Copa Claro 2012
| Copa Telmex 2012 | |
| date | February 20, 2012 - February 26, 2012 |
| Edition | 35 |
| navigation | 2011 ◄ 2012 ► 2013 |
| ATP World Tour | |
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| venue |
Buenos Aires Argentina
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| Tournament number | 506 |
| category | World Tour 250 |
| Tournament type | Free place tournament |
| Game surface | sand |
| draw | 32E / 32Q / 16D |
| Prize money | US $ 484,100 |
| Financial. Obligation | US $ 553,100 |
| Website | Official website |
| Last year's winner (individual) |
 Nicolás Almagro
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| Last year's winner (double) |
 Oliver Marach Leonardo Mayer
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| Winner (singles) |
David Ferrer
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| Winner (doubles) |
David Marrero Fernando Verdasco
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| Tournament director | Martin Jaite |
| Tournament supervisor | Lars Graff |
| Last direct assumption |
 Blaž Kavčič (104)
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| As of February 8, 2016 | |
The 2012 Copa Claro was a clay court tournament that took place in Buenos Aires from February 20-26, 2012 as part of the 2012 ATP World Tour . In the same week, the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis and the Open 13 in Marseille were held. The latter, like the Copa Claro, belonged to the ATP World Tour 250 category , while the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships belonged to the ATP World Tour 500 category .
In singles, Nicolás Almagro defended his title and lost to David Ferrer in a purely Spanish final .
In the doubles, however, last year's title winners, Oliver Marach and Leonardo Mayer , did not take part. Tournament winner was the Spanish pairing David Marrero / Fernando Verdasco through a final victory against the Slovaks Michal Mertiňák and André Sá from Brazil.
The field of participants in the single competition consisted of 32 players, that of the double competition consisted of 16 pairings.
qualification
The qualification took place from February 18-20, 2012. Four qualifying places were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament. There was also a lucky loser.
The following players had passed the qualification and played in the main field of the tournament:
| Qualifiers | Lucky Loser |
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Federico Delbonis
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 Wayne Odesnik
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Javier Martí
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 Igor Andreyev
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Andrés Molteni
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singles
Seeding list
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Explanation of symbols
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Results
| First round | Round of 16 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | D. Ferrer
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6th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | A. Molteni
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1 | 0 | 1 | D. Ferrer
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6th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | F. Bagnis
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5 | 6th | 6th | WC | F. Bagnis
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3 | 4th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L. Mayer
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7th | 4th | 2 | 1 | D. Ferrer
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6th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  F. González
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7th | 1 | WC | F. González
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2 | 4th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A. Montañés
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5 | 0 | r | WC | F. González
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7th | 7th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A. Ramos
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4th | 6th | 6th | A. Ramos
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6 6 | 6 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8th | JI Chela
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6th | 3 | 4th | 1 | D. Ferrer
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6th | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  G. Simon
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6th | 7th | D. Nalbandian
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1 | 4th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 R. Machado
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3 | 5 | 3 | G. Simon
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2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| C. Berlocq
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6 5 | 6th | 6th | C. Berlocq
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6th | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| P. Riba
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7th | 0 | 0 | C. Berlocq
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0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| D. Nalbandian
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6th | 6th | D. Nalbandian
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6th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LL | W. Odesnik
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2 | 3 | D. Nalbandian
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6th | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 F. Volandri
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1 | 1 | r | 5 | J. Mónaco
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3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | J. Mónaco
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6th | 3 | 1 | D. Ferrer
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4th | 6th | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6th |  S. Wawrinka
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6th | 6th | 2 | N. Almagro
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6th | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | H. Zeballos
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3 | 4th | 6th | S. Wawrinka
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6th | 5 | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| OLD | B. Paire
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2 | 7th | 6th | OLD | B. Paire
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3 | 7th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | J. Martí
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6th | 6 0 | 2 | 6th | S. Wawrinka
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6th | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 V. Hănescu
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6th | 4th | 7th | 4th |  K. Nishikori
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4th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| P. Andújar
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3 | 6th | 6 4 | V. Hănescu
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6th | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JC Ferrero
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5 | 6th | 2 | 4th | K. Nishikori
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3 | 7th | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4th | K. Nishikori
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7th | 3 | 6th | 6th | S. Wawrinka
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4th | 6th | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7th | F. Verdasco
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6th | 6th | 2 | N. Almagro
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6th | 3 | 7th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| OLD | É. Prodon
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4th | 1 | 7th | F. Verdasco
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6 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| OLD | B. Kavčič
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2 | 2 | Q | I. Andreev
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7th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | I. Andreev
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6th | 6th | Q | I. Andreev
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3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| OLD | F. Gil
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2 | 2 | 2 | N. Almagro
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6th | 7th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | F. Delbonis
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6th | 6th | Q | F. Delbonis
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3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| P. Starace
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6th | 3 | 6 4 | 2 | N. Almagro
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6th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | N. Almagro
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4th | 6th | 7th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Double
Seeding list
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Explanation of symbols
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Results
Web links and sources
- Official homepage of the tournament
- Tournament schedule single on the ATP homepage (PDF; 55 kB)
- Tournament schedule doubles on the ATP homepage (PDF; 48 kB)
- Tournament schedule individual qualification on the ATP homepage (PDF; 35 kB)