Men's tennis circuit
The2012 ATP World Tour is the global elite professionaltennis circuit organized by theAssociation of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2012 tennis season. The 2012 ATP World Tour calendar comprises theGrand Slam tournaments (supervised by theInternational Tennis Federation (ITF)), theATP World Tour Masters 1000 , theATP World Tour 500 series , theATP World Tour 250 series , theATP World Team Championship , theDavis Cup (organized by the ITF), theATP World Tour Finals , and thetennis event at theLondon Summer Olympic Games . Also included in the 2012 calendar is theHopman Cup , which is organized by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points.[ 1] [ 2]
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2012 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.[ 3]
Key Grand Slam ATP World Tour Finals Olympic Games ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP World Tour 500 ATP World Tour 250 Team Events
Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 2 Jan Hyundai Hopman Cup Perth , Australia ITF Mixed Team Championships Hard (i) – A$1,000,000 – 8 teams (RR) Czech Republic 2–0 France Round Robin (Group A)
Bulgaria Denmark United States Round Robin (Group B)
Spain Australia China Brisbane International Brisbane , Australia ATP World Tour 250 Hard – $434,250 – 32S/16DSingles –Doubles Andy Murray 6–1, 6–3Alexandr Dolgopolov Bernard Tomic Gilles Simon Marcos Baghdatis Denis Istomin Radek Štěpánek Santiago Giraldo Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor 6–1, 6–2Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner Aircel Chennai Open Chennai , India ATP World Tour 250 Hard – $398,250 – 28S/16DSingles –Doubles Milos Raonic 6–7(4–7) , 7–6(7–4) , 7–6(7–4) Janko Tipsarević Go Soeda Nicolás Almagro David Goffin Stanislas Wawrinka Dudi Sela Yūichi Sugita Leander Paes Janko Tipsarević 6–4, 6–4Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram Qatar ExxonMobil Open Doha ,Qatar ATP World Tour 250 Hard – $1,024,000 – 32S/16DSingles –Doubles Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7–5, 6–3Gaël Monfils Rafael Nadal Roger Federer Mikhail Youzhny Viktor Troicki Albert Ramos Andreas Seppi Filip Polášek Lukáš Rosol 6–3, 6–4Christopher Kas Philipp Kohlschreiber 9 Jan Apia International Sydney Sydney , Australia ATP World Tour 250 Hard – $434,250 – 28S/16DSingles –Doubles Jarkko Nieminen 6–2, 7–5Julien Benneteau Marcos Baghdatis Denis Istomin Juan Martín del Potro Alex Bogomolov Jr. Richard Gasquet Bobby Reynolds Bob Bryan Mike Bryan 6–1, 6–4Matthew Ebden Jarkko Nieminen Heineken Open Auckland , New Zealand ATP World Tour 250 Hard – $398,250 – 28S/16DSingles –Doubles David Ferrer 6–3, 6–4Olivier Rochus Fernando Verdasco Philipp Kohlschreiber Alejandro Falla Guillermo García López Benoît Paire Nicolás Almagro Oliver Marach Alexander Peya 6–3, 6–2František Čermák Filip Polášek 16 Jan 23 Jan Australian Open Melbourne , Australia Grand Slam Hard – A$11,806,550 128S/128Q/64D/32XSingles –Doubles –Mixed doubles Novak Djokovic 5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–7(5–7) , 7–5 Rafael Nadal Andy Murray Roger Federer David Ferrer Kei Nishikori Juan Martín del Potro Tomáš Berdych Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek 7–6(7–1) , 6–2Bob Bryan Mike Bryan Bethanie Mattek-Sands Horia Tecău 6–3, 5–7, [10–3]Elena Vesnina Leander Paes 30 Jan Open Sud de France Montpellier , France ATP World Tour 250 Hard (i) – €398,250 – 28S/16DSingles –Doubles Tomáš Berdych 6–2, 4–6, 6–3Gaël Monfils Philipp Kohlschreiber Gilles Simon Nicolas Mahut Richard Gasquet Jarkko Nieminen Guillaume Rufin Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin 6–4, 7–6(7–4) Paul Hanley Jamie Murray PBZ Zagreb Indoors Zagreb , Croatia ATP World Tour 250 Hard (i) – €398,250 – 32S/16DSingles –Doubles Mikhail Youzhny 6–2, 6–3Lukáš Lacko Michael Berrer Marcos Baghdatis Jürgen Melzer Ivo Karlović Ivan Dodig Robin Haase Marcos Baghdatis Mikhail Youzhny 6–2, 6–2Ivan Dodig Mate Pavić VTR Open Viña del Mar , Chile ATP World Tour 250 Clay – $398,250 – 28S/16DSingles –Doubles Juan Mónaco 6–3, 6–7(1–7) , 6–1Carlos Berlocq Jérémy Chardy Juan Ignacio Chela Albert Montañés Frederico Gil Federico Delbonis João Souza Frederico Gil Daniel Gimeno Traver 1–6, 7–5, [12–10]Pablo Andújar Carlos Berlocq
Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 6 Feb Davis Cup by BNP Paribas First Round Oviedo , Spain – clay (i)Wiener Neustadt , Austria – hard (i)Vancouver , Canada – hard (i)Fribourg , Switzerland – clay (i)Ostrava , Czech Republic – hard (i)Niš , Serbia – hard (i)Kobe , Japan – hard (i)Bamberg , Germany – clay (i)First round winners
Spain 5–0 Austria 3–2 France 4–1 United States 5–0 Czech Republic 4–1 Serbia 4–1 Croatia 3–2 Argentina 4–1First round losers
