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 11–17
Edition20th
CategoryWTA International
Draw32S (32Q) / 16D (0Q)
Prize moneyUS$220,000
SurfaceCarpet – indoors
LocationQuebec City, Canada
VenuePEPS de l'Université Laval
Champions
Singles
Belgium Kirsten Flipkens
Doubles
Germany Tatjana Malek / France Kristina Mladenovic
← 2011 · Tournoi de Québec · 2013 →

Finals

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Singles

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  Kirsten Flipkens defeated   Lucie Hradecká, 6–1, 7–5

Doubles

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

Points and prize money

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Point distribution

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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

Prize money

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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
Doubles prize money per team

^* Qualifiers prize money is also the round of 32 prize money

Singles main draw entrants

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Seeds

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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

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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

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Before the tournament

Retirements

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Doubles main draw entrants

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Seeds

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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

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

References

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