WTA Cincinnati 2012 Draw, Results & Schedule

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Na Li won the 2012 Cincinnati, defeating Angelique Kerber 1-6 6-3 6-1 in the final. The WTA 1000 event was played on hard courts in Cincinnati, United States, from August 13 to August 19, 2012.

Champion
Na Li
def. Angelique Kerber , 1-6 6-3 6-1
Dates
Aug 13 — Aug 19
Location
Cincinnati, United States
Category
WTA 1000
Surface
Hard
Prize money
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DateRoundWinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch
F (1)
Aug 19, 2012* F Na Li #9 1-6 6-3 6-1 Angelique Kerber #7 H2H Match data
SF (2)
Aug 18, 2012* SF Na Li #9 7-5 3-6 6-1 Venus Williams #64 H2H Match data
Aug 18, 2012* SF Angelique Kerber #7 6-1 2-6 6-4 Petra Kvitova #5 H2H Match data
QF (4)
Aug 18, 2012* QF Venus Williams #64 6-2 6-7(2) 6-4 Samantha Stosur #6 H2H Match data
Aug 18, 2012* QF Na Li #9 6-1 6-1 Agnieszka Radwanska #3 H2H Match data
Aug 18, 2012* QF Angelique Kerber #7 6-4 6-4 Serena Williams #4 H2H Match data
Aug 18, 2012* QF Petra Kvitova #5 6-3 7-6(4) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #23 H2H Match data
R16 (8)
Aug 17, 2012* R16 Petra Kvitova #5 6-2 6-2 Shuai Peng #32 H2H Match data
Aug 17, 2012* R16 Serena Williams #4 6-4 6-3 Urszula Radwanska #46 H2H Match data
Aug 17, 2012* R16 Agnieszka Radwanska #3 6-1 4-6 6-4 Sloane Stephens #49 H2H Match data
Aug 17, 2012* R16 Venus Williams #64 6-3 6-0 Sara Errani #10 H2H Match data
Aug 17, 2012* R16 Samantha Stosur #6 6-3 6-7(6) 6-4 Ekaterina Makarova #44 H2H Match data
Aug 17, 2012* R16 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #23 6-4 6-4 Caroline Wozniacki #8 H2H Match data
Aug 17, 2012* R16 Angelique Kerber #7 6-4 7-6(5) Andrea Sestini Hlavackova #97 H2H Match data
Aug 17, 2012* R16 Na Li #9 6-2 6-2 Johanna Larsson #90 H2H Match data
R32 (16)
Aug 16, 2012* R32 Shuai Peng #32 6-3 6-4 Roberta Vinci #26 H2H Match data
Aug 16, 2012* R32 Urszula Radwanska #46 4-6 4-1 (ret.) Yaroslava Shvedova #45 H2H Match data
Aug 16, 2012* R32 Angelique Kerber #7 3-6 6-1 6-2 Timea Babos #62 H2H Match data
Aug 16, 2012* R32 Agnieszka Radwanska #3 6-4 6-3 Sofia Arvidsson #50 H2H Match data
Aug 16, 2012* R32 Andrea Sestini Hlavackova #97 7-6(1) 4-1 (ret.) Dominika Cibulkova #13 H2H Match data
Aug 16, 2012* R32 Venus Williams #64 2-6 6-3 6-2 Chanelle Scheepers #40 H2H Match data
Aug 16, 2012* R32 Sloane Stephens #49 6-2 6-1 Camila Giorgi #93 H2H Match data
Aug 16, 2012* R32 Serena Williams #4 6-3 6-4 Eleni Daniilidou #121 H2H Match data
Aug 16, 2012* R32 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #23 6-3 6-0 Julia Goerges #24 H2H Match data
