She played one ITF tournament in January, one in February, and three in March, where she was runner-up in Sunderland and Bath, and won in Moscow.

She did, however, take part in the Junior French Open, defeating Anna Karolína Schmiedlová in the final, in three sets.

In July, she earned a spot in the main draw of the WTA Tour event in Båstad but did not progress past the first round.

In September, her rank had risen enough for direct entry into the main draw at the Bell Challenge in Quebec City, where she got to the second round.

[8] Beck then went on to win her first Grand Slam match at the Australian Open, upsetting 28th seed Yaroslava Shvedova in the first round.

[11] Also at the U.S. Indoor Championships in Tennessee, Beck was defeated in the first round, by eventual champion Marina Erakovic.

[16] In Stuttgart at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Beck pushed fifth seed Petra Kvitová to three sets but ended up losing in their first round encounter.

Beck improved her previous year's result at the Shenzhen Open, this time reaching the semifinals, where she lost to Li Na, in straight sets.

[18] At the Australian Open, she defeated Petra Martić in the first round,[19][20] but lost to 14th seed Ana Ivanovic in the second.

[23] In October, Beck won her first WTA Tour title by defeating Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová in the Luxembourg Open final.

[27] After early exits at Wimbledon and the US Open and her first WTA doubles title, Beck won her second WTA singles title at the Tournoi de Québec by beating Jeļena Ostapenko (who had defeated her in their last meeting) in straight sets.

[32] In Russia at the St. Petersburg Trophy, Beck upset seventh seed Kiki Bertens in the first round.

[35] Seeded eighth at the Hungarian Open, Beck reached the quarterfinal round where she fell to Carina Witthöft.

[40] Beginning clay-court season at the Charleston Open, she lost in the second round to fifth seed and 2011 champion, Caroline Wozniacki.