2012 Mercury Insurance Open
The 2012 Mercury Insurance Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 3rd edition of the Southern California Open since the tournament left the tour in 2007. It was classified as one of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place in Carlsbad, California, United States from July 16 through July 22, 2012. Second-seeded Dominika Cibulková won the singles title.
Finals
Singles
defeated Marion Bartoli, 6–1, 7–5- It was Cibulková's only singles title of the year and the 2nd of her Dominika [Cibulková career statistics|career].
Doubles
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following players received entry as lucky loser:
- Melanie Oudin
Withdrawals
- Sorana Cîrstea
- Angelique Kerber
- Svetlana Kuznetsova
- Sabine Lisicki
- Monica Niculescu
- Tamira Paszek
Retirements
- Yanina Wickmayer
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
- 1 Rankings are as of July 9, 2012
Other entrants