# 2012 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur – Singles

Nicolás Almagro successfully defended his title defeating Brian Baker 6–3, 6–2 in the final.

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
* John Isner (quarterfinals)
* Gilles Simon (semifinals)
* Nicolás Almagro (champion)
* Gaël Monfils (second round)
* Bernard Tomic (second round)
* Robin Haase (first round)
* Denis Istomin (second round)
* Fabio Fognini (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 |
| | Nikolay Davydenko | 7$^7$ | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| Q | Brian Baker | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | Brian Baker | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6 | Q | Brian Baker | 3 | 2 |
| | | | | | 3 | Nicolás Almagro | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Nicolás Almagro | 6 | 6 | | 3 | Nicolás Almagro | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Gilles Simon | 1 | 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | J Isner | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | X Malisse | 7 | 6 | | | X Malisse | 6$^3$ | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y-H Lu | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | 1 | J Isner | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | |
| | N Davydenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | N Davydenko | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | |
| | M Ebden | 3 | 3 | | | N Davydenko | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Falla | 6$^3$ | 6 | 1 | 7 | D Istomin | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | D Istomin | 7$^7$ | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | N Davydenko | 7$^7$ | 4 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | B Baker | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 4/WC | G Monfils | 3 | 6$^9$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | B Baker | 6$^2$ | 6 | 7 | Q | B Baker | 6 | 7$^{11}$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Stakhovsky | 7$^7$ | 4 | 5 | | | | | | Q | B Baker | 4 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| | M Kukushkin | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | M Kukushkin | 6 | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | | |
| Q | S Querrey | 2 | 5 | | | M Kukushkin | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Lacko | 2 | 3 | | 5 | B Tomic | 6 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | B Tomic | 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 |
| 8 | F Fognini | 6$^3$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Darcis | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | S Darcis | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | F Volandri | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | F Volandri | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | O Rochus | 6 | 6$^2$ | 2 | | | | | | | S Darcis | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | É Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | 3 | N Almagro | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | B Paire | 4 | 6$^2$ | | | É Roger-Vasselin | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | N Almagro | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | N Almagro | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | R Haase | 6 | 6$^6$ | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | | 2 | G Simon | 1 | 3 |
| WC | JC Ferrero | 4 | 7$^8$ | 7$^8$ | WC | JC Ferrero | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | T Bellucci | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6 | Q | T Bellucci | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Young | 7$^7$ | 0 | 3 | | | | | | Q | T Bellucci | 5 | 0 | | | | |
| | D Sela | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | 2 | G Simon | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | G Dimitrov | 7 | 6 | | Q | G Dimitrov | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | G Simon | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Thomaz Bellucci (qualified)
* Flavio Cipolla (first round)
* Malek Jaziri (first round)
* Sam Querrey (qualified)
* Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (qualifying competition)
* Grigor Dimitrov (qualified)
* Vasek Pospisil (first round)
* Victor Hănescu (first round)

### Qualifiers

* Thomaz Bellucci
* Grigor Dimitrov
* Brian Baker
* Sam Querrey

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | 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 |
| 1 | Thomaz Bellucci | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Mischa Zverev | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Mischa Zverev | 6$^3$ | 4 | | 1 | Thomaz Bellucci | 7 | 7 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Andrey Kuznetsov | 5 | 5 | | | | | |
| | Kamil Čapkovič | 4 | 2 | | | Andrey Kuznetsov | 5 | 5 | | | | | |
| | Andrey Kuznetsov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Andrey Kuznetsov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | Thomaz Bellucci | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Gerard Granollers | 2 | 1 |
| | Rajeev Ram | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | Gerard Granollers | 2 | 1 |
| | Gerard Granollers | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Gerard Granollers | 6 | 6 | | | Gerard Granollers | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | WC | Jonathan Eysseric | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| WC | Jonathan Eysseric | 6$^9$ | 6 | 6 | WC | Jonathan Eysseric | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| 7 | Vasek Pospisil | 7$^{11}$ | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Second 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 | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Flavio Cipolla | 6$^7$ | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Kenny de Schepper | 7$^9$ | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Kenny de Schepper | 7$^9$ | 2 | 6 | | Kenny de Schepper | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Éric Prodon | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Benjamin Balleret | 1 | 1 | | | Éric Prodon | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Éric Prodon | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Éric Prodon | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Éric Prodon | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | 6 | Grigor Dimitrov | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| | Evgeny Korolev | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Grigor Dimitrov | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| | João Souza | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | João Souza | 6 | 6 | | | João Souza | 3 | 6$^3$ | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Grigor Dimitrov | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| WC | Alexandre Sidorenko | 5 | 5 | | 6 | Grigor Dimitrov | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| 6 | Grigor Dimitrov | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |

#### 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 |
| 3 | Malek Jaziri | 6$^8$ | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | David Guez | 7$^{10}$ | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | David Guez | 7$^{10}$ | 7 | | David Guez | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | Brian Baker | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Brian Baker | 6 | 6 | | Brian Baker | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Ilija Bozoljac | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | Ilija Bozoljac | 1 | 1 | | | | | | Brian Baker | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | Alejandro González | 3 | 3 |
| | Adrian Mannarino | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | Alejandro González | 3 | 3 |
| | Alejandro González | 2 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | Alejandro González | 2 | 6 | 7 | Alejandro González | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | Pavol Červenák | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | |
| | Pavol Červenák | 6 | 7$^7$ | | Pavol Červenák | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | |
| 8 | Victor Hănescu | 2 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | |

#### 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 |
| 4 | Sam Querrey | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Carsten Ball | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Carsten Ball | 2 | 4 | 4 | Sam Querrey | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | Igor Sijsling | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| WC | Alexandre Pierson | 4 | 6$^0$ | | Igor Sijsling | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Igor Sijsling | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | Igor Sijsling | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | 4 | Sam Querrey | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | 5 | Cedrik-Marcel Stebe | 4 | 2 |
| | Juan Sebastián Cabal | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Cedrik-Marcel Stebe | 4 | 2 |
| | Daniel Gimeno Traver | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Daniel Gimeno Traver | 6 | 6 | | Daniel Gimeno Traver | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | 5 | Cedrik-Marcel Stebe | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Benjamin Becker | 3 | 5 | 5 | Cedrik-Marcel Stebe | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 5 | Cedrik-Marcel Stebe | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |