Knoxville Challenger 2012

Knoxville Challenger 2012
date	November 5, 2012 - November 11, 2012
Edition	9
navigation	2011  ◄  2012  ►  2013
ATP Challenger Tour
venue	Knoxville United States
Tournament number	363
category	Challenger
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	32E / 31Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 50,000
Website	Official website
Last year's winner (individual)	Jesse Levine
Last year's winner (double)	Steve Johnson Austin Krajicek
Winner (singles)	Michael Russell
Winner (doubles)	Alex Kuznetsov Mischa Zverev
Tournament director	Howard Blum
Tournament supervisor	Michael Loo
Last direct assumption	Jesse Witten (367)
As of November 8, 2012

The 2012 Knoxville Challenger was a tennis tournament that took place in Knoxville from November 5-11, 2012 . It was part of the ATP Challenger Tour 2012 and was played indoors on a hard court.

The field of participants in the individual competition consisted of 32 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs.

singles

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Jesse Levine 1 round 02.  Alex Bogomolov junior 1 round 03.  Michael Russell victory 04th  Mischa Zverev Round of 16

No. player Round reached 05.  Ryan Sweeting Round of 16 06th  Bobby Reynolds final 07th  Tim Smyczek Semifinals 08th.  Denis Kudla Quarter finals

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

J. Levine

6 4

6th

3

T. Sandgren

7th

3

6th

T. Sandgren

7th

6th

A. Bossel

6th

6th

A. Bossel

6 5

2

WC

J. Chaplin

2

4th

T. Sandgren

6 2

1

S. Groth

4th

6th

7th

S. Groth

7th

6th

LL

F. Wolmarans

6th

1

6 4

S. Groth

7th

7th

S.-y. Jeong

5

3

5

R. Sweeting

6 3

5

5

R. Sweeting

7th

6th

S. Groth

6 3

6 1

3

M. Russell

6th

6th

3

M. Russell

7th

7th

WC

E. Quigley

2

2

3

M. Russell

6th

6th

Q

D. Britton

6th

6th

Q

D. Britton

3

3

WC

C. Harrison

3

4th

3

M. Russell

4th

7th

6th

B. Klahn

6th

4th

6th

8th

D. Kudla

6th

6 5

3

J.-P. Smith

6 2

6th

3

B. Klahn

2

2

J. Sock

3

6th

6 5

8th

D. Kudla

6th

6th

8th

D. Kudla

6th

2

7th

3

M. Russell

6th

6th

7th

T. Smyczek

6 6

6th

7th

6th

B. Reynolds

3

2

A. Bogdanovic

7th

2

6 5

7th

T. Smyczek

7th

7th

M. Lammer

1

7th

4th

I. van der Merwe

5

5

I. van der Merwe

6th

6 6

6th

7th

T. Smyczek

6th

6th

R. Williams

6 3

6th

7th

R. Williams

3

4th

Q

A. Krajicek

7th

4th

6 4

R. Williams

4th

7th

6th

Q

D. King-Turner

2

3

4th

M. Zverev

6th

5

3

4th

M. Zverev

6th

6th

7th

T. Smyczek

4th

6 5

6th

B. Reynolds

6th

6th

6th

B. Reynolds

6th

7th

T.-h. Yang

2

2

6th

B. Reynolds

6th

6th

C. Reix

4th

3

PR

J. Witten

2

4th

PR

J. Witten

6th

6th

6th

B. Reynolds

6th

6th

A. Kuznetsov

7th

6th

A. Kuznetsov

4th

3

WC

F. Ficky

5

2

A. Kuznetsov

6th

6th

Q

L. Gregorc

7th

5

Q

L. Gregorc

4th

4th

2

A. Bogomolov junior

6 5

1

r

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  John Peers John-Patrick Smith   1 round 02.  Alex Bogomolov junior Bobby Reynolds   Quarter finals 03.  Andrei Dăescu Adam Hubble   1 round 04th  Devin Britton Austin Krajicek   Quarter finals

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. Peers J.-P. Smith

3

0

A. Kuznetsov M. Zverev

6th

6th

A. Kuznetsov M. Zverev

6th

7th

D. Rice S. Thornley

6th

6th

D. Rice S. Thornley

1

6 2

Q

A. Bossel M. Lammer

1

3

A. Kuznetsov M. Zverev

4th

6th

[10]

3

A. Dăescu A. Hubble

6th

3

[8th]

WC

J. Dadamo N. Master

6th

2

[6]

WC

J. Dadamo N. Master

2

6th

[10]

WC

J. Dadamo N. Master

6th

6th

WC

J. Chaplin H. Reese

3

4th

B. Klahn D. Kudla

1

3

B. Klahn D. Kudla

6th

6th

A. Kuznetsov M. Zverev

6th

6th

WC

M. Shabaz J. Sock

6th

6th

J. Andersen I. van der Merwe

4th

2

D. Courtney C. Harrison

4th

4th

WC

M. Shabaz J. Sock

3

6th

[10]

T. Sandgren R. Williams

3

7th

[7]

4th

D. Britton A. Krajicek

6th

4th

[7]

4th

D. Britton A. Krajicek

6th

6 3

[10]

WC

M. Shabaz J. Sock

6th

3

[8th]

T. Smyczek R. Sweeting

3

7th

[7]

J. Andersen I. van der Merwe

2

6th

[10]

J. Andersen I. van der Merwe

6th

6 5

[10]

J. Andersen I. van der Merwe

w.

O.

C. Ball C. Guccione

6 4

4th

2

A. Bogomolov Jr. B. Reynolds

2

A. Bogomolov Jr. B. Reynolds

7th

6th

Web links

• Official homepage of the tournament
• Tournament schedule single on the ATP homepage (PDF; 57 kB)
• Tournament schedule doubles on the ATP homepage (PDF; 40 kB)
• Tournament schedule individual qualification on the ATP homepage (PDF; 89 kB)