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2012 St. Petersburg Open

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	Seed
RUS	Mikhail Youzhny	29	1
UZB	Denis Istomin	34	2
SVK	Martin Kližan	46	3
ITA	Fabio Fognini	54	4
SVK	Lukáš Lacko	57	5
TPE	Lu Yen-hsun	59	6
ESP	Guillermo García López	68	7
EST	Jürgen Zopp	71	8

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	Seed
USA	Rajeev Ram	SRB	Nenad Zimonjić	64	1
GBR	Colin Fleming	GBR	Ross Hutchins	69	2
CZE	František Čermák	SVK	Michal Mertiňák	79	3
GER	Frank Moser	GBR	Ken Skupski	134	4

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

Main article: 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

Main article: 2012 St. Petersburg Open – Doubles

USA Rajeev Ram / SRB Nenad Zimonjić defeated SVK Lukáš Lacko / SVK Igor Zelenay 6–2, 4–6, [10–6]

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