2012 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge – Singles

Noppawan Lertcheewakarn was the defending champion, but lost to Stefanie Vögele in the first round.

Kimiko Date-Krumm won the tournament, defeating Yulia Putintseva in the final, 6–1, 3–6, 6–4.

Seeds
• # 🇷🇴 Irina-Camelia Begu (second round)

• # 🇷🇸 Bojana Jovanovski (second round)

• # 🇷🇺 Nina Bratchikova (quarterfinals)

• # 🇸🇰 Jana Čepelová (first round)

• # 🇨🇿 Kristýna Plíšková (semifinals)

• # 🇺🇦 Elina Svitolina (quarterfinals)

• # Stefanie Vögele (second round)

• # 🇯🇵 Kimiko Date-Krumm (champion)