# 2012 Aircel Chennai Open – Singles

Stanislas Wawrinka was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Japanese qualifier Go Soeda.
Milos Raonic won the tournament beating top seeded Janko Tipsarević, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$.

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Janko Tipsarević (final)
* Nicolás Almagro (semifinals)
* Stanislas Wawrinka (quarterfinals)
* Milos Raonic (champion)
* Ivan Dodig (second round)
* Fabio Fognini (first round)
* Xavier Malisse (first round)
* Olivier Rochus (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 | Janko Tipsarević | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | Go Soeda | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| Q | Go Soeda | 1 | 4 | 1 | Janko Tipsarević | 7$^7$ | 6$^4$ | 6$^4$ |
| | | | | 4 | Milos Raonic | 6$^4$ | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ |
| 4 | Milos Raonic | 6 | 6 | 4 | Milos Raonic | 6$^4$ | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ |
| 2 | Nicolás Almagro | 4 | 4 | | | | | |

### 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 |
| | | | | | 1 | J Tipsarević | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Y Bhambri | 6 | 6 | | WC | Y Bhambri | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Beck | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | J Tipsarević | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Beck | 6 | 7$^{10}$ | | | | | | | WC | D Goffin | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| Q | V Pospisil | 3 | 6$^8$ | | | A Beck | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D Goffin | 4 | 6 | 6 | WC | D Goffin | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | X Malisse | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Tipsarević | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | G Soeda | 1 | 4 |
| | | | | | 3 | S Wawrinka | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | É Prodon | 4 | 3 | | LL | É Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | É Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | S Wawrinka | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | F Gil | 2 | 7$^7$ | 5 | | | | | | Q | G Soeda | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | G Soeda | 6 | 6$^4$ | 7 | Q | G Soeda | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | V Vardhan | 6 | 6$^8$ | 1 | 5 | I Dodig | 6$^6$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | I Dodig | 4 | 7$^{10}$ | 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | F Fognini | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Sela | 6 | 6 | | | D Sela | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Riba | 2 | 1 | | | B Paire | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Paire | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | D Sela | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | | | |
| | S Querrey | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 4 | M Raonic | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | V Hănescu | 6 | 6 | | | V Hănescu | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | M Raonic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | M Raonic | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | O Rochus | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | N Almagro | 4 | 4 |
| Q | Y Sugita | 6 | 6 | | Q | Y Sugita | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | T de Bakker | 3 | 3 | | | Y-h Lu | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y-h Lu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | Y Sugita | 6 | 6$^8$ | 4 | | | | |
| | B Kavčič | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | 2 | N Almagro | 4 | 7$^{10}$ | 6 | | | | |
| | S Darcis | 4 | 7 | 6 | | S Darcis | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | N Almagro | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Stéphane Robert (first round)
* Édouard Roger-Vasselin (Qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Izak van der Merwe (qualifying competition)
* Vasek Pospisil (qualified)
* Go Soeda (qualified)
* Rik de Voest (qualifying competition)
* Arnau Brugués Davi (first round)
* Rajeev Ram (qualifying competition)

### Qualifiers

* Yūichi Sugita
* Go Soeda
* Thiemo de Bakker
* Vasek Pospisil

### Lucky losers

* Édouard Roger-Vasselin

### Draw
#### First 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 |
| 1 | Stéphane Robert | 6 | 2 | 6$^8$ | | | | | | | | |
| | João Sousa | 4 | 6 | 7$^{10}$ | | | | | | | | |
| | João Sousa | 4 | 6 | 7$^{10}$ | | João Sousa | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Yūichi Sugita | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Jimmy Wang | 4 | 6 | 3 | | Yūichi Sugita | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Yūichi Sugita | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Yūichi Sugita | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | Yūichi Sugita | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | 6 | Rik de Voest | 6$^0$ | 1 |
| WC | Akash Wagh | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Rik de Voest | 6$^0$ | 1 |
| | Treat Conrad Huey | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Treat Conrad Huey | 6 | 6 | | | Treat Conrad Huey | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Rik de Voest | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Abhijeet Tiwari | 0 | 4 | | 6 | Rik de Voest | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 6 | Rik de Voest | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

#### 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 |
| 2 | Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | Alexander Kudryavtsev | 3 | 6 | 2$^r$ | | | | | | | | |
| | Alexander Kudryavtsev | 3 | 6 | 2$^r$ | 2 | Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Dušan Lajović | 6$^1$ | 2 | | | | |
| | Dušan Lajović | 4 | 6 | 6 | | Dušan Lajović | 6$^1$ | 2 | | | | |
| | Sanam Singh | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | Sanam Singh | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | 2 | Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 4 | 6$^5$ |
| | | | | | | | | | 5 | Go Soeda | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| | Vijay Sundar Prashanth | 3 | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Go Soeda | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| | Rohan Bopanna | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Rohan Bopanna | 6 | 0 | | | Rohan Bopanna | 6$^2$ | 6$^2$ | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Go Soeda | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | Vignesh Peranamallur | 1 | 3 | | 5 | Go Soeda | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| 5 | Go Soeda | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

#### 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 | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Izak van der Merwe | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Jamie Baker | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | Jamie Baker | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | Izak van der Merwe | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Íñigo Cervantes Huegun | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| | Íñigo Cervantes Huegun | 6 | 7 | | | Íñigo Cervantes Huegun | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| | Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan | 1 | 5 | | | | | | 3 | Izak van der Merwe | 2 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Thiemo de Bakker | 6 | 6 |
| WC | Neeraj Elangovan | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | Thiemo de Bakker | 6 | 6 |
| | Juan Sebastián Cabal | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Juan Sebastián Cabal | 6 | 6 | | | Juan Sebastián Cabal | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Thiemo de Bakker | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Thiemo de Bakker | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | Thiemo de Bakker | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 7 | Arnau Brugués Davi | 5 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | |

#### 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 | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Vasek Pospisil | 7$^8$ | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | 6$^6$ | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | 6$^6$ | 6$^7$ | 4 | Vasek Pospisil | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | Mohit Jayaprakash | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Mohit Jayaprakash | 6 | 6 | | Mohit Jayaprakash | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Ramkumar Ramanathan | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ramkumar Ramanathan | 2 | 2 | | | | | 4 | Vasek Pospisil | 6 | 6$^2$ | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | 8 | Rajeev Ram | 1 | 7$^7$ | 3 |
| | Karan Rastogi | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Rajeev Ram | 1 | 7$^7$ | 3 |
| WC | Prajnesh Gunneswaran | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Prajnesh Gunneswaran | 6 | 6 | WC | Prajnesh Gunneswaran | 3 | 6$^3$ | | | | | |
| | | | | 8 | Rajeev Ram | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| | N. Sriram Balaji | 5 | 4 | 8 | Rajeev Ram | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| 8 | Rajeev Ram | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |