2012 French Open – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
2012 French Open
Final
Champion	Rafael Nadal
Runner-up	Novak Djokovic
Score	6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
Events

Two-time defending champion Rafael Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic in the final, 6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2012 French Open.^[1] It was his record-breaking seventh French Open title and eleventh major title overall, surpassing Björn Borg's Open Era record of six French Open men's singles titles and equaling Pete Sampras' Wimbledon record for men's singles titles at one major in the Open Era. He also equaled Chris Evert's all-gender record for the most French Open singles titles overall.^[2]^[3]

Djokovic was attempting to complete a non-calendar-year Grand Slam and to become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four major titles at once, having won the preceding Wimbledon Championships, US Open, and Australian Open (all won over Nadal in the final). Instead, it was Djokovic's fourth consecutive loss to Nadal at the French Open. Until this tournament, Djokovic had not won a set against Nadal in their three previous encounters at the French Open.^{[citation needed]}

Roger Federer was attempting to become the first man in the Open Era and the third man ever to achieve a double career Grand Slam, but he lost to Djokovic in the semifinals in a rematch of the previous year's semifinal.^{[citation needed]}

Due to rain, play in the final was delayed multiple times. At one point, Nadal led two sets to none and was up 2–0 in the third set. As the weather worsened, Djokovic won six straight games to take the third set and broke to lead in the fourth.^[4]^[5] The match was finally suspended until the following day, with Nadal ahead 6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 1–2 and Djokovic serving.^[6] When play resumed, Nadal won two straight games and six of the last nine.

This marked the last French Open appearance of 2003 champion and former world No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero.^{[citation needed]}

Seeds

1.

Novak Djokovic (final)

2. Rafael Nadal (champion)

3.

Roger Federer (semifinals)

4.

Andy Murray (quarterfinals)

5.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (quarterfinals)

6.

David Ferrer (semifinals)

7.

Tomáš Berdych (fourth round)

8.

Janko Tipsarević (fourth round)

9.

Juan Martín del Potro (quarterfinals)

10.

John Isner (second round)

11.

Gilles Simon (third round)

12.

Nicolás Almagro (quarterfinals)

13.

Juan Mónaco (fourth round)

14.

Fernando Verdasco (third round)

15.

Feliciano López (first round, retired because of a left oblique injury)

16.

Alexandr Dolgopolov (first round)

17.

Richard Gasquet (fourth round)

18.

Stan Wawrinka (fourth round)

19.

Milos Raonic (third round)

20.

Marcel Granollers (fourth round)

21.

Marin Čilić (third round)

22.

Andreas Seppi (fourth round)

23.

Radek Štěpánek (first round)

24.

Philipp Kohlschreiber (second round)

25.

Bernard Tomic (second round)

26.

Andy Roddick (first round)

27.

Mikhail Youzhny (third round)

28.

Viktor Troicki (second round)

29.

Julien Benneteau (third round)

30.

Jürgen Melzer (first round)

31.

Kevin Anderson (third round)

32.

Florian Mayer (second round)

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

Qualifying

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
Alt = Alternate
ITF = ITF entry
PR = Protected ranking
SR = Special ranking
SE = Special exempt
JE = Junior exempt
JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted

Finals

Quarterfinals							Semifinals					Final

1	Novak Djokovic	6	5	5	7⁸	6

5	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	1	7	7	6⁶	1
							1	Novak Djokovic	6	7	6

