2012 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
# 2012 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters

The 2012 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters was a men's tennis tournament for male professional players, played from 16 April through 22 April 2012, on outdoor clay courts. It was the 106th edition of the annual Monte Carlo Masters tournament, which was sponsored by Rolex for the fourth time. It took place at the Monte Carlo Country Club in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, near Monte Carlo, Monaco. Second-seeded Rafael Nadal won the singles title.

## Points and prize money

### Points

Because the Monte Carlo Masters is the non-mandatory Masters 1000 event, special rules regarding points distribution are in place. The Monte Carlo Masters counts as one of a player's 500 level tournaments, while distributing Masters 1000 points.

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | 1000 | 600 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 0 |
| Doubles | 1000 | 600 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 0 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Stage | Men's singles | Men's doubles |
| - | - | - |
| Champion | €460,260 | €142,500 |
| Runner up | €225,680 | €69,780 |
| Semifinals | €113,580 | €35,000 |
| Quarterfinals | €57,775 | €17,970 |
| Round of 16 | €30,000 | €9,290 |
| Round of 32 | €15,810 | €4,900 |
| Round of 64 | €8,535 | – |
| Qualifying final round | €1,965 | – |
| Qualifying first round | €1,000 | – |

## Singles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| SRB | Novak Djokovic | 1 | 1 |
| ESP | Rafael Nadal | 2 | 2 |
| GBR | Andy Murray | 4 | 3 |
| FRA | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 5 | 4 |
| ESP | David Ferrer | 6 | 5 |
| CZE | Tomáš Berdych | 7 | 6 |
| SRB | Janko Tipsarević | 8 | 7 |
| ESP | Nicolás Almagro | 12 | 8 |
| FRA | Gilles Simon | 13 | 9 |
| ESP | Feliciano López | 15 | 10 |
| ARG | Juan Mónaco | 16 | 11 |
| JPN | Kei Nishikori | 18 | 12 |
| ESP | Fernando Verdasco | 19 | 13 |
| GER | Florian Mayer | 20 | 14 |
| AUT | Jürgen Melzer | 21 | 15 |
| UKR | Alexandr Dolgopolov | 22 | 16 |

* Rankings and seedings are as of April 9, 2012

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

* Benjamin Balleret
* Jean-René Lisnard
* Paul-Henri Mathieu
* Potito Starace

The following players received entry via qualifying:

* Simone Bolelli
* Federico Delbonis
* Alessandro Giannessi
* Frederico Gil
* Victor Hănescu
* Mikhail Kukushkin
* Guillaume Rufin

### Withdrawals

* Richard Gasquet (shoulder injury)
* John Isner
* Gaël Monfils (side strain)

### Retirements

* Julien Benneteau (right ankle injury)
* Carlos Berlocq (left calf injury)
* Juan Mónaco (right ankle injury)

## Doubles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| USA | Bob Bryan | USA | Mike Bryan | 2 | 1 |
| BLR | Max Mirnyi | CAN | Daniel Nestor | 6 | 2 |
| FRA | Michaël Llodra | SRB | Nenad Zimonjić | 11 | 3 |
| POL | Mariusz Fyrstenberg | POL | Marcin Matkowski | 18 | 4 |
| IND | Leander Paes | CZE | Radek Štěpánek | 21 | 5 |
| IND | Mahesh Bhupathi | IND | Rohan Bopanna | 23 | 6 |
| SWE | Robert Lindstedt | ROU | Horia Tecău | 23 | 7 |
| CZE | František Čermák | SVK | Filip Polášek | 42 | 8 |

* Rankings are as of April 9, 2012

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini
* Arnaud Clément / Jean-René Lisnard

The following pairs received entry as alternates:

* Marin Čilić / Marcelo Melo
* Édouard Roger-Vasselin / Gilles Simon

### Withdrawals

* Colin Fleming
* Juan Mónaco (right ankle injury)

## Finals

### Singles

* Rafael Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic, 6–3, 6–1
* It was Nadal's first title of the year and the 47th of his career.

### Doubles

Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor, 6–2, 6–3