Kazakhstan Russia Canada Switzerland Italy Sweden Japan Germany 13 Feb ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament Rotterdam , Netherlands ATP World Tour 500 Hard (i) – €1,207,500 – 32S/16DSingles –Doubles Roger Federer 6–1, 6–4Juan Martín del Potro Nikolay Davydenko Tomáš Berdych Jarkko Nieminen Richard Gasquet Viktor Troicki Andreas Seppi Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić 4–6, 7–5, [16–14]Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău SAP Open San Jose , United States ATP World Tour 250 Hard (i) – $531,000 – 28S/16DSingles –Doubles Milos Raonic 7–6(7–3) , 6–2Denis Istomin Ryan Harrison Julien Benneteau Dimitar Kutrovsky Kevin Anderson Steve Darcis Andy Roddick Mark Knowles Xavier Malisse 6–4, 1–6, [10–5]Kevin Anderson Frank Moser Brasil Open São Paulo , Brazil ATP World Tour 250 Clay (i) – $475,300 – 28S/16DSingles –Doubles Nicolás Almagro 6–3, 4–6, 6–4Filippo Volandri Albert Ramos Thomaz Bellucci Carlos Berlocq Fernando Verdasco Leonardo Mayer David Nalbandian Eric Butorac Bruno Soares 3–6, 6–4, [10–8]Michal Mertiňák André Sá 20 Feb Regions Morgan Keegan Championships Memphis , United States ATP World Tour 500 Hard (i) – $1,155,000 – 32S/16DSingles –Doubles Jürgen Melzer 7–5, 7–6(7–4) Milos Raonic Radek Štěpánek Benjamin Becker John Isner Sam Querrey Olivier Rochus Łukasz Kubot Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor 4–6, 7–5, [10–7]Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo Open 13 Marseille , France ATP World Tour 250 Hard (i) – €512,750 – 28S/16DSingles –Doubles Juan Martín del Potro 6–4, 6–4Michaël Llodra Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Janko Tipsarević Édouard Roger-Vasselin Richard Gasquet Ivan Ljubičić Albano Olivetti Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin 3–6, 6–3, [10–6]Dustin Brown Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Copa Claro Buenos Aires , Argentina ATP World Tour 250 Clay – $484,100 – 32S/16DSingles –Doubles David Ferrer 4–6, 6–3, 6–2Nicolás Almagro David Nalbandian Stanislas Wawrinka Fernando González Carlos Berlocq Kei Nishikori Igor Andreev David Marrero Fernando Verdasco 6–4, 6–4Michal Mertiňák André Sá 27 Feb Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Dubai ,United Arab Emirates ATP World Tour 500 Hard – $1,700,475 – 32S/16DSingles –Doubles Roger Federer 7–5, 6–4Andy Murray Novak Djokovic Juan Martín del Potro Janko Tipsarević Tomáš Berdych Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Mikhail Youzhny Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna 6–4, 3–6, [10–5]Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski Abierto Mexicano Telcel Acapulco , Mexico ATP World Tour 500 Clay – $1,155,000 – 32S/16DSingles –Doubles David Ferrer 6–1, 6–2Fernando Verdasco Santiago Giraldo Stanislas Wawrinka Pablo Andújar Carlos Berlocq Jérémy Chardy Nicolás Almagro David Marrero Fernando Verdasco 6–3, 6–4Marcel Granollers Marc López Delray Beach International Tennis Championships Delray Beach , United States ATP World Tour 250 Hard – $442,500 – 32S/16DSingles –Doubles Kevin Anderson 6–4, 7–6(7–2) Marinko Matosevic John Isner Dudi Sela Bernard Tomic Andy Roddick Ernests Gulbis Philipp Kohlschreiber Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins 2–6, 7–6(7–5) , [15–13]Michal Mertiňák André Sá
Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 5 Mar 12 Mar BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells , United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard – $4,694,969 – 96S//32DSingles –Doubles Roger Federer 7–6(9–7) , 6–3John Isner Novak Djokovic Rafael Nadal Nicolás Almagro Gilles Simon Juan Martín del Potro David Nalbandian Marc López Rafael Nadal 6–2, 7–6(7–3) John Isner Sam Querrey 19 Mar 26 Mar Sony Ericsson Open Key Biscayne , United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard – $3,973,050 – 96S//32DSingles –Doubles Novak Djokovic 6–1, 7–6(7–4) Andy Murray Juan Mónaco Rafael Nadal David Ferrer Mardy Fish Janko Tipsarević Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek 3–6, 6–1, [10–8]Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor
Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 2 Apr Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Quarterfinals Oropesa del Mar , Spain – clayRoquebrune-Cap-Martin , France – clayPrague , Czech Republic – clay (i)Buenos Aires , Argentina – clayQuarterfinals winners
Spain 4–1 United States 3–2 Czech Republic 4–1 Argentina 4–1Quarterfinals losers
Austria France Serbia Croatia 9 Apr U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships Houston , United States ATP World Tour 250 Clay (maroon) – $442,500 – 28S/16DSingles –Doubles Juan Mónaco 6–2, 3–6, 6–3John Isner Michael Russell Feliciano López Ryan Harrison Kevin Anderson Carlos Berlocq Ryan Sweeting James Blake Sam Querrey 7–6(16–14) , 6–4Treat Conrad Huey Dominic Inglot Grand Prix Hassan II Casablanca ,Morocco ATP World Tour 250 Clay – €398,250 – 28S/16DSingles –Doubles Pablo Andújar 6–1, 7–6(7–5) Albert Ramos Igor Andreev Flavio Cipolla Jérémy Chardy Guillermo García López Sergio Gutiérrez Ferrol Benoît Paire Dustin Brown Paul Hanley 7–5, 6–3Daniele Bracciali Fabio Fognini 16 Apr Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Roquebrune-Cap-Martin , France ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay – €2,427,975 – 56S/28Q/24DSingles –Doubles Rafael Nadal 6–3, 6–1Novak Djokovic Tomáš Berdych Gilles Simon Robin Haase Andy Murray Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Stanislas Wawrinka Bob Bryan Mike Bryan 6–2, 6–3Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor 23 Apr Barcelona Open BancSabadell Barcelona , Spain ATP World Tour 500 Clay – €1,627,500 – 56S/28Q/24DSingles –Doubles Rafael Nadal 7–6(7–1) , 7–5David Ferrer Fernando Verdasco Milos Raonic Janko Tipsarević Kei Nishikori Feliciano López Andy Murray Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski 2–6, 7–6(9–7) , [10–8]Marcel Granollers Marc López BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy Bucharest ,Romania ATP World Tour 250 Clay – €398,250 – 28S/16DSingles –Doubles Gilles Simon 6–4, 6–3Fabio Fognini Matthias Bachinger Attila Balázs Łukasz Kubot Daniel Brands