2012 Proton Malaysian Open

2012 Proton Malaysian Open
2012 Proton Malaysian Open
Date	24–30 September
Edition	4th
Category	World Tour 250
Draw	28S / 16D
Prize money	$850,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Champions
Singles
	Juan Mónaco
Doubles
	Alexander Peya / Bruno Soares

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	Rank¹	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:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as lucky loser:

Sanam Singh

Withdrawals

Retirements

Nikolay Davydenko
Jürgen Melzer (left quadriceps injury)

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	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