2012 Qatar Open – Singles

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Singles
2012 Qatar Open
Champion Flag of France.svg Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Runner-up Flag of France.svg Gaël Monfils
Final score7–5, 6–3
Details
Draw32 (4 Q / 3 WC )
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
  2011  · ATP Qatar Open ·  2013  

Roger Federer was the defending champion, but was forced to withdraw from the tournament before the semifinals because of a back injury. Following Federer's withdrawal, Stefan Edberg and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga played a one set exhibition match to make up the evening session.

Contents

Tsonga won the title beating Gaël Monfils in an all-French final, 7–5, 6–3.

Seeds

  1. Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal (semifinals)
  2. Flag of Switzerland.svg Roger Federer (semifinals, withdrew due to a back injury)
  3. Flag of France.svg Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (champion)
  4. Flag of France.svg Gaël Monfils (final)
  5. Flag of Serbia.svg Viktor Troicki (quarterfinals)
  6. Flag of Russia.svg Alex Bogomolov Jr. (second round, withdrew due to a right ankle injury)
  7. Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Youzhny (quarterfinals)
  8. Flag of Italy.svg Andreas Seppi (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1 Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal 3 4  
4 Flag of France.svg Gaël Monfils 66 
4 Flag of France.svg Gaël Monfils 5 3  
3 Flag of France.svg Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 76 
3 Flag of France.svg Jo-Wilfried Tsonga w/o 
2 Flag of Switzerland.svg Roger Federer  

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Flag of Spain.svg R Nadal 6626
  Flag of Germany.svg P Kohlschreiber 3 773 1 Flag of Spain.svg R Nadal 66 
Q Flag of Germany.svg D Gremelmayr 66 Q Flag of Germany.svg D Gremelmayr 2 2  
  Flag of Italy.svg P Starace 3 2  1 Flag of Spain.svg R Nadal 66 
  Flag of Ukraine.svg S Stakhovsky 772 637 Flag of Russia.svg M Youzhny 4 4  
  Flag of Croatia.svg I Karlović 61677  Flag of Croatia.svg I Karlović 2 773
  Flag of Latvia.svg E Gulbis 4 772 7 Flag of Russia.svg M Youzhny 6636
7 Flag of Russia.svg M Youzhny 66461 Flag of Spain.svg R Nadal 3 4  
4 Flag of France.svg G Monfils 76 4 Flag of France.svg G Monfils 66 
  Flag of Portugal.svg R Machado 5 3  4 Flag of France.svg G Monfils 74 7
PR Flag of Germany.svg B Becker 67 PR Flag of Germany.svg B Becker 5 65
  Flag of Russia.svg I Kunitsyn 4 5  4 Flag of France.svg G Monfils 66 
Q Flag of Spain.svg R Bautista-Agut 3 4  5 Flag of Serbia.svg V Troicki 2 3  
Q Flag of Germany.svg M Bachinger 66 Q Flag of Germany.svg M Bachinger 661  
  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg L Rosol 4 64 5 Flag of Serbia.svg V Troicki 786 
5 Flag of Serbia.svg V Troicki 677 

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 Flag of Russia.svg A Bogomolov Jr. 5 66
  Flag of Italy.svg F Volandri 74 2 6 Flag of Russia.svg A Bogomolov Jr.    
  Flag of Spain.svg A Ramos 76   Flag of Spain.svg A Ramos w/o  
  Flag of Russia.svg D Tursunov 5 2    Flag of Spain.svg A Ramos 2 1  
WC Flag of Qatar.svg J Al Mutawa 0 0  3 Flag of France.svg J-W Tsonga 66 
  Flag of Italy.svg F Cipolla 66   Flag of Italy.svg F Cipolla 683  
WC Flag of Tunisia.svg M Jaziri 65771 3 Flag of France.svg J-W Tsonga 7106 
3 Flag of France.svg J-W Tsonga 776563 Flag of France.svg J-W Tsonga w/o  
8 Flag of Italy.svg A Seppi 66 2 Flag of Switzerland.svg R Federer    
  Flag of Poland.svg Ł Kubot 2 3  8 Flag of Italy.svg A Seppi 76 
  Flag of Spain.svg P Andújar 2 63   Flag of Spain.svg G García-López 5 3  
  Flag of Spain.svg G García-López 62 68 Flag of Italy.svg A Seppi 3 74
WC Flag of Ukraine.svg S Bubka 61 1 2 Flag of Switzerland.svg R Federer 65 6
Q Flag of Slovenia.svg G Žemlja 4 66Q Flag of Slovenia.svg G Žemlja 2 3  
  Flag of Russia.svg N Davydenko 2 2  2 Flag of Switzerland.svg R Federer 66 
2 Flag of Switzerland.svg R Federer 66 

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Bachinger (qualified)
  2. Flag of Turkey.svg Marsel İlhan (second round)
  3. Flag of Slovakia.svg Lukáš Lacko (second round)
  4. Flag of Slovenia.svg Grega Žemlja (qualified)
  5. Flag of Slovakia.svg Martin Kližan (first round)
  6. Flag of Germany.svg Rainer Schüttler (qualifying competition)
  7. Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Andrey Golubev (qualifying competition)
  8. Flag of Germany.svg Björn Phau (second round)

Qualifiers

Draw

Key

First qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
1 Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Bachinger 773 6
  Flag of Austria.svg Martin Fischer 6263
1 Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Bachinger 61 6
  Flag of Slovenia.svg Aljaž Bedene 3 63
  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Yuri Schukin 64 1
  Flag of Slovenia.svg Aljaž Bedene 4 66
1 Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Bachinger 64 6
7 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Andrey Golubev 4 64
WC Flag of Kuwait.svg Mohammed Ghareeb 66 
WC Flag of Qatar.svg Abdulrahman Al Harib 0 2  
WC Flag of Kuwait.svg Mohammed Ghareeb 2 5  
7 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Andrey Golubev 67 
  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Yang Tsung-hua 64 3
7 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Andrey Golubev 1 66

Second qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
2 Flag of Turkey.svg Marsel İlhan 4 66
  Flag of Germany.svg Andre Begemann 62 3
2 Flag of Turkey.svg Marsel İlhan 1 64
  Flag of Germany.svg Denis Gremelmayr 63 6
  Flag of Switzerland.svg Marco Chiudinelli 632  
  Flag of Germany.svg Denis Gremelmayr 776 
  Flag of Germany.svg Denis Gremelmayr 76 
6 Flag of Germany.svg Rainer Schüttler 5 4  
  Flag of Romania.svg Marius Copil 5 4  
  Flag of Croatia.svg Antonio Veić 76 
  Flag of Croatia.svg Antonio Veić 3 64 
6 Flag of Germany.svg Rainer Schüttler 677 
  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Maxime Authom 6564
6 Flag of Germany.svg Rainer Schüttler 772 6

Third qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
3 Flag of Slovakia.svg Lukáš Lacko 776 
  Flag of Germany.svg Mischa Zverev 613  
3 Flag of Slovakia.svg Lukáš Lacko 5 5  
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg Igor Sijsling 77 
  Flag of Ukraine.svg Illya Marchenko 0 4  
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg Igor Sijsling 66 
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg Igor Sijsling 3 4  
  Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Bautista-Agut 66 
  Flag of Germany.svg Peter Torebko 4 3  
  Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Bautista-Agut 66 
  Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Bautista-Agut 67 
8 Flag of Germany.svg Björn Phau 1 5  
  Flag of Germany.svg Dustin Brown 4 60
8 Flag of Germany.svg Björn Phau 64 6

Fourth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
4 Flag of Slovenia.svg Grega Žemlja 776 
  Flag of Russia.svg Konstantin Kravchuk 614  
4 Flag of Slovenia.svg Grega Žemlja 67 
  Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Meffert 3 5  
WC Flag of Kuwait.svg Abdullah Maqdas 1 64 
  Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Meffert 677 
4 Flag of Slovenia.svg Grega Žemlja 66 
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jesse Huta Galung 2 1  
WC Flag of Qatar.svg Mousa Sayed 0 0  
  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Ward 66 
  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Ward 673  
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jesse Huta Galung 796 
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jesse Huta Galung 66 
5 Flag of Slovakia.svg Martin Kližan 2 3  

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