The 2012 BMW Malaysian Open was a women's

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tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the Malaysian Open and was an International tournament on the

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. The tournament took place from February 27 to March 4 at the Bukit Kiara Equestrian and Country Resort.

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won the singles title.

Finals

Singles

defeated

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2–6, 7–5, 4–1 ret. * It was Hsieh's 1st singles title of her career.

Doubles

Chang Kai-chen Chang Kai-chen ( zh, t=張凱貞, p=Zhāng Kǎizhēn; ; born January 13, 1991), also known as Kelly Chang, is a Taiwanese former professional tennis player.https://www.wtatennis.com/players/313923/- Career Her father is Chang Chin-lai and mo ...

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defeated

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7–5, 6–4

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings are as of February 20, 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: *

Jarmila Gajdošová Jarmila Wolfe (née Gajdošová, formerly Groth; born 26 April 1987) is a Slovak-Australian former tennis player. In her career, she won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as 14 singles and ten doubles titles on ...

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Agnieszka Radwańska Agnieszka Roma Radwańska (; born 6 March 1989) is a Polish former professional tennis player and current coach. She was ranked world No. 2 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), in July 2012. Radwańska won 20 WTA Tour sing ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Nudnida Luangnam Nudnida "Chun" Luangnam (; born 27 February 1987) is a former tennis player from Thailand. She has career-high WTA rankings of 195 in singles, set on 13 May 2013, and 342 in doubles, achieved on 13 November 2017. Career overview She took part ...

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Retirements

(fatigue and cramping) *

Ayumi Morita is a Japanese former professional tennis player. She reached a career-high ranking of 40 in the world in October 2011. At junior level, she reached a combined career-high ranking of 3. Morita is known for strong and consistent two-handed gro ...

(right shoulder injury) *

(right elbow injury)

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings are as of February 20, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: *

Elitsa Kostova Elitsa Kostova () (born 10 April 1990) is a former professional Bulgarian tennis player. On 12 September 2016, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of No. 130, achieved on 12 September 2016, her best doubles ranking is world No. 154, rea ...

Anne Kremer Anne Kremer (born 17 October 1975) is a Luxembourgish retired tennis player. She won two singles titles on the WTA Tour. On 29 July 2002, she achieved her best WTA ranking of world No. 18. Kremer completed her schooling at the Athénée de Lu ...

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External links

Official website

ITF tournament edition details
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