2012 HP Open

{{Short description|Women's tennis tournament}} {{TennisEventInfo|2012|HP Open| | date= 8–14 October | edition=4th | category=[[WTA International tournaments|WTA International]] | draw=32S / 16D | prize_money=$220,000 | surface=[[Hardcourt|Hard]] / outdoor | location=[[Osaka]], Japan | venue=[[Utsubo Tennis Center]] | champs={{flagicon|GBR}} [[Heather Watson]] | champd={{flagicon|USA}} [[Raquel Kops-Jones]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Abigail Spears]] | main_name=Japan Women's Open }}

The '''2012 HP Open''' was a women's [[tennis]] tournament played on outdoor [[hard court]]s sponsored by [[Hewlett-Packard]]. It was the fourth edition of the [[HP Open]], and part of the [[WTA International tournaments]] of the [[2012 WTA Tour]]. It was held at the [[Utsubo Tennis Center]] in [[Osaka]], Japan, from October 8 through October 14, 2012. Unseeded [[Heather Watson]] won the singles title.

==Finals== [[File:HeatherWatson.jpg|thumb|Heather Watson|200px]] ===Singles=== {{main|2012 HP Open – Singles}} * {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Heather Watson]] defeated {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Chang Kai-chen]] 7–5, 5–7, 7–6(7–4)

===Doubles=== {{main|2012 HP Open – Doubles}} *{{flagicon|USA}} [[Raquel Kops-Jones]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Abigail Spears]] defeated {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kimiko Date-Krumm]] / {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Heather Watson]] 6–1, 6–4

==Singles main-draw entrants==

===Seeds=== {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |- |{{flag|AUS}} |[[Samantha Stosur]] |9 |1 |- |{{flag|CHN}} |[[Zheng Jie]] |22 |2 |- |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Christina McHale]] |30 |3 |- |{{flag|ITA}} |[[Francesca Schiavone]] |33 |4 |- |{{flag|KAZ}} |[[Yaroslava Shvedova]] |36 |5 |- |{{flag|ESP}} |[[Anabel Medina Garrigues]] |39 |6 |- |{{flag|RSA}} |[[Chanelle Scheepers]] |53 |7 |- |{{flag|GBR}} |[[Laura Robson (tennis)|Laura Robson]] |60 |8 |}

* Rankings are as of October 1, 2012

===Other entrants=== The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kurumi Nara]] * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Francesca Schiavone]] * {{flagicon|THA}} [[Tamarine Tanasugarn]]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * {{flagicon|THA}} [[Nudnida Luangnam]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Olga Puchkova]] * {{flagicon|THA}} [[Luksika Kumkhum]] * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhou Yimiao]]

===Withdrawals=== * {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Tímea Babos]] * {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Petra Cetkovská]] * {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Melinda Czink]] * {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Marina Erakovic]] * {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Olga Govortsova]] * {{flagicon|NED}} [[Michaëlla Krajicek]] * {{flagicon|LUX}} [[Mandy Minella]] * {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Shahar Pe'er]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sloane Stephens]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[CoCo Vandeweghe]] * {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Galina Voskoboeva]] * {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Aleksandra Wozniak]]

===Retirements=== * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Francesca Schiavone]] (right wrist injury)

==Doubles main-draw entrants==

===Seeds=== {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |- |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Raquel Kops-Jones]] |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Abigail Spears]] |33 |1 |- |{{flag|ESP}} |[[Anabel Medina Garrigues]] |{{flag|CHN}} |[[Zheng Jie]] |49 |2 |- |{{flag|CRO}} |[[Darija Jurak]] |{{flag|HUN}} |[[Katalin Marosi]] |98 |3 |- |{{flag|JPN}} |[[Kimiko Date-Krumm]] |{{flag|GBR}} |[[Heather Watson]] |149 |4 |} *1 Rankings are as of October 1, 2012

===Other entrants=== The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw: * {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kurumi Nara]] / {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Erika Sema]]

===Retirements=== * {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Eleni Daniilidou]] (right hamstring strain)

==External links== * {{Official website|www.jw-open.jp}} * [https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/2012/405.pdf WTA tournament draws]

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