2012 Shanghai Challenger – Singles

Singles
	2012 Shanghai Challenger
Champion	Lu Yen-hsun
Runner-up	Peter Gojowczyk
Final score	7–5, 6–0
Events
Singles	Doubles

Last updated March 04, 2019

Cedrik-Marcel Stebe was the defending champion but decided not to participate.
Lu Yen-hsun defeated Peter Gojowczyk 7–5, 6–0 in the final to win the tournament.

Cedrik-Marcel Stebe is a German professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 71 in February 2012.

Lu Yen-hsun is a Taiwanese professional tennis player, who goes by the nickname Rendy. Lu has won more ATP Challenger Tour titles than any other player in tennis history. His favorite surface is hard court, though several of his ATP Tour career highlights have come on grass courts, including reaching the quarterfinals of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships.

Peter Gojowczyk is a German professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 39 in June 2018.

Seeds

Lu Yen-hsun (Champion)
Tatsuma Ito (Second Round)
Dudi Sela (First Round)
Yūichi Sugita (Semifinals)
Zhang Ze (Quarterfinals)
Yuki Bhambri (Second Round)
Amir Weintraub (Second Round)
Wu Di (Second Round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals					Final


1	Lu Yen-hsun	6	6

4	Yūichi Sugita	4	0
					1	Lu Yen-hsun	7	6

						Peter Gojowczyk	5	0
	Peter Gojowczyk	5	7⁷	6

	Michael Yani	7	6⁵	4

Top Half

First Round					Second Round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals

1	Y-h Lu	6	6
	Stefan Seifert	2	0		1	Y-h Lu	7	6
Q	J Statham	3	7⁸	7⁷	Q	J Statham	5	1
	T-h Yang	6	6⁶	6⁵						1	Y-h Lu	6	6
WC	Z Li	4	2							Q	S Singh	2	3
Q	S Singh	6	6		Q	S Singh	7⁷	1	6
	M Reid	6⁵	4		6	Y Bhambri	6⁴	6	2
6	Y Bhambri	7⁷	6											1	Y-h Lu	6	6
4	Y Sugita	6	6											4	Y Sugita	4	0
	D Molchanov	2	1		4	Y Sugita	6	5	6
SE	C Rungkat	6	7		SE	C Rungkat	1	7	2
WC	Wang Chieh-fu	4	5							4	Y Sugita	6	6
WC	Chang Yu	7¹⁴	6							5	Z Zhang	1	3
	T Chen	6¹²	3		WC	Chang Yu	4	4
Q	A Dupuis	3	1		5	Z Zhang	6	6
5	Z Zhang	6	6

Bottom Half

First Round					Second Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

7	A Weintraub	6	6
WC	Ouyang Bowen	3	2		7	A Weintraub	6³	4
	J Millman	2	6	6		J Millman	7⁷	6
SE	M Gong	6	4	1							J Millman	2	7⁷	2
	P Gojowczyk	6	6								P Gojowczyk	6	6⁴	6
	M McClune	4	3			P Gojowczyk	6	6
	H Moriya	4	7¹⁰	7		H Moriya	3	3
3	D Sela	6	6⁴	5												P Gojowczyk	5	7⁷	6
8	D Wu	4	6	6												M Yani	7	6⁵	4
	S Bohli	6	3	0	8	D Wu	6⁴	4
Q	Norbert Gomboš	2	4			J Ward	7⁷	6
	J Ward	6	6								J Ward	5^r
	V Vardhan	5	4								M Yani	7
	M Yani	7	6			M Yani	6	2	6
	B Mitchell	6⁵	7⁷	2	2	T Ito	4	6	3
2	T Ito	7⁷	6⁵	6

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