2012 Brasil Open

The 2012 Brasil Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor clay courts. It was the 12th edition of the event known as the Brasil Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It took place from February 13 through February 19, 2012, in São Paulo, Brazil for the first time, since the previous tournaments were held in Costa do Sauípe, Brazil. The competition was also moved from an outdoor event to indoors and was played at the Complexo Desportivo Constâncio Vaz Guimarães.[1]

2012 Brasil Open
DateFebruary 13–19
Edition12th
CategoryATP World Tour 250
SurfaceClay / outdoor
LocationSão Paulo, Brazil
Champions
Singles
Nicolás Almagro
Doubles
Eric Butorac / Bruno Soares

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank Seed
 ESP Nicolás Almagro 11 1
 FRA Gilles Simon 12 2
 ESP Fernando Verdasco 26 3
 BRA Thomaz Bellucci 38 4
 ARG Carlos Berlocq 44 5
 ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero 48 6
 ESP Albert Montañés 52 7
 ESP Albert Ramos 66 8
  • Seeds are based on Rankings as of February 6, 2012.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 USA Eric Butorac  BRA Bruno Soares 47 1
 ITA Daniele Bracciali  ITA Potito Starace 92 2
 COL Juan Sebastián Cabal  COL Robert Farah 97 3
 SVK Michal Mertiňák  BRA André Sá 114 4
  • Rankings are as of February 6, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Finals

Singles
Main article: 2012 Brasil Open – Singles

Nicolás Almagro defeated Filippo Volandri, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4

  • It was Almagro's 1st title of the year and 11th of his career. It was his 3rd win at the event, also winning in 2008 and 2011.

Doubles
Main article: 2012 Brasil Open – Doubles

Eric Butorac / Bruno Soares defeated Michal Mertiňák / André Sá, 3–6, 6–4, [10–8]

References
  1. Brasil Open To Move To Sao Paulo
  2. "Top 10, Almagro recebe segundo wild card e busca tri inédito no Brasil Open". Archived from the original on 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2012-01-26.


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