The 2012 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships (also known as the ''
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's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships'' for sponsorship reasons) was a men's
tennis
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tournament played on
outdoor grass courts. It was the 37th edition of the
Hall of Fame Tennis Championships
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, and was 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
International Tennis Hall of Fame
The International Tennis Hall of Fame is located in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. It honors both players and other contributors to the sport of tennis. The complex, the former Newport Casino, includes a museum, grass tennis courts, an indo ...
in
Newport, Rhode Island
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, United States, from July 9 through July 15, 2012.
John Isner
John Robert Isner (born April 26, 1985) is an American professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 8 in singles and No. 14 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
Considered one of the best servers ...
won the singles title.
Finals
Singles
John Isner
John Robert Isner (born April 26, 1985) is an American professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 8 in singles and No. 14 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
Considered one of the best servers ...
defeated
Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Glynn Hewitt (born 24 February 1981) is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player. He is the most recent Australian man to win a major singles title, with two at the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon Championships. In November 200 ...
, 7–6
(7–1), 6–4
Doubles
Santiago González /
Scott Lipsky
Scott Lipsky (born August 14, 1981 in Merrick, New York) is an American former professional tennis player and coach. As a player, Lipsky was primarily a doubles specialist.
As a junior, Lipsky was ranked No. 1 in the U.S. in singles in 1995, an ...
defeated
Colin Fleming
Colin Fleming (born 13 August 1984) is a British retired professional tennis player who specialised in doubles.
As part of the Davis Cup team, he won eight successive doubles matches to help Great Britain into the World Group. He also won his ...
/
Ross Hutchins
Ross Dan Hutchins (born 22 February 1985) is a retired British professional tennis player, known best as a doubles (tennis), doubles player, who achieved a highest doubles ranking of 26. He competed for England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in ...
, 7–6
(7–3), 6–3
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Seedings are based on the rankings of June 25, 2012
Other entrants
The following players received
wildcard
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s into the singles main draw:
*
Ryan Harrison
Ryan Harrison (born May 7, 1992) is an American professional tennis player. Harrison has won one career ATP title in singles at the 2017 Memphis Open to go along with four in doubles, including the 2017 French Open.
Before turning 16, Harriso ...
*
Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Glynn Hewitt (born 24 February 1981) is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player. He is the most recent Australian man to win a major singles title, with two at the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon Championships. In November 200 ...
*
Jack Sock
Jack Sock (born September 24, 1992) is an American professional tennis player. He has won four career ATP singles titles and 17 doubles titles, and has career-high rankings of world No. 8 in singles (on 20 November 2017) and world No. 2 in dou ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
*
Benjamin Becker
Benjamin Becker (born 16 June 1981) is a German retired professional tennis player who is known for defeating former world No. 1 Andre Agassi in the third round at the 2006 US Open in what was Agassi's last match as a professional player.
Bec ...
*
Sergei Bubka
*
Tim Smyczek
Timothy Smyczek ( ; ; born December 30, 1987) is an American former professional tennis player. He made three quarterfinals on the main tour as well as the semi-finals of Newport in 2018. Additionally he won seven Challenger titles. He achieved ...
*
Izak van der Merwe
Izak van der Merwe (born 26 January 1984) is a retired South African tennis player.
Van der Merwe had a career high ATP singles ranking of 113 achieved on 1 August 2011.
Van der Merwe represented South Africa at the Davis Cup.
He says he tri ...
Withdrawals
*
Benjamin Becker
Benjamin Becker (born 16 June 1981) is a German retired professional tennis player who is known for defeating former world No. 1 Andre Agassi in the third round at the 2006 US Open in what was Agassi's last match as a professional player.
Bec ...
(shoulder injury)
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
* Rankings are as of June 25, 2012
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
*
Chris Guccione Chris Guccione may refer to:
* Chris Guccione (tennis) (born 1985), Australian tennis player
* Chris Guccione (umpire)
Christopher Gene Guccione (born June 24, 1974) is an American umpire in Major League Baseball. He wears number 68.
Umpiring ca ...
/
Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Glynn Hewitt (born 24 February 1981) is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player. He is the most recent Australian man to win a major singles title, with two at the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon Championships. In November 200 ...
*
Steve Johnson /
Denis Kudla
Denis Kudla ( ; born August 17, 1992) is an American professional tennis player. A product of the Junior Tennis Champions Center, he has won eight Challenger singles titles and nine Challenger doubles titles in his career. His career-high ATP ...
The following pair received entry as alternates:
*
Raven Klaasen
Raven Klaasen ( ; born 16 October 1982) is a South African professional tennis player who specialises in doubles.
He achieved his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 7 in August 2019, and has won 19 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, includi ...
/
Izak van der Merwe
Izak van der Merwe (born 26 January 1984) is a retired South African tennis player.
Van der Merwe had a career high ATP singles ranking of 113 achieved on 1 August 2011.
Van der Merwe represented South Africa at the Davis Cup.
He says he tri ...
Withdrawals
*
Benjamin Becker
Benjamin Becker (born 16 June 1981) is a German retired professional tennis player who is known for defeating former world No. 1 Andre Agassi in the third round at the 2006 US Open in what was Agassi's last match as a professional player.
Bec ...
(shoulder injury)
References
External links
Official website
{{2012 ATP World Tour