2012 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Singles

Andy Murray was the defending champion, but lost to Milos Raonic in the semifinals.
Eighth-seeded Kei Nishikori won the title beating Milos Raonic in the final 7–6^(7–5), 3–6, 6–0, and in doing so became the first home grown winner of the title since Toshiro Sakai in 1972.

Singles
2012 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
Champion	Kei Nishikori
Runner-up	Milos Raonic
Final score	7–6^(7–5), 3–6, 6–0
Draw	32 (4Q / 3WC)
Seeds	8

Seeds

1. Andy Murray (Semifinals)
2. Tomáš Berdych (Quarterfinals)
3. Janko Tipsarević (Quarterfinals)
4. Juan Mónaco (Second round)
5. Nicolás Almagro (First round)
6. Milos Raonic (Final)
7. Stanislas Wawrinka (Quarterfinals)
8. Kei Nishikori (Champion)

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	Andy Murray	3	7^7	6^4
	6	Milos Raonic	6	6^5	7^7
								6	Milos Raonic	6^5	6	0
								8	Kei Nishikori	7^7	3	6
		Marcos Baghdatis	2	2
	8	Kei Nishikori	6	6

Top Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	A Murray	7^9	6
	LL	I Karlović	6^7	4				1	A Murray	6	6
		A Ramos	0	2					L Lacko	1	2
		L Lacko	6	6											1	A Murray	6	3	6
		J Chardy	6	7											7	S Wawrinka	2	6	2
	WC	Y Sugita	1	5					J Chardy	6^1	7^8	5
	WC	H Moriya	5	6	4			7	S Wawrinka	7^7	6^6	7
	7	S Wawrinka	7	4	6																	1	A Murray	3	7^7	6^4
	3	J Tipsarević	4	6	6																	6	M Raonic	6	6^5	7^7
		G Simon	6	3	1			3	J Tipsarević	6	6
		M Kližan	6^3	2				Q	M Chiudinelli	4	2
	Q	M Chiudinelli	7^7	6											3	J Tipsarević	7^7	2	6^7
		V Troicki	6	6											6	M Raonic	6^5	6	7^9
		R Haase	2	3					V Troicki	0^r
		R Štěpánek	4	4				6	M Raonic	3
	6	M Raonic	6	6

Bottom Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	N Almagro	6^4	6^5
	WC	T Ito	7^7	7^7				WC	T Ito	5	3
	Q	D Tursunov	6	7				Q	D Tursunov	7	6
		B Tomic	4	5											Q	D Tursunov	2	4
	Q	S Stakhovsky	6^3	5												M Baghdatis	6	6
		M Baghdatis	7^7	7					M Baghdatis	7	1	6
	Q	G Dimitrov	2	1				4	J Mónaco	5	6	3
	4	J Mónaco	6	6																			M Baghdatis	2	2
	8	K Nishikori	4	6	6																	8	K Nishikori	6	6
		G Soeda	6	2	3			8	K Nishikori	5	6	6
		J Nieminen	2	4				PR	T Robredo	7	1	0
	PR	T Robredo	6	6											8	K Nishikori	7	6
		T Bellucci	5	2											2	T Berdych	5	4
		A Falla	7	6					A Falla	3	5
		B Paire	1	6^6				2	T Berdych	6	7
	2	T Berdych	6	7^8

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Grigor Dimitrov (Qualified)
2. Ivo Karlović (Qualifying competition, Lucky Loser)
3. Sergiy Stakhovsky (Qualified)
4. Dmitry Tursunov (Qualified)
5. Philipp Petzschner (Qualifying competition)
6. Vasek Pospisil (Qualifying competition)
7. Marco Chiudinelli (Qualified)
8. Dušan Lajović (Qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

1. Grigor Dimitrov
2. Marco Chiudinelli
3. Sergiy Stakhovsky
4. Dmitry Tursunov

Lucky Loser

1. Ivo Karlović

First Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	1	Grigor Dimitrov	7	6
		Hiroki Kondo	5	4
								1	Grigor Dimitrov	6	6^5	6
								6	Vasek Pospisil	4	7^7	2
		Riccardo Ghedin	6^3	4
	6	Vasek Pospisil	7^7	6

Second Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	2	Ivo Karlović	6	6
		Yasutaka Uchiyama	4	2
								2	Ivo Karlović	3	7^8	6^5
								7	Marco Chiudinelli	6	6^6	7^7
	WC	Hiroyasu Ehara	4	3
	7	Marco Chiudinelli	6	6

Third Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	3	Sergiy Stakhovsky	4	7^7	7
		Toshihide Matsui	6	6^4	5
								3	Sergiy Stakhovsky	4	7	6
								8	Dušan Lajović	6	5	0
	WC	Shuichi Sekiguchi	1	5
	8	Dušan Lajović	6	7

Fourth Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	4	Dmitry Tursunov	6	7^8
	WC	Kaichi Uchida	4	6^6
								4	Dmitry Tursunov	6	6
								5	Philipp Petzschner	1	4
		Kento Takeuchi	7^7	4	3
	5	Philipp Petzschner	6^4	6	6

References

• Main Draw
• Qualifying Draw