The 2012 Qatar Open (also known as 2012 Qatar ExxonMobil Open for sponsorship reasons) was a men's
tennis
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tournament played on outdoor
hard court
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s. It was the 20th edition of the
Qatar Open, and part of the
ATP World Tour 250 series
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of the
2012 ATP World Tour
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. It took place at the
Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex
The Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex is a tennis and squash (sport), squash complex in Doha, Qatar. The center is owned and operated by the Qatar Tennis Federation. It is the home venue of the ATP World Tour's Qatar ExxonMobil Open ...
in
Doha
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,
Qatar
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, from January 2 through January 7, 2012.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (; born 17 April 1985) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 5 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in February 2012. Tsonga won 18 singles titles on th ...
won the singles title.
Finals
Singles
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (; born 17 April 1985) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 5 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in February 2012. Tsonga won 18 singles titles on th ...
defeated
Gaël Monfils
Gaël Sébastien Monfils (; born 1 September 1986) is a French professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 6 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in November 2016. His career hig ...
7–5, 6–3
*It was Tsonga's 1st title of the year and 8th of his career.
Doubles
Filip Polášek
Filip Polášek (; born 21 July 1985) is a Slovak professional tennis player who specialises in doubles.
He was forced to retire in 2013 due to health issues, but returned in 2018 and began the most successful phase of his career. Polášek wo ...
/
Lukáš Rosol
Lukáš Rosol (; born 24 July 1985) is a Czech professional tennis player. He competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP Tour, both in singles and doubles. Rosol was coached by former Czech player, 1999 US Open quarterfinalist Ctislav Dosed ...
defeated
Christopher Kas
Christopher Kas (born 13 June 1980) is a retired German tennis player.
Kas has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 224, which he achieved in November 2002. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 17, achieved in Februa ...
/
Philipp Kohlschreiber
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6–3, 6–4
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
* Rankings are as of December 26, 2011
Other entrants
The following players received wild cards:
*
Jabor Al Mutawa
*
Sergei Bubka
*
Malek Jaziri
Malek Jaziri ( ar, مالك الجزيري, Mālik al-Jazīrī; born January 20, 1984) is a Tunisian professional tennis player. Jaziri reached his highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour of World 42 in January 2019. He reached the final of ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying 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 ...
*
Denis Gremelmayr
*
Roberto Bautista Agut
Roberto Bautista Agut (; born 14 April 1988) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 9 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in singles, which he first achieved on 4 November 2019.
Bautista A ...
*
Grega Žemlja
Grega Žemlja (born 29 September 1986) is a retired Slovenian tennis player. He has won five singles titles and one doubles title on the ATP Challenger Tour. In 2012, he reached the third round of the US Open, the first Slovenian male player eve ...
Retirements
The following players retire from the singles main draw:
*
Alex Bogomolov Jr. (right ankle injury)
*
Roger Federer
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(back injury)
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
* Rankings are as of December 26, 2011
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
*
Jabor Al Mutawa /
Mohammed Ghareeb
*
Sherif Sabry
Sherif Sabry (born 29 August 1986) is an Egyptian tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racke ...
/
Mohamed Safwat
Retirements
*
Alex Bogomolov Jr. (right ankle injury)
References
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External links
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