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| 2012 Mercury Insurance Open | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | July 16–22 | |||
| Edition | 32nd | |||
| Category | WTA Premier | |||
| Draw | 28S / 16D | |||
| Surface | Hard / outdoor | |||
| Location | Carlsbad, California, United States | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Singles | ||||
 Dominika Cibulková | ||||
| Doubles | ||||
 Raquel Kops-Jones /Abigail Spears | ||||
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The2012 Mercury Insurance Open was a women'stennis tournament played on outdoorhard courts. It was the 3rd edition of theSouthern California Open since the tournament left the tour in 2007. It was classified as one of theWTA Premier tournaments of the2012 WTA Tour. It took place inCarlsbad, California, United States from July 16 through July 22, 2012. Second-seededDominika Cibulková won the singles title.[1]
Dominika Cibulková defeated
Marion Bartoli, 6–1, 7–5Raquel Kops-Jones /Abigail Spears defeatedVania King /
Nadia Petrova, 6–2, 6–4| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRA | Marion Bartoli | 10 | 1 |
| SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 15 | 2 |
 SRB | Jelena Janković | 20 | 3 |
| RUS | Nadia Petrova | 21 | 4 |
| USA | Christina McHale | 28 | 5 |
| SVK | Daniela Hantuchová | 33 | 6 |
 BEL | Yanina Wickmayer | 37 | 7 |
 RSA | Chanelle Scheepers | 42 | 8 |
The following players receivedwildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following players received entry as lucky loser:
Sorana Cîrstea (right adductor strain)
Angelique Kerber (low back injury)Svetlana Kuznetsova (right knee injury)Sabine Lisicki (abdominal Injury)Monica Niculescu (left hand injury)
Tamira Paszek (left thigh injury)Yanina Wickmayer (low-back injury)| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | Liezel Huber | USA | Lisa Raymond | 2 | 1 |
| USA | Vania King | RUS | Nadia Petrova | 19 | 2 |
| USA | Raquel Kops-Jones | USA | Abigail Spears | 39 | 3 |
| RSA | Natalie Grandin |  CZE | Vladimíra Uhlířová | 47 | 4 |
The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:
