The 2012 Estoril Open was a

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tournament played on outdoor

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s. It was the 23rd edition of the Estoril Open for the men (the 16th for the women), and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the

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, and of the International-level tournaments of the

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. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, Portugal, from 28 April through 6 May 2012.

ATP singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* Seedings are based on the rankings of April 23, 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: *

Gastão Elias Gastão José Ministro Elias (; born 24 November 1990) is a Portuguese professional tennis player, who competes on the ATP World Tour. He became the fifth Portuguese tennis player to break into the top 100 of the Association of Tennis Profession ...

* João Sousa *

Pedro Sousa Pedro Barreiros Cardoso de Sousa (; born 27 May 1988) is a Portuguese professional tennis player who competes on the ATP Tour. In February 2019, he achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 99. ATP career finals Singles: 1 (1 runner- ...

The following players received entry as a special exempt into the main draw: *

Attila Balázs Attila Balázs (; born September 27, 1988) is a Hungarian professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ATP ranking of No. 76 achieved on 2 March 2020. He is a seven time Hungarian National Tennis Champion; after Béla von Kehrling ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Iñigo Cervantes Inigo derives from the Castilian rendering (Íñigo) of the medieval Basque name Eneko. Ultimately, the name means "my little (love)". While mostly seen among the Iberian diaspora, it also gained a limited popularity in the United Kingdom. Ear ...

* Javier Martí * Daniel Muñoz de la Nava * Iván Navarro

Withdrawals

* Carlos Berlocq * Juan Ignacio Chela *

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 ...

Retirements

Denis Istomin Denis Olegovich Istomin (born 7 September 1986) is an Uzbek professional tennis player. He has won two singles titles (at the 2015 Aegon Open Nottingham and 2017 Chengdu Open) and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 33 in A ...

ATP doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of April 23, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: *

/ João Sousa * Frederico Gil /

WTA singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* Seedings are based on the rankings of April 23, 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Nina Bratchikova *

Maria João Koehler Maria João Koehler (born 8 October 1992) is a retired Portuguese tennis player. Koehler has won three singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On 25 February 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world N ...

* Bárbara Luz The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Kristina Barrois Kristina Barrois (born 30 September 1981) is a retired German tennis player. Barrois won 15 singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On 9 May 2011, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 57. On 20 February 20 ...

* Karin Knapp *

María Teresa Torró Flor María Teresa Torró Flor (; born 2 May 1992) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. In her career, Torró Flor won one singles title and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 18 singles and five doubles titles on the ITF W ...

Heather Watson Heather Miriam Watson (born 19 May 1992) is a British professional tennis player. A former British No. 1, Watson has won nine titles over her career, including the mixed-doubles title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships partnering Henri ...

The following player received entry as lucky loser: *

Sloane Stephens Sloane Stephens (born March 20, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. She achieved a career-best ranking of world No. 3 after Wimbledon in 2018. Stephens was the 2017 US Open champion, and has won seven WTA Tour singles titles in to ...

Withdrawals

* Mona Barthel (left foot injury)

Retirements

* Jarmila Gajdošová (left ankle injury) *

Polona Hercog Polona Hercog (, born 20 January 1991) is a Slovenian professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings are 35 in singles and 56 in doubles. She has won five titles on the WTA Tour, three in singles and two in doubles. Hercog also enjoye ...

(right foot injury)

WTA doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings are as of April 23, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * Ekaterina Ivanova /

* Margarida Moura / Joana Valle Costa The following pairs received entry as alternates: *

Estrella Cabeza Candela Estrella Cabeza Candela (; born 20 February 1987) is an inactive Spanish tennis player. Cabeza Candela has won 13 singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 13 May 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 95. On 2 Apri ...

/ Bárbara Luz

Withdrawals

Maria Kirilenko Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko ( rus, Мари́я Ю́рьевна Кириле́нко, p=mɐˈrʲijə kʲɪrʲɪˈlʲɛnkə ; born 25 January 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player. A junior Grand Slam champion at the 2002 US Open a ...

(right ankle injury)

Retirements

* Jarmila Gajdošová (left ankle injury)

Finals

Men's singles

Juan Martín del Potro Juan Martín del Potro () (born 23 September 1988) is an Argentine inactive professional tennis player. Del Potro's biggest achievement is a major title: the 2009 US Open, where he defeated Rafael Nadal in the semifinals and the five-time defen ...

defeated

Richard Gasquet Richard Gabriel Cyr Gasquet (; born 18 June 1986) is a French professional tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 7, attained on 9 July 2007. He has won a total of 15 singles titles on the ATP Tour. His best performances ...

, 6–4, 6–2 *It was del Potro's 2nd title of the year and 11th of his career. It was his 2nd win at Estoril, defending his title.

Women's singles

Kaia Kanepi Kaia Kanepi (; born 10 June 1985) is an Estonian professional tennis player. She achieved her career-high ranking of world No. 15 on 20 August 2012 and has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour. Described as a 'resident Grand Slam upset speci ...

defeated Carla Suárez Navarro, 3–6, 7–6^(8–6), 6–4 *It was Kanepi's 2nd title of the year and 3rd of her career.

Men's doubles

* Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi / Jean-Julien Rojer defeated Julian Knowle /

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 ...

, 7–5, 7–5

Women's doubles

Chuang Chia-jung Chuang Chia-jung (; ; born 10 January 1985) is a retired Taiwanese tennis player. In her career, she won 22 doubles titles on the WTA Tour and three doubles titles on tournaments of the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as ten singles titles an ...

/ Zhang Shuai defeated

Yaroslava Shvedova Yaroslava Vyacheslavovna Shvedova (; born 12 September 1987) is a Kazakhstani former professional tennis player. Before 2008, she represented her country of birth, Russia. She won one singles title and 13 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, plus o ...

Galina Voskoboeva Galina Olegovna Voskoboeva (russian: Галина Олеговна Воскобоева; born 18 December 1984) is a professional Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 42 on 7 May 2012. He ...

, 4–6, 6–1, 1–9

External links

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