In singles, David Ferrer defended his title and won again this year. He won for the third time in a row in Acapulco, in the final he beat his compatriot Fernando Verdasco . For Ferrer this is already the third title of the season and the fourteenth career title. However, Verdasco won the doubles competition together with David Marrero , this was the second joint title after the win in Buenos Aires the week before, in the final they beat Marcel Granollers and Marc López . The defending champions from the previous year, Victor Hănescu and Horia Tecău , did not play this year.
The field of participants in the individual competition consisted of 32 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs.
The qualification took place from February 25th to 26th, 2012. Four qualifying places were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament.