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{{Infobox tennis event|2012|Aircel Chennai Open|
| date=2–8 January
| edition=17th
| draw=32S / 16D
| surface=Hard / outdoor
| location=[[Chennai]], India
| venue=[[SDAT Tennis Stadium]]
| champs={{flagicon|CAN}} [[Milos Raonic]]
| champd={{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] / {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Janko Tipsarević]]
}}

The '''2012 Aircel Chennai Open''' was a [[2012 ATP World Tour]] [[tennis]] tournament, played on [[Tennis court#Hard courts|outdoor hard courts]]. It was the 17th edition of the only ATP tournament taking place in India and took place at the [[SDAT Tennis Stadium]] in [[Chennai]], India. It was held from 2 to 8 January 2012. [[Stanislas Wawrinka]] was the defending singles champion coming into the tournament but was knocked out in the quarterfinals. Former champion [[Marin Čilić]] was originally in the field as the 4th seed before pulling out with a patellar tendon injury.<ref name=indiatimes>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tennis/top-stories/Former-champion-Cilic-ruled-out-of-Chennai-Open/articleshow/11093698.cms|title=Former Champion Cilic ruled out of Chennai Open |date=13 Dec 2011|work=Times of India |accessdate=13 Dec 2011}}</ref> Finally, fourth seed [[Milos Raonic]] from [[Canada]] defeated world no. 9 and top seeded [[Serbia|Serb]] [[Janko Tipsarević]] to win only his second ATP title.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/tennis/article2785939.ece | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | first=Kunal | last=Diwan | title=Missile-launcher Raonic shoots downs Tipsarevic | date=9 January 2012}}</ref> Raonic became the first player since [[Roger Federer]] in 2008 to win an ATP title without losing a serve. The doubles title went to the [[India|Indo]]-Serb pair of [[Leander Paes]] and [[Janko Tipsarević]] after they defeated the Israeli pair of [[Jonathan Erlich]] and [[Andy Ram]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20120714211940/http://sports.ndtv.com/tennis/news/item/183666-paes-tipsarevic-win-chennai-open-title?pfrom=home-otherstories Paes-Tipsarevic win Chennai Open title | News | NDTVSports.com]</ref>

==ATP singles main draw entrants==
===Seeds===
{|class="sortable wikitable"
!width=70|Country
!width=175|Player
!Rank
!Seed
|-
|{{flag|SRB}}
|[[Janko Tipsarević]]
|9
|1
|-
|{{flag|ESP}}
|[[Nicolás Almagro]]
|10
|2
|-
|{{flag|SUI}}
|[[Stanislas Wawrinka]]
|17
|3
|-
|{{flag|CAN}}
|[[Milos Raonic]]
|31
|4
|-
|{{flag|CRO}}
|[[Ivan Dodig]]
|36
|5
|-
|{{flag|ITA}}
|[[Fabio Fognini]]
|48
|6
|-
|{{flag|BEL}}
|[[Xavier Malisse]]
|49
|7
|-
|{{flag|BEL}}
|[[Olivier Rochus]]
|67
|8
|}

* Rankings as of 26 December 2011

===Other entrants===
The following players have been announced as part of the singles main draw:
Wild Cards
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Yuki Bhambri]]
* {{flagicon|BEL}} [[David Goffin]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Vishnu Vardhan]]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yuichi Sugita]]
* {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Go Soeda]]
* {{flagicon|NED}} [[Thiemo de Bakker]]
* {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Vasek Pospisil]]

The following player received entry as [[Lucky Loser]]:
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Édouard Roger-Vasselin]]

===Withdrawals===
* {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Marin Čilić]] (patellar tendon injury)
* {{flagicon|NED}} [[Robin Haase]] (injury)
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Somdev Devvarman]] (right shoulder injury)

===Retirements===
* {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Steve Darcis]] (right shoulder injury)

==ATP doubles main draw entrants==
===Seeds===
{|class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! width="70"| Country
! width="175"| Player
! width="70"| Country
! width="175"| Player
! Rank1
! Seed
|-
|{{flag|IND}}
|[[Mahesh Bhupathi]]
|{{flag|IND}}
|[[Rohan Bopanna]]
|18
|1
|-
|{{flag|USA}}
|[[Scott Lipsky]]
|{{flag|USA}}
|[[Rajeev Ram]]
|74
|2
|-
|{{flag|IND}}
|[[Leander Paes]]
|{{flag|SRB}}
|[[Janko Tipsarević]]
|93
|3
|-
|{{flag|ISR}}
|[[Jonathan Erlich]]
|{{flag|ISR}}
|[[Andy Ram]]
|101
|4
|}
* Rankings are as of 26 December 2011

===Other entrants===
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash]] / {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ramkumar Ramanathan]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sriram Balaji]] / {{flagicon|IND}} [[Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan]]

The following pair received entry as alternates:
* {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Vasek Pospisil]] / {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Milos Raonic]]

===Withdrawals===
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Somdev Devvarman]] (right shoulder injury)

==Finals==
===Singles===
{{main|2012 Aircel Chennai Open – Singles}}
{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Milos Raonic]] defeated {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Janko Tipsarević]], 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)

===Doubles===
{{main|2012 Aircel Chennai Open – Doubles}}
{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] / {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Janko Tipsarević]] defeated {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Jonathan Erlich]] / {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Andy Ram]], 6–4, 6–4

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20130203202444/http://www.aircelchennaiopen.org/2013/ Official website]

{{Chennai Open tournaments}}
{{2012 ATP World Tour}}

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