Andreas Seppi Xavier Malisse Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău 7–6(7–2) , 6–3Jérémy Chardy Łukasz Kubot 30 Apr BMW Open Munich , Germany ATP World Tour 250 Clay – €398,250 – 28S/16DSingles –Doubles Philipp Kohlschreiber 7–6(10–8) , 6–3Marin Čilić Tommy Haas Feliciano López Marcos Baghdatis Mikhail Youzhny Marinko Matosevic Bernard Tomic František Čermák Filip Polášek 6–4, 7–5Xavier Malisse Dick Norman Serbia Open Belgrade ,Serbia ATP World Tour 250 Clay – €366,950 – 28S/16DSingles –Doubles Andreas Seppi 6–3, 6–2Benoît Paire Pablo Andújar David Nalbandian Lukáš Rosol Jarkko Nieminen João Souza Gilles Müller Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram 4–6, 6–2, [10–6]Martin Emmrich Andreas Siljeström Estoril Open Oeiras , Portugal ATP World Tour 250 Clay – €398,250 – 28S/16DSingles –Doubles Juan Martín del Potro 6–4, 6–2Richard Gasquet Stanislas Wawrinka Albert Ramos Albert Montañés Robin Haase João Sousa Daniel Muñoz de la Nava Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer 7–5, 7–5Julian Knowle David Marrero
Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 7 May Mutua Madrid Open Madrid , Spain ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay – €3,090,150 (Blue) – 56S/28Q/24DSingles –Doubles Roger Federer 3–6, 7–5, 7–5Tomáš Berdych Janko Tipsarević Juan Martín del Potro Novak Djokovic David Ferrer Alexandr Dolgopolov Fernando Verdasco Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski 6–3, 6–4Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău 14 May Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay – €2,427,975 – 56S/28Q/24DSingles –Doubles Rafael Nadal 7–5, 6–3Novak Djokovic Roger Federer David Ferrer Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Andreas Seppi Richard Gasquet Tomáš Berdych Marcel Granollers Marc López 6–3, 6–2Łukasz Kubot Janko Tipsarević 21 May Power Horse World Team Cup Düsseldorf , Germany ATP World Team Championship Clay – €800,000 – 8 teams (RR) Serbia 3–0 Czech Republic Round Robin (Red Group)
Argentina United States JapanRound Robin (Blue Group)
Germany Russia Croatia Open de Nice Côte d'Azur Nice , France ATP World Tour 250 Clay – €398,250 – 28S/16DSingles –Doubles Nicolás Almagro 6–3, 6–2Brian Baker Nikolay Davydenko Gilles Simon John Isner Mikhail Kukushkin Steve Darcis Thomaz Bellucci Bob Bryan Mike Bryan 7–6(7–5) , 6–3Oliver Marach Filip Polášek 28 May 4 Jun French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay – €6,555,000 128S/128Q/64D/32XSingles –Doubles –Mixed doubles Rafael Nadal 6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5Novak Djokovic Roger Federer David Ferrer Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Juan Martín del Potro Andy Murray Nicolás Almagro Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor 6–4, 6–4Bob Bryan Mike Bryan Sania Mirza Mahesh Bhupathi 7–6(7–3) , 6–1Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Santiago González
Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 11 Jun Gerry Weber Open Halle , Germany ATP World Tour 250 Grass – €663,750 – 28S/16DSingles –Doubles Tommy Haas 7–6(7–5) , 6–4Roger Federer Philipp Kohlschreiber Mikhail Youzhny Rafael Nadal Tomáš Berdych Radek Štěpánek Milos Raonic Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer 6–3, 6–4Treat Conrad Huey Scott Lipsky Aegon Championships London, United Kingdom ATP World Tour 250 Grass – €625,300 – 56S/24DSingles –Doubles Marin Čilić 6–7(3–7) , 4–3 defaultedDavid Nalbandian Grigor Dimitrov Sam Querrey Kevin Anderson Xavier Malisse Lu Yen-hsun Ivan Dodig Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor 6–3, 6–4Bob Bryan Mike Bryan 18 Jun UNICEF Open 's-Hertogenbosch , Netherlands ATP World Tour 250 Grass – €398,250 – 32S/16DSingles –Doubles David Ferrer 6–3, 6–4Philipp Petzschner Benoît Paire Xavier Malisse Igor Sijsling Tatsuma Ito Édouard Roger-Vasselin Gilles Müller Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău 6–3, 7–6(7–1) Juan Sebastián Cabal Dmitry Tursunov Aegon International Eastbourne , United Kingdom ATP World Tour 250 Grass – €403,950 – 28S/16DSingles –Doubles Andy Roddick 6–3, 6–2Andreas Seppi Steve Darcis Ryan Harrison Marinko Matosevic Fabio Fognini Philipp Kohlschreiber Denis Istomin Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins 6–4, 6–3Jamie Delgado Ken Skupski 25 Jun 2 Jul The Championships, Wimbledon London, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass – £6,631,000 (financial commitment) 128S/128Q/64D/48XSingles –Doubles –Mixed doubles Roger Federer 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–4Andy Murray Novak Djokovic Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Florian Mayer Mikhail Youzhny David Ferrer Philipp Kohlschreiber Jonathan Marray Frederik Nielsen 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5) , 6–7(5–7) , 6–3Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău Lisa Raymond Mike Bryan 6–3, 5–7, 6–4Elena Vesnina Leander Paes
Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 9 Jul Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships Newport , United States ATP World Tour 250 Grass – $398,250 – 32S/16DSingles –Doubles John Isner 7–6(7–1) , 6–4Lleyton Hewitt Ryan Harrison Rajeev Ram Izak van der Merwe Benjamin Becker Dudi Sela Kei Nishikori Santiago González Scott Lipsky 7–6(7–5) , 6–3Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins MercedesCup Stuttgart , Germany ATP World Tour 250 Clay – €358,425 – 28S/16DSingles –Doubles Janko Tipsarević 6–4, 5–7, 6–3Juan Mónaco Thomaz Bellucci Guillermo García López Björn Phau Cedrik-Marcel Stebe Dustin Brown Pavol Červenák Jérémy Chardy Łukasz Kubot 6–1, 6–3Michal Mertiňák André Sá SkiStar Swedish Open Båstad , Sweden ATP World Tour 250 Clay – €358,425 – 28S/16DSingles –Doubles David Ferrer 6–2, 6–2Nicolás Almagro Grigor Dimitrov Jan Hájek Tommy Robredo Albert Ramos Jürgen Zopp Daniel Gimeno Traver Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău 6–3, 7–6(7–5) Alexander Peya Bruno Soares ATP Vegeta Croatia Open Umag Umag ,Croatia ATP World Tour 250 Clay – €358,425 – 28S/16DSingles –Doubles Marin Čilić 6–4, 6–2Marcel Granollers Fernando Verdasco Alexandr Dolgopolov Andrey Kuznetsov Matthias Bachinger Carlos Berlocq Wayne Odesnik David Marrero Fernando Verdasco 6–3, 7–6(7–4) Marcel Granollers Marc López 16 Jul bet-at-home Open Hamburg , Germany ATP World Tour 500 Clay – €900,000 – 32S/16DSingles –Doubles Juan Mónaco 7–5, 6–4Tommy Haas Nicolás Almagro Marin Čilić Philipp Kohlschreiber Jérémy Chardy Albert Ramos Florian Mayer David Marrero Fernando Verdasco 6–4, 6–3Rogério Dutra da Silva Daniel Muñoz de la Nava BB&T Atlanta Open Atlanta , United States ATP World Tour 250 Hard – $477,900 – 28S/16DSingles –Doubles Andy Roddick 1–6, 7–6(7–2) , 6–2Gilles Müller John Isner Go Soeda Jack Sock Michael Russell Kei Nishikori Matthew Ebden Matthew Ebden Ryan Harrison 6–3, 3–6, [10–6]Xavier Malisse Michael Russell Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad Gstaad , Switzerland ATP World Tour 250 Clay – €358,425 – 28S/16DSingles –Doubles Thomaz Bellucci 6–7(6–8) , 6–4, 6–2Janko Tipsarević Paul-Henri Mathieu Grigor Dimitrov Jan Hernych Ernests Gulbis Feliciano López Łukasz Kubot Marcel Granollers Marc López 6–4, 7–6(11–9) Robert Farah Santiago Giraldo 23 Jul Farmers Classic Los Angeles, United States ATP World Tour 250 Hard – $557,550 – 28S/16DSingles –Doubles Sam Querrey 6–0, 6–2Ričardas Berankis Marinko Matosevic Rajeev Ram Michael Russell Nicolas Mahut Leonardo Mayer Xavier Malisse Ruben Bemelmans Xavier Malisse 7–6(7–5) , 4–6, [10–4]Jamie Delgado Ken Skupski bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel , Austria ATP World Tour 250 Clay – €358,425 – 28S/26Q/16DSingles –Doubles Robin Haase 6–7(2–7) , 6–3, 6–2Philipp Kohlschreiber Filippo Volandri Martin Kližan Lukáš Rosol Rogério Dutra da Silva Wayne Odesnik Simone Bolelli František Čermák Julian Knowle 7–6(7–4) , 3–6, [12–10]Dustin Brown Paul Hanley 30 Jul Summer Olympic Games London, United Kingdom Olympic Games Grass – 64S/32D/16XSingles –Doubles –Mixed doubles Gold Silver BronzeQuarterfinalists Andy Murray 6–2, 6–1, 6–4Roger Federer Juan Martín del Potro 7–5, 6–4Fourth place
Novak Djokovic John Isner Kei Nishikori Nicolás Almagro Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Bob Bryan Mike Bryan 6–4, 7–6(7–4) Michaël Llodra Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Victoria Azarenka Max Mirnyi 2–6, 6–3, [10–8]Laura Robson Andy Murray Citi Open Washington , United States ATP World Tour 500 Hard – $1,049,760 – 32S/16DSingles –Doubles Alexandr Dolgopolov 6–7(7–9) , 6–4, 6–1Tommy Haas Mardy Fish Sam Querrey Xavier Malisse Tobias Kamke Kevin Anderson James Blake Treat Conrad Huey Dominic Inglot 7–6(9–7) , 6–7(9–11) , [10–5]Kevin Anderson Sam Querrey
Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 6 Aug Rogers Cup Toronto , Canada ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard – $2,648,700 – 48S/24DSingles –Doubles Novak Djokovic 6–3, 6–2Richard Gasquet Janko Tipsarević John Isner Tommy Haas Marcel Granollers Mardy Fish Milos Raonic Bob Bryan Mike Bryan 6–1, 4–6, [12–10]Marcel Granollers Marc López 13 Aug Western & Southern Open Mason , United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard – $2,825,280 – 56S/28Q/24DSingles –Doubles Roger Federer 6–0, 7–6(9–7) Novak Djokovic Stanislas Wawrinka Juan Martín del Potro Mardy Fish Milos Raonic Jérémy Chardy Marin Čilić Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău 6–4, 6–4Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna 20 Aug Winston-Salem Open Winston-Salem , United States ATP World Tour 250 Hard – $553,125 – 48S/16DSingles –Doubles John Isner 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(11–9) Tomáš Berdych Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Sam Querrey Marcel Granollers David Goffin Alexandr Dolgopolov Steve Darcis Santiago González Scott Lipsky 6–3, 4–6, [10–2]Pablo Andújar Leonardo Mayer 27 Aug 3 Sep US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard – $10,768,000 (financial commitment) 128S/128Q/64D/32XSingles –Doubles –Mixed doubles Andy Murray 7–6(12–10) , 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 6–2 Novak Djokovic Tomáš Berdych David Ferrer Roger Federer Marin Čilić Janko Tipsarević Juan Martín del Potro Bob Bryan Mike Bryan 6–3, 6–4Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek Ekaterina Makarova Bruno Soares 6–7(8–10) , 6–1, [12–10]Květa Peschke Marcin Matkowski
Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 10 Sep Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Semifinals Gijón , Spain – clayBuenos Aires , Argentina – claySemifinals winners
Spain 3–1 Czech Republic 3–2Semifinals losers
