2012 ATP World Tour Finals – Singles
# 2012 ATP World Tour Finals – Singles

Novak Djokovic defeated the two-time defending champion Roger Federer in the final, $7–6^{(8–6)},$ 7–5 to win the singles tennis title at the 2012 ATP World Tour Finals. It was his second Tour Finals title.

Janko Tipsarević made his debut as a direct qualifier, after playing two matches as an alternate in 2011.

## Seeds

* Novak Djokovic (champion)
* Roger Federer (final)
* Andy Murray (semifinals)
* David Ferrer (round robin)
* Tomáš Berdych (round robin)
* Juan Martín del Potro (semifinals)
* Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (round robin)
* Janko Tipsarević (round robin)

## Alternates

* Richard Gasquet (Did not play)
* Nicolás Almagro (Did not play)

## 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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Novak Djokovic | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 6 | Juan Martín del Potro | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| 6 | Juan Martín del Potro | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Novak Djokovic | $7^8$ | 7 |
| | | | | | 2 | Roger Federer | $6^6$ | 5 |
| 2 | Roger Federer | $7^7$ | 6 | | 2 | Roger Federer | $6^6$ | 5 |
| 3 | Andy Murray | $6^5$ | 2 | | | | | |

### Group A

| | | Djokovic | Murray | Berdych | Tsonga | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Novak Djokovic | | 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 | 6–2, $7–6^{(8–6)}$ | $7–6^{(7–4)},$ 6–3 | 3–0 | 6–1 (85.7%) | 43–31 (58.1%) | 1 |
| 3 | Andy Murray | 6–4, 3–6, 5–7 | | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 | 6–2, $7–6^{(7–3)}$ | 2–1 | 5–3 (62.5%) | 42–38 (52.5%) | 2 |
| 5 | Tomáš Berdych | 2–6, $6–7^{(6–8)}$ | 6–3, 3–6, 4–6 | | 7–5, 3–6, 6–1 | 1–2 | 3–5 (37.5%) | 37–40 (48.1%) | 3 |
| 7 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | $6–7^{(4–7)},$ 3–6 | 2–6, $6–7^{(3–7)}$ | 5–7, 6–3, 1–6 | | 0–3 | 1–6 (14.3%) | 29–42 (40.8%) | 4 |

Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won initially to sort out a superior/inferior player, then head-to-head records; 5. ATP rankings.

### Group B

| | | Federer | Ferrer | Del Potro | Tipsarević | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Roger Federer | | 6–4, $7–6^{(7–5)}$ | $6–7^{(3–7)},$ 6–4, 3–6 | 6–3, 6–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 (71.4%) | 40–31 (56.3%) | 1 |
| 4 | David Ferrer | 4–6, $6–7^{(5–7)}$ | | 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 | 4–6, 6–3, 6–1 | 2–1 | 4–4 (50.0%) | 41–36 (53.2%) | 3 |
| 6 | Juan Martín del Potro | $7–6^{(7–3)},$ 4–6, 6–3 | 3–6, 6–3, 4–6 | | 6–0, 6–4 | 2–1 | 5–3 (62.5%) | 42–34 (55.3%) | 2 |
| 8 | Janko Tipsarević | 3–6, 1–6 | 6–4, 3–6, 1–6 | 0–6, 4–6 | | 0–3 | 1–6 (14.3%) | 18–40 (31.0%) | 4 |

Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won initially to sort out a superior/inferior player, then head-to-head records; 5. ATP rankings.

