2012 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Singles

Singles
2012 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships and the d
2011 Champion	Andy Murray

Main article: 2012 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships

Andy Murray was the defending champion, but lost to Milos Raonic in the semifinals.

Seeds

1. Andy Murray (Semifinals)
2. Tomáš Berdych (Quarterfinals)
3. Janko Tipsarević (Quarterfinals)
4. Juan Mónaco (Second Round)

5. Nicolás Almagro (First Round)
6. Milos Raonic
7. Stanislas Wawrinka (Quarterfinals)
8. Kei Nishikori

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

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Andy Murray	3	77	64
	6	Milos Raonic	6	65	77
								6	Milos Raonic
								8	Kei Nishikori
		Marcos Baghdatis	2	2
	8	Kei Nishikori	6	6

Top Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	A Murray	79	6
	LL	I Karlović	67	4				1	A Murray	6	6
		A Ramos	0	2					L Lacko	1	2
		L Lacko	6	6											1	A Murray	6	3	6
		J Chardy	6	7											7	S Wawrinka	2	6	2
	WC	Y Sugita	1	5					J Chardy	61	78	5
	WC	H Moriya	5	6	4			7	S Wawrinka	77	66	7
	7	S Wawrinka	7	4	6																	1	A Murray	3	77	64
	3	J Tipsarević	4	6	6																	6	M Raonic	6	65	77
		G Simon	6	3	1			3	J Tipsarević	6	6
		M Kližan	63	2				Q	M Chiudinelli	4	2
	Q	M Chiudinelli	77	6											3	J Tipsarević	77	2	67
		V Troicki	6	6											6	M Raonic	65	6	79
		R Haase	2	3					V Troicki	0r
		R Štěpánek	4	4				6	M Raonic	3
	6	M Raonic	6	6

Bottom Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	N Almagro	64	65
	WC	T Ito	77	77				WC	T Ito	5	3
	Q	D Tursunov	6	7				Q	D Tursunov	7	6
		B Tomic	4	5											Q	D Tursunov	2	4
	Q	S Stakhovsky	63	5												M Baghdatis	6	6
		M Baghdatis	77	7					M Baghdatis	7	1	6
	Q	G Dimitrov	2	1				4	J Mónaco	5	6	3
	4	J Mónaco	6	6																			M Baghdatis	2	2
	8	K Nishikori	4	6	6																	8	K Nishikori	6	6
		G Soeda	6	2	3			8	K Nishikori	5	6	6
		J Nieminen	2	4				PR	T Robredo	7	1	0
	PR	T Robredo	6	6											8	K Nishikori	7	6
		T Bellucci	5	2											2	T Berdych	5	4
		A Falla	7	6					A Falla	3	5
		B Paire	1	66				2	T Berdych	6	7
	2	T Berdych	6	78

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Grigor Dimitrov (Qualified)
2. Ivo Karlović (Qualifying Competition, Lucky Loser)
3. Sergiy Stakhovsky (Qualified)
4. Dmitry Tursunov (Qualified)

5. Philipp Petzschner (Qualifying Competition)
6. Vasek Pospisil (Qualifying Competition)
7. Marco Chiudinelli (Qualified)
8. Dušan Lajović (Qualifying Competition)

Qualifiers

1. Grigor Dimitrov
2. Marco Chiudinelli

3. Sergiy Stakhovsky
4. Dmitry Tursunov

Lucky Loser

1. Ivo Karlović

Draw

First Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	1	Grigor Dimitrov	7	6
		Hiroki Kondo	5	4
								1	Grigor Dimitrov	6	65	6
								6	Vasek Pospisil	4	77	2
		Riccardo Ghedin	63	4
	6	Vasek Pospisil	77	6

Second Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	2	Ivo Karlović	6	6
		Yasutaka Uchiyama	4	2
								2	Ivo Karlović	3	78	65
								7	Marco Chiudinelli	6	66	77
	WC	Hiroyasu Ehara	4	3
	7	Marco Chiudinelli	6	6

Third Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	3	Sergiy Stakhovsky	4	77	7
		Toshihide Matsui	6	64	5
								3	Sergiy Stakhovsky	4	7	6
								8	Dušan Lajović	6	5	0
	WC	Shuichi Sekiguchi	1	5
	8	Dušan Lajović	6	7

Fourth Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	4	Dmitry Tursunov	6	78
	WC	Kaichi Uchida	4	66
								4	Dmitry Tursunov	6	6
								5	Philipp Petzschner	1	4
		Kento Takeuchi	77	4	3
	5	Philipp Petzschner	64	6	6

Reference

• Main Draw
• Qualifying Draw