# 2012 Australian Open – Boys' singles

Jiří Veselý was the defending champion, but he was ineligible to compete this year. World number one, Luke Saville of Australia led the field. The Aussie junior tennis player headed up the top ten seeds which included Thiago Monteiro, 2011 Wimbledon junior finalist Liam Broady, Kaichi Uchida, Frederico Ferreira Silva, Andrew Harris, Kyle Edmund, Stefano Napolitano, Nikola Milojević and Adam Pavlásek.
The start of the 2012 Australian Open saw all the seeds apart from Monteiro, Cagnina and Farren made it to the second round. The biggest upset of the first round was Brazilian Thiago Monteiro losing to Australian wild card Jack Schipanski. Julien Cagnina lost to French Mathias Bourgue and American Connor Farren went to French Laurent Lokoli. The second round witnessed all the seeds go through except Broady lost to Robin Staněk, Napolitano to Joshua Ward-Hibbert and Kyrgios to Marek Routa. The third round is also where the seeds meet for the first time. Kimmer Coppejans and Hossam exited to higher seeds. Seventh seeded Edmund defeated eleventh seeded Coppejans and No. 1 seeded Saville defeated sixteenth seeded Hossam. The biggest upset of the third round was tenth seeded Pavlásek defeating fifth seeded Silva and sixth seeded Harris losing to American qualifier Mackenzie McDonald. Milojevic lost to Joshua Ward-Hibbert and Pöllänen to Staněk. The quarter finals saw Saville end Edmund's run and Pavlásek end Uchida's run successfully making their way into the semifinals. The semifinals witnessed Saville taking out Pavlásek while Filip Peliwo overcame McDonald. In the final, Luke Saville defeated Filip Peliwo to claim his first Junior Boys' Singles Australian Open title and second grand slam title of his career.

## Seeds

* Luke Saville (champion)
* Thiago Monteiro (first round)
* Liam Broady (second round)
* Kaichi Uchida (quarterfinals)
* Frederico Ferreira Silva (third round)
* Andrew Harris (third round)
* Kyle Edmund (quarterfinals)
* Stefano Napolitano (second round)
* Nikola Milojević (third round)
* Adam Pavlásek (semifinals)
* Kimmer Coppejans (third round)
* Julien Cagnina (first round)
* Nick Kyrgios (second round)
* Connor Farren (first round)
* Herkko Pöllänen (third round)
* Karim Hossam (third round)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Luke Saville | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Kyle Edmund | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Kyle Edmund | 5 | 5 | | 1 | Luke Saville | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 10 | Adam Pavlásek | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| 4 | Kaichi Uchida | 3 | 3 | | 10 | Adam Pavlásek | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| 10 | Adam Pavlásek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Adam Pavlásek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | Luke Saville | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Filip Peliwo | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| Q | Mackenzie McDonald | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Filip Peliwo | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| | Robin Staněk | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Robin Staněk | 6 | 4 | 2 | Q | Mackenzie McDonald | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Filip Peliwo | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Joshua Ward-Hibbert | 3 | 2 | | | Filip Peliwo | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Filip Peliwo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal |
| 1 | Luke Saville | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Or Ram-Harel | 1 | 1 | | 1 | L Saville | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Lucas Pouille | 6 | 6 | | | L Pouille | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | Jannis Kahlke | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | 1 | L Saville | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| SE | Alexander Babanine | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | 16 | K Hossam | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| Q | Pedro Dumont | 6 | 6 | | Q | P Dumont | 5 | 6$^9$ | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Takashi Saito | 2 | 2 | | 16 | K Hossam | 7 | 7$^{11}$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Karim Hossam | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | L Saville | 7 | 7 |
| 11 | Kimmer Coppejans | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | K Edmund | 5 | 5 |
| WC | Thanasi Kokkinakis | 5 | 2 | | 11 | K Coppejans | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Borna Ćorić | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | B Ćorić | 6 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | Markos Kalovelonis | 4 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | 11 | K Coppejans | 6$^7$ | 1 | | | | |
| WC | Daniel Guccione | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | K Edmund | 7$^9$ | 6 | | | | |
| | Pol Toledo Bagué | 6 | 0 | 8 | | P Toledo Bagué | 6 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| SE | Alexandre Favrot | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7 | K Edmund | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Kyle Edmund | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal |
| 4 | Kaichi Uchida | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Pietro Licciardi | 5 | 6$^4$ | | 4 | K Uchida | 6 | 7$^{10}$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | Daniel Masur | 0 | 6$^8$ | | | L Bambridge | 4 | 6$^8$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | Luke Bambridge | 6 | 7$^{10}$ | | | | | | | 4 | K Uchida | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Ștefan Vinți | 3 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | L Lokoli | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| WC | Bradley Mousley | 6 | 7$^8$ | | WC | B Mousley | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | Laurent Lokoli | 6 | 6 | | | L Lokoli | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Connor Farren | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | K Uchida | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Adam Pavlásek | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 10 | A Pavlásek | 6 | 6 |
| LL | Ho Chih-jen | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 | A Pavlásek | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | James Frawley | 1 | 2 | | | P Krstin | 6$^5$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Peđa Krstin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 10 | A Pavlásek | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Evgeny Karlovskiy | 6 | 7$^{12}$ | | | | | | | 5 | FF Silva | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | Mikael Torpegaard | 1 | 6$^{10}$ | | | E Karlovskiy | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Li Tu | 4 | 4 | | 5 | FF Silva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Frederico Ferreira Silva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal |
| 6 | Andrew Harris | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Filip Veger | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | A Harris | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Wayne Montgomery | 6$^5$ | 7 | 6 | | W Montgomery | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Bar Tzuf Botzer | 7$^7$ | 5 | 1 | | | | | | 6 | A Harris | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Temur Ismailov | 1 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | Q | M McDonald | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | Mackenzie McDonald | 6 | 7$^7$ | | Q | M McDonald | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Mathias Bourgue | 6 | 3 | 6 | | M Bourgue | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Julien Cagnina | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | Q | M McDonald | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 15 | Herkko Pöllänen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | R Staněk | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| | Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul | 3 | 3 | | 15 | H Pöllänen | 3 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Patrik Fabian | 3 | 4 | | WC | C O'Connell | 6 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Christopher O'Connell | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 15 | H Pöllänen | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Robin Staněk | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | R Staněk | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Jordan Thompson | 5 | 0 | | | R Staněk | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Matteo Donati | 5 | 3 | | 3 | L Broady | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Liam Broady | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal |
| 8 | Stefano Napolitano | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Trey Strobel | 4 | 3 | | 8 | S Napolitano | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Joshua Ward-Hibbert | 6 | 6 | | | J Ward-Hibbert | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Matthew Tanza | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | J Ward-Hibbert | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | Arjun Kadhe | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | 9 | N Milojević | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | Quentin Halys | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | Q Halys | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | Jay Andrijic | 2 | 0 | | 9 | N Milojević | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Nikola Milojević | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | J Ward-Hibbert | 3 | 2 |
| 13 | Nick Kyrgios | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | F Peliwo | 6 | 6 |
| | Kim Jae-hwan | 1 | 2 | | 13 | N Kyrgios | 6$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Kevin Kaczynski | 6 | 5 | 0 | | M Routa | 7$^9$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Marek Routa | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | M Routa | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | |
| | Filip Peliwo | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | F Peliwo | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| Q | Ken Onishi | 6 | 1 | 4 | | F Peliwo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Jack Schipanski | 2 | 6 | 6 | WC | J Schipanski | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Thiago Monteiro | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |