The 2012

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. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in

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, China between 3 and 9 September 2012.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of August 27, 2012.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Chang Yu * Li Zhe * Ouyang Bowen * Wang Chieh-fu The following players received entry as a special exempt into the singles main draw: *

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* Christopher Rungkat The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Antony Dupuis * Norbert Gomboš * Sanam Singh *

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Champions

Singles

* Lu Yen-hsun def.

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, 7–5, 6–0

Doubles

* Sanchai Ratiwatana / Sonchat Ratiwatana def. Yuki Bhambri / Divij Sharan, 6–4, 6–4

References

{{2012 ATP Challenger Tour

Shanghai Challenger 2012 in Chinese tennis