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The 2012 WTA Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2012 tennis season. The 2012 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the Tournament of Champions), and the tennis event at the London Summer Olympic Games. Also included in the 2012 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which is organized by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points.^[1] The secondary tierd circuit is the Challenger Tour.

Schedule

This is the complete schedule of events on the 2012 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.^[1]

Key

Grand Slam tournaments
Summer Olympic Games
Year-end championships
WTA Premier Mandatory
WTA Premier 5
WTA Premier
WTA International
Team events

January

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
January 2	Hyundai Hopman Cup Perth, Australia ITF Mixed Teams Championships A$1,000,000 – Hard (i) – 8 teams (RR)	Czech Republic 2–0	France	Round Robin (Group A) Bulgaria Denmark United States	Round Robin (Group B) Spain Australia China
	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA Premier $655,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Kaia Kanepi 6–2, 6–1	Daniela Hantuchová	Kim Clijsters Francesca Schiavone	Iveta Benešová Serena Williams Jelena Janković Andrea Petkovic
		Nuria Llagostera Vives Arantxa Parra Santonja 7–6^(7–2), 7–6^(7–2)	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	Kim Clijsters Francesca Schiavone
	ASB Classic Auckland, New Zealand WTA International $220,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Zheng Jie 2–6, 6–3, 2–0 retired^[a]	Flavia Pennetta	Angelique Kerber Svetlana Kuznetsova	Sabine Lisicki Elena Vesnina Sara Errani Lucie Hradecká
		Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká 6–7^(2–7), 6–2, [10–7]	Julia Görges Flavia Pennetta	Angelique Kerber Svetlana Kuznetsova	Sabine Lisicki Elena Vesnina Sara Errani Lucie Hradecká
January 9	Apia International Sydney Sydney, Australia WTA Premier $637,000 – Hard – 30S/48Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Victoria Azarenka 6–2, 1–6, 6–3	Li Na	Agnieszka Radwańska Petra Kvitová	Caroline Wozniacki Marion Bartoli Lucie Šafářová Daniela Hantuchová
		Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik 6–1, 4–6, [13–11]	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	Agnieszka Radwańska Petra Kvitová
	Moorilla Hobart International Hobart, Australia WTA International $220,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Mona Barthel 6–1, 6–2	Yanina Wickmayer	Shahar Pe'er Angelique Kerber	Simona Halep Anna Chakvetadze Sorana Cîrstea Jarmila Gajdošová
		Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu 6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–4), [10–5]	Chuang Chia-jung Marina Erakovic	Shahar Pe'er Angelique Kerber
January 16 January 23	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam A$ – Hard 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Draw	Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–0	Maria Sharapova	Kim Clijsters Petra Kvitová	Caroline Wozniacki Agnieszka Radwańska Ekaterina Makarova Sara Errani
		Svetlana Kuznetsova Vera Zvonareva 5–7, 6–4, 6–3	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Horia Tecău 6–3, 5–7, [10–3]	Elena Vesnina Leander Paes
January 30	Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Quarterfinals Moscow, Russia – Hard (i) Charleroi, Belgium – Hard (i) Biella, Italy – Clay (Red) (i) Stuttgart, Germany – Hard (i)	Quarterfinals winners Russia 3–2 Serbia 3–2 Italy 3–2 Czech Republic 4–1	Quarterfinals losers Spain Belgium Ukraine Germany

