2012 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy
# 2012 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy

The 2012 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 20th edition of the BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy tournament, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It was held in Bucharest, Romania, 23 April until 29 April 2012. It was the first edition of the tournament to be played in spring after 19 years, when it was played in autumn. First-seeded Gilles Simon won the singles title.

## Singles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| FRA | Gilles Simon | 15 | 1 |
| GER | Florian Mayer | 20 | 2 |
| AUT | Jürgen Melzer | 29 | 3 |
| SRB | Viktor Troicki | 30 | 4 |
| CYP | Marcos Baghdatis | 40 | 5 |
| ITA | Andreas Seppi | 44 | 6 |
| POL | Łukasz Kubot | 51 | 7 |
| CRO | Ivan Dodig | 57 | 8 |
| FRA | Jérémy Chardy | 59 | 9 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of April 16, 2012

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Marius Copil
* Victor Crivoi
* Gabriel Moraru

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Attila Balázs
* Daniel Brands
* Guillaume Rufin
* Jürgen Zopp

The following players received entry as lucky loser:

* Érik Chvojka

### Withdrawals

The following players withdrew from the singles main draw:

* Julien Benneteau (elbow fracture)
* Jürgen Melzer (ankle injury)
* Philipp Petzschner

## Doubles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SWE | Robert Lindstedt | ROU | Horia Tecău | 17 | 1 |
| AUT | Julian Knowle | AUT | Jürgen Melzer | 77 | 2 |
| ITA | Daniele Bracciali | ITA | Potito Starace | 83 | 3 |
| USA | James Cerretani | ITA | Fabio Fognini | 93 | 4 |
| BEL | Xavier Malisse | BEL | Dick Norman | 102 | 5 |

* Rankings are as of April 16, 2012

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Marius Copil / Alexander Waske
* Andrei Dăescu / Florin Mergea

The following pair received entry as alternates:

* Martin Emmrich / Andreas Siljeström

### Withdrawals

* Jürgen Melzer (ankle injury)

## Finals

### Singles

Gilles Simon defeated Fabio Fognini, 6–4, 6–3

* It was Simon's 1st title of the year and 10th of his career. It was his 3rd win in Bucharest, after 2007 and 2008.

### Doubles

Robert Lindstedt / Horia Tecău defeated Jérémy Chardy / Łukasz Kubot, $7–6^{(7–2)},$ 6–3

