# 2012 ITF Men's Circuit

The 2012 ITF Men's Circuit is the 2012 edition of the entry level tour for men's professional tennis, and is the third tier tennis tour below the Association of Tennis Professionals, World Tour and Challenger Tour. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) who additionally organizes the ITF Women's Circuit which is an entry-level tour for women's professional tennis. Future tournaments are organized to offer either $10,000 or $15,000 in prize money and tournaments which offering hospitality to players competing in the main draw give additional ranking points which are valid under the ATP ranking system, and are to be organized by a national association or approved by the ITF Men's Circuit Committee.
The tournaments are played on a rectangular flat surface, commonly referred to as a tennis court. The dimensions of a tennis court are defined and regulated by the ITF and the court is 23.78 meters (78.0 feet) long, 10.97 meters (36.0 feet) wide. Its width is 8.23 meters (27.0 feet) for singles matches and 10.97 meters (36.0 feet) for doubles matches. Tennis is played on a variety of surfaces and each surface has its own characteristics which affect the playing style of the game. There are four main types of courts depending on the materials used for the court surface, clay, hard, grass and carpet courts with the ITF classifying five different pace settings ranging from slow to fast.

## Participating host nations

* Algeria (ALG)
* Argentina (ARG)
* Armenia (ARM)
* Australia (AUS)
* Austria (AUT)
* Bahrain (BHR)
* Belgium (BEL)
* Bolivia (BOL)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)
* Brazil (BRA)
* Bulgaria (BUL)
* Burundi (BDI)
* Cambodia (CAM)
* Canada (CAN)
* Chile (CHI)
* China (CHN)
* Chinese Taipei (TPE)
* Colombia (COL)
* Croatia (CRO)
* Czech Republic (CZE)
* Ecuador (ECU)
* Egypt (EGY)
* Estonia (EST)
* Finland (FIN)
* France (FRA)
* Georgia (GEO)
* Germany (GER)
* Great Britain (GBR)
* Greece (GRE)
* Guatemala (GUA)
* Hong Kong (HKG)
* India (IND)
* Indonesia (IDN)
* Iran (IRN)
* Israel (ISR)
* Italy (ITA)
* Japan (JPN)
* Kazakhstan (KAZ)
* Kuwait (KUW)
* Latvia (LAT)
* Liechtenstein (LIE)
* Lithuania (LTU)
* Mexico (MEX)
* Morocco (MAR)
* Netherlands (NED)
* Nigeria (NGA)
* Panama (PAN)
* Poland (POL)
* Portugal (POR)
* Qatar (QAT)
* Ireland (IRL)
* Romania (ROU)
* Russia (RUS)
* Rwanda (RWA)
* Saudi Arabia (SAU)
* Serbia (SRB)
* Slovakia (SVK)
* Slovenia (SLO)
* South Africa (RSA)
* South Korea (KOR)
* Spain (ESP)
* Sweden (SWE)
* Switzerland (SUI)
* Thailand (THA)
* Turkey (TUR)
* Ukraine (UKR)
* United Arab Emirates (UAE)
* United States (USA)
* Uzbekistan (UZB)
* Venezuela (VEN)
* Vietnam (VIE)
* Zimbabwe (ZIM)
Countries that are hosting a tournament in 2012, but did not in 2011.
* Bahrain (BHR)
* Egypt (EGY)
* Georgia (GEO)
* Greece (GRE)
* Hong Kong (HKG)
* Qatar (QAT)
* Saudi Arabia (SAU)
* Slovenia (SLO)
* United Arab Emirates (UAE)
* Vietnam (VIE)
* Zimbabwe (ZIM)