United States Argentina 17 Sep Moselle Open Metz , France ATP World Tour 250 Hard (i) – €398,250 – 28S/16DSingles –Doubles Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6–1, 6–2Andreas Seppi Nikolay Davydenko Gaël Monfils Jesse Levine Ivo Karlović Florian Mayer Philipp Kohlschreiber Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin 7–6(7–3) , 6–4Johan Brunström Frederik Nielsen St. Petersburg Open Saint Petersburg , Russia ATP World Tour 250 Hard (i) – $410,850 – 32S/16DSingles –Doubles Martin Kližan 6–2, 6–3Fabio Fognini Mikhail Youzhny Daniel Gimeno Traver Guillermo García López Ričardas Berankis Roberto Bautista Agut Flavio Cipolla Rajeev Ram Nenad Zimonjić 6–2, 4–6, [10–6]Lukáš Lacko Igor Zelenay 24 Sep PTT Thailand Open Bangkok ,Thailand ATP World Tour 250 Hard (i) – $551,000 – 28S/16DSingles –Doubles Richard Gasquet 6–2, 6–1Gilles Simon Janko Tipsarević Jarkko Nieminen Fernando Verdasco Gaël Monfils Milos Raonic Bernard Tomic Lu Yen-hsun Danai Udomchoke 6–3, 6–4Eric Butorac Paul Hanley Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur ,Malaysia ATP World Tour 250 Hard (i) – $850,000 – 28S/16DSingles –Doubles Juan Mónaco 7–5, 4–6, 6–3Julien Benneteau David Ferrer Kei Nishikori Igor Sijsling Alejandro Falla Nikolay Davydenko Vasek Pospisil Alexander Peya Bruno Soares 5–7, 7–5, [10–7]Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins
Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 1 Oct China Open Beijing , China ATP World Tour 500 Hard – $2,205,000 – 32S/16DSingles –Doubles Novak Djokovic 7–6(7–4) , 6–2Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Florian Mayer Feliciano López Jürgen Melzer Zhang Ze Mikhail Youzhny Sam Querrey Bob Bryan Mike Bryan 6–3, 6–2Carlos Berlocq Denis Istomin Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships Tokyo, Japan ATP World Tour 500 Hard – $1,280,565 – 32S/16DSingles –Doubles Kei Nishikori 7–6(7–5) , 3–6, 6–0Milos Raonic Andy Murray Marcos Baghdatis Stanislas Wawrinka Janko Tipsarević Dmitry Tursunov Tomáš Berdych Alexander Peya Bruno Soares 6–3, 7–6(7–5) Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek 8 Oct Shanghai Rolex Masters Shanghai , China ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard – $3,531,600 – 56S/28Q/24DSingles –Doubles Novak Djokovic 5–7, 7–6(13–11) , 6–3Andy Murray Roger Federer Tomáš Berdych Marin Čilić Radek Štěpánek Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Tommy Haas Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek 6–7(7–9) , 6–3, [10–5]Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna 15 Oct Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia ATP World Tour 250 Hard (i) – $673,150 – 28S/16DSingles –Doubles Andreas Seppi 3–6, 7–6(7–3) , 6–3Thomaz Bellucci Ivo Karlović Malek Jaziri Édouard Roger-Vasselin Jerzy Janowicz Lukáš Rosol Tatsuma Ito František Čermák Michal Mertiňák 7–5, 6–3Simone Bolelli Daniele Bracciali If Stockholm Open Stockholm , Sweden ATP World Tour 250 Hard (i) – €486,750 – 28S/16DSingles –Doubles Tomáš Berdych 4–6, 6–4, 6–4Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Marcos Baghdatis Nicolás Almagro Sergiy Stakhovsky Ričardas Berankis Lleyton Hewitt Mikhail Youzhny Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares 6–7(7–4) , 6–4, [10–6]Robert Lindstedt Nenad Zimonjić Erste Bank Open Vienna , Austria ATP World Tour 250 Hard (i) – €486,750 – 28S/16DSingles –Doubles Juan Martín del Potro 7–5, 6–3Grega Žemlja Gilles Müller Janko Tipsarević Marinko Matosevic Paolo Lorenzi Tommy Haas Aljaž Bedene Andre Begemann Martin Emmrich 6–4, 3–6, [10–4]Julian Knowle Filip Polášek 22 Oct Valencia Open 500 Valencia , Spain ATP World Tour 500 Hard (i) – €1,424,850 – 32S/16DSingles –Doubles David Ferrer 6–1, 3–6, 6–4Alexandr Dolgopolov Ivan Dodig Jürgen Melzer Nicolás Almagro Marin Čilić Marcel Granollers David Goffin Alexander Peya Bruno Soares 6–3, 6–2David Marrero Fernando Verdasco Swiss Indoors Basel Basel , Switzerland ATP World Tour 500 Hard (i) – €1,404,300 – 32S/16DSingles –Doubles Juan Martín del Potro 6–4, 6–7(5–7) , 7–6(7–3) Roger Federer Paul-Henri Mathieu Richard Gasquet Benoît Paire Grigor Dimitrov Mikhail Youzhny Kevin Anderson Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić 7–5, 6–7(4–7) , [10–5]Treat Conrad Huey Dominic Inglot 29 Oct BNP Paribas Masters Paris, France ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard (i) – €2,427,975 – 48S/24DSingles –Doubles David Ferrer 6–4, 6–3Jerzy Janowicz Gilles Simon Michaël Llodra Tomáš Berdych Janko Tipsarević Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Sam Querrey Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna 7–6(8–6) , 6–3Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer
Statistical information [ edit ] Bob and Mike Bryan won seven titles together in 2012, including theOlympic gold (def.Llodra /Tsonga ), and their fourthUS Open (def.Paes /Štěpánek ), tyingJohn Newcombe andTony Roche 's all-time record of 12 Grand Slam wins.[ 4] These tables present the number ofsingles (S),doubles (D), andmixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2012 ATP World Tour: theGrand Slam tournaments, thetennis event at theLondon Summer Olympic Games , theATP World Tour Finals , theATP World Tour Masters 1000 , theATP World Tour 500 series , and theATP World Tour 250 series .[ 3] The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) cumulated importance of those titles (one Grand Slam win equalling two Masters 1000 wins, one ATP World Tour Finals win equalling one-and-a-half Masters 1000 win, one Masters 1000 win equalling two 500 events wins, one Olympic win equalling one-and-a-half 500 event win, one 500 event win equalling two 250 events wins); 3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy; 4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).
