2012 Australian Open – Men's Singles

Men's Singles
2012 Australian Open
Champion	Novak Djokovic
Runner-up	Rafael Nadal
Final score	5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–7^(5–7), 7–5

Main article: 2012 Australian Open

Novak Djokovic was the defending champion^[1] and successfully defended his title against Rafael Nadal in the final. The final took 5 hours and 53 minutes to complete, which was the longest match in Australian Open history and the longest Grand Slam singles final in the Open Era.^[2] This match marked Nadal's third consecutive grand slam final loss against Djokovic and thus he went on to become the first and thus far only player to lose three Grand Slam finals in a row in the Open Era.^[3]

Seeds

Novak Djokovic (Champion)
Rafael Nadal (Final)
Roger Federer (Semifinals)
Andy Murray (Semifinals)
David Ferrer (Quarterfinals)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fourth round)
Tomáš Berdych (Quarterfinals)
Mardy Fish (Second round)
Janko Tipsarević (Third round)
Nicolás Almagro (Fourth round)
Juan Martín del Potro (Quarterfinals)
Gilles Simon (Second round)
Alexandr Dolgopolov (Third round)
Gaël Monfils (Third round)
Andy Roddick (Second round, Retired because of a hamstring injury)^[h]
John Isner (Third round)
Richard Gasquet (Fourth round)
Feliciano López (Fourth round)
Viktor Troicki (Second round)
Florian Mayer (Withdrew because of a hip strain, replaced by Rik de Voest)^[4]
Stanislas Wawrinka (Third round)
Fernando Verdasco (First round)
Milos Raonic (Third round)
Kei Nishikori (Quarterfinals)
Juan Mónaco (First round)
Marcel Granollers (Second round)
Juan Ignacio Chela (Third round)
Ivan Ljubičić (First round)
Radek Štěpánek (First round)
Kevin Anderson (Third round)
Jürgen Melzer (First round)
Alex Bogomolov, Jr. (Second round)

Qualifying

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Men's Singles Qualifying

Wildcards

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Main Draw Wildcard Entries

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals						Semifinals							Final

1	Novak Djokovic	6	7⁷	6
5	David Ferrer	4	6⁴	1
						1	Novak Djokovic	6	3	6⁴	6	7

						4	Andy Murray	3	6	7⁷	1	5
4	Andy Murray	6	6	6

24	Kei Nishikori	3	3	1
													1	Novak Djokovic (details)	5	6	6	6⁵	7
													2	Rafael Nadal	7	4	2	7⁷	5
11	Juan Martín del Potro	4	3	2
3	Roger Federer	6	6	6
						3	Roger Federer	7⁷	2	6⁵	4

						2	Rafael Nadal	6⁵	6	7⁷	6
7	Tomáš Berdych	7⁷	6⁶	4	3

2	Rafael Nadal	6⁵	7⁸	6	6

Top-half

Section 1

First Round						Second Round						Third Round						Fourth Round

1	N Djokovic	6	6	6
	P Lorenzi	2	0	0		1	N Djokovic	6	6	6
	S Giraldo	6	6	6			S Giraldo	3	2	1
Q	M Viola	4	2	1								1	N Djokovic	6	6	6
WC	T Ito	6	4	6	6								N Mahut	0	1	1
	P Starace	3	6	3	4	WC	T Ito	6	6⁶	2	2
	N Mahut	7	7	6			N Mahut	1	7⁸	6	6
29	R Štěpánek	5	5	3														1	N Djokovic	6	6	4	6
23	M Raonic	6	6	6														WC	L Hewitt	1	3	6	3
	F Volandri	4	0	2		23	M Raonic	6	5	6	7
	L Rosol	0	0	2			P Petzschner	4	7	2	5
	P Petzschner	6	6	6								23	M Raonic	6	3	6⁵	3
	C-M Stebe	5	4	6	5							WC	L Hewitt	4	6	7⁷	6
WC	L Hewitt	7	6	3	7	WC	L Hewitt^[h]	3	6	6
	R Haase	3	4	1		15	A Roddick	6	3	4	r
15	A Roddick	6	6	6

Section 2

First Round							Second Round							Third Round					Fourth Round

9	J Tipsarević	5	7¹⁴	6	6
	D Tursunov	7	6¹²	3	4		9	J Tipsarević	3	6	7⁷	6
Q	J Zopp	3	4	4			WC	J Duckworth	6	2	6⁵	4
WC	J Duckworth	6	6	6										9	J Tipsarević	3	3	1
	M Youzhny	5	7⁷	4	6	3								17	R Gasquet	6	6	6
Q	A Golubev	7	6⁴	6	4	6	Q	A Golubev	4	2	0^r
	A Seppi	3	6	3	1		17	R Gasquet^[g]	6	6	3
17	R Gasquet	6	3	6	6														17	R Gasquet	4	4	1
27	JI Chela	7⁷	6	6															5	D Ferrer	6	6	6
	M Russell	6³	3	4			27	JI Chela	6	6	6
	I Kunitsyn	1	6¹²	0				P Andújar	4	4	3
	P Andújar	6	7¹⁴	6										27	JI Chela	5	2	1
	M Bachinger	4	4	2										5	D Ferrer	7	6	6
	R Sweeting	6	6	6				R Sweeting	7⁷	2	6	2	3
	R Machado	1	4	2			5	D Ferrer	6⁴	6	3	6	6
5	D Ferrer	6	6	6

