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Find sources: "2012 Open GDF Suez" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Tennis tournament 2012 Open GDF Suez Date 4–12 February Edition 20th Category Premier Draw 30S / 16D Prize money $637,000 Surface Hard / indoor Location Paris, France Venue Stade Pierre de Coubertin Champions Singles Angelique Kerber Doubles Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond ← 2011 · Open GDF Suez · 2013 → The **2012 Open GDF Suez** was a women's professional [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on indoor [hard courts](/source/Hard_court). It was the 20th edition of the [Open GDF Suez](/source/Open_GDF_Suez) (formerly known as the *Open Gaz de France*) and was a [Premier tournament](/source/WTA_Premier_tournaments) on the [2012 WTA Tour](/source/2012_WTA_Tour). It took place at [Stade Pierre de Coubertin](/source/Stade_Pierre_de_Coubertin_(Paris)) in Paris, France from 4 February through 12 February 2012. ## Finals ### Singles Main article: [2012 Open GDF Suez – Singles](/source/2012_Open_GDF_Suez_%E2%80%93_Singles) [Angelique Kerber](/source/Angelique_Kerber) defeated [Marion Bartoli](/source/Marion_Bartoli), 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–3 - It was Kerber's 1st career title. She became the first German winner at Paris since [Steffi Graf](/source/Steffi_Graf) in 1995. ### Doubles Main article: [2012 Open GDF Suez – Doubles](/source/2012_Open_GDF_Suez_%E2%80%93_Doubles) [Liezel Huber](/source/Liezel_Huber) / [Lisa Raymond](/source/Lisa_Raymond) defeated [Anna-Lena Grönefeld](/source/Anna-Lena_Gr%C3%B6nefeld) / [Petra Martić](/source/Petra_Marti%C4%87), 7–6(7–3), 6–1 ## Singles main-draw entrants ### Seeds Country Player Ranking1 Seeding RUS Maria Sharapova 3 1 FRA Marion Bartoli 7 2 CHN Li Na 9 3 SRB Jelena Janković 13 4 GER Sabine Lisicki 14 5 GER Julia Görges 21 6 ITA Roberta Vinci 23 7 ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues 24 8 GER Angelique Kerber 27 9 - 1 Rankings as of January 30, 2012 ### Other entrants The following players received [wildcards](/source/Wild_card_(sports)) into the main draw: - [Alizé Cornet](/source/Aliz%C3%A9_Cornet) - [Pauline Parmentier](/source/Pauline_Parmentier) The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: - [Gréta Arn](/source/Gr%C3%A9ta_Arn) - [Kristina Barrois](/source/Kristina_Barrois) - [Mona Barthel](/source/Mona_Barthel) - [Bethanie Mattek-Sands](/source/Bethanie_Mattek-Sands) The following players received entry as [lucky losers](/source/Lucky_loser) into the singles main draw: - [Alberta Brianti](/source/Alberta_Brianti) - [Jill Craybas](/source/Jill_Craybas) - [Varvara Lepchenko](/source/Varvara_Lepchenko) ### Withdrawals - [Jelena Janković](/source/Jelena_Jankovi%C4%87) (left thigh injury) - [Kaia Kanepi](/source/Kaia_Kanepi) (right shoulder injury) - [Sabine Lisicki](/source/Sabine_Lisicki) (viral illness) ### Retirements - [Jill Craybas](/source/Jill_Craybas) (right leg injury) - [Li Na](/source/Li_Na) (lower back injury) ## Doubles main-draw entrants ### Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed USA Liezel Huber USA Lisa Raymond 3 1 RSA Natalie Grandin CZE Vladimíra Uhlířová 59 2 AUS Jarmila Gajdošová USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands 63 3 ROU Monica Niculescu POL Alicja Rosolska 81 4 - 1 Rankings are as of January 30, 2012 ### Other entrants The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw: - [Julie Coin](/source/Julie_Coin) / [Pauline Parmentier](/source/Pauline_Parmentier) ### Retirements - [Monica Niculescu](/source/Monica_Niculescu) (abdominal injury) ## References ## External links - [Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20110207052823/http://www.opengdfsuez.com/) - [WTA tournament draws](https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/2012/604.pdf) v t e Paris tournaments 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 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. (S, D) Dallas (S, D) Tashkent (S, D) Quebec City (S, D) Seoul (S, D) Guangzhou (S, D) Linz (S, D) Osaka (S, D) Luxembourg City (S, D) Team events Fed Cup World Group I + World Group II WG I play-offs WG II play-offs Americas Asia/Oceania Europe/Africa Summer Olympic Games, London (S, D, X) WTA Championships, Istanbul (S, D) WTA Tournament of Champions, Sofia (S) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [2012 Open GDF Suez](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Open_GDF_Suez) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Open_GDF_Suez?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.