Key Grand Slam ATP World Tour Finals Summer Olympic Games ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP World Tour 500 ATP World Tour 250
Titles won by player [ edit ] Titles won by nation [ edit ] The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
Singles Doubles Mixed doubles The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
David Ferrer –Auckland (singles ) ,Acapulco (singles ) Leander Paes –Chennai (doubles ) ,Miami (doubles ) Novak Djokovic –Australian Open (singles ) ,Miami (singles ) ,Toronto (singles ) Bruno Soares –São Paulo (doubles ) Nicolás Almagro –São Paulo (singles ) ,Nice (singles ) Milos Raonic –San Jose (singles ) Max Mirnyi –Memphis (doubles ) ,French Open (doubles ) Daniel Nestor –Memphis (doubles ) ,French Open (doubles ) Pablo Andújar –Casablanca (singles ) Rafael Nadal –Monte Carlo (singles ) ,Barcelona (singles ) ,French Open (singles ) Bob Bryan –Monte Carlo (doubles ) Mike Bryan –Monte Carlo (doubles ) Juan Martín del Potro –Estoril (singles ) Jean-Julien Rojer –Estoril (doubles ) Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi –Halle (doubles ) Robert Lindstedt –Båstad (doubles ) Horia Tecău –Båstad (doubles ) John Isner –Newport (singles ) ,Winston–Salem (singles ) Matthew Ebden –Atlanta (doubles ) Robin Haase –Kitzbühel (singles ) Xavier Malisse –Los Angeles (doubles ) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga –Metz (singles ) František Čermák –Moscow (doubles ) Nenad Zimonjić –Basel (doubles ) Rohan Bopanna –Paris (doubles ) These are theATP rankings of the top twenty singles players, doubles players, and the top ten doubles teams on the ATP Tour, at the end of the2011 ATP World Tour ,[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] and at the current date of the 2012 season.[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] Players in gold background have qualified for the Year-End Championships. Rafael Nadal withdrew due to a knee injury.
Race to the Finals Singles Rankings[ 11] # Player Points Tours 1 Novak Djokovic (SRB) 11,420 17 2 Roger Federer (SUI) 9,465 20 3 Andy Murray (GBR) 7,600 19 4 Rafael Nadal (ESP) 6,795 19 5 David Ferrer (ESP) 6,030 24 6 Tomáš Berdych (CZE) 4,405 23 7 Juan Martín del Potro (ARG) 4,080 22 8 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 3,490 25 9 Janko Tipsarević (SRB) 2,990 27 10 Richard Gasquet (FRA) 2,515 23 11 Nicolás Almagro (ESP) 2,515 27 12 Juan Mónaco (ARG) 2,430 24 13 Milos Raonic (CAN) 2,380 24 14 John Isner (USA) 2,215 26 15 Marin Čilić (CRO) 2,210 23 16 Gilles Simon (FRA) 2,165 27 17 Stan Wawrinka (SUI) 1,900 22 18 Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) 1,855 26 19 Kei Nishikori (JPN) 1,830 23 20 Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 1,770 27
Year-end rankings 2012 (31 December 2012)[ 12] # Player Points #Trn '11 Rk High Low '11→'12 1 Novak Djokovic (SRB) 12,920 18 1 1 2 2 Roger Federer (SUI) 10,265 21 3 1 3 13 Andy Murray (GBR) 8,000 20 4 3 4 14 Rafael Nadal (ESP) 6,690 18 2 2 4 25 David Ferrer (ESP) 6,505 25 5 5 6 6 Tomáš Berdych (CZE) 4,680 24 7 6 7 17 Juan Martín del Potro (ARG) 4,480 23 11 7 12 48 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 3,490 26 6 5 8 29 Janko Tipsarević (SRB) 2,990 28 9 8 10 10 Richard Gasquet (FRA) 2,515 23 19 10 22 911 Nicolás Almagro (ESP) 2,515 27 10 10 14 112 Juan Mónaco (ARG) 2,430 24 26 10 29 1413 Milos Raonic (CAN) 2,380 24 31 13 35 1814 John Isner (USA) 2,215 26 18 9 18 415 Marin Čilić (CRO) 2,210 23 21 13 25 616 Gilles Simon (FRA) 2,165 27 12 11 20 417 Stan Wawrinka (SUI) 1,900 22 17 16 29 18 Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) 1,855 26 15 13 25 319 Kei Nishikori (JPN) 1,830 23 25 15 26 620 Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 1,770 27 43 16 43 23
Year-end rankings 2012 (31 December 2012) # Team Points #Trn Rank Change 1 Bob Bryan (USA) Mike Bryan (USA) 9,685 24 1 2 Max Mirnyi (BLR) Daniel Nestor (CAN) 6,875 22 2 3 Leander Paes (IND) Radek Štěpánek (CZE) 6,865 14 – NR4 Robert Lindstedt (SWE) Horia Tecău (ROU) 6,165 25 6 25 Marcel Granollers (ESP) Marc López (ESP) 5,660 20 29 246 Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) Rohan Bopanna (IND) 5,255 24 – NR7 Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) 4,115 26 – NR8 Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) Marcin Matkowski (POL) 3,690 23 8 9 Jonathan Marray (GBR) Frederik Nielsen (DEN) 2,580 8 – NR10 Colin Fleming (GBR) Ross Hutchins (GBR) 2,420 25 15 5
Year-end rankings 2012 (31 December 2012) # Player Points #Trn Rank High Low Change 1 Mike Bryan (USA) 9,620 22 1T 1T 3T 2 Bob Bryan (USA) 9,550 22 1T 1T 3T 13 Leander Paes (IND) 7,655 22 8 3 8 54 Radek Štěpánek (CZE) 7,340 17 109 4 109 1055 Daniel Nestor (CAN) 7,150 24 3T 1T 5 26 Marc López (ESP) 6,840 22 37 6 42 317 Max Mirnyi (BLR) 6,830 22 3T 1T 7 48 Robert Lindstedt (SWE) 6,000 27 16 5 16 89 Horia Tecău (ROU) 5,940 26 12 5T 13 310 Marcel Granollers (ESP) 5,790 23 32 10 43 2211 Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) 5,210 24 7 7 18 412 Rohan Bopanna (IND) 5,210 25 11 8 15 113 Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) 4,160 32 20 13 38 714 Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) 4,070 27 9 9 16 215 Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) 3,825 26 14T 6 15 116 Marcin Matkowski (POL) 3,690 23 14T 7 16 217 Jonathan Marray (GBR) 3,513 31 86 17 94 6918 Marcelo Melo (BRA) 3,385 29 27 17 36 919 Bruno Soares (BRA) 3,340 29 19 17 32 20 Nenad Zimonjić (SRB) 3,200 26 6 6 20 14
Prize money leaders [ edit ] # Player Singles Doubles Year-to-date 1 Novak Djokovic (SRB) $9,949,921 $3,816 $9,953,737 2 Roger Federer (SUI) $7,424,842 $0 $7,424,842 3 Andy Murray (GBR) $5,100,272 $23,958 $5,124,230 4 Rafael Nadal (ESP) $4,867,663 $129,785 $4,997,448 5 David Ferrer (ESP) $4,015,856 $25,484 $4,041,340 6 Juan Martín del Potro (ARG) $2,769,169 $5,824 $2,775,003 7 Tomáš Berdych (CZE) $2,555,801 $38,166 $2,593,967 8 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) $2,130,514 $38,126 $2,168,640 9 Janko Tipsarević (SRB) $1,736,150 $97,587 $1,833,737 10 Richard Gasquet (FRA) $1,320,368 $37,309 $1,357,677 as of November 12, 2012[update] [ 13]