February

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
February 6	Open GDF Suez Paris, France WTA Premier $637,000 – Hard (i) – 30S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Angelique Kerber 7–6^(7–3), 5–7, 6–3	Marion Bartoli	Yanina Wickmayer Klára Zakopalová	Maria Sharapova Mona Barthel Julia Görges Roberta Vinci
		Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 7–6^(7–3), 6–1	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Petra Martić	Yanina Wickmayer Klára Zakopalová	Maria Sharapova Mona Barthel Julia Görges Roberta Vinci
	PTT Pattaya Open Pattaya City, Thailand WTA International $220,000 – Hard – 32S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Daniela Hantuchová 6–7^(4–7), 6–3, 6–3	Maria Kirilenko	Sorana Cîrstea Hsieh Su-wei	Vera Zvonareva Tamarine Tanasugarn Vania King Sania Mirza
		Sania Mirza Anastasia Rodionova 3–6, 6–1, [10–8]	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	Sorana Cîrstea Hsieh Su-wei	Vera Zvonareva Tamarine Tanasugarn Vania King Sania Mirza
February 13	Qatar Total Open Doha, Qatar WTA Premier 5 $2,168,400 – Hard – 56S/32Q/26D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Victoria Azarenka 6–1, 6–2	Samantha Stosur	Agnieszka Radwańska Marion Bartoli	Yanina Wickmayer Christina McHale Monica Niculescu Lucie Šafářová
		Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 6–3, 6–1	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	Agnieszka Radwańska Marion Bartoli
	XX Copa BBVA-Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia WTA International $220,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino 6–2, 7–5	Alexandra Panova	Edina Gallovits-Hall Tímea Babos	Mariana Duque-Mariño Paula Ormaechea Yaroslava Shvedova Karin Knapp
		Eva Birnerová Alexandra Panova 6–2, 6–2	Mandy Minella Stefanie Vögele	Edina Gallovits-Hall Tímea Babos
February 20	Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates WTA Premier $2,000,000 – Hard – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Agnieszka Radwańska 7–5, 6–4	Julia Görges	Caroline Wozniacki Jelena Janković	Daniela Hantuchová Ana Ivanovic Samantha Stosur Sabine Lisicki
		Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 6–2, 6–1	Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina	Caroline Wozniacki Jelena Janković
	Memphis International Memphis, United States WTA International $220,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Sofia Arvidsson 6–3, 6–4	Marina Erakovic	Vera Dushevina Alberta Brianti	Stéphanie Foretz Gacon Michaëlla Krajicek Lesia Tsurenko Varvara Lepchenko
		Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká 6–3, 6–4	Vera Dushevina Olga Govortsova	Vera Dushevina Alberta Brianti
	Whirlpool Monterrey Open Monterrey, Mexico WTA International $220,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Tímea Babos 6–4, 6–4	Alexandra Cadanțu	Gréta Arn Sara Errani	Nina Bratchikova Lourdes Domínguez Lino Patricia Mayr-Achleitner Mandy Minella
		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–2, 7–6^(8–6)	Kimiko Date-Krumm Zhang Shuai	Gréta Arn Sara Errani
February 27	Abierto Mexicano TELCEL p/b HSBC Acapulco, Mexico WTA International $220,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Sara Errani 5–7, 7–6^(7–2), 6–0	Flavia Pennetta	Roberta Vinci Irina-Camelia Begu	Michaëlla Krajicek Estrella Cabeza Candela Magdaléna Rybáriková Mariana Duque-Mariño
		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–2, 6–1	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja	Roberta Vinci Irina-Camelia Begu
	BMW Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia WTA International $220,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Hsieh Su-wei 2–6, 7–5, 4–1 retired^[b]	Petra Martić	Eleni Daniilidou Jelena Janković	Agnieszka Radwańska Olivia Rogowska Peng Shuai Ayumi Morita
		Chang Kai-chen Chuang Chia-jung 7–5, 6–4	Chan Hao-ching Rika Fujiwara	Eleni Daniilidou Jelena Janković	Agnieszka Radwańska Olivia Rogowska Peng Shuai Ayumi Morita

March

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
March 5 March 12	BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory $5,536,664 – Hard – 96S/48Q/32D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Victoria Azarenka 6–2, 6–3	Maria Sharapova	Angelique Kerber Ana Ivanovic	Agnieszka Radwańska Li Na Marion Bartoli Maria Kirilenko
March 5 March 12		Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 6–2, 6–3	Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina	Angelique Kerber Ana Ivanovic	Agnieszka Radwańska Li Na Marion Bartoli Maria Kirilenko
March 21 March 28	Sony Ericsson Open Miami, United States WTA Premier Mandatory $4,828,050 – Hard – 96S/48Q/32D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Agnieszka Radwańska 7–5, 6–4	Maria Sharapova	Marion Bartoli Caroline Wozniacki	Victoria Azarenka Venus Williams Serena Williams Li Na
March 21 March 28		Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova 7–6^(7–0), 4–6, [10–4]	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	Marion Bartoli Caroline Wozniacki	Victoria Azarenka Venus Williams Serena Williams Li Na

