The 2012 ATP World Tour Finals (also known as the 2012 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis year-end tournament that was played at the O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom, between 5 and 12 November 2012.
Champions
Singles
Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer, 7–6(8–6), 7–5 It was Djokovic's 6th title of the year and 34th of his career. It was his 2nd win at the event, winning in 2008.
Doubles
Marcel Granollers / Marc López defeated Mahesh Bhupathi / Rohan Bopanna, 7–5, 3–6, [10–3]
Tournament
The 2012 ATP World Tour Finals took place from 5 to 12 November at the O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom. It was the 43rd edition of the tournament (38th in doubles). The tournament was run by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and was part of the 2012 ATP World Tour. The event took place on indoor hard courts. It served as the season-ending championships for players on the ATP Tour. The eight players who qualified for the event were split into two groups of four. During this stage, players competed in a round-robin format (meaning players played against all the other players in their group). The two players with the best results in each group progressed to the semifinals, where the winners of a group faced the runners-up of the other group. This stage, however, was a knock-out stage. The doubles competition used the same format.
Format
The Barclays ATP World Tour Finals had a round-robin format, with eight players/teams divided into two groups of four. The eight seeds were determined by the ATP rankings and ATP Doubles Team Rankings on the Monday after the last ATP World Tour tournament of the calendar year. All singles matches were the best of three tie-break sets, including the final. All doubles matches were two sets (no ad) and a Match Tie-break.
Draw
The top seeded players/teams were placed in Group A and the second seeded player/team were placed in Group B. Players/teams seeded 3 and 4, 5 and 6, 7 and 8, were then drawn in pairs with the first drawn placed in Group A. Each player/team played the three other players/teams in his group. The winner of each group (best overall record) was placed in separate semi-final brackets, with the top player/team in Group A playing the runner-up in Group B, and vice versa. If two or more players/teams were tied after the round robin matches, the ties were broken by the Tie-Break Procedure.
Points and prize money StageSinglesDoubles1PointsChampionRR + $1,240,000RR +$190,000RR + 900Runner-upRR + $410,000RR +$65,000RR + 400Round robin win per match$130,000$25,000200Participation fee$130,0002$65,0003–Alternates$75,000$25,000– RR is points or prize money won in the round robin stage. 1 Prize money for doubles is per team. 2 Pro-rated on a per-match basis: $75,000 = 1 match, $100,000 = 2 matches, $130,000 = 3 matches 3 3 Pro-rated on a per-match basis: $30,000 = 1 match, $50,000 = 2 matches, $65,000 = 3 matches
Qualification The top eight players (or teams) with the most countable points accumulated in Grand Slam, ATP World Tour, and Davis Cup tournaments during the year qualify for the 2012 ATP World Tour Finals. Countable points include points earned in 2012, plus points earned at the 2011 Davis Cup final and the late-season 2011 Challengers played after the 2011 ATP World Tour Finals. To qualify, a player who finished in the 2011 year-end top 30 must compete in four Grand Slam tournaments and eight ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments during 2012. They can count their best six results from ATP World Tour 500, ATP World Tour 250 and other events (Challengers, Futures, Davis Cup, Olympics) toward their ranking. To count their best six, players must have fulfilled their commitment to 500 events – 4 total per year (at least 1 after the US Open). Additionally, commitment players will no longer need to enter the 500 events 12 weeks in advance but instead go back the normal 6-week entry deadline. If eligible to play in one of the Grand Slam or ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments, a player must count the points from these tournaments, even if it is 'a zero pointer' because he missed the event. Just as in Formula One and numerous other sports, if a competitor misses a race or an event, he loses his chance to earn points. Players with direct acceptance who do not play an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament will be suspended from a subsequent ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event, which will be the next highest points earned ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event within the next 12 months. If an injured player is on site within the first three days of a tournament to conduct promotional activities over a two-day period, a suspension will not be enforced but a 0-pointer will be counted on a player's ranking. If a player does not play enough ATP 500 events and does not have an ATP 250 or Challenger appearance with a better result, the Davis Cup is counted in the 500s table (if the player entered or achieved better results). If a player does not play enough ATP 250 or Challenger events, the World Team Championship is counted in the 250s table (if the player entered or achieved better results). If a player could not be present in all required tournament classes (i.e. because of an injury), all uncounted ATP 250 or Challenger results are eligible to be included in his 18 valid tournaments. In teams rankings, Challenger points are excluded.
A player who is out of competition for 30 or more days, due to a verified injury, is not penalized. The 2012 ATP World Tour Finals counts as an additional 19th tournament in the ranking of its eight qualifiers at season's end, while the Davis Cup Final points count towards the next year's race.
Contenders points breakdown
Singles Players in gold were the qualifiers. Player in bold won the title at the finals. Players in whose seed is – withdrew before the tournament.
