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 SeedFrancesca Schiavone121Sabine Lisicki132Daniela Hantuchová183Roberta Vinci194Jelena Janković215Mona Barthel326Christina McHale367Ekaterina Makarova388Marina Erakovic429Sorana Cîrstea4310Iveta Benešová5111Tamira Paszek5212Hsieh Su-wei6413Tímea Babos6714Elena Baltacha6815Eleni Daniilidou6916 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 SeedLiezel HuberLisa Raymond21 Sania Mirza Yaroslava Shvedova152Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová473Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears504 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
Melanie Oudin defeated Jelena Janković, 6–4, 6–2 It is the first career title for Oudin
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