The 2012 Moselle Open was a men's

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tournament played on indoor

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s. It was the tenth edition of the Moselle Open, and part of the

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of the

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. It was held at the Parc des Expositions de Metz Métropole in

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, France, from 17 September to 23 September 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. First-seeded

won the singles title.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of September 10, 2012.

Other entrants

The following players received

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into the singles main draw: *

Nikolay Davydenko Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko ( rus, Никола́й Влади́мирович Давыде́нко ; born 2 June 1981) is a Ukrainian-born Russian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3 i ...

Paul-Henri Mathieu Paul-Henri Mathieu (; born 12 January 1982) is a French former professional tennis player. He won four singles titles on the ATP Tour. His best singles performance in an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament was reaching the semifinals of the ...

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The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw: *

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Vincent Millot Vincent Millot (; born 30 January 1986, in Montpellier, France) is a French former professional tennis player. Despite never having reached the top 100, Millot has played at each of the four Grand Slam events. Career statistics ATP Challenger To ...

* Clément Reix * Mischa Zverev The following players received entry as lucky losers: *

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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 ...

Jarkko Nieminen Jarkko Kalervo Nieminen (born 23 July 1981) is a Finnish former professional tennis player. His highest ranking of world No. 13, achieved in July 2006, is a Finnish record. He has won two Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles titles ...

(right thigh injury)

Retirements

* Marcel Granollers (intercostal muscle pain) * Jan Hájek (right wrist injury)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of September 10, 2012

Other entrants

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

Pierre-Hugues Herbert Pierre-Hugues Herbert (; born 18 March 1991) is a French professional tennis player. In doubles, he has completed the Career Grand Slam with titles at the 2015 US Open, the 2016 Wimbledon Championships, the 2018 French Open, the 2021 French Op ...

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

(foot injury)

Finals

Singles

defeated Andreas Seppi, 6–1, 6–2

Doubles

Nicolas Mahut / Édouard Roger-Vasselin defeated Johan Brunström / Frederik Nielsen, 7–6(3), 6–4

References

External links

Official website
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