2012 Baku Cup

{{TennisEventInfo|2012|Baku Cup|

| date= 23–29 July

| edition=2nd

| surface=Hard

| champs={{flagicon|SRB}} Bojana Jovanovski

| champd={{flagicon|UKR}} Irina Buryachok / {{flagicon|RUS}} Valeria Solovieva

}}

The 2012 Baku Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. This was the second edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan between 23 and 29 July 2012.

Singles main-draw entrants

=Seeds=

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width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
{{flag\|KAZ}} \|Ksenia Pervak \|58 \|1
{{flag\|RUS}} \|Alexandra Panova \|75 \|2
{{flag\|LUX}} \|Mandy Minella \|78 \|3
{{flag\|CZE}} \|Andrea Hlaváčková \|88 \|4
{{flag\|SRB}} \|Bojana Jovanovski \|95 \|5
{{flag\|RUS}} \|Nina Bratchikova \|99 \|6
{{flag\|UZB}} \|Akgul Amanmuradova \|101 \|7
{{flag\|CZE}} \|Eva Birnerová \|108 \|8

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

|58

|75

|78

|88

|95

|99

|101

|108

¹ Rankings are as of July 16, 2012

=Other entrants=

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

{{flagicon|AZE}} Kamilla Farhad
{{flagicon|RUS}} Varvara Flink
{{flagicon|GEO}} Ekaterine Gorgodze

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

{{flagicon|AUS}} Sacha Jones
{{flagicon|SRB}} Aleksandra Krunić
{{flagicon|RUS}} Valeria Solovieva
{{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Qiang

=Withdrawals=

{{flagicon|HUN}} Tímea Babos
{{flagicon|UKR}} Kateryna Bondarenko
{{flagicon|FRA}} Alizé Cornet
{{flagicon|BLR}} Olga Govortsova (viral illness)
{{flagicon|GEO}} Anna Tatishvili

=Retirements=

{{flagicon|ESP}} Estrella Cabeza Candela (abdominal strain)
{{flagicon|THA}} Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (right elbow injury)
{{flagicon|KAZ}} Ksenia Pervak (heat illness)

Doubles main-draw entrants

=Seeds=

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
{{flag\|RUS}} \|Nina Bratchikova \|{{flag\|RUS}} \|Alexandra Panova \|136 \|1
{{flag\|RUS}} \|Alla Kudryavtseva \|{{flag\|THA}} \|Tamarine Tanasugarn \|155 \|2
{{flag\|CZE}} \|Eva Birnerová \|{{flag\|ITA}} \|Alberta Brianti \|157 \|3
{{flag\|UKR}} \|Irina Buryachok \|{{flag\|RUS}} \|Valeria Solovieva \|396 \|4

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

|{{flag|RUS}}

|136

|{{flag|THA}}

|155

|{{flag|ITA}}

|157

|{{flag|RUS}}

|396

¹ Rankings are as of July 16, 2012

=Other entrants=

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

{{flagicon|AZE}} Kamilla Farhad / {{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksandra Korashvili
{{flagicon|RUS}} Varvara Flink / {{flagicon|AUT}} Patricia Mayr-Achleitner

=Retirements=

{{flagicon|ESP}} Estrella Cabeza Candela (abdominal strain)
{{flagicon|THA}} Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (right elbow injury)

Champions

=Singles=

{{flagicon|SRB}} Bojana Jovanovski def. {{flagicon|USA}} Julia Cohen, 6–3, 6–1{{cite news|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/tennis/sport/story/162689.html|title=Jovanovski secures maiden WTA crown|work=ESPN|date=29 July 2012|access-date=16 February 2024}}

=Doubles=

{{flagicon|UKR}} Irina Buryachok / {{flagicon|RUS}} Valeria Solovieva def. {{flagicon|CZE}} Eva Birnerová / {{flagicon|ITA}} Alberta Brianti, 6–3, 6–2

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20120713050138/http://www.bakucup.az/?lang=2 Official Website]

Baku Cup

Category:Baku Cup

Category:2012 in Azerbaijani sport