2012 Knoxville Challenger Explained

Date:	5–11 November
Edition:	9th
Surface:	Hard
Location:	Knoxville, United States
Champs:	Michael Russell
Champd:	Alex Kuznetsov / Mischa Zverev

The 2012 Knoxville Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Knoxville, United States between 5 and 11 November 2012.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Jesse Levine	74	1
Russian Federation	Alex Bogomolov Jr.	96	2
	Michael Russell	101	3
	Mischa Zverev	140	4
	Ryan Sweeting	147	5
	Bobby Reynolds	152	6
	Tim Smyczek	157	7
	Denis Kudla	163	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of October 29, 2012.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Jarryd Chaplin
• Brandon Ficky
• Christian Harrison
• Eric Quigley

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Devin Britton
• Luka Gregorc
• Daniel King-Turner
• Austin Krajicek

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2012 Knoxville Challenger – Singles.

• Michael Russell def. Bobby Reynolds, 6–3, 6–2

Doubles

See main article: 2012 Knoxville Challenger – Doubles.

• Alex Kuznetsov / Mischa Zverev def. Jean Andersen / Izak van der Merwe, 6–4, 6–2

External links

• Official Website