2012 WTA Tour
The 2012 WTA Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association for the 2012 tennis season. The 2012 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Premier tournaments, the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup, the year-end championships, and the tennis event at the 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.
Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2012 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.;Key
| Grand Slam tournaments |
| Summer Olympic Games |
| Year-end championships |
| WTA Premier Mandatory |
| WTA Premier 5 |
| WTA Premier |
| WTA International |
| Team events |
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
Statistical information
These tables present the number of singles, doubles, and mixed doubles 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 Premier tournaments total number of titles cumulated importance of those titles a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy; 4) alphabetical order.Key
''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 September 9.''Titles won by player
Titles won by nation
Titles information
The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:;Singles
- Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino – Bogotá '
- Tímea Babos – Monterrey '
- Mona Barthel – Hobart '
- Kiki Bertens – Fes '
- Irina-Camelia Begu – Tashkent '
- Hsieh Su-wei – Kuala Lumpur '
- Bojana Jovanovski – Baku '
- Angelique Kerber – Paris '
- Heather Watson – Osaka '
- Kirsten Flipkens – Quebec City '
- Shuko Aoyama – Washington, D.C. '
- Tímea Babos – Birmingham '
- Irina-Camelia Begu – Hobart '
- Irina Buryachok – Baku '
- Catalina Castaño – Båstad '
- Mariana Duque Mariño – Båstad '
- Rika Fujiwara – Copenhagen '
- Paula Kania – Tashkent '
- Tatjana Malek – Quebec City '
- Kristina Mladenovic – Montreal '
- Polina Pekhova – Tashkent '
- Magdaléna Rybáriková – Budapest '
- Lucie Šafářová – Charleston '
- Valeriya Solovyeva – Baku '
- Heather Watson – Stanford '
The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
;Singles
- Daniela Hantuchová – Pattaya City '
- Polona Hercog – Båstad '
- Maria Sharapova – Rome '
- Serena Williams – Stanford '
- Liezel Huber – Dubai '
- Serena Williams – Olympics '
- Venus Williams – Olympics ''''
Rankings
Singles
The following is the 2012 top 20 in the Race to the Championships and the top 20 ranked players in the world. Players must include points from the Grand Slams, Premier Mandatory tournaments, the Summer Olympic Games and the WTA Championships. For Top 20 players, their best two results at Premier 5 tournaments will also count. Gold backgrounds indicate players that qualified for the WTA Tour Championships. Blue backgrounds indicate players that qualified as alternates at the WTA Tour Championships.Number 1 ranking
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.Number 1 ranking
| Holder | Date gained | Date forfeited |
 Liezel Huber|USAPrize money leadersThe 2012 WTA Tour season was the first, and still only, season where 3 different players earned at least $6,000,000. The 2014 and 2017 seasons each had 3 different players earned at least $5,000,000. The top-16 players earned over $1,000,000.Statistics leaders''''Points distributionRetirements
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