2012 BNP Paribas Masters

{{for|the tournament held at Indian Wells earlier in the year|2012 BNP Paribas Open}}

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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 [[Paris Masters|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=== {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |- |<s>{{flag|SUI}}</s> |<s>[[Roger Federer]]</s> |<s> 1</s> |<s> 1</s> |- |{{flag|SRB}} |[[Novak Djokovic]] | 2 | 2 |- |{{flag|GBR}} |[[Andy Murray]] | 3 | 3 |- |{{flag|ESP}} |[[David Ferrer]] | 5 | 4 |- |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Tomáš Berdych]] | 6 | 5 |- |{{flag|FRA}} |[[Jo-Wilfried Tsonga]] | 7 | 6 |- |{{flag|ARG}} |[[Juan Martín del Potro]] | 8 | 7 |- |{{flag|SRB}} |[[Janko Tipsarević]] | 9 | 8 |- |{{flag|ARG}} |[[Juan Mónaco]] | 10 | 9 |- |{{flagu|USA}} |[[John Isner]] | 11 | 10 |- |{{flag|ESP}} |[[Nicolás Almagro]] | 12 | 11 |- |{{flag|FRA}} |[[Richard Gasquet]] | 13 | 12 |- |{{flag|CRO}} |[[Marin Čilić]] | 14 | 13 |- |{{flag|CAN}} |[[Milos Raonic]] | 15 | 14 |- |{{flag|JPN}} |[[Kei Nishikori]] | 16 | 15 |- |{{flag|SUI}} |[[Stanislas Wawrinka]] | 17 | 16 |} * Rankings are as of 22 October 2012

===Other entrants=== The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Michaël Llodra]] * {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Paul-Henri Mathieu]] * {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Benoît Paire]]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Roberto Bautista Agut]] * {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Grigor Dimitrov]] * {{flagicon|COL}} [[Alejandro Falla]] * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Guillermo García López]] * {{flagicon|POL}} [[Jerzy Janowicz]] * {{flagicon|NED}} [[Igor Sijsling]]

The following players received entry as lucky loser: * {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Victor Hănescu]] * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Daniel Gimeno Traver]]

===Withdrawals=== * {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Roger Federer]] (fatigue) → replaced by {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Victor Hănescu]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mardy Fish]] (health issues) → replaced by {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Martin Kližan]] * {{flagicon|GER}} [[Tommy Haas]] → replaced by {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Albert Ramos Viñolas]] * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Rafael Nadal]] (left knee injury) → replaced by {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Thomaz Bellucci]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Andy Roddick]] (retired from tennis) → replaced by {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Daniel Gimeno Traver]]

===Retirements=== * {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kei Nishikori]] (right ankle injury) * {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Janko Tipsarević]] (illness) * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Fernando Verdasco]] (neck injury)

==Doubles main-draw entrants==

===Seeds=== {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |- |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Bob Bryan]] |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Mike Bryan]] |2 |1 |- |{{flag|BLR}} |[[Max Mirnyi]] |{{flag|CAN}} |[[Daniel Nestor]] |6 |2 |- |{{flag|SWE}} |[[Robert Lindstedt]] |{{flag|ROU}} |[[Horia Tecău]] |15 |3 |- |{{flag|POL}} |[[Mariusz Fyrstenberg]] |{{flag|POL}} |[[Marcin Matkowski]] |26 |4 |- |{{flag|IND}} |[[Mahesh Bhupathi]] |{{flag|IND}} |[[Rohan Bopanna]] |27 |5 |- |{{flag|AUT}} |[[Jürgen Melzer]] |{{flag|IND}} |[[Leander Paes]] |28 |6 |- |{{flag|PAK}} |[[Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi]] |{{flag|NED}} |[[Jean-Julien Rojer]] |28 |7 |- |{{flag|AUT}} |[[Alexander Peya]] |{{flag|BRA}} |[[Bruno Soares]] |46 |8 |} * Rankings are as of 22 October 2012

===Other entrants=== The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Julien Benneteau]] / {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Adrian Mannarino]] * {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Josselin Ouanna]] / {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nicolas Renavand]] The following pair received entry as alternates: * {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Carlos Berlocq]] / {{flagicon|UZB}} [[Denis Istomin]]

===Withdrawals=== * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Fernando Verdasco]] (neck injury)

===Retirements=== * {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Robert Lindstedt]] (neck injury)

==Finals==

===Singles=== {{main|2012 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles}} *{{flagicon|ESP}} [[David Ferrer]] defeated {{flagicon|POL}} [[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=== {{main|2012 BNP Paribas Masters – Doubles}} *{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahesh Bhupathi]] / {{flagicon|IND}} [[Rohan Bopanna]] defeated {{flagicon|PAK}} [[Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi]] / {{flagicon|NED}} [[Jean-Julien Rojer]], 7–6(8–6), 6–3

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [https://www.rolexparismasters.com/uk Official website] * [https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/paris/352/overview ATP tournament profile]

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