# 2012 Generali Ladies Linz > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2012_Generali_Ladies_Linz > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2012_Generali_Ladies_Linz.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Generali_Ladies_Linz > Source revision: 1293276088 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Women's tennis tournament Tennis tournament 2012 Generali Ladies Linz Date 8–14 October Edition 26th Draw 32S / 16D Prize money $220,000 Surface Hard (DecoTurf) Location Linz, Austria Venue TipsArena Linz Champions Singles Victoria Azarenka Doubles Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Květa Peschke ← 2011 · Generali Ladies Linz · 2013 → The **2012 Generali Ladies Linz** was a women's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on indoor [hard courts](/source/Hard_court). It was the 26th edition of the [Generali Ladies Linz](/source/Generali_Ladies_Linz), and part of the [WTA International tournaments](/source/WTA_International_tournaments) of the [2012 WTA Tour](/source/2012_WTA_Tour). It was held at the [TipsArena Linz](/source/TipsArena_Linz) in [Linz](/source/Linz), Austria, from 8 October until 14 October 2012. First-seeded [Victoria Azarenka](/source/Victoria_Azarenka) won the singles title.[1] ## Finals ### Singles Main article: [2012 Generali Ladies Linz – Singles](/source/2012_Generali_Ladies_Linz_%E2%80%93_Singles) - [Victoria Azarenka](/source/Victoria_Azarenka) defeated [Julia Görges](/source/Julia_G%C3%B6rges), 6–3, 6–4 ### Doubles Main article: [2012 Generali Ladies Linz – Doubles](/source/2012_Generali_Ladies_Linz_%E2%80%93_Doubles) - [Anna-Lena Grönefeld](/source/Anna-Lena_Gr%C3%B6nefeld) / [Květa Peschke](/source/Kv%C4%9Bta_Peschke) defeated [Julia Görges](/source/Julia_G%C3%B6rges) / [Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová](/source/Barbora_Z%C3%A1hlavov%C3%A1-Str%C3%BDcov%C3%A1), 6–3, 6–4 ## Singles main-draw entrants ### Seeds Country Player Rank1 Seed BLR Victoria Azarenka[2] 1 1 SRB Ana Ivanovic 12 2 SVK Dominika Cibulková 13 3 CZE Lucie Šafářová 18 4 GER Julia Görges 21 5 BEL Yanina Wickmayer 25 6 AUT Tamira Paszek 27 7 GER Sabine Lisicki 28 8 - Rankings are as of October 1, 2012 ### Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: - [Ana Ivanovic](/source/Ana_Ivanovic) - [Patricia Mayr-Achleitner](/source/Patricia_Mayr-Achleitner) - [Andrea Petkovic](/source/Andrea_Petkovic) The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: - [Mallory Burdette](/source/Mallory_Burdette) - [Kirsten Flipkens](/source/Kirsten_Flipkens) - [Bethanie Mattek-Sands](/source/Bethanie_Mattek-Sands) - [Lesia Tsurenko](/source/Lesia_Tsurenko) The following players received entry as lucky losers: - [Irina-Camelia Begu](/source/Irina-Camelia_Begu) - [Catalina Castaño](/source/Catalina_Casta%C3%B1o) ### Withdrawals - [Iveta Benešová](/source/Iveta_Bene%C5%A1ov%C3%A1) - [Dominika Cibulková](/source/Dominika_Cibulkov%C3%A1) (shoulder injury) - [Roberta Vinci](/source/Roberta_Vinci) - [Anna Tatishvili](/source/Anna_Tatishvili) (viral infection) - [Yanina Wickmayer](/source/Yanina_Wickmayer) (viral illness) ### Retirements - [Lesia Tsurenko](/source/Lesia_Tsurenko) (shoulder injury) ## Doubles main-draw entrants ### Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld CZE Květa Peschke 31 1 GER Julia Görges CZE Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 52 2 RSA Natalie Grandin CZE Vladimíra Uhlířová 79 3 RUS Vera Dushevina POL Alicja Rosolska 97 4 - 1 Rankings are as of October 1, 2012 ### Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: - [Barbara Haas](/source/Barbara_Haas) / [Patricia Mayr-Achleitner](/source/Patricia_Mayr-Achleitner) - [Romina Oprandi](/source/Romina_Oprandi) / [Andrea Petkovic](/source/Andrea_Petkovic) The following pair received entry as alternates: - [Kiki Bertens](/source/Kiki_Bertens) / [Arantxa Rus](/source/Arantxa_Rus) ### Retirements - [Vladimíra Uhlířová](/source/Vladim%C3%ADra_Uhl%C3%AD%C5%99ov%C3%A1) (back injury) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Generali Ladies Linz freut sich auf Nummer 1 der Welt"](http://www.kleinezeitung.at/sport/tennis/3121726/generali-ladies-linz-freut-sich-nummer-1-welt.story). KleineZeitung. Retrieved 20 September 2012. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Premiere in Linz: Azarenka kommt als Weltranglisten-Erste"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121014002045/http://sportreport.biz/2012/premiere-in-linz-azarenka-kommt-als-weltranglisten-erste/80854). + sportreport. Archived from [the original](http://sportreport.biz/2012/premiere-in-linz-azarenka-kommt-als-weltranglisten-erste/80854) on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2012. ## External links - [Official website](https://ladieslinz.at/en/) - [WTA tournament draws](https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/2012/528.pdf) v t e Linz tournaments 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 NH 2023 2024 2025 2026 v t e 2012 WTA Tour « 2011 2013 » Grand Slam events Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X) WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments Indian Wells (S, D) Miami (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Beijing (S, D) WTA Premier 5 tournaments Doha (S, D) Rome (S, D) Montreal (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) WTA Premier tournaments Brisbane (S, D) Sydney (S, D) Paris (S, D) Dubai (S, D) Charleston (S, D) Stuttgart (S, D) Brussels (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) Stanford (S, D) Carlsbad (S, D) New Haven (S, D) Moscow (S, D) WTA International tournaments Auckland (S, D) Hobart (S, D) Pattaya City (S, D) Bogotá (S, D) Memphis (S, D) Monterrey (S, D) Acapulco (S, D) Kuala Lumpur (S, D) Barcelona (S, D) Copenhagen (S, D) Fes (S, D) Budapest (S, D) Estoril (S, D) Strasbourg (S, D) Birmingham (S, D) 's-Hertogenbosch (S, D) Palermo (S, D) Båstad (S, D) Bad Gastein (S, D) Baku (S, D) Washington D.C. 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