2012 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Singles

Main article: 2012 Shanghai Rolex Masters

Singles
2012 Shanghai Rolex Masters
Champion	Novak Djokovic
Runner-up	Andy Murray
Score	5–7, 7–6^(13–11), 6–3

Novak Djokovic defeated the two-time defending champion Andy Murray in the final, 5–7, 7–6^(13–11), 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 2012 Shanghai Masters. Djokovic saved five championship points en route to the title (all in the second set), and ended Murray's perfect 12–0 record at the event. The final was voted as the best ATP World Tour match of the 2012 season.^[1]

Seeds

The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.

1. Roger Federer (semifinals)
2. Novak Djokovic (champion)
3. Andy Murray (final)
4. Tomáš Berdych (semifinals)
5. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (quarterfinals)
6. Janko Tipsarević (third round)
7. Juan Mónaco (second round)
8. John Isner (third round)
9. Nicolás Almagro (first round)
10. Marin Čilić (quarterfinals)
11. Richard Gasquet (second round)
12. Milos Raonic (second round)
13. Stanislas Wawrinka (third round)
14. Kei Nishikori (second round)
15. Gilles Simon (second round)
16. Philipp Kohlschreiber (second round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Roger Federer	6	6
	10	Marin Čilić	3	4
								1	Roger Federer	4	4
								3	Andy Murray	6	6
	3	Andy Murray	4	6	6
		Radek Štěpánek	6	2	3
															3	Andy Murray	7	6^11	3
															2	Novak Djokovic	5	7^13	6
	5	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	3	6^4
	4	Tomáš Berdych	6	7^7
								4	Tomáš Berdych	3	4
								2	Novak Djokovic	6	6
		Tommy Haas	3	3
	2	Novak Djokovic	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								1	R Federer	6	7
	Q	Y-h Lu	6	6				Q	Y-h Lu	3	5
	WC	Z Zhang	0	2											1	R Federer	4	7^7	6
		D Istomin	4	6	6										13	S Wawrinka	6	6^4	0
		C Berlocq	6	2	1				D Istomin	4	6	4
		A Ramos	6^1	6^5				13	S Wawrinka	6	4	6
	13	S Wawrinka	7^7	7^7																		1	R Federer	6	6
	10	M Čilić	7	6																		10	M Čilić	3	4
	Q	Ł Kubot	5	3				10	M Čilić	7	6
		T Bellucci	3	4					M Kližan	5	1
		M Kližan	6	6											10	M Čilić	4	6	6
		F Verdasco	6	6												F Verdasco	6	1	4
		G Soeda	2	4					F Verdasco	6	6
								7	J Mónaco	4	2

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								3	A Murray	w/o
		B Tomic	4	0					F Mayer
		F Mayer	6	6											3	A Murray	6	6
		A Dolgopolov	6	6												A Dolgopolov	2	2
		J Chardy	3	2					A Dolgopolov	6	6
		J Melzer	4	2				15	G Simon	3	4
	15	G Simon	6	6																		3	A Murray	4	6	6
	11	R Gasquet	6	6																			R Štěpánek	6	2	3
	Q	B Baker	2	3				11	R Gasquet	4	4
		R Štěpánek	7	6					R Štěpánek	6	6
	WC	L Hewitt	5	1												R Štěpánek	6	6^5	6
		J Nieminen	2	6^4											8	J Isner	4	7^7	3
		K Anderson	6	7^7					K Anderson	6^3	7^10	6^7
								8	J Isner	7^7	6^8	7^9

