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2012 Aircel Chennai Open
Date	2–8 January
Edition	17th
Category	250 series
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$398,250
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Chennai, India
Venue	SDAT Tennis Stadium
Champions
Singles
Milos Raonic
Doubles
Leander Paes / Janko Tipsarević
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The 2012 Aircel Chennai Open was a 2012 ATP World Tour tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 17th edition of the only ATP tournament taking place in India and took place at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai, India. It was held from 2 to 8 January 2012. Stanislas Wawrinka was the defending singles champion coming into the tournament but was knocked out in the quarterfinals. Former champion Marin Čilić was originally in the field as the 4th seed before pulling out with a patellar tendon injury. Finally, fourth seed Milos Raonic from Canada defeated world no. 9 and top seeded Serb Janko Tipsarević to win only his second ATP title. Raonic became the first player since Roger Federer in 2008 to win an ATP title without losing a serve. The doubles title went to the Indo-Serb pair of Leander Paes and Janko Tipsarević after they defeated the Israeli pair of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram.

Finals

Singles

Milos Raonic defeated Janko Tipsarević, 6–7, 7–6, 7–6

Doubles

Leander Paes / Janko Tipsarević defeated Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram, 6–4, 6–4

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	Seed
SRB	Janko Tipsarević	9	1
ESP	Nicolás Almagro	10	2
SUI	Stanislas Wawrinka	17	3
CAN	Milos Raonic	31	4
CRO	Ivan Dodig	36	5
ITA	Fabio Fognini	48	6
BEL	Xavier Malisse	49	7
BEL	Olivier Rochus	67	8

• Rankings as of 26 December 2011

Other entrants

The following players have been announced as part of the singles main draw: Wild Cards

• Yuki Bhambri
• David Goffin
• Vishnu Vardhan

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Yūichi Sugita
• Go Soeda
• Thiemo de Bakker
• Vasek Pospisil

The following player received entry as Lucky loser:

• Édouard Roger-Vasselin

Withdrawals

• Marin Čilić (patellar tendon injury)
• Robin Haase (injury)
• Somdev Devvarman (right shoulder injury)

Retirements

• Steve Darcis (right shoulder injury)

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank	Seed
IND	Mahesh Bhupathi	IND	Rohan Bopanna	18	1
USA	Scott Lipsky	USA	Rajeev Ram	74	2
IND	Leander Paes	SRB	Janko Tipsarević	93	3
ISR	Jonathan Erlich	ISR	Andy Ram	101	4

• Rankings are as of 26 December 2011

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash / Ramkumar Ramanathan
• Sriram Balaji / Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Vasek Pospisil / Milos Raonic

Withdrawals

• Somdev Devvarman (right shoulder injury)

References

1. "2012 Chennai – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
2. "2012 Chennai – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
3. "Former Champion Cilic ruled out of Chennai Open". Times of India. 13 December 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
4. Diwan, Kunal (9 January 2012). "Missile-launcher Raonic shoots downs Tipsarevic". The Hindu. Chennai, India.
5. Paes-Tipsarevic win Chennai Open title | News | NDTVSports.com

External links

• Official website

• 2012 Aircel Chennai Open
• 2012 ATP World Tour
• 2012 in Indian tennis
• Chennai Open
• January 2012 sports events in India