The 2012 Goldwater Women's Tennis Classic was a professional

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tournament played on outdoor

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. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the

2012 ITF Women's Circuit The 2012 ITF Women's Circuit was the 2012 edition of the second-tier tour for women's professional tennis. The ITF Women's Circuit is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the WTA Tour. The 2012 season consisted of 4 ...

. It took place in

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, on November 5–11, 2012.

WTA entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of October 29, 2012.

Other entrants

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

Victoria Duval Victoria Duval (born 30 November 1995) is an inactive American tennis player. Duval has won one singles title and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In August 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of No. 87. In 2012, she had w ...

* Jainy Scheepens *

Taylor Townsend Taylor Townsend (born April 16, 1996) is an American professional tennis player. She has a WTA career-high doubles ranking of world No. 2, achieved on February 24, 2025 and a singles ranking of No. 46, achieved on August 19, 2024. Townsend won ...

Ashley Weinhold Ashley Weinhold (born June 20, 1989) is a former tennis player from the United States. She turned professional in 2007 and had her last appearance on the ITF Circuit in August 2018. Her career-high singles ranking is 181, achieved October 20 ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Jan Abaza Jan Abaza (born March 1, 1995) is an American former tennis player of Syrian descent. She won two singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On August 5, 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 374 ...

Kristie Ahn Kristie Hyerim Ahn (born June 15, 1992) is an American former professional tennis player. In her career, she won seven singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 30 September 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 8 ...

Gabriela Dabrowski Gabriela "Gaby" Dabrowski (; , ; born April 1, 1992) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 3 on 15 July 2024. A three-time Grand Slam champion, she won the 2023 US Open doubles title, ...

Sachia Vickery Sachia Vickery ( ; born May 11, 1995) is an American professional tennis player. She reached a career-high of No. 73 in the WTA rankings on 30 July 2018. Vickery, a former USTA junior national champion, has also won three singles and three doub ...

The following player received entry as a Lucky Loser: *

Romana Tedjakusuma Romana Tedjakusuma (born 24 July 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Indonesia. She made her debut in professional competition in January 1990, aged 13, at an ITF tournament in Jakarta. In 1993 and 1994, she played in a number o ...

Champions

Singles

Madison Keys Madison Keys (born February 17, 1995) is an American professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 5 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Keys has won ten WTA Tour-level career singles ...

def. Maria Sanchez, 6–3, 7–6^(7–1).

Doubles

Jacqueline Cako Jacqueline Cako (born August 30, 1991) is an American former tennis player of Hungarian descent. In her career, Cako won two singles and 12 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ...

Natalie Pluskota Natalie Ann Pluskota (born November 2, 1989) is an American former tennis player. In her career, Pluskota won four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a ...

def.

Eugenie Bouchard Eugenie "Genie" Bouchard (; , ; born February 25, 1994) is a Canadian professional tennis and pickleball player. At the 2014 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 2014 Wimbledon Championships, she became the first Canadian-born player repr ...

Ulrikke Eikeri Ulrikke Pia Eikeri (born 16 December 1992) is a Norwegian professional tennis player. On 22 April 2024, she peaked at No. 26 in the WTA doubles rankings. She also has a career-high singles ranking of No. 206, achieved on 16 April 2018. Eikeri ...

, 6–3, 2–6, 0–4

External links

2012 John Newcombe Women's Pro Challenge
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