# 2012 MercedesCup – Singles

Juan Carlos Ferrero was the defending champion, but chose to compete in Umag. Janko Tipsarević won the title against Juan Mónaco after defeating him 6–4, 5–7, 6–3 in the final.

## Seeds

The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.
* Janko Tipsarević (champion)
* Juan Mónaco (final)
* Bernard Tomic (second round)
* Pablo Andújar (second round)
* Robin Haase (first round)
* Nikolay Davydenko (first round)
* Łukasz Kubot (first round)
* Tommy Haas (second round)

## 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 | Final | Final |
| 1 | Janko Tipsarević | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Thomaz Bellucci | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Thomaz Bellucci | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | Janko Tipsarević | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| | | | | | 2 | Juan Mónaco | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| | Guillermo García López | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | Juan Mónaco | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Juan Mónaco | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | J Tipsarević | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Darcis | 6 | 6 | | | S Darcis | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Montañés | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | 1 | J Tipsarević | 6$^6$ | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | B Phau | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | B Phau | 7$^8$ | 6$^2$ | 4 | | | | | |
| Q | M Fischer | 3 | 3 | | | B Phau | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Rosol | 6 | 7 | | | L Rosol | 6$^3$ | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | R Haase | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Tipsarević | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | T Bellucci | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| | | | | | 3 | B Tomic | 6$^6$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Bellucci | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | T Bellucci | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | R Kern | 6$^3$ | 2 | | | | | | | | T Bellucci | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| Q | J Reister | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | C-M Stebe | 4 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | J Chardy | 6 | 6 | | | J Chardy | 6 | 6$^8$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C-M Stebe | 6 | 0 | 6 | | C-M Stebe | 4 | 7$^{10}$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Ł Kubot | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | N Davydenko | 5 | 6 | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D Brown | 7 | 3 | 7$^9$ | WC | D Brown | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Paire | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | B Paire | 6$^4$ | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | E Schwank | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | | | | WC | D Brown | 0 | 3 | | | | | |
| | G García López | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | G García López | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | R Ramírez Hidalgo | 2 | 3 | | | G García López | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | P Andújar | 1 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | G García López | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| 8/WC | T Haas | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | J Mónaco | 6 | 3 | 7 |
| Q | I Andreev | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8/WC | T Haas | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Stakhovsky | 1 | 6 | 1 | Q | P Červenák | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | P Červenák | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | Q | P Červenák | 1 | 5 | | | | | |
| | F Cipolla | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 2 | J Mónaco | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | T Kamke | 6 | 6 | | | T Kamke | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | J Mónaco | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

The top two seeds receive a bye into the second round.
* Igor Andreev (qualified)
* Eduardo Schwank (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Andrey Golubev (second round)
* Josselin Ouanna (qualifying competition)
* Robert Farah (qualifying competition)
* Pavol Červenák (qualified)
* Martin Fischer (qualified)
* Farrukh Dustov (qualifying competition)

### Qualifiers

* Igor Andreev
* Martin Fischer
* Julian Reister
* Pavol Červenák

### Lucky loser

* Eduardo Schwank

### Draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| | | | | | 1 | Igor Andreev | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Blaz Seric | w/o | | | | Blaz Seric | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | Ivan Gómez Mantilla | | | | | | | | 1 | Igor Andreev | 7$^7$ | 7 |
| | Pascal Meis | 7$^7$ | 3 | 4 | | | | | 5 | Robert Farah | 6$^4$ | 5 |
| WC | Elmar Ejupovic | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6 | WC | Elmar Ejupovic | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | Artem Sitak | 2 | 0 | | 5 | Robert Farah | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 5 | Robert Farah | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| | | | | 2 | Eduardo Schwank | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Christian Wickenhäuser | 3 | 0 | | Juan Sebastián Cabal | 7 | 5 | 3 | | | | |
| | Juan Sebastián Cabal | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | Eduardo Schwank | 5 | 1 |
| | Maximilian Neuchrist | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | 7 | Martin Fischer | 7 | 6 |
| | Bastian Knittel | 6$^5$ | 4 | | Maximilian Neuchrist | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Sebastian Sachs | 4 | 3 | 7 | Martin Fischer | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 7 | Martin Fischer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Andrey Golubev | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jan-Lennard Struff | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jan-Lennard Struff | 4 | 2 | | 3 | Andrey Golubev | 6$^9$ | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Julian Reister | 7$^{11}$ | 6 | | | | |
| | Julian Reister | 6 | 7$^{10}$ | | | Julian Reister | 7$^{11}$ | 6 | | | | |
| | Stéphane Bohli | 2 | 6$^8$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | Stéphane Bohli | 2 | 6$^8$ | | | | | | | Julian Reister | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | 8 | Farrukh Dustov | 1 | 4 |
| | Neven Krivokuća | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Farrukh Dustov | 1 | 4 |
| WC | Evgeny Karlovskiy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Evgeny Karlovskiy | 6 | 6 | | WC | Evgeny Karlovskiy | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | Farrukh Dustov | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Jeremy Jahn | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | Farrukh Dustov | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 8 | Farrukh Dustov | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Josselin Ouanna | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Evgeny Kirillov | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Evgeny Kirillov | 3 | 4 | 4 | Josselin Ouanna | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | André Sá | 1$^r$ | | | | | | | |
| | André Sá | 6 | 6 | | André Sá | 1$^r$ | | | | | | | |
| WC | Yannick Offermanns | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Yannick Offermanns | 4 | 0 | | | | | | 4 | Josselin Ouanna | 6 | 4 | 6$^7$ |
| | | | | | | | | | 6 | Pavol Červenák | 4 | 6 | 7$^9$ |
| | James Lemke | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Pavol Červenák | 4 | 6 | 7$^9$ |
| | Florian Fallert | 6$^1$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Florian Fallert | 6$^1$ | 4 | | James Lemke | 2 | 6 | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | 6 | Pavol Červenák | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Nils Langer | 2 | 3 | 6 | Pavol Červenák | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| 6 | Pavol Červenák | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |