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

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

1. Novak Djokovic (Champion)
2. Rafael Nadal (Final)
3. Roger Federer (Semifinals)
4. Andy Murray (Semifinals)
5. David Ferrer (Quarterfinals)
6. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fourth round)
7. Tomáš Berdych (Quarterfinals)
8. Mardy Fish (Second round)
9. Janko Tipsarević (Third round)
10. Nicolás Almagro (Fourth round)
11. Juan Martín del Potro (Quarterfinals)
12. Gilles Simon (Second round)
13. Alexandr Dolgopolov (Third round)
14. Gaël Monfils (Third round)
15. Andy Roddick (Second round, Retired because of a hamstring injury)^[h]
16. John Isner (Third round)
17. Richard Gasquet (Fourth round)
18. Feliciano López (Fourth round)
19. Viktor Troicki (Second round)
20. Florian Mayer (Withdrew because of a hip strain, replaced by Rik de Voest)^[4]
21. Stanislas Wawrinka (Third round)
22. Fernando Verdasco (First round)
23. Milos Raonic (Third round)
24. Kei Nishikori (Quarterfinals)
25. Juan Mónaco (First round)
26. Marcel Granollers (Second round)
27. Juan Ignacio Chela (Third round)
28. Ivan Ljubičić (First round)
29. Radek Štěpánek (First round)
30. Kevin Anderson (Third round)
31. Jürgen Melzer (First round)
32. Alex Bogomolov, Jr. (Second round)

Qualifying

Wildcards

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier WC = Wild Card LL = Lucky Loser

Alt = Alternate SE = Special Exempt PR = Protected Ranking

w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
	1	Novak Djokovic	6	7^7	6
	5	David Ferrer	4	6^4	1
										1	Novak Djokovic	6	3	6^4	6	7
										4	Andy Murray	3	6	7^7	1	5
	4	Andy Murray	6	6	6
	24	Kei Nishikori	3	3	1
																			1	Novak Djokovic (details)	5	6	6	6^5	7
																			2	Rafael Nadal	7	4	2	7^7	5
	11	Juan Martín del Potro	4	3	2
	3	Roger Federer	6	6	6
										3	Roger Federer	7^7	2	6^5	4
										2	Rafael Nadal	6^5	6	7^7	6
	7	Tomáš Berdych	7^7	6^6	4	3
	2	Rafael Nadal	6^5	7^8	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	6^6	2	2
		N Mahut	7	7	6						N Mahut	1	7^8	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	6^5	3
		C-M Stebe	5	4	6	5													WC	L Hewitt	4	6	7^7	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	7^14	6	6
		D Tursunov	7	6^12	3	4				9	J Tipsarević	3	6	7^7	6
	Q	J Zopp	3	4	4					WC	J Duckworth	6	2	6^5	4
	WC	J Duckworth	6	6	6														9	J Tipsarević	3	3	1
		M Youzhny	5	7^7	4	6	3												17	R Gasquet	6	6	6
	Q	A Golubev	7	6^4	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	7^7	6	6																							5	D Ferrer	6	6	6
		M Russell	6^3	3	4					27	JI Chela	6	6	6
		I Kunitsyn	1	6^12	0						P Andújar	4	4	3
		P Andújar	6	7^14	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	7^7	2	6	2	3
		R Machado	1	4	2					5	D Ferrer	6^4	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	6^6	r							É Roger-Vasselin	1	4	4
		É Roger-Vasselin^[c]	7^8																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	6^3	6	7^7	6																						M Kukushkin	1	1	0^r
		JC Ferrero	6	7^7	2	6^3	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	7^7	6	6														14	G Monfils	2	5	7	6	4
		D Sela	6^5	4	3						T Bellucci	6	0	4	2
	WC	M Matosevic	6^5	3	3					14	G Monfils	2	6	6	6
	14	G Monfils	7^7	6	6

