2012 Malaysian Open

2012 Malaysian Open
DateFebruary 27 – March 4
Edition3rd
CategoryInternational tournament
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$220,000
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Champions
Singles
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
Doubles
Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen / Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
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The 2012 BMW Malaysian Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the Malaysian Open and was an International tournament on the 2012 WTA Tour. The tournament took place from February 27 to March 4 at the Bukit Kiara Equestrian and Country Resort. Hsieh Su-wei won the singles title.

Finals

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Singles

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Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei defeated Croatia Petra Martić 2–6, 7–5, 4–1 ret.

  • It was Hsieh's 1st singles title of her career.

Doubles

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Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen / Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung defeated Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching / Japan Rika Fujiwara 7–5, 6–4

Singles main draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Ranking1 Seeds
 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 6 1
 SRB Jelena Janković 14 2
 CHN Peng Shuai 17 3
 AUS Jarmila Gajdošová 43 4
 CRO Petra Martić 66 5
 JPN Ayumi Morita 69 6
 AUS Jelena Dokić 74 7
 GBR Anne Keothavong 77 8
  • 1 Rankings are as of February 20, 2012

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Retirements

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Doubles main draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 AUS Casey Dellacqua  AUS Jarmila Gajdošová 98 1
 CRO Petra Martić  FRA Kristina Mladenovic 130 2
 TPE Chan Hao-ching  JPN Rika Fujiwara 158 3
 JPN Shuko Aoyama  TPE Chan Chin-wei 202 4
  • 1 Rankings are as of February 20, 2012

Other entrants

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

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