2012 Ningbo Challenger

The 2012 Ningbo Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament (third for women) which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Ningbo, China, on 10–16 September 2012.

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings as of 27 August 2012

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇨🇳 Gao Xin
 * 🇨🇳 Gong Maoxin
 * 🇨🇳 Wang Chuhan
 * 🇨🇳 Zhou Zhuo-Qing

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇩🇪 Jaan-Frederik Brunken
 * 🇰🇷 Jeong Suk-Young
 * 🇨🇳 Wang Ruikai
 * Yi Chu-huan

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings as of 27 August 2012

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇨🇳 Han Xinyun
 * 🇨🇳 Tang Haochen
 * 🇨🇳 Xu Yifan
 * 🇨🇳 Wang Yafan

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇨🇳 Liu Fangzhou
 * 🇺🇸 Tetiana Luzhanska
 * 🇨🇳 Yang Zhaoxuan
 * 🇨🇳 Zhou Yimiao

The following players received entry by a Special Ranking:
 * 🇰🇿 Zarina Diyas

Men's singles

 * 🇩🇪 Peter Gojowczyk def. 🇰🇷 Jeong Suk-Young 6–3, 6–1

Women's singles

 * Hsieh Su-wei def. 🇨🇳 Zhang Shuai 6–2, 6–2

Men's doubles

 * 🇹🇭 Sanchai Ratiwatana / 🇹🇭 Sonchat Ratiwatana def. 🇨🇳 Gong Maoxin / 🇨🇳 Zhang Ze 6–4, 6–2

Women's doubles

 * 🇯🇵 Shuko Aoyama / Chang Kai-chen def. 🇺🇸 Tetiana Luzhanska / 🇨🇳 Zheng Saisai 6–2, 7–5