The singles competition was won by Frenchman
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga who was the top seed for the tournament. On his route to the final he faced unseeded players
Thiago Alves,
Denis Istomin and
Frederico Gil, as well as seventh seed
Kristof Vliegen in the quarter-finals, winning them all in straight sets for the loss of only 22 games. His final opponent was his fellow countryman, the fifth-seeded
Jérémy Chardy who had progressed against
Jiří Vaněk, qualifiers
Marco Chiudinelli and
Sébastien de Chaunac in straight sets before a more tricky test against second seed
David Ferrer. In the final Tsonga came through 7–6, 6–4 to take the title. Five South African players (
Kevin Anderson,
Andrew Anderson,
Izak van der Merwe,
Raven Klaasen and
Rik de Voest) were present in the draw and the latter three reached the second round. de Voest knocked out sixth seed
Iván Navarro while Klaasen defeated another Spaniard,
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo and van der Merwe overcame
Benjamin Becker. ==Finals==