2012 Generali Ladies Linz

Women's tennis tournament

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Tennis tournament

2012 Generali Ladies Linz

Date| October 8 – October 14
Edition| 26th
Surface| Hard
Location| Linz, Austria
Venue| TipsArena Linz
Champions
Singles
Victoria Azarenka
Doubles
Anna-Lena Grönefeld /
Květa Peschke
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The 2012 Generali Ladies Linz was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 26th edition of the Generali Ladies Linz, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. It was held at the TipsArena Linz in Linz, Austria, from October 8 through October 14, 2012.[1]

## Singles main-draw entrants

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### Seeds

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Country  | Player  | Rank1 | Seed

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BLR | Victoria Azarenka[2] | 1  | 1
SRB | Ana Ivanovic | 12  | 2
~~SVK~~ | ~~Dominika Cibulková~~ | ~~13~~ | ~~3~~
CZE | Lucie Šafářová | 18  | 4
GER | Julia Görges | 21  | 5
~~BEL~~ | ~~Yanina Wickmayer~~ | ~~25~~ | ~~6~~
AUT | Tamira Paszek | 27  | 7
GER | Sabine Lisicki | 28  | 8

* Rankings are as of October 1, 2012

### Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Ana Ivanovic
* Patricia Mayr-Achleitner
* Andrea Petkovic

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Mallory Burdette
* Kirsten Flipkens
* Bethanie Mattek-Sands
* Lesia Tsurenko

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

* Irina-Camelia Begu
* Catalina Castaño

### Withdrawals

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* Iveta Benešová
* Dominika Cibulková (shoulder injury)
* Roberta Vinci
* Anna Tatishvili (viral infection)
* Yanina Wickmayer (viral illness)

### Retirements

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* Lesia Tsurenko (shoulder injury)

## Doubles main-draw entrants

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### Seeds

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Country  | Player  | Country  | Player  | Rank1 | Seed

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GER | Anna-Lena Grönefeld |  CZE | Květa Peschke | 31  | 1
GER | Julia Görges |  CZE | Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | 52  | 2
RSA | Natalie Grandin |  CZE | Vladimíra Uhlířová | 79  | 3
RUS | Vera Dushevina |  POL | Alicja Rosolska | 97  | 4

* 1 Rankings are as of October 1, 2012

### Other entrants

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Barbara Haas /  Patricia Mayr-Achleitner
* Romina Oprandi /  Andrea Petkovic

The following pair received entry as alternates:

* Kiki Bertens /  Arantxa Rus

### Retirements

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* Vladimíra Uhlířová (back injury)

## Champions

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### Singles

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Main article: 2012 Generali Ladies Linz – Singles

* Victoria Azarenka def.  Julia Görges, 6–3, 6–4

### Doubles

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Main article: 2012 Generali Ladies Linz – Doubles

* Anna-Lena Grönefeld /  Květa Peschke def.  Julia Görges /  Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, 6–3, 6–4

## References

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1. ^ "Generali Ladies Linz freut sich auf Nummer 1 der Welt". KleineZeitung. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
2. ^ "Premiere in Linz: Azarenka kommt als Weltranglisten-Erste". + sportreport. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2012.

## External links

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* Official website

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