title: 2012 Proton Malaysian Open
text: # 2012 Proton Malaysian Open
  
  The 2012 Proton Malaysian Open was a professional men's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament, and part of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia between 24 and 30 September 2012. Juan Mónaco won the singles title.
  
  ## Singles main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | ESP | David Ferrer | 5 | 1 |
  | ARG | Juan Mónaco | 11 | 2 |
  | JPN | Kei Nishikori | 17 | 3 |
  | UKR | Alexandr Dolgopolov | 19 | 4 |
  | ESP | Feliciano López | 32 | 5 |
  | ESP | Pablo Andújar | 33 | 6 |
  | FRA | Julien Benneteau | 34 | 7 |
  | AUT | Jürgen Melzer | 37 | 8 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings are as of 17 September 2012
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Philip Davydenko
  * Ariez Elyaas Deen Heshaam
  * Jimmy Wang
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Riccardo Ghedin
  * Dominic Inglot
  * Julian Knowle
  * Michael Yani
  
  The following player received entry as lucky loser:
  
  * Sanam Singh
  
  ### Withdrawals
  
  * Marcos Baghdatis
  * Santiago Giraldo
  * Martin Kližan (oblique muscle injury)
  * Sam Querrey
  * Andreas Seppi (fatigue)
  
  ### Retirements
  
  * Nikolay Davydenko
  * Jürgen Melzer (left quadriceps injury)
  
  ## ATP doubles main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | POL | Mariusz Fyrstenberg | POL | Marcin Matkowski | 21 | 1 |
  | ITA | Daniele Bracciali | BRA | Marcelo Melo | 45 | 2 |
  | AUT | Alexander Peya | BRA | Bruno Soares | 56 | 3 |
  | AUT | Julian Knowle | SVK | Filip Polášek | 59 | 4 |
  
  * Rankings are as of 17 September 2012
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
  
  * Mohd Assri Merzuki / Syed Mohammad Agil Naguib
  * Si Yew Ming / Jimmy Wang
  
  The following pair received entry as alternates:
  
  * Vasek Pospisil / Sanam Singh
  
  ### Withdrawals
  
  * Jürgen Melzer (left quadriceps injury)
  
  ### Retirements
  
  * Martin Kližan (oblique muscle injury)
  
  ## Finals
  
  ### Singles
  
  * Juan Mónaco defeated Julien Benneteau 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
  
  ### Doubles
  
  * Alexander Peya / Bruno Soares defeated Colin Fleming / Ross Hutchins, 5–7, 7–5, [10–7]
  