2012 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Singles

Andy Murray was the defending champion, but lost to Milos Raonic in the semifinals.
Eighth-seeded Kei Nishikori won the title beating Milos Raonic in the final 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–0, and in doing so became the first home grown winner of the title since Toshiro Sakai in 1972.

Singles
2012 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
Champion Kei Nishikori
Runner-up Milos Raonic
Final score7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–0
Draw32 (4Q / 3WC)
Seeds8
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Seeds
  1. Andy Murray (Semifinals)
  2. Tomáš Berdych (Quarterfinals)
  3. Janko Tipsarević (Quarterfinals)
  4. Juan Mónaco (Second round)
  5. Nicolás Almagro (First round)
  6. Milos Raonic (Final)
  7. Stanislas Wawrinka (Quarterfinals)
  8. Kei Nishikori (Champion)

Draw

Key

Finals
Semifinals Final
          
1 Andy Murray 3 77 64
6 Milos Raonic 6 65 77
6 Milos Raonic 65 6 0
8 Kei Nishikori 77 3 6
  Marcos Baghdatis 2 2
8 Kei Nishikori 6 6

Top Half
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 A Murray 79 6
LL I Karlović 67 4 1 A Murray 6 6
  A Ramos 0 2 L Lacko 1 2
L Lacko 6 6 1 A Murray 6 3 6
  J Chardy 6 7 7 S Wawrinka 2 6 2
WC Y Sugita 1 5   J Chardy 61 78 5
WC H Moriya 5 6 4 7 S Wawrinka 77 66 7
7 S Wawrinka 7 4 6 1 A Murray 3 77 64
3 J Tipsarević 4 6 6 6 M Raonic 6 65 77
G Simon 6 3 1 3 J Tipsarević 6 6
M Kližan 63 2 Q M Chiudinelli 4 2
Q M Chiudinelli 77 6 3 J Tipsarević 77 2 67
V Troicki 6 6 6 M Raonic 65 6 79
R Haase 2 3   V Troicki 0r
R Štěpánek 4 4 6 M Raonic 3
6 M Raonic 6 6

Bottom Half
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5 N Almagro 64 65
WC T Ito 77 77 WC T Ito 5 3
Q D Tursunov 6 7 Q D Tursunov 7 6
B Tomic 4 5 Q D Tursunov 2 4
Q S Stakhovsky 63 5 M Baghdatis 6 6
M Baghdatis 77 7   M Baghdatis 7 1 6
Q G Dimitrov 2 1 4 J Mónaco 5 6 3
4 J Mónaco 6 6 M Baghdatis 2 2
8 K Nishikori 4 6 6 8 K Nishikori 6 6
G Soeda 6 2 3 8 K Nishikori 5 6 6
J Nieminen 2 4 PR T Robredo 7 1 0
PR T Robredo 6 6 8 K Nishikori 7 6
T Bellucci 5 2 2 T Berdych 5 4
A Falla 7 6   A Falla 3 5
B Paire 1 66 2 T Berdych 6 7
2 T Berdych 6 78

Qualifying

Seeds
  1. Grigor Dimitrov (Qualified)
  2. Ivo Karlović (Qualifying competition, Lucky Loser)
  3. Sergiy Stakhovsky (Qualified)
  4. Dmitry Tursunov (Qualified)
  5. Philipp Petzschner (Qualifying competition)
  6. Vasek Pospisil (Qualifying competition)
  7. Marco Chiudinelli (Qualified)
  8. Dušan Lajović (Qualifying competition)

Qualifiers
  1. Grigor Dimitrov
  2. Marco Chiudinelli
  3. Sergiy Stakhovsky
  4. Dmitry Tursunov

Lucky Loser
  1. Ivo Karlović

First Qualifier
First Round Qualifying Competition
          
1 Grigor Dimitrov 7 6  
  Hiroki Kondo 5 4  
1 Grigor Dimitrov 6 65 6
6 Vasek Pospisil 4 77 2
  Riccardo Ghedin 63 4  
6 Vasek Pospisil 77 6  

Second Qualifier
First Round Qualifying Competition
          
2 Ivo Karlović 6 6  
  Yasutaka Uchiyama 4 2  
2 Ivo Karlović 3 78 65
7 Marco Chiudinelli 6 66 77
WC Hiroyasu Ehara 4 3  
7 Marco Chiudinelli 6 6  

Third Qualifier
First Round Qualifying Competition
          
3 Sergiy Stakhovsky 4 77 7
  Toshihide Matsui 6 64 5
3 Sergiy Stakhovsky 4 7 6
8 Dušan Lajović 6 5 0
WC Shuichi Sekiguchi 1 5  
8 Dušan Lajović 6 7  

Fourth Qualifier
First Round Qualifying Competition
          
4 Dmitry Tursunov 6 78  
WC Kaichi Uchida 4 66  
4 Dmitry Tursunov 6 6  
5 Philipp Petzschner 1 4  
  Kento Takeuchi 77 4 3
5 Philipp Petzschner 64 6 6

References
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