2012 St. Petersburg Open

2012 St. Petersburg Open 17–23 September 18th ATP World Tour 250 Series Hard / indoor 32S / 16D $410,850 St. Petersburg, Russia Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex SVK Martin Kližan USA Rajeev Ram / SRB Nenad Zimonjić The 2012 St. Petersburg Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts, marking the 17th edition of the St. Petersburg Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2012 ATP World Tour. The tournament took place at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex in Saint Petersburg, Russia, from 17 to 23 September 2012. Third-seeded Martin Kližan claimed the singles title. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedRUS Mikhail Youzhny291UZB Denis Istomin342SVK Martin Kližan463ITA Fabio Fognini544SVK Lukáš Lacko575TPE Lu Yen-hsun596ESP Guillermo García López687EST Jürgen Zopp718 1 Seeds are based on the rankings of September 10, 2012 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: RUS Evgeny Donskoy RUS Mikhail Elgin RUS Teymuraz Gabashvili The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: BLR Sergey Betov BLR Nikolai Fidirko RUS Andrey Kumantsov BLR Andrei Vasilevski The following players received entry as lucky loser: RUS Ivan Nedelko Withdrawals RUS Igor Andreev (right shoulder injury) ESP Pablo Andújar SLO Aljaž Bedene SLO Blaž Kavčič KAZ Mikhail Kukushkin Retirements RUS Andrey Kumantsov (dizziness) ITA Paolo Lorenzi (left Achilles tendon injury) GER Philipp Petzschner (knee injury) EST Jürgen Zopp (back injury) Doubles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedUSARajeev RamSRBNenad Zimonjić641GBR Colin FlemingGBR Ross Hutchins692CZEFrantišek ČermákSVK Michal Mertiňák793GERFrank MoserGBR Ken Skupski1344 Rankings are as of September 10, 2012 Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: LIT Ričardas Berankis / RUS Nikita Gudozhnikov RUS Andrey Yakovlev / RUS Alexander Zhurbin Finals Singles 2012 St. Petersburg Open – Singles SVK Martin Kližan defeated ITA Fabio Fognini, 6–2, 6–3 It was Kližan's first title on the ATP World Tour. Doubles 2012 St. Petersburg Open – Doubles USA Rajeev Ram / SRB Nenad Zimonjić defeated SVK Lukáš Lacko / SVK Igor Zelenay 6–2, 4–6, [10–6] External links Official website St. Petersburg Open Category:St. Petersburg Open St. Petersburg Open Category:2012 in Russian sport Category:September 2012 sports events in Europe Category:September 2012 in Russia