The 2012 BNP Paribas Masters was a professional men's tennis tournament that was played on indoor hard courts. It was the 40th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It took place in Paris between 29 October and 4 November 2012. Fourth-seeded David Ferrer won the singles title.
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedRoger Federer 1 1Novak Djokovic 2 2Andy Murray 3 3David Ferrer 5 4Tomáš Berdych 6 5Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7 6Juan Martín del Potro 8 7Janko Tipsarević 9 8Juan Mónaco 10 9John Isner 11 10Nicolás Almagro 12 11Richard Gasquet 13 12Marin Čilić 14 13Milos Raonic 15 14Kei Nishikori 16 15Stanislas Wawrinka 17 16 Rankings are as of 22 October 2012
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Michaël Llodra Paul-Henri Mathieu Benoît Paire
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Roberto Bautista Agut Grigor Dimitrov Alejandro Falla Guillermo García López Jerzy Janowicz Igor Sijsling
The following players received entry as lucky loser: Victor Hănescu Daniel Gimeno Traver
Withdrawals Roger Federer (fatigue) → replaced by Victor Hănescu Mardy Fish (health issues) → replaced by Martin Kližan Tommy Haas → replaced by Albert Ramos Viñolas Rafael Nadal (left knee injury) → replaced by Thomaz Bellucci Andy Roddick (retired from tennis) → replaced by Daniel Gimeno Traver
Retirements Kei Nishikori (right ankle injury) Janko Tipsarević (illness) Fernando Verdasco (neck injury)
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedBob BryanMike Bryan21 Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor62 Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău153Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski264Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna275Jürgen Melzer Leander Paes286 Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer287 Alexander Peya Bruno Soares468 Rankings are as of 22 October 2012
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Julien Benneteau / Adrian Mannarino Josselin Ouanna / Nicolas Renavand The following pair received entry as alternates: Carlos Berlocq / Denis Istomin
Withdrawals Fernando Verdasco (neck injury)
Retirements Robert Lindstedt (neck injury)
Finals
Singles
David Ferrer defeated Jerzy Janowicz, 6–4, 6–3 It was Ferrer's first Masters 1000 title. It was also his seventh title of the year, and eighteenth of his career.
Doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi / Rohan Bopanna defeated Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi / Jean-Julien Rojer, 7–6(8–6), 6–3
References
External links Official website ATP tournament profile