2012 Aircel Chennai Open – Singles

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Singles
2012 Aircel Chennai Open
Champion Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Milos Raonic
Runner-up Flag of Serbia.svg Janko Tipsarević
Final score6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
Details
Draw28 (4 Q / 3 WC )
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
  2011  · Aircel Chennai Open ·  2013  

Stanislas Wawrinka was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Japanese qualifier Go Soeda.

Contents

Milos Raonic won the tournament beating top seeded Janko Tipsarević, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4).

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

  1. Flag of Serbia.svg Janko Tipsarević (final)
  2. Flag of Spain.svg Nicolás Almagro (semifinals)
  3. Flag of Switzerland.svg Stanislas Wawrinka (quarterfinals)
  4. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Milos Raonic (champion)
  5. Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Dodig (second round)
  6. Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Fognini (first round)
  7. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Xavier Malisse (first round)
  8. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Olivier Rochus (first round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1 Flag of Serbia.svg Janko Tipsarević 66
Q Flag of Japan.svg Go Soeda 1 4
1 Flag of Serbia.svg Janko Tipsarević 776464
4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Milos Raonic 647777
4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Milos Raonic 66
2 Flag of Spain.svg Nicolás Almagro 4 4

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Flag of Serbia.svg J Tipsarević 66 
WC Flag of India.svg Y Bhambri 66 WC Flag of India.svg Y Bhambri 1 3  
  Flag of Slovakia.svg K Beck 2 3  1 Flag of Serbia.svg J Tipsarević 63 6
  Flag of Germany.svg A Beck 6710 WC Flag of Belgium (civil).svg D Goffin 2 62
Q Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg V Pospisil 3 68   Flag of Germany.svg A Beck 64 2
WC Flag of Belgium (civil).svg D Goffin 4 66WC Flag of Belgium (civil).svg D Goffin 4 66
7 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg X Malisse 62 3 1 Flag of Serbia.svg J Tipsarević 66 
Q Flag of Japan.svg G Soeda 1 4  
3 Flag of Switzerland.svg S Wawrinka 3 67
  Flag of France.svg É Prodon 4 3  LL Flag of France.svg É Roger-Vasselin 63 5
LL Flag of France.svg É Roger-Vasselin 66 3 Flag of Switzerland.svg S Wawrinka 4 4  
  Flag of Portugal.svg F Gil 2 775 Q Flag of Japan.svg G Soeda 66 
Q Flag of Japan.svg G Soeda 6647Q Flag of Japan.svg G Soeda 786 
WC Flag of India.svg V Vardhan 6681 5 Flag of Croatia.svg I Dodig 663  
5 Flag of Croatia.svg I Dodig 4 7106

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 Flag of Italy.svg F Fognini 0 1  
  Flag of Israel.svg D Sela 66   Flag of Israel.svg D Sela 4 66
  Flag of Spain.svg P Riba 2 1    Flag of France.svg B Paire 62 4
  Flag of France.svg B Paire 66   Flag of Israel.svg D Sela 643  
  Flag of the United States.svg S Querrey 3 4  4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg M Raonic 776 
  Flag of Romania.svg V Hănescu 66   Flag of Romania.svg V Hănescu 1 4  
4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg M Raonic 66 
4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg M Raonic 66 
8 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg O Rochus 3 4  2 Flag of Spain.svg N Almagro 4 4  
Q Flag of Japan.svg Y Sugita 66 Q Flag of Japan.svg Y Sugita 776 
Q Flag of the Netherlands.svg T de Bakker 3 3    Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Y-h Lu 654  
  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Y-h Lu 66 Q Flag of Japan.svg Y Sugita 6684
  Flag of Slovenia.svg B Kavčič 65 3 2 Flag of Spain.svg N Almagro 4 7106
  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg S Darcis 4 76  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg S Darcis    
2 Flag of Spain.svg N Almagro w/o  

