2012 Aircel Chennai Open

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2012 Aircel Chennai Open
Date2–8 January
Edition17th
Category 250 series
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money $398,250
SurfaceHard / outdoor
Location Chennai, India
Venue SDAT Tennis Stadium
Champions
Singles
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Milos Raonic [1]
Doubles
Flag of India.svg Leander Paes / Flag of Serbia.svg Janko Tipsarević [2]
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The 2012 Aircel Chennai Open was a 2012 ATP World Tour tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 17th edition of the only ATP tournament taking place in India and took place at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai, India. It was held from 2 to 8 January 2012. Stanislas Wawrinka was the defending singles champion coming into the tournament but was knocked out in the quarterfinals. Former champion Marin Čilić was originally in the field as the 4th seed before pulling out with a patellar tendon injury. [3] Finally, fourth seed Milos Raonic from Canada defeated world no. 9 and top seeded Serb Janko Tipsarević to win only his second ATP title. [4] Raonic became the first player since Roger Federer in 2008 to win an ATP title without losing a serve. The doubles title went to the Indo-Serb pair of Leander Paes and Janko Tipsarević after they defeated the Israeli pair of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram. [5]

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Milos Raonic defeated Flag of Serbia.svg Janko Tipsarević, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)

Doubles

Flag of India.svg Leander Paes / Flag of Serbia.svg Janko Tipsarević defeated Flag of Israel.svg Jonathan Erlich / Flag of Israel.svg Andy Ram, 6–4, 6–4

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRankSeed
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Janko Tipsarević 91
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Nicolás Almagro 102
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Stanislas Wawrinka 173
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Milos Raonic 314
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Ivan Dodig 365
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Fabio Fognini 486
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Xavier Malisse 497
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Olivier Rochus 678

Other entrants

The following players have been announced as part of the singles main draw: Wild Cards

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as Lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Retirements

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of India.svg  IND Mahesh Bhupathi Flag of India.svg  IND Rohan Bopanna 181
Flag of the United States.svg USA Scott Lipsky Flag of the United States.svg USA Rajeev Ram 742
Flag of India.svg  IND Leander Paes Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Janko Tipsarević 933
Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Jonathan Erlich Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Andy Ram 1014

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

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