2012 BNP Paribas Masters

2012 BNP Paribas Masters
Date	29 October – 4 November
Edition	41st
Category	ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Draw	48S / 32D
Prize money	€2,427,975
Surface	Hard / Indoor
Location	Paris, France
Venue	Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy
Champions
Singles
David Ferrer
Doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi / Rohan Bopanna

The 2012 BNP Paribas Masters was a professional tennis tournament that was played on indoor hard courts. It was the 41st edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It took place in Paris, France between 29 October and 4 November 2012.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
SUI	Roger Federer	1	1
SRB	Novak Djokovic	2	2
GBR	Andy Murray	3	3
ESP	David Ferrer	5	4
CZE	Tomáš Berdych	6	5
FRA	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	7	6
ARG	Juan Martín del Potro	8	7
SRB	Janko Tipsarević	9	8
ARG	Juan Mónaco	10	9
USA	John Isner	11	10
ESP	Nicolás Almagro	12	11
FRA	Richard Gasquet	13	12
CRO	Marin Čilić	14	13
CAN	Milos Raonic	15	14
JPN	Kei Nishikori	16	15
SUI	Stanislas Wawrinka	17	16

• Rankings are as of October 22, 2012

Other Entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Michaël Llodra
• Paul-Henri Mathieu
• Benoît Paire

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Roberto Bautista-Agut
• Grigor Dimitrov
• Alejandro Falla
• Guillermo García-López
• Jerzy Janowicz
• Igor Sijsling

The following players received entry as lucky loser:

• Victor Hănescu
• Daniel Gimeno-Traver

Withdrawals

• Rafael Nadal (left knee injury)
• Roger Federer (fatigue)
• Radek Štěpánek (left knee injury)

Retirements

• Kei Nishikori (right ankle injury)
• Janko Tipsarević (illness)
• Fernando Verdasco (neck injury)

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
USA	Bob Bryan	USA	Mike Bryan	2	1
BLR	Max Mirnyi	CAN	Daniel Nestor	6	2
SWE	Robert Lindstedt	ROU	Horia Tecău	15	3
POL	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	POL	Marcin Matkowski	26	4
IND	Mahesh Bhupathi	IND	Rohan Bopanna	27	5
AUT	Jürgen Melzer	IND	Leander Paes	28	6
PAK	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	NED	Jean-Julien Rojer	28	7
AUT	Alexander Peya	BRA	Bruno Soares	46	8

• Rankings are as of October 22, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Julien Benneteau / Adrian Mannarino
• Josselin Ouanna / Nicolas Renavand

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Carlos Berlocq / Denis Istomin

Withdrawals

• Fernando Verdasco (neck injury)

Retirements

• Robert Lindstedt (neck injury)

Champions

Singles

• David Ferrer def. Jerzy Janowicz, 6–4, 6–3
• It was Ferrer's first Masters 1000 title. It was also his seventh title of the year, and eighteenth of his career.

Doubles

• Mahesh Bhupathi / Rohan Bopanna def. Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi / Jean-Julien Rojer, 7–6^(8–6), 6–3

External links

• Official Website