title: 2012 Tashkent Open
text: # 2012 Tashkent Open
  
  The 2012 Tashkent Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the Tashkent Open, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place at the Tashkent Tennis Center in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from September 10 through September 16, 2012.
  
  ## Singles main-draw entrants
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | ROU | Monica Niculescu | 33 | 1 |
  | POL | Urszula Radwańska | 43 | 2 |
  | FRA | Alizé Cornet | 50 | 3 |
  | SVK | Magdaléna Rybáriková | 66 | 4 |
  | ROU | Alexandra Cadanțu | 68 | 5 |
  | SRB | Bojana Jovanovski | 72 | 6 |
  | RUS | Alexandra Panova | 76 | 7 |
  | KAZ | Galina Voskoboeva | 80 | 8 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings are as of August 27, 2012
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Nigina Abduraimova
  * Vlada Ekshibarova
  * Sabina Sharipova
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Ekaterina Bychkova
  * Anna Chakvetadze
  * Vesna Dolonc
  * Donna Vekić
  
  The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
  
  * Monica Puig
  
  ### Withdrawals
  
  * Kateryna Bondarenko
  * Stéphanie Foretz Gacon
  * Polona Hercog
  * Shahar Pe'er
  * Ksenia Pervak
  
  ## Doubles main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | ROU | Irina-Camelia Begu | ROU | Monica Niculescu | 65 | 1 |
  | RUS | Nina Bratchikova | RUS | Alexandra Panova | 135 | 2 |
  | CZE | Eva Birnerová | GRE | Eleni Daniilidou | 138 | 3 |
  | FRA | Alizé Cornet | RUS | Alla Kudryavtseva | 149 | 4 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings are as of August 27, 2012
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
  
  * Nigina Abduraimova / Ksenia Lykina
  * Daria Gavrilova / Sabina Sharipova
  
  ### Retirements
  
  * Anna Chakvetadze (back injury)
  
  ## Champions
  
  ### Singles
  
  * Irina-Camelia Begu def. Donna Vekić, 6–4, 6–4
  * It was Begu's 1st title of the year and 1st of her career
  
  ### Doubles
  
  * Paula Kania / Polina Pekhova def. Anna Chakvetadze / Vesna Dolonc, 6–2, ret.
  