as of 12 November 2012[update] [ 14]
Best Matches by ATPWorldTour.com [ edit ] Best 5 Grand Slam / Olympic matches[ edit ] Event Round Surface Winner Opponent Result 1. Australian Open F Hard Novak Djokovic Rafael Nadal 5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–7(5–7) , 7–5 2. Australian Open SF Hard Novak DjokovicAndy Murray 6–3, 3–6, 6–7(4–7) , 6–1, 7–5 3. US Open F Hard Andy Murray Novak Djokovic7–6(12–10) , 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 6–2 4. Olympics SF Grass Roger Federer Juan Martín del Potro 3–6, 7–6(7–5) , 19–17 5. US Open QF Hard David Ferrer Janko Tipsarević 6–3, 6–7(5–7) , 2–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Best 5 ATP World Tour matches [ edit ] Davis Cup Rubber category Match win Match loss Team bonus Performance bonus Total achievable Singles Play-offs 5 / 101 15 First round 40 102 80 Quarterfinals 65 130 Semifinals 70 140 Final 75 753 1254 150 / 2253 / 2754 Cumulative total 500 500 to 5353 6254 6254 Doubles Play-offs 10 10 First round 50 102 50 Quarterfinals 80 80 Semifinals 90 90 Final 95 355 95 / 1305 Cumulative total 315 3505 3505
The Davis Cup World Group and World Group Play-Off matches awardedATP Ranking points from 2009 to 2015.[ 15]
Glossary Only live matches earn points;dead rubbers earn no points. If a player does not compete in the singles of one or more rounds he will receive points from the previous round when playing singles at the next tie. This last rule also applies for playing in doubles matches.[ 15]
1 A player who wins a singles rubber in the first day of the tie is awarded 5 points, whereas a singles rubber win in tie's last day grants 10 points for a total of 15 available points.[ 15]
2 For the first round only, any player who competes in a live rubber, without a win, receives 10 ranking points for participation.[ 15]
3 Team bonus awarded to a singles player who wins 7 live matches in a calendar year and his team wins the competition.[ 15]
4 Performance bonus awarded to a singles player who wins 8 live matches in a calendar year. In this case, no Team bonus is awarded.[ 15]
5 Team bonus awarded to an unchanged doubles team who wins 4 matches in a calendar year and his team wins the competition.[ 15]
World Team Cup Match type 1st round 2nd round 3rd round Finals Points Bonus Total Singles 1 35 35 35 95 200 50 250 Singles 2 25 25 25 50 125 50 175 Deciding match (doubles) 35 35 35 95 200 50 250 Dead rubber (doubles)10 10 10 20 50 50
Players who only play the finals will be awarded points from the previous round. [ 16] Players must win all 4 matches and be part of the winning team in order to earn the Bonus Points. [ 16]
Former world no. 3Ivan Ljubičić played for the last time at theMonte Carlo Masters . Andy Roddick was the year-endworld no. 1 at the end of the2003 season .2003 French Open championJuan Carlos Ferrero is one of twoGrand Slam champions to retire in 2012.Fernando González former world no. 5 and2007 Australian Open finalist.Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of theATP rankings top 100 (singles) or top 50 (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2012 season:
José Acasuso (born 20 October 1982 inPosadas ,Argentina ) turned professional in 1999, reaching career-high rankings of singles no. 20 and doubles no. 27, both in 2006. Mainly a clay-court specialist, the Argentine took three singles and five doubles career titles, all on the surface. Playing for Argentina, Acasuso competed in twoDavis Cup finals (2006 ,2008 ), and won oneWorld Team Cup title in2007 . Acasuso announced his retirement in February. He played his last match during theFrench Open qualifying in May 2011.[ 17] Juan Pablo Brzezicki (born 12 April 1982 inBuenos Aires ,Argentina ) joined the tour in 2001, reaching a career-high ranking of singles no. 94 in 2008. Winner of one doubles titles on the main circuit, Brzezicki competed for the last time inBuenos Aires in February.[ 18] Juan Ignacio Chela (born 30 August 1979 inCiudad Evita ,Argentina ) turned professional in 1998, reaching career-high rankings of singles no. 15 in 2004, and doubles no. 34 in 2004. Chela won six singles and three doubles titles during his career on the main circuit, his best Grand Slam results coming with two quarterfinals at theFrench Open (2004 and2011 ) and one quarterfinal at theUS Open (2007 ). AtWimbledon in2010 ), he reached the semifinals of the doubles with countrymanEduardo Schwank , losing toRobert Lindstedt andHoria Tecău . Chela last played at theWimbledon Championships in July, before announcing his retirement in December.[ 19] Arnaud Clément (born 17 December 1977 inAix-en-Provence , France) became a tennis professional in 1996, peaking as singles no. 10 in 2001, and doubles no. 8 in 2008. In singles, Clément won four titles, made the quarterfinals at all majors but one (theFrench Open ), and reached one Grand Slam final at theAustralian Open (2001 , losing toAgassi ). In doubles, he collected 12 titles and made two major finals withMichaël Llodra , winning one atWimbledon (2007 ), and losing the other in Australia (2008 ). The Frenchman played his last event on the tour in theWimbledon doubles in July.[ 20] Brian Dabul (born February 24, 1984, in Buenos Aires, Argentina) turned professional in 2001 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 86. His highest doubles ranking was no. 88. He won only one ATP titles in doubles in Viña de Mar in 2009, partneringPablo Cuevas . He played his last singles match in Guayaquil on 21 November 2011.