2012 New Haven Open at Yale

The 2012 New Haven Open at Yale (New Haven Open at Yale presented by First Niagara for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 44th edition of the New Haven Open at Yale, and was part of the Premier Series of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, from August 17 through August 25, 2012. It was the last event on the 2012 US Open Series before the 2012 US Open.^[1]

2012 New Haven Open at Yale
Date	August 17–25
Edition	44th
Category	WTA Premier
Draw	30S / 16D
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	New Haven, United States
Venue	Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Petra Kvitová
Doubles
Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Ranking*	Seed
POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	3	1
CZE	Petra Kvitová	5	2
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	8	3
ITA	Sara Errani	10	4
FRA	Marion Bartoli	11	5
SVK	Dominika Cibulková	13	6
RUS	Maria Kirilenko	14	7
CZE	Lucie Šafářová	19	8

• Seedings are based on the rankings of August 13, 2012^[2]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Petra Kvitová
• Bethanie Mattek-Sands
• Laura Robson

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Tímea Babos
• Nicole Gibbs
• Alexa Glatch
• Olga Govortsova

The following players entry as lucky loser:

• Vera Dushevina
• Melanie Oudin

Withdrawals

The following players withdrew from the singles main draw:

• Kaia Kanepi (achilles tendon injury)
• Christina McHale (gastrointestinal illness)
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Flavia Pennetta (wrist injury)
• Francesca Schiavone (gastrointestinal illness)

Retirements

• Mona Barthel (gastrointestinal illness)
• Varvara Lepchenko (wrist injury)
• Agnieszka Radwańska (right shoulder injury)
• Caroline Wozniacki (right knee injury)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
USA	Liezel Huber	USA	Lisa Raymond	2	1
CZE	Andrea Hlaváčková	CZE	Lucie Hradecká	21	2
SLO	Katarina Srebotnik	CHN	Zheng Jie	38	3
ESP	Nuria Llagostera Vives	ESP	María José Martínez Sánchez	38	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of August 13, 2012

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:

• Tímea Babos / Sloane Stephens

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Sílvia Soler Espinosa / Carla Suárez Navarro

Withdrawals

• Paola Suárez (low back injury)

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2012 New Haven Open at Yale – Singles

Petra Kvitová defeated Maria Kirilenko, 7–6^(11–9), 7–5

Doubles

Main article: 2012 New Haven Open at Yale – Doubles

Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond defeated Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká, 4–6, 6–0, [10–4]