2012 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters

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2012 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
Date16–22 April
Edition106th
Surface Clay / outdoor
Location Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France
Venue Monte Carlo Country Club
Champions
Singles
Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal [1]
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Bob Bryan / Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bryan [2]
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The 2012 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters was a men's tennis tournament for male professional players, played from 16 April through 22 April 2012, on outdoor clay courts. It was the 106th edition of the annual Monte Carlo Masters tournament, which was sponsored by Rolex for the fourth time. It took place at the Monte Carlo Country Club in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, near Monte Carlo, Monaco. Second-seeded Rafael Nadal won the singles title.

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Points and prize money

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Nadal during the finals

Points

Because the Monte Carlo Masters is the non-mandatory Masters 1000 event, special rules regarding points distribution are in place. The Monte Carlo Masters counts as one of a player's 500 level tournaments, while distributing Masters 1000 points. [3]

EventW F SF QF Round of 16Round of 32Round of 64 Q Q2 Q1
Singles [4] 100060036018090451025160
Doubles [4] 0————

Prize money

StageMen's singlesMen's doubles
Champion€460,260€142,500
Runner up€225,680€69,780
Semifinals€113,580€35,000
Quarterfinals€57,775€17,970
Round of 16€30,000€9,290
Round of 32€15,810€4,900
Round of 64€8,535–
Qualifying final round€1,965
Qualifying first round€1,000

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Novak Djokovic 11
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Rafael Nadal 22
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Andy Murray 43
Flag of France.svg  FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 54
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP David Ferrer 65
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Tomáš Berdych 76
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Janko Tipsarević 87
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Nicolás Almagro 128
Flag of France.svg  FRA Gilles Simon 139
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Feliciano López 1510
Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Juan Mónaco 1611
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kei Nishikori 1812
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Fernando Verdasco 1913
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Florian Mayer 2014
Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Jürgen Melzer 2115
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov 2216

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry via qualifying:

Withdrawals

Retirements

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg USA Bob Bryan Flag of the United States.svg USA Mike Bryan 21
Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Max Mirnyi Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Daniel Nestor 62
Flag of France.svg  FRA Michaël Llodra Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Nenad Zimonjić 113
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Mariusz Fyrstenberg Flag of Poland.svg  POL Marcin Matkowski 184
Flag of India.svg  IND Leander Paes Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Radek Štěpánek 215
Flag of India.svg  IND Mahesh Bhupathi Flag of India.svg  IND Rohan Bopanna 236
Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Robert Lindstedt Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Horia Tecău 237
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE František Čermák Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Filip Polášek 428

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pairs received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

Finals

Singles

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Bob Bryan / Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bryan defeated Flag of Belarus.svg Max Mirnyi / Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor, 6–2, 6–3

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References

  1. ↑ "2012 Monte Carlo – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. ↑ "2012 Monte Carlo – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  3. ↑ Ranking points
  4. 1 2 "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Les wilds cards attribuées". Archived from the original on 2013-01-29. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
  6. ↑ "Bubba's buddy Isner to pull out of Monte Carlo". Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2012-04-13.


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