[ 21] Juan Carlos Ferrero (born 12 February 1980 inOntinyent , Spain) joined the main circuit in 1998, and reached theworld no. 1 ranking in singles on September 8, 2003, holding the spot for a single spell of eight weeks, and finishing three straight seasons in the top 10 (2001–03). Ferrero won 16 singles titles during his 14-year career, including four Masters events, and one Grand Slam trophy at theFrench Open (2003 , defVerkerk ). A one-time semifinalist at theAustralian Open (2004 ) and two-time quarterfinalist atWimbledon (2007 ,2009 ), the Spaniard also made two additional major finals at the French (2002 , lost toCosta ) and theUS Open (2003 , lost toRoddick ), and reached oneyear-end championships final (2002 , lost toHewitt ). As part of hiscountry's team , Ferrero took part in three victoriousDavis Cup campaigns (2000 ,2004 ,2009 ). The Spaniard retired after playing inValencia in October.[ 22] Fernando González (born 29 July 1980 inSantiago ,Chile ) joined the main tour in 1999 and reached his best singles ranking, no. 5, in early 2007, finishing two seasons in the top 10 (2006–07). A junior world no. 1, winner of the boys' doubles at theUS Open in 1997 and the boys' singles and doubles at theFrench Open in 1998, González won 11 singles and 3 doubles titles on the pro circuit, and gathered three medals at theOlympics : the bronze in singles and the gold in doubles (w/Nicolás Massú , def.Kiefer /Schüttler ) in2004 , and the silver in singles (lost the final toNadal ) in2008 . The Chilean reached the last eight at every major, making three quarterfinals atWimbledon (2005 ) and the US Open (2002 ,2009 ), one semifinal at the French (2009 ), and one final at theAustralian Open (2007 , lost toFederer ). Struggling with injuries for more than a year before deciding to retire, González played his last event inMiami in March.[ 23] Mark Knowles (born 4 September 1971 inNassau ,The Bahamas ) joined the pro tour in 1992, reached the singles no. 96 spot in 1996, and the doublesworld no. 1 ranking in June 2002, keeping the spot for a total of 65 weeks between 2002 and 2005, and finishing two seasons (2002, 2004) as no. 1. PartneringDaniel Nestor for most of his career, and laterMahesh Bhupathi , Knowles won 55 doubles titles, including one year-end championship (2007 ), and three Grand Slam trophies (all w/ Nestor) out of 13 finals (oneAustralian Open (2002 ), oneFrench Open (2007 ), and oneUS Open (2004 )). Knowles also claimed one mixed doubles win atWimbledon (2009 , w/Grönefeld ). He retired after competing in theUS Open doubles in August.[ 24] Ivan Ljubičić (born 19 March 1979 inBanja Luka ,SFR Yugoslavia , nowBosnia and Herzegovina ) turned professional in 1998, peaking at no. 3 in singles in 2006, ending two seasons in the top 10 (2005–06). During his career Ljubičić won 10 singles titles, including one Masters atIndian Wells (2010 ), and went past the fourth round twice inGrand Slam tournaments, reaching one quarterfinal at theAustralian Open (2006 ) and one semifinal at theFrench Open (2006 ). Playing for his country, the Croat partneredMario Ančić to a bronze medal in doubles at the2004 Athens Olympics and took part in one successfulDavis Cup campaign (2005 ). Ljubičić played his last tournament inMonte Carlo in April.[ 25] Peter Luczak (born 31 August 1979 inWarsaw , Poland, moved to Australia in 1980) joined the main circuit in 2000, peaking at no. 64 in singles in 2009. Competing mainly on theITF Men's Circuit and theATP Challenger Tour during his career, Luczak's best result came with a gold medal indoubles (w/Hanley ) at the2010 New Delhi Commonwealth Games . The Australian retired from the sport after losing in the second round of theAustralian Open doubles in January.[ 26] [ 27] Cecil Mamiit (born June 27, 1976, inLos Angeles , California) turned professional in 1996 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 72 in singles. He played his last match in March in USA F7 Futures tournament.[ 28] Andy Roddick (born 30 August 1982 inOmaha , United States) turned professional in 2000 and became the sixth American player to be rankedworld no. 1 in singles when he reached the top spot on November 3, 2003, holding it for a single spell of 13 straight weeks. Roddick finished nine seasons in theATP rankings singles top 10 (2002–10), including one year as no. 1 (2003), and also reached the no. 50 ranking in doubles in 2010. As a junior, the American took two singles Grand Slam titles at theAustralian Open and theUS Open in 2000, finishing the season as junior world no. 1. Over his 12-year pro career, Roddick collected 32 singles titles, on every surface, among which five Masters and one Grand Slam title, at theUS Open (2003 , def.Ferrero ). Roddick's other best results in majors came with four semifinals at theAustralian Open (2003 ,2005 ,2007 ,2009 ), three finals atWimbledon (2004 ,2005 ,2009 , all lost toFederer ), and another final at the US Open (2006 , lost to Federer). In doubles, Roddick won four titles including one Masters trophy. Part of theUnited States Davis Cup roster for 25 ties over 10 years, Roddick helped the team to a final in2004 , and a title (the country's 32nd ) in2007 . The American retired in September, after losing in the fourth round of theUS Open .[ 29] [ 30] Rainer Schüttler (born 25 April 1976 inKorbach ,West Germany , now Germany) turned professional in 1995, reaching career-high rankings of singles no. 5 in 2004, and doubles no. 40 in 2005. Schüttler won four singles and four doubles titles during his stint on the main circuit, his best Grand Slam results coming with a final at theAustralian Open (2003 , lost toAgassi ), and a semifinal run atWimbledon (2008 ). Alongside countrymanNicolas Kiefer , the German also took the silver medal in doubles at the2004 Athens Olympics , losing the final in five sets (toGonzález /Massú ). Schüttler last played at theAustralian Open in January.[ 31] Alexander Waske (born March 31, 1975, in Frankfurt, West Germany) turned professional in 2000 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 89 in singles and no. 16 in doubles. 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