The 2012 BMW Open (also known as The BMW Open by FWU Takaful 2012 for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 97th edition of the event. It was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It took place at the MTTC Iphitos complex in Munich, Germany, from 30 April through 6 May 2012. Fourth-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber won the singles title.
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 France | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 5 | 1 | |
 Spain | Feliciano López | 16 | 2 | |
| Marin Čilić | 23 | 3 | ||
| Philipp Kohlschreiber | 33 | 4 | ||
 Australia | Bernard Tomic | 35 | 5 | |
 Russian Federation | Mikhail Youzhny | 36 | 6 | |
| Russian Federation | Nikolay Davydenko | 40 | 7 | |
 Cyprus | Marcos Baghdatis | 41 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Czech Republic | František Čermák |  Slovakia | Filip Polášek | 44 | 1 | |
| Oliver Marach | Alexander Peya | 51 | 2 | |||
 Mexico | Santiago González | Christopher Kas | 57 | 3 | ||
 Colombia | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Robert Farah | 88 | 4 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
See main article: 2012 BMW Open – Singles.
See main article: 2012 BMW Open – Doubles.
František Čermák / Filip Polášek defeated 
Xavier Malisse / Dick Norman, 6–4, 7–5