The 2012
Honolulu Challenger was a professional
tennis
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tournament played on
hard courts
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. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the
2012 ATP Challenger Tour
The ATP Challenger Tour was the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2012 ATP Challenger Tour calendar comprised 15 top tier Tretorn SERIE+ tournaments, and a total of 148 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $35 ...
. It took place in
Honolulu
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, United States between 23 and 29 January 2012.
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
* Rankings are as of January 16, 2012.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
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* Alex Kuznetsov
Alex Kuznetsov (born February 5, 1987) is a retired American professional tennis player. He is a former hitting partner of Maria Sharapova
Personal life
Kuznetsov was born in Ukraine. His family moved to the United States when he was 3 years o ...
* Dennis Lajola
* Leo Rosenberg
* Jack Sock
The following player received entry as an alternate into the singles main draw:
* Blake Strode
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Takanyi Garanganga
Takanyi Garanganga (born 6 September 1990) is a professional Zimbabwean tennis player. He was born in Mbare, Zimbabwe, a suburb of Harare, and began playing tennis at the age of 8.
He first found success at the age of 14 playing tennis, winning ...
* Kevin Kim
Kevin Kim (born July 26, 1978) is an American retired tennis player.
Career
He entered the top 100 in 2004, reaching a career-high singles ranking of World No. 63 in March 2005.
In 1993, Kim won the USTA National Boys' 16 Indoor Doubles Champi ...
* Michael McClune
* Olivier Sajous
Olivier Sajous (born 4 February 1987) is a Haitian tennis player.
Sajous has a career high ATP singles ranking of 508 achieved on 9 May 2011. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 996 achieved on 15 November 2010.
Sajous represented ...
Champions
Singles
Go Soeda
is a former professional Japanese tennis player. He started playing tennis at the age of four and turned professional in April 2003. He has won 18 singles titles on the ATP Challenger Tour, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of w ...
def. Robby Ginepri, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Doubles
Amer Delić
Amer Delić (; born June 30, 1982) is a Bosnian American former professional tennis player. He is a former captain and member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team.
Delić was born in Tuzla, then in Yugoslavia, now in the northeastern p ...
/ Travis Rettenmaier
Travis Rettenmaier (born August 6, 1983) is a former American professional tennis player. Rettenmaier's highest singles ranking was World No. 273 achieved on February 27, 2006. In doubles, his ranking was World No. 57, which he achieved on July ...
def. Nicholas Monroe / Jack Sock 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
References
External links
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Entertainment
Comics and manga
* Challenger (character), comic book character
* ''Challengers'' (manga), manga by Hinako Takanaga
Film and TV
* ''The Challengers'' (TV series), a 1979 ...
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