2012 Tampere Open

2012 Tampere Open
Date	23–29 July
Edition	31st
Surface	Hard
Location	Tampere, Finland
Champions
Singles
João Sousa
Doubles
Michael Linzer / Gerald Melzer

The 2012 Tampere Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 31st edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Tampere, Finland between 23 and 29 July 2012.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
POR	João Sousa	143	1
POR	Gastão Elias	159	2
FRA	Éric Prodon	161	3
FRA	Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy	165	4
AUT	Michael Linzer	238	5
SUI	Michael Lammer	240	6
FIN	Harri Heliövaara	247	7
NED	Boy Westerhof	263	8

• ^1 Rankings are as of July 16, 2012.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Micke Kontinen
• Henri Laaksonen
• Henrik Sillanpää
• Max Wennakoski

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Alexandre Folie
• Petru-Alexandru Luncanu
• Yannik Reuter
• Patrik Rosenholm

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2012 Tampere Open – Singles

• João Sousa def. Éric Prodon, 7–6^(7–5), 6–4

Doubles

Main article: 2012 Tampere Open – Doubles

• Michael Linzer / Gerald Melzer def. Niels Desein / André Ghem, 6–1, 7–6^(7–3)

External links

• Official website