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2012 Poznań Open

tennis tournament played on clay courts

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 30, 2025
Entity authorityQ3909718 ↗
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The 2012 Poznań Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place at the Park Tenisowy Olimpia in Poznań, Poland from 14 to 22 July 2012, including the qualifying competition in the first two days.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

Piotr Gadomski

Andriej Kapaś

Michał Przysiężny

Maciej Smoła

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Marcin Gawron

Grzegorz Panfil

Patrik Rosenholm

Michael Ryderstedt

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Pedro Sousa

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Igor Bujdo / Mikołaj Jędruszczak

Adam Chadaj / Michał Przysiężny

Piotr Gadomski / Maciej Smoła

Champions

Singles

Jerzy Janowicz def. Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy, 6–3, 6–3

Doubles

Rameez Junaid / Simon Stadler def.

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