## Schedule
### Key

* $15,000 tournaments
* $10,000 tournaments

### January–March

| No. | January | January | January | January | January | February | February | February | February | March | March | March | March |
| No. | 2 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 30 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 27 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 26 |
| 1 | CHN F1 | CHN F2 | FRA F1 | EGY F1 | EGY F2 | CHN F3 | AUS F1 | AUS F2 | ARG F1 | ARG F2 | ARG F3 | ARG F4 | ARG F5 |
| 2 | | GER F1 | GER F2 | FRA F2 | FRA F3 | GUA F1 | BRA F7 | BRA F8 | CHI F4 | CAN F1 | CAN F2 | AUS F3 | AUS F4 |
| 3 | | GBR F1 | GBR F2 | GER F3 | GER F4 | ESP F1 | CHI F1 | CHI F2 | IND F2 | FRA F4 | CRO F3 | CRO F4 | BHR F1 |
| 4 | | ISR F1 | ISR F2 | GBR F3 | MEX F2 | TUR F5 | CHN F4 | CRO F2 | POR F1 | GBR F4 | FRA F5 | FRA F6 | CRO F5 |
| 5 | | RUS F1 | RUS F2 | ISR F3 | TUR F4 | | CRO F1 | IND F1 | ESP F4 | IND F3 | GBR F5 | ISR F5 | ISR F6 |
| 6 | | TUR F1 | TUR F2 | MEX F1 | USA F4 | | PAN F1 | RUS F5 | TUR F8 | POR F2 | ISR F4 | ISR F1 | ITA F2 |
| 7 | | USA F1 | USA F2 | RUS F3 | | | RUS F4 | ESP F3 | UKR F2 | ESP F5 | JPN F1 | JPN F2 | JPN F3 |
| 8 | | | | TUR F3 | | | ESP F2 | TUR F7 | USA F6 | TUR F9 | POR F3 | RUS F7 | KAZ F1 |
| 9 | | | | USA F3 | | | TUR F6 | UKR F1 | | UKR F3 | RUS F6 | SUI F2 | SUI F3 |
| 10 | | | | | | | | USA F5 | | | ESP F6 | TUR F11 | TUR F12 |
| 11 | | | | | | | | | | | SUI F1 | UAE F1 | |
| 12 | | | | | | | | | | | TUR F10 | USA F8 | |
| 13 | | | | | | | | | | | USA F7 | | |

### April–June

| No. | April | April | April | April | April | May | May | May | May | June | June | June | June |
| No. | 2 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 30 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 28 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 25 |
| 1 | ARG F6 | CHN F5 | ARG F7 | ARG F8 | ARG F9 | BIH F2 | BIH F3 | BIH F4 | BIH F5 | ARG F11 | ARG F12 | ARG F14 | ARG F15 |
| 2 | CRO F6 | TPE F1 | CHN F6 | FRA F9 | BIH F1 | BRA F9 | BRA F10 | BRA F11 | BRA F12 | CHI F7 | BRA F13 | BRA F14 | BEL F1 |
| 3 | GRE F1 | FRA F7 | TPE F2 | GBR F6 | GBR F7 | BUL F1 | BUL F2 | BUL F3 | CHI F6 | IND F8 | GER F5 | CHN F9 | BRA F15 |
| 4 | ITA F3 | GRE F2 | FRA F6 | IND F5 | IND F6 | CZE F1 | CHN F7 | CHI F5 | IND F7 | ITA F12 | IND F9 | FRA F10 | CHN F10 |
| 5 | JPN F4 | ITA F4 | GRE F3 | ITA F6 | ISR F7 | GBR F8 | CZE F2 | CHN F3 | ITA F11 | MAR F3 | ITA F13 | GER F6 | FRA F11 |
| 6 | KAZ F2 | KAZ F3 | IND F4 | MEX F4 | ITA F7 | ISR F8 | ISR F9 | CZE F3 | KOR F3 | PER F3 | JPN F5 | ITA F14 | GER F7 |
| 7 | SAU F1 | QAT F1 | ITA F5 | ESP F9 | MEX F5 | ITA F8 | ITA F9 | KOR F2 | MAR F2 | POL F3 | NED F1 | JPN F6 | IDN F1 |
| 8 | TUR F13 | TUR F14 | MEX F3 | TUR F16 | ESP F10 | MEX F6 | KOR F1 | MEX F8 | PER F2 | SLO F2 | PER F4 | NED F2 | ITA F15 |
| 9 | VIE F1 | USA F9 | ESP F8 | UZB F2 | SWE F1 | ESP F11 | MEX F7 | MAR F1 | POL F2 | ESP F15 | SRB F1 | PER F5 | JPN F7 |
| 10 | | VIE F2 | TUR F15 | | TUR F17 | SWE F2 | ROU F1 | PER F1 | ROU F3 | TUR F22 | SLO F3 | RUS F8 | NED F3 |
| 11 | | | USA F10 | | USA F11 | THA F1 | ESP F12 | POL F1 | SLO F1 | USA F14 | ESP F16 | SRB F2 | PER F6 |
| 12 | | | UZB F1 | | | TUR F18 | SWE F3 | ROU F13 | ESP F14 | | TUR F23 | ESP F17 | ROU F4 |
| 13 | | | VIE F3 | | | USA F12 | THA F2 | ESP F13 | TUR F21 | | USA F15 | TUR F24 | RUS F9 |
| 14 | | | | | | VEN F1 | TUR F19 | THA F3 | | | | USA F16 | SRB F3 |
| 15 | | | | | | | USA F13 | TUR F20 | | | | | ESP F18 |
| 16 | | | | | | | VEN F2 | VEN F3 | | | | | TUR F25 |
| 17 | | | | | | | | | | | | | USA F17 |

