The 2012 Texas Tennis Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament. It was classified as one of the WTA International tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place in Dallas, United States from 17 to 24 August 2012.
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angelique Kerber | 7 | 1 | ||
 Serbia | Jelena Janković | 18 | 2 | |
 Italy | Roberta Vinci | 26 | 3 | |
 Belgium | Yanina Wickmayer | 30 | 4 | |
 Czech Republic | Klára Zakopalová | 31 | 5 | |
 China | Peng Shuai | 32 | 6 | |
| Chanelle Scheepers | 40 | 7 | ||
 Romania | Sorana Cîrstea | 41 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player entry as lucky loser:
Monica Niculescu (hand injury)
Ksenia Pervak
Urszula Radwańska Peng Shuai (right shoulder injury)| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Czech Republic | Iveta Benešová | Czech Republic | Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | 46 | 1 | |
| Irina-Camelia Begu | Alizé Cornet | 108 | 2 | |||
 Australia | Jarmila Gajdošová | Klára Zakopalová | 116 | 3 | ||
 New Zealand | Marina Erakovic | Heather Watson | 130 | 4 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Roxanne Ellison / Sierra Ellison Emily Harman / Simone KalhornThe following pair received entry as alternates:
See main article: 2012 Texas Tennis Open – Singles. Roberta Vinci def. Jelena Janković, 7–5, 6–3
See main article: 2012 Texas Tennis Open – Doubles. Marina Erakovic / 
Heather Watson def. Līga Dekmeijere / Irina Falconi, 6–3, 6–0