Section 3

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round

4	A Murray	4	6	6	6
	R Harrison	6	3	4	2		4	A Murray	6	6	6
	X Malisse	6⁶	r					É Roger-Vasselin	1	4	4
	É Roger-Vasselin^[c]	7⁸												4	A Murray	6	6	6
	M Llodra	2	6	6	6										M Llodra	4	2	0
	E Gulbis	6	1	2	2			M Llodra	6	6	4	5	6
	D Gimeno-Traver	3	2	4			32	A Bogomolov, Jr.	1	3	6	7	4
32	A Bogomolov, Jr.	6	6	6																	4	A Murray^[i]	6	6	1
19	V Troicki	4	6³	6	7⁷	6																M Kukushkin	1	1	0^r
	JC Ferrero	6	7⁷	2	6³	2	19	V Troicki	7	4	2	6	3
	G García-López	4	3	0				M Kukushkin	5	6	6	4	6
	M Kukushkin	6	6	6											M Kukushkin	6	7	5	1	6
	T Bellucci	7⁷	6	6										14	G Monfils	2	5	7	6	4
	D Sela	6⁵	4	3				T Bellucci	6	0	4	2
WC	M Matosevic	6⁵	3	3			14	G Monfils	2	6	6	6
14	G Monfils	7⁷	6	6

Section 4

First Round							Second Round							Third Round						Fourth Round

12	G Simon	6	3	6⁵	6	6
Q	D Udomchoke	1	6	7⁷	3	2	12	G Simon	5	6⁸	6	6	2
	J Benneteau	6	6	7				J Benneteau	7	7¹⁰	1	3	6
	K Beck	4	2	5											J Benneteau	6	6³	6⁴	3
	J Souza	3	6¹	2										24	K Nishikori	4	7⁷	7⁷	6
	M Ebden	6	7⁷	6				M Ebden	6	6	4	1	1
	S Robert	1	6⁷	0			24	K Nishikori	3	1	6	6	6
24	K Nishikori	6	7⁹	6																24	K Nishikori	2	6	6	3	6
26	M Granollers	6	7⁷	5	5	6														6	J-W Tsonga	6	2	1	6	3
WC	J Levine	0	6⁴	7	7	3	26	M Granollers	3	6	4	3
	F Gil^[d]	2	6	6	4			F Gil	6	4	6	6
	I Dodig	6	1	1	1^r										F Gil	2	2	2
Q	R Bautista-Agut	4	4	5										6	J-W Tsonga	6	6	6
	R Mello	6	6	7				R Mello	5	4	4
	D Istomin	4	6	2	5		6	J-W Tsonga	7	6	6
6	J-W Tsonga	6	3	6	7

Bottom-half

Section 5

First Round							Second Round					Third Round					Fourth Round

8	M Fish	6	6	6
	G Müller	4	4	2			8	M Fish	6⁴	3	6⁶
	A Falla	6	6	3	6			A Falla	7⁷	6	7⁸
	F Fognini	3	2	6	1								A Falla	3	2	6³
	A Montañés	6²	6	4	6⁵								P Kohlschreiber	6	6	7⁷
	P Riba	7⁷	2	6	7⁷			P Riba	0	0^r
	P Kohlschreiber	7	4	6	6⁴	6		P Kohlschreiber^[e]	6	4
25	J Mónaco	5	6	3	7⁷	0												P Kohlschreiber	4	2	1
LL	R de Voest	4	6	1	6	3											11	JM del Potro	6	6	6
	Y-h Lu	6	3	6	3	6		Y-h Lu	7	6	6
Q	F Serra^[a]	6³	3	5			Q	F Serra	5	2	2
	S Darcis	7⁷	6	4^r									Y-h Lu	2	3	0
Q	J Ward	4	3	4								11	JM del Potro	6	6	6
	B Kavčič	6	6	6				B Kavčič	4	5	3
	A Mannarino	6	1	5	4		11	JM del Potro	6	7	6
11	JM del Potro	2	6	7	6

