The 2012 Swedish Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor

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s as part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the

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and as part of the International Series on the

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. It took place in

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, Sweden, from 7 July until 15 July 2012 for the Men's tournament and from July 14 through July 22, 2012 for the Women's tournament. It was also known as the 2012 SkiStar Swedish Open for the Men's and the 2012 Sony Swedish Open for the Women's for sponsorship reasons. It was the 65th edition for the men's and the 4th edition for the women's. David Ferrer and Polona Hercog won the singles titles.

ATP singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Seedings are based on the rankings of June 25, 2012

Other entrants

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

Christian Lindell Christian Meira Lindell (born 20 November 1991) is an inactive professional tennis player from Brazil who plays for Sweden. He has played seven Davis Cup matches, with a 4–3 record. Personal information He has a Swedish father and a Brazilian ...

Michael Ryderstedt Michael Ryderstedt (born 12 November 1984) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Ryderstedt was born in Stockholm. In August 2001, at the Fischer Junior Open he captured the doubles title with Dudi Sela of Israel. His best accom ...

* Tommy Robredo The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Thiago Alves *

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* Evgeny Korolev *

Ivo Minář Ivo Minář (born 21 May 1984) is a former professional male tennis player from the Czech Republic. On July 20, 2009, Minář reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 62. His brother Jan Minář, Jan is also a professional player, who ...

Withdrawals

* Tomáš Berdych (knee injury) * Gaël Monfils (knee injury)

ATP doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of June 25, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * Filip Bergevi / Fred Simonsson * Patrik Rosenholm /

The following pair received entry as alternates: *

Roberto Bautista-Agut Roberto Bautista Agut (; born 14 April 1988) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 9 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in singles, which he first achieved on 4 November 2019. Bautista A ...

/ Jürgen Zopp

WTA singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of July 9, 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Rebecca Peterson * Laura Robson *

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Annika Beck * Lourdes Domínguez Lino * Mariana Duque Mariño * Carina Witthöft The following players received entry as Lucky Loser: * Jill Craybas

Withdrawals

* Sara Errani (shoulder injury) * Kaia Kanepi (heels)

WTA doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings are as of July 9, 2012

Other entrants

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

Beatrice Cedermark Beatrice Cedermark (born 12 February 1993) is a Swedish tennis player. Cedermark won one doubles title on the ITF tour in her career. On 13 August 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 612. On 11 June 2012, she peaked at wo ...

/ Rebecca Peterson * Hilda Melander /

Retirements

* Lourdes Domínguez Lino (thigh muscle strain) *

Julia Görges Julia Görges (born 2 November 1988) is a German former professional tennis player. A former top-ten singles player, she was ranked as high as No. 9 in the world on 20 August 2018, and was ranked inside the top 15 in doubles, peaking at world No ...

(foot injury) * Olga Govortsova (viral illness)

Finals

Men's singles

David Ferrer defeated Nicolás Almagro, 6–2, 6–2

Women's singles

Polona Hercog defeated Mathilde Johansson, 0–6, 6–4, 7–5

Men's doubles

Robert Lindstedt / Horia Tecău defeated

Alexander Peya Alexander Peya (born 27 June 1980) is an Austrian male tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world no. 92 in April 2007. His career-high doubles ranking is World No. 3, first achieved in August 2013. In September 2008 Peya h ...

/ Bruno Soares 6–3, 7–6^(7–5)

Women's doubles

Catalina Castaño Catalina Castaño Álvarez (; born 7 July 1979) is a retired Colombian professional tennis player. Her highest singles ranking of 35 she achieved in 2006. In her career, she won ten titles on the ITF Circuit, six in singles, as well as one ...

/ Mariana Duque Mariño defeated Eva Hrdinová /

Mervana Jugić-Salkić Mervana Jugić-Salkić (born 14 May 1980) is a retired Bosnian tennis player. She turned professional in 1999, and reached her highest singles ranking on 21 June 2004, when she was ranked world No. 99. On 10 July 2006, Jugić-Salkić reached wo ...

, 4–6, 7–5, 0–5

References

External links

Official website
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