The 2012 Nottingham Challenge (known for sponsorship reasons as the Aegon Nottingham Challenge) was a professional tennis tournament played on grass courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Nottingham, Great Britain between 11 and 17 June 2012.
ATP entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedDudi Sela951Karol Beck1042Michael Russell1103Rajeev Ram1234Marsel İlhan1245Grega Žemlja1296Jesse Levine1317Rik de Voest1448 1 Rankings are as of May 28, 2012.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Luke Bambridge Edward Corrie Kyle Edmund Joshua Goodall
The following players received entry as a special exempt into the singles main draw: Robert Kendrick
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Richard Bloomfield Stéphane Bohli Adrien Bossel Aliaksandr Bury
WTA entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedAnastasiya Yakimova 100 1Karolína Plíšková 122 2Valeria Savinykh 127 3Erika Sema 134 4Vitalia Diatchenko 143 5Claire Feuerstein 145 6Camila Giorgi 146 7Mihaela Buzărnescu 149 8 1 Rankings are as of May 28, 2012.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Katy Dunne Anna Fitzpatrick Jade Windley Lisa Whybourn
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Çağla Büyükakçay Maria João Koehler Conny Perrin Marta Sirotkina
The following players received entry by a Junior Exempt: Ashleigh Barty
Champions
Men's singles
Grega Žemlja def. Karol Beck, 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–4
Men's doubles
Olivier Charroin / Martin Fischer def. Evgeny Donskoy / Andrey Kuznetsov, 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Women's singles
Ashleigh Barty def. Tatjana Malek, 6–1, 6–1
Women's doubles
Ashleigh Barty / Sally Peers def. Réka-Luca Jani / Maria João Koehler, 7–6(7–2), 3–6, [10–5]
External links Official website LTA website