2012 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships – Men's singles
# 2012 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships – Men's singles

Wayne Odesnik was the defending champion but decided not to participate. Denis Kudla won the title, defeating Érik Chvojka 5–7, 7–5, 6–1 in the final.

## Seeds

* Maxime Authom (first round)
* Víctor Estrella (first round)
* Adrian Mannarino (first round)
* Denis Kudla (champion)
* Jamie Baker (second round)
* Agustín Velotti (quarterfinals)
* James Duckworth (quarterfinals)
* Érik Chvojka (final)

## 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| WC | Christian Harrison | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| 4 | Denis Kudla | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| 4 | Denis Kudla | 6 | 7 | 4 | Denis Kudla | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | 8 | Érik Chvojka | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | Érik Chvojka | w/o | | 8 | Érik Chvojka | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| | Alex Bogdanovic | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | M Authom | $6^5$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Greg Ouellette | $7^7$ | 7 | | | Greg Ouellette | 7 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Bangoura | 2 | 6 | 3 | WC | C Harrison | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | C Harrison | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | WC | C Harrison | $7^7$ | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | C Buchanan | $6^5$ | 1 | | | | | | | 6 | A Velotti | $6^5$ | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | G Jones | $7^7$ | 6 | | | G Jones | 6 | $6^5$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | T Fabbiano | 5 | 4 | | 6 | A Velotti | 4 | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | A Velotti | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | WC | C Harrison | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | D Kudla | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | D Kudla | 6 | 7 |
| | M Yani | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | D Kudla | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Sandgren | 7 | 6 | | | T Sandgren | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | P Bester | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | 4 | D Kudla | 7 | 3 | 7 | | | | |
| | G Sakharov | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | M Reid | 5 | 6 | 5 | | | | |
| | M Reid | 6 | 6 | | | M Reid | 6 | 1 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Williams | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | J Baker | 4 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | J Baker | 5 | 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | É Chvojka | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | T Matsui | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | É Chvojka | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D Kosakowski | 4 | 4 | | Q | A Krajicek | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Krajicek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | É Chvojka | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Eric Quigley | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | M McClune | 5 | 3 | | | | |
| | R Ghedin | 3 | 2 | | WC | Eric Quigley | $7^7$ | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | M McClune | 1 | $7^7$ | $7^7$ | | M McClune | $6^3$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | A Mannarino | 6 | $6^2$ | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | É Chvojka | w/o |
| 7 | J Duckworth | $7^7$ | $6^4$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | A Bogdanovic | |
| SE/PR | D King-Turner | $6^3$ | $7^7$ | 4 | 7 | J Duckworth | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| SE | Adrien Bossel | 4 | $7^7$ | 3 | | Charles-Antoine Brézac | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Charles-Antoine Brézac | 6 | $6^5$ | 6 | | | | | | 7 | J Duckworth | 4 | 6 | $6^5$ | | | |
| | A El Mihdawy | $6^3$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | A Bogdanovic | 6 | 3 | $7^7$ | | | |
| | A Bogdanovic | $7^7$ | 4 | 6 | | A Bogdanovic | $7^7$ | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Mitchell | 6 | 6 | | | B Mitchell | $6^3$ | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | V Estrella | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
