:2012 Dunlop World Challenge

{{Infobox tennis event|2012|Dunlop World Challenge|

| date = 19–25 November

| edition = 5th

| location = Toyota, Japan

| category = ATP Challenger Tour (men)
ITF Women's Circuit (women)

| surface = Carpet (indoor)

| prize_money = €35,000+H (men)
$75,000+H (women)

| champms = {{flagicon|POL}} Michał Przysiężny

| champws = {{flagicon|SUI}} Stefanie Vögele

| champmd = {{flagicon|AUT}} Philipp Oswald / {{flagicon|CRO}} Mate Pavić

| champwd = {{flagicon|AUS}} Ashleigh Barty / {{flagicon|AUS}} Casey Dellacqua

}}

The 2012 Dunlop World Challenge was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. The fifth edition of the Dunlop World Challenge tournament, it was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place on 19–25 November 2012 in Toyota, Japan.

Men's singles entrants

= Seeds =

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank1

! Seed

{{flag|JPN}}

|Yūichi Sugita

|122

|1

{{flagu|USA}}

|Rajeev Ram

|134

|2

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|Matteo Viola

|138

|3

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|Jimmy Wang

|156

|4

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|Hiroki Moriya

|188

|5

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|Chen Ti

|205

|6

{{flag|AUS}}

|John Millman

|233

|7

{{flag|AUS}}

|Brydan Klein

|242

|8

  • 1 Rankings as of 12 November 2012

= Other entrants =

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

  • {{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroyasu Ehara
  • {{flagicon|JPN}} Sho Katayama
  • {{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroki Kondo
  • {{flagicon|JPN}} Takao Suzuki

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Women's singles entrants

= Seeds =

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank1

! Seed

{{flag|AUS}}

|Casey Dellacqua

|88

|1

{{flag|JPN}}

|Misaki Doi

|92

|2

{{flag|SUI}}

|Stefanie Vögele

|116

|3

{{flag|JPN}}

|Kimiko Date-Krumm

|119

|4

{{flag|THA}}

|Tamarine Tanasugarn

|133

|5

{{flag|JPN}}

|Kurumi Nara

|160

|6

{{flag|AUS}}

|Ashleigh Barty

|183

|7

{{flag|JPN}}

|Erika Sema

|192

|8

  • 1 Rankings as of 12 November 2012

= Other entrants =

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry by a Junior Exempt:

Champions

= Men's singles =

{{main|2012 Dunlop World Challenge – Men's singles}}

= Women's singles =

{{main|2012 Dunlop World Challenge – Women's singles}}

= Men's doubles =

{{main|2012 Dunlop World Challenge – Men's doubles}}

= Women's doubles =

{{main|2012 Dunlop World Challenge – Women's doubles}}