2012 Winston-Salem Open Explained

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

Country	width=150	Player	Ranking*	Seed
France	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga^[1]	6	1
Czech Republic		7	2
		11	3
Ukraine		15	4
		21	5
Spain		25	6
		29	7
France		30	8
Spain	Feliciano López	31	9
Serbia		32	10
Uzbekistan		33	11
		34	12
Austria		36	13
Argentina		39	14
Spain		40	15
Finland		41	16

^[2]

• 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	Rank^1	Seed
India	Rohan Bopanna	Poland	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	20	1
	Jonathan Marray		Frederik Nielsen	47	2
United Kingdom	Colin Fleming		Ross Hutchins	55	3
France	Michaël Llodra		Nicolas Mahut	65	4

• 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

See main article: 2012 Winston-Salem Open – 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

See main article: 2012 Winston-Salem Open – 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.

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Winston-Salem Open Committ Tsonga Loses in Wimbledon Semi's | digtriad.com . 2012-07-12 . https://archive.today/20130121122327/http://www.digtriad.com/news/article/235323/13/Winston-Salem-Open-Committ-Tsonga-Loses-In-Wimbledon-Semis . 2013-01-21 . dead .
2. Web site: Winston-Salem Open Releases Player Field 10sBalls Tennis can't be Tennis without Balls . 2012-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130522172533/http://www.10sballs.com/2012/07/10/winston-salem-open-releases-player-field/ . 2013-05-22 . dead .