title: 2012 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger – Singles
text: # 2012 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger – Singles
  
  Donald Young was the defending champion but decided not to participate. Tim Smyczek won the title, when Frank Dancevic retired in the final after losing the first set 5–7.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Yen-Hsun Lu (withdrew due to a neck injury)
  * Ryan Sweeting (quarterfinals)
  * Igor Kunitsyn (quarterfinals)
  * Tatsuma Ito (semifinals)
  * Vasek Pospisil (first round)
  * Wayne Odesnik (quarterfinals)
  * Rogério Dutra da Silva (second round)
  * Bobby Reynolds (quarterfinals)
  * Frank Dancevic (final, retired)
  
  ## 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 9/Alt | Frank Dancevic | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | |
  | 4 | Tatsuma Ito | 1 | 6 | 1 | | | |
  | 4 | Tatsuma Ito | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9/Alt | Frank Dancevic | $5^r$ |
  | | | | | | | Tim Smyczek | 7 |
  | | Tim Smyczek | 6 | 3 | 6 | | Tim Smyczek | 7 |
  | | Rajeev Ram | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | |
  
  ### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 9/Alt | F Dancevic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | A Sitak | 0 | 4 | | 9/Alt | F Dancevic | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | T Sandgren | 6 | 0 | 4 | | J Baker | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Baker | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 9/Alt | F Dancevic | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | |
  | | Stefan Seifert | 3 | 7 | $6^6$ | | | | | | 8 | B Reynolds | 0 | $6^3$ | | | | | |
  | LL | D Kosakowski | 6 | 5 | $7^8$ | LL | D Kosakowski | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Yani | 4 | $1^r$ | | 8 | B Reynolds | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 8 | B Reynolds | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 9/Alt | F Dancevic | 6 | 3 | 6 |
  | 4 | T Ito | 6 | 1 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | T Ito | 1 | 6 | 1 |
  | Q | J Peers | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | T Ito | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | B Strode | 2 | 1 | | WC | B Baker | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | B Baker | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | T Ito | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | Y Sugita | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | W Odesnik | 5 | 2 | | | | | |
  | | P-L Duclos | 7 | 1 | 2 | | Y Sugita | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | B Becker | 4 | 0 | | 6 | W Odesnik | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 6 | W Odesnik | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7 | R Dutra da Silva | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | M Emmrich | 5 | 2 | | 7 | R Dutra da Silva | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | T Smyczek | 6 | $7^7$ | | | T Smyczek | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Kuznetsov | 3 | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | T Smyczek | $6^6$ | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | J Levine | $6^0$ | 6 | 2 | | | | | | 3 | I Kunitsyn | $7^8$ | 3 | 2 | | | | |
  | LL | C Gârd | $7^7$ | 4 | 6 | LL | C Gârd | 4 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Zverev | 2 | $1^r$ | | 3 | I Kunitsyn | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 3 | I Kunitsyn | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | T Smyczek | 6 | 3 | 6 |
  | 5 | V Pospisil | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | R Ram | 4 | 6 | 3 |
  | | C Ball | 6 | 3 | 6 | | C Ball | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | R Ram | 6 | 5 | 6 | | R Ram | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | P-H Herbert | 4 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | R Ram | $6^3$ | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | WC | V Mirzadeh | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 2/WC | R Sweeting | $7^7$ | 1 | 4 | | | | |
  | | A Olivetti | 6 | 5 | 2 | WC | V Mirzadeh | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Russell | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2/WC | R Sweeting | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2/WC | R Sweeting | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  