2012 Qatar Open

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2012 Qatar Open
Date2–7 January 2012
Edition20th
Category ATP World Tour 250 series
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$1,024,000
Surface Hard / outdoor
Location Doha, Qatar
Champions
Singles
Flag of France.svg Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [1]
Doubles
Flag of Slovakia.svg Filip Polášek / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lukáš Rosol [2]
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The 2012 Qatar Open (also known as 2012 Qatar ExxonMobil Open for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 20th edition of the Qatar Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha, Qatar, from January 2 through January 7, 2012. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won the singles title.

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of France.svg Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Flag of France.svg Gaël Monfils 7–5, 6–3

Doubles

Flag of Slovakia.svg Filip Polášek / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lukáš Rosol defeated Flag of Germany.svg Christopher Kas / Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Kohlschreiber 6–3, 6–4

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

[3] [4] [5]

CountryPlayerRankSeed
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Rafael Nadal 21
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Roger Federer 32
Flag of France.svg  FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 63
Flag of France.svg  FRA Gaël Monfils 154
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Viktor Troicki 215
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Alex Bogomolov Jr. 346
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Mikhail Youzhny 357
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Andreas Seppi 388

Other entrants

The following players received wild cards:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Retirements

The following players retire from the singles main draw:

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Colin Fleming Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Ross Hutchins 761
Flag of the United States.svg USA James Cerretani Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Dick Norman 942
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Daniele Bracciali Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Potito Starace 953
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Sergiy Stakhovsky Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Mikhail Youzhny 1074

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Retirements

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