# 2012 Nottingham Challenge – Men's singles

Dudi Sela was the defending champion, but he lost in the quarterfinals to Grega Žemlja. Grega Žemlja won the title defeating Karol Beck in the final 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 4–6, 6–4.

## Seeds

* Dudi Sela (quarterfinals)
* Karol Beck (final)
* Michael Russell (second round)
* Rajeev Ram (first round)
* Marsel İlhan (first round)
* Grega Žemlja (champion)
* Jesse Levine (semifinals)
* Rik de Voest (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 |
| 6 | Grega Žemlja | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | |
| 7 | Jesse Levine | 4 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | |
| 7 | Jesse Levine | 4 | 6$^3$ | | 6 | Grega Žemlja | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 |
| | | | | | 2 | Karol Beck | 6$^3$ | 6 | 4 |
| | Izak van der Merwe | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | Karol Beck | 6$^3$ | 6 | 4 |
| 2 | Karol Beck | 6 | 2 | 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | D Sela | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Donskoy | 6$^6$ | 1 | | 1 | D Sela | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Bloomfield | 6 | 6 | | Q | R Bloomfield | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Bury | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | 1 | D Sela | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | J Mertl | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ | 6$^4$ | | | | | | 6 | G Žemlja | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | E Corrie | 7$^7$ | 6$^4$ | 7$^7$ | WC | E Corrie | 6 | 3 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | |
| | R Berankis | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | G Žemlja | 4 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | G Žemlja | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 6 | G Žemlja | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| 4 | R Ram | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | J Levine | 4 | 6$^3$ |
| | J Duckworth | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | J Duckworth | 6 | 1 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Bossel | 6 | 6 | | Q | A Bossel | 2 | 6 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | |
| WC | L Bambridge | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | J Duckworth | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| SE | R Kendrick | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 7 | J Levine | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| Q | S Bohli | 4 | 5 | | SE | R Kendrick | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Menéndez | 4 | 6$^6$ | | 7 | J Levine | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | J Levine | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| 5 | M İlhan | 6 | 6$^4$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kuznetsov | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | A Kuznetsov | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Teixeira | 2 | 4 | | | I van der Merwe | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I van der Merwe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | I van der Merwe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | A Mannarino | 4 | 6 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | Y Sugita | 3 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | Y Sugita | 6 | 3 | 7$^7$ | | Y Sugita | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Wang | 6 | 4 | 6$^5$ | 3 | M Russell | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | M Russell | 2 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | I van der Merwe | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 8 | R de Voest | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | K Beck | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| | D Udomchoke | 3 | 2 | | 8 | R de Voest | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Janowicz | 3 | 6 | 6 | | J Janowicz | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Grigelis | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | J Janowicz | 3 | 7$^{10}$ | 6$^1$ | | | | | |
| WC | J Goodall | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | K Beck | 6 | 6$^8$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| WC | K Edmund | 2 | 3 | | WC | J Goodall | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Torebko | 5 | 2 | | 2 | K Beck | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | K Beck | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |