| 2012 Malaysian Open | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | February 27 – March 4 | |||
| Edition | 3rd | |||
| Category | International tournament | |||
| Draw | 32S / 16D | |||
| Prize money | $220,000 | |||
| Surface | Hard / outdoor | |||
| Location | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Singles | ||||
 Hsieh Su-wei | ||||
| Doubles | ||||
| Chang Kai-chen /Chuang Chia-jung | ||||
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The2012 BMW Malaysian Open was a women'stennis tournament played onoutdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of theMalaysian Open and was anInternational tournament on the2012 WTA Tour. The tournament took place from February 27 to March 4 at theBukit Kiara Equestrian and Country Resort.Hsieh Su-wei won the singles title.
Hsieh Su-wei defeated
Petra Martić 2–6, 7–5, 4–1 ret.
Chang Kai-chen /Chuang Chia-jung defeatedChan Hao-ching /
Rika Fujiwara 7–5, 6–4
| 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 |
The following players receivedwildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Petra Martić (fatigue and cramping)Ayumi Morita (right shoulder injury)Agnieszka Radwańska (right elbow injury)| 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 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
