The 2012 Brasil Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor clay courts. It was the 12th edition of the event known as the Brasil Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It took place from February 13 through February 19, 2012, in São Paulo, Brazil for the first time, since the previous tournaments were held in Costa do Sauípe, Brazil. The competition was also moved from an outdoor event to indoors and was played at the Complexo Desportivo Constâncio Vaz Guimarães.[1]
| Country | Player | Rank | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Spain | Nicolás Almagro | 11 | 1 | |
 France | Gilles Simon | 12 | 2 | |
| Spain | Fernando Verdasco | 26 | 3 | |
 Brazil | Thomaz Bellucci | 38 | 4 | |
 Argentina | Carlos Berlocq | 44 | 5 | |
| Spain | Juan Carlos Ferrero | 48 | 6 | |
| Spain | Albert Montañés | 52 | 7 | |
| Spain | Albert Ramos | 66 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Juan Ignacio Chela (personal reasons) Tommy Robredo (adductor injury)| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Butorac | Brazil | Bruno Soares | 47 | 1 | ||
| Daniele Bracciali | Potito Starace | 92 | 2 | |||
 Colombia | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Robert Farah | 97 | 3 | ||
 Slovakia | Michal Mertiňák | André Sá | 114 | 4 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
See main article: 2012 Brasil Open – Singles. Nicolás Almagro defeated 
Filippo Volandri, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
See main article: 2012 Brasil Open – Doubles. 
Eric Butorac / Bruno Soares defeated Michal Mertiňák / André Sá, 3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
