Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters 2012

ATP World Tour
Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters 2012

date	April 15, 2012 - April 22, 2012
Edition	44
navigation	2011 ◄ 2012 ► 2013
venue	Roquebrune-Cap-Martin France France
Tournament number	410
category	Masters 1000
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	sand
draw	56E / 28Q / 24D
Prize money	US $ 2,427,975
Financial. Obligation	US $ 2,950,475
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	Spain Rafael Nadal
Last year's winner (double)	United States Bob Bryan Mike Bryan United States

Winner (singles)	Spain Rafael Nadal
Winner (doubles)	United States Bob Bryan Mike Bryan United States

Tournament director	Željko Franulović
Tournament supervisor	Gerry Armstrong Carlos Sanchez
Last direct assumption	Spain Albert Montañés (62)

As of April 13, 2013

The Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters 2012 was a tennis tournament that took place from April 15 to 22, 2012 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, near Monaco . It was part of the ATP World Tour 2012 and was played on clay court. This season it was the third of nine tournaments in the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 category .

Rafael Nadal won the singles tournament for the eighth time in a row by beating world number one Novak Đoković in the final . In doubles, the Bryan brothers were able to successfully defend their title from the previous year.

The former world number three and French Open semi-finalist of the year 2006 Ivan Ljubičić , who has his main residence in Monte Carlo , ended his professional career after his first round defeat by Ivan Dodig, as previously announced.

The field of participants in the single competition consisted of 56 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 24 pairs. The eight top seeded players in singles or pairings in doubles each got a bye into the second round.

qualification

The qualification took place from April 13-14, 2012. Four qualifying places were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament.

The following players had passed the qualification and played in the main field of the tournament:

Qualifiers
Portugal Frederico Gil	Kazakhstan Mikhail Kukushkin
Italy Alessandro Giannessi	Argentina Federico Delbonis
Italy Simone Bolelli	France Guillaume Rufin
Romania Victor Hănescu

singles

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Serbia Novak Đoković	final
02.	Spain Rafael Nadal	victory
03.	United Kingdom Andy Murray	Quarter finals
04th	France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Quarter finals
05.	Spain David Ferrer	2nd round
06th	Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych	Semifinals
07th	Serbia Janko Tipsarevic	Round of 16
08th.	Spain Nicolás Almagro	Round of 16

No.	player	Round reached
09.	France Gilles Simon	Semifinals
10.	Spain Feliciano López	1 round
11.	Argentina Juan Mónaco	1 round
12.	Japan Kei Nishikori	Round of 16
13.	Spain Fernando Verdasco	Round of 16
14th	Germany Florian Mayer	1 round
15th	Austria Jürgen Melzer	2nd round
16.	Ukraine Oleksandr Dolhopolov	Round of 16

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier
WC = wildcard
LL = Lucky Loser
ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate)
PR = Protected Ranking
SE = Special Exempt

