title: 2012 Sarasota Open
text: # 2012 Sarasota Open
  
  The 2012 Sarasota Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Sarasota, United States between 16 and 22 April 2012.
  
  ## Singles main draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | USA | James Blake | 74 | 1 |
  | JPN | Go Soeda | 77 | 2 |
  | GER | Björn Phau | 93 | 3 |
  | CAN | Vasek Pospisil | 95 | 4 |
  | ITA | Paolo Lorenzi | 96 | 5 |
  | USA | Sam Querrey | 103 | 6 |
  | USA | Wayne Odesnik | 109 | 7 |
  | ESP | Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | 110 | 8 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings are as of April 9, 2012.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * James Blake
  * Tim Smyczek
  * Mac Styslinger
  * Rhyne Williams
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Brian Baker
  * Cătălin Gârd
  * Michael Lammer
  * Nicholas Monroe
  
  ## Champions
  
  ### Singles
  
  * Sam Querrey def. Paolo Lorenzi, 6–1, $6–7^{(3–7)},$ 6–3
  
  ### Doubles
  
  * Johan Brunström / Izak van der Merwe def. Martin Emmrich / Andreas Siljeström, 6–4, 6–1
  