The 2012

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tournament played on

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s. It was the 26th edition of the tournament which was part of the

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. It took place in

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, Germany between 4 and 10 June 2012.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of May 28, 2012.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

Kevin Krawietz Kevin Krawietz (born 24 January 1992) is a German professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He is a two-time Grand Slam champion, having won the French Open doubles title in both 2019 and 2020 alongside compatriot Andreas Mies. The ...

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* Alexander Ritschard * Jan-Lennard Struff The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

André Ghem André Swytka Ghem (born 29 May 1982) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking in July 2015, when he became the World No. 118. Career Born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Ghem became the World No. 181 in ...

David Guez David Guez (born 8 December 1982) is a French tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 116 in July 2010. Career At the 2009 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon he won with Rajeev Ram and reached to the second round, where ...

Yuri Schukin Yuri Schukin (russian: Ю́рий Ива́нович Щу́кин, Shchukin; born 26 June 1979) is a retired Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player. Schukin has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 119, achieved on 19 November 2007. ...

* Marc Sieber

Champions

Singles

Blaž Kavčič Blaž Kavčič (born 5 March 1987) is a Slovenian former professional tennis player. He was the highest ranked Slovenian male player ever, achieving a career-high of World No. 68 in August 2012, until Aljaž Bedene began to play for Slovenia a ...

def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, 6–3, 2–6, 6–2

Doubles

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/ João Sousa vs. Rameez Junaid /

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, 7–5, 6–7^(4–7), 1–9

External links

Official Website
{{2012 ATP Challenger Tour

Franken Challenge