title: 2012 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux
text: # 2012 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux
  
  The 2012 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bordeaux, France between 14 and 20 May 2012.
  
  ## Singles main draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | FRA | Jérémy Chardy | 52 | 1 |
  | BEL | Steve Darcis | 63 | 2 |
  | FRA | Benoît Paire | 67 | 3 |
  | ARG | Leonardo Mayer | 68 | 4 |
  | ESP | Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | 73 | 5 |
  | FRA | Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 84 | 6 |
  | GER | Björn Phau | 85 | 7 |
  | POR | Rui Machado | 87 | 8 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings are as of May 7, 2012.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Marc Gicquel
  * Paul-Henri Mathieu
  * Josselin Ouanna
  * Florent Serra
  
  The following players received entry as a special exempt into the singles main draw:
  
  * Ruben Bemelmans
  * Yang Tsung-hua
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Gastão Elias
  * Teymuraz Gabashvili
  * Pierre-Hugues Herbert
  * Carlos Salamanca
  
  ## Champions
  
  ### Singles
  
  * Martin Kližan def. Teymuraz Gabashvili, 7–5, 6–3
  
  ### Doubles
  
  * Martin Kližan / Igor Zelenay vs. Olivier Charroin / Jonathan Marray, $7–6^{(7–5)},$ 4–6, [10–4]
  