2012 Qatar Open

It was the 20th edition of the Qatar Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha, Qatar, from January 2 through January 7, 2012. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won the singles title.

2012 Qatar Open
Date	2–7 January 2012
Edition	20th
Category	ATP World Tour 250 series
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$1,024,000
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Doha, Qatar
Champions
Singles
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Doubles
Filip Polášek / Lukáš Rosol
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Singles

  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated   Gaël Monfils 7–5, 6–3

• It was Tsonga's 1st title of the year and 8th of his career.

Doubles

  Filip Polášek /   Lukáš Rosol defeated   Christopher Kas /   Philipp Kohlschreiber 6–3, 6–4

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	Seed
ESP	Rafael Nadal	2	1
SUI	Roger Federer	3	2
FRA	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6	3
FRA	Gaël Monfils	15	4
SRB	Viktor Troicki	21	5
RUS	Alex Bogomolov Jr.	34	6
RUS	Mikhail Youzhny	35	7
ITA	Andreas Seppi	38	8

• Rankings are as of December 26, 2011

Other entrants

The following players received wild cards:

•   Jabor Al Mutawa
•   Sergei Bubka
•   Malek Jaziri

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

•   Matthias Bachinger
•   Denis Gremelmayr
•   Roberto Bautista Agut
•   Grega Žemlja

Retirements

The following players retire from the singles main draw:

•   Alex Bogomolov Jr. (right ankle injury)
•   Roger Federer (back injury)

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
GBR	Colin Fleming	GBR	Ross Hutchins	76	1
USA	James Cerretani	BEL	Dick Norman	94	2
ITA	Daniele Bracciali	ITA	Potito Starace	95	3
UKR	Sergiy Stakhovsky	RUS	Mikhail Youzhny	107	4

• Rankings are as of December 26, 2011

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

•   Jabor Al Mutawa /   Mohammed Ghareeb
•   Sherif Sabry /   Mohamed Safwat

Retirements

•   Alex Bogomolov Jr. (right ankle injury)

General

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