2012 Lermontov Cup Explained

Date:	24–30 September
Edition:	1st
Surface:	Clay
Location:	Lermontov, Russia
Champs:	Andrey Kuznetsov
Champd:	Konstantin Kravchuk / Denys Molchanov

The 2012 Lermontov Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Lermontov, Russia between 24 and 30 September 2012.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Italy	Paolo Lorenzi	70	1
Russian Federation	Andrey Kuznetsov	116	2
Argentina	Horacio Zeballos	119	3
Russian Federation	Teymuraz Gabashvili	160	4
Kazakhstan	Andrey Golubev	168	5
Ukraine	Ivan Sergeyev	176	6
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Damir Džumhur	216	7
Russian Federation	Konstantin Kravchuk	217	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of September 17, 2012.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Victor Baluda
• Ruslan Chomaev
• Ervand Gasparyan
• Richard Muzaev

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Toni Androić
• James Duckworth
• Michal Schmid
• Yuri Schukin

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2012 Lermontov Cup – Singles.

• Andrey Kuznetsov def. Farrukh Dustov, 6–7^(7–9), 6–2, 6–2

Doubles

See main article: 2012 Lermontov Cup – Doubles.

• Konstantin Kravchuk / Denys Molchanov def. Andrey Golubev / Yuri Schukin, 6–3, 6–4