The 2012
Türk Telecom İzmir Cup
The Türk Telecom İzmir Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It has been held annually at the UTEM Tennis Club in İzmir
Ä°zmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a ...
was a professional
tennis tournament played on
hard courts
A hardcourt (or hard court) is a surface or floor on which a sport is played, most usually in reference to tennis courts. It is typically made of rigid materials such as asphalt or concrete, and covered with acrylic resins to seal the surface and ...
. It was the fifth 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
Ä°zmir, Turkey between 17 and 23 September 2012.
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings are as of September 10, 2012.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
*
Haluk Akkoyun Haluk is a Turkish given name for males. People named Haluk include:
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* Haluk Akakçe (born 1970), Turkish artist
* Haluk Bayraktar (born 1978), Turkish engineer
* Haluk Bilginer (born 1954), Turkish actor
* Haluk Dinçer (born 1962), Tur ...
*
Tuna Altuna
Tuna Altuna (born 30 January 1989, in Istanbul) is a Turkish tennis player.
Altuna has a career high ATP singles ranking of 651 achieved on 9 September 2013. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 355 achieved on 28 December 2015. In F ...
*
Durukan Durmus
* Efe Yurtacan
The following players received a special exempt into the singles main draw:
*
Tomislav Brkić
Tomislav Brkić (; born 9 March 1990) is a Bosnian professional tennis player. He has won one ATP doubles title with Serbian partner Nikola Ćaćić. Brkić achieved a career-high in doubles of World No. 37 on 23 May 2022. He is currently the cap ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
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Mirza Bašić
Mirza Bašić (; born 12 July 1991) is a Bosnian professional tennis player. He has won one ATP singles title and is a member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team.
Bašić reached his first Grand Slam tournament after qualifying for t ...
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James McGee
*
Ruan Roelofse
*
Luca Vanni
Luca Vanni (born 4 June 1985) is an Italian former professional tennis player. He competed mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, no. 100 on 11 May 2015, and his ...
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as a lucky loser:
*
Roman Borvanov
Champions
Singles
*
Dmitry Tursunov def.
Illya Marchenko, 7–6
(7–4), 6–7
(5–7), 6–3
Doubles
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David Rice /
Sean Thornley
Sean Thornley (born 31 May 1989) is a former British tennis player, best known for playing on the doubles circuit with David Rice.
Career
In 2011 Thornley and Rice qualified for the Men's Doubles at Wimbledon. They lost in the first round to J ...
def.
Brydan Klein /
Dane Propoggia, 7–6
(10–8), 6–2
External links
Official Website
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