Victoria Azarenka defeated Maria Sharapova in the final, 6–3, 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2012 China Open.
Agnieszka Radwańska was the defending champion, but lost to Li Na in the quarterfinals.
Seeds
The four Tokyo semifinalists received a bye into the second round. They are as follows: Angelique Kerber Nadia Petrova Agnieszka Radwańska Samantha Stosur
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Qualifying
Seeds
Qualifiers
Lucky losers Olga Govortsova
Draw
First qualifier
Second qualifier
Third qualifier
Fourth qualifier
Fifth qualifier
Sixth qualifier
Seventh qualifier
Eighth qualifier
References
External links Main Draw Qualifying Draw