April

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
April 2	Family Circle Cup Charleston, United States WTA Premier $740,000 – Clay (Green) – 56S/48Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Serena Williams 6–0, 6–1	Lucie Šafářová	Polona Hercog Samantha Stosur	Nadia Petrova Vera Zvonareva Sabine Lisicki Venus Williams
April 2		Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Lucie Šafářová 5–7, 6–4, [10–6]	Anabel Medina Garrigues Yaroslava Shvedova	Polona Hercog Samantha Stosur	Nadia Petrova Vera Zvonareva Sabine Lisicki Venus Williams
April 9	Barcelona Ladies Open Barcelona, Spain WTA International $220,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Sara Errani 6–2, 6–2	Dominika Cibulková	Sorana Cîrstea Carla Suárez Navarro	Olga Govortsova Yuliya Beygelzimer Simona Halep Julia Görges
		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–0, 6–2	Flavia Pennetta Francesca Schiavone	Sorana Cîrstea Carla Suárez Navarro
	e-Boks Open Copenhagen, Denmark WTA International $220,000 – Hard (i)^[2] – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Angelique Kerber 6–4, 6–4	Caroline Wozniacki	Petra Martić Jelena Janković	Alizé Cornet Bojana Jovanovski Kaia Kanepi Mona Barthel
		Kimiko Date-Krumm Rika Fujiwara 6–2, 4–6, [10–5]	Sofia Arvidsson Kaia Kanepi	Petra Martić Jelena Janković	Alizé Cornet Bojana Jovanovski Kaia Kanepi Mona Barthel
April 16	Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Semifinals Moscow, Russia – Clay (i) Ostrava, Czech Republic – Hard (i)	Semifinals winners Serbia 3–2 Czech Republic 4–1	Semifinals losers Russia Italy
April 23	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany WTA Premier $740,000 – Clay (Red) (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Maria Sharapova 6–1, 6–4	Victoria Azarenka	Agnieszka Radwańska Petra Kvitová	Mona Barthel Li Na Angelique Kerber Samantha Stosur
		Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 6–4, 7–5	Julia Görges Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Agnieszka Radwańska Petra Kvitová	Mona Barthel Li Na Angelique Kerber Samantha Stosur
	Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Fes, Morocco WTA International $220,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Kiki Bertens 7–5, 6–0	Laura Pous Tió	Simona Halep Mathilde Johansson	Anabel Medina Garrigues Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco Petra Cetkovská Irina-Camelia Begu
		Petra Cetkovská Alexandra Panova 3–6, 7–6^(7–5), [11–9]	Irina-Camelia Begu Alexandra Cadanțu	Simona Halep Mathilde Johansson
April 30	Budapest Grand Prix Budapest, Hungary WTA International $220,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Sara Errani 7–5, 6–4	Elena Vesnina	Anna Tatishvili Marina Erakovic	Alberta Brianti Aleksandra Wozniak Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Petra Martić
		Janette Husárová Magdaléna Rybáriková 6–4, 6–2	Eva Birnerová Michaëlla Krajicek	Anna Tatishvili Marina Erakovic
	Estoril Open Estoril, Portugal WTA International $220,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Kaia Kanepi 3–6, 7–6^(8–6), 6–4	Carla Suárez Navarro	Roberta Vinci Karin Knapp	Nadia Petrova Petra Cetkovská Silvia Soler Espinosa Galina Voskoboeva
		Chuang Chia-jung Zhang Shuai 4–6, 6–1, [11–9]	Yaroslava Shvedova Galina Voskoboeva	Roberta Vinci Karin Knapp

May

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
May 7	Mutua Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA Premier Mandatory €3,755,140 – Clay (Blue) – 64S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Serena Williams 6–1, 6–3	Victoria Azarenka	Agnieszka Radwańska Lucie Hradecká	Li Na Varvara Lepchenko Samantha Stosur Maria Sharapova
May 7		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–1, 3–6, [10–4]	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	Agnieszka Radwańska Lucie Hradecká	Li Na Varvara Lepchenko Samantha Stosur Maria Sharapova
May 14	Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 $2,168,400 – Clay (Red) – 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Maria Sharapova 4–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)	Li Na	Serena Williams Angelique Kerber	Dominika Cibulková Flavia Pennetta Petra Kvitová Venus Williams
May 14		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–2, 7–5	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	Serena Williams Angelique Kerber
May 21	Brussels Open Brussels, Belgium WTA Premier $637,000 – Clay (Red) – 30S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Agnieszka Radwańska 7–5, 6–0	Simona Halep	Kaia Kanepi Sofia Arvidsson	Alison van Uytvanck Tsvetana Pironkova Dominika Cibulková Urszula Radwańska
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza 6–3, 6–2	Alicja Rosolska Zheng Jie	Kaia Kanepi Sofia Arvidsson
	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France WTA International $220,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Francesca Schiavone 6–4, 6–4	Alizé Cornet	Pauline Parmentier Sloane Stephens	Alexandra Panova Anabel Medina Garrigues Ayumi Morita Johanna Larsson
		Olga Govortsova Klaudia Jans-Ignacik 6–7^(4–7), 6–3, [10–3]	Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová	Pauline Parmentier Sloane Stephens
May 28 June 4	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam €18,718,000 – Clay (Red) 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw - Mixed Draw	Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6–2	Sara Errani	Samantha Stosur Petra Kvitová	Dominika Cibulková Angelique Kerber Yaroslava Shvedova Kaia Kanepi
		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 4–6, 6–4, 6–2	Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova	Samantha Stosur Petra Kvitová
		Sania Mirza Mahesh Bhupathi 7–6^(7–3), 6–1	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Santiago González

June

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
June 11	AEGON Classic Birmingham, United Kingdom WTA International $220,000 – Grass – 56S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
	NÜRNBERGER Gastein Ladies Bad Gastein, Austria WTA International $ – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
June 18	AEGON International Eastbourne, United Kingdom WTA Premier $637,000 – Grass – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
	UNICEF Open 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands WTA International $220,000 – Grass – 32S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
June 25 July 2	The Championships, Wimbledon London, United Kingdom Grand Slam £ – Grass 128S/96Q/64D/16Q/48X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw - Mixed Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
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July

