2012 Aircel Chennai Open

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. 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]

2012 Aircel Chennai Open
Date2 – 8 January
Edition17th
Champions
Singles
Milos Raonic
Doubles
Leander Paes / Janko Tipsarević

ATP singles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank Seed
 SRB Janko Tipsarević 9 1
 ESP Nicolás Almagro 10 2
  SUI Stanislas Wawrinka 17 3
 CAN Milos Raonic 31 4
 CRO Ivan Dodig 36 5
 ITA Fabio Fognini 48 6
 BEL Xavier Malisse 49 7
 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

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as Lucky Loser:

Withdrawals

Retirements

ATP doubles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 IND Mahesh Bhupathi  IND Rohan Bopanna 18 1
 USA Scott Lipsky  USA Rajeev Ram 74 2
 IND Leander Paes  SRB Janko Tipsarević 93 3
 ISR Jonathan Erlich  ISR Andy Ram 101 4
  • Rankings are as of 26 December 2011

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

Champions

Singles
Main article: 2012 Aircel Chennai Open – Singles

Milos Raonic def. Janko Tipsarević, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)

Doubles
Main article: 2012 Aircel Chennai Open – Doubles

Leander Paes / Janko Tipsarević def. Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram, 6–4, 6–4

References
  1. "Former Champion Cilic ruled out of Chennai Open". Times of India. 13 December 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  2. Diwan, Kunal (9 January 2012). "Missile-launcher Raonic shoots downs Tipsarevic". The Hindu. Chennai, India.
  3. Paes-Tipsarevic win Chennai Open title | News | NDTVSports.com
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