Section 6

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round

13	A Dolgopolov	1	4	6	6	6
WC	G Jones	6	6	1	1	2	13	A Dolgopolov	4	6	6	3	8
	T Kamke	6	6	6				T Kamke	6	1	1	6	6
	V Hănescu	2	1	2										13	A Dolgopolov	6	6⁰	6⁶	6	3
WC	K de Schepper	3	2	2											B Tomic	4	7⁷	7⁸	2	6
	S Querrey	6	6	6				S Querrey	6	3	6³	3
	B Tomic	4	6³	6	6	7		B Tomic	3	6	7⁷	6
22	F Verdasco	6	7⁷	4	2	5																B Tomic	4	2	2
31	J Melzer	6³	5	3																	3	R Federer	6	6	6
	I Karlović	7⁷	7	6				I Karlović	7⁷	3	6	6
	C Berlocq	2	6	7⁷	6			C Berlocq	6⁴	6	3	4
Q	J Huta Galung	6	3	6³	3										I Karlović	6⁶	5	3
	É Prodon	4	2	6	5									3	R Federer	7⁸	7	6
	A Beck	6	6	4	7			A Beck
Q	A Kudryavtsev	5	2	2			3	R Federer^[f]	w/o
3	R Federer	7	6	6

Section 7

First round							Second round							Third round					Fourth round

7	T Berdych	7	4	6	6
	A Ramos	5	6	2	3		7	T Berdych	6	6	7⁷
	O Rochus	6	6	6				O Rochus	1	0	6⁴
Q	B Phau	1	4	0										7	T Berdych	7⁷	7⁷	6
	S Stakhovsky	6	6⁹	4	6	7								30	K Anderson	6⁵	6¹	1
Q	I Marchenko	3	7¹¹	6	3	5		S Stakhovsky	6	1	6³	3
Q	F Nielsen	1	2	4			30	K Anderson	3	6	7⁷	6
30	K Anderson	6	6	6															7	T Berdych	4	7⁷	7⁷	7⁷
21	S Wawrinka	6	6	7															10	N Almagro	6	6⁵	6³	6²
	B Paire	1	1	5			21	S Wawrinka	7⁷	6	5	6
	M Baghdatis	6	7⁷	6				M Baghdatis	6³	4	7	1
PR	B Becker	1	6⁵	2										21	S Wawrinka	6²	2	4
	J Chardy	6	3	6	4	4								10	N Almagro	7⁷	6	6
	G Dimitrov	4	6	3	6	6		G Dimitrov	6	3	7⁷	4	0
	Ł Kubot	6	5	3	5		10	N Almagro	4	6	6⁴	6	6
10	N Almagro	1	7	6	7

Section 8

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round

16	J Isner	6	6	7⁷
WC	B Mitchell	4	4	6¹			16	J Isner	4	6	2	7⁷	10
	J Nieminen	4	2^r					D Nalbandian	6	3	6	6⁵	8
	D Nalbandian^[b]	6	4											16	J Isner	3	7⁷	4	7⁷	1
	F Cipolla	6	4	3	6	6								18	F López	6	6³	6	6⁰	6
	N Davydenko	4	6	6	2	1		F Cipolla	5	6⁴	2
	L Mayer	6⁵	3	6²			18	F López	7	7⁷	6
18	F López	7⁷	6	7⁷																	18	F López	4	4	2
28	I Ljubičić	6	6	3	4	4															2	R Nadal	6	6	6
Q	L Lacko	3	4	6	6	6	Q	L Lacko	6	6	3	6
Q	P Gojowczyk	1	2	6	6	2		D Young	3	1	6	3
	D Young	6	6	4	1	6								Q	L Lacko	2	4	2
PR	T Haas	7⁷	3	6	7									2	R Nadal	6	6	6
Q	D Kudla	6⁵	6	0	5		PR	T Haas	4	3	4
Q	A Kuznetsov	4	1	1			2	R Nadal	6	6	6
2	R Nadal	6	6	6

Notes

^a Florent Serra advanced to the second round after Steve Darcis was forced to retire in the third set, leading two sets to love, because of leg cramps.^[5]
^b David Nalbandian advanced to the second round after Jarkko Nieminen was forced to retire in the second set because of stomach cramps.^[6]
^c Édouard Roger-Vasselin advanced to the second round after Xavier Malisse was forced to retire after the first set because of an arm injury.^[7]
^d Frederico Gil advanced to the second round after Ivan Dodig was forced to retire in the fourth set because of shoulder and back injuries.^[8]
^e Philipp Kohlschreiber advanced to the third round after Pere Riba was forced to retire in the second set because of a left foot injury.^[9]
^f Roger Federer received a walkover into the third round after Andreas Beck withdrew from the tournament because of a lower back injury.^[10]
^g Richard Gasquet advanced to the third round after Andrey Golubev was forced to retire in the third set because of injury.^[11]
^h Lleyton Hewitt advanced to the third round after Andy Roddick was forced to retire after the third set because of a hamstring injury.^[12]
ⁱ Andy Murray advanced to the quarterfinals after Mikhail Kukushkin was forced to retire in the third set because of a left hip flexor injury.^[13]

References

General

Source for the draw at australianopen.com
"Australian Open 2012 Men's Singles – Main Draw". itftennis.com. ITF Licensing (UK) Ltd. Retrieved 14 January 2012.

Specific

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