2012 Erste Bank Open
Tennis tournament
| 2012 Erste Bank Open | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 13–21 October | |||
| Edition | 38th | |||
| Category | World Tour 250 Series | |||
| Draw | 28S / 16D | |||
| Prize money | €486,750 | |||
| Surface | Hard | |||
| Location | Vienna, Austria | |||
| Venue | Wiener Stadthalle | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Singles | ||||
 Juan Martín del Potro[1] | ||||
| Doubles | ||||
 Andre Begemann / Martin Emmrich[2] | ||||
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The 2012 Erste Bank Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 38th edition of the event known that year as the Erste Bank Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It was held at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, from 13 October through 21 October 2012. First-seeded Juan Martín del Potro won the singles title.[3]
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARG | Juan Martín del Potro[4] | 8 | 1 |
 SRB | Janko Tipsarević | 9 | 2 |
| GER | Tommy Haas | 21 | 3 |
 AUT | Jürgen Melzer | 35 | 4 |
 ITA | Fabio Fognini | 45 | 5 |
 NED | Robin Haase | 51 | 6 |
 FRA | Benoît Paire | 52 | 7 |
 BEL | Xavier Malisse | 57 | 8 |
- Seeds are based on the rankings of October 8, 2012
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Retirements
Aljaž Bedene
Guillermo García López (groin injury)
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT | Jürgen Melzer | AUT | Alexander Peya | 53 | 1 |
| AUT | Julian Knowle |  SVK | Filip Polášek | 68 | 2 |
 PHI | Treat Conrad Huey |  GBR | Dominic Inglot | 88 | 3 |
| GER | Dustin Brown | GER | Christopher Kas | 90 | 4 |
- Rankings are as of October 8, 2012
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Martin Fischer / Philipp Oswald- Andreas Haider-Maurer / Maximilian Neuchrist
Finals
Singles
Juan Martín del Potro defeated Grega Žemlja, 7–5, 6–3
Doubles
Andre Begemann / Martin Emmrich defeated Julian Knowle / 
Filip Polášek, 6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
References
- ^ "2012 Vienna – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ^ "2012 Vienna – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ^ "Stadthalle mit Del Potro und Tipsarevic". DiePresse.com. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "Del Potro führt Wien-Feld an, Melzer derzeit mit Freilos". tennisnet.com. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
External links
- Official website
- ATP tournament profile
