2012 Aegon Classic Explained

The 2012 Aegon Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 31st edition of the event. It took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, United Kingdom, scheduled between 11 and 17 June 2012. Qualifier Melanie Oudin won the singles title.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
Italy	Francesca Schiavone	12	1
	Sabine Lisicki	13	2
Slovakia	Daniela Hantuchová	18	3
Italy	Roberta Vinci	19	4
Serbia	Jelena Janković	21	5
	Mona Barthel	32	6
	Christina McHale	36	7
Russian Federation	Ekaterina Makarova	38	8
New Zealand	Marina Erakovic	42	9
Romania	Sorana Cîrstea	43	10
Czech Republic	Iveta Benešová	51	11
Austria	Tamira Paszek	52	12
	Hsieh Su-wei	64	13
Hungary	Tímea Babos	67	14
United Kingdom	Elena Baltacha	68	15
	Eleni Daniilidou	69	16

• ¹ Rankings are as of May 28, 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Jelena Janković
• Tara Moore
• Samantha Murray
• Francesca Schiavone
• Melanie South

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Vera Dushevina
• Michelle Larcher de Brito
• Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
• Grace Min
• Melanie Oudin
• Alison Riske
• Abigail Spears
• Zheng Jie

The following players received entry via the Lucky loser spot:

• Sesil Karatantcheva
• Alla Kudryavtseva

Withdrawals

• Sofia Arvidsson
• Petra Cetkovská
• Simona Halep
• Jarmila Gajdošová (left wrist injury)
• Kaia Kanepi
• Peng Shuai
• Lesia Tsurenko

Retirements

The following players retired from the singles main draw:

• Casey Dellacqua
• Michaëlla Krajicek (viral illness)
• Ayumi Morita
• Virginie Razzano

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
	Liezel Huber		Lisa Raymond	2	1
	Sania Mirza		Yaroslava Shvedova	15	2
	Natalie Grandin		Vladimíra Uhlířová	47	3
	Raquel Kops-Jones		Abigail Spears	50	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of May 28, 2012

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:

• Laura Robson / Heather Watson

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Tara Moore / Melanie South

Withdrawals

• Michaëlla Krajicek (viral illness)

Retirements

• Laura Robson (viral illness)
• Zheng Jie (gastrointestinal illness)

Finals

Singles

See main article: 2012 Aegon Classic – Singles.

• Melanie Oudin defeated Jelena Janković, 6–4, 6–2
  • It is the first career title for Oudin

Doubles

See main article: 2012 Aegon Classic – Doubles.

• Tímea Babos / Hsieh Su-wei defeated Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond, 7–5, 6–7^(2–7), [10–8]

References

• Entry list

External links

• Official website