 However, players were only eligible to qualify for the tournament if they played a minimum of eight (8) ATP Challenger Tour tournaments during the season.Moreover, the accumulated year-to-date points were only countable to a maximum of ten (10) best results.The tournament line-up was initially announced on 7 November 2012 at the tournament's website, based on the 2012 ATP Year-To-Date Challenger Rankings up to that date.