2012 ATP World Tour
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.jpg) Novak Djokovic finished the year as world No. 1 for the second time in his career. He won six tournaments during the season, including a major at the Australian Open, as well as the ATP World Tour Finals. He also won three Masters 1000 events and finished runner-up at two other majors, at the French Open and the US Open. | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 31 December 2011 – 18 November 2012 |
| Edition | 43rd |
| Tournaments | 69 |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles |  David Ferrer (7) |
| Most tournament finals |  Novak Djokovic (11) |
| Prize money leader | Novak Djokovic ($12,803,737) |
| Points leader | Novak Djokovic (12,920) |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year | Novak Djokovic |
| Doubles team of the year |  Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
| Most improved player of the year |  Marinko Matosevic |
| Newcomer of the year |  Martin Kližan |
| Comeback player of the year |  Tommy Haas |
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The 2012 ATP World Tour is the global elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2012 tennis season. The 2012 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World Team Championship, the Davis Cup (organized by the ITF), the ATP World Tour Finals, and the tennis event at the London Summer Olympic Games. Also included in the 2012 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which is organized by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points.[1][2]
Schedule[edit]
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2012 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.[3]
- Key
| Grand Slam |
| ATP World Tour Finals |
| Olympic Games |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 |
| ATP World Tour 500 |
| ATP World Tour 250 |
| Team Events |
January[edit]
February[edit]
March[edit]
| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Mar 12 Mar | BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard – $4,694,969 – 96S//32D Singles – Doubles |  Roger Federer7–6(9–7), 6–3 | John Isner | Novak Djokovic Rafael Nadal | Nicolás Almagro Gilles Simon Juan Martín del Potro David Nalbandian |
| Marc López Rafael Nadal 6–2, 7–6(7–3) | John Isner Sam Querrey | ||||
| 21 Mar 26 Mar | Sony Ericsson Open Key Biscayne, United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard – $3,973,050 – 96S//32D Singles – Doubles | Novak Djokovic 6–1, 7–6(7–4) |  Andy Murray | Juan Mónaco Rafael Nadal | David Ferrer Mardy Fish Janko Tipsarević Jo-Wilfried Tsonga |
 Leander Paes  Radek Štěpánek 3–6, 6–1, [10–8] |  Max Mirnyi  Daniel Nestor |
April[edit]
May[edit]
June[edit]
July[edit]
August[edit]
September[edit]
| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Sep | Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Semifinals Gijón, Spain – clay Buenos Aires, Argentina – clay | Semifinals winners Spain 3–1 Czech Republic 3–2 | Semifinals losers United States Argentina | ||
| 17 Sep | Moselle Open Metz, France ATP World Tour 250 Hard (i) – €398,250 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6–1, 6–2 |  Andreas Seppi |  Nikolay Davydenko Gaël Monfils | Jesse Levine  Ivo Karlović Florian Mayer Philipp Kohlschreiber |
| Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin 7–6(7–3), 6–4 |  Johan Brunström  Frederik Nielsen | ||||
| St. Petersburg Open Saint Petersburg, Russia ATP World Tour 250 Hard (i) – $410,850 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles | Martin Kližan 6–2, 6–3 | Fabio Fognini | Mikhail Youzhny Daniel Gimeno Traver | Guillermo García López  Ričardas Berankis Roberto Bautista Agut Flavio Cipolla | |
| Rajeev Ram Nenad Zimonjić 6–2, 4–6, [10–6] | Lukáš Lacko Igor Zelenay | ||||
| 24 Sep | PTT Thailand Open Bangkok, Thailand ATP World Tour 250 Hard (i) – $551,000 – 28S/16D Singles – |