The 2012 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas was a women's
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
tournament played on
outdoor clay courts. It was the 15th edition of the
Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas
The Copa Colsanitas is a women's professional tennis tournament held in Bogotá, Colombia at the Centro de Alto Rendimiento. Held since 1998, this WTA 250 tournament is played on outdoor clay courts
A clay court is one of the types of tenni ...
, and was on the
International category of the
2012 WTA Tour
The 2012 WTA Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2012 tennis season. The 2012 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Fede ...
. It took place at the
Club Campestre El Rancho The Club Campestre El Rancho is a tennis and golf venue in Bogotá, Colombia. Until 2012, the club was the host of the Copa Colsanitas
The Copa Colsanitas is a women's professional tennis tournament held in Bogotá, Colombia at the Centro de Alt ...
in
Bogotá,
Colombia, from February 13 through February 19, 2012.
Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino
Lara Arruabarrena Vecino (; born 20 March 1992) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. On 3 July 2017, she reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of 52, and her best doubles ranking is world No. 28, set on 22 February 2016. Arr ...
won the singles title.
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings as of February 6, 2012
Other entrants
The following players received
wildcard
Wild card most commonly refers to:
* Wild card (cards), a playing card that substitutes for any other card in card games
* Wild card (sports), a tournament or playoff place awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal pla ...
s into the main draw:
*
Catalina Castaño
*
Karen Castiblanco
Karen Emilia Castiblanco Duarte (; born 9 January 1988) is a former Colombian tennis player and member of the Colombia Fed Cup team. On 24 October 2011, she reached her highest WTA ranking
The WTA rankings are the Sports rating system, rating ...
*
Yuliana Lizarazo
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
*
Inés Ferrer Suárez
Inés Ferrer Suárez (; born 1 June 1990) is a Spanish former professional tennis player.
Ferrer Suárez won two singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 9 July 2012, she reached her highest singles ranking ...
*
Sesil Karatantcheva
Sesil Radoslavova Karatantcheva ( bg, Сесил Радославова Каратанчева; born 8 August 1989) is a Bulgarian former tennis player.
In her career, she won nine singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 7 November 2005, ...
*
Paula Ormaechea
Paula Ormaechea (; born 28 September 1992) is an Argentine tennis player based in Italy. She has won 16 singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 21 October 2013, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 59.World Grou ...
*
Yaroslava Shvedova
Yaroslava Vyacheslavovna Shvedova (; born 12 September 1987) is a Kazakhstani former professional tennis player. Before 2008, she represented her country of birth, Russia.
She won one singles title and 13 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, plus o ...
Withdrawals
*
Sara Errani
Sara Errani (; born 29 April 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. She is a former top five player in singles and former world No. 1 in doubles. With 9 singles titles and 27 doubles titles (including 5 Grand Slam doubles championship ...
(right knee injury)
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings are as of February 6, 2012
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
*
Karen Castiblanco
Karen Emilia Castiblanco Duarte (; born 9 January 1988) is a former Colombian tennis player and member of the Colombia Fed Cup team. On 24 October 2011, she reached her highest WTA ranking
The WTA rankings are the Sports rating system, rating ...
/
Paula Ormaechea
Paula Ormaechea (; born 28 September 1992) is an Argentine tennis player based in Italy. She has won 16 singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 21 October 2013, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 59.World Grou ...
*
Gisela Dulko
Gisela Dulko (; born 30 January 1985) is a retired Argentine tennis player. Although she enjoyed modest success in singles, reaching a career-high ranking of world No. 26 and winning four WTA titles, her speciality was doubles, where she achiev ...
/
Paola Suárez
Paola Suárez (; born 23 June 1976) is a retired tennis player from Argentina. She was one of the most prominent women's doubles players throughout the early and mid-2000s, winning eight Grand Slam titles, all of them with Virginia Ruano Pascua ...
Retirements
*
Romina Oprandi
Romina Sarina Oprandi (born 29 March 1986) is a retired tennis player. She has dual Swiss-Italian citizenship and represented Italy from her professional debut in 2005 until January 2012, when she joined the Swiss tennis federation.
She has w ...
(right knee injury)
Champions
Singles
*
Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino
Lara Arruabarrena Vecino (; born 20 March 1992) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. On 3 July 2017, she reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of 52, and her best doubles ranking is world No. 28, set on 22 February 2016. Arr ...
def.
Alexandra Panova
Alexandra Alexandrovna Panova (russian: Александра Александровна Панова; born 2 March 1989) is a Russian professional tennis player.
On 30 July 2012, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 71. On 18 ...
6–2, 7–5
*It was Arruabarrena-Vecino's first career title.
Doubles
*
Eva Birnerová
Eva Birnerová (born 14 August 1984) is a Czech former tennis player.
In her career, she won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as eight singles and 11 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 29 January 2007, she reached her be ...
/
Alexandra Panova
Alexandra Alexandrovna Panova (russian: Александра Александровна Панова; born 2 March 1989) is a Russian professional tennis player.
On 30 July 2012, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 71. On 18 ...
def.
Mandy Minella
Mandy Minella (born 22 November 1985) is a former professional tennis player from Luxembourg. Having made her debut on the WTA Tour in 2001, she peaked at No. 66 in the WTA singles rankings in September 2012, and No. 47 in doubles in April 2013 ...
/
Stefanie Vögele
Stefanie Vögele (born 10 March 1990) is a former professional Swiss tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 42 on 11 November 2013. Her highest WTA ranking in doubles is 100, which she reached on 5 January 2015. O ...
, 6–2, 6–2
External links
Official website
{{2012 WTA Tour
Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas
The Copa Colsanitas is a women's professional tennis tournament held in Bogotá, Colombia at the Centro de Alto Rendimiento. Held since 1998, this WTA 250 tournament is played on outdoor clay courts
A clay court is one of the types of tenni ...
Copa Colsanitas
2012 in Colombian tennis