The 2012 Open GDF Suez was a women's professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 20th edition of the Open GDF Suez (formerly known as the Open Gaz de France) and was a Premier tournament on the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place at Stade Pierre de Coubertin in Paris, France from 4 February through 12 February 2012.
| Country | Player | Ranking1 | Seeding | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Russian Federation | Maria Sharapova | 3 | 1 | |
 France | Marion Bartoli | 7 | 2 | |
 China | Li Na | 9 | 3 | |
 Serbia | Jelena Janković | 13 | 4 | |
| Sabine Lisicki | 14 | 5 | ||
| Julia Görges | 21 | 6 | ||
 Italy | Roberta Vinci | 23 | 7 | |
 Spain | Anabel Medina Garrigues | 24 | 8 | |
| Angelique Kerber | 27 | 9 |
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following players received entry as lucky losers into the singles main draw:
Jelena Janković (left thigh injury)
Kaia Kanepi (right shoulder injury)
Jill Craybas (right leg injury) Li Na (lower back injury)| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liezel Huber | Lisa Raymond | 3 | 1 | |||
| Natalie Grandin | Vladimíra Uhlířová | 59 | 2 | |||
 Australia | Jarmila Gajdošová | Bethanie Mattek-Sands | 63 | 3 | ||
 Romania | Monica Niculescu | Alicja Rosolska | 81 | 4 |
The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:
Monica Niculescu (abdominal injury)See main article: 2012 Open GDF Suez – Singles. Angelique Kerber defeated Marion Bartoli, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–3
See main article: 2012 Open GDF Suez – Doubles. Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond defeated Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Petra Martić, 7–6(7–3), 6–1
