2012 BNP Paribas Open – Men's Singles

Men's Singles
	2012 BNP Paribas Open
Champion	Roger Federer
Runner-up	John Isner
Final score	7–6(9–7), 6–3

The 2012 BNP Paribas Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Indian Wells Tennis Garden, Indian Wells, California, United States from March 5 through March 18, 2012. It was the 39th edition of the BNP Paribas Open, also known as the Indian Wells Masters, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2012 ATP World Tour. The men's singles draw consisted of 96 players in a 128-player grid that included 32 seeded players. All 32 seeded players received a bye into the second round.

Novak Djokovic was the defending champion having won the event in 2011 but lost 6–7^(7–9), 6–3, 6–7^(5–7) to 11th seeded John Isner in the semifinals. Isner's victory over Djokovic meant that he reached his first Masters 1000 final. Roger Federer won a record fourth title at Indian Wells by defeating arch-rival Rafael Nadal 6–3, 6–4 in the semifinals and John Isner 7–6^(9–7), 6–3 in the final.

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

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

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

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

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