Seed Rank Athlete Grand Slam ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Best Other Total points Tours AO FO W USO IW MI MA RO CA CI SH PA123456 1 1 Novak Djokovic* W2,000 F1,200 SF720 F1,200 SF360 W1,000 QF180 F600 W1,000 F600W1,000 R3210F600W500SF270 SF180-011,42017 2 2 Roger Federer* SF720 SF720 W2,000 QF360 W1,000 R3245W1,000 SF360 A0W1,000 SF360 A0W500W500 S450F300F150-09,46520 3 3 Andy Murray* SF720 QF360 F1,200W2,000 R6410 F600 A0 R1690 R1690 R1690F600 R1690G750F300W250QF180SF180QF907,60019 – 4 Rafael Nadal* F1,200 W2,000 R6445 A0 SF360 SF360 R1690 W1,000 A0 A0 A0 A0 W1,000 W500 DC150 SF90 -0 -06,79511 4 5 David Ferrer* QF360 SF720 QF360 SF720 R3245 QF180 QF180 SF360 A0 R3210 A0 W1000W500W500F300 DC295W250W2506,03023 5 6 Tomáš Berdych* QF360 R16180 R12810SF720 R1690 R3245 F600 QF180 R1690 R1690 SF360 QF180SF360 DC310W250W250SF180F1504,40523 6 7 QF360 QF360 R16180 QF360 QF180 R1690 SF360 R1690 R3210 SF360 A0 R1690W500B340F300W250W250-04,08022 7 8 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga*R16180 QF360 SF720 R6445 R1690 QF180 R1690 QF180 R3210 A0 QF180 QF180F300W250W250QF180 DC145F1503,49025 8 9 Janko Tipsarević* R3290 R16180 R3290 QF360 R3245 QF180 SF360 R3210 SF360 R3210 R1690 QF180W250 WTC250F150F150 DC145QF902,99027
Doubles RankTeamPoints Total PointsTours1234567891011121314151617181 Bob Bryan Mike Bryan W2,000 F1,200 F1,200 W1,000 W1,000 SF720 W500 SF360 SF360 W250 W250 QF180 QF180 F150 QF90 QF45 R160 R1609,485222 Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor W2,000 SF720 F600 F600 W500 SF360 SF360 W250 W250 SF180 QF180 QF180 QF180 QF180 R1690 QF45 R160 R6406,675203 Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek W2,000 F1,200 W1,000 W1,000 F300 QF180 QF180 QF180 R16180 QF45 R160 R160 6,265124 Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău F1,200 W1,000 SF720 F600 SF360 SF360 F300 W250 W250 W250 R16180 R3290 SF90 QF90 QF90 R1690 QF45 R1605,965235Mahesh BhupathiRohan Bopanna W1,000 W500 F600 F600 SF360 SF360 SF360 R16180 SF90 R3290 QF90 SF90 QF90 QF45 R160 R320 R160 R6404,455226 Marcel Granollers Marc López W1,000 SF720 F600 SF360 F300 F300 W250 SF180 QF180 QF180 F150 QF90 DC50 R640 R160 4,270187 Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer SF720 SF720 F600 W250 W250 QF180 QF180 QF180 R16180 QF180 R16180 QF90 R1690 QF90 SF90 SF90 QF45 R3204,1152311 Jonathan Marray Frederik Nielsen W2,000 QF90 R3290 R320 2,1805
Qualified players
Singles #PlayersPointsToursDate Qualified111,420179 July29,465209 July37,60019inj.6,795199 July46,0302415 October54,4052322 October64,0802225 October73,490251 November82,990271 November
On 7 July, the first three qualifiers were announced during the Wimbledon tournament, they were Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, and Rafael Nadal.
Roger Federer began his season at the Qatar Open as the defending champion but withdrew before his semifinal match. At the Australian Open he lost to Rafael Nadal in the semifinals. He then went on to win 16 matches in a row, beginning with the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament defeating Juan Martín del Potro in the final, and then back-to-back titles in Dubai Tennis Championships over Andy Murray and BNP Paribas Open over John Isner. His streak ended in the third round of the Sony Ericsson Open losing to Andy Roddick. He bounced back at the Mutua Madrid Open, winning the title over Tomáš Berdych. He then lost in the semifinals of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia and French Open to Novak Djokovic. In the grass season, he reached three finals, first at the Gerry Weber Open losing to Tommy Haas . He then won his 17th Slam at the Wimbledon defeating Murray in the final. In the Olympics, he scored his first singles medal, winning the silver, losing in the final to Murray. He then won his 6th title of the year at Western & Southern Open over Djokovic, not dropping a set or his serve during the entire tournament. In the final Slam of the year, at the US Open he fell in the quarter-finals for the first time in the tournament to Berdych. He then played the Swiss Indoors Basel as the defending champion but lost to Juan Martín del Potro in the final. Federer has qualified for his 11th Year-End Championship and is the defending champion.
Novak Djokovic began the year by defending his Australian Open title after back-to-back five set wins over Andy Murray in the semifinal and Rafael Nadal in the final in 5 hours and 53 minutes, the longest Grand Slam singles final in the history of professional tennis. Djokovic then won his second title of the year at the Sony Ericsson Open without dropping and set and defeating Andy Murray in the final. In the European Clay season, he was able to reach 3 finals, losing each time to Nadal. He lost in the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, in the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, and in his first French Open final. At Wimbledon as the defending champion, he fell in the semifinals to Roger Federer . At the Olympics, the Serbian failed the medal after losing in the Bronze medal match to Juan Martín del Potro. In the US Open Series, he reached three consecutive finals. He first won in the Rogers Cup defeating Richard Gasquet in the final. He then lost to Federer in the final of the Western & Southern Open. In the US Open as the defending champion, he lost to Murray in the final after coming back from two sets down. He is the only one to reach at least the semifinals of each Slam of the year. At the Asian swing he made a sweep winning the China Open over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and the Shanghai Rolex Masters over Andy Murray, saving 5 match points in the second set. He has qualified for his sixth Year-End Championship.