### July–September

| No. | July | July | July | July | July | August | August | August | August | September | September | September | September |
| No. | 2 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 30 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 27 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 24 |
| 1 | ARG F16 | ARG F17 | ARG F18 | AUT F3 | AUT F4 | ARG F19 | ARG F20 | ARG F21 | ARG F22 | ARG F23 | ARG F24 | AUS F8 | BOL F3 |
| 2 | ARM F1 | ARM F2 | AUT F2 | BEL F5 | BEL F6 | AUT F5 | AUT F6 | AUT F7 | AUS F5 | AUS F6 | AUS F7 | BOL F2 | BRA F27 |
| 3 | BEL F2 | AUT F1 | BEL F4 | BRA F18 | BRA F19 | BEL F7 | BEL F8 | BEL F9 | AUT F8 | AUT F9 | BOL F1 | BRA F26 | COL F3 |
| 4 | BRA F16 | BEL F3 | CZE F5 | CZE F6 | GER F12 | BRA F20 | BRA F21 | BRA F22 | BEL F10 | BRA F24 | CAN F8 | CAN F9 | FRA F18 |
| 5 | CAN F3 | CAN F4 | EST F1 | EST F2 | GBR F12 | FIN F1 | CAN F5 | CAN F6 | BRA F23 | CAN F7 | FRA F16 | FRA F17 | GER F17 |
| 6 | FRA F12 | CZE F4 | FRA F14 | GER F11 | IND F12 | GER F13 | COL F1 | COL F2 | CRO F9 | FRA F15 | GEO F2 | ITA F27 | ITA F28 |
| 7 | GER F8 | FRA F13 | GER F10 | IND F11 | ITA F20 | GBR F13 | CRO F7 | CRO F8 | ECU F3 | GEO F1 | GBR F16 | KUW F1 | KUW F2 |
| 8 | GBR F9 | GER F9 | GBR F11 | IRL F1 | LTU F1 | LAT F1 | ECU F1 | ECU F2 | GER F16 | GBR F15 | ITA F26 | MEX F11 | POR F5 |
| 9 | IDN F2 | GBR F10 | IND F10 | ITA F19 | RUS F10 | RUS F11 | FIN F2 | FIN F3 | GBR F14 | IRN F2 | MEX F10 | POR F4 | SRB F14 |
| 10 | ITA F16 | ITA F17 | ITA F18 | SRB F6 | SRB F7 | SRB F8 | GER F14 | GER F15 | IRN F1 | ITA F25 | SRB F12 | SRB F13 | ESP F30 |
| 11 | NED F4 | KAZ F6 | KAZ F7 | ESP F21 | SVK F1 | SVK F2 | ITA F22 | ITA F23 | ITA F24 | MEX F9 | ESP F28 | ESP F29 | SWE F6 |
| 12 | ROU F5 | ROU F6 | ESP F20 | TUR F29 | ESP F22 | TUR F31 | POL F4 | NED F5 | NED F6 | NED F7 | SWE F4 | SWE F5 | TUR F37 |
| 13 | SRB F4 | SRB F5 | TUR F28 | USA F21 | TUR F30 | USA F23 | ROU F7 | POL F5 | POL F6 | SRB F11 | TUR F35 | TUR F36 | USA F26 |
| 14 | ESP F19 | TUR F27 | USA F20 | | USA F22 | | RUS F12 | ROU F8 | ROU F9 | ESP F27 | USA F24 | USA F25 | VIE F6 |
| 15 | TUR F26 | USA F19 | | | | | SRB F9 | RUS F13 | RUS F14 | TUR F34 | VIE F4 | VIE F5 | |
| 16 | USA F18 | | | | | | SVK F3 | SRB F10 | ESP F26 | | | | |
| 17 | | | | | | | ESP F24 | ESP F24 | | | | | |
| 18 | | | | | | | TUR F32 | TUR F33 | | | | | |

