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