# 2012 BMW Open – Singles

Nikolay Davydenko was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Robert Farah. Philipp Kohlschreiber won the title defeating Marin Čilić 7–6$^{(10–8)}$, 6–3 in the final.

## Seeds

The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.
* Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (second round)
* Feliciano López (semifinals)
* Marin Čilić (final)
* Philipp Kohlschreiber (champion)
* Bernard Tomic (quarterfinals)
* Mikhail Youzhny (quarterfinals)
* Nikolay Davydenko (first round)
* Marcos Baghdatis (quarterfinals)

## 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 |
| WC | Tommy Haas | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| 3 | Marin Čilić | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 3 | Marin Čilić | 6 | 6 | | 3 | Marin Čilić | 6$^8$ | 3 |
| | | | | | 4 | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 7$^{10}$ | 6 |
| 4 | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6 | 4 | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 7$^{10}$ | 6 |
| 2 | Feliciano López | 2 | 7$^7$ | 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-W Tsonga | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Berrer | 0 | 2 | | WC | T Haas | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Haas | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | WC | T Haas | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| Q | D Brown | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | M Baghdatis | 1 | 6$^3$ | | | | | |
| | D Brands | 4 | 3 | | Q | D Brown | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Kamke | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | M Baghdatis | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | M Baghdatis | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | WC | T Haas | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | M Čilić | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 3 | M Čilić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Falla | 6$^3$ | 2 | | | M Bachinger | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Bachinger | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | M Čilić | 6 | 6$^6$ | 6 | | | | |
| | S Darcis | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | 6 | M Youzhny | 3 | 7$^8$ | 3 | | | | |
| | S Giraldo | 6 | 6 | | | S Giraldo | 7$^7$ | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Petzschner | 5 | 5 | | 6 | M Youzhny | 6$^2$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | M Youzhny | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| 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 | Semifinals |
| 7 | N Davydenko | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Farah | 6 | 6 | Q | R Farah | 1 | 7$^7$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Matosevic | 7 | 6 | Q | M Matosevic | 6 | 6$^2$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Kukushkin | 5 | 1 | | | | | | Q | M Matosevic | 0 | 6$^5$ | | | | | |
| | E Gulbis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | P Kohlschreiber | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| | X Malisse | 4 | 2 | | E Gulbis | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 4 | P Kohlschreiber | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | P Kohlschreiber | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6 |
| 5 | B Tomic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | F López | 2 | 7$^7$ | 4 |
| | O Rochus | 4 | 3 | 5 | B Tomic | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Starace | 6 | 7$^7$ | | P Starace | 1 | 7$^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D Goffin | 3 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | 5 | B Tomic | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| | C-M Stebe | 6$^3$ | 3 | | | | | | 2 | F López | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | S Stakhovsky | 7$^7$ | 6 | | S Stakhovsky | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | F López | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* David Goffin (qualified)
* Marinko Matosevic (qualified)
* Andrey Golubev (first round, retired because of a left knee injury)
* Dustin Brown (qualified)
* Peter Gojowczyk (qualifying competition)
* Simon Greul (second round)
* Martin Fischer (qualifying competition)
* Stefan Seifert (first round)

### Qualifiers

* David Goffin
* Marinko Matosevic
* Robert Farah
* Dustin Brown

### 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 | Qualifying competition |
| | | | | | 1 | David Goffin | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Dennis Blömke | Dennis Blömke | 7$^7$ | 3 | 2 | | Stephan Hoiss | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| Stephan Hoiss | Stephan Hoiss | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | 1 | David Goffin | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Nils Langer | Nils Langer | 5 | 6$^1$ | | | | | | | Dieter Kindlmann | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| Dieter Kindlmann | Dieter Kindlmann | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | Dieter Kindlmann | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| WC | Julian Lenz | 2 | 3 | | 6 | Simon Greul | 5 | 6$^5$ | | | | | |
| 6 | Simon Greul | 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 | Marinko Matosevic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | František Čermák | 3 | 2 | | 2 | Marinko Matosevic | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Kevin Krawietz | Kevin Krawietz | 6 | 2 | 6 | | Kevin Krawietz | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| Jan-Lennard Struff | Jan-Lennard Struff | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | 2 | Marinko Matosevic | 6 | 6 |
| Marc Sieber | Marc Sieber | 6 | 2 | | | | | | 5 | Peter Gojowczyk | 2 | 3 |
| Ivan Nedelko | Ivan Nedelko | 4 | 0$^r$ | | | Marc Sieber | 3 | 5 | | | | |
| WC | Lado Chikhladze | 4 | 1 | | 5 | Peter Gojowczyk | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| 5 | Peter Gojowczyk | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Andrey Golubev | 1 | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | |
| | Dominik Meffert | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | Dominik Meffert | 6 | 1 | | Dominik Meffert | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | Benedikt Dorsch | 3 | 1 | | | |
| | Frank Moser | 6$^1$ | 6 | 3 | Benedikt Dorsch | 3 | 1 | | | |
| WC | Benedikt Dorsch | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | | | | |
| WC | Benedikt Dorsch | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | | Dominik Meffert | 4 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | Robert Farah | 6 | 6 |
| | Maximilian Kolleritsch | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | Robert Farah | 6 | 6 |
| | Robert Farah | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | Robert Farah | 6 | 6 | | Robert Farah | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | Alejandro González | 3 | 4 | | | |
| | Alejandro González | 6 | 4 | 6 | Alejandro González | 3 | 4 | | | |
| 8 | Stefan Seifert | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | |

#### Fourth 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 |
| 4 | Dustin Brown | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Philip Davydenko | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Philip Davydenko | 3 | 3 | | 4 | Dustin Brown | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Juan Sebastián Cabal | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| | Ivo Klec | 6 | 3 | 3 | | Juan Sebastián Cabal | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| | Juan Sebastián Cabal | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Juan Sebastián Cabal | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 4 | Dustin Brown | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | 7 | Martin Fischer | 6$^5$ | 4 |
| WC | Valentino Pest | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Martin Fischer | 6$^5$ | 4 |
| | Alexander Ritschard | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Alexander Ritschard | 6 | 7 | | | Alexander Ritschard | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | Martin Fischer | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Alex Satschko | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 | Martin Fischer | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 7 | Martin Fischer | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |