title: 2012 Città di Como Challenger
text: # 2012 Città di Como Challenger
  
  The 2012 Città di Como Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Como, Italy between 27 August and 2 September 2012.
  
  ## Singles main draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | POR | Frederico Gil | 114 | 1 |
  | POR | João Sousa | 121 | 2 |
  | AUT | Andreas Haider-Maurer | 157 | 3 |
  | ITA | Matteo Viola | 158 | 4 |
  | KAZ | Andrey Golubev | 162 | 5 |
  | ITA | Alessandro Giannessi | 164 | 6 |
  | CHI | Paul Capdeville | 167 | 7 |
  | SVK | Pavol Červenák | 176 | 8 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings are as of August 20, 2012.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Andrea Arnaboldi
  * Marco Cecchinato
  * Marco Crugnola
  * Nicolás Massú
  
  The following players received entry as an alternate into the singles main draw:
  
  * Michael Lammer
  * Michael Linzer
  * Stéphane Robert
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Andre Begemann
  * Alberto Brizzi
  * Evgeny Korolev
  * Yann Marti
  
  ## Champions
  
  ### Singles
  
  * Andreas Haider-Maurer def. João Sousa, 6–3, 6–4
  
  ### Doubles
  
  * Philipp Marx / Florin Mergea def. Colin Ebelthite / Jaroslav Pospíšil, 6–4, 4–6, [10–4]
  