2012 Aegon Championships

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2012 Queen's Club Championships
Date11–17 June
Edition110th
Category World Tour 250
Draw56S / 24D
Prize money€625,300
Surface Grass
LocationLondon, United Kingdom
Venue Queen's Club
Champions
Singles
Flag of Croatia.svg Marin Čilić [1]
Doubles
Flag of Belarus.svg Max Mirnyi / Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor [2]
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The 2012 Aegon Championships (also known traditionally as the Queen's Club Championships ) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 110th edition of the Queen's Club Championships and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Queen's Club in London, United Kingdom, in the club's 126th year between 11 and 17 June.

Contents

Marin Čilić won the tournament after his opponent in the final, David Nalbandian was disqualified for kicking a lines official.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Andy Murray [3] 41
Flag of France.svg  FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 52
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Janko Tipsarević 83
Flag of France.svg  FRA Gilles Simon 124
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Feliciano López 175
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Marin Čilić 246
Flag of the United States.svg USA Andy Roddick 307
Flag of France.svg  FRA Julien Benneteau 328
Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Kevin Anderson 349
Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG David Nalbandian 4010
Flag of Cyprus.svg  CYP Marcos Baghdatis 4211
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  UZB Denis Istomin 4312
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Alex Bogomolov, Jr. 4613
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Gilles Müller 5414
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Go Soeda 5815
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Ivo Karlović 5916

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received a Lucky Loser spot:

Withdrawals

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Max Mirnyi Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Daniel Nestor 21
Flag of the United States.svg USA Bob Bryan Flag of the United States.svg USA Mike Bryan 62
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Mariusz Fyrstenberg Flag of Poland.svg  POL Radek Štěpánek 163
Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Robert Lindstedt Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Horia Tecău 214
Flag of India.svg  IND Mahesh Bhupathi Flag of India.svg  IND Rohan Bopanna 255
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Colin Fleming Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Ross Hutchins 556
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Janko Tipsarević Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Nenad Zimonjić 567
Flag of the United States.svg USA Eric Butorac Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Paul Hanley 728

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

Finals

Singles

Doubles

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