2012 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and Memphis International explained

Date:February 17–26
Edition:37th (men) / 27th (women)
Category:ATP World Tour 500
Surface:Hard
Location:Memphis, Tennessee, US
Venue:Racquet Club of Memphis
Champms: Jürgen Melzer
Champws: Sofia Arvidsson
Champmd: Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor
Champwd: Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká
After Year:2013

The 2012 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Memphis International was an ATP World Tour and WTA Tour event held at the hardcourts of the Racquet Club of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee, US. It was the 37th edition of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the 27th edition of the Memphis WTA International Event. The Regions Morgan Keegan Championships was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series on the 2012 ATP World Tour, and the Cellular South Cup was an International-level tournament on the 2012 WTA Tour. The event took place from February 17 to February 26, 2012. Jürgen Melzer and Sofia Arvidsson won the singles titles.

ATP singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seeds
United StatesJohn Isner141
United StatesAndy Roddick172
Czech RepublicRadek Štěpánek293
CanadaMilos Raonic324
Russian FederationAlex Bogomolov, Jr.335
FranceJulien Benneteau346
Kevin Anderson357
AustraliaBernard Tomic368

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

ATP doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1 Seed
BelarusMax Mirnyi CanadaDaniel Nestor61
Jürgen MelzerPhilipp Petzschner302
Czech RepublicFrantišek ČermákFilip Polášek413
MexicoSantiago GonzálezChristopher Kas424

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

WTA singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seeds
Russian FederationNadia Petrova321
KazakhstanKsenia Pervak442
Czech RepublicLucie Hradecká523
New ZealandMarina Erakovic584
FrancePauline Parmentier595
United KingdomElena Baltacha616
SwedenJohanna Larsson627
SlovakiaMagdalena Rybáriková658

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

WTA doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1 Seed
Czech RepublicAndrea Hlaváčková Czech RepublicLucie Hradecká211
Vera DushevinaOlga Govortsova1052
Līga DekmeijereNadia Petrova1063
Michaëlla KrajicekAnna Tatishvili1634

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

Retirements

Finals

Men's singles

See main article: 2012 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships – Singles. Jürgen Melzer defeated Milos Raonic, 7–5, 7–6(4)

Women's singles

See main article: 2012 Memphis International – Singles. Sofia Arvidsson defeated Marina Erakovic, 6–3, 6–4

Men's doubles

See main article: 2012 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships – Doubles. Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor defeated Ivan Dodig / Marcelo Melo, 4–6, 7–5, [10–7]

Women's doubles

See main article: 2012 Memphis International – Doubles. Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká defeated Vera Dushevina / Olga Govortsova, 6–3, 6–4

Sources

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