2012 BNP Paribas Open – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
2012 BNP Paribas Open
Final
Champion	Roger Federer
Runner-up	John Isner
Score	7–6(9–7), 6–3
Details
Draw	96
Seeds	32
Events

Roger Federer defeated John Isner in the final, 7–6^(9–7), 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2012 Indian Wells Masters. It was his record fourth Indian Wells title.

Novak Djokovic was the defending champion, but lost to Isner in the semifinals.

Seeds

All seeds received a bye into the second round.

Novak Djokovic (semifinals)
Rafael Nadal (semifinals)
Roger Federer (champion)
Andy Murray (second round)
David Ferrer (third round)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (fourth round)
Tomáš Berdych (fourth round)
Mardy Fish (third round)
Juan Martín del Potro (quarterfinals)
Janko Tipsarević (third round)
John Isner (final)
Nicolás Almagro (quarterfinals)
Gilles Simon (quarterfinals)
~~Gaël Monfils~~ (withdrew because of gastroenteritis)
Feliciano López (second round)
Richard Gasquet (second round)
Kei Nishikori (second round)
Florian Mayer (second round)
Fernando Verdasco (third round)
Jürgen Melzer (second round)
Alexandr Dolgopolov (fourth round)
Juan Mónaco (third round)
Stanislas Wawrinka (third round)
Marin Čilić (second round)
Viktor Troicki (second round)
Marcel Granollers (third round)
Milos Raonic (third round)
Radek Štěpánek (third round)
Kevin Anderson (third round)
Andy Roddick (third round)
Juan Ignacio Chela (second round)
Julien Benneteau (second round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Novak Djokovic	6	6

12	Nicolás Almagro	3	4
					1	Novak Djokovic	6⁷	6	6⁵

					11	John Isner	7⁹	3	7⁷
13	Gilles Simon	3	6	5

11	John Isner	6	1	7
										11	John Isner	6⁷	3

										3	Roger Federer	7⁹	6
9	Juan Martín del Potro	3	2

3	Roger Federer	6	6
					3	Roger Federer	6	6

					2	Rafael Nadal	3	4
	David Nalbandian	6	5	4

2	Rafael Nadal	4	7	6

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

					1	N Djokovic	6	6
Q	A Golubev	6	6		Q	A Golubev	3	2
Q	R de Voest	1	4							1	N Djokovic	6	6
	M Bachinger	4	2							29	K Anderson	2	3
	P Kohlschreiber	6	6			P Kohlschreiber
					29	K Anderson	w/o
														1	N Djokovic	6	6⁵	6
															P Andújar	0	7⁷	2
					18	F Mayer	2	4
	R Haase	2	6	6²		P Andújar	6	6
	P Andújar	6	3	7⁷							P Andújar	7⁷	6
	A Ramos	6¹⁰	7⁷	6							A Ramos	6⁵	4
WC	J Levine	7¹²	6⁴	2		A Ramos	3	7	6
					16	R Gasquet	6	5	1

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

					12	N Almagro	5	6	6
Q	T Smyczek	6¹	4		WC	S Querrey	7	4	4
WC	S Querrey	7⁷	6							12	N Almagro	4	6	7⁷
	S Giraldo	5	6	6							S Giraldo	6	2	6²
WC	J Sock	7	0	1		S Giraldo	7	6
					17	K Nishikori	5	2
															12	N Almagro	6	6
															7	T Berdych	4	0
					30	A Roddick	4	7⁷	6
	I Karlović	4	2			Ł Kubot	6	6⁵	3
	Ł Kubot	6	6							30	A Roddick	3	6	2
	A Bogomolov Jr.	6⁷	6	6³						7	T Berdych	6	4	6
	S Stakhovsky	7⁹	4	7⁷		S Stakhovsky	7⁷	3	4
					7	T Berdych	6²	6	6

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

					4	A Murray	4	2
	G García López	7⁸	4	6		G García López	6	6
	R Machado	6⁶	6	2							G García López	4	5
	F Cipolla	1	2								R Harrison	6	7
	R Harrison	6	6			R Harrison	7⁷	6
					25	V Troicki	6⁵	3
															R Harrison	6⁰	7	1
														13	G Simon	7⁷	5	6
					23	S Wawrinka	4	6	6
Q	P Lorenzi	6	3	4	WC	R Ginepri	6	4	4
WC	R Ginepri	1	6	6						23	S Wawrinka	4	4
Q	A Delić	6	0	2						13	G Simon	6	6
	D Sela	2	6	6		D Sela	5	7⁸	4
					13	G Simon	7	6⁶	6

