2012 Baku Cup

2012 Baku Cup
Date	23 – 29 July
Edition	2nd
Surface	Hard
Location	Baku, Azerbaijan
Champions
Singles
Bojana Jovanovski
Doubles
Irina Buryachok / Valeria Solovieva

The 2012 Baku Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. This was the second edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan between 23 and 29 July 2012.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
KAZ	Ksenia Pervak	58	1
RUS	Alexandra Panova	75	2
LUX	Mandy Minella	78	3
CZE	Andrea Hlaváčková	88	4
SRB	Bojana Jovanovski	95	5
RUS	Nina Bratchikova	99	6
UZB	Akgul Amanmuradova	101	7
CZE	Eva Birnerová	108	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of July 16, 2012

Other Entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Kamilla Farhad
• Varvara Flink
• Ekaterine Gorgodze

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Sacha Jones
• Aleksandra Krunić
• Valeria Solovieva
• Wang Qiang

Withdrawals

• Tímea Babos
• Kateryna Bondarenko
• Alizé Cornet
• Olga Govortsova (viral illness)
• Anna Tatishvili

Retirements

• Estrella Cabeza Candela (abdominal strain)
• Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (right elbow injury)
• Ksenia Pervak (heat illness)

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
RUS	Nina Bratchikova	RUS	Alexandra Panova	136	1
RUS	Alla Kudryavtseva	THA	Tamarine Tanasugarn	155	2
CZE	Eva Birnerová	ITA	Alberta Brianti	157	3
UKR	Irina Buryachok	RUS	Valeria Solovieva	396	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of July 16, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Kamilla Farhad / Oleksandra Korashvili
• Varvara Flink / Patricia Mayr-Achleitner

Retirements

• Estrella Cabeza Candela (abdominal strain)
• Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (right elbow injury)

Champions

Singles

• Bojana Jovanovski def. Julia Cohen, 6–3, 6–1

Doubles

• Irina Buryachok / Valeria Solovieva def. Eva Birnerová / Alberta Brianti, 6–3, 6–2

External links

• Official Website