The 2012 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 39th edition of the event known this year as the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, and part of the 500 Series of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It was held at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, from October 1 till October 7, 2012. Kei Nishikori won the singles title
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 Seed Andy Murray31 Tomáš Berdych62 Janko Tipsarević93 Juan Mónaco114 Nicolás Almagro125 Milos Raonic156 Stanislas Wawrinka167 Kei Nishikori178 1 Rankings are based on the rankings of September 24, 2012.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Tatsuma Ito Hiroki Moriya Yūichi Sugita
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Marco Chiudinelli Grigor Dimitrov Sergiy Stakhovsky Dmitry Tursunov
The following player received entry as lucky loser: Ivo Karlović
Withdrawals Mardy Fish Gaël Monfils (right knee injury)
Retirements Viktor Troicki (calf muscle injury)
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedLeander PaesRadek Štěpánek141 Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer292Santiago González Scott Lipsky543Alexander Peya Bruno Soares574 Rankings are as of September 24, 2012
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Hiroki Moriya / Takao Suzuki Yūichi Sugita / Yasutaka Uchiyama
Retirements Janko Tipsarević (tonsillitis)
Finals
Singles
Kei Nishikori defeated Milos Raonic, 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–0
Doubles
Alexander Peya / Bruno Soares defeated Leander Paes / Radek Štěpánek, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
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