2012 Erste Bank Open

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2012 Erste Bank Open
Date13–21 October
Edition38th
Category World Tour 250 Series
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money€486,750
Surface Hard
Location Vienna, Austria
Venue Wiener Stadthalle
Champions
Singles
Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Martín del Potro [1]
Doubles
Flag of Germany.svg Andre Begemann / Flag of Germany.svg Martin Emmrich [2]
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The 2012 Erste Bank Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 38th edition of the event known that year as the Erste Bank Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It was held at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, from 13 October through 21 October 2012. First-seeded Juan Martín del Potro won the singles title. [3]

Contents

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Juan Martín del Potro [4] 81
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Janko Tipsarević 92
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Tommy Haas 213
Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Jürgen Melzer 354
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Fabio Fognini 455
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Robin Haase 516
Flag of France.svg  FRA Benoît Paire 527
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Xavier Malisse 578

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Retirements

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Jürgen Melzer Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Alexander Peya 531
Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Julian Knowle Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Filip Polášek 682
Flag of the Philippines.svg  PHI Treat Conrad Huey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Dominic Inglot 883
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Dustin Brown Flag of Germany.svg  GER Christopher Kas 904

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Finals

Singles

Doubles

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References

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  2. "2012 Vienna – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
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