The 2012 New Haven Open at Yale (New Haven Open at Yale presented by First Niagara for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 44th edition of the New Haven Open at Yale, and was part of the Premier Series of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, from August 17 through August 25, 2012. It was the last event on the 2012 US Open Series before the 2012 US Open.
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds CountryPlayer Ranking*Seed Agnieszka Radwańska 3 1 Petra Kvitová 5 2 Caroline Wozniacki 8 3 Sara Errani 10 4 Marion Bartoli 11 5 Dominika Cibulková 13 6 Maria Kirilenko 14 7 Lucie Šafářová 19 8
Seedings are based on the rankings of August 13, 2012
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Petra Kvitová Bethanie Mattek-Sands Laura Robson
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Tímea Babos Nicole Gibbs Alexa Glatch Olga Govortsova
The following players entry as lucky loser: Vera Dushevina Melanie Oudin
Withdrawals The following players withdrew from the singles main draw: Kaia Kanepi (achilles tendon injury) Christina McHale (gastrointestinal illness) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Flavia Pennetta (wrist injury) Francesca Schiavone (gastrointestinal illness)
Retirements Mona Barthel (gastrointestinal illness) Varvara Lepchenko (wrist injury) Agnieszka Radwańska (right shoulder injury) Caroline Wozniacki (right knee injury)
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedLiezel HuberLisa Raymond21 Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká212Katarina Srebotnik Zheng Jie383Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez384 1 Rankings are as of August 13, 2012
Other entrants The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw: Tímea Babos / Sloane Stephens The following pair received entry as alternates: Sílvia Soler Espinosa / Carla Suárez Navarro
Withdrawals Paola Suárez (low back injury)
Finals
Singles
Petra Kvitová defeated Maria Kirilenko, 7–6(11–9), 7–5
Doubles
Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond defeated Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká, 4–6, 6–0, [10–4]
References
External links Official website