title: 2012 Guangzhou International Women's Open
text: # 2012 Guangzhou International Women's Open
  
  The 2012 Guangzhou International Women's Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 9th edition of the Guangzhou International Women's Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place in Guangzhou, China, from September 17 through September 23, 2012.
  
  ## Champions
  
  ### Singles
  
  * Hsieh Su-wei defeated Laura Robson, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4
  
  It was the second title of the year and the second of her career for Hsieh. It was the first tour level final of her career for Robson.
  
  ### Doubles
  
  * Tamarine Tanasugarn / Zhang Shuai defeated Jarmila Gajdošová / Monica Niculescu, 2–6, 6–2, [10–8]
  
  ## Singles main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | FRA | Marion Bartoli | 10 | 1 |
  | CHN | Zheng Jie | 23 | 2 |
  | ROU | Sorana Cîrstea | 32 | 3 |
  | POL | Urszula Radwańska | 40 | 4 |
  | RSA | Chanelle Scheepers | 44 | 5 |
  | ROU | Monica Niculescu | 47 | 6 |
  | CHN | Peng Shuai | 48 | 7 |
  | FRA | Alizé Cornet | 49 | 8 |
  
  * $^1$ Seeds are based on the rankings of September 10, 2012
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Duan Yingying
  * Wang Qiang
  * Zheng Saisai
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Zarina Diyas
  * Luksika Kumkhum
  * Nudnida Luangnam
  * Hu Yueyue
  
  The following player received entry as lucky loser:
  
  * Kai-Chen Chang
  
  ### Withdrawals
  
  * Petra Cetkovská
  
  ### Retirements
  
  * Marion Bartoli (gastrointestinal illness)
  * Olga Govortsova
  * Alexandra Panova
  * María-Teresa Torró-Flor
  * Chan Yung-jan (dizziness)
  
  ## Doubles main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | AUS | Jarmila Gajdošová | ROU | Monica Niculescu | 74 | 1 |
  | TPE | Chan Hao-ching | TPE | Chan Yung-jan | 106 | 2 |
  | THA | Tamarine Tanasugarn | CHN | Zhang Shuai | 120 | 3 |
  | RUS | Nina Bratchikova | RUS | Alla Kudryavtseva | 143 | 4 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings are as of September 10, 2012
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
  
  * Liang Chen / Tian Ran
  * Yan Zi / Zhang Ling
  
  ### Retirements
  
  * Chan Yung-jan (dizziness)
  * Pauline Parmentier (gastrointestinal illness)
  