2012 Proton Malaysian Open

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2012 Proton Malaysian Open
Date	24–30 September
Edition	4th
Category	World Tour 250
Draw	28S / 16D
Prize money	$850,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Champions
Singles
Juan Mónaco
Doubles
Alexander Peya / Bruno Soares
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The 2012 Proton Malaysian Open was a professional men's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament, and part of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia between 24 and 30 September 2012. Juan Mónaco won the singles title.

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ESP	David Ferrer	5	1
ARG	Juan Mónaco	11	2
JPN	Kei Nishikori	17	3
UKR	Alexandr Dolgopolov	19	4
ESP	Feliciano López	32	5
ESP	Pablo Andújar	33	6
FRA	Julien Benneteau	34	7
AUT	Jürgen Melzer	37	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of 17 September 2012

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Philip Davydenko
• Ariez Elyaas Deen Heshaam
• Jimmy Wang

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Riccardo Ghedin
• Dominic Inglot
• Julian Knowle
• Michael Yani

The following player received entry as lucky loser:

• Sanam Singh

• Marcos Baghdatis
• Santiago Giraldo
• Martin Kližan (oblique muscle injury)
• Sam Querrey
• Andreas Seppi (fatigue)

• Nikolay Davydenko
• Jürgen Melzer (left quadriceps injury)

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
POL	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	POL	Marcin Matkowski	21	1
ITA	Daniele Bracciali	BRA	Marcelo Melo	45	2
AUT	Alexander Peya	BRA	Bruno Soares	56	3
AUT	Julian Knowle	SVK	Filip Polášek	59	4

• Rankings are as of 17 September 2012

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Mohd Assri Merzuki / Syed Mohammad Agil Naguib
• Si Yew Ming / Jimmy Wang

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Vasek Pospisil / Sanam Singh

• Jürgen Melzer (left quadriceps injury)

• Martin Kližan (oblique muscle injury)

• Juan Mónaco defeated Julien Benneteau 7–5, 4–6, 6–3^[1]

• Alexander Peya / Bruno Soares defeated Colin Fleming / Ross Hutchins, 5–7, 7–5, [10–7]

• ATP tournament overview