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. Flag of France.svg Stéphane Robert (first round)
  2. Flag of France.svg Édouard Roger-Vasselin (Qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  3. Flag of South Africa.svg Izak van der Merwe (qualifying competition)
  4. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Vasek Pospisil (qualified)
  5. Flag of Japan.svg Go Soeda (qualified)
  6. Flag of South Africa.svg Rik de Voest (qualifying competition)
  7. Flag of Spain.svg Arnau Brugués Davi (first round)
  8. Flag of the United States.svg Rajeev Ram (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

  1. Flag of France.svg Édouard Roger-Vasselin

Draw

First qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
1 Flag of France.svg Stéphane Robert 62 68
  Flag of Portugal.svg João Sousa 4 6710
  Flag of Portugal.svg João Sousa 4 1  
  Flag of Japan.svg Yūichi Sugita 66 
  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Jimmy Wang 4 63
  Flag of Japan.svg Yūichi Sugita 63 6
  Flag of Japan.svg Yūichi Sugita 776 
6 Flag of South Africa.svg Rik de Voest 601  
WC Flag of India.svg Akash Wagh 2 4  
Flag of the Philippines.svg Treat Conrad Huey 66 
Flag of the Philippines.svg Treat Conrad Huey 3 4  
6 Flag of South Africa.svg Rik de Voest 66 
WC Flag of India.svg Abhijeet Tiwari 0 4  
6 Flag of South Africa.svg Rik de Voest 66 

Second qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
2 Flag of France.svg Édouard Roger-Vasselin 63 4
  Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Kudryavtsev 3 62r
2 Flag of France.svg Édouard Roger-Vasselin 776 
  Flag of Serbia.svg Dušan Lajović 612  
  Flag of Serbia.svg Dušan Lajović 4 66
  Flag of India.svg Sanam Singh 64 3
2 Flag of France.svg Édouard Roger-Vasselin 4 65 
5 Flag of Japan.svg Go Soeda 677 
  Flag of India.svg Vijay Sundar Prashanth 3 0r 
  Flag of India.svg Rohan Bopanna 60  
  Flag of India.svg Rohan Bopanna 6262 
5 Flag of Japan.svg Go Soeda 7777 
  Flag of India.svg Vignesh Peranamallur 1 3  
5 Flag of Japan.svg Go Soeda 66 

Third qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
3 Flag of South Africa.svg Izak van der Merwe 2 76
  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Baker 65 4
3 Flag of South Africa.svg Izak van der Merwe 67 
  Flag of Spain.svg Íñigo Cervantes Huegun 4 5  
  Flag of Spain.svg Íñigo Cervantes Huegun 67 
  Flag of India.svg Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan 1 5  
3 Flag of South Africa.svg Izak van der Merwe 2 4  
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg Thiemo de Bakker 66 
WC Flag of India.svg Neeraj Elangovan 0 0  
  Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Sebastián Cabal 66 
  Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Sebastián Cabal 1 3  
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg Thiemo de Bakker 66 
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg Thiemo de Bakker 777 
7 Flag of Spain.svg Arnau Brugués Davi 5 65 

Fourth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Vasek Pospisil 7879 
  Flag of India.svg Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan 6667 
4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Vasek Pospisil 66 
  Flag of India.svg Mohit Jayaprakash 3 2  
Flag of India.svg Mohit Jayaprakash 66 
  Flag of India.svg Ramkumar Ramanathan 2 2  
4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Vasek Pospisil 6626
8 Flag of the United States.svg Rajeev Ram 1 773
Flag of India.svg Karan Rastogi 1 3  
WC Flag of India.svg Prajnesh Gunneswaran 66 
WC Flag of India.svg Prajnesh Gunneswaran 3 63 
8 Flag of the United States.svg Rajeev Ram 677 
  Flag of India.svg N. Sriram Balaji 5 4  
8 Flag of the United States.svg Rajeev Ram 76 

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