Erste Bank Open 2012

Erste Bank Open 2012
date	October 15, 2012 - October 21, 2012
Edition	38
navigation	2011  ◄  2012  ►  2013
ATP World Tour
venue	Vienna Austria
Tournament number	337
category	World Tour 250
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	28E / 29Q / 16D
Prize money	€ 486,750
Financial. Obligation	€ 550,000
Website	Official website
Last year's winner (individual)	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Last year's winner (double)	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
Winner (singles)	Juan Martín del Potro
Winner (doubles)	Andre Begemann Martin Emmrich
Tournament director	Herwig Straka
Tournament supervisor	Carlos Sanches
Last direct assumption	Somdev Devvarman (85)
As of April 8, 2016

The Erste Bank Open 2012 was a tennis tournament that took place from October 15 to 21, 2012 in Vienna . It was part of the ATP World Tour 2012 and was played indoors on a hard court. In the same week were in Stockholm the If Stockholm Open , and in Moscow the Kremlin Cup played that just like the Erste Bank Open to category ATP World Tour 250 counted.

Last year's winner in the individual was Jo-Wilfried Tsonga , who did not take part in the tournament this year. In the final, the top seeded Argentine Juan Martín del Potro met the qualifier Grega Žemlja . Del Potro won in straight sets 7-5 and 6-3. For him it was already the third title and his 12th title in his career this year. In doubles, the brothers Bob and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but they too did not participate in the tournament this year. It won Andre Begemann and Martin Emmrich , which in the final, the duo Julian Knowle and Filip Polášek defeated.

The field of participants in the single competition consisted of 28 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs. The four top seeded players each received a bye into the second round.

qualification

The qualification took place from October 13-15, 2012. Four qualifying places were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament.

→ Main article : Erste Bank Open 2012 / Qualification

The following players had passed the qualification and were in the main draw of the tournament:

Qualifiers
Grega Žemlja
Ruben Bemelmans
Vasek Pospisil
Daniel Brands

Prize money and world ranking points

At the Erste Bank Open 2012, the following prize money and world ranking points were paid out or credited for reaching the respective round. Players who entered the main field from qualification received the specified qualification points in addition to those for reaching the respective round. Otherwise the amounts are not to be understood as cumulative. The amounts for the double competition apply per player.

singles round Points Prize money victory 250 € 87,870 final 150 € 46,280 Semifinals 90 € 25,070 Quarter finals 45 € 14,280 Round of 16 20th € 8,415 First round 0 € 4,985

Qualification individual round Points Prize money Qualifier 12 3rd round 6th € 805 2nd round 0 385 € 1 round 0 0 €

Double round Points Prize money victory 250 € 26,700 final 150 € 14,030 Semifinals 90 € 7,610 Quarter finals 45 4,350 € First round 0 € 2,550

singles

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Juan Martín del Potro victory 02.  Janko Tipsarevic Semifinals 03.  Tommy Haas Quarter finals 04th  Jürgen Melzer Round of 16

No. player Round reached 05.  Fabio Fognini 1 round 06th  Robin Haase 1 round 07th  Benoît Paire 1 round 08th.  Xavier Malisse 1 round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

JM del Potro

6 5

7th

7th

Q

D. Brands

6 5

6th

6th

Q

D. Brands

7th

6 4

6 6

Q

R. Bemelmans

7th

4th

3

1

JM del Potro

6th

6th

WC

D. Thiem

7th

6th

M. Matosevic

2

2

L. Lacko

6 3

3

D. Thiem

3

6 5

M. Matosevic

1

6th

6th

M. Matosevic

6th

7th

6th

R. Haase

6th

3

2

1

JM del Potro

7th

7th

G. Muller

6 4

6 5

4th

J. Melzer

3

6th

6 4

S. Darcis

7th

4th

3

G. Muller

6th

3

6th

G. Muller

6 3

6th

6th

G. Muller

6th

6th

Q

V. Pospisil

3

7th

6th

P. Lorenzi

3

4th

WC

A. Haider-Maurer

6th

6 3

1

Q

V. Pospisil

4th

4th

P. Lorenzi

6th

6th

P. Lorenzi

6th

6th

7th

B. Paire

4th

4th

1

JM del Potro

7th

6th

8th

X. Malisse

6th

1

6 6

Q

G. Žemlja

5

3

Q

G. Žemlja

4th

6th

7th

Q

G. Žemlja

7th

6th

M. Ebden

7th

0

6th

M. Ebden

5

4th

F. Volandri

5

6th

0

Q

G. Žemlja

6th

4th

6th

Ł. Kubot

3

4th

3

T. Haas

4th

6th

2

J. Levine

6th

6th

J. Levine

4th

2

3

T. Haas

6th

6th

Q

G. Žemlja

3

7th

6th

5

F. Fognini

6 8

3

2

J. Tipsarevic

6th

6 5

2

D. Young

7th

6th

D. Young

6 4

7th

3

A. Bedene

6th

1

A. Bedene

7th

6 2

6th

G. García-López

4th

0

r

A. Bedene

2

2

r

WC

E. Gulbis

7th

6th

2

J. Tipsarevic

6th

4th

PR

S. Devvarman

6 6

3

WC

E. Gulbis

3

4th

2

J. Tipsarevic

6th

6th

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Jürgen Melzer Alexander Peya   Semifinals 02.  Julian Knowle Filip Polášek   final 03.  Treat Conrad Huey Dominic Inglot   1 round 04th  Dustin Brown Christopher Kas   1 round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

J. Melzer A. Peya

7th

6th

M. Kohlmann D. Norman

6 3

4th

1

J. Melzer A. Peya

6 4

6th

[10]

M. Ebden, M. Matosevic

4th

3

J. Tipsarevic A. Waske

7th

4th

[8th]

J. Tipsarevic A. Waske

6th

6th

1

J. Melzer A. Peya

6th

3

[8th]

4th

D. Brown C. Kas

6 5

3

A. Begemann M. Emmrich

4th

6th

[10]

A. Begemann M. Emmrich

7th

6th

A. Begemann M. Emmrich

6th

6th

WC

A. Haider-Maurer M. Neuchrist

7th

3

[8th]

A. Bedene G. Žemlja

4th

3

A. Bedene G. Žemlja

6 5

6th

[10]

A. Begemann M. Emmrich

6th

3

[10]

J. Murray A. Sá

7th

6th

2

J. Knowle F. Polášek

4th

6th

[4]

L. Lacko I. Zelenay

5

3

J. Murray A. Sá

7th

6th

WC

M. Fischer P. Oswald

6th

6th

WC

M. Fischer P. Oswald

6th

4 6

3

TC Huey D. Inglot

3

4th

J. Murray A. Sá

6 3

6 2

X. Malisse G. Muller

6 2

3

2

J. Knowle F. Polášek

7th

7th

R. Haase J. Levine

7th

6th

R. Haase J. Levine

2

6 4

F. Fognini D. Marrero

7th

4th

[7]

2

J. Knowle F. Polášek

6th

7th

2

J. Knowle F. Polášek

5

6th

[10]

Web links and sources

• Official homepage of the tournament
• Tournament schedule single on the ATP homepage (PDF; 39 kB)
• Tournament schedule doubles on the ATP homepage (PDF; 40 kB)
• Tournament schedule for individual qualification on the ATP homepage (PDF file; 38 kB)