2012 Women's World Open Squash Championship

The 2012 Women's World Open Squash Championship is the women's edition of the 2012 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Grand Cayman in Cayman Island from 16 to 21 December. Nicol David won her seventh World Open title, beating Laura Massaro in the final.

Prize money and ranking points
For 2012, the prize purse was $188,000. The prize money and points breakdown is as follows:

Seeds
• # Nicol David (champion)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Laura Massaro (final)

• # 🇪🇬 Raneem El Weleily (semifinals)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alison Waters (quarterfinals)

• # 🇳🇿 Joelle King (second round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jenny Duncalf (semifinals)

• # Low Wee Wern (quarterfinals)

• # 🇪🇬 Nour El Sherbini (second round)

• # 🇭🇰 Annie Au (second round)

• # 🇮🇪 Madeline Perry (quarterfinals)

• # Natalie Grinham (quarterfinals)

• # 🇦🇺 Kasey Brown (second round)

• # 🇮🇳 Dipika Pallikal (second round)

• # 🇫🇷 Camille Serme (second round)

• # 🇲🇽 Samantha Terán (second round)

• # 🇦🇺 Rachael Grinham (first round)