2012 China Open – Men's singles

Men's singles
2012 China Open
Champion	Novak Djokovic
Runner-up	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Score	7–6(7–4), 6–2

Main article: 2012 China Open (tennis)

Tomáš Berdych was the defending champion, but chose to compete in the 2012 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships instead. Novak Djokovic beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7–6^(7–4), 6–2 in the final to win a third China Open title and improve to a 14–0 record.

Seeds

1. Novak Djokovic (Champion)
2. David Ferrer (First round, retired because of a stomach virus)
3. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Final)
4. Marin Čilić (First round)
5. Richard Gasquet (Second round)
6. Alexandr Dolgopolov (Second round)
7. Tommy Haas (First round)
8. Fernando Verdasco (First 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

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Novak Djokovic	6	6
		Florian Mayer	1	4
								1	Novak Djokovic	77	6
								3	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	64	2
	3	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6	4
		Feliciano López	1	1r

Top Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	N Djokovic	6	63	6
	Q	M Berrer	1	77	2			1	N Djokovic	6	6
		M Matosevic	6	2	3				C Berlocq	1	3
		C Berlocq	3	6	6										1	N Djokovic	6	6
		J Melzer	6	4	77											J Melzer	1	2
		P Andújar	1	6	63				J Melzer	711	2	6
		G García-López	0	4				6	A Dolgopolov	69	6	1
	6	A Dolgopolov	6	6																		1	N Djokovic	6	6
	4	M Čilić	6	60	4																		F Mayer	1	4
	WC	M Copil	3	77	6			WC	M Copil	6	3	2
		F Mayer	6	6					F Mayer	3	6	6
		F Fognini	1	2												F Mayer	6	6
	WC	Z Zhang	6	6											WC	Z Zhang	3	4
	WC	D Wu	4	1				WC	Z Zhang	6	3	6
	Q	M Ebden	2	4				5	R Gasquet	4	6	4
	5	R Gasquet	6	6

Bottom Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	7	T Haas	4	6	2
		M Youzhny	6	4	6				M Youzhny	6	6
	Q	B Baker	7	3	1				K Anderson	3	3
		K Anderson	5	6	6											M Youzhny	3	2
		N Davydenko	7	6											3	J-W Tsonga	6	6
	Q	A Bogomolov, Jr.	5	1					N Davydenko
		D Istomin	6	1	63			3	J-W Tsonga	w/o
	3	J-W Tsonga	4	6	77																	3	J-W Tsonga	6	4
	8	F Verdasco	7	3	4																		F López	1	1r
		S Querrey	5	6	6				S Querrey	6	6
		J Benneteau	1	0r					A Seppi	1	4
		A Seppi	6	2												S Querrey	6	4	4
		R Harrison	63	7	2											F López	4	6	6
		F López	77	5	6				F López	6	79
		Y-h Lu	5						Y-h Lu	3	67
	2	D Ferrer	4r

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Brian Baker (Qualified)
2. Matthew Ebden (Qualified)
3. Łukasz Kubot (First round)
4. Grega Žemlja (Qualifying competition)
5. Alex Bogomolov, Jr. (Qualified)
6. Michael Berrer (Qualified)
7. Donald Young (Qualifying competition)
8. Jimmy Wang (First round)

Qualifiers

1. Brian Baker
2. Matthew Ebden
3. Michael Berrer
4. Alex Bogomolov, Jr.

Draw

First Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	1	Brian Baker	6	6
		Gianluca Naso	4	4
								1	Brian Baker	6	6
								7	Donald Young	3	1
		Yuki Bhambri	3	2
	7	Donald Young	6	6

Second Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	2	Matthew Ebden	6	77
	WC	Chang Yu	3	65
								2	Matthew Ebden	6	6
									Jan Mertl	2	4
		Jan Mertl	6	6
	8	Jimmy Wang	2	3

Third Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	3	Łukasz Kubot	2	4
		Marsel İlhan	6	6
									Marsel İlhan	3	0
								6	Michael Berrer	6	6
	WC	Yang Tsung-hua	2	3
	6	Michael Berrer	6	6

Fourth Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	4	Grega Žemlja	6	3	77
		Jan Hernych	4	6	65
								4	Grega Žemlja	3	4
								5	Alex Bogomolov, Jr.	6	6
	WC	Wang Chuhan	0	2
	5	Alex Bogomolov, Jr.	6	6

References

• Main Draw
• Qualifying Draw