The 2012 CNGvitall Prague Open, known also as 2012 CNGvitall Prague Open by Noncore for sponsorship reasons, was a professional

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s. It was the 19th edition of the

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which is part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in

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between 7 and 13 May 2012.

ATP entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of April 30, 2012.

Other entrants

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

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

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Martin Fischer *

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The following player received entry from a Lucky loser spot: * Axel Michon

Champions

Men's singles

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Martin Kližan Martin Kližan (; born 11 July 1989) is a Slovak professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ATP rankings, ranking of world No. 24, achieved on 27 April 2015, and No. 73 in doubles, achieved on 4 May 2015. He won the 2006 French Ope ...

, 1–6, 6–4, 7–6^(8–6).

Men's doubles

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/ Igor Zelenay, 7–5, 2–6, 2–10

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