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| 2012 Australian Open | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Champion |  Maikel Scheffers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Runner-up |  Nicolas Peifer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Score | 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maikel Scheffers defeatedNicolas Peifer in the final, 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–0 to win the men's singles wheelchair tennis title at the 2012 Australian Open.[1][2]
Shingo Kunieda was the five-time reigning champion, but did not participate.
The2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's singles[3][4] is a tennis tournament featuring 8 paraplegic men tennis players, which is part of theNEC Tour. The tournament takes place atMelbourne Park inMelbourne, Australia, from 25 January to 28 January 2012, it is the 10th edition of the Australian Open men's wheelchair event and the firstGrand Slam event of 2012. The tournament is played on Plexicushion Prestige AO hard courts, which is rated a medium-fast pace by the ITF. The competition is organised by theInternational Tennis Federation andTennis Australia.
Maikel Scheffers (champion)Stéphane Houdet(semifinals)Key
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Maikel Scheffers | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
 Satoshi Saida | 6 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Maikel Scheffers | 2 | 7 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
 Stefan Olsson | 6 | 5 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Stefan Olsson | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  Ben Weekes | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Maikel Scheffers | 3 | 77 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicolas Peifer | 6 | 62 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nicolas Peifer | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robin Ammerlaan | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nicolas Peifer | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Stéphane Houdet | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Vink | 4 | 79 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Stéphane Houdet | 6 | 67 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||