The 2012
ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players.
History
It serves as a developmenta ...
was the 2012 edition of the second-tier tour for women's professional
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 c ...
. The ITF Women's Circuit is organised by the
International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. As of 2016, there ...
and is a tier below the
WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour.
WTA Tour tou ...
. The 2012 season consisted of 484 events in 63 countries
with prize money ranging from $10,000 up to $100,000.
Schedule
January–March
April–June
July–September
October–December
Statistical information
To avoid confusion and double counting, these tables should be updated only after the end of the week.
Key
Titles won by player
As of December 31.
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Diana Buzean
Diana Enache (born 12 December 1987; formerly known as Diana Buzean) is a Romanian former tennis player.
In her career, she won 13 singles and 49 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 11 April 2011, she reached her best singles ranking ...
(previously known as Diana Enache)
Titles won by nation
As of December 31.
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Johanna Konta
Johanna Konta (born 17 May 1991) is a British former professional tennis player, having represented Australia until 2012. She won four singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 11 singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. The ...
started representing Great Britain in June, she won one title while representing Australia.
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Yulia Putintseva
Yulia Antonovna Putintseva ( rus, Ю́лия Анто́новна Пути́нцева; , ''puh-TEEN-tseh-vah''; born 7 January 1995) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player. She is a three-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist (twice ...
started representing Kazakhstan in June, she won two titles while representing Russia.
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Julia Moriarty
Julia Moriarty (born 3 December 1988) is a former professional Australian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 615 in singles and 486 in doubles. She competed for the Ireland Fed Cup team in 2010 and 2011, and accumulated a win-l ...
started representing Australia in August, she won one title while representing Ireland.
Retirements
Ranking Distribution
See also
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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 Fed ...
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2012 WTA Challenger Tour
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2012 ATP World Tour
The 2012 ATP World Tour is the global elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2012 tennis season. The 2012 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by th ...
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2012 ATP Challenger Tour
The ATP Challenger Tour was the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2012 ATP Challenger Tour calendar comprised 15 top tier Tretorn SERIE+ tournaments, and a total of 148 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $35, ...
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2012 ITF Men's Circuit
The 2012 ITF Men's Circuit is the 2012 edition of the entry level tour for men's professional tennis, and is the third tier tennis tour below the Association of Tennis Professionals, World Tour and Challenger Tour. It is organised by the Interna ...
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Women's Tennis Association
The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is the principal organizing body of women's professional tennis. It governs the WTA Tour which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for women and was founded to create a better future for women's tenn ...
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International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. As of 2016, there ...
References
External links
International Tennis Federation (ITF)
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ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players.
History
It serves as a developmenta ...
ITF Women's World Tennis Tour
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