title: 2012 Knoxville Challenger
text: # 2012 Knoxville Challenger
  
  The 2012 Knoxville Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Knoxville, United States between 5 and 11 November 2012.
  
  ## Singles main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | USA | Jesse Levine | 74 | 1 |
  | RUS | Alex Bogomolov Jr. | 96 | 2 |
  | USA | Michael Russell | 101 | 3 |
  | GER | Mischa Zverev | 140 | 4 |
  | USA | Ryan Sweeting | 147 | 5 |
  | USA | Bobby Reynolds | 152 | 6 |
  | USA | Tim Smyczek | 157 | 7 |
  | USA | Denis Kudla | 163 | 8 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings are as of October 29, 2012.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Jarryd Chaplin
  * Brandon Ficky
  * Christian Harrison
  * Eric Quigley
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Devin Britton
  * Luka Gregorc
  * Daniel King-Turner
  * Austin Krajicek
  
  ## Champions
  
  ### Singles
  
  * Michael Russell def. Bobby Reynolds, 6–3, 6–2
  
  ### Doubles
  
  * Alex Kuznetsov / Mischa Zverev def. Jean Andersen / Izak van der Merwe, 6–4, 6–2
  