The 2012 EmblemHealth Bronx Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the seventeenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Crotona Park East, Bronx, United States between 6 and 12 August 2012.

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
SUI	Romina Oprandi	58	1
AUS	Casey Dellacqua	108	2
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	112	3
AUS	Olivia Rogowska	114	4
ARG	Paula Ormaechea	126	5
CZE	Kristýna Plíšková	128	6
JPN	Erika Sema	129	7
GER	Tatjana Malek	137	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of August 6, 2012.

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Jacqueline Cako
• Julia Elbaba
• Eva Raszkiewicz

The following players received entry by a special ranking:

• Lauren Albanese

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Jan Abaza
• Eri Hozumi
• Emily Webley-Smith
• Allie Will

• Romina Oprandi def. Anna Chakvetadze, 5–7, 6–3, 6–3

• Shuko Aoyama / Erika Sema def. Eri Hozumi / Miki Miyamura, 6–4, 7–6^(7–4)

• Official Website
• ITF Site