2012 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
2012 Mutua Madrid Open
Final
Champion	Roger Federer
Runner-up	Tomáš Berdych
Score	3–6, 7–5, 7–5
Events

Roger Federer defeated Tomáš Berdych in the final, 3–6, 7–5, 7–5 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2012 Madrid Open. With the win, Federer won his record-tying 20th Masters title and third title at Madrid.

Novak Djokovic was the defending champion, but lost to Janko Tipsarević in the quarterfinals.

This was the first and only edition of the tournament to be held on blue clay courts.

Federer became the first and currently only men's singles player to win a tournament on blue clay.

Seeds

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

Novak Djokovic (quarterfinals)
Rafael Nadal (third round)
Roger Federer (champion)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (third round)
David Ferrer (quarterfinals)
Tomáš Berdych (final)
Janko Tipsarević (semifinals)
John Isner (second round)
Gilles Simon (third round)
Juan Martín del Potro (semifinals)
Nicolás Almagro (third round)
Gaël Monfils (third round)
Feliciano López (first round)
Richard Gasquet (third round)
Fernando Verdasco (quarterfinals)
Alexandr Dolgopolov (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final

1	Novak Djokovic	6²	3

7	Janko Tipsarević	7⁷	6
				7	Janko Tipsarević	2	3

				3	Roger Federer	6	6
3	Roger Federer	6	6

5	David Ferrer	4	4
								3	Roger Federer	3	7	7

								6	Tomáš Berdych	6	5	5
10	Juan Martín del Potro	6	6

16	Alexandr Dolgopolov	3	4
				10	Juan Martín del Potro	6⁵	6⁶

				6	Tomáš Berdych	7⁷	7⁸
6	Tomáš Berdych	6	6

15	Fernando Verdasco	1	2

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					1	N Djokovic	6	2	6
Q	D Gimeno Traver	7⁷	4	6	Q	D Gimeno Traver	2	6	3
Q	V Hănescu	6³	6	3						1	N Djokovic	7⁷	6
	O Rochus	4	6⁴								S Wawrinka	6⁵	4
	S Wawrinka	6	7⁷			S Wawrinka	6	6
	J Melzer	3	7⁸	6		J Melzer	1	4
13	F López	6	6⁶	4											1	N Djokovic	6²	3
9	G Simon	6¹	6	6											7	J Tipsarević	7⁷	6
	F Fognini	7⁷	3	3	9	G Simon	6	6
	M Baghdatis	4	6	4	WC	G García López	4	3
WC	G García López	6	3	6						9	G Simon	6³	7	1
	A Ramos	3	2							7	J Tipsarević	7⁷	5	6
Q	F Delbonis	6	6		Q	F Delbonis	6⁵	7⁸	3
					7	J Tipsarević	7⁷	6⁶	6

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					3	R Federer	4	7	7⁷
	M Raonic	6	6			M Raonic	6	5	6⁴
	D Nalbandian	4	4							3	R Federer	6	6
	V Troicki	6	4	6						14	R Gasquet	3	2
	D Young	1	6	1		V Troicki	5	3
	T Bellucci	6	4	6⁵	14	R Gasquet	7	6
14	R Gasquet	4	6	7⁷											3	R Federer	6	6
11	N Almagro	6⁵	6	6											5	D Ferrer	4	4
Q	S Giraldo	7⁷	3	3	11	N Almagro	6	7⁷
	M Granollers	7	3	7		M Granollers	3	6³
	C Berlocq	5	6	5						11	N Almagro	6⁵	6	6⁸
	R Štěpánek	6	7							5	D Ferrer	7⁷	3	7¹⁰
	B Tomic	2	5			R Štěpánek	6⁴	2
					5	D Ferrer	7⁷	6