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists		Quarterfinalists
July 9	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, United States WTA Premier $740,000 – Hard – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.		vs. vs.		vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /		vs. vs.		vs. vs. vs. vs.
	Internazionali femminili di tennis di Palermo Palermo, Italy WTA International $220,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.		vs. vs.		vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /		vs. vs.		vs. vs. vs. vs.
July 16	Mercury Insurance Open p/b Tri-City Medical Center Carlsbad, United States WTA Premier $740,000 – Hard – 56S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.		vs. vs.		vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /		vs. vs.		vs. vs. vs. vs.
	Sony Ericsson Swedish Open Båstad, Sweden WTA International $220,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.		vs. vs.		vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /		vs. vs.		vs. vs. vs. vs.
July 23	Baku Cup Baku, Azerbaijan WTA International $220,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.		vs. vs.		vs. vs. vs. vs.
July 23		/ vs. /		vs. vs.		vs. vs. vs. vs.
July 30	Summer Olympic Games London, United Kingdom Summer Olympic Games Grass 64S/32D/X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw - Mixed Draw	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Fourth place	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		vs.		vs.
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	Citi Open Washington D.C., United States WTA International $220,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.		vs. vs.		vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /		vs. vs.		vs. vs. vs. vs.

August

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
August 6	Rogers Cup p/b National Bank Montreal, Canada WTA Premier 5 $2,168,400 – Hard – 56S/64Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
August 6		/ vs. /	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
August 13	Western & Southern Open Cincinnati, United States WTA Premier 5 $2,168,400 – Hard – 56S/48Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
August 13		/ vs. /	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
August 20	New Haven Open at Yale New Haven, United States WTA Premier $637,000 – Hard – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
	Texas Tennis Open Dallas, United States WTA International $220,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
August 27 September 3	US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam $ – Hard 128S/128Q/64D/32X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw - Mixed Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
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September

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
September 10	Tashkent Open Tashkent, Uzbekistan WTA International $220,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
	Bell Challenge Quebec City, Canada WTA International $220,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
September 17	Hansol Korea Open Seoul, South Korea WTA International $220,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
	Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou, China WTA International $220,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
		/ vs. /	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
September 24	Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA Premier 5 $2,168,400 – Hard – 56S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
September 24		/ vs. /	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.

October

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
October 1	China Open Beijing, China WTA Premier Mandatory $4,828,050 – Hard – 60S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs.	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
October 1		/ vs. /	vs. vs.	vs. vs. vs. vs.
October 8	Generali Ladies Linz p/b voestalpine Linz, Austria WTA International $220,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
	HP Japan Women's Open Tennis Osaka, Japan WTA International $220,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
October 15	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia WTA Premier $740,000 – Hard (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
	BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open Luxembourg City, Luxembourg WTA International $220,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
October 22	TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships Istanbul, Turkey Year-end championships $4,900,000 – Hard (i) – 8S (RR)/4D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs
October 22		/ vs /
October 29	Tournament of Champions Sofia, Bulgaria Year-end championships $750,000 – Hard (i) – 8S Singles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
October 29	Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Final Czech Republic	Serbia vs. Czech Republic

Statistical information

These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2012 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the tennis event at the London Summer Olympic Games, the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the Tournament of Champions), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), and the WTA International tournaments.^[1] The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) cumulated importance of those titles (one Grand Slam win equalling two Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 wins, one year-end championships win equalling one-and-a-half Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win, one Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win equalling two Premier wins, one Olympic win equalling one-and-a-half Premier win, one Premier win equalling two International wins); 3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy; 4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).

Key

Grand Slam tournaments
Summer Olympic Games
Year-end championships
WTA Premier Mandatory
WTA Premier 5
WTA Premier
WTA International

To avoid confusion and double counting, these tables should be updated only after an event is completed. The tables are through to the tournaments of the week of May 21.

