# 2012 Shanghai Rolex Masters

The 2012 Shanghai Rolex Masters was a men's tennis tournament that was played on outdoor hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2012 ATP World Tour. It took place at Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, China from October 8 to October 14, 2012. Second-seeded Novak Djokovic won the singles title.

## Finals
### Singles

* Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Murray, 5–7, 7–6$^{(13–11)}$, 6–3

### Doubles

* Leander Paes' / Radek Štěpánek defeated Mahesh Bhupathi / Rohan Bopanna, 6–7$^{(7–9)}$, 6–3, [10–5]

## Points and prize money
### Points

| Stage | Singles | Doubles |
| Champion | 1000 | 1000 |
| Runner up | 600 | 600 |
| Semifinals | 360 | 360 |
| Quarterfinals | 180 | 180 |
| Round of 16 | 90 | 90 |
| Round of 32 | 45 | 0 |
| Round of 64 | 10 | - |
| Qualifier | 25 | - |
| Qualifying final round | 14 | - |

## Singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| SUI | Roger Federer | 1 | 1 |
| SRB | Novak Djokovic | 2 | 2 |
| GBR | Andy Murray | 3 | 3 |
| CZE | Tomáš Berdych | 6 | 4 |
| FRA | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 7 | 5 |
| SRB | Janko Tipsarević | 9 | 6 |
| ARG | Juan Mónaco | 10 | 7 |
| USA | John Isner | 11 | 8 |
| ESP | Nicolás Almagro | 12 | 9 |
| CRO | Marin Čilić | 13 | 10 |
| FRA | Richard Gasquet | 14 | 11 |
| CAN | Milos Raonic | 15 | 12 |
| SUI | Stanislas Wawrinka | 16 | 13 |
| JPN | Kei Nishikori | 17 | 14 |
| FRA | Gilles Simon | 18 | 15 |
| GER | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 19 | 16 |
* Rankings are as of October 1, 2012

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Lleyton Hewitt
* Li Zhe
* Wu Di
* Zhang Ze
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Brian Baker
* Michael Berrer
* Alex Bogomolov Jr.
* Łukasz Kubot
* Lu Yen-hsun
* Marinko Matosevic
* Philipp Petzschner

### Withdrawals

* Julien Benneteau → replaced by Grigor Dimitrov
* Juan Martín del Potro (left wrist injury) → replaced by Go Soeda
* David Ferrer (stomach virus) → replaced by Tommy Robredo
* Mardy Fish (health issues) → replaced by Alejandro Falla
* Marcel Granollers → replaced by Ryan Harrison
* Gaël Monfils → replaced by Albert Ramos Viñolas
* Rafael Nadal (left knee injury) → replaced by Martin Kližan
* Andy Roddick (retired from tennis) → replaced by Benoît Paire

### Retirements

* Florian Mayer (rib injury)

## Doubles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| USA | Bob Bryan | USA | Mike Bryan | 2 | 1 |
| BLR | Max Mirnyi | CAN | Daniel Nestor | 6 | 2 |
| SWE | Robert Lindstedt | ROU | Horia Tecău | 13 | 3 |
| IND | Leander Paes | CZE | Radek Štěpánek | 14 | 4 |
| POL | Mariusz Fyrstenberg | POL | Marcin Matkowski | 21 | 5 |
| PAK | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | NED | Jean-Julien Rojer | 30 | 6 |
| IND | Mahesh Bhupathi | IND | Rohan Bopanna | 33 | 7 |
| AUT | Alexander Peya | BRA | Bruno Soares | 50 | 8 |
* Rankings are as of October 1, 2012

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Yu Chang / Zhe Li
* Maoxin Gong / Zhang Ze
The following pairs received entry as alternates:
* Fabio Fognini / Martin Kližan

### Withdrawals

* Ryan Harrison