Section 4

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	12	G Simon	6	3	6^5	6	6
	Q	D Udomchoke	1	6	7^7	3	2			12	G Simon	5	6^8	6	6	2
		J Benneteau	6	6	7						J Benneteau	7	7^10	1	3	6
		K Beck	4	2	5															J Benneteau	6	6^3	6^4	3
		J Souza	3	6^1	2														24	K Nishikori	4	7^7	7^7	6
		M Ebden	6	7^7	6						M Ebden	6	6	4	1	1
		S Robert	1	6^7	0					24	K Nishikori	3	1	6	6	6
	24	K Nishikori	6	7^9	6																							24	K Nishikori	2	6	6	3	6
	26	M Granollers	6	7^7	5	5	6																					6	J-W Tsonga	6	2	1	6	3
	WC	J Levine	0	6^4	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	6^4	3	6^6
		A Falla	6	6	3	6					A Falla	7^7	6	7^8
		F Fognini	3	2	6	1														A Falla	3	2	6^3
		A Montañés	6^2	6	4	6^5														P Kohlschreiber	6	6	7^7
		P Riba	7^7	2	6	7^7					P Riba	0	0^r
		P Kohlschreiber	7	4	6	6^4	6				P Kohlschreiber^[e]	6	4
	25	J Mónaco	5	6	3	7^7	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]	6^3	3	5					Q	F Serra	5	2	2
		S Darcis	7^7	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	6^0	6^6	6	3
	WC	K de Schepper	3	2	2															B Tomic	4	7^7	7^8	2	6
		S Querrey	6	6	6						S Querrey	6	3	6^3	3
		B Tomic	4	6^3	6	6	7				B Tomic	3	6	7^7	6
	22	F Verdasco	6	7^7	4	2	5																						B Tomic	4	2	2
	31	J Melzer	6^3	5	3																							3	R Federer	6	6	6
		I Karlović	7^7	7	6						I Karlović	7^7	3	6	6
		C Berlocq	2	6	7^7	6					C Berlocq	6^4	6	3	4
	Q	J Huta Galung	6	3	6^3	3														I Karlović	6^6	5	3
		É Prodon	4	2	6	5													3	R Federer	7^8	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	7^7
		O Rochus	6	6	6						O Rochus	1	0	6^4
	Q	B Phau	1	4	0														7	T Berdych	7^7	7^7	6
		S Stakhovsky	6	6^9	4	6	7												30	K Anderson	6^5	6^1	1
	Q	I Marchenko	3	7^11	6	3	5				S Stakhovsky	6	1	6^3	3
	Q	F Nielsen	1	2	4					30	K Anderson	3	6	7^7	6
	30	K Anderson	6	6	6																							7	T Berdych	4	7^7	7^7	7^7
	21	S Wawrinka	6	6	7																							10	N Almagro	6	6^5	6^3	6^2
		B Paire	1	1	5					21	S Wawrinka	7^7	6	5	6
		M Baghdatis	6	7^7	6						M Baghdatis	6^3	4	7	1
	PR	B Becker	1	6^5	2														21	S Wawrinka	6^2	2	4
		J Chardy	6	3	6	4	4												10	N Almagro	7^7	6	6
		G Dimitrov	4	6	3	6	6				G Dimitrov	6	3	7^7	4	0
		Ł Kubot	6	5	3	5				10	N Almagro	4	6	6^4	6	6
	10	N Almagro	1	7	6	7

Section 8

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	16	J Isner	6	6	7^7
	WC	B Mitchell	4	4	6^1					16	J Isner	4	6	2	7^7	10
		J Nieminen	4	2^r							D Nalbandian	6	3	6	6^5	8
		D Nalbandian^[b]	6	4															16	J Isner	3	7^7	4	7^7	1
		F Cipolla	6	4	3	6	6												18	F López	6	6^3	6	6^0	6
		N Davydenko	4	6	6	2	1				F Cipolla	5	6^4	2
		L Mayer	6^5	3	6^2					18	F López	7	7^7	6
	18	F López	7^7	6	7^7																							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	7^7	3	6	7													2	R Nadal	6	6	6
	Q	D Kudla	6^5	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

1. Flory, Kate (30 January 2011). "Djokovic Captures Second Grand Slam Title; Murray Beaten at Third Attempt". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
2. "Djokovic wins epic final". ABC Radio Grandstand (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). 30 January 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
3. Passa, Dennis (28 January 2012). "Nadal won't be swayed by Djokovic breathing issues". sports.yahoo.com. Yahoo!. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
4. "20th-seeded Mayer pulls out of Aussie". Fox Sports. Associated Press (AP). 15 January 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
5. O'Brien, Bren (16 January 2012). "Cramp rules need reviewing". sportal.com.au. Sportal. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
6. "Nieminen retires in Australian opener". YLE/Reuters. YLE. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
7. Newman, Paul (18 January 2012). "France's softly-spoken 'English gentleman' next hurdle for Scot". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
8. "Karlović advances to second round; Martić, Dodig and Ljubičić ousted". croatiansports.com. CroatianSoccerReport.com. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
9. Pye, John (18 January 2012). "Clijsters hits high note". boston.com. Associated Press. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
10. Blake, Martin (19 January 2012). "Walkover gives Fed the inside running". smh.com.au. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
11. "Djokovic and Tsonga breeze into third round". espn.co.uk. 19 January 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
12. "Hewitt moves ahead as Roddick retires". australianopen.com. IBM Corp., Tennis Australia. 19 January 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
13. "Nishikori Stuns Tsonga To Make History; Murray Up Next". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2012.