Titles won by player

Total	Player	Singles	Doubles	Mixed Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	TotalSingles	TotalDoubles	TotalMixed Doubles
9	Sara Errani (ITA)		●			●		●			● ● ●	● ● ●	3	6	0
6	Roberta Vinci (ITA)		●			●		●				● ● ●	0	6	0
4	Victoria Azarenka (BLR)	●			●		●		●				4	0	0
4	Liezel Huber (USA)					●		●		● ●			0	4	0
4	Lisa Raymond (USA)					●		●		● ●			0	4	0
3	Agnieszka Radwańska (POL)				●				● ●				3	0	0
3	Sania Mirza (IND)			●						●		●	0	2	1
2	Serena Williams (USA)				●				●				2	0	0
2	Angelique Kerber (GER)								●		●		2	0	0
2	Maria Kirilenko (RUS)					●						●	0	1	0
2	Nadia Petrova (RUS)					●						●	0	1	0
2	Maria Sharapova (RUS)						●		●				2	0	0
2	Kaia Kanepi (EST)								●		●		2	0	0
2	Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)			●						●			0	1	1
2	Chuang Chia-jung (TPE)											● ●	0	2	0
2	Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE)											● ●	0	2	0
2	Lucie Hradecká (CZE)											● ●	0	2	0
2	Alexandra Panova (RUS)											● ●	0	2	0
1	Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)		●										0	1	0
1	Vera Zvonareva (RUS)		●										0	1	0
1	Iveta Benešová (CZE)									●			0	1	0
1	Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP)									●			0	1	0
1	Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP)									●			0	1	0
1	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)									●			0	1	0
1	Květa Peschke (CZE)									●			0	1	0
1	Lucie Šafářová (CZE)									●			0	1	0
1	Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)									●			0	1	0
1	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (CZE)									●			0	1	0
1	Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino (ESP)										●		1	0	0
1	Sofia Arvidsson (SWE)										●		1	0	0
1	Tímea Babos (HUN)										●		1	0	0
1	Mona Barthel (GER)										●		1	0	0
1	Kiki Bertens (NED)										●		1	0	0
1	Daniela Hantuchová (SVK)										●		1	0	0
1	Francesca Schiavone (ITA)										●		1	0	0
1	Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)										●		1	0	0
1	Zheng Jie (CHN)										●		1	0	0
1	Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)											●	0	1	0
1	Eva Birnerová (CZE)											●	0	1	0
1	Petra Cetkovská (CZE)											●	0	1	0
1	Chang Kai-chen (TPE)											●	0	1	0
1	Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN)											●	0	1	0
1	Rika Fujiwara (JPN)											●	0	1	0
1	Olga Govortsova (BLR)											●	0	1	0
1	Janette Husárová (SVK)											●	0	1	0
1	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik (POL)											●	0	1	0
1	Monica Niculescu (ROU)											●	0	1	0
1	Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)											●	0	1	0
1	Magdaléna Rybáriková (SVK)											●	0	1	0
1	Zhang Shuai (CHN)											●	0	1	0

Titles won by nation

Total	Nation	Singles	Doubles	Mixed Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	TotalSingles	TotalDoubles	TotalMixed Doubles
10	Italy (ITA)		1			1		1			4	3	4	6	0
8	Russia (RUS)		1			1	1		1	1		3	2	6	0
8	United States (USA)			1	1	1		1	1	2		1	2	5	1
7	Czech Republic (CZE)									3		4	0	7	0
5	Belarus (BLR)	1			1		1		1			1	4	1	0
4	Poland (POL)				1				2			1	3	1	0
3	India (IND)			1						1		1	0	2	1
3	Germany (GER)								1		2		3	0	0
3	Chinese Taipei (TPE)										1	2	1	2	0
2	Estonia (EST)								1		1		2	0	0
2	Spain (ESP)									1	1		1	1	0
2	China (CHN)										1	1	1	1	0
2	Slovakia (SVK)										1	1	1	1	0
1	Slovenia (SLO)									1			0	1	0
1	Hungary (HUN)										1		1	0	0
1	Netherlands (NED)										1		1	0	0
1	Sweden (SWE)										1		1	0	0
1	Australia (AUS)											1	0	1	0
1	Japan (JPN)											1	0	1	0
1	Romania (ROU)											1	0	1	0

Titles information

The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

Singles

Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino – Bogota (singles)
Tímea Babos – Monterrey (singles)
Mona Barthel – Hobart (singles)
Kiki Bertens – Fes (singles)
Hsieh Su-wei – Kuala Lumpur (singles)
Angelique Kerber – Paris (singles)

Doubles

Irina-Camelia Begu – Hobart (doubles)
Rika Fujiwara – Copenhagen (doubles)
Lucie Šafářová – Charleston (doubles)
Magdaléna Rybáriková – Budapest (doubles)

Mixed doubles

Bethanie Mattek-Sands – Australian Open (mixed doubles)

The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

Singles

Daniela Hantuchová – Pattaya City (singles)
Maria Sharapova – Rome (singles)

Doubles

Liezel Huber – Dubai (doubles)

Rankings

The Race to the Championships determines the players in the WTA Tour Championships in October. The WTA rankings are based on tournaments of the latest 52 weeks.

Singles

The following is the 2012 top 20 in the Race to the Championships and the top 20 ranked players in the world.^[3]^[4] Players must include points from the Grand Slams, Premier Mandatory tournaments and the WTA Championships. For Top 20 players, their best two results at Premier 5 tournaments will also count.^[5] Gold backgrounds indicate players that have already qualified for the WTA Tour Championships.

