2012 Challenge Bell

2012 Challenge Bell
Date	September 11 – September 17
Edition	20th
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S (32Q) / 16D (0Q)
Prize money	$220,000
Surface	Carpet / Indoor
Location	Quebec City, Canada
Venue	PEPS de l'Université Laval
Champions
Singles
Kirsten Flipkens
Doubles
Tatjana Malek / Kristina Mladenovic

The 2012 Challenge Bell was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 20th edition of the Challenge Bell, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place at the PEPS de l'Université Laval in Quebec City, Canada, from September 11 through September 17, 2012.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles[1][2]	280	200	130	70	30	1	16	10	6	1
Doubles[3]					1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32^*	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles[1][2]	$37,000	$19,000	$10,200	$5,340	$2,950	$1,725	$860	$460	$265
Doubles^†[3]	$11,000	$5,750	$3,100	$1,650	$860	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

_{^* Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money}

^† Per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
SVK	Dominika Cibulková	14	1
BEL	Yanina Wickmayer	29	2
GER	Mona Barthel	35	3
CAN	Aleksandra Wozniak	48	4
SUI	Romina Oprandi	56	5
CZE	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	60	6
CRO	Petra Martić	64	7
CZE	Lucie Hradecká	69	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of August 27, 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Eugenie Bouchard
• Dominika Cibulková
• Yanina Wickmayer

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Lauren Davis
• Heidi El Tabakh
• Kristina Mladenovic
• Maria Sanchez

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Jessica Pegula

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Sofia Arvidsson
• Marina Erakovic
• Camila Giorgi (illness)
• Christina McHale (illness)
• Virginie Razzano

Retirements

• Anna Tatishvili (low back injury)
• Aleksandra Wozniak (right shoulder injury)

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
POL	Alicja Rosolska	GBR	Heather Watson	120	1
LAT	Līga Dekmeijere	CRO	Petra Martić	125	2
GER	Tatjana Malek	FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	151	3
USA	Lindsay Lee-Waters	USA	Megan Moulton-Levy	175	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of August 27, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Stéphanie Dubois / Heidi El Tabakh
• Grace Min / Carol Zhao

Champions

Singles

Kirsten Flipkens def. Lucie Hradecká, 6–1, 7–5

• It was Flipkens' only title of the year and the 1st of her career.

Doubles

Tatjana Malek / Kristina Mladenovic def. Alicja Rosolska / Heather Watson, 7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(6–8), [10–7]

• It was Malek's only title of the year and the 1st of her career. It was Mladenovic's 2nd title of the year and the 2nd of her career.

References

1. "Singles main draw" (PDF). WTATennis.com. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
2. "Singles qualifying draw" (PDF). WTATennis.com. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
3. "Doubles main draw" (PDF). WTATennis.com. Retrieved September 13, 2015.

External links

• WTA Tournament Profile