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2012 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Singles

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Singles
2012 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
Final
ChampionJapan Kei Nishikori
Runner-upCanada Milos Raonic
Score7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–0
Details
Draw32 (4Q / 3WC)
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Andy Murray was the defending champion, but lost to Milos Raonic in the semifinals.
Eighth-seeded Kei Nishikori won the title beating Milos Raonic in the final 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–0, and in doing so became the first home grown winner of the title since Toshiro Sakai in 1972.

Seeds

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  1. United Kingdom Andy Murray (semifinals)
  2. Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych (quarterfinals)
  3. Serbia Janko Tipsarević (quarterfinals)
  4. Argentina Juan Mónaco (second round)
  5. Spain Nicolás Almagro (first round)
  6. Canada Milos Raonic (final)
  7. Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka (quarterfinals)
  8. Japan Kei Nishikori (champion)

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Semifinals Final
          
1 United Kingdom Andy Murray 3 77 64
6 Canada Milos Raonic 6 65 77
6 Canada Milos Raonic 65 6 0
8 Japan Kei Nishikori 77 3 6
  Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis 2 2
8 Japan Kei Nishikori 6 6

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 United Kingdom A Murray 79 6
LL Croatia I Karlović 67 4 1 United Kingdom A Murray 6 6
  Spain A Ramos 0 2 Slovakia L Lacko 1 2
Slovakia L Lacko 6 6 1 United Kingdom A Murray 6 3 6
  France J Chardy 6 7 7 Switzerland S Wawrinka 2 6 2
WC Japan Y Sugita 1 5   France J Chardy 61 78 5
WC Japan H Moriya 5 6 4 7 Switzerland S Wawrinka 77 66 7
7 Switzerland S Wawrinka 7 4 6 1 United Kingdom A Murray 3 77 64
3 Serbia J Tipsarević 4 6 6 6 Canada M Raonic 6 65 77
France G Simon 6 3 1 3 Serbia J Tipsarević 6 6
Slovakia M Kližan 63 2 Q Switzerland M Chiudinelli 4 2
Q Switzerland M Chiudinelli 77 6 3 Serbia J Tipsarević 77 2 67
Serbia V Troicki 6 6 6 Canada M Raonic 65 6 79
Netherlands R Haase 2 3   Serbia V Troicki 0r
Czech Republic R Štěpánek 4 4 6 Canada M Raonic 3
6 Canada M Raonic 6 6

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5 Spain N Almagro 64 65
WC Japan T Ito 77 77 WC Japan T Ito 5 3
Q Russia D Tursunov 6 7 Q Russia D Tursunov 7 6
Australia B Tomic 4 5 Q Russia D Tursunov 2 4
Q Ukraine S Stakhovsky 63 5 Cyprus M Baghdatis 6 6
Cyprus M Baghdatis 77 7   Cyprus M Baghdatis 7 1 6
Q Bulgaria G Dimitrov 2 1 4 Argentina J Mónaco 5 6 3
4 Argentina J Mónaco 6 6 Cyprus M Baghdatis 2 2
8 Japan K Nishikori 4 6 6 8 Japan K Nishikori 6 6
Japan G Soeda 6 2 3 8 Japan K Nishikori 5 6 6
Finland J Nieminen 2 4 PR Spain T Robredo 7 1 0
PR Spain T Robredo 6 6 8 Japan K Nishikori 7 6
Brazil T Bellucci 5 2 2 Czech Republic T Berdych 5 4
Colombia A Falla 7 6   Colombia A Falla 3 5
France B Paire 1 66 2 Czech Republic T Berdych 6 7
2 Czech Republic T Berdych 6 78

Qualifying

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Seeds

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  1. Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov (qualified)
  2. Croatia Ivo Karlović (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  3. Ukraine Sergiy Stakhovsky (qualified)
  4. Russia Dmitry Tursunov (qualified)
  5. Germany Philipp Petzschner (qualifying competition)
  6. Canada Vasek Pospisil (qualifying competition)
  7. Switzerland Marco Chiudinelli (qualified)
  8. Serbia Dušan Lajović (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

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Lucky loser

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  1. Croatia Ivo Karlović

Draw

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First qualifier

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First round Qualifying competition
          
1 Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov 7 6  
  Japan Hiroki Kondo 5 4  
1 Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov 6 65 6
6 Canada Vasek Pospisil 4 77 2
  Italy Riccardo Ghedin 63 4  
6 Canada Vasek Pospisil 77 6  

Second qualifier

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First round Qualifying competition
          
2 Croatia Ivo Karlović 6 6  
  Japan Yasutaka Uchiyama 4 2  
2 Croatia Ivo Karlović 3 78 65
7 Switzerland Marco Chiudinelli 6 66 77
WC Japan Hiroyasu Ehara 4 3  
7 Switzerland Marco Chiudinelli 6 6  

Third qualifier

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First round Qualifying competition
          
3 Ukraine Sergiy Stakhovsky 4 77 7
  Japan Toshihide Matsui 6 64 5
3 Ukraine Sergiy Stakhovsky 4 7 6
8 Serbia Dušan Lajović 6 5 0
WC Japan Shuichi Sekiguchi 1 5  
8 Serbia Dušan Lajović 6 7  

Fourth qualifier

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First round Qualifying competition
          
4 Russia Dmitry Tursunov 6 78  
WC Japan Kaichi Uchida 4 66  
4 Russia Dmitry Tursunov 6 6  
5 Germany Philipp Petzschner 1 4  
  Japan Kento Takeuchi 77 4 3
5 Germany Philipp Petzschner 64 6 6
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