Li Na was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to qualifier Yaroslava Shvedova, the first time a defending champion was defeated by a qualifier in the tournament's history.
The tournament was notable for one of the biggest upsets in French Open history as world No. 111 Virginie Razzano defeated world No. 5 and 2002 championSerena Williams in the first round, despite Williams being two points from victory at 5–1 in the second-set tiebreaker. Razzano became only the second player ranked outside the top 100 (after Sun Tiantian at the 2005 China Open) to defeat Williams in a WTA Tour-level main draw match.[citation needed] It was Williams' first loss in the first round of a major.[3]
This tournament marked the major main-draw debut of future world No. 1 Karolína Plíšková.
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Maria Sharapova defeated Sara Errani in the final 6 3 6 2 to win the women s singles tennis title at the 2012 French Open It was her first French Open title and she completed the career Grand Slam with the win 1 It was Sharapova s first major title since the 2008 Australian Open and her first since a shoulder surgery that threatened to end her career four years prior 2 She lost only one set during the tournament to Klara Zakopalova in the fourth round Sharapova regained the world No 1 ranking with the win Victoria Azarenka and Agnieszka Radwanska were also in contention for the top spot Women s singles2012 French OpenFinalChampionMaria SharapovaRunner upSara ErraniScore6 3 6 2EventsSingles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls WC Singles men women quad WC Doubles men women quad Legends 45 45 women 2011 French Open 2013 Main article 2012 French Open Maria Sharapova with the Suzanne Lenglen Cup Li Na was the defending champion but lost in the fourth round to qualifier Yaroslava Shvedova the first time a defending champion was defeated by a qualifier in the tournament s history The tournament was notable for one of the biggest upsets in French Open history as world No 111 Virginie Razzano defeated world No 5 and 2002 champion Serena Williams in the first round despite Williams being two points from victory at 5 1 in the second set tiebreaker Razzano became only the second player ranked outside the top 100 after Sun Tiantian at the 2005 China Open to defeat Williams in a WTA Tour level main draw match citation needed It was Williams first loss in the first round of a major 3 This tournament marked the major main draw debut of future world No 1 Karolina Pliskova Contents 1 Seeds 2 Qualifying 3 Draw 3 1 Key 3 2 Finals 3 3 Top half 3 3 1 Section 1 3 3 2 Section 2 3 3 3 Section 3 3 3 4 Section 4 3 4 Bottom half 3 4 1 Section 5 3 4 2 Section 6 3 4 3 Section 7 3 4 4 Section 8 4 Championship match statistics 5 References 6 External linksSeeds edit0 1 nbsp Victoria Azarenka fourth round 0 2 nbsp Maria Sharapova champion 0 3 nbsp Agnieszka Radwanska third round 0 4 nbsp Petra Kvitova semifinals 0 5 nbsp Serena Williams first round 0 6 nbsp Samantha Stosur semifinals 0 7 nbsp Li Na fourth round 0 8 nbsp Marion Bartoli second round 0 9 nbsp Caroline Wozniacki third round 10 nbsp Angelique Kerber quarterfinals 11 nbsp Vera Zvonareva withdrew because of a right shoulder injury 12 nbsp Sabine Lisicki first round 13 nbsp Ana Ivanovic third