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								5	J-W Tsonga	7^9	7
		B Paire	7^7	6					B Paire	6^7	5
	Q	P Petzschner	6^2	4											5	J-W Tsonga	6	7^7
		F Fognini	2	2												M Baghdatis	2	6^2
		M Baghdatis	6	6					M Baghdatis	7^7	6^5	7^7
	Q	M Matosevic	6^4	3				12	M Raonic	6^4	7^7	6^3
	12	M Raonic	7^7	6																		5	J-W Tsonga	3	6^4
	14	K Nishikori	6	6																		4	T Berdych	6	7^7
	WC	D Wu	2	4				14	K Nishikori	6	1	4
		S Querrey	6	6					S Querrey	2	6	6
	WC	Z Li	3	1												S Querrey	2	7^7	4
	Q	M Berrer	2	6^5											4	T Berdych	6	6^3	6
		A Seppi	6	7^7					A Seppi	3	3
								4	T Berdych	6	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								6	J Tipsarević	6	7^7
		V Troicki	6	2	6				V Troicki	2	6^3
		M Youzhny	3	6	4										6	J Tipsarević	2	1
	Q	A Bogomolov Jr.	6^4	4												T Haas	6	6
	PR	T Robredo	7^7	6				PR	T Robredo	3	3
		T Haas	4	7^7	6				T Haas	6	6
	9	N Almagro	6	6^4	2																		T Haas	3	3
	16	P Kohlschreiber	6	6																		2	N Djokovic	6	6
		R Harrison	4	4				16	P Kohlschreiber	3	4
		F López	6	1	6				F López	6	6
		A Falla	3	6	3											F López	3	3
		P Andújar	5	3											2	N Djokovic	6	6
		G Dimitrov	7	6					G Dimitrov	3	2
								2	N Djokovic	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Marinko Matosevic (qualified)
2. Matthew Ebden (first round)
3. Brian Baker (qualified)
4. Guillermo García López (qualifying competition)
5. Lu Yen-hsun (qualified)
6. Tatsuma Ito (qualifying competition)
7. Łukasz Kubot (qualified)
8. Grega Žemlja (qualifying competition)
9. Alex Bogomolov Jr. (qualified)
10. Sergiy Stakhovsky (qualifying competition)
11. Philipp Petzschner (qualified)
12. Michael Berrer (qualified)
13. Jimmy Wang (qualifying competition)
14. Danai Udomchoke (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

1. Marinko Matosevic
2. Philipp Petzschner
3. Brian Baker
4. Alex Bogomolov Jr.
5. Lu Yen-hsun
6. Michael Berrer
7. Łukasz Kubot

Draw

First qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Marinko Matosevic	7	7
	Alt	Treat Conrad Huey	5	5
								1	Marinko Matosevic	6	4	6
								10	Sergiy Stakhovsky	3	6	1
		Donald Young	7^7	4	4
	10	Sergiy Stakhovsky	6^4	6	6

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Matthew Ebden	6^1	4
		Marius Copil	7^7	6
									Marius Copil	0	6^3
								11	Philipp Petzschner	6	7^7
	Alt	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	4	4
	11	Philipp Petzschner	6	6

Third qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	3	Brian Baker	6	6
	Alt	Zhang Zhizhen	3	0
								3	Brian Baker	6	7
								8	Grega Žemlja	1	5
		Gianluca Naso	4	3
	8	Grega Žemlja	6	6

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	4	Guillermo García López	7	6
	Alt	Peter Luczak	5	2
								4	Guillermo García López	6^6	4
								9	Alex Bogomolov Jr.	7^8	6
	WC	Li Yu Cheng	0	0
	9	Alex Bogomolov Jr.	6	6

Fifth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	5	Lu Yen-hsun	6	6
	Alt	Gao Xin	1	1
								5	Lu Yen-hsun	6	6
								14	Danai Udomchoke	3	2
	Alt	Borut Puc	6^2	3
	14	Danai Udomchoke	7^7	6

Sixth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	6	Tatsuma Ito	6	6
	WC	Chang Yu	4	2
								6	Tatsuma Ito	6^3	1
								12	Michael Berrer	7	6
		Riccardo Ghedin	6^5	3
	12	Michael Berrer	7^7	6

Seventh qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	7	Łukasz Kubot	7^7	6
		Gong Mao-Xin	6^3	2
								7	Łukasz Kubot	6	6
								13	Jimmy Wang	4	2
		Jan Hernych	1	2
	13	Jimmy Wang	6	6

References

1. "BEST ATP WORLD TOUR MATCHES OF THE YEAR – NOS. 1 & 2". ATP World Tour website. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2013.

• Main Draw
• Qualifying Draw