2012 Qatar Open | |
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Date | 2–7 January 2012 |
Edition | 20th |
Category | ATP World Tour 250 series |
Draw | 32S / 16D |
Prize money | $1,024,000 |
Surface | Hard / outdoor |
Location | Doha, Qatar |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [1] | |
Doubles | |
Filip Polášek / Lukáš Rosol [2] |
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.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Gaël Monfils 7–5, 6–3
Filip Polášek / Lukáš Rosol defeated Christopher Kas / Philipp Kohlschreiber 6–3, 6–4
Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
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ESP | Rafael Nadal | 2 | 1 |
SUI | Roger Federer | 3 | 2 |
FRA | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 6 | 3 |
FRA | Gaël Monfils | 15 | 4 |
SRB | Viktor Troicki | 21 | 5 |
RUS | Alex Bogomolov Jr. | 34 | 6 |
RUS | Mikhail Youzhny | 35 | 7 |
ITA | Andreas Seppi | 38 | 8 |
The following players received wild cards:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following players retire from the singles main draw:
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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GBR | Colin Fleming | GBR | Ross Hutchins | 76 | 1 |
USA | James Cerretani | BEL | Dick Norman | 94 | 2 |
ITA | Daniele Bracciali | ITA | Potito Starace | 95 | 3 |
UKR | Sergiy Stakhovsky | RUS | Mikhail Youzhny | 107 | 4 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
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