2012 MercedesCup

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2012 MercedesCup
Date7–15 July
Edition35th
Category World Tour 250
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money€358,425
Surface Clay / outdoor
Location Stuttgart, Germany
Venue Tennis Club Weissenhof
Champions
Singles
Flag of Serbia.svg Janko Tipsarević [1]
Doubles
Flag of France.svg Jérémy Chardy / Flag of Poland.svg Łukasz Kubot [2]
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The 2012 MercedesCup was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 35th edition of the Stuttgart Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It was held at the Tennis Club Weissenhof in Stuttgart, Germany, from 7 July until 15 July 2012. First-seeded Janko Tipsarević won the singles title.

Contents

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Janko Tipsarević [3] 81
Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Juan Mónaco 142
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Bernard Tomic 283
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Pablo Andújar 364
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Robin Haase 415
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Nikolay Davydenko 476
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Łukasz Kubot 497
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Tommy Haas 508

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Dustin Brown Flag of Germany.svg  GER Christopher Kas 731
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Michael Kohlmann Flag of Germany.svg  GER Philipp Petzschner 872
Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Juan Sebastián Cabal Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Robert Farah 943
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Michal Mertiňák Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA André Sá 1244

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Finals

Singles

Doubles

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