title: 2012 Dunlop World Challenge – Women's singles
text: # 2012 Dunlop World Challenge – Women's singles
  
  Tamarine Tanasugarn was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Stefanie Vögele.
  
  Vögele won the tournament, defeating Kimiko Date-Krumm in the final, $7–6^{(7–3)},$ 6–4.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Casey Dellacqua (quarterfinals)
  * Misaki Doi (second round)
  * Stefanie Vögele (champion)
  * Kimiko Date-Krumm (final)
  * Tamarine Tanasugarn (semifinals)
  * Kurumi Nara (quarterfinals)
  * Ashleigh Barty (quarterfinals)
  * Erika Sema (first round)
  
  ## Main draw
  
  ### Key
  
  * Q = Qualifier
  * WC = Wild card
  * LL = Lucky loser
  * Alt = Alternate
  * SE = Special exempt
  * PR = Protected ranking
  * ITF = ITF entry
  * JE = Junior exempt
  * w/o = Walkover
  * r = Retired
  * d = Defaulted
  * SR = Special ranking
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 | Tamarine Tanasugarn | 3 | 3 | | | | |
  | 3 | Stefanie Vögele | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | 3 | Stefanie Vögele | 6 | 6 | 3 | Stefanie Vögele | $7^7$ | 6 |
  | | | | | 4 | Kimiko Date-Krumm | $6^3$ | 4 |
  | 4 | Kimiko Date-Krumm | 6 | 6 | 4 | Kimiko Date-Krumm | $6^3$ | 4 |
  | | Samantha Murray | 3 | 2 | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | C Dellacqua | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Lertcheewakarn | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | C Dellacqua | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Y Xu | 6 | 7 | | | Y Xu | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | M Ninomiya | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | 1 | C Dellacqua | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | |
  | | Q Wang | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | 5 | T Tanasugarn | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | N Gibbs | 3 | 6 | 6 | | N Gibbs | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Omae | 3 | 3 | | 5 | T Tanasugarn | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 5 | T Tanasugarn | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | T Tanasugarn | 3 | 3 |
  | 3 | S Vögele | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | S Vögele | 6 | 6 |
  | Q | R Sawayanagi | 1 | 2 | | 3 | S Vögele | 7 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Gavrilova | 6 | 6 | | | D Gavrilova | 5 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | M Miyamura | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | S Vögele | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
  | | J Namigata | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 7/JE | A Barty | $6^4$ | 2 | | | | | |
  | WC | E Takao | 5 | 2 | | | J Namigata | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | R Ozaki | 0 | 0 | | 7/JE | A Barty | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 7/JE | A Barty | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 6 | K Nara | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | C-w Chan | 3 | 4 | | 6 | K Nara | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | V Wongteanchai | 2 | 6 | 6 | | V Wongteanchai | 6 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | Z Diyas | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | 6 | K Nara | 5 | 3 | | | | | |
  | | M Eguchi | 6 | $7^{13}$ | | | | | | | 4 | K Date-Krumm | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | A Rodionova | 3 | $6^{11}$ | | | M Eguchi | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | K Lykina | 1 | $0^r$ | | 4 | K Date-Krumm | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | K Date-Krumm | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | K Date-Krumm | 6 | 6 |
  | 8 | E Sema | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | S Murray | 3 | 2 |
  | | N Luangnam | 6 | 6 | | | N Luangnam | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | S Aoyama | 6 | $6^5$ | 6 | Q | S Aoyama | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Y Sema | 4 | $7^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | N Luangnam | 2 | $7^7$ | 4 | | | | |
  | | S Murray | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | S Murray | 6 | $6^5$ | 6 | | | | |
  | | C-Y Hsu | 4 | 6 | 1 | | S Murray | 6 | 3 | $7^8$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | M Tanaka | 3 | 0 | | 2 | M Doi | 4 | 6 | $6^6$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | M Doi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  