reached the semifinals of an ITF event in Helsinki. 2012: Second French Open QF Kanepi began season at the Brisbane International where she advanced to the final defeating qualifier Alexandra Panova, seventh seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, second seed Andrea Petkovic, and third seed Francesca Schiavone. In the final, she beat Daniela Hantuchová to win her second WTA Tour title. At the Australian Open, she lost in second round to Ekaterina Makarova. She then passed a chance to represent her nation in Fed Cup, wanting to dedicate herself to singles tournaments, but her hopes were cut short when she had to pull out of the Open GdF Suez tournament in Paris due to a sore shoulder. The injury also forced her to skip the Qatar Open and the Dubai Championships. Kanepi returned in March at the BNP Paribas Open. Seeded 29th, she was defeated in the second round by Chanelle Scheepers. Seeded 31st at the Sony Ericsson Open, Kanepi lost in the second round to Sílvia Soler Espinosa. At the end of the month, Kanepi and her coach for the last two years, Silver Karjus, split up over a psychologist, who supposedly influenced Kanepi's direction so much that it was impossible for him to continue working with her. Entering the e-Boks Open tournament as the fifth seed, Kanepi was defeated in her quarterfinal match by third seed Jelena Janković. Seeded sixth at the Estoril Open, Kanepi won her third WTA title defeating Carla Suárez Navarro in the final. At the Madrid Open, Kanepi was defeated in the first round by Lucie Šafářová. Before the French Open, Kanepi reached the semifinals at the Brussels Open where she lost to top seed and eventual champion, Agnieszka Radwańska. At the French Open, Kanepi entered as the 23rd seed and played a very good tournament given her ranking, defeating Alexandra Panova, Irina-Camelia Begu, ninth seed Caroline Wozniacki, and Aranxta Rus. She was defeated in her quarterfinal match by second seed and eventual champion, Maria Sharapova. A bilateral achilles' heel injury caused Kanepi to withdraw from the Birmingham Classic, Eastbourne International, Wimbledon Championships, and eventually also from the Summer Olympics in London. Despite not having played since the French Open she reached a career high of No. 15 on 20 August. Kanepi returned from injury in September and competed at the Korea Open. Seeded third, she reached her third final of the year; she lost in the