2012 Open GDF Suez

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2012 Open GDF Suez
Date	4–12 February
Edition	20th
Category	Premier
Draw	30S / 16D
Surface	Hard / indoor
Location	Paris, France
Venue	Stade Pierre de Coubertin
Champions
Singles
Angelique Kerber
Doubles
Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond
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The 2012 Open GDF Suez was a women's professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 20th edition of the Open GDF Suez (formerly known as the Open Gaz de France) and was a Premier tournament on the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place at Stade Pierre de Coubertin in Paris, France from 4 February through 12 February 2012.

Country	Player	Ranking1	Seeding
RUS	Maria Sharapova	3	1
FRA	Marion Bartoli	7	2
CHN	Li Na	9	3
SRB	Jelena Janković	13	4
GER	Sabine Lisicki	14	5
GER	Julia Görges	21	6
ITA	Roberta Vinci	23	7
ESP	Anabel Medina Garrigues	24	8
GER	Angelique Kerber	27	9

• ¹ Rankings as of January 30, 2012

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Alizé Cornet
• Pauline Parmentier

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Gréta Arn
• Kristina Barrois
• Mona Barthel
• Bethanie Mattek-Sands

The following players received entry as lucky losers into the singles main draw:

• Alberta Brianti
• Jill Craybas
• Varvara Lepchenko

• Jelena Janković (left thigh injury)
• Kaia Kanepi (right shoulder injury)
• Sabine Lisicki (viral illness)

• Jill Craybas (right leg injury)
• Li Na (lower back injury)

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
USA	Liezel Huber	USA	Lisa Raymond	3	1
RSA	Natalie Grandin	CZE	Vladimíra Uhlířová	59	2
AUS	Jarmila Gajdošová	USA	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	63	3
ROU	Monica Niculescu	POL	Alicja Rosolska	81	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of January 30, 2012

The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:

• Julie Coin / Pauline Parmentier

• Monica Niculescu (abdominal injury)

Angelique Kerber defeated Marion Bartoli, 7–6^(7–3), 5–7, 6–3

• It was Kerber's 1st career title. She became the first German winner at Paris since Steffi Graf in 1995.

Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond defeated Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Petra Martić, 7–6^(7–3), 6–1

• Official website