The 2012 Swedish Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts as part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2012 ATP World Tour and as part of the International Series on the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place in Båstad, Sweden, from 7 July until 15 July 2012 for the Men's tournament and from 14 July until 22 July 2012 for the Women's tournament. It was also known as the 2012 SkiStar Swedish Open for the men's and the 2012 Sony Swedish Open for the women's for sponsorship reasons. It was the 65th edition for the men's and the 4th edition for the women's. David Ferrer and Polona Hercog won the singles titles.
Finals
Men's singles
David Ferrer defeated Nicolás Almagro, 6–2, 6–2
Women's singles
Polona Hercog defeated Mathilde Johansson, 0–6, 6–4, 7–5
Men's doubles
Robert Lindstedt / Horia Tecău defeated Alexander Peya / Bruno Soares 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Women's doubles
Catalina Castaño / Mariana Duque Mariño defeated Eva Hrdinová / Mervana Jugić-Salkić, 4–6, 7–5, [10–5]
ATP singles main draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedDavid Ferrer51Nicolás Almagro112Albert Ramos433Jarkko Nieminen444Mikhail Kukushkin525Grigor Dimitrov696Filippo Volandri797Adrian Ungur818 1 Seedings are based on the rankings of June 25, 2012
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Christian Lindell Michael Ryderstedt Tommy Robredo
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Thiago Alves Alessandro Giannessi Evgeny Korolev Ivo Minář
Withdrawals Tomáš Berdych → replaced by Rogério Dutra Silva Paul-Henri Mathieu → replaced by Daniel Gimeno Traver Gaël Monfils → replaced by João Souza
ATP doubles main draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău211 Alexander Peya Bruno Soares512Paul Hanley Julian Knowle863Johan Brunström Dick Norman1154 Rankings are as of June 25, 2012
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Filip Bergevi / Fred Simonsson Patrik Rosenholm / Michael Ryderstedt The following pair received entry as alternates: Roberto Bautista-Agut / Jürgen Zopp
WTA singles main draw entrants
Seeds
Country Player Rank1 Seed Sara Errani 9 1 Julia Görges 24 2 Anabel Medina Garrigues 26 3 Roberta Vinci 27 4 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 29 5 Klára Zakopalová 32 6 Mona Barthel 40 7 Carla Suárez Navarro 41 8 1 Rankings are as of July 9, 2012
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Rebecca Peterson Laura Robson Sandra Roma
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Annika Beck Lourdes Domínguez Lino Mariana Duque Mariño Carina Witthöft
The following players received entry as Lucky Loser: Jill Craybas
Withdrawals Sara Errani (shoulder injury) Kaia Kanepi (heels)
WTA doubles main draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedJulia GörgesAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova841 Olga Govortsova Klaudia Jans-Ignacik922Darija Jurak Katalin Marosi1493Lourdes Domínguez Lino Anabel Medina Garrigues1544 1 Rankings are as of July 9, 2012
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Beatrice Cedermark / Rebecca Peterson Hilda Melander / Sandra Roma
Retirements Lourdes Domínguez Lino (thigh muscle strain) Julia Görges (foot injury) Olga Govortsova (viral illness)
References
External links Official website WTA tournament draws