2012 New Haven Open at Yale

The 2012 New Haven Open at Yale (New Haven Open at Yale presented by First Niagara for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 44th edition of the New Haven Open at Yale, and was part of the Premier Series of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, from August 17 through August 25, 2012. It was the last event on the 2012 US Open Series before the 2012 US Open.

Seeds

 * Seedings are based on the rankings of August 13, 2012

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇨🇿 Petra Kvitová
 * 🇺🇸 Bethanie Mattek-Sands
 * 🇬🇧 Laura Robson

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇭🇺 Tímea Babos
 * 🇺🇸 Nicole Gibbs
 * 🇺🇸 Alexa Glatch
 * 🇧🇾 Olga Govortsova

The following players entry as lucky loser:
 * 🇷🇺 Vera Dushevina
 * 🇺🇸 Melanie Oudin

Withdrawals
The following players withdrew from the singles main draw:
 * 🇪🇪 Kaia Kanepi (achilles tendon injury)
 * 🇺🇸 Christina McHale (gastrointestinal illness)
 * 🇷🇺 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
 * 🇮🇹 Flavia Pennetta (wrist injury)
 * 🇮🇹 Francesca Schiavone (gastrointestinal illness)

Retirements

 * 🇩🇪 Mona Barthel (gastrointestinal illness)
 * 🇺🇸 Varvara Lepchenko (wrist injury)
 * 🇵🇱 Agnieszka Radwańska (right shoulder injury)
 * 🇩🇰 Caroline Wozniacki (right knee injury)

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings are as of August 13, 2012

Other entrants
The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw: The following pair received entry as alternates:
 * 🇭🇺 Tímea Babos / 🇺🇸 Sloane Stephens
 * 🇪🇸 Sílvia Soler Espinosa / 🇪🇸 Carla Suárez Navarro

Withdrawals

 * 🇦🇷 Paola Suárez (low back injury)

Singles
🇨🇿 Petra Kvitová defeated 🇷🇺 Maria Kirilenko, 7–6(11–9), 7–5

Doubles
🇺🇸 Liezel Huber / 🇺🇸 Lisa Raymond defeated 🇨🇿 Andrea Hlaváčková / 🇨🇿 Lucie Hradecká, 4–6, 6–0, [10–4]