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. Finally, fourth seed Milos Raonic from Canada defeated world no. 9 and top seeded Serb Janko Tipsarević to win only his second ATP title. 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.
Finals Singles
Milos Raonic defeated Janko Tipsarević, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
Doubles
Leander Paes / Janko Tipsarević defeated Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram, 6–4, 6–4
ATP singles main-draw entrants Seeds CountryPlayerRankSeedJanko Tipsarević91Nicolás Almagro102Stanislas Wawrinka173Milos Raonic314Ivan Dodig365Fabio Fognini486Xavier Malisse497Olivier Rochus678
Rankings as of 26 December 2011
Other entrants The following players have been announced as part of the singles main draw: Wild Cards Yuki Bhambri David Goffin Vishnu Vardhan
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Yūichi Sugita Go Soeda Thiemo de Bakker Vasek Pospisil
The following player received entry as Lucky loser: Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Withdrawals Marin Čilić (patellar tendon injury) Robin Haase (injury) Somdev Devvarman (right shoulder injury)
Retirements Steve Darcis (right shoulder injury)
ATP doubles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedMahesh BhupathiRohan Bopanna181 Scott Lipsky Rajeev Ram742Leander Paes Janko Tipsarević933Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram1014 Rankings are as of 26 December 2011
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash / Ramkumar Ramanathan Sriram Balaji / Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
The following pair received entry as alternates: Vasek Pospisil / Milos Raonic
Withdrawals Somdev Devvarman (right shoulder injury)
References
External links Official website