title: 2012 St. Petersburg Open
text: # 2012 St. Petersburg Open
  
  The 2012 St. Petersburg Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 17th edition of the St. Petersburg Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex in Saint Petersburg, Russia, from 17 September through 23 September 2012. Third-seeded Martin Kližan won the singles title.
  
  ## Singles main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | RUS | Mikhail Youzhny | 29 | 1 |
  | UZB | Denis Istomin | 34 | 2 |
  | SVK | Martin Kližan | 46 | 3 |
  | ITA | Fabio Fognini | 54 | 4 |
  | SVK | Lukáš Lacko | 57 | 5 |
  | TPE | Lu Yen-hsun | 59 | 6 |
  | ESP | Guillermo García López | 68 | 7 |
  | EST | Jürgen Zopp | 71 | 8 |
  
  * $^1$ Seeds are based on the rankings of September 10, 2012
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Evgeny Donskoy
  * Mikhail Elgin
  * Teymuraz Gabashvili
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Sergey Betov
  * Nikolai Fidirko
  * Andrey Kumantsov
  * Andrei Vasilevski
  
  The following players received entry as lucky loser:
  
  * Ivan Nedelko
  
  ### Withdrawals
  
  * Igor Andreev (right shoulder injury)
  * Pablo Andújar
  * Aljaž Bedene
  * Blaž Kavčič
  * Mikhail Kukushkin
  
  ### Retirements
  
  * Andrey Kumantsov (dizziness)
  * Paolo Lorenzi (left Achilles tendon injury)
  * Philipp Petzschner (knee injury)
  * Jürgen Zopp (back injury)
  
  ## Doubles main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | USA | Rajeev Ram | SRB | Nenad Zimonjić | 64 | 1 |
  | GBR | Colin Fleming | GBR | Ross Hutchins | 69 | 2 |
  | CZE | František Čermák | SVK | Michal Mertiňák | 79 | 3 |
  | GER | Frank Moser | GBR | Ken Skupski | 134 | 4 |
  
  * Rankings are as of September 10, 2012
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
  
  * Ričardas Berankis / Nikita Gudozhnikov
  * Andrey Yakovlev / Alexander Zhurbin
  
  ## Finals
  
  ### Singles
  
  Martin Kližan defeated Fabio Fognini, 6–2, 6–3 It was Kližan's first title on the ATP World Tour.
  
  ### Doubles
  
  * Rajeev Ram / Nenad Zimonjić defeated Lukáš Lacko / Igor Zelenay 6–2, 4–6, [10–6]
  