2012 Shanghai Challenger – Singles

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.

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)