The 2012 Winston-Salem Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 44th edition of the Winston-Salem Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, from August 19 through August 25, 2012. It was the last event on the 2012 US Open Series before the 2012 US Open. John Isner won the singles title.
Singles main-draw entrants Seeds CountryPlayer Ranking*Seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6 1 Tomáš Berdych 7 2 John Isner 11 3 Alexandr Dolgopolov 15 4 Andy Roddick 21 5 Marcel Granollers 25 6 Sam Querrey 29 7 Julien Benneteau 30 8 Feliciano López 31 9 Viktor Troicki 32 10 Denis Istomin 33 11 Kevin Anderson 34 12 Jürgen Melzer 36 13 David Nalbandian 39 14 Pablo Andújar 40 15 Jarkko Nieminen 41 16
Seedings are based on the rankings of August 13, 2012
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Tomáš Berdych James Blake Ryan Harrison David Nalbandian
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Benjamin Becker Ernests Gulbis Michael McClune Sergiy Stakhovsky
Withdrawals Gaël Monfils (knee injury)
Retirements Marcos Baghdatis (lower back injury)
Doubles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedRohan BopannaMariusz Fyrstenberg201 Jonathan Marray Frederik Nielsen472Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins553Michaël Llodra Nicolas Mahut654 Rankings are as of August 13, 2012
Other entrants The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw: Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram The following pair received entry as alternates: Pablo Andújar / Leonardo Mayer
Withdrawals Marcos Baghdatis (lower back injury)
Retirements Nicolas Mahut (knee injury)
Finals Singles
John Isner defeated Tomáš Berdych, 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(11–9) It was Isner's 2nd title of the year and 5th of his career.
Doubles
Santiago González / Scott Lipsky defeated Pablo Andújar / Leonardo Mayer, 6–3, 4–6, [10–2] It was Gonzalez's 2nd title of the year and 5th of his career. It was Lipsky's 2nd title of the year and 8th of his career. As a team, it was their 2nd title of the year and 3rd of their career together.
References
External links Official website