# 2012 Qatar Open – Singles

Roger Federer was the defending champion, but was forced to withdraw from the tournament before the semifinals because of a back injury. Following Federer's withdrawal, Stefan Edberg and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga played a one set exhibition match to make up the evening session.
Tsonga won the title beating Gaël Monfils in an all-French final, 7–5, 6–3.

## Seeds

* Rafael Nadal (semifinals)
* Roger Federer (semifinals, withdrew due to a back injury)
* Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (champion)
* Gaël Monfils (final)
* Viktor Troicki (quarterfinals)
* Alex Bogomolov Jr. (second round, withdrew due to a right ankle injury)
* Mikhail Youzhny (quarterfinals)
* Andreas Seppi (quarterfinals)

## 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

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Rafael Nadal | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| 4 | Gaël Monfils | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 4 | Gaël Monfils | 6 | 6 | 4 | Gaël Monfils | 5 | 3 |
| | | | | 3 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | w/o | | 3 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Roger Federer | | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | R Nadal | 6 | 6$^2$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Kohlschreiber | 3 | 7$^7$ | 3 | 1 | R Nadal | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D Gremelmayr | 6 | 6 | | Q | D Gremelmayr | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Starace | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | 1 | R Nadal | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Stakhovsky | 7$^7$ | 2 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | 7 | M Youzhny | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | I Karlović | 6$^1$ | 6 | 7$^7$ | | I Karlović | 2 | 7$^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | E Gulbis | 4 | 7$^7$ | 2 | 7 | M Youzhny | 6 | 6$^3$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | M Youzhny | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | R Nadal | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | G Monfils | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | G Monfils | 6 | 6 |
| | R Machado | 5 | 3 | | 4 | G Monfils | 7 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| PR | B Becker | 6 | 7 | | PR | B Becker | 5 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | I Kunitsyn | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | 4 | G Monfils | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | R Bautista-Agut | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 5 | V Troicki | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| Q | M Bachinger | 6 | 6 | | Q | M Bachinger | 6$^6$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Rosol | 4 | 6$^4$ | | 5 | V Troicki | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | V Troicki | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | A Bogomolov Jr. | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Volandri | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | A Bogomolov Jr. | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Ramos | 7 | 6 | | | A Ramos | w/o | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Tursunov | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | A Ramos | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| WC | J Al Mutawa | 0 | 0 | | | | | | 3 | J-W Tsonga | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | F Cipolla | 6 | 6 | | | F Cipolla | 6$^8$ | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Jaziri | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ | 1 | 3 | J-W Tsonga | 7$^{10}$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | J-W Tsonga | 7$^7$ | 6$^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | J-W Tsonga | w/o |
| 8 | A Seppi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | R Federer | |
| | Ł Kubot | 2 | 3 | | 8 | A Seppi | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | P Andújar | 2 | 6 | 3 | | G García-López | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | G García-López | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | 8 | A Seppi | 3 | 7 | 4 | | | |
| WC | S Bubka | 6 | 1 | 1 | | | | | 2 | R Federer | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | |
| Q | G Žemlja | 4 | 6 | 6 | Q | G Žemlja | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Davydenko | 2 | 2 | | 2 | R Federer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | R Federer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Matthias Bachinger (qualified)
* Marsel İlhan (second round)
* Lukáš Lacko (second round)
* Grega Žemlja (qualified)
* Martin Kližan (first round)
* Rainer Schüttler (qualifying competition)
* Andrey Golubev (qualifying competition)
* Björn Phau (second round)

### Qualifiers

* Matthias Bachinger
* Denis Gremelmayr
* Roberto Bautista-Agut
* Grega Žemlja

### 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

#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Matthias Bachinger | 7$^7$ | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Martin Fischer | 6$^2$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Martin Fischer | 6$^2$ | 6 | 3 | 1 | Matthias Bachinger | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Aljaž Bedene | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Yuri Schukin | 6 | 4 | 1 | | Aljaž Bedene | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Aljaž Bedene | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Aljaž Bedene | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | Matthias Bachinger | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Andrey Golubev | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| WC | Mohammed Ghareeb | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Andrey Golubev | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| WC | Abdulrahman Al Harib | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Abdulrahman Al Harib | 0 | 2 | | WC | Mohammed Ghareeb | 2 | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | Andrey Golubev | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |
| | Yang Tsung-hua | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | Andrey Golubev | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Andrey Golubev | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Marsel İlhan | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Andre Begemann | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Andre Begemann | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Marsel İlhan | 1 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Denis Gremelmayr | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | Marco Chiudinelli | 6$^3$ | 2 | | | Denis Gremelmayr | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | Denis Gremelmayr | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Denis Gremelmayr | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | Denis Gremelmayr | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Rainer Schüttler | 5 | 4 |
| | Marius Copil | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Rainer Schüttler | 5 | 4 |
| | Antonio Veić | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Antonio Veić | 7 | 6 | | | Antonio Veić | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Rainer Schüttler | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| | Maxime Authom | 6$^5$ | 6 | 4 | 6 | Rainer Schüttler | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| 6 | Rainer Schüttler | 7$^7$ | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Lukáš Lacko | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Mischa Zverev | 6$^1$ | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | Mischa Zverev | 6$^1$ | 3 | | 3 | Lukáš Lacko | 5 | 5 | | | |
| | | | | | | Igor Sijsling | 7 | 7 | | | |
| | Illya Marchenko | 0 | 4 | | | Igor Sijsling | 7 | 7 | | | |
| | Igor Sijsling | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Igor Sijsling | 6 | 6 | | | | | | Igor Sijsling | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | Roberto Bautista-Agut | 6 | 6 |
| | Peter Torebko | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | Roberto Bautista-Agut | 6 | 6 |
| | Roberto Bautista-Agut | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Roberto Bautista-Agut | 6 | 6 | | | Roberto Bautista-Agut | 6 | 7 | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | Björn Phau | 1 | 5 | | | |
| | Dustin Brown | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | Björn Phau | 1 | 5 | | | |
| 8 | Björn Phau | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Grega Žemlja | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Konstantin Kravchuk | 6$^1$ | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | Konstantin Kravchuk | 6$^1$ | 4 | 4 | Grega Žemlja | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | | | | | Dominik Meffert | 3 | 5 | | | | |
| WC | Abdullah Maqdas | 1 | 6$^4$ | | Dominik Meffert | 3 | 5 | | | | |
| | Dominik Meffert | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| | Dominik Meffert | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | 4 | Grega Žemlja | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | Jesse Huta Galung | 2 | 1 |
| WC | Mousa Sayed | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | Jesse Huta Galung | 2 | 1 |
| | James Ward | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | James Ward | 6 | 6 | | James Ward | 6$^7$ | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | Jesse Huta Galung | 7$^9$ | 6 | | | | |
| | Jesse Huta Galung | 6 | 6 | | Jesse Huta Galung | 7$^9$ | 6 | | | | |
| 5 | Martin Kližan | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |