The 2012 Nottingham Challenge (known for sponsorship reasons as the Aegon Nottingham Challenge) was a professional tennis tournament played on grass courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Nottingham, Great Britain between 11 and 17 June 2012.
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Israel | Dudi Sela | 95 | 1 | |
 Slovakia | Karol Beck | 104 | 2 | |
| Michael Russell | 110 | 3 | ||
| Rajeev Ram | 123 | 4 | ||
 Turkey | Marsel İlhan | 124 | 5 | |
 Slovenia | Grega Žemlja | 129 | 6 | |
| Jesse Levine | 131 | 7 | ||
| Rik de Voest | 144 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry as a special exempt into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Belarus | Anastasiya Yakimova | 100 | 1 | |
 Czech Republic | Karolína Plíšková | 122 | 2 | |
 Russian Federation | Valeria Savinykh | 127 | 3 | |
 Japan | Erika Sema | 134 | 4 | |
| Russian Federation | Vitalia Diatchenko | 143 | 5 | |
 France | Claire Feuerstein | 145 | 6 | |
 Italy | Camila Giorgi | 146 | 7 | |
 Romania | Mihaela Buzărnescu | 149 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following players received entry by a Junior Exempt:
See main article: 2012 Nottingham Challenge – Men's singles.
Karol Beck, 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–4See main article: 2012 Nottingham Challenge – Men's doubles.
Olivier Charroin / 
Martin Fischer def. Evgeny Donskoy / Andrey Kuznetsov, 6–4, 7–6(8–6)See main article: 2012 Nottingham Challenge – Women's singles.
Ashleigh Barty def. Tatjana Malek, 6–1, 6–1See main article: 2012 Nottingham Challenge – Women's doubles.
Ashleigh Barty / Sally Peers def. 
Réka-Luca Jani / Maria João Koehler, 7–6(7–2), 3–6, [10–5]