r = retired
d = disqualification
where = walkover

Results

Semi-finals, finals

Semifinals

final

1

Serbia Novak Đoković

4th

6th

6th

Tomáš Berdych

6th

3

2

1

Novak Đoković

3

1

2

Spain Rafael Nadal

6th

9

Gilles Simon

3

4th

2

Spain Rafael Nadal

6th

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

1

Serbia N. Đoković

6th

Q

V. Hănescu

3

1

A. Seppi

1

4th

Italy A. Seppi

6th

1

Serbia N. Đoković

2

6th

Australia B. Tomic

6th

16

O. Dolhopolov

6th

1

4th

D. Istomin

4th

3

B. Tomic

2

7th

1

JI Chela

2

16

Ukraine O. Dolhopolov

6th

5

6th

16

Ukraine O. Dolhopolov

6th

1

Serbia N. Đoković

6th

11

J. Mónaco

5

6th

3r

R. Haase

4th

2

Netherlands R. Haase

7th

0

2

Netherlands R. Haase

6th

M. Llodra

5

3

F. Fognini

4th

Italy F. Fognini

7th

6th

Netherlands R. Haase

6th

Brazil T. Bellucci

6th

T. Bellucci

2

3

K. Anderson

4th

Brazil T. Bellucci

6th

5

D. Ferrer

3

2

Upper half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

3

United Kingdom A. Murray

6th

Serbia V. Troicki

6th

V. Troicki

0

3

WC

J.-R. Lisnard

3

1

3

United Kingdom A. Murray

6th

France J. Benneteau

6th

3

6th

J. Benneteau

5

r

M. Granollers

3

6th

2

France J. Benneteau

6th

Ł. Kubot

2

5

15th

J. Melzer

4th

3

15th

Austria J. Melzer

6th

7th

3

A. Murray

7th

2

3

12

Japan K. Nishikori

6th

7th

6th

Czech Republic T. Berdych

6 ⁴

6th

OLD

A. Ramos

2

5

12

Japan K. Nishikori

6th

D. Young

0

1

WC

P.-H. Mathieu

4th

2

WC

France P.-H. Mathieu

6th

12

K. Nishikori

6th

2

4th

Q

S. Bolelli

3

4th

6th

Czech Republic T. Berdych

2

6th

Croatia M. Čilić

6th

M. Čilić

6 ³

1

6th

Czech Republic T. Berdych

7th

6th

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

7th

Serbia J. Tipsarevic

6th

M. Raonic

2

6th

3

OLD

A. Montañés

2

3

OLD

Spain A. Montañés

6th

3

6th

7th

J. Tipsarevic

0

6th

1

M. Juschny

1

3

9

France G. Simon

6th

4th

6th

Q

Portugal F. Gil

6th

Q

F. Gil

3

0

WC

B. Balleret

3

2

9

France G. Simon

6th

9

France G. Simon

6th

9

France G. Simon

7th

6th

13

Spain F. Verdasco

4th

6th

7th

4th

J.-W. Tsonga

5

4th

O. Rochus

6th

2

5

13

Spain F. Verdasco

3

6th

I. Ljubičić

0

3

OLD

I. Dodig

6th

3

1

OLD

Croatia I. Dodig

6th

13

F. Verdasco

6 ⁷

2

Germany P. Kohlschreiber

6th

4th

France J.-W. Tsonga

7th

6th

Q

G. Rufin

4th

P. Kohlschreiber

2

4th

France J.-W. Tsonga

6th

Lower half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

8th

Spain N. Almagro

7th

6th

C. Berlocq

2

r

WC

P. Starace

6 ³

1

WC

Italy P. Starace

4th

8th

N. Almagro

3

Q

F. Delbonis

6th

4th

2

Switzerland S. Wawrinka

6th

Spain P. Andújar

3

6th

P. Andújar

5

3

Switzerland S. Wawrinka

6th

Switzerland S. Wawrinka

7th

6th

10

F. López

1

4th

S. Wawrinka

5

4th

14th

F. Mayer

6th

1

3

2

Spain R. Nadal

7th

6th

Q

Kazakhstan M. Kukushkin

3

6th

Q

Kazakhstan M. Kukushkin

7th

2

6th

Q

A. Giannessi

5

3

OLD

F. Volandri

6 ⁸

6th

2

OLD

Italy F. Volandri

7th

6th

Q

M. Kukushkin

1

R. Štěpánek

3

6 ³

2

Spain R. Nadal

6th

Finland J. Nieminen

6th

7th

J. Nieminen

4th

3

2

Spain R. Nadal

6th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	United States Bob Bryan Mike Bryan United States	victory
02.	Belarus Max Mirny Daniel Nestor Canada	final
03.	France Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić Serbia	Semifinals
04th	Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski Poland	Round of 16

No.	pairing	Round reached
05.	India Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek Czech Republic	Quarter finals
06th	India Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna India	Round of 16
07th	Sweden Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecau Romania	Round of 16
08th.	Czech Republic František Čermák Filip Polášek Slovakia	Round of 16