# 2012 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux – Singles

Marc Gicquel was the defending champion, but he lost in the Second Round to Nicolas Mahut 3–6, 5–7. Martin Kližan won the title defeating Teymuraz Gabashvili in the final 7–5, 6–3.

## Seeds

* Jérémy Chardy (second round)
* Steve Darcis (second round)
* Benoît Paire (first round)
* Leonardo Mayer (first round)
* Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo (first round)
* Édouard Roger-Vasselin (first round)
* Björn Phau (first round)
* Rui Machado (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 |
| | Martin Kližan | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | Roberto Bautista-Agut | 1 | 6$^2$ | | | | |
| | Roberto Bautista-Agut | 1 | 6$^2$ | | Martin Kližan | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | Q | Teymuraz Gabashvili | 5 | 3 |
| Q | Teymuraz Gabashvili | 6 | 6 | Q | Teymuraz Gabashvili | 5 | 3 |
| | Lukáš Rosol | 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | J Chardy | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | P-H Herbert | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | J Chardy | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Q | C Salamanca | 2 | 2 | | | M Kližan | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | M Kližan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | M Kližan | 6 | 6$^4$ | 7$^7$ | | | |
| SE | R Bemelmans | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | J Zopp | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6$^5$ | | | |
| WC | J Ouanna | 7 | 7 | | WC | J Ouanna | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Zopp | 6 | 6 | | | J Zopp | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | R Ramírez Hidalgo | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | M Kližan | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| 3 | B Paire | 1 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | R Bautista-Agut | 1 | 6$^2$ |
| WC | F Serra | 6 | 2 | 6 | WC | F Serra | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Matosevic | 2 | 6 | 6 | | M Matosevic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | M İlhan | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | M Matosevic | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | R Bautista-Agut | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | R Bautista-Agut | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Robert | 3 | 3 | | | R Bautista-Agut | 6 | 6$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | H Zeballos | 6 | 6 | | | H Zeballos | 2 | 7$^9$ | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | B Phau | 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | É Roger-Vasselin | 6$^2$ | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | T Gabashvili | 7$^7$ | 7$^8$ | | Q | T Gabashvili | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Clément | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | A Clément | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R de Voest | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | Q | T Gabashvili | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| SE | T-h Yang | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | N Mahut | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| WC | M Gicquel | 6 | 6 | | WC | M Gicquel | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Mahut | 6 | 6 | | | N Mahut | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | L Mayer | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | T Gabashvili | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | R Machado | 6$^6$ | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | | | | L Rosol | 4 | 4 |
| WC | P-H Mathieu | 7$^8$ | 7$^7$ | | WC | P-H Mathieu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Dutra da Silva | 6 | 3 | 6 | | R Dutra da Silva | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Russell | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | WC | P-H Mathieu | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| | D Goffin | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | L Rosol | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | L Rosol | 2 | 7 | 6 | | L Rosol | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | G Elias | 4 | 6 | 6$^2$ | 2 | S Darcis | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | S Darcis | 6 | 1 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |