2012 Malaysian Open

2012 Malaysian Open
Date	February 27 – March 4
Edition	3rd
Category	International tournament
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Champions
Singles
Hsieh Su-wei
Doubles
Chang Kai-chen / Chuang Chia-jung

The 2012 BMW Malaysian Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the Malaysian Open and was an International tournament on the 2012 WTA Tour. The tournament took place from February 27 to March 4 at the Bukit Kiara Equestrian and Country Resort. Hsieh Su-wei won the singles title.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Ranking^1	Seeds
POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	6	1
SRB	Jelena Janković	14	2
CHN	Peng Shuai	17	3
AUS	Jarmila Gajdošová	43	4
CRO	Petra Martić	66	5
JPN	Ayumi Morita	69	6
AUS	Jelena Dokić	74	7
GBR	Anne Keothavong	77	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of February 20, 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Jarmila Gajdošová
• Jelena Janković
• Olga Puchkova
• Agnieszka Radwańska

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Hsieh Su-wei
• Nudnida Luangnam
• Karolína Plíšková
• Kristýna Plíšková

Retirements

• Petra Martić (fatigue and cramping)
• Ayumi Morita (right shoulder injury)
• Agnieszka Radwańska (right elbow injury)

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
AUS	Casey Dellacqua	AUS	Jarmila Gajdošová	98	1
CRO	Petra Martić	FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	130	2
TPE	Chan Hao-ching	JPN	Rika Fujiwara	158	3
JPN	Shuko Aoyama	TPE	Chan Chin-wei	202	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of February 20, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Elitsa Kostova / Anne Kremer
• Hsieh Shu-ying / Hsieh Su-wei

Champions

Singles

• Hsieh Su-wei def. Petra Martić 2–6, 7–5, 4–1 ret.
• It was Hsieh's 1st career title.

Doubles

• Chang Kai-chen / Chuang Chia-jung def. Chan Hao-ching / Rika Fujiwara 7–5, 6–4

References & External links

• Official Website