| 2012 Aircel Chennai Open | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 2–8 January | |||
| Edition | 17th | |||
| Category | 250 series | |||
| Draw | 32S / 16D | |||
| Prize money | $398,250 | |||
| Surface | Hard / outdoor | |||
| Location | Chennai, India | |||
| Venue | SDAT Tennis Stadium | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Singles | ||||
 Milos Raonic[1] | ||||
| Doubles | ||||
 Leander Paes / Janko Tipsarević[2] | ||||
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The2012 Aircel Chennai Open was a2012 ATP World Tourtennis tournament, played on outdoorhard courts. It was the 17th edition of the only ATP tournament taking place in India and took place at theSDAT Tennis Stadium inChennai, India. It was held from 2 to 8 January 2012.Stanislas Wawrinka was the defending singles champion coming into the tournament but was knocked out in the quarterfinals. Former championMarin Čilić was originally in the field as the 4th seed before pulling out with a patellar tendon injury.[3] Finally, fourth seedMilos Raonic from Canada defeated world no. 9 and top seededSerbJanko Tipsarević to win only his second ATP title.[4] Raonic became the first player sinceRoger Federer in 2008 to win an ATP title without losing a serve. The doubles title went to theIndo-Serb pair ofLeander Paes andJanko Tipsarević after they defeated the Israeli pair ofJonathan Erlich andAndy Ram.[5]
Milos Raonic defeatedJanko Tipsarević, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
Leander Paes /Janko Tipsarević defeated
Jonathan Erlich /Andy Ram, 6–4, 6–4
| Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| SRB | Janko Tipsarević | 9 | 1 |
 ESP | Nicolás Almagro | 10 | 2 |
 SUI | Stanislas Wawrinka | 17 | 3 |
| CAN | Milos Raonic | 31 | 4 |
 CRO | Ivan Dodig | 36 | 5 |
 ITA | Fabio Fognini | 48 | 6 |
 BEL | Xavier Malisse | 49 | 7 |
| BEL | Olivier Rochus | 67 | 8 |
The following players have been announced as part of the singles main draw:Wild Cards
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry asLucky loser:
Marin Čilić (patellar tendon injury)
Robin Haase (injury)Somdev Devvarman (right shoulder injury)Steve Darcis (right shoulder injury)| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IND | Mahesh Bhupathi | IND | Rohan Bopanna | 18 | 1 |
 USA | Scott Lipsky | USA | Rajeev Ram | 74 | 2 |
| IND | Leander Paes | SRB | Janko Tipsarević | 93 | 3 |
| ISR | Jonathan Erlich | ISR | Andy Ram | 101 | 4 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Somdev Devvarman (right shoulder injury)
