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s. It was the twelfth edition of the tournament which was part of the WTA International tournaments of the

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. It took place in

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, Morocco between 23 and 29 April 2012. Qualifier

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won the singles title.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of April 16, 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Anabel Medina Garrigues *

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* Fatima Zahrae El Allami The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

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* Arina Rodionova The following players received entry as lucky loser: * Mathilde Johansson

Withdrawals

* Polona Hercog * Ekaterina Makarova * Ksenia Pervak

Retirements

* Fatima Zahrae El Allami (gastro intestinal illness) *

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(left thigh injury) * Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (right hip injury) * Arina Rodionova (left wrist injury)

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings are as of April 16, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: *

/ Chanelle Scheepers * Fatima Zahrae El Allami /

The following pair received entry as alternates: *

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Withdrawals

* Klára Zakopalová

Retirements

* Arina Rodionova (left wrist injury)

Finals

Singles

defeated Laura Pous Tió, 7–5, 6–0 It was Bertens' first career title.

Doubles

* Petra Cetkovská / Alexandra Panova defeated

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, 3–6, 7–6^(7–5), 1–9

External links

Official website

Singles draw

Doubles draw
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Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem The Morocco Open or Rabat Grand Prix (for sponsorship reasons called the Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem), is a women's professional tennis tournament currently held in Rabat, Morocco. This WTA Tour event is classified as an Internat ...

Morocco Open 2012 in Moroccan tennis