| 2012 Toray Pan Pacific Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | September 23–29 |
| Edition | 29th |
| Category | Premier Series |
| Surface | Hard |
| Location | Tokyo, Japan |
| Venue | Ariake Coliseum |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
 Nadia Petrova | |
| Doubles | |
 Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears | |
The 2012 Toray Pan Pacific Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 29th edition of the Toray Pan Pacific Open, and part of the Premier Series of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, from September 23 through 29, 2012. Nadia Petrova won the singles title.
Points and prize money
[edit]Point distribution
[edit]| Stage | Women's singles[1] | Women's doubles[1] |
|---|---|---|
| Champion | 900 | |
| Runner up | 620 | |
| Semifinals | 395 | |
| Quarterfinals | 225 | |
| Round of 16 | 125 | 1 |
| Round of 32 | 70 | – |
| Round of 64 | 1 | |
| Qualifier | 30 | |
| Qualifying Finalist | 20 | |
| Qualifying 1st round | 1 | |
Prize money
[edit]| Stage | Women's singles | Women's doubles |
|---|---|---|
| Champion | $385,000 | $110,000 |
| Runner up | $192,000 | $59,850 |
| Semifinals | $96,100 | $31,600 |
| Quarterfinals | $44,250 | $16,800 |
| Round of 16 | $22,000 | $9,150 |
| Round of 32 | $11,300 | - |
| Round of 64 | $5,800 | - |
| Qualifying Finalist | $3,200 | - |
| Qualifying 1st round | $1,650 | - |
Singles main-draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 BLR |
Victoria Azarenka | 1 | 1 |
| RUS |
Maria Sharapova | 2 | 2 |
 POL |
Agnieszka Radwańska | 3 | 3 |
 CZE |
Petra Kvitová | 5 | 4 |
 GER |
Angelique Kerber | 6 | 5 |
 ITA |
Sara Errani | 7 | 6 |
 CHN |
Li Na | 8 | 7 |
 AUS |
Samantha Stosur | 9 | 8 |
 FRA |
Marion Bartoli | 10 | 9 |
 DEN |
Caroline Wozniacki | 11 | 10 |
 SRB |
Ana Ivanovic | 12 | 11 |
 SVK |
Dominika Cibulková | 13 | 12 |
| RUS |
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| ITA |
Roberta Vinci | 15 | 14 |
 EST |
Kaia Kanepi | 16 | 15 |
| CZE |
Lucie Šafářová | 17 | 16 |
| RUS |
Nadia Petrova | 18 | 17 |
- 1 Rankings are as of September 17, 2012
Other entrants
[edit]The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Camila Giorgi
Jamie Hampton
Bojana Jovanovski
Johanna Larsson
Kurumi Nara
Pauline Parmentier
Sílvia Soler Espinosa
Heather Watson
The following players received entry as lucky loser:
Withdrawals
[edit]
Maria Kirilenko (back injury)
Retirements
[edit]
Victoria Azarenka (dizziness)
Andrea Hlaváčková (left thigh injury)- Klára Zakopalová (left wrist injury)
Doubles main-draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA
|
Vania King |  KAZ
|
Yaroslava Shvedova | 28 | 1 |
 ESP
|
Nuria Llagostera Vives |  IND
|
Sania Mirza | 30 | 2 |
 SLO
|
Katarina Srebotnik | CHN
|
Zheng Jie | 31 | 3 |
| GER
|
Anna-Lena Grönefeld | CZE
|
Květa Peschke | 41 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings are as of September 17, 2012
Other entrants
[edit]The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Chuang Chia-jung / Kimiko Date-Krumm
Daniela Hantuchová / 
Peng Shuai- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Lucie Šafářová
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Withdrawals
[edit]- Andrea Hlaváčková (left thigh injury)
Finals
[edit]Singles
[edit]- Nadia Petrova def.
Agnieszka Radwańska 6–0, 1–6, 6–3
Doubles
[edit]- Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears def.
Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Květa Peschke 6–1, 6–4
References
[edit]- ^ a b "WTA Tour rules" (PDF). wtatour.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2012.