# 2012 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell – Singles

Defending champion Rafael Nadal defeated David Ferrer in the final, 7–6$^{(7–1)}$, 7–5. It was his record-extending seventh title at the Barcelona Open, and the victory came after the longest set won by Nadal in his career (93 minutes to win the first set).

## Seeds

Top 9 seeds received a bye into the second round.
    01. Rafael Nadal (champion)
    02. Andy Murray (quarterfinals)
    03. David Ferrer (final)
    04. Tomáš Berdych (withdrew because of a right shoulder injury)
    05. Janko Tipsarević (quarterfinals)
    06. Nicolás Almagro (third round)
    07. Feliciano López (quarterfinals)
    08. Kei Nishikori (quarterfinals, retired because of an abdominal strain)
    09. Fernando Verdasco (semifinals)
    10. Radek Štěpánek (withdrew because of a stomach virus)
    11. Milos Raonic (semifinals)
    12. Marcel Granollers (first round)
    13. Kevin Anderson (third round)
    14. Juan Ignacio Chela (withdrew because of an Achilles tendon injury)
    15. Bernard Tomic (second round)
    16. Pablo Andújar (second round)
    17. Albert Ramos (third round)
    18. Denis Istomin (first 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 |
| 1 | Rafael Nadal | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Janko Tipsarević | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Janko Tipsarević | 2 | 2 | | 1 | Rafael Nadal | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | 9 | Fernando Verdasco | 0 | 4 | | | | |
| 9 | Fernando Verdasco | 4 | | | 9 | Fernando Verdasco | 0 | 4 | | | | |
| 8 | Kei Nishikori | 2$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Kei Nishikori | 2$^r$ | | | | | | | 1 | Rafael Nadal | 7$^7$ | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | David Ferrer | 6$^1$ | 5 |
| 7 | Feliciano López | 7$^7$ | 6$^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | 3 | David Ferrer | 6$^1$ | 5 |
| 3 | David Ferrer | 6$^4$ | 7$^9$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | David Ferrer | 6$^4$ | 7$^9$ | 6 | 3 | David Ferrer | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | | | | | 11 | Milos Raonic | 6$^2$ | 6$^5$ | | | | |
| 11 | Milos Raonic | 6 | 7$^7$ | | 11 | Milos Raonic | 6$^2$ | 6$^5$ | | | | |
| 2 | Andy Murray | 4 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | 1 | R Nadal | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G García López | 6 | 6 | | G García López | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Rochus | 3 | 3 | | | | | | 1 | R Nadal | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| LL | A Brugués Davi | 4 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | Q | R Farah | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| Q | R Farah | 6 | 7$^7$ | Q | R Farah | 7$^{10}$ | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D Goffin | 6$^2$ | 4 | 16 | P Andújar | 6$^8$ | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | P Andújar | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | R Nadal | 6 | 6 |
| 12 | M Granollers | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | J Tipsarević | 2 | 2 |
| | F Gil | 6 | 6 | | F Gil | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Sousa | 7$^7$ | 6 | Q | J Sousa | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | I Kunitsyn | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | F Gil | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | V Hănescu | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | 5 | J Tipsarević | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | R Machado | 3 | 6$^5$ | | V Hănescu | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 5 | J Tipsarević | 7 | 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 9 | F Verdasco | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Golubev | 6 | 6$^2$ | 6$^5$ | | S Darcis | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Darcis | 4 | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | 9 | F Verdasco | 6 | 6 | | | |
| Q | A Bedene | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | 13 | K Anderson | 4 | 4 | | | |
| Q | F Delbonis | 6 | 7 | | Q | F Delbonis | 6$^5$ | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | |
| | M Jaziri | 2 | 3 | | 13 | K Anderson | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | K Anderson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | F Verdasco | 4 |
| 17 | A Ramos | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | K Nishikori | 2$^r$ |
| | A Beck | 1$^r$ | | | 17 | A Ramos | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | B Paire | 6 | 7 | | | B Paire | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | L Rosol | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | 17 | A Ramos | 6$^2$ | 3 | | | |
| | D Gimeno Traver | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | 8 | K Nishikori | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | |
| | M Kukushkin | 6 | 6 | | | M Kukushkin | 3 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | K Nishikori | 6 | 4 | 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 7 | F López | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Lorenzi | 0 | 3 | | | F Cipolla | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Cipolla | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | F López | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | J Nieminen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | J Nieminen | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| WC | J Martí | 4 | 1 | | | J Nieminen | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | R Ramírez Hidalgo | 6 | 4 | 0 | LL | E Schwank | 3 | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | E Schwank | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 7 | F López | 7$^7$ | 6$^7$ | 3 |
| 15 | B Tomic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | D Ferrer | 6$^4$ | 7$^9$ | 6 |
| | E Gulbis | 3 | 4 | | 15 | B Tomic | 0 | 7 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Montañés | 7 | 6 | | | A Montañés | 6 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | G Granollers | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | A Montañés | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | F Krajinović | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | D Ferrer | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | I Cervantes Huegun | 2 | 4 | | WC | F Krajinović | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | D Ferrer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | 6 | N Almagro | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| LL | S Robert | 2 | 3 | | É Roger-Vasselin | 5 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | |
| | É Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 6 | | | | | 6 | N Almagro | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | I Andreev | 6 | 6 | | | | | 11 | M Raonic | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | D Junqueira | 2 | 3 | | I Andreev | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Falla | 4 | 6$^3$ | 11 | M Raonic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | M Raonic | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | 11 | M Raonic | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| 18 | D Istomin | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | 2 | A Murray | 4 | 6$^3$ |
| | S Giraldo | 7$^7$ | 6 | | S Giraldo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Bubka | 1 | 2$^r$ | | R Haase | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Haase | 6 | 3 | | | | | | S Giraldo | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| LL | E Donskoy | 2 | 3 | | | | | 2 | A Murray | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Stakhovsky | 6 | 6 | | S Stakhovsky | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | A Murray | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* David Goffin (qualified)
* Stéphane Robert (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Daniel Muñoz de la Nava (first round)
* Evgeny Donskoy (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Federico Delbonis (qualified)
* João Sousa (qualified)
* Andrey Golubev (qualified)
* Aljaž Bedene (qualified)
* Sergei Bubka (qualified)
* Simone Vagnozzi (first round)
* Arnau Brugués Davi (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Jan Mertl (first round)
* Eduardo Schwank (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Peter Torebko (first round)

