The 2012 International German Open (also known as the bet–at–home Open – German Tennis Championships 2012 for sponsorship reasons) was a men's
tennis
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tournament played on
outdoor red clay courts. It was the 106th edition of the event known that year as the
International German Open
The Hamburg European Open (formerly ''German Open Tennis Championships'') is an annual tennis tournament for professional players held in Hamburg, Germany and part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour. Before 2021, it was a mal ...
and was part of the
ATP World Tour 500 series
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of the
2012 ATP World Tour
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. It took place at the
Am Rothenbaum in
Hamburg
(male), (female) en, Hamburger(s),
Hamburgian(s)
, timezone1 = Central (CET)
, utc_offset1 = +1
, timezone1_DST = Central (CEST)
, utc_offset1_DST = +2
, postal ...
, Germany, from 16 July through 22 July 2012. Third-seeded
Juan Mónaco
Juan Mónaco (; born 29 March 1984), nicknamed "Pico", is an Argentine former tennis player. He won nine singles titles, reached the semifinals of the 2010 Shanghai Masters and the 2012 Miami Masters, and achieved a career-high singles ranking ...
won the singles title.
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings are as of July 9, 2012
Other entrants
The following players received
wildcard
Wild card most commonly refers to:
* Wild card (cards), a playing card that substitutes for any other card in card games
* Wild card (sports), a tournament or playoff place awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal pla ...
s into the singles main draw:
*
Matthias Bachinger
Matthias Bachinger (born 2 April 1987) is a professional tennis player from Germany who turned professional in 2005. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 85, achieved in August 2011.
Professional career
In 2007, Bachinger qualified for ...
*
Tommy Haas
Thomas Mario Haas (; born 3 April 1978) is a German former professional tennis player. He competed on the ATP Tour from 1996 to 2017. After breaking into the world top 100 in 1997, and reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2 in May ...
*
Julian Reister
Julian Reister (; born 2 April 1986) is a German retired professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 83, achieved in November 2013. Reister reached the quarterfinals of Buenos Aires in 2013 as a qualifier.
Career 2 ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
*
Federico Delbonis
*
Marsel İlhan
Marsel İlhan ( uz, Marsel Qahhorovich Hamdamov; born 11 June 1987) is a Turkish professional tennis player, who was ranked No. 1 in Turkey and with a career-high singles ranking of world No. 77 in March 2015. He is the first ever Turki ...
*
Daniel Muñoz de la Nava
Daniel Muñoz de la Nava (; born 29 January 1982 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish professional tennis player
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two playe ...
*
Horacio Zeballos
Horacio Zeballos Jr. (; born 27 April 1985) is an Argentine professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 39 achieved in March 2013 and his career-high doubles ranking is world No. 3 achieved in September 2019. In dou ...
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
* Rankings are as of July 9, 2012
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
*
Robin Kern
Robin Kern (; born 3 October 1993) is a German professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 350 in October 2013.
Career
Kern made his ATP World Tour debut in 2011, when he was given a wild card into the m ...
/
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 ...
*
Tobias Kamke
Tobias Kamke (born 21 May 1986) is a German former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 64 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in January 2011. In 2010, Kamke was awarde ...
/
Julian Reister
Julian Reister (; born 2 April 1986) is a German retired professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 83, achieved in November 2013. Reister reached the quarterfinals of Buenos Aires in 2013 as a qualifier.
Career 2 ...
The following pair received entry as alternates:
*
Rogério Dutra da Silva Rogério ( uˈʒɛɾiuor oˈʒɛɾiu is a Portuguese male given name, and a variant of the first name Roger. It may refer to:
* Rogério Fidélis Régis, or simply Rogério (1976), Brazilian footballer
* Rogério Lourenço (1971), Brazilian f ...
/
Daniel Muñoz de la Nava
Daniel Muñoz de la Nava (; born 29 January 1982 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish professional tennis player
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two playe ...
Withdrawals
*
Oliver Marach
Oliver Marach (born 16 July 1980) is an Austrian professional tennis player who primarily specialises in doubles.
He achieved his highest singles ranking of world No. 82 in August 2005, but achieved most of his success in doubles where he reache ...
(ankle injury)
Finals
Singles
Juan Mónaco
Juan Mónaco (; born 29 March 1984), nicknamed "Pico", is an Argentine former tennis player. He won nine singles titles, reached the semifinals of the 2010 Shanghai Masters and the 2012 Miami Masters, and achieved a career-high singles ranking ...
defeated
Tommy Haas
Thomas Mario Haas (; born 3 April 1978) is a German former professional tennis player. He competed on the ATP Tour from 1996 to 2017. After breaking into the world top 100 in 1997, and reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2 in May ...
, 7–5, 6–4
Doubles
David Marrero
David Marrero Santana (; born 8 April 1980) is a Spanish professional tennis player. Marrero won 14 doubles titles and reaching a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 5 in November 2013.
Professional career 2000–2007
Marrero earned h ...
/
Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco Carmona (; born 15 November 1983) is a Spanish professional tennis player.
His career-high singles ranking is world No. 7, achieved in April 2009.
His best performance in a Grand Slam was making the semifinals of the 2009 ...
defeated
Rogerio Dutra da Silva /
Daniel Muñoz de la Nava
Daniel Muñoz de la Nava (; born 29 January 1982 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish professional tennis player
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two playe ...
, 6–4, 6–3
References
External links
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Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament profile
{{2012 ATP World Tour
International German Open
The Hamburg European Open (formerly ''German Open Tennis Championships'') is an annual tennis tournament for professional players held in Hamburg, Germany and part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour. Before 2021, it was a mal ...
Hamburg European Open
2012 in German tennis
July 2012 sports events in Germany