The 2012 Aircel Chennai Open was a 2012 ATP World Tour tennis tournament, played on 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.[1] Finally, fourth seed Milos Raonic from Canada defeated world no. 9 and top seeded Serb Janko Tipsarević to win only his second ATP title.[2] 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 Indo-Serb pair of Leander Paes and Janko Tipsarević after they defeated the Israeli pair of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram.[3]
ATP singles main draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Flag | Janko Tipsarević | 9 | 1 |
| Template:Flag | Nicolás Almagro | 10 | 2 |
| Template:Flag | Stanislas Wawrinka | 17 | 3 |
| Template:Flag | Milos Raonic | 31 | 4 |
| Template:Flag | Ivan Dodig | 36 | 5 |
| Template:Flag | Fabio Fognini | 48 | 6 |
| Template:Flag | Xavier Malisse | 49 | 7 |
| Template:Flag | 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
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Template:Flagicon Yuichi Sugita
- Template:Flagicon Go Soeda
- Template:Flagicon Thiemo de Bakker
- Template:Flagicon Vasek Pospisil
The following player received entry as Lucky Loser:
Withdrawals
- Template:Flagicon Marin Čilić (patellar tendon injury)
- Template:Flagicon Robin Haase (injury)
- Template:Flagicon Somdev Devvarman (right shoulder injury)
Retirements
- Template:Flagicon Steve Darcis (right shoulder injury)
ATP doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Flag | Mahesh Bhupathi | Template:Flag | Rohan Bopanna | 18 | 1 |
| Template:Flag | Scott Lipsky | Template:Flag | Rajeev Ram | 74 | 2 |
| Template:Flag | Leander Paes | Template:Flag | Janko Tipsarević | 93 | 3 |
| Template:Flag | Jonathan Erlich | Template:Flag | Andy Ram | 101 | 4 |
- Rankings are as of 26 December 2011
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
- Template:Flagicon Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash / Template:Flagicon Ramkumar Ramanathan
- Template:Flagicon Sriram Balaji / Template:Flagicon Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Withdrawals
- Template:Flagicon Somdev Devvarman (right shoulder injury)
Finals
Singles
Template:Main Template:Flagicon Milos Raonic defeated Template:Flagicon Janko Tipsarević, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
Doubles
Template:Main Template:Flagicon Leander Paes / Template:Flagicon Janko Tipsarević defeated Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich / Template:Flagicon Andy Ram, 6–4, 6–4
References
- ↑ Former Champion Cilic ruled out of Chennai Open. Times of India(13 Dec 2011).
- ↑ Missile-launcher Raonic shoots downs Tipsarevic. The Hindu(9 January 2012).
- ↑ Paes-Tipsarevic win Chennai Open title | News | NDTVSports.com
External links
Template:Chennai Open tournaments Template:2012 ATP World Tour