# 2012 Swiss Indoors – Singles

Roger Federer was the defending champion, but lost to Juan Martín del Potro 6–4, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ in the final.

## Seeds

* Roger Federer (final)
* Juan Martín del Potro (champion)
* Richard Gasquet (semifinals)
* Stanislas Wawrinka (first round)
* Andreas Seppi (first round)
* Mikhail Youzhny (quarterfinals)
* Florian Mayer (first round)
* Viktor Troicki (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 | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Roger Federer | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Paul-Henri Mathieu | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
| WC | Paul-Henri Mathieu | 5 | 4 | 1 | Roger Federer | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6$^3$ |
| | | | | 2 | Juan Martín del Potro | 6 | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ |
| 3 | Richard Gasquet | 2 | 2 | 2 | Juan Martín del Potro | 6 | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ |
| 2 | Juan Martín del Potro | 6 | 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 | R Federer | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | B Becker | 5 | 3 | | 1 | R Federer | 6 | 6$^6$ | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | T Bellucci | 4 | 6 | 6 | | T Bellucci | 3 | 7$^8$ | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | G Soeda | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | 1 | R Federer | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | Ł Kubot | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | B Paire | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | L Lacko | 4 | 4 | | Q | Ł Kubot | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Paire | 4 | 6 | 6 | | B Paire | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | A Seppi | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | R Federer | 7 | 6 |
| 4 | S Wawrinka | 6$^7$ | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | WC | P-H Mathieu | 5 | 4 |
| | N Davydenko | 7$^9$ | 7$^7$ | | | N Davydenko | 3 | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | H Laaksonen | 2 | 5 | | WC | P-H Mathieu | 6 | 6$^2$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | P-H Mathieu | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | WC | P-H Mathieu | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| Q | A Kuznetsov | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | G Dimitrov | 6$^2$ | 6$^4$ | | | | |
| | J Benneteau | 4 | 6 | 6 | | J Benneteau | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | |
| | G Dimitrov | 6 | 6 | | | G Dimitrov | 7$^7$ | 6$^1$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | V Troicki | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 6 | M Youzhny | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Tomic | 0 | 2 | | 6 | M Youzhny | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | V Hănescu | 3 | 6$^3$ | | | M Ebden | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Ebden | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | 6 | M Youzhny | 2 | 6$^5$ | | | | | |
| | G García López | 7 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | 3 | R Gasquet | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| WC | M Chiudinelli | 5 | 6 | 6 | WC | M Chiudinelli | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Haase | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | R Gasquet | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | R Gasquet | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | R Gasquet | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | F Mayer | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | JM del Potro | 6 | 6 |
| | M Matosevic | 6 | 6 | | | M Matosevic | 3 | 7$^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Nieminen | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | K Anderson | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Anderson | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | K Anderson | 6 | 6$^3$ | 2 | | | | |
| Q | R Štěpánek | 6 | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | 2 | JM del Potro | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | B Baker | 2 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | B Baker | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Falla | 4 | 1 | | 2 | JM del Potro | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | JM del Potro | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Radek Štěpánek (qualified)
* Victor Hănescu (qualifying competition, retired because of a stomach problem, lucky loser)
* Łukasz Kubot (qualified)
* Tobias Kamke (qualifying competition)
* Andrey Kuznetsov (qualified)
* Steve Darcis (first round)
* Benjamin Becker (qualified)
* Björn Phau (qualifying competition)

### Qualifiers

* Radek Štěpánek
* Andrey Kuznetsov
* Łukasz Kubot
* Benjamin Becker

### Lucky losers

* Victor Hănescu

### Draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Radek Štěpánek | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Sergiy Stakhovsky | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | Sergiy Stakhovsky | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | Radek Štěpánek | 7$^8$ | 6 |
| | | | | | | Michaël Llodra | 6$^6$ | 3 |
| | Michaël Llodra | 6 | 6 | | | Michaël Llodra | 6$^6$ | 3 |
| 6 | Steve Darcis | 2 | 1 | | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Victor Hănescu | 6 | 6 | | | |
| WC | Ernests Gulbis | 3 | 3 | | | |
| WC | Ernests Gulbis | 3 | 3 | 2 | Victor Hănescu | 1$^r$ |
| | | | | 5 | Andrey Kuznetsov | 4 |
| WC | Michael Lammer | 4 | 2 | 5 | Andrey Kuznetsov | 4 |
| 5 | Andrey Kuznetsov | 6 | 6 | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Łukasz Kubot | 6 | 6$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| | Matthias Bachinger | 3 | 7$^9$ | 6$^2$ | | | | | |
| | Matthias Bachinger | 3 | 7$^9$ | 6$^2$ | 3 | Łukasz Kubot | 6$^2$ | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 8 | Björn Phau | 7$^7$ | 2 | 0 |
| WC | Sandro Ehrat | 1 | 4 | | 8 | Björn Phau | 7$^7$ | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Björn Phau | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Tobias Kamke | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Alt | Josselin Ouanna | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| Alt | Josselin Ouanna | 3 | 4 | 4 | Tobias Kamke | 3 | 5 |
| | | | | 7 | Benjamin Becker | 6 | 7 |
| | Florent Serra | 6$^3$ | 3 | 7 | Benjamin Becker | 6 | 7 |
| 7 | Benjamin Becker | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |