Английская Википедия:2012 Rafael Nadal tennis season

The 2012 Rafael Nadal tennis season officially began on 2 January with the start of the 2012 ATP World Tour.

Year summary

Asian/Pacific hard court season and Australian Open

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Nadal during the finals of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters

Nadal began his World Tour season at the Qatar Open. He beat Philipp Kohlschreiber and qualifier Denis Gremelmayr in rounds one and two and then won against seventh-seeded Mikhail Youzhny.^[1] In the semifinal he played poorly and lost to Gaël Monfils in two routine sets.^[2]

Australian Open

In the Australian Open Nadal began the tournament by breezing past qualifier Alex Kuznetsov of United States.^[3] The second round against Tommy Haas, who has never won a set against Rafael, was a little tighter but Nadal again advanced in three straight sets.^[4] He outwitted compatriot Feliciano López in fourth round and won in the quarterfinals in an epic four-set match against Tomáš Berdych, who was playing at a high-level.^[5] He then beat Roger Federer, who was riding a 25-match win streak heading into the match, in a four-set match in the semifinals.^[6] With his win, he reached the finals of all four Grand Slams consecutively. In the final, on 29 January, he was beaten by Novak Djokovic in five sets, the match being the longest ever match for a Grand Slam title. The epic final lasted 5 hours and 53 minutes. They set a new world record, breaking the latest longest major singles final between Mats Wilander and Ivan Lendl, which lasted 4 hours and 54 minutes, at the US Open in 1988.^[7]

US hard court season

At Indian Wells, Nadal made it to the semifinals, where he was beaten by Roger Federer, who went on to win the tournament. However, he won the Doubles event of the tournament for the second time in succession after beating John Isner and Sam Querrey in the final.

He also made the semifinals in Miami, but withdrew because of problems with his knee, the hard-court season taking its toll on his weak spot once again.

European clay court season and the French Open

As the clay court season started, Nadal was seeded 2nd at the 2012 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters in April. He was troubled in his opening round by seed number 47, Nieminen of Finland, but prevailed in two sets. He then went on to clinch his 8th Monte Carlo trophy in 9 tries by beating Qualifier Mikhail Kukushkin, easing through Stanislas Wawrinka, and defeating Gilles Simon in the Semifinal, before topping World No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the final. This ended a streak of 7 straight final losses to Djokovic, which began at the 2011 Indian Wells Masters Final. Novak admitted that Nadal was just a better player, when asked whether the death of his grandfather early at the beginning of the tournament was affecting his whole play.

A day after the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Final, Nadal traveled to Barcelona where he received a 'bye' in the first round. His tremendous record on clay continued as he beat compatriot David Ferrer to clinch his seventh title in eight years at the Barcelona Open.

The Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open did not go very well for Nadal since he lost early in the 3R to Fernando Verdasco. Nadal stated that he was very unhappy with the new blue-colored clay and threatened not to attend in the future if the surface was not changed. Several other players such as Novak Djokovic agreed with Nadal in his criticism.^[8]

In the last tournament before the French Open Nadal went to Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome. He won every single match in two sets finishing with his second victory over Novak Djokovic and his third title in 2012.

French Open

At the French Open, Nadal managed to win all six matches before facing Novak Djokovic in the Final, in which Nadal won in four sets. During the entire tournament, Nadal only lost a single set (against Djokovic in the final). With his seventh championship victory at Roland Garros, Nadal became the most successful tennis player at the French Open.

Throughout the entire Clay court season, Nadal did not drop a single set on the red clay across 3 tournaments and 23 matches, which started in Monte Carlo, Barcelona, BNL d'Italia and was ended by Novak Djokovic in the Final of the French Open. He collected 5 bagels along the way (a bagel is a score of 6–0 in a set of a tennis match).

European grass court season, Wimbledon Championships and the Summer Olympics

For the first time since his debut in 2005, Nadal revisited the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany. There he enrolled in both the Doubles and Singles events. He partnered up with Marcel Granollers as his Doubles teammate as well as "hitting company." After disappointing Quarter Finals losses at both the Singles and Doubles events of the Gerry Weber, Rafael Nadal took a week off from the tour and took a visit to his hometown, Manacor.

Wimbledon Championships

Wimbledon Championships did not go well for Nadal and was a disaster for him. He lost early in the second round to Lukáš Rosol in 5 sets in one of the greatest shocks in Grand Slam history. Rosol then succumbed to Philipp Kohlschreiber in the following round. After his loss, Nadal was off into yet another rest, this time in Sardinia.

London Olympics

Nadal's second appearance at the Summer Olympics, saw him chosen by the Spanish Sports Federation as the flag-bearer of Spain. He gained automatic entry to the Men's Singles Event and was the defending champion.

But on 19 July, Nadal stated that he will be withdrawing from the Olympics citing knee injury as his issue.

Summer US hard court season

After he withdrew from the London Olympics due to knee tendinitis, Nadal missed the rest of the US Open Series, leading up to the US Open, stating that he will not return to court before the recovery.

U.S. Open

On 15 August, Nadal announced via Twitter that he was withdrawing from the 2012 US Open (tennis).^[9] He had already withdrawn from the 2012 Rogers Cup and the 2012 Western & Southern Open.

Autumn season

On 3 September, Nadal announced on his homepage that he would not play for the next two months in order to rest and allow his knee to recover. He ultimately missed the remainder of the 2012 season, having received qualification for the ATP World Tour Finals in London after his second round exit from Wimbledon, before pulling out due to injury. Despite missing the final four months of the season, Nadal managed to finish ranked No. 4 in the world, his lowest year-end ranking in eight years.

Nadal stated in his announcement: "I have missed the Olympics and the US Open in the last few weeks, two of the most important tournaments of the year and that I really wanted to play. I really want to be back competing and enjoying the tennis tour, but I have many years in front of me and my knee needs some rest. I will be back when I have no pain and able to compete with guarantee[...]."^[10]

All matches

Шаблон:Performance key

Singles matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent	Rank	Result	Score
Qatar ExxonMobil Open Doha, Qatar ATP World Tour 250 Hard, outdoor 2 – 7 January 2012	1 / 658	1R	Шаблон:Flagicon Philipp Kohlschreiber	43	Шаблон:Center	6–3, 6–7^(2–7), 6–3
	2 / 659	2R	Шаблон:Flagicon Denis Gremelmayr	189	Шаблон:Center	6–2, 6–2
	3 / 660	QF	Шаблон:Flagicon Mikhail Youzhny	35	Шаблон:Center	6–4, 6–4
	4 / 661	SF	Шаблон:Flagicon Gaël Monfils	15	Шаблон:Center	3–6, 4–6
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 16 – 29 January 2012	5 / 662	1R	Шаблон:Flagicon Alex Kuznetsov	167	Шаблон:Center	6–4, 6–1, 6–1
	6 / 663	2R	Шаблон:Flagicon Tommy Haas	205	Шаблон:Center	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
	7 / 664	3R	Шаблон:Flagicon Lukáš Lacko	113	Шаблон:Center	6–2, 6–4, 6–2
	8 / 665	4R	Шаблон:Flagicon Feliciano López	19	Шаблон:Center	6–4, 6–4, 6–2
	9 / 666	QF	Шаблон:Flagicon Tomáš Berdych	7	Шаблон:Center	6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(8–6), 6–4, 6–3
	10 / 667	SF	Шаблон:Flagicon Roger Federer	3	Шаблон:Center	6–7^(5–7), 6–2, 7–6^(7–5), 6–4
	11 / 668	F	Шаблон:Flagicon Novak Djokovic	1	Шаблон:Center	7–5, 4–6, 2–6, 7–6^(7–5), 5–7
BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 12 – 18 March 2012	–	1R	Bye
	12 / 669	2R	Шаблон:Flagicon Leonardo Mayer	78	Шаблон:Center	6–1, 6–3
	13 / 670	3R	Шаблон:Flagicon Marcel Granollers	26	Шаблон:Center	6–1, 6–4
	14 / 671	4R	Шаблон:Flagicon Alexandr Dolgopolov	21	Шаблон:Center	6–3, 6–2
	15 / 672	QF	Шаблон:Flagicon David Nalbandian	74	Шаблон:Center	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
	16 / 673	SF	Шаблон:Flagicon Roger Federer	3	Шаблон:Center	3–6, 4–6
Sony Ericsson Open Miami, United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 21 March – 4 April 2012	–	1R	Bye
	17 / 674	2R	Шаблон:Flagicon Santiago Giraldo	57	Шаблон:Center	6–2, 6–0
	18 / 675	3R	Шаблон:Flagicon Radek Štěpánek	25	Шаблон:Center	6–2, 6–2
	19 / 676	4R	Шаблон:Flagicon Kei Nishikori	16	Шаблон:Center	6–4, 6–4
	20 / 677	QF	Шаблон:Flagicon Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6	Шаблон:Center	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
	–	SF	Шаблон:Flagicon Andy Murray	4	Withdrew	N/A
Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Monte Carlo, Monaco ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 15 – 22 April 2012	–	1R	Bye
	21 / 678	2R	Шаблон:Flagicon Jarkko Nieminen	48	Шаблон:Center	6–4, 6–3
	22 / 679	3R	Шаблон:Flagicon Mikhail Kukushkin	68	Шаблон:Center	6–1, 6–1
	23 / 680	QF	Шаблон:Flagicon Stanislas Wawrinka	26	Шаблон:Center	7–5, 6–4
	24 / 681	SF	Шаблон:Flagicon Gilles Simon	15	Шаблон:Center	6–3, 6–4
	25 / 682	W	Шаблон:Flagicon Novak Djokovic	1	Шаблон:Center	6–3, 6–1
Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell Barcelona, Spain ATP World Tour 500 Clay, outdoor 23 – 29 April 2012	–	1R	Bye
	26 / 683	2R	Шаблон:Flagicon Guillermo García López	78	Шаблон:Center	6–1, 6–2
	27 / 684	3R	Шаблон:Flagicon Robert Farah	246	Шаблон:Center	6–2, 6–3
	28 / 685	QF	Шаблон:Flagicon Janko Tipsarević	8	Шаблон:Center	6–2, 6–2
	29 / 686	SF	Шаблон:Flagicon Fernando Verdasco	20	Шаблон:Center	6–0, 6–4
	30 / 687	W	Шаблон:Flagicon David Ferrer	6	Шаблон:Center	7–6^(7–1), 7–5
Mutua Madrid Open Madrid, Spain ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 7 – 13 May 2012	–	1R	Bye
	31 / 688	2R	Шаблон:Flagicon Nikolay Davydenko	54	Шаблон:Center	6–2, 6–2
	32 / 689	3R	Шаблон:Flagicon Fernando Verdasco	19	Шаблон:Center	3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 13 – 20 May 2012	–	1R	Bye
	33 / 690	2R	Шаблон:Flagicon Florian Mayer	28	Шаблон:Center	6–1, 7–5
	34 / 691	3R	Шаблон:Flagicon Marcel Granollers	26	Шаблон:Center	6–1, 6–1
	35 / 692	QF	Шаблон:Flagicon Tomáš Berdych	7	Шаблон:Center	6–4, 7–5
	36 / 693	SF	Шаблон:Flagicon David Ferrer	6	Шаблон:Center	7–6^(8–6), 6–0
	37 / 694	W	Шаблон:Flagicon Novak Djokovic	1	Шаблон:Center	7–5, 6–3
French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay, outdoor 28 May – 10 June 2012	38 / 695	1R	Шаблон:Flagicon Simone Bolelli	111	Шаблон:Center	6–2, 6–2, 6–1
	39 / 696	2R	Шаблон:Flagicon Denis Istomin	43	Шаблон:Center	6–2, 6–2, 6–0
	40 / 697	3R	Шаблон:Flagicon Eduardo Schwank	192	Шаблон:Center	6–1, 6–3, 6–4
	41 / 698	4R	Шаблон:Flagicon Juan Mónaco	15	Шаблон:Center	6–2, 6–0, 6–0
	42 / 699	QF	Шаблон:Flagicon Nicolás Almagro	13	Шаблон:Center	7–6^(7–4), 6–2, 6–3
	43 / 700	SF	Шаблон:Flagicon David Ferrer	6	Шаблон:Center	6–2, 6–2, 6–1
	44 / 701	W	Шаблон:Flagicon Novak Djokovic	1	Шаблон:Center	6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
Gerry Weber Open Halle, Germany ATP World Tour 250 Grass, outdoor 11 – 17 June 2012	-	1R	Bye
	45 / 702	2R	Шаблон:Flagicon Lukáš Lacko	58	Шаблон:Center	7–5, 6–1
	46 / 703	QF	Шаблон:Flagicon Philipp Kohlschreiber	34	Шаблон:Center	3–6, 4–6
Wimbledon Championships London, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass, outdoor 25 June – 8 July 2012	47 / 704	1R	Шаблон:Flagicon Thomaz Bellucci	80	Шаблон:Center	7–6^(7–0), 6–2, 6–3
	48 / 705	2R	Шаблон:Flagicon Lukáš Rosol	100	Шаблон:Center	7–6^(11–9), 4–6, 4–6, 6–2, 4–6

Doubles matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponents	Ranking	Result	Score
BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 12 – 18 March 2012 Partner: Шаблон:Flagicon Marc López	1 / 150	1R	Шаблон:Flagicon Michaël Llodra Шаблон:Flagicon Nenad Zimonjić	#5 / #6	Win	6–4, 6–4
	2 / 151	2R	Шаблон:Flagicon Alexandr Dolgopolov Шаблон:Flagicon Xavier Malisse	#50 / #26	Win	6–4, 6–3
	3 / 152	QF	Шаблон:Flagicon Leander Paes Шаблон:Flagicon Radek Štěpánek	#7 / #22	Win	6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
	4 / 153	SF	Шаблон:Flagicon Mariusz Fyrstenberg Шаблон:Flagicon Marcin Matkowski	#13 / #13	Win	6–2, 6–0
	5 / 154	W	Шаблон:Flagicon John Isner Шаблон:Flagicon Sam Querrey	#33 / #35	Win	6–2, 7–6^(7–3)
Sony Ericsson Open Miami, United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 21 March – 4 April 2012 Partner: Шаблон:Flagicon Marcel Granollers	6 / 155	1R	Шаблон:Flagicon Marin Čilić Шаблон:Flagicon Ivo Karlović	#80 / #128	Win	6–1, 6–3
	7 / 156	2R	Шаблон:Flagicon Mahesh Bhupathi Шаблон:Flagicon Rohan Bopanna	#13 / #12	Loss	4–6, 3–6
Gerry Weber Open Halle, Germany ATP World Tour 250 Grass, outdoor 11 – 17 June 2012 Partner: Шаблон:Flagicon Marcel Granollers	8 / 157	1R	Шаблон:Flagicon Michal Mertiňák Шаблон:Flagicon Viktor Troicki	#78 / #76	Win	5–7, 6–2, [10–8]
	–	QF	Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Kohlmann Шаблон:Flagicon Florian Mayer	#77 / #62	Withdrew

Tournament schedule

Singles schedule

Nadal's 2012 singles tournament schedule is as follows:

Date	Championship	Location	Category	Surface¹	Outcome 2011	Points 2011	Points 2012	Outcome 2012
02.01.2012–07.01.2012	Qatar ExxonMobil Open	Qatar	ATP World Tour 250	Hard	SF	90	90	SF
16.01.2012–29.01.2012	Australian Open	Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	QF	360	1200	F
08.03.2012–18.03.2012	BNP Paribas Open	USA	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard	F	600	360	SF
21.03.2012–01.04.2012	Sony Ericsson Open	USA	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard	F	600	360	SF
15.04.2012–22.04.2012	Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters	Monaco	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Clay	W	1000	1000	W
23.04.2012–29.04.2012	Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell	Spain	ATP World Tour 500	Clay	W	500	500	W
06.05.2012–13.05.2012	Mutua Madrid Open	Spain	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Clay	F	600	90	R16
13.05.2012–20.05.2012	Internazionali BNL d'Italia	Italy	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Clay	F	600	1000	W
27.05.2012–10.06.2012	French Open	France	Grand Slam	Clay	W	2000	2000	W
11.06.2012–17.06.2012	Gerry Weber Open	Germany	ATP World Tour 250	Grass	DNS		45	QF
25.06.2012–08.07.2012	Wimbledon Championships	UK	Grand Slam	Grass	F	1200	45	2R
27.08.2012–09.09.2012	US Open	USA	Grand Slam	Hard	F	1200	0	DNS
29.10.2012–04.11.2012	BNP Paribas Masters	France	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard (i)	DNS
05.11.2012–12.11.2012	Barclays ATP World Tour Finals	UK	ATP World Tour Finals	Hard (i)	RR	200
Points earned at Davis Cup						280
Points earned at Non-Countable Tournaments						45
Total year points						11010	Шаблон:Decrease 4320 ²
Overall points							6690^[11]

¹ The symbol (i) = indoors means that the respective tournament will be held indoors.
² Difference between new points and previous points. ATP Points Distribution.

Yearly records

Head-to-head matchups

Ordered by number of wins Шаблон:Div col

Шаблон:Flagicon David Ferrer 3–0
Шаблон:Flagicon Novak Djokovic 3–1
Шаблон:Flagicon Tomáš Berdych 2-0
Шаблон:Flagicon Marcel Granollers 2–0
Шаблон:Flagicon Lukáš Lacko 2–0
Шаблон:Flagicon Alex Kuznetsov 1–0
Шаблон:Flagicon Janko Tipsarević 1–0
Шаблон:Flagicon Denis Gremelmayr 1–0
Шаблон:Flagicon Tommy Haas 1–0
Шаблон:Flagicon Florian Mayer 1–0
Шаблон:Flagicon Mikhail Youzhny 1–0
Шаблон:Flagicon Nikolay Davydenko 1–0
Шаблон:Flagicon Kei Nishikori 1–0
Шаблон:Flagicon Radek Štěpánek 1–0
Шаблон:Flagicon Juan Mónaco 1–0
Шаблон:Flagicon David Nalbandian 1–0
Шаблон:Flagicon Leonardo Mayer 1–0
Шаблон:Flagicon Eduardo Schwank 1–0
Шаблон:Flagicon Jarkko Nieminen 1–0
Шаблон:Flagicon Mikhail Kukushkin 1–0
Шаблон:Flagicon Stanislas Wawrinka 1–0
Шаблон:Flagicon Alexandr Dolgopolov 1–0
Шаблон:Flagicon Simone Bolelli 1–0
Шаблон:Flagicon Denis Istomin 1–0
Шаблон:Flagicon Robert Farah 1–0
Шаблон:Flagicon Santiago Giraldo 1–0
Шаблон:Flagicon Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 1–0
Шаблон:Flagicon Gilles Simon 1–0
Шаблон:Flagicon Feliciano López 1-0
Шаблон:Flagicon Guillermo García López 1–0
Шаблон:Flagicon Nicolás Almagro 1–0
Шаблон:Flagicon Thomaz Bellucci 1-0
Шаблон:Flagicon Philipp Kohlschreiber 1–1
Шаблон:Flagicon Fernando Verdasco 1–1
Шаблон:Flagicon Roger Federer 1–1
Шаблон:Flagicon Lukáš Rosol 0-1
Шаблон:Flagicon Gaël Monfils 0–1

Шаблон:Div col end

References

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External links

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