title: 2012 Tampere Open
text: # 2012 Tampere Open
  
  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
  
  * João Sousa def. Éric Prodon, $7–6^{(7–5)},$ 6–4
  
  ### Doubles
  
  * Michael Linzer / Gerald Melzer def. Niels Desein / André Ghem, 6–1, $7–6^{(7–3)}$
  