2012 Mubadala World Tennis Championship
# 2012 Mubadala World Tennis Championship

The 2012 Mubadala World Tennis Championship in December is a non-ATP affiliated exhibition tournament. The world's top players competed in the event, which was held in a knockout format. The prize money for the winner was $250,000. The event was held at the Abu Dhabi International Tennis Complex at the Zayed Sports City in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It was a warm-up event for the 2013 tennis season, with the ATP World Tour beginning on December 31, 2012.

## Seeds

* Novak Djokovic (champion)
* Rafael Nadal (withdrew)
* Andy Murray (quarterfinals)
* David Ferrer (semifinals, Third)
* Tomáš Berdych (quarterfinals)
* Janko Tipsarević (semifinals, Fourth)

## 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
* SR = Special ranking

### Draw

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Novak Djokovic | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | bye | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | bye | | | 1 | Novak Djokovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | | 4 | David Ferrer | 0 | 3 | | | | | | |
| 4 | David Ferrer | 6 | 6 | 4 | David Ferrer | 0 | 3 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Tomáš Berdych | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Tomáš Berdych | 2 | 4 | | | | | | 1 | Novak Djokovic | $6^4$ | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | Alt | Nicolás Almagro | $7^7$ | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Janko Tipsarević | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | Alt | Nicolás Almagro | $7^7$ | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Andy Murray | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| 3 | Andy Murray | 3 | 4 | Alt | Nicolás Almagro | 2 | $7^7$ | 6 | Third Place Match | Third Place Match | Third Place Match | Third Place Match | Third Place Match |
| | | | | 6 | Janko Tipsarević | 6 | $6^3$ | 2 |
| | bye | | | 6 | Janko Tipsarević | 6 | $6^3$ | 2 | 4 | David Ferrer | $7^7$ | 6 | |
| Alt | Nicolás Almagro | | | | | | | | 6 | Janko Tipsarević | $6^4$ | 2 | |
