title: 2012 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships
text: # 2012 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships
  
  The 2012 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 17th edition for men and the 15th edition for women, of the tournament and was part of the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit and the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Lexington, Kentucky, United States between 23 and 29 July 2012.
  
  ## ATP single main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | BEL | Maxime Authom | 183 | 1 |
  | DOM | Víctor Estrella | 192 | 2 |
  | FRA | Adrian Mannarino | 197 | 3 |
  | USA | Denis Kudla | 198 | 4 |
  | GBR | Jamie Baker | 201 | 5 |
  | ARG | Agustín Velotti | 205 | 6 |
  | AUS | James Duckworth | 214 | 7 |
  | CAN | Érik Chvojka | 225 | 8 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings are as of July 16, 2012.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Chase Buchanan
  * Christian Harrison
  * Daniel Kosakowski
  * Eric Quigley
  
  The following players received entry as a special exempt into the singles main draw:
  
  * Adrien Bossel
  * Daniel King-Turner
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Sekou Bangoura
  * Thomas Fabbiano
  * Austin Krajicek
  * Toshihide Matsui
  
  ## WTA singles main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | AUS | Olivia Rogowska | 119 | 1 |
  | JPN | Erika Sema | 123 | 2 |
  | ITA | Karin Knapp | 127 | 3 |
  | JPN | Misaki Doi | 140 | 4 |
  | FRA | Irena Pavlovic | 143 | 5 |
  | USA | Alison Riske | 157 | 6 |
  | USA | Grace Min | 169 | 7 |
  | USA | Madison Keys | 175 | 8 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings are as of July 16, 2012.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Mallory Burdette
  * Bethanie Mattek-Sands
  * Shelby Rogers
  * Alexandra Stevenson
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Jennifer Elie
  * Lauren Embree
  * Krista Hardebeck
  * Ashley Weinhold
  
  ## Champions
  
  ### Men's singles
  
  * Denis Kudla def. Érik Chvojka, 5–7, 7–5, 6–1
  
  ### Women's singles
  
  * Julia Glushko def. Johanna Konta, 6–3, 6–0
  
  ### Men's doubles
  
  * Austin Krajicek / John Peers def. Tennys Sandgren / Rhyne Williams, 6–1, $7–6^{(7–4)}$
  
  ### Women's doubles
  
  * Shuko Aoyama / Xu Yifan def. Julia Glushko / Olivia Rogowska, 7–5, $6–7^{(4–7)},$ [10–4]
  