2012 Aircel Chennai Open – Singles

Singles
2012 Aircel Chennai Open
Champion Milos Raonic
Runner-up Janko Tipsarević
Score6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
Draw28 (4 Q / 3 WC )
Seeds8

Stanislas Wawrinka was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Japanese qualifier Go Soeda.

Milos Raonic won the tournament beating top seeded Janko Tipsarević, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4).

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

  1. Janko Tipsarević (final)
  2. Nicolás Almagro (semifinals)
  3. Stanislas Wawrinka (quarterfinals)
  4. Milos Raonic (champion)
  5. Ivan Dodig (second round)
  6. Fabio Fognini (first round)
  7. Xavier Malisse (first round)
  8. Olivier Rochus (first round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1 Janko Tipsarević 6 6
Q Go Soeda 1 4
1 Janko Tipsarević 77 64 64
4 Milos Raonic 64 77 77
4 Milos Raonic 6 6
2 Nicolás Almagro 4 4

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 J Tipsarević 6 6  
WC Y Bhambri 6 6   WC Y Bhambri 1 3  
  K Beck 2 3   1 J Tipsarević 6 3 6
  A Beck 6 710   WC D Goffin 2 6 2
Q V Pospisil 3 68     A Beck 6 4 2
WC D Goffin 4 6 6 WC D Goffin 4 6 6
7 X Malisse 6 2 3 1 J Tipsarević 6 6  
Q G Soeda 1 4  
3 S Wawrinka 3 6 7
  É Prodon 4 3   LL É Roger-Vasselin 6 3 5
LL É Roger-Vasselin 6 6   3 S Wawrinka 4 4  
  F Gil 2 77 5 Q G Soeda 6 6  
Q G Soeda 6 64 7 Q G Soeda 78 6  
WC V Vardhan 6 68 1 5 I Dodig 66 3  
5 I Dodig 4 710 6

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 F Fognini 0 1  
  D Sela 6 6     D Sela 4 6 6
  P Riba 2 1     B Paire 6 2 4
  B Paire 6 6     D Sela 64 3  
  S Querrey 3 4   4 M Raonic 77 6  
  V Hănescu 6 6     V Hănescu 1 4  
4 M Raonic 6 6  
4 M Raonic 6 6  
8 O Rochus 3 4   2 N Almagro 4 4  
Q Y Sugita 6 6   Q Y Sugita 77 6  
Q T de Bakker 3 3     Y-h Lu 65 4  
  Y-h Lu 6 6   Q Y Sugita 6 68 4
  B Kavčič 6 5 3 2 N Almagro 4 710 6
  S Darcis 4 7 6   S Darcis      
2 N Almagro w/o    

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. Stéphane Robert (first round)
  2. Édouard Roger-Vasselin (Qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  3. Izak van der Merwe (qualifying competition)
  4. Vasek Pospisil (qualified)
  5. Go Soeda (qualified)
  6. Rik de Voest (qualifying competition)
  7. Arnau Brugués Davi (first round)
  8. Rajeev Ram (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

  1. Édouard Roger-Vasselin

Draw

First qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
1 Stéphane Robert 6 2 68
  João Sousa 4 6 710
  João Sousa 4 1  
  Yūichi Sugita 6 6  
  Jimmy Wang 4 6 3
  Yūichi Sugita 6 3 6
  Yūichi Sugita 77 6  
6 Rik de Voest 60 1  
WC Akash Wagh 2 4  
Treat Conrad Huey 6 6  
Treat Conrad Huey 3 4  
6 Rik de Voest 6 6  
WC Abhijeet Tiwari 0 4  
6 Rik de Voest 6 6  

Second qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
2 Édouard Roger-Vasselin 6 3 4
  Alexander Kudryavtsev 3 6 2r
2 Édouard Roger-Vasselin 77 6  
  Dušan Lajović 61 2  
  Dušan Lajović 4 6 6
  Sanam Singh 6 4 3
2 Édouard Roger-Vasselin 4 65  
5 Go Soeda 6 77  
  Vijay Sundar Prashanth 3 0r  
  Rohan Bopanna 6 0  
  Rohan Bopanna 62 62  
5 Go Soeda 77 77  
  Vignesh Peranamallur 1 3  
5 Go Soeda 6 6  

Third qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
3 Izak van der Merwe 2 7 6
  Jamie Baker 6 5 4
3 Izak van der Merwe 6 7  
  Íñigo Cervantes Huegun 4 5  
  Íñigo Cervantes Huegun 6 7  
  Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan 1 5  
3 Izak van der Merwe 2 4  
  Thiemo de Bakker 6 6  
WC Neeraj Elangovan 0 0  
  Juan Sebastián Cabal 6 6  
  Juan Sebastián Cabal 1 3  
  Thiemo de Bakker 6 6  
  Thiemo de Bakker 7 77  
7 Arnau Brugués Davi 5 65  

Fourth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
4 Vasek Pospisil 78 79  
  Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan 66 67  
4 Vasek Pospisil 6 6  
  Mohit Jayaprakash 3 2  
Mohit Jayaprakash 6 6  
  Ramkumar Ramanathan 2 2  
4 Vasek Pospisil 6 62 6
8 Rajeev Ram 1 77 3
Karan Rastogi 1 3  
WC Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6 6  
WC Prajnesh Gunneswaran 3 63  
8 Rajeev Ram 6 77  
  N. Sriram Balaji 5 4  
8 Rajeev Ram 7 6  

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