2012 ASB Classic – Singles

Gréta Arn was the defending champion, but lost to Julia Görges in the first round.

Unseeded Zheng Jie won the tournament, after her opponent Flavia Pennetta retired in the final.

Seeds
• # 🇩🇪 Sabine Lisicki (quarterfinals, retired due to left abdominal muscle injury)

• # 🇨🇳 Peng Shuai (second round)

• # 🇷🇺 Svetlana Kuznetsova (semifinals)

• # 🇮🇹 Flavia Pennetta (final, retired due to a back injury)

• # 🇩🇪 Julia Görges (second round)

• # 🇮🇹 Roberta Vinci (second round)

• # 🇧🇪 Yanina Wickmayer (second round)

• # 🇷🇴 Monica Niculescu (second round)

Seeds
• # 🇬🇧 Anne Keothavong (qualifying competition)

• # 🇫🇷 Pauline Parmentier (second round)

• # 🇫🇷 Mathilde Johansson (first round)

• # 🇸🇪 Sofia Arvidsson (second round)

• # 🇮🇹 Romina Oprandi (second round)

• # 🇺🇸 Irina Falconi (second round)

• # 🇫🇷 Alizé Cornet (first round)

• # 🇩🇪 Kristina Barrois (first round)

Qualifiers
• # 🇺🇸 Jamie Hampton

• # 🇫🇷 Aravane Rezaï

• # 🇺🇸 Alison Riske

• # 🇨🇿 Karolína Plíšková