round 14 nbsp Francesca Schiavone third round 15 nbsp Dominika Cibulkova quarterfinals 16 nbsp Maria Kirilenko second round 17 nbsp Roberta Vinci first round 18 nbsp Flavia Pennetta third round 19 nbsp Jelena Jankovic second round 20 nbsp Lucie Safarova second round 21 nbsp Sara Errani final 22 nbsp Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova third round 23 nbsp Kaia Kanepi quarterfinals 24 nbsp Petra Cetkovska second round 25 nbsp Julia Gorges third round 26 nbsp Svetlana Kuznetsova fourth round 27 nbsp Nadia Petrova third round 28 nbsp Peng Shuai third round 29 nbsp Anabel Medina Garrigues third round 30 nbsp Mona Barthel first round 31 nbsp Zheng Jie second round 32 nbsp Monica Niculescu first round Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section Qualifying editMain article 2012 French Open Women s singles qualifyingDraw editKey edit Q Qualifier WC Wild card LL Lucky loser Alt Alternate SE Special exempt PR Protected ranking ITF ITF entry JE Junior exempt w o Walkover r Retired d Defaulted SR Special ranking Finals edit QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal 15 nbsp Dominika Cibulkova416 nbsp Samantha Stosur666 nbsp Samantha Stosur56321 nbsp Sara Errani71621 nbsp Sara Errani67710 nbsp Angelique Kerber36221 nbsp Sara Errani322 nbsp Maria Sharapova66Q nbsp Yaroslava Shvedova6244 nbsp Petra Kvitova3664 nbsp Petra Kvitova332 nbsp Maria Sharapova6623 nbsp Kaia Kanepi232 nbsp Maria Sharapova66 Top half edit Section 1 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round1 nbsp V Azarenka6666 nbsp A Brianti78421 nbsp V Azarenka66WC nbsp C Garcia643Q nbsp D Pfizenmaier11Q nbsp D Pfizenmaier3661 nbsp V Azarenka66Q nbsp H El Tabakh52 nbsp A Wozniak44 nbsp A Wozniak76 nbsp A Wozniak66 nbsp A Cornet4431 nbsp J Zheng2431 nbsp J Zheng661 nbsp V Azarenka26420 nbsp L Safarova6615 nbsp D Cibulkova677 nbsp A Yakimova2020 nbsp L Safarova45 nbsp MJ Martinez Sanchez468 nbsp MJ Martinez Sanchez67Q nbsp E Birnerova646 nbsp MJ Martinez Sanchez21 nbsp V King6615 nbsp D Cibulkova66 nbsp G Voskoboeva42 nbsp V King02WC nbsp K Mladenovic2115 nbsp D Cibulkova6615 nbsp D Cibulkova66 Section 2 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round12 nbsp S Lisicki43 nbsp B Mattek Sands66 nbsp B Mattek Sands11 nbsp E Makarova466 nbsp S Stephens66 nbsp S Stephens678 nbsp S Stephens66 nbsp M Johansson5786 nbsp M Johansson32 nbsp An Rodionova7664 nbsp M Johansson776 nbsp S Halep1324 nbsp P Cetkovska61224 nbsp P Cetkovska66 nbsp S Stephens5427 nbsp N Petrova666 nbsp S Stosur76 nbsp I Benesova3327 nbsp N Petrova66 nbsp L Pous Tio461 nbsp C Scheepers33 nbsp C Scheepers62627 nbsp N Petrova33 nbsp I Falconi3666 nbsp S Stosur66 nbsp E Gallovits Hall631 nbsp I Falconi14 nbsp E Baltacha406 nbsp S Stosur666 nbsp S Stosur66 Section 3 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round3 nbsp A Radwanska66 nbsp B Jovanovski103 nbsp A Radwanska66 nbsp V Williams466 nbsp V Williams23 nbsp P Ormaechea6133 nbsp A Radwanska12Q nbsp Y j Chan671026 nbsp S Kuznetsova66 nbsp K Bondarenko168Q nbsp Y j Chan464 nbsp M Lucic Baroni1326 nbsp S Kuznetsova67726 nbsp S Kuznetsova6626 nbsp S Kuznetsova0521 nbsp S Errani46621 nbsp S Errani67 nbsp C Dellacqua62221 nbsp S Errani66WC nbsp M Oudin66WC nbsp M Oudin23 nbsp J Larsson3321 nbsp S Errani176 nbsp S Dubois2213 nbsp A