title: 2012 St. Petersburg Open – Singles
text: # 2012 St. Petersburg Open – Singles
  
  Marin Čilić was the defending champion but chose not to compete. Martin Kližan won his first ATP World Tour title by defeating Fabio Fognini in the final, 6–2, 6–3.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Mikhail Youzhny (semifinals)
  * Denis Istomin (first round)
  * Martin Kližan (champion)
  * Fabio Fognini (final)
  * Lukáš Lacko (first round)
  * Lu Yen-hsun (first round)
  * Guillermo García-López (quarterfinals)
  * Jürgen Zopp (second round, retired due to back injury)
  
  ## 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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Mikhail Youzhny | $7^{13}$ | 4 | $6^3$ | | | | |
  | 3 | Martin Kližan | $6^{11}$ | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | |
  | 3 | Martin Kližan | $6^{11}$ | 6 | $7^7$ | 3 | Martin Kližan | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | | 4 | Fabio Fognini | 2 | 3 |
  | 4 | Fabio Fognini | 6 | 6 | | 4 | Fabio Fognini | 2 | 3 |
  | | Daniel Gimeno-Traver | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | M Youzhny | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | V Pospisil | $6^4$ | 1 | | 1 | M Youzhny | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Bachinger | 4 | 4 | | | R Ram | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | R Ram | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | M Youzhny | 6 | 0 | 6 | | | | | |
  | Q | S Betov | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | 7 | G García-López | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
  | | P Lorenzi | 1 | 6 | 6 | | P Lorenzi | 1 | $1^r$ | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | E Donskoy | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | G García-López | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 7 | G García-López | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Youzhny | $7^{13}$ | 4 | $6^3$ |
  | 3 | M Kližan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | M Kližan | $6^{11}$ | 6 | $7^7$ |
  | WC | M Elgin | 4 | 3 | | 3 | M Kližan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Bolelli | $7^7$ | 7 | | | S Bolelli | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | H Zeballos | $6^3$ | 5 | | | | | | 3 | M Kližan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
  | | P Petzschner | 2 | $3^r$ | | | | | | | R Berankis | 3 | 2 | | | | | | |
  | | R Berankis | 6 | 3 | | | R Berankis | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | A Kumantsov | 3 | $3^r$ | | 8 | J Zopp | 3 | r | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 8 | J Zopp | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 6 | Y-h Lu | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | R Bautista-Agut | 6 | 6 | | | R Bautista-Agut | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | T Gabashvili | 6 | 6 | | WC | T Gabashvili | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | N Fidirko | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | R Bautista-Agut | 4 | $6^1$ | | | | |
  | LL | I Nedelko | $6^2$ | 2 | | | | | | | 4 | F Fognini | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | |
  | | S Stakhovsky | $7^7$ | 6 | | | S Stakhovsky | $6^4$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | T Kamke | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F Fognini | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | F Fognini | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | F Fognini | 6 | 6 |
  | 5 | L Lacko | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | D Gimeno-Traver | 3 | 4 |
  | | G Žemlja | 6 | 6 | | | G Žemlja | 2 | $7^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | |
  | | F Cipolla | $7^7$ | $7^8$ | | | F Cipolla | 6 | $6^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | A Vasilevski | $6^4$ | $6^6$ | | | | | | | | F Cipolla | 2 | 5 | | | | |
  | | F Serra | $6^5$ | 2 | | | | | | | | D Gimeno-Traver | 6 | 7 | | | | |
  | | D Gimeno-Traver | $7^7$ | 6 | | | D Gimeno-Traver | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Ł Kubot | 4 | 6 | 6 | | Ł Kubot | 4 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | D Istomin | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ## Qualifying
  
  ### Seeds
  
  * Andrey Kumantsov (qualified)
  * Stanislav Poplavskyy (second round)
  * Ivan Nedelko (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  * Sergey Betov (qualified)
  * Mikhail Fufygin (second round)
  * Egor Gerasimov (second round)
  * Morgan Phillips (qualifying competition)
  * Anton Zaitsev (second round)
  
  ### Qualifiers
  
  * Andrey Kumantsov
  * Nikolai Fidirko
  * Andrei Vasilevski
  * Sergey Betov
  
  ### Lucky loser
  
  * Ivan Nedelko
  
  ### Draw
  
  **First qualifier**
  
  | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Andrey Kumantsov | 6 | 7 | | | | |
  | | Sergey Strelkov | 3 | 5 | | | | |
  | | Sergey Strelkov | 3 | 5 | 1 | Andrey Kumantsov | 6 | $7^7$ |
  | | | | | 7 | Morgan Phillips | 1 | $6^4$ |
  | WC | Vugar Aliev | 2 | 5 | 7 | Morgan Phillips | 1 | $6^4$ |
  | 7 | Morgan Phillips | 6 | 7 | | | | |
  
  **Second qualifier**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | | 2 | Stanislav Poplavskyy | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
  | | Valery Rudnev | 4 | $7^7$ | 6 | | Valery Rudnev | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | Aslan Karatsev | 6 | $6^1$ | 3 | | | | | | Valery Rudnev | 3 | 6 | 0 |
  | | Nikolai Fidirko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Nikolai Fidirko | 6 | 4 | 6 |
  | WC | Timofey Skripkin | 2 | 0 | | | Nikolai Fidirko | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | |
  | | | | | | 8 | Anton Zaitsev | 6 | 5 | 2 | | | | |
  
  **Third qualifier**
  
  | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 3 | Ivan Nedelko | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | WC | Nikita Gudozhnikov | 1 | 1 | | | | |
  | WC | Nikita Gudozhnikov | 1 | 1 | 3 | Ivan Nedelko | 2 | $6^5$ |
  | | | | | | Andrei Vasilevski | 6 | $7^7$ |
  | | Andrei Vasilevski | 7 | 6 | | Andrei Vasilevski | 6 | $7^7$ |
  | 6 | Egor Gerasimov | 5 | 1 | | | | |
  
  **Fourth qualifier**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | 4 | Sergey Betov | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | WC | Artur Gusev | 0 | 0 | | Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
  | | Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | Sergey Betov | 6 | 6 |
  | | Beka Komakhidze | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | František Čermák | 4 | 4 |
  | | František Čermák | 6 | 6 | | František Čermák | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | |
  | | | | | 5 | Mikhail Fufygin | 4 | 6 | 0 | | | | |
  