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2012 Australian Open – Men's singles

Defending champion Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal in the final, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 7–5 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2012 Australian Open.[1] It was his third Australian Open title and fifth major title overall. The final lasted 5 hours and 53 minutes, which is the longest match in Australian Open history and the longest major singles final of all time.[2] It is considered by many to be one of the greatest matches in tennis history.[3][4][5]

Men's singles
2012 Australian Open
Final
ChampionSerbia Novak Djokovic
Runner-upSpain Rafael Nadal
Score5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 7–5
Details
Draw128 (16 Q / 8 WC )
Seeds32
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
WC Singles men women quad
WC Doubles men women quad
Legends men women mixed
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Main article: 2012 Australian Open

This edition of the tournament saw the top four seeds advance to the semifinals. It is also the last major in which all members of the Big Four made it to the semifinals.

This was the last major appearance for former world No. 3 Ivan Ljubičić. It was also the last Australian Open for former world No. 1s Andy Roddick and Juan Carlos Ferrero, and for former world No. 3 David Nalbandian.

Seeds edit

01.     Novak Djokovic (champion)
02.     Rafael Nadal (final)
03.     Roger Federer (semifinals)
04.     Andy Murray (semifinals)
05.     David Ferrer (quarterfinals)
06.     Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (fourth round)
07.     Tomáš Berdych (quarterfinals)
08.     Mardy Fish (second round)
09.     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)[6]
21.     Stan 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)

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

Qualifying edit

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying

Wildcards edit

Main article: 2012 Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries

Draw edit

Key edit

Finals edit

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 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 edit

Section 1 edit

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[a] 3 6 6 0
  R Haase 3 4 1 15   A Roddick 6 3 4 0r
15   A Roddick 6 6 6

Section 2 edit

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 0r
  A Seppi 3 6 3 1 17   R Gasquet[b] 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 edit

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 0r   É Roger-Vasselin 1 4 4
  É Roger-Vasselin[c] 78 0 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[d] 6 6 1
19   V Troicki 4 63 6 77 6   M Kukushkin 1 1 0r
  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 edit

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[e] 2 6 6 4   F Gil 6 4 6 6
  I Dodig 6 1 1 1r   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 edit

Section 5 edit

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 0r
  P Kohlschreiber 7 4 6 64 6   P Kohlschreiber[g] 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[f] 63 3 5 Q   F Serra 5 2 2
  S Darcis 77 6 4r   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 edit

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[h] w/o
3   R Federer 7 6 6

Section 7 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
7   T Berdych 7 4 6 6
  A Ramos Viñolas 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 edit

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 2r   D Nalbandian 6 3 6 65 8
  D Nalbandian[i] 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 edit

  1. ^ Lleyton Hewitt advanced to the third round after Andy Roddick was forced to retire after the third set because of a hamstring injury.[7]
  2. ^ Richard Gasquet advanced to the third round after Andrey Golubev was forced to retire in the third set because of injury.[8]
  3. ^ Édouard Roger-Vasselin advanced to the second round after Xavier Malisse was forced to retire after the first set because of an arm injury.[9]
  4. ^ Andy Murray advanced to the quarterfinals after Mikhail Kukushkin was forced to retire in the third set because of a left hip flexor injury.[10]
  5. ^ Frederico Gil advanced to the second round after Ivan Dodig was forced to retire in the fourth set because of shoulder and back injuries.[11]
  6. ^ 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.[12]
  7. ^ Philipp Kohlschreiber advanced to the third round after Pere Riba was forced to retire in the second set because of a left foot injury.[13]
  8. ^ Roger Federer received a walkover into the third round after Andreas Beck withdrew from the tournament because of a lower back injury.[14]
  9. ^ David Nalbandian advanced to the second round after Jarkko Nieminen was forced to retire in the second set because of stomach cramps.[15]

References edit

General
  • [1] Source for the draw at ausopen.com
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. ^ Eckstein, Jeremy (17 February 2012). "Novak Djokovic vs. Rafael Nadal: Why Aussie Open Final Is Greatest Match Ever". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  4. ^ Curtis, Jake (21 January 2014). "Ranking the 10 Greatest Australian Open Finals of All Time". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  5. ^ Connelly, Bill (12 June 2021). "Where does the latest Novak Djokovic-Rafael Nadal thriller rank in the all-time rivalry?". ESPN. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  6. ^ "20th-seeded Mayer pulls out of Aussie". Fox Sports. Associated Press (AP). 15 January 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  7. ^ "Hewitt moves ahead as Roddick retires". australianopen.com. IBM Corp., Tennis Australia. 19 January 2012. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  8. ^ "Djokovic and Tsonga breeze into third round". espn.co.uk. 19 January 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  9. ^ Newman, Paul (18 January 2012). "France's softly-spoken 'English gentleman' next hurdle for Scot". independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  10. ^ "Nishikori Stuns Tsonga To Make History; Murray Up Next". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  11. ^ "Karlović advances to second round; Martić, Dodig and Ljubičić ousted". croatiansports.com. CroatianSoccerReport.com. 17 January 2012. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  12. ^ O'Brien, Bren (16 January 2012). "Cramp rules need reviewing". sportal.com.au. Sportal. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  13. ^ Pye, John (18 January 2012). "Clijsters hits high note". The Boston Globe. Associated Press. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  14. ^ Blake, Martin (19 January 2012). "Walkover gives Fed the inside running". smh.com.au. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  15. ^ "Nieminen retires in Australian opener". YLE/Reuters. YLE. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2012.

External links edit

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