# 2012 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger – Singles

Donald Young was the defending champion but decided not to participate. Tim Smyczek won the title, when Frank Dancevic retired in the final after losing the first set 5–7.

## Seeds

* Yen-Hsun Lu (withdrew due to a neck injury)
* Ryan Sweeting (quarterfinals)
* Igor Kunitsyn (quarterfinals)
* Tatsuma Ito (semifinals)
* Vasek Pospisil (first round)
* Wayne Odesnik (quarterfinals)
* Rogério Dutra da Silva (second round)
* Bobby Reynolds (quarterfinals)
* Frank Dancevic (final, retired)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 9/Alt | Frank Dancevic | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | |
| 4 | Tatsuma Ito | 1 | 6 | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Tatsuma Ito | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9/Alt | Frank Dancevic | 5$^r$ |
| | | | | | | Tim Smyczek | 7 |
| | Tim Smyczek | 6 | 3 | 6 | | Tim Smyczek | 7 |
| | Rajeev Ram | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 9/Alt | F Dancevic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Sitak | 0 | 4 | | 9/Alt | F Dancevic | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Sandgren | 6 | 0 | 4 | | J Baker | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Baker | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 9/Alt | F Dancevic | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| | Stefan Seifert | 3 | 7 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | 8 | B Reynolds | 0 | 6$^3$ | | | | | |
| LL | D Kosakowski | 6 | 5 | 7$^8$ | LL | D Kosakowski | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Yani | 4 | 1$^r$ | | 8 | B Reynolds | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | B Reynolds | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 9/Alt | F Dancevic | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | T Ito | 6 | 1 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | T Ito | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Q | J Peers | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | T Ito | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | B Strode | 2 | 1 | | WC | B Baker | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | B Baker | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | T Ito | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Y Sugita | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | W Odesnik | 5 | 2 | | | | | |
| | P-L Duclos | 7 | 1 | 2 | | Y Sugita | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Becker | 4 | 0 | | 6 | W Odesnik | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | W Odesnik | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | R Dutra da Silva | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Emmrich | 5 | 2 | | 7 | R Dutra da Silva | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Smyczek | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | T Smyczek | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kuznetsov | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | T Smyczek | 6$^6$ | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Levine | 6$^0$ | 6 | 2 | | | | | | 3 | I Kunitsyn | 7$^8$ | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| LL | C Gârd | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | LL | C Gârd | 4 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Zverev | 2 | 1$^r$ | | 3 | I Kunitsyn | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | I Kunitsyn | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | T Smyczek | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | V Pospisil | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | R Ram | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| | C Ball | 6 | 3 | 6 | | C Ball | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Ram | 6 | 5 | 6 | | R Ram | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P-H Herbert | 4 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | R Ram | 6$^3$ | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | V Mirzadeh | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 2/WC | R Sweeting | 7$^7$ | 1 | 4 | | | | |
| | A Olivetti | 6 | 5 | 2 | WC | V Mirzadeh | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Russell | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2/WC | R Sweeting | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2/WC | R Sweeting | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |