK}}</s> |<s>[[Dominika Cibulková]]</s> |<s>13</s> |<s>3</s> |- |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Lucie Šafářová]] |18 |4 |- |{{flag|GER}} |[[Julia Görges]] |21 |5 |- |<s>{{flag|BEL}}</s> |<s>[[Yanina Wickmayer]]</s> |<s>25</s> |<s>6</s> |- |{{flag|AUT}} |[[Tamira Paszek]] |27 |7 |- |{{flag|GER}} |[[Sabine Lisicki]] |28 |8 |}
* Rankings are as of October 1, 2012
===Other entrants=== The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Ana Ivanovic]] * {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Patricia Mayr-Achleitner]] * {{flagicon|GER}} [[Andrea Petkovic]]
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mallory Burdette]] * {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Kirsten Flipkens]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bethanie Mattek-Sands]] * {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Lesia Tsurenko]]
The following players received entry as lucky losers: * {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Irina-Camelia Begu]] * {{flagicon|COL}} [[Catalina Castaño]]
===Withdrawals=== * {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Iveta Benešová]] * {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Dominika Cibulková]] (shoulder injury) * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Roberta Vinci]] * {{flagicon|GEO}} [[Anna Tatishvili]] (viral infection) * {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Yanina Wickmayer]] (viral illness)
===Retirements=== * {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Lesia Tsurenko]] (shoulder injury)
==Doubles main-draw entrants==
===Seeds=== {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank<sup>1</sup> ! Seed |- |{{flag|GER}} |[[Anna-Lena Grönefeld]] |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Květa Peschke]] |31 |1 |- |{{flag|GER}} |[[Julia Görges]] |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová]] |52 |2 |- |{{flag|RSA}} |[[Natalie Grandin]] |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Vladimíra Uhlířová]] |79 |3 |- |{{flag|RUS}} |[[Vera Dushevina]] |{{flag|POL}} |[[Alicja Rosolska]] |97 |4 |} *<sup>1</sup> Rankings are as of October 1, 2012
===Other entrants=== The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Barbara Haas]] / {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Patricia Mayr-Achleitner]] * {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Romina Oprandi]] / {{flagicon|GER}} [[Andrea Petkovic]] The following pair received entry as alternates: * {{flagicon|NED}} [[Kiki Bertens]] / {{flagicon|NED}} [[Arantxa Rus]]
===Retirements=== * {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Vladimíra Uhlířová]] (back injury)
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://ladieslinz.at/en/ Official website] * [https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/2012/528.pdf WTA tournament draws]
{{Generali Ladies Linz tournaments}}
{{2012 WTA Tour}}
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