Ivanovic653 nbsp S Pe er66 nbsp S Pe er22Q nbsp L Arruabarrena1113 nbsp A Ivanovic6613 nbsp A Ivanovic66 Section 4 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round10 nbsp A Kerber66Q nbsp S Zhang3410 nbsp A Kerber66 nbsp R Oprandi41 nbsp O Govortsova32 nbsp O Govortsova6610 nbsp A Kerber466 nbsp A Tatishvili37418 nbsp F Pennetta632Q nbsp A Glatch656Q nbsp A Glatch31 nbsp S w Hsieh774218 nbsp F Pennetta6618 nbsp F Pennetta636610 nbsp A Kerber6729 nbsp A Medina Garrigues66 nbsp P Martic35LL nbsp L Robson2129 nbsp A Medina Garrigues66 nbsp K c Chang45WC nbsp I Pavlovic32WC nbsp I Pavlovic6729 nbsp A Medina Garrigues21 nbsp P Martic67 nbsp P Martic66 nbsp M Krajicek25 nbsp P Martic636Q nbsp Ka Pliskova338 nbsp M Bartoli2638 nbsp M Bartoli66 Bottom half edit Section 5 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round7 nbsp N Li66 nbsp S Cirstea217 nbsp N Li66 nbsp B Zahlavova Strycova35 nbsp S Foretz Gacon02 nbsp S Foretz Gacon677 nbsp N Li366 nbsp C McHale266 nbsp C McHale621Q nbsp K Bertens644 nbsp C McHale66Q nbsp L Davis66Q nbsp L Davis1330 nbsp M Barthel117 nbsp N Li62017 nbsp R Vinci263Q nbsp Y Shvedova366 nbsp S Arvidsson646 nbsp S Arvidsson10Q nbsp Y Shvedova66Q nbsp Y Shvedova66 nbsp M Minella34Q nbsp Y Shvedova67 nbsp T Tanasugarn03 nbsp C Suarez Navarro45 nbsp C Suarez Navarro66 nbsp C Suarez Navarro466 nbsp T Babos10LL nbsp S Karatantcheva641LL nbsp S Karatantcheva66 Section 6 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round14 nbsp F Schiavone66 nbsp K Date Krumm3114 nbsp F Schiavone266 nbsp T Pironkova366 nbsp T Pironkova631 nbsp Y Wickmayer60314 nbsp F Schiavone636 nbsp V Lepchenko6666 nbsp V Lepchenko368 nbsp K Pervak2784 nbsp V Lepchenko7746 nbsp P Mayr Achleitner61519 nbsp J Jankovic646419 nbsp J Jankovic167 nbsp V Lepchenko2132 nbsp M Niculescu6334 nbsp P Kvitova66 nbsp N Bratchikova066 nbsp N Bratchikova367 nbsp V Dushevina41WC nbsp C Feuerstein635WC nbsp C Feuerstein66 nbsp N Bratchikova261 nbsp P Parmentier434 nbsp P Kvitova646 nbsp U Radwanska66 nbsp U Radwanska13WC nbsp A Barty124 nbsp P Kvitova664 nbsp P Kvitova66 Section 7 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round5 nbsp S Williams6653 nbsp V Razzano4776 nbsp V Razzano363 nbsp A Rus64 nbsp A Rus677 nbsp J Hampton43r nbsp A Rus7726 nbsp E Vesnina2425 nbsp J Gorges6562Q nbsp H Watson66Q nbsp H Watson34 nbsp L Hradecka61425 nbsp J Gorges6625 nbsp J Gorges776 nbsp A Rus16023 nbsp K Kanepi6623 nbsp K Kanepi646 nbsp A Panova3323 nbsp K Kanepi66 nbsp I C Begu756 nbsp I C Begu41WC nbsp A Rezai57223 nbsp K Kanepi6636 nbsp J Gajdosova649 nbsp C Wozniacki1773 nbsp M Rybarikova31r nbsp J Gajdosova14 nbsp E Daniilidou019 nbsp C Wozniacki669 nbsp C Wozniacki66 Section 8 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round16 nbsp M Kirilenko66WC nbsp V Larriere1216 nbsp M Kirilenko463 nbsp K Zakopalova66 nbsp K Zakopalova636 nbsp L Tsurenko21 nbsp K Zakopalova67 nbsp A Keothavong1222 nbsp A Pavlyuchenkova35 nbsp M Czink66 nbsp M Czink633 nbsp G Arn4422 nbsp A Pavlyuchenkova46622 nbsp A Pavlyuchenkova66 nbsp K Zakopalova477228 nbsp S Peng662 nbsp M Sharapova6656 nbsp T Paszek4328 nbsp S Peng66 nbsp M Erakovic55 nbsp L Dominguez Lino43 nbsp L Dominguez Lino7728 nbsp S Peng21 nbsp P Hercog6432 nbsp M Sharapova66 nbsp A 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