### October–December

| No. | October | October | October | October | October | November | November | November | November | December | December | December | December |
| No. | 1 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 30 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 26 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 24 |
| 1 | AUS F9 | ALG F1 | ALG F2 | ALG F3 | AUS F12 | BRA F33 | BRA F30 | ARG F26 | ARG F27 | ARG F28 | CHI F15 | CHI F16 | TUR F50 |
| 2 | BOL F4 | BOL F5 | CHI F9 | AUS F11 | BRA F32 | CZE F8 | BDI F1 | BRA F34 | BRA F35 | BRA F36 | HKG F2 | HKG F3 | |
| 3 | BRA F28 | CHI F8 | CHI F9 | BRA F31 | CHI F11 | GRE F6 | CZE F9 | CAM F1 | CAM F2 | CAM F3 | IND F16 | IND F17 | |
| 4 | COL F4 | CRO F10 | CRO F11 | CHI F10 | CZE F7 | MEX F13 | GRE F7 | CHI F12 | CHI F13 | CHI F14 | RSA F2 | TUR F49 | |
| 5 | FRA F19 | FRA F20 | FRA F21 | CRO F12 | GRE F5 | THA F5 | MEX F14 | MEX F15 | IDN F3 | HKG F1 | TUR F48 | | |
| 6 | GER F18 | GER F19 | GER F20 | FRA F22 | IND F14 | TUR F43 | THA F6 | MAR F9 | MAR F10 | IND F15 | | | |
| 7 | KUW F3 | JPN F8 | GBR F17 | GBR F18 | ISR F12 | USA F31 | TUR F44 | RWA F1 | RWA F2 | IDN F4 | | | |
| 8 | QAT F2 | QAT F3 | ISR F10 | GRE F4 | MEX F12 | | USA F32 | TUR F45 | TUR F46 | RSA F1 | | | |
| 9 | ESP F32 | TUR F39 | JPN F9 | IND F13 | THA F4 | | | | ZIM F1 | TUR F47 | | | |
| 10 | SWE F7 | USA F27 | KAZ F8 | ISR F11 | TUR F42 | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | TUR F28 | | MAR F6 | KAZ F9 | USA F30 | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | | | NGA F1 | MAR F7 | VEN F5 | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | | | QAT F4 | NGA F2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | | | USA F28 | TUR F41 | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | | | TUR F40 | USA F29 | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | | | | VEN F4 | | | | | | | | | |

## Point distribution

| Tournament Category | W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R32 |
| Futures 15,000+H | 35 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Futures 15,000 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Futures 10,000+H | 27 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Futures 10,000 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |