The 2012 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor

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s. It was the 25th edition of the tournament which was part of the

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. It took place in

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, Italy between 9 July and 15 July 2012. First-seeded Sara Errani won the singles title.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of June 25, 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Nastassja Burnett * Maria Elena Camerin * Anastasia Grymalska The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

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* Dia Evtimova *

Katalin Marosi Katalin Marosi (born 12 November 1979) is a Hungarian former professional tennis player. In her career, Marosi won 15 singles and 31 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 8 May 2000, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 1 ...

* Valentyna Ivakhnenko The following players received entry as lucky loser: *

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Withdrawals

* Kaia Kanepi (heels) *

Michaëlla Krajicek Michaëlla Krajicek ( cz, Michaela Krajíčková; born 9 January 1989) is a Dutch former tennis player. She won three singles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one WTA 125 tournaments, WTA 125 doubles title, and 14 singles and ...

* Alexandra Panova * Shahar Peer * Agnieszka Radwańska (upper respiratory illness) * Francesca Schiavone (bronchitis) * Galina Voskoboeva * Klára Zakopalová

Retirements

* Anna Tatishvili

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings are as of June 25, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * Nastassja Burnett / Anastasia Grymalska *

Claudia Giovine Claudia Giovine (; born 18 July 1990) is an inactive Italian tennis player. She has won 12 singles and 26 doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, ...

Mădălina Gojnea Mădălina-Victorița Gojnea (born 23 August 1987) is a former Romanian tennis player. On 4 July 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 149 whilst her best doubles ranking was 191 on 9 July 2007. In 2013, only 25 years old, she a ...

Retirements

* Anna Tatishvili (right thigh strain)

Finals

Singles

* Sara Errani defeated Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, 6–1, 6–3

Doubles

Renata Voráčová Renata Voráčová (; born 6 October 1983) is a Czech professional tennis player. Voráčová has won 11 doubles titles on the WTA Tour and three on WTA 125 tournaments, as well as 15 singles and 56 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 11 Oc ...

/ Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová defeated Darija Jurak /

, 7–6^(7–5), 6–4

References

External links

Official Website

Internazionali Femminili di Palermo The Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, also known as the Palermo Ladies Open, is a women's tennis tournament in Palermo, Italy that is played on outdoor clay courts at the Country Time Club. The first two editions were part of the Satellite Circu ...

Internazionali Femminili di Palermo 2012 in Italian women's sport Torneo