title: 2012 Aberto Santa Catarina de Tenis
text: # 2012 Aberto Santa Catarina de Tenis
  
  The 2012 Aberto Santa Catarina de Tenis was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Blumenau, Brazil between 9 and 15 April 2012.
  
  ## Singles main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | SVN | Blaž Kavčič | 109 | 1 |
  | BRA | Rogério Dutra da Silva | 116 | 2 |
  | CHI | Paul Capdeville | 119 | 3 |
  | CRO | Antonio Veić | 150 | 4 |
  | BRA | Thiago Alves | 160 | 5 |
  | AUS | James Duckworth | 191 | 6 |
  | SRB | Nikola Ćirić | 196 | 7 |
  | POR | Gastão Elias | 215 | 8 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings are as of April 2, 2012.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Tiago Fernandes
  * Thiago Monteiro
  * Bruno Sant'anna
  * Bruno Volkmann
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Alberto Brizzi
  * Tiago Lopes
  * Dino Marcan
  * Grzegorz Panfil
  
  ## Champions
  
  ### Singles
  
  * Antonio Veić def. Paul Capdeville, 3–6, 6–4, 5–2, retired
  
  ### Doubles
  
  * Marin Draganja / Dino Marcan def. Blaž Kavčič / Antonio Veić, 6–2, 6–0
  