2012 Nottingham Challenge

The 2012 Nottingham Challenge (known for sponsorship reasons as the Aegon Nottingham Challenge) was a professional tennis tournament played on grass courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Nottingham, Great Britain between 11 and 17 June 2012.

2012 Nottingham Challenge
Date	June 11–17
Edition	2nd
Surface	Grass
Location	Nottingham, Great Britain
Champions
Men's singles
Grega Žemlja
Women's singles
Ashleigh Barty
Men's doubles
Olivier Charroin / Martin Fischer
Women's doubles
Ashleigh Barty / Sally Peers

ATP entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ISR	Dudi Sela	95	1
SVK	Karol Beck	104	2
USA	Michael Russell	110	3
USA	Rajeev Ram	123	4
TUR	Marsel İlhan	124	5
SVN	Grega Žemlja	129	6
USA	Jesse Levine	131	7
RSA	Rik de Voest	144	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of May 28, 2012.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Luke Bambridge
• Edward Corrie
• Kyle Edmund
• Joshua Goodall

The following players received entry as a special exempt into the singles main draw:

• Robert Kendrick

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Richard Bloomfield
• Stéphane Bohli
• Adrien Bossel
• Aliaksandr Bury

WTA entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
BLR	Anastasiya Yakimova	100	1
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	122	2
RUS	Valeria Savinykh	127	3
JPN	Erika Sema	134	4
RUS	Vitalia Diatchenko	143	5
FRA	Claire Feuerstein	145	6
ITA	Camila Giorgi	146	7
ROU	Mihaela Buzărnescu	149	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of May 28, 2012.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Katy Dunne
• Anna Fitzpatrick
• Jade Windley
• Lisa Whybourn

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Çağla Büyükakçay
• Maria João Koehler
• Conny Perrin
• Marta Sirotkina

The following players received entry by a Junior Exempt:

• Ashleigh Barty

Champions

Men's singles

Main article: 2012 Nottingham Challenge – Men's singles

• Grega Žemlja def. Karol Beck, 7–6^(7–3), 4–6, 6–4

Men's doubles

Main article: 2012 Nottingham Challenge – Men's doubles

• Olivier Charroin / Martin Fischer def. Evgeny Donskoy / Andrey Kuznetsov, 6–4, 7–6^(8–6)

Women's singles

Main article: 2012 Nottingham Challenge – Women's singles

• Ashleigh Barty def. Tatjana Malek, 6–1, 6–1

Women's doubles

Main article: 2012 Nottingham Challenge – Women's doubles

• Ashleigh Barty / Sally Peers def. Réka-Luca Jani / Maria João Koehler, 7–6^(7–2), 3–6, [10–5]

External links

• Official website Archived 1 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine
• LTA website Archived 25 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine