2012 Natomas Men's Professional Tennis Tournament – Singles

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Singles
2012 Natomas Men's Professional Tennis Tournament
Champion Flag of the United States.svg James Blake
Runner-up Flag of Germany.svg Mischa Zverev
Final score 6–1, 1–6, 6–4
Events
Singles Doubles
  2011  · Natomas Men's Professional Tennis Tournament ·  2013  

Ivo Karlović was the defending champion but decided not to participate.
James Blake won the title, defeating Mischa Zverev 6–1, 1–6, 6–4 in the final.

Ivo Karlović Croatian tennis player

Ivo Karlović is a Croatian professional tennis player. He has won eight ATP singles titles between 2007 and 2016. Karlović's height of 211 cm makes him one of the tallest professional tennis players in history.

James Blake (tennis) American tennis player

James Riley Blake is an American retired professional tennis player. Blake was known for his speed and powerful, flat forehand. During his career, Blake amassed 24 singles finals appearances, while his career-high singles ranking was World No. 4. Career highlights included reaching the final of the 2006 Tennis Masters Cup, the semifinals of the Beijing Olympics, the quarterfinals of the Australian Open (2008) and US Open, as well as two titles at the Hopman Cup and being the No. 1 ranked American singles player. Blake was a key performer for the United States 2007 Davis Cup championship team, going 2–0 in the championship tie vs. Russia at second singles.

Mischa Zverev German tennis player

Mikhail "Mischa" Alexandrovich Zverev is a German professional tennis player of Russian heritage. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25 on 24 July 2017.

Contents

Seeds

  1. Flag of Germany.svg Benjamin Becker (First Round)
  2. Flag of the United States.svg James Blake (Champion)
  3. Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Sweeting (withdrew because of food poisoning)
  4. Flag of the United States.svg Wayne Odesnik (First Round)
  5. Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Viola (Quarterfinals)
  6. Flag of Canada.svg Peter Polansky (First Round, retired because of a shoulder injury)
  7. Flag of the United States.svg Tim Smyczek (First Round)
  8. Flag of the United States.svg Denis Kudla (First Round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
WC Flag of the United States.svg Daniel Kosakowski 2 2  
  Flag of Germany.svg Mischa Zverev 66 
  Flag of Germany.svg Mischa Zverev 1 64
2/WC Flag of the United States.svg James Blake 61 6
  Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Reynolds 2 63 
2/WC Flag of the United States.svg James Blake 677 

Top Half

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Flag of Germany.svg B Becker 5 3  
WC Flag of the United States.svg D Kosakowski 76 WC Flag of the United States.svg D Kosakowski 4 776
Q Flag of the United States.svg P Simmonds 63 1   Flag of the United States.svg M McClune 6652
  Flag of the United States.svg M McClune 1 66WC Flag of the United States.svg D Kosakowski 66 
  Flag of Colombia.svg R Farah 66 5 Flag of Italy.svg M Viola 4 4  
  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg A Bogdanovic 1 2    Flag of Colombia.svg R Farah 3 0  
  Flag of Australia.svg S Groth 2 3  5 Flag of Italy.svg M Viola 66 
5 Flag of Italy.svg M Viola 66 WC Flag of the United States.svg D Kosakowski 2 2  
LL Flag of South Africa.svg F Wolmarans 4 4    Flag of Germany.svg M Zverev 66 
  Flag of Australia.svg M Reid 66   Flag of Australia.svg M Reid 4 3  
  Flag of the United States.svg T Sandgren 66   Flag of the United States.svg T Sandgren 66 
WC Flag of Denmark.svg F Nielsen 1 2    Flag of the United States.svg T Sandgren 2 4  
  Flag of Germany.svg M Zverev 2 66  Flag of Germany.svg M Zverev 66 
  Flag of Ukraine.svg S Bubka 62 3   Flag of Germany.svg M Zverev 776 
  Flag of South Africa.svg I van der Merwe 66   Flag of South Africa.svg I van der Merwe 653  
7 Flag of the United States.svg T Smyczek 3 2  

Bottom Half

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 Flag of Canada.svg P Polansky 6621r
  Flag of the United States.svg A El Mihdawy 3 774   Flag of the United States.svg A El Mihdawy 3 1  
  Flag of the United States.svg J Sock 6664   Flag of the United States.svg B Reynolds 66 
  Flag of the United States.svg B Reynolds 7877   Flag of the United States.svg B Reynolds 5 66
Q Flag of Slovenia.svg L Gregorc 64 63  Flag of Italy.svg L Vanni 72 3
  Flag of Italy.svg L Vanni 4 677  Flag of Italy.svg L Vanni 66 
  Flag of the United States.svg A Kuznetsov 66   Flag of the United States.svg A Kuznetsov 4 4  
4 Flag of the United States.svg W Odesnik 4 4    Flag of the United States.svg B Reynolds 2 63 
8 Flag of the United States.svg D Kudla 3 0  2/WC Flag of the United States.svg J Blake 677 
Q Flag of Australia.svg G Jones 66 Q Flag of Australia.svg G Jones 64 3
  Flag of Australia.svg J Millman 604  WC Flag of the United States.svg B Klahn 3 66
WC Flag of the United States.svg B Klahn 776 WC Flag of the United States.svg B Klahn 6564 
  Flag of the United States.svg R Williams 7634 2/WC Flag of the United States.svg J Blake 7777 
  Flag of South Africa.svg R de Voest 5 776  Flag of South Africa.svg R de Voest 4 4  
Q Flag of Japan.svg Taro Daniel 63 1 2/WC Flag of the United States.svg J Blake 66 
2/WC Flag of the United States.svg J Blake 4 66

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Andy Roddick was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to David Ferrer.

James Blake was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Fabrice Santoro.

Xavier Malisse was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Bobby Reynolds.

Ivo Karlović was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.

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Wayne Arthurs was the defending champion, but did not participate this year.

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Roger Federer was the defending champion, but he lost in the final against Novak Djokovic 4–6, 6–4, 2–6.

Peter Wessels was the defending champion but lost in the second round to James Blake.

John Millman was the defending champion, but did not participate.
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Roger Federer was the defending champion and retained the title, beating Kei Nishikori in the final, 6–1, 6–3. It was Federer's first title in almost ten months but was the first of three that Federer won in succession to end the season.

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Olivier Rochus was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals.
David Goffin won the title, defeating Mischa Zverev 6–2, 6–2 in the final.

James Blake was the defending champion.
Sam Querrey won the final after defeating Paolo Lorenzi 6–1, 6–7(3–7), 6–3 in the final.

Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins were the defending champions, but Hutchins did not participate this year because of illness. Fleming played alongside John Peers, but the team lost to James Blake and Jack Sock in the first round.
Blake and Sock went on to win the title, defeating Max Mirnyi and Horia Tecău in the final, 6–4, 6–4.

Andy Roddick was the defending champion, but he retired from professional tennis in September 2012. Feliciano López won the title beating in the final Gilles Simon, 7–6(7–2), 6–7(5–7), 6–0 for the third title of his career, first since 2010.

James Blake and Jack Sock were the defending champions, but Blake did not participate was due to his retirement from professional tennis. Sock played alongside Ryan Harrison, but lost to Bob and Mike Bryan in the semifinals.
The Bryan brothers went on to win the title, defeating František Čermák and Mikhail Elgin in the final, 6–2, 6–3.

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