2012 China Open – Men's Singles

Tomáš Berdych was the defending champion, but chose to compete in the 2012 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships instead. Novak Djokovic beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7–6^(7–4), 6–2 in the final to win a third China Open title and improve to a 14–0 record.

Men's Singles
2012 China Open
Champion	Novak Djokovic
Runner-up	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Final score	7–6^(7–4), 6–2

Seeds

1. Novak Djokovic (Champion)
2. David Ferrer (First round, retired because of a stomach virus)
3. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Final)
4. Marin Čilić (First round)
5. Richard Gasquet (Second round)
6. Alexandr Dolgopolov (Second round)
7. Tommy Haas (First round)
8. Fernando Verdasco (First round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior Exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Novak Djokovic	6	6
		Florian Mayer	1	4
								1	Novak Djokovic	7^7	6
								3	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6^4	2
	3	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6	4
		Feliciano López	1	1^r

Top Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	N Djokovic	6	6^3	6
	Q	M Berrer	1	7^7	2			1	N Djokovic	6	6
		M Matosevic	6	2	3				C Berlocq	1	3
		C Berlocq	3	6	6										1	N Djokovic	6	6
		J Melzer	6	4	7^7											J Melzer	1	2
		P Andújar	1	6	6^3				J Melzer	7^11	2	6
		G García-López	0	4				6	A Dolgopolov	6^9	6	1
	6	A Dolgopolov	6	6																		1	N Djokovic	6	6
	4	M Čilić	6	6^0	4																		F Mayer	1	4
	WC	M Copil	3	7^7	6			WC	M Copil	6	3	2
		F Mayer	6	6					F Mayer	3	6	6
		F Fognini	1	2												F Mayer	6	6
	WC	Z Zhang	6	6											WC	Z Zhang	3	4
	WC	D Wu	4	1				WC	Z Zhang	6	3	6
	Q	M Ebden	2	4				5	R Gasquet	4	6	4
	5	R Gasquet	6	6

Bottom Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	7	T Haas	4	6	2
		M Youzhny	6	4	6				M Youzhny	6	6
	Q	B Baker	7	3	1				K Anderson	3	3
		K Anderson	5	6	6											M Youzhny	3	2
		N Davydenko	7	6											3	J-W Tsonga	6	6
	Q	A Bogomolov, Jr.	5	1					N Davydenko
		D Istomin	6	1	6^3			3	J-W Tsonga	w/o
	3	J-W Tsonga	4	6	7^7																	3	J-W Tsonga	6	4
	8	F Verdasco	7	3	4																		F López	1	1^r
		S Querrey	5	6	6				S Querrey	6	6
		J Benneteau	1	0^r					A Seppi	1	4
		A Seppi	6	2												S Querrey	6	4	4
		R Harrison	6^3	7	2											F López	4	6	6
		F López	7^7	5	6				F López	6	7^9
		Y-h Lu	5						Y-h Lu	3	6^7
	2	D Ferrer	4^r

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Brian Baker (Qualified)
2. Matthew Ebden (Qualified)
3. Łukasz Kubot (First round)
4. Grega Žemlja (Qualifying competition)
5. Alex Bogomolov, Jr. (Qualified)
6. Michael Berrer (Qualified)
7. Donald Young (Qualifying competition)
8. Jimmy Wang (First round)

Qualifiers

1. Brian Baker
2. Matthew Ebden
3. Michael Berrer
4. Alex Bogomolov, Jr.

First Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	1	Brian Baker	6	6
		Gianluca Naso	4	4
								1	Brian Baker	6	6
								7	Donald Young	3	1
		Yuki Bhambri	3	2
	7	Donald Young	6	6

Second Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	2	Matthew Ebden	6	7^7
	WC	Chang Yu	3	6^5
								2	Matthew Ebden	6	6
									Jan Mertl	2	4
		Jan Mertl	6	6
	8	Jimmy Wang	2	3

Third Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	3	Łukasz Kubot	2	4
		Marsel İlhan	6	6
									Marsel İlhan	3	0
								6	Michael Berrer	6	6
	WC	Yang Tsung-hua	2	3
	6	Michael Berrer	6	6

Fourth Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	4	Grega Žemlja	6	3	7^7
		Jan Hernych	4	6	6^5
								4	Grega Žemlja	3	4
								5	Alex Bogomolov, Jr.	6	6
	WC	Wang Chuhan	0	2
	5	Alex Bogomolov, Jr.	6	6

References

• Main Draw
• Qualifying Draw