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

					11	J Isner	7	6
LL	F Gil	6	6⁶	6	LL	F Gil	5	3
Q	R Williams	3	7⁸	4						11	J Isner	7	7
Q	V Pospisil	3	2							22	J Mónaco	5	5
	N Mahut	6	6			N Mahut	4	7	3
					22	J Mónaco	6	5	6
														11	J Isner	6	7
														Q	M Ebden	4	5
					32	J Benneteau	6	3	2
Q	M Ebden	6	4	6	Q	M Ebden	2	6	6
	I Kunitsyn	1	6	4						Q	M Ebden	6	6
	A Seppi	4	6	6						8	M Fish	3	4
	O Rochus	6	3	4		A Seppi	3	2^r
					8	M Fish	6	3

Bottom half

Section 5

First round				Second round					Third round				Fourth round

				5	D Ferrer	6	6
	I Dodig	1	4		G Dimitrov	2	2
	G Dimitrov	6	6						5	D Ferrer	4	3
	Y-h Lu	6⁶	3							D Istomin	6	6
	D Istomin	7⁸	6		D Istomin	7⁷	6⁷	7
				31	JI Chela	6⁵	7⁹	5
														D Istomin	6²	7⁸	2
													9	JM del Potro	7⁷	6⁶	6
				19	F Verdasco	6	6
	C-M Stebe	2	2		R Sweeting	2	2
	R Sweeting	6	6						19	F Verdasco	2	6⁶
Q	M Matosevic	6	6						9	JM del Potro	6	7⁸
Q	R Bemelmans	2	3	Q	M Matosevic	5	2
				9	JM del Potro	7	6

Section 6

First round					Second round				Third round					Fourth round

					LL	B Phau	5	2
	N Davydenko	7	6			N Davydenko	7	6
Q	S Bubka	5	3							N Davydenko
	L Rosol	2	6⁴							T Bellucci	w/o
	T Bellucci	6	7⁷			T Bellucci	6	6
					20	J Melzer	3	3
															T Bellucci	6	3	4
														3	R Federer	3	6	6
					27	M Raonic	6	6
	C Berlocq	6	6			C Berlocq	4	2
	B Paire	4	2						27	M Raonic	7⁷	2	4
LL	T Kamke	6	6³	4					3	R Federer	6⁴	6	6
WC	D Kudla	2	7⁷	6	WC	D Kudla	4	1
					3	R Federer	6	6

Section 7

First round					Second round				Third round					Fourth round

					6	J-W Tsonga	4
	M Llodra	6	5	7⁷		M Llodra	1^r
	E Gulbis	3	7	6³					6	J-W Tsonga	6²	6	6
	X Malisse	6	6						28	R Štěpánek	7⁷	3	2
Q	B Reynolds	2	4			X Malisse	2	1
					28	R Štěpánek	6	6
														6	J-W Tsonga	6	5	3
															D Nalbandian	3	7	6
					24	M Čilić	6³	6⁴
	P Starace	6⁴	0			D Nalbandian	7⁷	7⁷
	D Nalbandian	7⁷	6							D Nalbandian	6	3	6
	B Tomic	6	6⁴	0					10	J Tipsarević	3	6	3
	G Müller	4	7⁷	6		G Müller	4	2
					10	J Tipsarević	6	6

Section 8

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

					15	F López	3	4
	J Chardy	3	4			M Baghdatis	6	6
	M Baghdatis	6	6								M Baghdatis	4	7	4
	D Young	2	6	6⁵						21	A Dolgopolov	6	5	6
	S Darcis	6	3	7⁷		S Darcis	7¹⁵	3	5
					21	A Dolgopolov	6¹³	6	7
															21	A Dolgopolov	3	2
															2	R Nadal	6	6
					26	M Granollers	6	2	6
	J Nieminen	6⁹	4			T Haas	3	6	3
	T Haas	7¹¹	6							26	M Granollers	1	4
	A Falla	6	6⁷	4						2	R Nadal	6	6
	L Mayer	2	7⁹	6		L Mayer	1	3
					2	R Nadal	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