### Qualifiers

* David Goffin
* Robert Farah
* Sergei Bubka
* Aljaž Bedene
* Federico Delbonis
* João Sousa
* Andrey Golubev

### Lucky losers

* Stéphane Robert
* Evgeny Donskoy
* Arnau Brugués Davi
* Eduardo Schwank

### Draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | David Goffin | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Guillermo Olaso | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Guillermo Olaso | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | David Goffin | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 11 | Arnau Brugués Davi | 7$^7$ | 4 | 0 |
| WC | Oriol Roca Batalla | 3 | 2 | | 11 | Arnau Brugués Davi | 7$^7$ | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | Arnau Brugués Davi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Stéphane Robert | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Pavol Červenák | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| | Pavol Červenák | 2 | 4 | 2 | Stéphane Robert | 6$^3$ | 3 |
| | | | | | Robert Farah | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | Robert Farah | 7 | 6 | | Robert Farah | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| 14 | Peter Torebko | 5 | 2 | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Daniel Muñoz de la Nava | 6 | 6$^6$ | 6$^1$ | | | | | |
| | Jerzy Janowicz | 3 | 7$^8$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| | Jerzy Janowicz | 3 | 7$^8$ | 7$^7$ | | Jerzy Janowicz | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | | 9 | Sergei Bubka | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| WC | Óscar Sabate-Bretos | 3 | 4 | | 9 | Sergei Bubka | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 9 | Sergei Bubka | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Evgeny Donskoy | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | Iván Navarro | 5 | 4 | | | | |
| | Iván Navarro | 5 | 4 | 4 | Evgeny Donskoy | 5 | 6$^3$ |
| | | | | 8 | Aljaž Bedene | 7 | 7$^7$ |
| WC | Jordi Samper-Montaña | 4 | 1 | 8 | Aljaž Bedene | 7 | 7$^7$ |
| 8 | Aljaž Bedene | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Fifth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 5 | Federico Delbonis | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Nicolas Devilder | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Nicolas Devilder | 2 | 2 | | 5 | Federico Delbonis | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | 13 | Eduardo Schwank | 5 | 3 |
| WC | Roberto Carballés Baena | 6 | 5 | 0 | 13 | Eduardo Schwank | 5 | 3 |
| 13 | Eduardo Schwank | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | |

#### Sixth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 6 | João Sousa | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| Alt | Steven Diez | 4 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Alt | Steven Diez | 4 | 0 | | 6 | João Sousa | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Evgeny Korolev | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| | Evgeny Korolev | 6 | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ | | Evgeny Korolev | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| 10 | Simone Vagnozzi | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6$^5$ | | | | | |

#### Seventh qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 7 | Andrey Golubev | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Juan Sebastián Cabal | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | Juan Sebastián Cabal | 3 | 3 | 7 | Andrey Golubev | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | Adrián Menéndez | 3 | 1 |
| | Adrián Menéndez | 7 | 6 | | Adrián Menéndez | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | Jan Mertl | 5 | 4 | | | | |