Aug 16, 2012* R32 Sara Errani #10 6-4 6-4 Daniela Hantuchova #35 H2H Match data
Aug 16, 2012* R32 Caroline Wozniacki #8 6-1 6-0 Sesil Karatantcheva #92 H2H Match data
Aug 16, 2012* R32 Petra Kvitova #5 3-6 6-2 7-5 Mona Barthel #39 H2H Match data
Aug 16, 2012* R32 Samantha Stosur #6 6-3 6-7(6) 6-4 Anabel Medina Garrigues #38 H2H Match data
Aug 16, 2012* R32 Na Li #9 6-3 4-6 6-3 Sorana Cirstea #41 H2H Match data
Aug 16, 2012* R32 Ekaterina Makarova #44 6-1 6-2 Anna Tatishvili #76 H2H Match data
Aug 16, 2012* R32 Johanna Larsson #90 6-4 6-2 Marion Bartoli #11 H2H Match data
R64 (23)
Aug 15, 2012* R64 Mona Barthel #39 6-0 6-4 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez #107 H2H Match data
Aug 15, 2012* R64 Timea Babos #62 7-6(4) 6-4 Varvara Lepchenko #37 H2H Match data
Aug 15, 2012* R64 Urszula Radwanska #46 6-2 6-4 Ksenia Pervak #66 H2H Match data
Aug 15, 2012* R64 Anna Tatishvili #76 7-6(5) 7-5 Klara Koukalova #31 H2H Match data
Aug 15, 2012* R64 Dominika Cibulkova #13 6-3 6-4 Akgul Amanmuradova #124 H2H Match data
Aug 15, 2012* R64 Camila Giorgi #93 6-1 6-3 Francesca Schiavone #22 H2H Match data
Aug 15, 2012* R64 Roberta Vinci #26 6-3 6-3 Madison Keys #158 H2H Match data
Aug 15, 2012* R64 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #23 6-4 6-0 Carla Suárez Navarro #42 H2H Match data
Aug 15, 2012* R64 Johanna Larsson #90 6-1 6-3 Casey Dellacqua #109 H2H Match data
Aug 15, 2012* R64 Shuai Peng #32 5-7 7-5 7-6(8) Jelena Jankovic #18 H2H Match data
Aug 15, 2012* R64 Anabel Medina Garrigues #38 6-3 6-0 Simona Halep #52 H2H Match data
Aug 15, 2012* R64 Andrea Sestini Hlavackova #97 6-3 7-5 Bethanie Mattek-Sands #232 H2H Match data
Aug 15, 2012* R64 Chanelle Scheepers #40 3-6 6-3 3-0 (ret.) Christina Mchale #25 H2H Match data
Aug 15, 2012* R64 Ekaterina Makarova #44 7-6(8) 3-1 (ret.) Nadia Petrova #21 H2H Match data
Aug 15, 2012* R64 Eleni Daniilidou #121 6-3 2-6 7-6(6) Vania King #51 H2H Match data
Aug 15, 2012* R64 Yaroslava Shvedova #45 6-3 6-4 Lucie Safarova #19 H2H Match data
Aug 15, 2012* R64 Sorana Cirstea #41 6-7(6) 6-2 6-3 Yanina Wickmayer #30 H2H Match data
Aug 15, 2012* R64 Julia Goerges #24 6-3 6-3 Shahar Peer #57 H2H Match data
Aug 15, 2012* R64 Venus Williams #64 6-3 6-7(5) 6-2 Maria Kirilenko #14 H2H Match data
Aug 15, 2012* R64 Daniela Hantuchova #35 2-6 7-6(1) 6-3 Jie Zheng #29 H2H Match data
Aug 15, 2012* R64 Sofia Arvidsson #50 6-1 2-1 (ret.) Tamira Paszek H2H Match data
Aug 15, 2012* R64 Sesil Karatantcheva #92 6-2 6-1 Kiki Bertens #71 H2H Match data
Aug 15, 2012* R64 Sloane Stephens #49 6-4 6-1 Tsvetana Pironkova #54 H2H Match data

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