# 2012 Swedish Open

The 2012 Swedish Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts as part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2012 ATP World Tour and as part of the International Series on the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place in Båstad, Sweden, from 7 July until 15 July 2012 for the Men's tournament and from July 14 through July 22, 2012 for the Women's tournament. It was also known as the 2012 SkiStar Swedish Open for the Men's and the 2012 Sony Swedish Open for the Women's for sponsorship reasons. It was the 65th edition for the men's and the 4th edition for the women's. David Ferrer and Polona Hercog won the singles titles.

## ATP singles main draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| ESP | David Ferrer | 5 | 1 |
| ESP | Nicolás Almagro | 11 | 2 |
| ESP | Albert Ramos | 43 | 3 |
| FIN | Jarkko Nieminen | 44 | 4 |
| KAZ | Mikhail Kukushkin | 52 | 5 |
| BUL | Grigor Dimitrov | 69 | 6 |
| ITA | Filippo Volandri | 79 | 7 |
| ROU | Adrian Ungur | 81 | 8 |
* $^1$ Seedings are based on the rankings of June 25, 2012

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Christian Lindell
* Michael Ryderstedt
* Tommy Robredo
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Thiago Alves
* Alessandro Giannessi
* Evgeny Korolev
* Ivo Minář

### Withdrawals

* Tomáš Berdych (knee injury)
* Gaël Monfils (knee injury)

## ATP doubles main draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| SWE | Robert Lindstedt | ROU | Horia Tecău | 21 | 1 |
| AUT | Alexander Peya | BRA | Bruno Soares | 51 | 2 |
| AUS | Paul Hanley | AUT | Julian Knowle | 86 | 3 |
| SWE | Johan Brunström | BEL | Dick Norman | 115 | 4 |
* Rankings are as of June 25, 2012

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Filip Bergevi / Fred Simonsson
* Patrik Rosenholm / Michael Ryderstedt
The following pair received entry as alternates:
* Roberto Bautista-Agut / Jürgen Zopp

## WTA singles main draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| ITA | Sara Errani | 9 | 1 |
| GER | Julia Görges | 24 | 2 |
| ESP | Anabel Medina Garrigues | 26 | 3 |
| ITA | Roberta Vinci | 27 | 4 |
| RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 29 | 5 |
| CZE | Klára Zakopalová | 32 | 6 |
| GER | Mona Barthel | 40 | 7 |
| ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 41 | 8 |
* $^1$ Rankings are as of July 9, 2012

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Rebecca Peterson
* Laura Robson
* Sandra Roma
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Annika Beck
* Lourdes Domínguez Lino
* Mariana Duque Mariño
* Carina Witthöft
The following players received entry as Lucky Loser:
* Jill Craybas

### Withdrawals

* Sara Errani (shoulder injury)
* Kaia Kanepi (heels)

## WTA doubles main draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| GER | Julia Görges | RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 84 | 1 |
| BLR | Olga Govortsova | POL | Klaudia Jans-Ignacik | 92 | 2 |
| CRO | Darija Jurak | HUN | Katalin Marosi | 149 | 3 |
| ESP | Lourdes Domínguez Lino | ESP | Anabel Medina Garrigues | 154 | 4 |
* $^1$ Rankings are as of July 9, 2012

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Beatrice Cedermark / Rebecca Peterson
* Hilda Melander / Sandra Roma

### Retirements

* Lourdes Domínguez Lino (thigh muscle strain)
* Julia Görges (foot injury)
* Olga Govortsova (viral illness)

## Finals
### Men's singles

David Ferrer defeated Nicolás Almagro, 6–2, 6–2

### Women's singles

Polona Hercog defeated Mathilde Johansson, 0–6, 6–4, 7–5

### Men's doubles

Robert Lindstedt / Horia Tecău defeated Alexander Peya / Bruno Soares 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$

### Women's doubles

Catalina Castaño / Mariana Duque Mariño defeated Eva Hrdinová / Mervana Jugić-Salkić, 4–6, 7–5, [10–5]