2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's singles

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Wheelchair men's singles
2012 Australian Open
Champion Flag of the Netherlands.svg Maikel Scheffers
Runner-up Flag of France.svg Nicolas Peifer
Final score3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–0
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
WC Singles men women quad
WC Doubles men women quad
Legends men women mixed
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Maikel Scheffers defeated Nicolas Peifer in the final, 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–0 to win the men's singles wheelchair tennis title at the 2012 Australian Open. [1] [2]

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Shingo Kunieda was the five-time reigning champion, but did not participate.

The 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's singles [3] [4] is a tennis tournament featuring 8 paraplegic men tennis players, which is part of the NEC Tour. The tournament takes place at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 25 January to 28 January 2012, it is the 10th edition of the Australian Open men's wheelchair event and the first Grand Slam event of 2012. The tournament is played on Plexicushion Prestige AO hard courts, which is rated a medium-fast pace by the ITF. The competition is organised by the International Tennis Federation and Tennis Australia.

Seeds

  1. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Maikel Scheffers (champion)
  2. Flag of France.svg Stéphane Houdet (semifinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Maikel Scheffers 4 66
  Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Saida 62 3
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Maikel Scheffers 2 79
  Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Olsson 65 7
  Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Olsson 66 
WC Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ben Weekes 1 0  
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Maikel Scheffers 3 776
  Flag of France.svg Nicolas Peifer 6620
  Flag of France.svg Nicolas Peifer 66 
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Ammerlaan 3 1  
  Flag of France.svg Nicolas Peifer 66 
2 Flag of France.svg Stéphane Houdet 4 4  
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ronald Vink 4 794
2 Flag of France.svg Stéphane Houdet 6676

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References

  1. Australian Open Wheelchair results Archived 2012-01-26 at the Wayback Machine beta.ITFtennis.com
  2. Results Men Wheelchair Singles www.australianopen.com
  3. "itftennis.com Australien open Wheelchair championships preview". Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
  4. Australian open