2012 St. Petersburg Open

{{TennisEventInfo|2012|St. Petersburg Open| | date=17–23 September | edition=18th | category=[[ATP World Tour 250 series|ATP World Tour 250 Series]] | surface= [[Hardcourt|Hard]] / indoor | draw=32S / 16D | prize_money=$410,850 | location=[[St. Petersburg]], Russia | venue=[[Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex]] | champs={{flagicon|SVK}} [[Martin Kližan]] | champd={{flagicon|USA}} [[Rajeev Ram]] / {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Nenad Zimonjić]] }}

The '''2012 St. Petersburg Open''' was a [[tennis]] tournament played on indoor [[hard court]]s, marking the 17th edition of the [[St. Petersburg Open]], and part of the [[ATP World Tour 250 series|ATP World Tour 250 Series]] of the [[2012 ATP World Tour]]. The tournament took place at the [[Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex]] in [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia, from 17 to 23 September 2012. Third-seeded [[Martin Kližan]] claimed the singles title.

==Singles main-draw entrants== ===Seeds=== {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |- |{{flag|RUS}} |[[Mikhail Youzhny]] |29 |1 |- |{{flag|UZB}} |[[Denis Istomin]] |34 |2 |- |{{flag|SVK}} |[[Martin Kližan]] |46 |3 |- |{{flag|ITA}} |[[Fabio Fognini]] |54 |4 |- |{{flag|SVK}} |[[Lukáš Lacko]] |57 |5 |- |{{flag|TPE}} |[[Lu Yen-hsun]] |59 |6 |- |{{flag|ESP}} |[[Guillermo García López]] |68 |7 |- |{{flag|EST}} |[[Jürgen Zopp]] |71 |8 |} * 1 Seeds are based on the rankings of September 10, 2012

===Other entrants=== The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Evgeny Donskoy]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Mikhail Elgin]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Teymuraz Gabashvili]]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Sergey Betov]] * {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Nikolai Fidirko]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Andrey Kumantsov]] * {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Andrei Vasilevski (tennis)|Andrei Vasilevski]]

The following players received entry as lucky loser: * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ivan Nedelko]]

===Withdrawals=== * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Igor Andreev]] (right shoulder injury) * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Pablo Andújar]] * {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Aljaž Bedene]] * {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Blaž Kavčič]] * {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Mikhail Kukushkin]]

===Retirements=== * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Andrey Kumantsov]] (dizziness) * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Paolo Lorenzi]] (left Achilles tendon injury) * {{flagicon|GER}} [[Philipp Petzschner]] (knee injury) * {{flagicon|EST}} [[Jürgen Zopp]] (back injury)

==Doubles main-draw entrants== ===Seeds=== {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |- |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Rajeev Ram]] |{{flag|SRB}} |[[Nenad Zimonjić]] |64 |1 |- |{{flag|GBR}} |[[Colin Fleming]] |{{flag|GBR}} |[[Ross Hutchins]] |69 |2 |- |{{flag|CZE}} |[[František Čermák]] |{{flag|SVK}} |[[Michal Mertiňák]] |79 |3 |- |{{flag|GER}} |[[Frank Moser (tennis)|Frank Moser]] |{{flag|GBR}} |[[Ken Skupski]] |134 |4 |} * Rankings are as of September 10, 2012

===Other entrants=== The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * {{flagicon|LIT}} [[Ričardas Berankis]] / {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Nikita Gudozhnikov]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Andrei Yakovlev (tennis)|Andrey Yakovlev]] / {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexander Zhurbin (tennis)|Alexander Zhurbin]]

==Finals== ===Singles=== {{main|2012 St. Petersburg Open – Singles}} {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Martin Kližan]] defeated {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Fabio Fognini]], 6–2, 6–3 It was Kližan's first title on the [[ATP World Tour]].

===Doubles=== {{main|2012 St. Petersburg Open – Doubles}} *{{flagicon|USA}} [[Rajeev Ram]] / {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Nenad Zimonjić]] defeated {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Lukáš Lacko]] / {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Igor Zelenay]] 6–2, 4–6, [10–6]

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100919043409/http://www.spbopen.ru/eng/index.html Official website]

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