2012 Qatar Open

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.

2012 Qatar Open
DateJanuary 2 – January 7
Edition20th
CategoryATP World Tour 250 series
Draw32S/16D
Prize money$1,024,000
SurfaceHard / Outdoor
LocationDoha, Qatar
Champions
Singles
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [1]
Doubles
Filip Polášek / Lukáš Rosol [2]

Champions

Singles
Main article: 2012 Qatar Open – Singles

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Gaël Monfils 7–5, 6–3

  • It was Tsonga's 1st title of the year and 8th of his career.

Doubles
Main article: 2012 Qatar Open – Doubles

Filip Polášek / Lukáš Rosol defeated Christopher Kas / Philipp Kohlschreiber 6–3, 6–4

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

[3][4][5]

Country Player Rank Seed
 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
  • Rankings are as of December 26, 2011

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:

  • Alex Bogomolov, Jr. (right ankle injury)
  • Roger Federer (back injury)

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 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
  • Rankings are as of December 26, 2011

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Retirements
  • Alex Bogomolov, Jr. (right ankle injury)
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References
General
  • "atpworldtour.com Doha tournament profile". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
Specific
  1. "ATP – 2012 Doha Men's Singles Draw". ATP.
  2. "ATP – 2012 Doha Men's Doubles Draw". ATP.
  3. "Qatar ExxonMobil Open 2012 20th Anniversary Announces Player Field". qatartennis.org. Qatar Tennis Federation (QTF). 2011-11-23. Archived from the original on 2012-01-12. Retrieved 2011-11-30.
  4. "Official Player Acceptance List". qatartennis.org. Qatar Tennis Federation (QTF). 2011-11-22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2011-11-30.
  5. "ATP singles rankings, as of November 27, 2011". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. 2011-11-27. Retrieved 2011-11-30.
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