2012 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships

2012 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 1–7 October 39th Hard / outdoor Tokyo, Japan Ariake Coliseum ATP World Tour 500 JPN Kei Nishikori AUT Alexander Peya / BRA Bruno Soares Japan Open (tennis) Japan Open The 2012 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 39th edition of the event known this year as the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, and part of the 500 Series of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It was held at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, from October 1 till October 7, 2012. Kei Nishikori won the singles title Singles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedGBR Andy Murray31CZE Tomáš Berdych62SRB Janko Tipsarević93ARG Juan Mónaco114ESP Nicolás Almagro125CAN Milos Raonic156SWI Stanislas Wawrinka167JPN Kei Nishikori178 1 Rankings are based on the rankings of September 24, 2012.Japan Tennis Association 2012 player entry list Tokyo, Japan 2012 rakutenopen.com 11 September 2012 http://en.rakutenopen.com/Players/Player-Landing.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20120916235343/http://en.rakutenopen.com/Players/Player-Landing.aspx 16 September 2012 dead Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: JPN Tatsuma Ito JPN Hiroki Moriya JPN Yūichi Sugita The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: SUI Marco Chiudinelli BUL Grigor Dimitrov UKR Sergiy Stakhovsky RUS Dmitry Tursunov The following player received entry as lucky loser: CRO Ivo Karlović Withdrawals USA Mardy Fish FRA Gaël Monfils (right knee injury) Retirements SRB Viktor Troicki (calf muscle injury) Doubles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedINDLeander PaesCZERadek Štěpánek141PAK Aisam-ul-Haq QureshiNED Jean-Julien Rojer292MEXSantiago GonzálezUSA Scott Lipsky543AUTAlexander PeyaBRA Bruno Soares574 Rankings are as of September 24, 2012 Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: JPN Hiroki Moriya / JPN Takao Suzuki JPN Yūichi Sugita / JPN Yasutaka Uchiyama Retirements SRB Janko Tipsarević (tonsillitis) Finals Singles 2012 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Singles JPN Kei Nishikori defeated CAN Milos Raonic, 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–0 Doubles 2012 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles AUT Alexander Peya / BRA Bruno Soares defeated IND Leander Paes / CZE Radek Štěpánek, 6–3, 7–6(7–5) References External links http://rakutenopen.rakuten.co.jp/en/ Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships Category:Japan Open (tennis) Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships