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The 2012 Brussels Open was a women's
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tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 2nd edition of the
Brussels Open The Brussels Open, unofficially also known as ''Open de Bruxelles'', was a professional women's tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held in Brussels, Belgium. It was first held in 2011, replacing the Warsaw Open. The 2013 edition was held May 20â ...
, and was part of the Premier-level tournaments of the
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. The event took place at the Royal Primerose Tennis Club in
Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, RĂ©gion de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
,
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, from May 19 through May 26, 2012. Agnieszka Radwańska won the singles title.


Champions


Singles

Agnieszka Radwańska defeated
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7–5, 6–0 *It was Radwanska's 3rd title of the year and 10th of her career. It was her 3rd Premier-level tournament of her career and 6th Premier overall.


Doubles

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/
Sania Mirza Sania Mirza (; born 15 November 1986) is an Indian professional tennis player. A former doubles world No. 1, she has won six major titles – three in women's doubles and three in mixed doubles. From 2003 until her retirement from singles in ...
defeated Alicja Rosolska / Zheng Jie 6–3, 6–2


Singles main draw entrants


Seeds

*Rankings as of May 14, 2012Official entry list
", Bruxelles Open, 16 April 2012. Retrieved 2011-04-18.


Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: *
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* Jelena Janković *
Alison van Uytvanck Alison Van Uytvanck (; born 26 March 1994) is a Belgian professional tennis player. Van Uytvanck has won five singles and two doubles WTA Tour titles and three Challenger Tour singles titles, as well as 12 singles and two doubles titles on th ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Irina Falconi *
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* Urszula Radwańska *
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The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Bojana Jovanovski * Lesia Tsurenko


Withdrawals

* Sara Errani * Daniela Hantuchová (foot stress fracture) * Angelique Kerber (low back injury) * Andrea Petkovic (ankle ligaments injury) * Roberta Vinci (right wrist injury)


Retirements

*
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Doubles main draw entrants


Seeds

*1 Rankings are as of May 14, 2012


Other entrants

The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw: * Elena Bovina /
Alison Van Uytvanck Alison Van Uytvanck (; born 26 March 1994) is a Belgian professional tennis player. Van Uytvanck has won five singles and two doubles WTA Tour titles and three Challenger Tour singles titles, as well as 12 singles and two doubles titles on th ...
The following pair received entry as alternates: * Veronika Kapshay /
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Withdrawals

* Ksenia Pervak (knee injury)


References


External links


Official website
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