2012 BNP Paribas Masters
Tennis tournament
| 2012 BNP Paribas Masters | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 29 October – 4 November 2012 | |||
| Edition | 40th | |||
| Category | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | |||
| Draw | 48S / 32D | |||
| Prize money | €2,427,975 | |||
| Surface | Hard / indoor | |||
| Location | Paris, France | |||
| Venue | Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Singles | ||||
 David Ferrer[1] | ||||
| Doubles | ||||
 Mahesh Bhupathi / Rohan Bopanna[2] | ||||
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The 2012 BNP Paribas Masters was a professional men's tennis tournament that was played on indoor hard courts. It was the 40th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It took place in Paris between 29 October and 4 November 2012. Fourth-seeded David Ferrer won the singles title.
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 SUI | |||
 SRB | Novak Djokovic | 2 | 2 |
 GBR | Andy Murray | 3 | 3 |
| ESP | David Ferrer | 5 | 4 |
 CZE | Tomáš Berdych | 6 | 5 |
 FRA | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 7 | 6 |
 ARG | Juan Martín del Potro | 8 | 7 |
| SRB | Janko Tipsarević | 9 | 8 |
| ARG | Juan Mónaco | 10 | 9 |
 USA | John Isner | 11 | 10 |
| ESP | Nicolás Almagro | 12 | 11 |
| FRA | Richard Gasquet | 13 | 12 |
 CRO | Marin Čilić | 14 | 13 |
 CAN | Milos Raonic | 15 | 14 |
 JPN | Kei Nishikori | 16 | 15 |
| SUI | Stanislas Wawrinka | 17 | 16 |
- Rankings are as of 22 October 2012
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Roberto Bautista Agut
Grigor Dimitrov
Alejandro Falla- Guillermo García López
Jerzy Janowicz
Igor Sijsling
The following players received entry as lucky loser:
Withdrawals
Roger Federer (fatigue) → replaced by 
Victor Hănescu
Mardy Fish (health issues) → replaced by 
Martin Kližan
Tommy Haas → replaced by Albert Ramos Viñolas- Rafael Nadal (left knee injury) → replaced by
Thomaz Bellucci - Andy Roddick (retired from tennis) → replaced by Daniel Gimeno Traver
Retirements
Kei Nishikori (right ankle injury)
Janko Tipsarević (illness)- Fernando Verdasco (neck injury)
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | Bob Bryan | USA | Mike Bryan | 2 | 1 |
 BLR | Max Mirnyi | CAN | Daniel Nestor | 6 | 2 |
 SWE | Robert Lindstedt |  ROU | Horia Tecău | 15 | 3 |
 POL | Mariusz Fyrstenberg | POL | Marcin Matkowski | 26 | 4 |
| IND | Mahesh Bhupathi | IND | Rohan Bopanna | 27 | 5 |
 AUT | Jürgen Melzer | IND | Leander Paes | 28 | 6 |
 PAK | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |  NED | Jean-Julien Rojer | 28 | 7 |
| AUT | Alexander Peya |  BRA | Bruno Soares | 46 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of 22 October 2012
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Withdrawals
- Fernando Verdasco (neck injury)
Retirements
Robert Lindstedt (neck injury)
Finals
Singles
- David Ferrer defeated Jerzy Janowicz, 6–4, 6–3
- It was Ferrer's first Masters 1000 title. It was also his seventh title of the year, and eighteenth of his career.
Doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi / Rohan Bopanna defeated 
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi / Jean-Julien Rojer, 7–6(8–6), 6–3
References
External links
- Official website
- ATP tournament profile