							3	Roger Federer	4	5	3
3	Roger Federer	3	6⁴	6	6	6

9	Juan Martín del Potro	6	7⁷	2	0	3
												1	Novak Djokovic	4	3	6	5

												2	Rafael Nadal	6	6	2	7
6	David Ferrer	6	6³	6	6

4	Andy Murray	4	7⁷	3	2
							6	David Ferrer	2	2	1

							2	Rafael Nadal	6	6	6
12	Nicolás Almagro	6⁴	2	3

2	Rafael Nadal	7⁷	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round

1	N Djokovic	7⁷	6	6
	P Starace	6³	3	1			1	N Djokovic	6	6	6
	B Kavčič	7⁷	6	6⁴	6			B Kavčič	0	4	4
WC	L Hewitt	6²	3	7⁷	3									1	N Djokovic	6	6	6
Q	F Krajinović	2	2	0										Q	N Devilder	1	2	2
Q	N Devilder	6	6	6			Q	N Devilder	7⁷	6	6
Q	M Berrer	6⁵	4	6	6	6	Q	M Berrer	6⁵	4	2
30	J Melzer	7⁷	6	2	2	3															1	N Djokovic	4	6⁵	6	7	6
22	A Seppi	6	7⁷	7																	22	A Seppi	6	7⁷	3	5	3
	N Davydenko	3	6⁵	5			22	A Seppi	6⁵	6	2	6	6
	M Kukushkin	6	7⁷	5	2	6		M Kukushkin	7⁷	2	6	1	2
	E Gulbis	4	6⁴	7	6	4								22	A Seppi	7	3	6	4	6
Q	I Sijsling	6	5	6	4	6								14	F Verdasco	5	6	3	6	2
	G Müller	2	7	3	6	8		G Müller	7⁷	3	2	2
	S Darcis	3	2	6⁴			14	F Verdasco	6⁵	6	6	6
14	F Verdasco	6	6	7⁷

Section 2

First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round

11	G Simon	3	7	6	6
	R Harrison	6	5	4	1		11	G Simon	6	6	6⁴	1	6
	X Malisse	3	6¹	6⁵			WC	B Baker	4	1	7⁷	6	0
WC	B Baker	6	7⁷	7⁷										11	G Simon	5	7⁷	7⁷	3	2
	P Andújar	6	2	1	6	6								18	S Wawrinka	7	6⁵	6³	6	6
	V Hănescu	1	6	6	3	1		P Andújar	6³	7⁷	2	1
	F Cipolla	3	3	6	6	2	18	S Wawrinka	7⁷	6⁴	6	6
18	S Wawrinka	6	6	4	3	6															18	S Wawrinka	4	6⁶	6	6	4
28	V Troicki	4	6	5	6	6															5	J-W Tsonga	6	7⁸	3	3	6
	T Bellucci	6	3	7	3	2	28	V Troicki	2	6	6	3	6
	F Fognini	6	7	6				F Fognini	6	3	4	6	8
WC	A Mannarino	0	5	1											F Fognini	5	4	4
	C-M Stebe	6	2											5	J-W Tsonga	7	6	6
	J Souza	3	0^r					C-M Stebe	2	6	2	1
Q	A Kuznetsov	6	3	2	4		5	J-W Tsonga	6	4	6	6
5	J-W Tsonga	1	6	6	6

Section 3

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

3	R Federer	6	7	6
	T Kamke	2	5	3			3	R Federer	6	6	6⁶	6
	A Ungur	6	5	6	7			A Ungur	3	2	7⁸	3
	D Nalbandian	3	7	4	5									3	R Federer	6	4	6	7
	F Dancevic	0^r													N Mahut	3	6	2	5
	M Kližan	4						M Kližan	6	4	6⁵	3
	N Mahut	6	6	4	6			N Mahut	4	6	7⁷	6
26	A Roddick	3	3	6	2															3	R Federer	5	7	6	6
23	R Štěpánek	2	6	6	4	2														LL	D Goffin	7	5	2	4
LL	D Goffin	6	4	2	6	6	LL	D Goffin	3	7⁷	0	6	6
WC	A Clément	6	3	4	7⁷	5	WC	A Clément	6	6²	6	2	1
	A Bogomolov	2	6	6	6²	4^r								LL	D Goffin	7⁷	7	6
	K Beck	5	2	5											Ł Kubot	6⁴	5	1
	Ł Kubot	7	6	7				Ł Kubot	7⁷	6	7⁷
Q	F Serra	5					Q	F Serra	6⁰	2	6⁴
15	F López	0^r