Bottom half

Section 3

First round				Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

				8	J Isner	6⁴	6³
WC	A Montañés	3	3		M Čilić	7⁷	7⁷
	M Čilić	6	6							M Čilić	2	4
	M Youzhny	6	6						10	JM del Potro	6	6
WC	J Martí	3	2		M Youzhny	4	6¹
	F Mayer	4	2	10	JM del Potro	6	7⁷
10	JM del Potro	6	6											10	JM del Potro	6	6
16	A Dolgopolov	7⁷	6											16	A Dolgopolov	3	4
	P Andújar	6⁵	4	16	A Dolgopolov	6⁵	7⁷	6
	M Llodra	5	4		A Seppi	7⁷	6⁵	3
	A Seppi	7	6						16	A Dolgopolov	7	3	7⁷
Q	S Stakhovsky	6³	6⁵						4	J-W Tsonga	5	6	6²
WC	R Harrison	7⁷	7⁷	WC	R Harrison	2	6⁴
				4	J-W Tsonga	6	7⁷

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					6	T Berdych	6	6
	K Anderson	6	6			K Anderson	4	3
	A Bogomolov Jr.	3	2							6	T Berdych	6	6
Q	I Andreev	6	7⁷							12	G Monfils	1	1
	JC Ferrero	4	6⁴		Q	I Andreev	3	0^r
	P Kohlschreiber	5	7⁷	3	12	G Monfils	6	1
12	G Monfils	7	6²	6											6	T Berdych	6	6
15	F Verdasco	7	6												15	F Verdasco	1	2
	D Istomin	5	2		15	F Verdasco	6⁴	6	6
Q	A Falla	6	2	6	Q	A Falla	7⁷	4	4
	JI Chela	3	6	2						15	F Verdasco	6	3	7
	I Karlović	6⁴	3							2	R Nadal	3	6	5
	N Davydenko	7⁷	6			N Davydenko	2	2
					2	R Nadal	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

Santiago Giraldo (qualified)
Alejandro Falla (qualified)
Sergiy Stakhovsky (qualified)
Flavio Cipolla (qualifying competition)
Matthew Ebden (first round)
Potito Starace (first round, retired)
Igor Andreev (qualified)
Édouard Roger-Vasselin (qualifying competition)
Björn Phau (first round)
Philipp Petzschner (first round)
Adrian Ungur (first round)
Vasek Pospisil (first round)
Victor Hănescu (qualified)
Daniel Gimeno Traver (qualified)

Qualifiers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

1	Santiago Giraldo	7⁸	6

WC	Marius Copil	6⁶	1
				1	Santiago Giraldo	1	6	6

					Daniel Muñoz de la Nava	6	4	2
	Daniel Muñoz de la Nava	6	6

10	Philipp Petzschner	3	2

Second qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

2	Alejandro Falla	6	6

WC	Hasier Pastor	2	2
					2	Alejandro Falla	6	7⁷

						Íñigo Cervantes-Huegun	3	6³
	Íñigo Cervantes-Huegun	6	3	7⁷

11	Adrian Ungur	3	6	6⁵

Third qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

3	Sergiy Stakhovsky	4	6	6

WC	Iván Navarro	6	4	1
					3	Sergiy Stakhovsky	6	4	7

					8	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	2	6	5
	Peter Torebko	6²	2

8	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	7⁷	6

Fourth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

4	Flavio Cipolla	6	7

	Éric Prodon	4	5
				4	Flavio Cipolla	3	6	5

				13	Victor Hănescu	6	3	7
	Eduardo Schwank	3	2

13	Victor Hănescu	6	6

Fifth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

5	Matthew Ebden	2	6³

	Frederico Gil	6	7⁷
					Frederico Gil	5	4

				14	Daniel Gimeno Traver	7	6
	Arnaud Clément	0	1

14	Daniel Gimeno Traver	6	6

Sixth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

6	Potito Starace	5^r

WC	Adam Sanjurjo Hermida	4
				WC	Adam Sanjurjo Hermida	2	2

					Federico Delbonis	6	6
	Federico Delbonis	7	7⁸

12	Vasek Pospisil	5	6⁶

Seventh qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

7	Igor Andreev	6	6

	Michael Berrer	2	2
				7	Igor Andreev	3	6	6

					Roberto Bautista Agut	6	3	4
	Roberto Bautista Agut	7⁸	7⁸

9	Björn Phau	6⁶	6⁶