2012 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

The 2012 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor clay courts. It was the 35th edition of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, and was part of the Premier tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany, from 23 April until 29 April 2012. Second-seeded Maria Sharapova won the singles title.

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings are as of April 16, 2012

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
 * 🇩🇪 Kristina Barrois
 * 🇩🇪 Mona Barthel

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇭🇺 Gréta Arn
 * 🇨🇿 Iveta Benešová
 * 🇷🇺 Anna Chakvetadze
 * 🇫🇷 Alizé Cornet

The following players received entry as lucky loser:
 * 🇺🇿 Akgul Amanmuradova
 * 🇺🇦 Kateryna Bondarenko

Withdrawals

 * 🇸🇰 Daniela Hantuchová
 * 🇩🇪 Sabine Lisicki
 * 🇮🇹 Flavia Pennetta (wrist injury)
 * 🇷🇺 Vera Zvonareva

Retirements

 * 🇫🇷 Alizé Cornet (right shoulder injury)
 * 🇷🇸 Jelena Janković (low back injury)
 * 🇩🇪 Andrea Petkovic (right ankle injury)

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings are as of April 16, 2012

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: The following pair received entry as alternates:
 * 🇩🇪 Mona Barthel / 🇩🇪 Tatjana Malek
 * 🇩🇪 Angelique Kerber / 🇩🇪 Andrea Petkovic
 * 🇮🇹 Francesca Schiavone / 🇮🇹 Roberta Vinci
 * Chan Hao-ching / 🇯🇵 Rika Fujiwara

Withdrawals

 * 🇮🇹 Flavia Pennetta (wrist injury)

Retirements

 * 🇦🇷 Paola Suárez (low back injury)

Singles
🇷🇺 Maria Sharapova deeated. 🇧🇾 Victoria Azarenka, 6–1, 6–4
 * It was Sharapova's 1st title of the year and 25th of her career.

Doubles
🇨🇿 Iveta Benešová / 🇨🇿 Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová defeated. 🇩🇪 Julia Görges / 🇩🇪 Anna-Lena Grönefeld, 6–4, 7–5