The 2012 Baku Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. This was the second edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan between 23 and 29 July 2012.
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kazakhstan | Ksenia Pervak | 58 | 1 | |
 Russian Federation | Alexandra Panova | 75 | 2 | |
 Luxembourg | Mandy Minella | 78 | 3 | |
 Czech Republic | Andrea Hlaváčková | 88 | 4 | |
 Serbia | Bojana Jovanovski | 95 | 5 | |
| Russian Federation | Nina Bratchikova | 99 | 6 | |
 Uzbekistan | Akgul Amanmuradova | 101 | 7 | |
| Czech Republic | Eva Birnerová | 108 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Tímea Babos
Kateryna Bondarenko
Alizé Cornet
Olga Govortsova (viral illness)
Anna Tatishvili
Estrella Cabeza Candela (abdominal strain)
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (right elbow injury) Ksenia Pervak (heat illness)| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russian Federation | Nina Bratchikova | Russian Federation | Alexandra Panova | 136 | 1 | |
| Alla Kudryavtseva | Tamarine Tanasugarn | 155 | 2 | |||
| Czech Republic | Eva Birnerová | Alberta Brianti | 157 | 3 | ||
| Ukraine | Irina Buryachok | Valeria Solovieva | 396 | 4 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Estrella Cabeza Candela (abdominal strain) Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (right elbow injury)See main article: 2012 Baku Cup – Singles.
Bojana Jovanovski def. 
Julia Cohen, 6–3, 6–1[1]See main article: 2012 Baku Cup – Doubles.
Irina Buryachok / Valeria Solovieva def. Eva Birnerová / 
Alberta Brianti, 6–3, 6–2
