# 2012 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Singles

Ryan Sweeting was the defending champion but lost to John Isner in the quarterfinals. Isner lost in the final to Juan Mónaco, 2–6, 6–3, 3–6.

## Seeds

The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.
* Mardy Fish (second round)
* John Isner (final)
* Feliciano López (semifinals)
* Juan Mónaco (champion)
* Kevin Anderson (quarterfinals)
* Carlos Berlocq (quarterfinals, retired)
* Alex Bogomolov Jr. (first round)
* Ivo Karlović (first 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 |
| Q | Michael Russell | 7 | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| 4/WC | Juan Mónaco | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 4/WC | Juan Mónaco | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4/WC | Juan Mónaco | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| | | | | | 2 | John Isner | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| 3/WC | Feliciano López | 7$^7$ | 6$^4$ | 3 | 2 | John Isner | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | John Isner | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |

### 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 | M Fish | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Russell | 2 | 7 | 6 | Q | M Russell | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Gimeno Traver | 6 | 5 | 1 | | | | | | Q | M Russell | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | |
| | X Malisse | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | R Harrison | 1 | 7 | 3 | | | | | |
| | I Kunitsyn | 6 | 6 | | | I Kunitsyn | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Harrison | 4 | 6 | 6 | | R Harrison | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | A Bogomolov Jr. | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | M Russell | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4/WC | J Mónaco | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 4/WC | J Mónaco | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Ito | 6 | 7 | | | T Ito | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | G Soeda | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | 4/WC | J Mónaco | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | | | |
| | É Prodon | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | 5/WC | K Anderson | 6$^4$ | 5 | | | | | | |
| | S Querrey | 6 | 6 | | | S Querrey | 6$^3$ | 6 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Souza | 3 | 4 | | 5/WC | K Anderson | 7$^7$ | 3 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5/WC | K Anderson | 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | C Berlocq | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Blake | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 | C Berlocq | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Phau | 6 | 3 | | | B Phau | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Junqueira | 1 | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | 6 | C Berlocq | 4 | 2$^r$ | | | | | |
| | P Lorenzi | 6$^3$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3/WC | F López | 6 | 2 | | | | | |
| | W Odesnik | 7$^7$ | 2 | 3 | | P Lorenzi | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3/WC | F López | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3/WC | F López | 7$^7$ | 6$^4$ | 3 |
| 8 | I Karlović | 6$^5$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | J Isner | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | B Reynolds | 7$^7$ | 2 | 6 | | B Reynolds | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Sweeting | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | R Sweeting | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Mello | 3 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | R Sweeting | 6$^1$ | 6$^4$ | | | | | |
| Q | H Zeballos | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | J Isner | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| | A Ungur | 3 | 3 | | Q | H Zeballos | 7$^7$ | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | J Isner | 6$^3$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Go Soeda (qualified)
* Horacio Zeballos (qualified)
* Ricardo Mello (qualified)
* Michael Russell (qualified)
* Tommy Haas (qualifying competition, withdrew due to a right knee injury)
* Teymuraz Gabashvili (second round)
* Yūichi Sugita (second round)
* Michael Yani (second round, retired)

### Qualifiers

* Go Soeda
* Horacio Zeballos
* Ricardo Mello
* Michael Russell

### Draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| | | | | 1 | Go Soeda | 6 | 6 | | | |
| Alex Kuznetsov | 7$^7$ | 6$^1$ | 4 | | Robby Ginepri | 4 | 4 | | | |
| Robby Ginepri | 6$^4$ | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | 1 | Go Soeda | w/o |
| Chris Wettengel | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | Tommy Haas | |
| James Cerretani | 0 | 4 | | | Chris Wettengel | 3 | 3 | | | |
| | | | | 5 | Tommy Haas | 6 | 6 | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| | | | | 2 | Horacio Zeballos | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Harry Fowler | 6$^9$ | 3 | WC | Nicholas Naumann | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| WC | Nicholas Naumann | 7$^{11}$ | 6 | | | | | 2 | Horacio Zeballos | 6$^3$ | 6 | 7 |
| | Dennis Lajola | 6$^2$ | 4 | | | | | | Jan Hernych | 7$^7$ | 3 | 5 |
| | Jan Hernych | 7$^7$ | 6 | | Jan Hernych | 7$^7$ | 1 | | | | | |
| | Frank Moser | 4 | 1 | 8 | Michael Yani | 6$^5$ | 0$^r$ | | | | | |
| 8 | Michael Yani | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| | | | 3 | Ricardo Mello | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| Joshua Zavala | 1 | 4 | | Peter Polansky | 5 | 3 | | | | | |
| Peter Polansky | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | Ricardo Mello | 6 | 6 |
| Cătălin Gârd | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Cătălin Gârd | 3 | 3 |
| Scott Lipsky | 0 | 4 | | Cătălin Gârd | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Teymuraz Gabashvili | 5 | 6 | 2 | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| | | | | 4 | Michael Russell | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| Dénes Lukács | 7$^7$ | 2 | 0 | | Dénes Lukács | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| Amrit Narasimhan | 6$^4$ | 6 | 0$^r$ | | | | | 4 | Michael Russell | 6 | 6 |
| Mischa Zverev | 6 | 4 | 0$^r$ | | | | | | Daniel Kosakowski | 4 | 1 |
| Daniel Kosakowski | 3 | 6 | 3 | | Daniel Kosakowski | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | 7 | Yūichi Sugita | 6$^4$ | 4 | | | | |