Race Singles (as of June 11, 2012)
Rk	Player	Points	Tour
1	Maria Sharapova (RUS)	6540	9(8)
2	Victoria Azarenka (BLR)	6045	10(9)
3	Agnieszka Radwańska (POL)	4166	12
4	Sara Errani (ITA)	3130	12
5	Angelique Kerber (GER)	2850	12
6	Samantha Stosur (AUS)	2621	12
7	Petra Kvitová (CZE)	2590	10(9)
8	Serena Williams (USA)	2520	8(7)
9	Li Na (CHN)	2371	10
10	Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)	1972	11
11	Marion Bartoli (FRA)	1923	13
12	Kaia Kanepi (EST)	1659	10
13	Ana Ivanovic (SRB)	1547	11
14	Dominika Cibulková (SVK)	1435	14
15	Julia Görges (GER)	1386	13
16	Lucie Šafářová (CZE)	1258	13
17	Kim Clijsters (BEL)	1180	6(3)
18	Mona Barthel (GER)	1114	13
19	Flavia Pennetta (ITA)	1110	11
20	Maria Kirilenko (RUS)	1100	12

Template:Current Women's Singles WTA Rankings

Doubles

The following is the 2012 top 20 in the Race To The Championships – Doubles and the top 20 individual ranked doubles players. Gold backgrounds indicate teams that have qualified for WTA Tour Championships.

Race Doubles (as of June 11, 2012)
Rk	Team	Points	Tour
1	Sara Errani (ITA) Roberta Vinci (ITA)	7091	10
2	Liezel Huber (USA) Lisa Raymond (USA)	4270	12
3	Maria Kirilenko (RUS) Nadia Petrova (RUS)	3695	7
4	Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE) Lucie Hradecká (CZE)	3080	9
5	Sania Mirza (IND) Elena Vesnina (RUS)	2176	7
6	Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) Vera Zvonareva (RUS)	2145	3
7	Květa Peschke (CZE) Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)	1837	10
8	Elena Vesnina (RUS) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)	1820	3
9	Gisela Dulko (ARG) Paola Suárez (ARG)	1696	9
10	Iveta Benešová (CZE) Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (CZE)	1542	11

Template:Current Women's Doubles Individual WTA Rankings

Prize money leaders

#	Player	Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Year-to-date
1	Victoria Azarenka (BLR)	$4,518,016	$7,130	$ 0	$4,525,146
2	Maria Sharapova (RUS)	$2,680,090	$ 0	$ 0	$2,680,090
3	Agnieszka Radwańska (POL)	$1,979,982	$32,341	$ 0	$2,012,323
4	Serena Williams (USA)	$1,260,640	$ 0	$ 0	$1,260,640
5	Sara Errani (ITA)	$416,254	$403,505	$ 0	$819,759
6	Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)	$681,894	$430	$ 0	$682,324
7	Li Na (CHN)	$662,763	$ 0	$ 0	$662,763
8	Petra Kvitová (CZE)	$630,152	$5,473	$ 0	$635,625
9	Roberta Vinci (ITA)	$207,032	$406,130	$17,908	$631,070
10	Angelique Kerber (GER)	$605,642	$6,801	$0	$612,443
prize money given in US$Template:·w as of May 28, 2012^[update]^[6]

Statistics leaders

as of May 14, 2012^[update]^[7]

ACES
Pos	Player	Aces	Matches
1	Serena Williams	163	21
2	Lucie Hradecká	122	18
3	Mona Barthel	122	28
4	Agnieszka Radwańska	104	38
5	Julia Görges	97	27
6	Petra Martić	96	20
7	Marion Bartoli	96	29
8	Samantha Stosur	93	27
9	Ana Ivanovic	90	24
10	Nadia Petrova	88	16

SERVICE GAMES WON
Pos	Player	%	Matches
1	Serena Williams	87.6	21
2	Lucie Šafářová	79.2	24
3	Maria Sharapova	75.9	28
4	Petra Kvitová	75.9	17
5	Samantha Stosur	75.6	27
6	Kim Clijsters	75.6	13
7	Lucie Hradecká	74.7	18
8	Victoria Azarenka	74.3	37
9	Li Na	73.6	25
10	Ana Ivanović	73.3	24

BREAK POINTS SAVED
Pos	Player	%	Matches
1	Lucie Šafářová	70.3	24
2	Serena Williams	70.3	21
3	Maria Sharapova	65.8	28
4	Kim Clijsters	64.1	13
5	Vera Dushevina	63.4	11
6	Lucie Hradecká	62.7	18
7	Stéphanie Foretz Gacon	62.6	10
8	Samantha Stosur	62.3	27
9	Francesca Schiavone	61.4	17
10	Pauline Parmentier	61.0	11

FIRST SERVE PERCENTAGE
Pos	Player	%	Matches
1	Sara Errani	74.3	33
2	Sofia Arvidsson	71.7	16
3	Zheng Jie	69.4	19
4	Li Na	69.0	25
5	Caroline Wozniacki	68.9	29
7	Maria Sharapova	68.2	28
6	Varvara Lepchenko	68.4	17
8	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	68.2	10
9	Agnieszka Radwańska	68.0	38
10	Urszula Radwańska	67.9	11

FIRST SERVICE POINTS WON
Pos	Player	%	Matches
1	Serena Williams	78.3	21
2	Lucie Hradecká	71.4	18
3	Ana Ivanović	71.1	24
4	Kaia Kanepi	70.8	18
5	Mona Barthel	70.4	28
6	Venus Williams	69.7	11
7	Kim Clijsters	69.6	13
8	Lucie Šafářová	69.6	24
9	Petra Kvitová	68.8	17
10	Michaëlla Krajicek	68.5	13

SECOND SERVE POINTS WON
Pos	Player	%	Matches
1	Serena Williams	53.4	21
2	Sara Errani	51.4	33
3	Li Na	51.1	25
4	Svetlana Kuznetsova	50.7	17
5	Samantha Stosur	50.6	27
6	Petra Kvitová	50.4	17
7	Lucie Šafářová	49.9	24
8	Ekaterina Makarova	49.7	16
9	Hsieh Su-wei	49.4	10
10	Julia Görges	49.1	27

POINTS WON RETURNING 1ST SERVICE
Pos	Player	%	Matches
1	Sara Errani	46.8	29
2	Chanelle Scheepers	44.3	16
3	Flavia Pennetta	43.7	21
4	Serena Williams	43.6	21
5	Hsieh Su-Wei	43.5	10
6	Agnieszka Radwańska	43.1	38
7	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	42.8	16
8	Alizé Cornet	42.8	11
9	Kateryna Bondarenko	42.8	9
10	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	42.7	10

BREAK POINTS CONVERTED
Pos	Player	%	Matches
1	Nina Bratchikova	59.4	1
2	Zheng Jie	57.2	19
3	Agnieszka Radwańska	56.0	38
4	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	55.1	16
5	Casey Dellacqua	54.0	10
6	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	53.3	10
7	Sara Errani	52.7	33
8	Eleni Daniilidou	52.6	12
9	Carla Suárez Navarro	52.1	18
10	Vera Zvonareva	52.0	14

RETURN GAMES WON
Pos	Player	%	Matches
1	Sara Errani	56.0	33
2	Victoria Azarenka	51.9	37
3	Agnieszka Radwańska	50.1	38
4	Flavia Pennetta	48.9	21
5	Serena Williams	47.9	21
6	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	47.2	12
7	Carla Suárez Navarro	47.2	17
8	Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco	47.1	10
9	Hsieh Su-wei	47.1	10
10	Dominika Cibulková	46.6	20

Points distribution

^[8]

Category	W	F	SF	QF	R16	R32	R64	R128	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Grand Slam (S)	2000	1400	900	500	280	160	100	5	60	50	40	2
Grand Slam (D)	2000	1400	900	500	280	160	5	–	48	–	–	–
WTA Championships (S)	+450	+360	(230 for each win, 70 for each loss)					–	–	–	–	–
WTA Championships (D)	1500	1050	690	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier Mandatory (96S)	1000	700	450	250	140	80	50	5	30	–	20	1
WTA Premier Mandatory (64S)	1000	700	450	250	140	80	5	–	30	–	20	1
WTA Premier Mandatory (28/32D)	1000	700	450	250	140	5	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier 5 (56S)	900	620	395	225	125	70	1	–	30	–	20	1
WTA Premier 5 (28D)	900	620	395	225	125	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
Summer Olympic Games (64S)	685	470	340(3rd) 260(4th)	175	95	55	1	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier (56S)	470	320	200	120	60	40	1	–	12	–	8	1
WTA Premier (32S)	470	320	200	120	60	1	–	–	20	12	8	1
WTA Premier (16D)	470	320	200	120	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tournament of Champions	+195	+75	(60 for each win, 25 for each loss)					–	–	–	–	–
WTA International (56S)	280	200	130	70	30	15	1	–	10	–	6	1
WTA International (32S)	280	200	130	70	30	1	–	–	16	10	6	1
WTA International (16D)	280	200	130	70	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Retirements

Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WTA Rankings top 100 (singles) or top 50 (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2012 season:

Květa Peschke (born July 9, 1975 in Bílovec, Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic) turned professional in 1993, reaching career-high rankings of singles no. 26 in 2005, and doubles World No. 1 in July 2011, holding the top spot for 10 weeks and finishing the 2011 season with Katarina Srebotnik as the year-end no. 1 team. As of January 16, 2012, Peschke won one singles and 23 doubles titles on the main circuit, including one Grand Slam doubles title at Wimbledon (2011, with Srebotnik). She also had two doubles runner-up finishes at the French Open (2010) and the WTA Tour Championships (2011), and two mixed doubles runner-up finishes at the US Open (2006, 2010). Peschke was part of the Czech Republic Fed Cup team for thirteen years, winning the title once (2011). She announced in November 2011 her eventual retirement from the sport at the end of the 2012 season.^[9]

Kim Clijsters (born July 8, 1983 in Bilzen, Belgium) turned professional in 1997, reaching career-high rankings of World No. 1 in Singles and Doubles. Clijsters has won 41 WTA singles titles and 11 WTA doubles titles. She has won four Grand Slam singles titles: three at the US Open, in 2005, 2009, and 2010 and one at the Australian Open in 2011. She has also been runner-up in four Grand Slam singles tournaments, and won the WTA Tour Championships singles title in 2002, 2003, and 2010. In doubles, she won the French Open and Wimbledon titles in 2003. Clijsters has retired once in 6 May 2007,^[10] but almost two years later, on 26 March 2009, she publicly declared her intent to return to the WTA tour for the 2009 summer hard court season.^[11] In only her third tournament back, she won her second US Open title, becoming the first unseeded player and wildcard to win the tournament, and the first mother to win a major since Evonne Goolagong in 1980.^[12] Clijsters has announced her second retirement will occur after the completion of the 2012 US Open^[13]

Comebacks

Following are notable players who will comeback after retirements during the 2012 WTA Tour season:

Paola Suárez (born June 23, 1976 in Buenos Aires), who turned professional in 1991 and has reached a career high ranking of No. 9 on 07 June 2004 in singles and in doubles she was a former world no. 1. She has won 8 doubles Grand Slam (with Virginia Ruano Pascual), 4 singles titles, 44 WTA Tour doubles including 1 WTA Championships. She return back from retirement in 2012, partnering with Gisela Dulko at the 2012 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas, but they lost in the first round. The pair is aiming to play at the London Summer Olympics Games.

Notes

^a Zheng Jie won the final after Flavia Pennetta was forced to retire because of a low back injury.^[14]
^b Hsieh Su-wei won the final after Petra Martić was forced to retire because of fatigue and cramping.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "2012 WTA calendar" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
^ Vinkel, Per Colstrup. "Farum dropper dyr plan". politiken.dk (in Danish). Politiken. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
^ "Race to the WTA Championships". WTA Tour. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
^ "WTA Singles Rankings". WTA Tour. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
^ http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Rankings_Stats/howitworks.pdf
^ "WTA Prize Money". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc.
^ "WTA MATCHFACTS" (PDF). wtatour.com. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
^ http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Rankings_Stats/howitworks.pdf
^ "No more Fed Cup for Czech heroine Peschke". Agence France-Presse (AFP). Yahoo!, Inc. 2011-11-07. Retrieved 2011-12-23.
^ Sport.be^{[dead link‍]}, Kim's Diary-Thanks you, 6 May 2007
^ Reuters.com, Clijsters announces return to tour, 26 March 2009
^ SportsIllustrated.cnn.com^{[dead link‍]}
^ http://sports.yahoo.com/news/clijsters-retire-us-open-145246170--ten.html
^ "Zheng Wins Auckland, Ends WTA Title Drought". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. 2012-01-08. Retrieved 2012-01-08.

External links

[WTACalendar2012-1] "2012 WTA calendar" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2011-10-09.

[2] Vinkel, Per Colstrup. "Farum dropper dyr plan". politiken.dk (in Danish). Politiken. Retrieved 2 January 2012.

[3] "Race to the WTA Championships". WTA Tour. Retrieved 2012-01-09.

[4] "WTA Singles Rankings". WTA Tour. Retrieved 2012-01-09.

[5] ttp://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Rankings_Stats/howitworks.pdf

[Prizemoney-6] "WTA Prize Money". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc.

[Matchfacts-7] "WTA MATCHFACTS" (PDF). wtatour.com. Retrieved 16 February 2010.

[8] ttp://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Rankings_Stats/howitworks.pdf

[RetirementKvětaPeschke-9] "No more Fed Cup for Czech heroine Peschke". Agence France-Presse (AFP). Yahoo!, Inc. 2011-11-07. Retrieved 2011-12-23.

[Diary-10] Sport.be^{[dead link‍]}, Kim's Diary-Thanks you, 6 May 2007

[Return-11] Reuters.com, Clijsters announces return to tour, 26 March 2009

[first-unseeded-12] SportsIllustrated.cnn.com^{[dead link‍]}

[13] ttp://sports.yahoo.com/news/clijsters-retire-us-open-145246170--ten.html

[Auckland-14] "Zheng Wins Auckland, Ends WTA Title Drought". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. 2012-01-08. Retrieved 2012-01-08.

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