The 2012 Dunlop World Challenge was a professional

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tournament played on indoor

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s. The fifth edition of the

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tournament, it was part of the

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and the

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. It took place on 19–25 November 2012 in

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, Japan.

Men's singles entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 12 November 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Hiroyasu Ehara * Sho Katayama * Hiroki Kondo *

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

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* James McGee * Takuto Niki * Julien Obry

Women's singles entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 12 November 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

Zarina Diyas Zarina Diyas ( kk, Зари́на Ди́ас; born 18 October 1993) is a Kazakh professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 31 in the world by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Diyas has won one WTA singles title, at the ...

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

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The following player received entry by a Junior Exempt: *

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Champions

Men's singles

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Hiroki Moriya is a Japanese tennis player. He has won three ATP Challenger Tour singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 143 on 5 January 2015. Tennis career Juniors As a junior, Moriya compiled a singles win–loss record of ...

6–2, 6–3

Women's singles

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Kimiko Date-Krumm is a Japanese former professional tennis player. She reached the semifinals of the 1994 Australian Open, the 1995 French Open and the 1996 Wimbledon Championships, and won the Japan Open a record four times. She reached a career-high ranking ...

7–6^(7–3), 6–4

Men's doubles

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def. Andrea Arnaboldi /

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6–3, 3–6, 0–2

Women's doubles

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Varatchaya Wongteanchai Varatchaya "Pias" Wongteanchai ( th, วรัชญา วงค์เทียนชัย; born 7 September 1989) is a former professional tennis player from Thailand. In her career, she won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as four ...

6–1, 6–2

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dunlop World Challenge, 2012 2012 ATP Challenger Tour 2012 ITF Women's Circuit

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