2012 Challenge Bell

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.

2012 Challenge Bell
DateSeptember 11 – September 17
Edition20th
CategoryWTA International
Draw32S (32Q) / 16D (0Q)
Prize moneyUS$220,000
SurfaceCarpet – indoors
LocationQuebec City, Canada
VenuePEPS de l'Université Laval
Champions
Singles
Kirsten Flipkens
Doubles
Tatjana Malek / Kristina Mladenovic

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 Rank1 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:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament

Retirements

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 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:

Champions

Singles
Main article: 2012 Challenge Bell – Singles

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

Doubles
Main article: 2012 Challenge Bell – Doubles

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

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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.
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