The 2012 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a men's

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tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 40th edition of the event known as the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, and was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Rotterdam Ahoy indoor sporting arena in

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, Netherlands, from 13 February through 19 February 2012. First-seeded Roger Federer won the singles title. The field was led by 16-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer,

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finalist Tomáš Berdych and 2009 US Open champion Juan Martín del Potro.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings as of February 6, 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Thiemo de Bakker * Jesse Huta Galung *

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Matthias Bachinger *

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Withdrawals

* Robin Söderling (mononucleosis)

Retirements

* Marcos Baghdatis (left calf injury) * Sergiy Stakhovsky (viral illness) *

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(foot injury)

ATP doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of February 6, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * Thiemo de Bakker / Robin Haase *

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Finals

Singles

Roger Federer defeated Juan Martín del Potro 6–1, 6–4 *It was Federer's 1st title of the year and 71st of his career. It was his 2nd win at Rotterdam, also winning in 2005.

Doubles

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/ Nenad Zimonjić defeated Robert Lindstedt / Horia Tecău 4–6, 7–5, 6–14

References

External links

Official website

ATP tournament profile

ITF tournament edition details
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