2012 Farmers Classic
# 2012 Farmers Classic

The 2012 Farmers Classic, presented by Mercedes-Benz, was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Los Angeles. It was the 86th edition of the Los Angeles Open, and was part of the Emirates Airline US Open Series of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Los Angeles Tennis Center on the campus of UCLA, from July 23 through July 29, 2012, with total player compensation in excess of $1 million. The events were televised by ESPN2 and the Tennis Channel.

Defending champion, second-seeded Sam Querrey, who grew up in nearby Thousand Oaks, defeated Ričardas Berankis for his third Los Angeles title in four years on July 29, 2012. Xavier Malisse teamed up with Ruben Bemelmans this year to win the doubles championship. Querrey would also join fellow Americans, Andre Agassi and Jimmy Connors as the only three men to win 3 or more titles in the Open Era. The 2012 tournament marked the last time an ATP World Tour tournament would be held in Los Angeles.

## Singles main-draw entrants

### Singles seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| FRA | Benoît Paire | 47 | 1 |
| USA | Sam Querrey | 55 | 2 |
| ARG | Leonardo Mayer | 64 | 3 |
| FRA | Nicolas Mahut | 66 | 4 |
| BEL | Xavier Malisse | 71 | 5 |
| AUS | Marinko Matosevic | 73 | 6 |
| GER | Björn Phau | 76 | 7 |
| USA | Brian Baker | 79 | 8 |

* $^1$ Seedings based on the rankings of July 16, 2012

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Brian Baker
* Steve Johnson
* Jack Sock

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Ričardas Berankis
* Chris Guccione
* Bradley Klahn
* Nicolas Meister

### Withdrawals

* Malek Jaziri
* Lukáš Lacko

## Doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| MEX | Santiago González | USA | Scott Lipsky | 68 | 1 |
| AUS | Colin Ebelthite | GBR | Jonathan Marray | 129 | 2 |
| GBR | Jamie Delgado | GBR | Ken Skupski | 150 | 3 |
| AUS | Matthew Ebden | GBR | Dominic Inglot | 153 | 4 |

* Rankings are as of July 16, 2012

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Marcos Giron / Nicolas Meister
* Steve Johnson / Sam Querrey

The following pair received entry as alternates:

* Chris Guccione / Marinko Matosevic

### Withdrawals

* Ryan Sweeting (back injury)

### Retirements

* Michael Russell (back injury)

## Finals

### Singles

* Sam Querrey defeated Ričardas Berankis, 6–0, 6–2

### Doubles

* Ruben Bemelmans / Xavier Malisse defeated Jamie Delgado / Ken Skupski, $7–6^{(7–5)},$ 4–6, [10–7]
