2012 Italian Open – Men's singles

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

Rafael Nadal defeated the defending champion Novak Djokovic in a rematch of the previous year's final, 7–5, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2012 Italian Open. It was his record-extending sixth Italian Open title. He did not lose a set during the tournament.

Seeds

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

01.

Novak Djokovic (final)

02.

Rafael Nadal (champion)

03.

Roger Federer (semifinals)

04.

Andy Murray (third round)

05.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (quarterfinals)

06.

David Ferrer (semifinals)

07.

Tomáš Berdych (quarterfinals)

08.

Janko Tipsarević (second round)

09.

John Isner (second round)

10.

Juan Martín del Potro (third round)

11.

Gilles Simon (third round)

12.

Nicolás Almagro (third round)

13.

Gaël Monfils (second round)

14.

Juan Mónaco (third round)

15.

Feliciano López (first round)

16.

Richard Gasquet (quarterfinals)

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

Draw

Key

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	0^r								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

Seeds

Albert Ramos (qualified)
Robin Haase (qualified)
Mikhail Kukushkin (qualifying competition)
Santiago Giraldo (qualified)
Gilles Müller (qualifying competition, withdrew)
Alejandro Falla (first round)
Go Soeda (first round)
Ivo Karlović (qualifying competition)
Ryan Harrison (first round)
Albert Montañés (first round)
Matthew Ebden (first round)
Xavier Malisse (qualifying competition)
Sam Querrey (qualified)
Igor Andreev (withdrew because of a right shoulder injury)

Qualifiers

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