Section 4

First round							Second round						Third round							Fourth round

9	JM del Potro	6	6⁵	6	6
	A Montañés	2	7⁷	2	1		9	JM del Potro	6⁵	7⁷	6	6
	É Roger-Vasselin	3	6	6	6			É Roger-Vasselin	7⁷	6³	4	4
	V Pospisil	6	3	2	2								9	JM del Potro	6	7⁹	6
	JC Ferrero	6	6	6									21	M Čilić	3	6⁷	1
WC	J Dasnières de Veigy	1	4	3				JC Ferrero	6⁴	2	3
Q	D Muñoz de la Nava	4	4	5			21	M Čilić	7⁷	6	6
21	M Čilić	6	6	7																9	JM del Potro	7⁸	1	6	7
31	K Anderson	7⁷	6⁶	4	6	11														7	T Berdych	6⁶	6	3	5
	R Machado	6²	7⁸	6	1	9	31	K Anderson	6	3	6	6
WC	É Prodon	7¹⁰	3	3	2		Q	H Zeballos	3	6	3	0
Q	H Zeballos	6⁸	6	6	6								31	K Anderson	4	6	7⁷	4	4
	M Llodra	7⁷	6	3	6								7	T Berdych	6	3	6⁴	6	6
	G García López	6⁵	2	6	3			M Llodra	2	3	3
	D Sela	3	4	1			7	T Berdych	6	6	6
7	T Berdych	6	6	6

Bottom half

Section 5

First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round

6	D Ferrer	6	6	6
	L Lacko	3	4	1			6	D Ferrer	6	6	6
	B Paire	7⁷	6	6⁵	6			B Paire	3	3	2
	A Ramos	6³	4	7⁷	3									6	D Ferrer	6	6	6
	I Dodig	2	2	1										27	M Youzhny	0	2	2
	R Haase	6	6	6				R Haase	3	6⁵	4
	J Blake	2	1	2			27	M Youzhny	6	7⁷	6
27	M Youzhny	6	6	6																	6	D Ferrer	6	6	6
20	M Granollers	6	3	6	6																20	M Granollers	3	2	0
Q	J Sousa	2	6	3	4		20	M Granollers	7⁷	3	6	3	7
	M Jaziri	6	7	7⁹				M Jaziri	6¹	6	1	6	5
	P Petzschner	3	5	6⁷										20	M Granollers	6	6	1	4	6
WC	P-H Mathieu	2	4	6	6	6								WC	P-H Mathieu	4	4	6	6	1
	B Phau	6	6	4	3	0	WC	P-H Mathieu	6²	6	6	3	18
Q	R Dutra Silva	3	4	4			10	J Isner	7⁷	4	4	6	16
10	J Isner	6	6	6

Section 6

First round							Second round						Third round						Fourth round

16	A Dolgopolov	7⁷	4	6⁴	6	3
	S Stakhovsky	6⁴	6	7⁷	3	6		S Stakhovsky	2	3	2
	F Volandri	3	6	4	4		Q	T Haas	6	6	6
Q	T Haas	6	0	6	6								Q	T Haas	7⁷	3	0	0
	D Young	6³	1	1									17	R Gasquet	6³	6	6	6
	G Dimitrov	7⁷	6	6				G Dimitrov	7	5	2	3
Q	J Zopp	3	4	6⁴			17	R Gasquet	5	7	6	6
17	R Gasquet	6	6	7⁷															17	R Gasquet	6	4	1	2
25	B Tomic	7⁷	6	6															4	A Murray	1	6	6	6
Q	A Haider-Maurer	6⁵	3	3			25	B Tomic	4	1	3
	S Giraldo	5	6	6	7⁷			S Giraldo	6	6	6
	A Falla	7	2	4	6⁴									S Giraldo	3	4	4
	J Nieminen	3	6	2									4	A Murray	6	6	6
	I Andreev	6	2	1^r				J Nieminen	6	4	1	2
	T Ito	1	5	0			4	A Murray	1	6	6	6
4	A Murray	6	7	6

Section 7

First round							Second round					Third round					Fourth round

8	J Tipsarević	2	6	7⁷	6
	S Querrey	6	4	6³	3		8	J Tipsarević	7⁷	6	7
	J Chardy	6	6	6³	3	11		J Chardy	6⁴	1	5
	Y-h Lu	4	1	7⁷	6	9						8	J Tipsarević	6	7	6
	D Tursunov	6	6	6								29	J Benneteau	3	5	4
	G Soeda	1	4	4				D Tursunov	4	4	4
Q	M Zverev	2	7⁷	4	4		29	J Benneteau	6	6	6
29	J Benneteau	6	6³	6	6												8	J Tipsarević	4	4	4
24	P Kohlschreiber	6	6	7⁷													12	N Almagro	6	6	6
	M Ebden	4	4	6⁴			24	P Kohlschreiber	6⁵	6⁴	5
	O Rochus	3	4	6	4			L Mayer	7⁷	7⁷	7
	L Mayer	6	6	2	6								L Mayer	4	1	2
	JI Chela	3	3	1								12	N Almagro	6	6	6
	M Baghdatis	6	6	6				M Baghdatis	4	3	5
	P Lorenzi	3	5	4			12	N Almagro	6	6	7
12	N Almagro	6	7	6

Section 8

First round						Second round						Third round							Fourth round

13	J Mónaco	6	2	6	7⁷
WC	G Rufin	2	6	2	6³	13	J Mónaco	7⁷	6	7⁷
	L Rosol	6	7	6⁶	6		L Rosol	6⁴	0	6⁵
	C Berlocq	4	5	7⁸	2							13	J Mónaco	6⁵	6	6⁵	6	6
Q	J Levine	7	6	6								19	M Raonic	7⁷	3	7⁷	3	4
PR	B Becker	5	2	4		Q	J Levine	4	5	2
	R Ramírez Hidalgo	4	2	2		19	M Raonic	6	7	6
19	M Raonic	6	6	6															13	J Mónaco	2	0	0
32	F Mayer	6	6	6															2	R Nadal	6	6	6
	D Gimeno Traver	4	2	3		32	F Mayer	6	3	4	6⁴
Q	E Schwank	6	6	6		Q	E Schwank	2	6	6	7⁷
	I Karlović	4	0	3								Q	E Schwank	1	3	4
	I Kunitsyn	2	1	2								2	R Nadal	6	6	6
	D Istomin	6	6	6			D Istomin	2	2	0
	S Bolelli	2	2	1		2	R Nadal	6	6	6
2	R Nadal	6	6	6

References

^ "Novak Djokovic v Rafael Nadal – French Open final live (part deux) as it happened". The Guardian. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
^ "Rafael Nadal claims 7th French title". ESPN. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
^ "Nadal Wins Seventh French Open Title". New York Times. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
^ "French Open Final suspended with Nadal ahead". The New York Times.
^ "2012 French Open Final suspended due to rain".
^ "French Open: Nadal & Djokovic final suspended because of rain". bbc.co.uk. 10 June 2012.

External links

Preceded by 2012 Australian Open – Men's singles	Grand Slam men's singles	Succeeded by 2012 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

[1] "Novak Djokovic v Rafael Nadal – French Open final live (part deux) as it happened". The Guardian. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.

[2] "Rafael Nadal claims 7th French title". ESPN. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.

[3] "Nadal Wins Seventh French Open Title". New York Times. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.

[4] "French Open Final suspended with Nadal ahead". The New York Times.

[5] "2012 French Open Final suspended due to rain".

[6] "French Open: Nadal & Djokovic final suspended because of rain". bbc.co.uk. 10 June 2012.

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v t e French Open men's singles champions
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Amateur Era (international)	1925: René Lacoste 1926: Henri Cochet 1927: René Lacoste 1928: Henri Cochet 1929: René Lacoste 1930: Henri Cochet 1931: Jean Borotra 1932: Henri Cochet 1933: Jack Crawford 1934: Gottfried von Cramm 1935: Fred Perry 1936: Gottfried von Cramm 1937: Henner Henkel 1938: Don Budge 1939: Don McNeill 1946: Marcel Bernard 1947: József Asbóth 1948: Frank Parker 1949: Frank Parker 1950: Budge Patty 1951: Jaroslav Drobný 1952: Jaroslav Drobný 1953: Ken Rosewall 1954: Tony Trabert 1955: Tony Trabert 1956: Lew Hoad 1957: Sven Davidson 1958: Mervyn Rose 1959: Nicola Pietrangeli 1960: Nicola Pietrangeli 1961: Manuel Santana 1962: Rod Laver 1963: Roy Emerson 1964: Manuel Santana 1965: Fred Stolle 1966: Tony Roche 1967: Roy Emerson
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