Frederico Gil (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Tobias Kamke (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Matthew Ebden (qualified)
Paolo Lorenzi (qualified)
João Souza (first round)
Igor Andreev (first round)
Marsel İlhan (first round)
Björn Phau (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Vasek Pospisil (qualified)
Bobby Reynolds (qualified)
Rik de Voest (qualified)
Ricardo Mello (first round)
Jürgen Zopp (qualifying competition)
Thomas Schoorel (qualifying competition)
Michael Russell (qualifying competition)
Marinko Matosevic (qualified)
Izak van der Merwe (qualifying competition)
Andrey Golubev (qualified)
Júlio Silva (first round)
Arnau Brugués Davi (first round)
Rajeev Ram (qualifying competition)
Marco Chiudinelli (first round)
James Ward (first round)
Ruben Bemelmans (qualified)

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Draw

Key

First qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

1	Frederico Gil	6	6

	Alex Kuznetsov	1	1
					1	Frederico Gil	4	6	4

					24	Ruben Bemelmans	6	3	6
	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos	6⁵	7	3

24	Ruben Bemelmans	7⁷	5	6

Second qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

2	Tobias Kamke	4	6	6

	Greg Jones	6	2	4
					2	Tobias Kamke	3	6	4

						Amer Delić	6	2	6
	Amer Delić	6	7⁷

19	Júlio Silva	2	6²

Third qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

3	Matthew Ebden	6	6

	Víctor Estrella	3	2
				3	Matthew Ebden	6	6

				21	Rajeev Ram	4	3
	Iván Navarro	4	2

21	Rajeev Ram	6	6

Fourth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

4	Paolo Lorenzi	6	6

	Dominik Meffert	2	4
				4	Paolo Lorenzi	6	7⁷

				WC	Daniel Kosakowski	2	6⁴
WC	Daniel Kosakowski	7⁷	6

22	Marco Chiudinelli	6⁵	3

Fifth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

5	João Souza	2	7	6⁵

	Sergei Bubka	6	5	7⁷
						Sergei Bubka	6	3	6

					14	Thomas Schoorel	3	6	4
WC	Dennis Novikov	1	6⁷

14	Thomas Schoorel	6	7⁹

Sixth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

6	Igor Andreev	1	6	3

WC	Tim Smyczek	6	1	6
					WC	Tim Smyczek	6	6

					15	Michael Russell	2	0
WC	Haithem Abid	2	2

15	Michael Russell	6	6

Seventh qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

7	Marsel İlhan	4	4

WC	Rhyne Williams	6	6
					WC	Rhyne Williams	7⁷	1	6

					13	Jürgen Zopp	6¹	6	1
	Mischa Zverev	2	6	1

13	Jürgen Zopp	6	1	6

Eighth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

8	Björn Phau	6	6

	Denis Gremelmayr	0	4
				8	Björn Phau	4	4

				18	Andrey Golubev	6	6
	Roberto Bautista Agut	6³	4

18	Andrey Golubev	7⁷	6

Ninth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

9	Vasek Pospisil	7	3	7

	Mathieu Rodrigues	5	6	5
					9	Vasek Pospisil	4	6	6

						Maxime Authom	6	4	3
	Maxime Authom	6	6

23	James Ward	1	2

Tenth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

10	Bobby Reynolds	6	6

	Peter Gojowczyk	4	1
				10	Bobby Reynolds	4	7⁷	6

					Frank Dancevic	6	6²	4
	Frank Dancevic	6	6

20	Arnau Brugués Davi	3	0

Eleventh qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

11	Rik de Voest	6	5

	Stefano Galvani	3	1^r
				11	Rik de Voest	7	6

				17	Izak van der Merwe	5	3
	Stéphane Bohli	6²	1

17	Izak van der Merwe	7⁷	6

Twelfth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

12	Ricardo Mello	3	7⁷	0

	Michael Yani	6	6⁵	6
						Michael Yani	2	2

					16	Marinko Matosevic	6	6
	Gastão Elias	2	5

16	Marinko Matosevic	6	7

2012 BNP Paribas Open – Men's singles

Contents

Seeds

Draw

Key

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Qualifying

Seeds

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Draw

Key

First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

Fifth qualifier

Sixth qualifier

Seventh qualifier

Eighth qualifier

Ninth qualifier

Tenth qualifier

Eleventh qualifier

Twelfth qualifier

References