title: 2012 Samarkand Challenger – Singles
text: # 2012 Samarkand Challenger – Singles
  
  The 2012 Samarkand Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts in Samarkand, Uzbekistan between 6 and 12 August 2012. In the singles part of the tournament, Denis Istomin was the defending champion, but chose not to compete. Dušan Lajović won the title, defeating Farrukh Dustov 6–3, 6–2 in the final.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Igor Kunitsyn (first round)
  * Andrey Golubev (quarterfinals)
  * Dušan Lajović (champion)
  * Kamil Čapkovič (first round)
  * Farrukh Dustov (final)
  * Ivan Sergeyev (quarterfinals)
  * Brydan Klein (second round)
  * Andrej Martin (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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Oleksandr Nedovyesov | 3 | 4 | | | | |
  | 3 | Dušan Lajović | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | 3 | Dušan Lajović | 6 | 6 | 3 | Dušan Lajović | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | 5 | Farrukh Dustov | 3 | 2 |
  | Q | Sriram Balaji | 3 | 1 | 5 | Farrukh Dustov | 3 | 2 |
  | 5 | Farrukh Dustov | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  
  ### 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 | I Kunitsyn | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | G Melzer | 6 | 6 | | | G Melzer | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | V Vardhan | 6 | 3 | 6 | | V Vardhan | 4 | $6^1$ | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | S Ikramov | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | G Melzer | 4 | $6^7$ | | | | | |
  | | Victor Baluda | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | O Nedovyesov | 6 | $7^9$ | | | | | |
  | | Oleksandr Nedovyesov | 6 | 6 | | | O Nedovyesov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | LL | D Matsukevich | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | B Klein | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 7 | B Klein | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | O Nedovyesov | 3 | 4 |
  | 3 | D Lajović | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | D Lajović | 6 | 6 |
  | | E Kirillov | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | D Lajović | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | Adrian Sikora | 6 | 5 | $7^7$ | Q | Adrian Sikora | $6^2$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | H Podlipnik-Castillo | 3 | 7 | $6^3$ | | | | | | 3 | D Lajović | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
  | | Y Schukin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | I Sergeyev | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
  | | Axel Michon | 3 | 4 | | | Y Schukin | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | PR | E Eleskovic | 5 | 2 | | 6 | I Sergeyev | 6 | 0 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 6 | I Sergeyev | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 8 | A Martin | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | Temur Ismailov | 6 | 0 | 4 | 8 | A Martin | $7^8$ | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | |
  | | Norbert Gombos | 6 | 6 | | | N Gombos | $6^6$ | $6^2$ | | | | | | | | |
  | | Yasutaka Uchiyama | 1 | 3 | | | | | | 8 | A Martin | 4 | 3 | | | | |
  | Q | Sriram Balaji | 6 | 6 | | | | | | Q | S Balaji | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | WC | Vaja Uzakov | 2 | 4 | | Q | S Balaji | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | |
  | | Michal Konečný | 6 | 6 | | | M Konečný | 4 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | K Čapkovič | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | Q | S Balaji | 3 | 1 |
  | 5 | F Dustov | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | F Dustov | 6 | 6 |
  | | R Bellotti | $6^4$ | 3 | | 5 | F Dustov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | Jaan-Frederik Brunken | 5 | $6^3$ | | | C Rungkat | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
  | | C Rungkat | 7 | $7^7$ | | | | | | 5 | F Dustov | $7^8$ | 7 | | | | |
  | WC | Sergey Shipilov | 3 | 5 | | | | | | 2 | A Golubev | $6^6$ | 5 | | | | |
  | | Ruan Roelofse | 6 | 7 | | | R Roelofse | 1 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | Dzmitry Zhyrmont | 4 | 4 | | 2 | A Golubev | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | A Golubev | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  