2012 Tampere Open

2012 Tampere Open
Date	23–29 July
Edition	31st
Surface	Hard
Location	Tampere, Finland
Champions
Singles
João Sousa
Doubles
Michael Linzer / Gerald Melzer

The 2012 Tampere Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 31st edition of the tournament which was a part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Tampere, Finland from 23 until 29 July 2012.^[1]

Country	Player	Rank1	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.

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

• João Sousa def. Éric Prodon, 7–6^(7–5), 6–4

• Michael Linzer / Gerald Melzer def. Niels Desein / André Ghem, 6–1, 7–6^(7–3)

• Official website