The 2012 Rio Quente Resorts Tennis Classic was a professional

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tournament played on

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. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the

2012 ATP Challenger Tour The ATP Challenger Tour was the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2012 ATP Challenger Tour calendar comprised 15 top tier Tretorn SERIE+ tournaments, and a total of 148 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $35, ...

. It took place in

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, Brazil between 7 and 12 May 2012.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of April 30, 2012.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Tiago Fernandes * Pedro Guimares *

Bruno Sant'anna Bruno Henrique Santos Sant'Anna (born 12 July 1993) is a Brazilian tennis player. Sant'Anna has a career high ATP singles ranking of 337, achieved on 7 October 2013. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 313 achieved on 23 May 2016. ...

* Marcelo Tebet Filho The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Andrea Collarini Andrea Collarini (; born 31 January 1992) is an Argentine-American tennis player, who competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 177 achieved on 24 April 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranki ...

* Eduardo Dischinger *

Augusto Laranja Augusto Laranja (born 15 April 1992) is a Brazilian tennis player. Laranja has a career high ATP singles ranking of 584 achieved on 17 December 2012. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 327 achieved on 6 May 2013. Laranja made his ...

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

Champions

Singles

Guilherme Clezar Guilherme Sarti Clezar (pronounced ''Clézar''; born 31 December 1992), is a professional tennis player from Brazil. Clezar plays mainly in ATP Challenger Tour events. He played also in several ATP 250 events, including the 2011 Brasil Open ...

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Paul Capdeville Paul Gerard Capdeville Castro (; born 2 April 1983) is a Chilean former tennis player. He was born in Santiago. Tennis career In May 2009, he achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 76. At the 2006 French Open, Capdeville had a s ...

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Doubles

Guido Andreozzi Guido Andreozzi (; ; born 5 August 1991) is an Argentine professional tennis player of Italian descent. His career-high rankings are world No. 70 in singles, achieved on 28 January 2019 and No. 47 in doubles, reached on 19 May 2025. He has won tw ...

Marcel Felder Marcel Felder (; ; born 9 July 1984) is a Uruguayan professional tennis player. His highest ranking in singles was No. 227 on 28 December 2009. His highest ranking in doubles was 82 on 11 June 2012. Felder won a gold medal in singles in me ...

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External links

Official Website
{{2012 ATP Challenger Tour Rio Quente Resorts Tennis Classic Rio Quente Resorts Tennis Classic

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