Name: MercedesCup
Category: ATP World Tour 250
Place: Stuttgart, Germany
Date: 09.07.2012-15.07.2012
Draw Size: S-28 D-16
Surface: Clay
Prize Money: € 358,425
Total Financial Commitment: € 410,175
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Stuttgart Champions Drive Away Happy at MercedesCup
There's always an added incentive for ATP World Tour players to win the MercedesCup in Stuttgart, Germany. The 2011 champion, Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero, drove away in a brand new Mercedes-Benz SLK 350 BlueEFFICIENCY Roadster. Argentines and Spaniards have dominated the event in recent times, combining to win the past eight of the past nine titles.


WHO IS PLAYING
Janko Tipsarevic, Juan Monaco, Bernard Tomic, Pablo Andujar, Robin Haase, Nikolay Davydenko, Lukasz Kubot, Tommy Haas
Tipsarevic Leads Stuttgart Field
World No. 8 Janko Tipsarevic, who has a 49-44 record on clay, competes at the MercedesCup in Stuttgart for the first time since his debut in 2009.
Monaco Plays For Fourth Time - Juan Monaco reached the 2006 Stuttgart semi-finals (l. to Acasuso). He has a 167-94 clay-court record and five red dirt titles.
Tomic Makes Debut - Australian Bernard Tomic makes his Stuttgart debut. He has played 14 of his 17 clay-court matches in 2012.
Former Champion Returns - Jeremy Chardy, who dropped two sets en route to clinching the 2009 title (d. Hanescu), has a 6-2 record at the ATP World Tour 250 tournament.


2012 Seeds
Singles Players
# Player W-L Best Finish
1 Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 0-1 R32-'09
2 Juan Monaco (ARG) 8-3 S-'06
3 Bernard Tomic (AUS) 0-0
4 Pablo Andujar (ESP) 5-3 F-'11
5 Robin Haase (NED) 0-0
6 Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) 9-6 S-'05,04
7 Lukasz Kubot (POL) 5-2 S-'11
8 Tommy Haas (GER) 5-3 F-'99
Doubles Players
# Player W-L Best Finish
1 Brown / Kas 0-0
2 Kohlmann / Petzschner 0-0
3 Cabal / Farah 0-0
4 Mertinak / Sa 0-0
Past Champions
Year Draws Singles Doubles
2011 S|D Juan Carlos Ferrero Jurgen Melzer / Philipp Petzschner
2010 S|D Albert Montanes Carlos Berlocq / Eduardo Schwank
2009 S|D Jeremy Chardy Frantisek Cermak / Michal Mertinak
2008 S|D Juan Martin Del Potro Christopher Kas / Philipp Kohlschreiber
2007 S|D Rafael Nadal Frantisek Cermak / Leos Friedl
2006 S|D David Ferrer Gaston Gaudio / Max Mirnyi
2005 S|D Rafael Nadal Jose Acasuso / Sebastian Prieto
2004 S|D Guillermo Canas Jiri Novak / Radek Stepanek
2003 S|D Guillermo Coria Tomas Cibulec / Pavel Vizner
2002 S|D Mikhail Youzhny Joshua Eagle / David Rikl
2001 S|D Gustavo Kuerten Guillermo Canas / Rainer Schuettler
2000 S|D Franco Squillari Jiri Novak / David Rikl
1999 S|D Magnus Norman Jaime Oncins / Daniel Orsanic
1998 S|D Gustavo Kuerten Olivier Delaitre / Fabrice Santoro
1997 S|D Alex Corretja Gustavo Kuerten / Fernando Meligeni
1996 S|D Thomas Muster Libor Pimek / Byron Talbot
1995 S|D Thomas Muster Tomas Carbonell / Francisco Roig
1994 S|D Alberto Berasategui Scott Melville / Piet Norval
1993 S|D Magnus Gustafsson Tom Nijssen / Cyril Suk
1992 S|D Andrei Medvedev Glenn Layendecker / Byron Talbot
1991 S|D Michael Stich Wally Masur / Emilio Sanchez
1990 S|D Goran Ivanisevic Pieter Aldrich / Danie Visser
1989 S|D Martin Jaite Petr Korda / Tomas Smid
1988 S|D Andre Agassi Sergio Casal / Emilio Sanchez
1987 S|D Miloslav Mecir Sr. Rick Leach / Tim Pawsat
1986 S|D Martin Jaite Hans Gildemeister / Andres Gomez
1985 S|D Ivan Lendl Ivan Lendl / Tomas Smid
1984 S|D Henri Leconte Andreas Maurer / Sandy Mayer
1983 S|D Jose Higueras Anand Amritraj / Mike Bauer
1982 S|D Ramesh Krishnan Mark Edmondson / Brian Teacher
1981 S|D Bjorn Borg Peter McNamara / Paul McNamee
1980 S|D Vitas Gerulaitis Colin Dowdeswell / Frew McMillan
1979 S|D Tomas Smid Colin Dowdeswell / Frew McMillan
1978 S|D Ulrich Pinner Jan Kodes / Tomas Smid
Points/Prize Money (Singles)
Points Prize €
W 250 64,700
F 150 34,080
SF 90 18,460
QF 45 10,515
R16 20 6,200
R28 0 3,670
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Q 12
Q3 6 590
Q2 0 285
Q1 0 0
Points/Prize Money (Doubles)
Points Prize €
W 250 19,660
F 150 10,330
SF 90 5,600
QF 45 3,200
R16 1,880