2012 Italian Open – Men's Singles

Men's Singles
2012 Italian Open
Champion	Rafael Nadal
Runner-up	Novak Djokovic
Final score	7–5, 6–3

The 2012 Italian Open – Men's Singles was a tennis tournament that took place from 14–21 May 2012. It was the 69th edition of the tournament and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2012 ATP World Tour. Novak Djokovic was the defending champion, but lost to Rafael Nadal 7–5, 6–3 in the final. With the win, Nadal became the first player to win this event six times.

Seeds

The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Novak Djokovic	7	6
	5	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	5	1
								1	Novak Djokovic	6	77
								3	Roger Federer	2	64
	3	Roger Federer	6	6
		Andreas Seppi	1	2
															1	Novak Djokovic	5	3
															2	Rafael Nadal	7	6
	6	David Ferrer	77	6
	16	Richard Gasquet	64	3
								6	David Ferrer	66	0
								2	Rafael Nadal	78	6
	7	Tomáš Berdych	4	5
	2	Rafael Nadal	6	7

Top Half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
								1	N Djokovic	6	6
		B Tomic	4	6	6				B Tomic	3	3
	Q	S Giraldo	6	2	4										1	N Djokovic	4	6	6
		R Štěpánek	2	6	6										14	J Mónaco	6	2	3
		JI Chela	6	0	3				R Štěpánek	4	2
	Q	A Ungur	2	2				14	J Mónaco	6	6
	14	J Mónaco	6	6																		1	N Djokovic	7	6
	10	JM del Potro	7	3	6																	5	J-W Tsonga	5	1
		M Llodra	5	6	4			10	JM del Potro	6	6
		T Bellucci	2	6	3				M Youzhny	4	2
		M Youzhny	6	3	6										10	JM del Potro	4	1
		V Troicki	4	6	6										5	J-W Tsonga	6	6
	WC	F Volandri	6	4	3				V Troicki	3	2
								5	J-W Tsonga	6	6

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
								3	R Federer	6	6
	Q	B Kavčič	1	3					C Berlocq	3	4
		C Berlocq	6	6											3	R Federer	6	5	6
		K Anderson	4	5												JC Ferrero	2	7	1
		JC Ferrero	6	7					JC Ferrero	7	6
		A Bogomolov, Jr.	4	1				13	G Monfils	5	3
	13	G Monfils	6	6																		3	R Federer	6	6
	9	J Isner	2	77	6																		A Seppi	1	2
		P Kohlschreiber	6	63	2			9	J Isner	6	65	5
		A Seppi	6	3	6				A Seppi	2	77	7
		D Istomin	4	6	3											A Seppi	61	78	78
		S Wawrinka	6	4	7											S Wawrinka	77	66	66
	Q	R Haase	1	6	5				S Wawrinka	6	6
								8	J Tipsarević	3	1

Bottom Half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
								6	D Ferrer	6	77
		F Verdasco	6						F Verdasco	3	63
		A Dolgopolov	0r												6	D Ferrer	6	77
	Q	G García-López	6	6											11	G Simon	0	65
		P Andújar	4	1				Q	G García-López	4	6	4
		D Young	2	5				11	G Simon	6	2	6
	11	G Simon	6	7																		6	D Ferrer	77	6
	16	R Gasquet	6	78																		16	R Gasquet	64	3
		J Melzer	1	66				16	R Gasquet	6	6
		N Davydenko	3	6	3			WC	P Lorenzi	3	2
	WC	P Lorenzi	6	2	6										16	R Gasquet	61	6	6
	Q	A Ramos	3	4											4	A Murray	77	3	2
		D Nalbandian	6	6					D Nalbandian	1	6	5
								4	A Murray	6	4	7

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
								7	T Berdych	6	6
		Ł Kubot	6	5	6				Ł Kubot	4	1
	WC	P Starace	3	7	2										7	T Berdych	77	6
	Q	S Querrey	77	5	6										12	N Almagro	63	3
		J Nieminen	64	7	4			Q	S Querrey	5	2
		M Čilić	2	6	0			12	N Almagro	7	6
	12	N Almagro	6	3	6																	7	T Berdych	4	5
	15	F López	4	4																		2	R Nadal	6	7
		M Granollers	6	6					M Granollers	6	6
	WC	F Fognini	6	6				WC	F Fognini	3	4
		M Baghdatis	2	2												M Granollers	1	1
		M Raonic	65	4											2	R Nadal	6	6
		F Mayer	77	6					F Mayer	1	5
								2	R Nadal	6	7

Qualifying

Qualifying Draw

First Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	1	Albert Ramos	77	6
		Daniel Gimeno-Traver	63	4
								1	Albert Ramos	6	6
								WC	Gianluca Naso	4	3
	WC	Gianluca Naso	6	6
	11	Matthew Ebden	3	0

Second Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	2	Robin Haase	6	711
		Sergiy Stakhovsky	4	69
								2	Robin Haase	6	3	6
								12	Xavier Malisse	3	6	4
	WC	Matteo Viola	4	4
	12	Xavier Malisse	6	6

Third Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	3	Mikhail Kukushkin	6	6
		Flavio Cipolla	1	3
								3	Mikhail Kukushkin	6	4	3
								13	Sam Querrey	3	6	6
		Simone Bolelli	3	4
	13	Sam Querrey	6	6

Fourth Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	4	Santiago Giraldo	4	6	77
		Ernests Gulbis	6	3	64
								4	Santiago Giraldo	6	6
									Victor Hănescu	2	3
		Victor Hănescu	6	6
	9	Ryan Harrison	4	2

Fifth Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	5	Gilles Müller	6	7
		Vasek Pospisil	1	5
								5	Gilles Müller
									Adrian Ungur	w/o
		Adrian Ungur	77	6
	10	Albert Montañés	62	1

Sixth Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	6	Alejandro Falla	2	0
		Guillermo García-López	6	6
									Guillermo García-López	6	6
								8	Ivo Karlović	4	4
		Philipp Petzschner	0	63
	8	Ivo Karlović	6	77

Seventh Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	7	Go Soeda	5	6	3
	WC	Marco Cecchinato	7	2	6
								WC	Marco Cecchinato	6	1	2
								Alt	Blaž Kavčič	4	6	6
	WC	Enrico Burzi	2	4
	Alt	Blaž Kavčič	6	6

References

• Main Draw
• Qualifying Draw