title: 2012 Qatar Open
text: # 2012 Qatar Open
  
  The 2012 Qatar Open (also known as 2012 Qatar ExxonMobil Open for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 20th edition of the Qatar Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha, Qatar, from January 2 through January 7, 2012. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won the singles title.
  
  ## Finals
  
  ### Singles
  
  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Gaël Monfils 7–5, 6–3
  
  * It was Tsonga's 1st title of the year and 8th of his career.
  
  ### Doubles
  
  Filip Polášek / Lukáš Rosol defeated Christopher Kas / Philipp Kohlschreiber 6–3, 6–4
  
  ## Singles main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | ESP | Rafael Nadal | 2 | 1 |
  | SUI | Roger Federer | 3 | 2 |
  | FRA | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 6 | 3 |
  | FRA | Gaël Monfils | 15 | 4 |
  | SRB | Viktor Troicki | 21 | 5 |
  | RUS | Alex Bogomolov Jr. | 34 | 6 |
  | RUS | Mikhail Youzhny | 35 | 7 |
  | ITA | Andreas Seppi | 38 | 8 |
  
  * Rankings are as of December 26, 2011
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wild cards:
  
  * Jabor Al Mutawa
  * Sergei Bubka
  * Malek Jaziri
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Matthias Bachinger
  * Denis Gremelmayr
  * Roberto Bautista Agut
  * Grega Žemlja
  
  ### Retirements
  
  The following players retire from the singles main draw:
  
  * Alex Bogomolov Jr. (right ankle injury)
  * Roger Federer (back injury)
  
  ## Doubles main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | GBR | Colin Fleming | GBR | Ross Hutchins | 76 | 1 |
  | USA | James Cerretani | BEL | Dick Norman | 94 | 2 |
  | ITA | Daniele Bracciali | ITA | Potito Starace | 95 | 3 |
  | UKR | Sergiy Stakhovsky | RUS | Mikhail Youzhny | 107 | 4 |
  
  * Rankings are as of December 26, 2011
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
  
  * Jabor Al Mutawa / Mohammed Ghareeb
  * Sherif Sabry / Mohamed Safwat
  
  ### Retirements
  
  * Alex Bogomolov Jr. (right ankle injury)
  