2012 Rafael Nadal tennis season

Statistics for Spanish tennis player October 2012 Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera Spain $4,997,448El patrimonio de Rafael Nadal 42 6 4 No. 4 F W 2R DNS 7–1 (87.5%) 1 No. 66 knee injury September 10, 2012 2011 2013 Rafael Nadal The 2012 Rafael Nadal tennis season officially began on 2 January with the start of the 2012 ATP World Tour. Year summary Asian/Pacific hard court season and Australian Open thumb|right|Nadal during the finals of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Nadal began his World Tour season at the Qatar Open. He beat Philipp Kohlschreiber and qualifier Denis Gremelmayr in rounds one and two and then won against seventh-seeded Mikhail Youzhny.https://sports.yahoo.com/tennis/news?slug=reu-mendoha Federer and Nadal stay on course for final showdown Yahoo! Sports January 5, 2012 In the semifinal he played poorly and lost to Gaël Monfils in two routine sets.Matt Smith Monfils upsets Nadal to set up all-French Qatar final https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tennis-men-doha-idUSTRE8051J520120106 Reuters 6 January 2012 Australian Open In the Australian Open Nadal began the tournament by breezing past qualifier Alex Kuznetsov of United States.https://sports.yahoo.com/ten/news?slug=ap-australianopen-nadal https://archive.today/20120120225953/http://sports.yahoo.com/ten/news?slug=ap-australianopen-nadal dead January 20, 2012 Nadal eases to 1st-round win at Australian Open January 16, 2012 Yahoo! Sports The second round against Tommy Haas, who has never won a set against Rafael, was a little tighter but Nadal again advanced in three straight sets.https://sports.yahoo.com/ten/news?slug=afp-tennis_aus_open_men_20120118 Nadal beats Haas as Federer puts feet up at Aussie Open 18 January 2012 Yahoo! SportsDecember 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes He outwitted compatriot Feliciano López in fourth round and won in the quarterfinals in an epic four-set match against Tomáš Berdych, who was playing at arguably the peak of his career.Tennis.com 2012-01-24 Australian Open: Nadal d. Berdych https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/australian-open-nadal-d-berdych 2023-09-14 Tennis.com en He then beat Roger Federer, who was riding a 24-match win streak heading into the match, in a four-set match in the semifinals.Mitchell Kevin 2012-01-26 Rafael Nadal triumphs over Roger Federer in epic Australian Open semi en-GB The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/jan/26/rafael-nadal-roger-federer-australian-open 2023-09-14 0261-3077 With his win, he reached the finals of all four Grand Slams consecutively. It was one of two times in which Nadal reached consecutive hardcourt major finals, later doing so between the 2013 US Open and 2014 Australian Open.Ultimate Tennis Statistics - Rafael Nadal https://www.ultimatetennisstatistics.com/playerProfile?playerId=4742&level=G&surface=H&result=F%2B&tab=events 2024-06-19 www.ultimatetennisstatistics.com In the final, on 29 January, he was beaten by Novak Djokovic in five sets, the match being the longest ever match for a Grand Slam title. The epic final lasted 5 hours and 53 minutes. They set a new world record, breaking the latest longest major singles final between Mats Wilander and Ivan Lendl, which lasted 4 hours and 54 minutes, at the US Open in 1988.https://www.espn.com/tennis/aus12/story/_/id/7515950/2012-australian-open-novak-djokovic-outlasts-rafael-nadal-longest-grand-slam-final Longest Men's Singles Championship Final January 30, 2012 ESPN Sports US hard court season At Indian Wells, Nadal made it to the semifinals, where he was beaten by Roger Federer, who went on to win the tournament. However, he won the Doubles event of the tournament for the second time in succession after beating John Isner and Sam Querrey in the final. He also made the semifinals in Miami, but withdrew because of problems with his knee, the hard-court season taking its toll on his weak spot once again. European clay court season and the French Open As the clay court season started, Nadal was seeded 2nd at the 2012 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters in April. He was troubled in his opening round by seed number 47, Nieminen of Finland, but prevailed in two sets. He then went on to clinch his 8th Monte Carlo trophy in 9 tries by beating Qualifier Mikhail Kukushkin, easing through Stanislas Wawrinka, and defeating Gilles Simon in the Semifinal, before topping World No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the final. This ended a streak of 7 straight final losses to Djokovic, which began at the 2011 Indian Wells Masters Final. Novak admitted that Nadal was just a better player, when asked whether the death of his grandfather early at the beginning of the tournament was affecting his whole play. A day after the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Final, Nadal traveled to Barcelona where he received a 'bye' in the first round. His tremendous record on clay continued as he beat compatriot David Ferrer to clinch his seventh title in eight years at the Barcelona Open. The Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open did not go very well for Nadal since he lost early in the 3R to Fernando Verdasco. Nadal stated that he was very unhappy with the new blue-colored clay and threatened not to attend in the future if the surface was not changed. Several other players such as Novak Djokovic agreed with Nadal in his criticism.http://www.incyprus.com.cy/en-gb/tennis/4172/27612/stars-not-happy-with-madrid Stars not happy with Madrid 2012-05-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20121123032140/http://www.incyprus.com.cy/en-gb/tennis/4172/27612/stars-not-happy-with-madrid 2012-11-23 dead In the last tournament before the French Open Nadal went to Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome. He won every single match in two sets finishing with his second victory over Novak Djokovic and his third title in 2012. French Open At the French Open, Nadal managed to win all six matches before facing Novak Djokovic in the final, in which Nadal won in four sets. During the entire tournament, Nadal only lost a single set (against Djokovic in the final). With his seventh championship victory at Roland Garros, Nadal became the most successful tennis player at the French Open. It was his fifth consecutive major final, his personal best streak of reaching a major final.Ultimate Tennis Statistics - Grand Slam Final Streak https://www.ultimatetennisstatistics.com/record?recordId=GrandSlamFinalStreak 2024-06-19 www.ultimatetennisstatistics.com Throughout the entire Clay court season, Nadal did not drop a single set on the red clay across 3 tournaments and 23 matches, which started in Monte Carlo, Barcelona, BNL d'Italia and was ended by Novak Djokovic in the Final of the French Open. He collected 5 bagels along the way (a bagel is a score of 6–0 in a set of a tennis match). European grass court season, Wimbledon Championships and the Summer Olympics For the first time since his debut in 2005, Nadal revisited the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany. There he enrolled in both the Doubles and Singles events. He partnered up with Marcel Granollers as his Doubles teammate as well as "hitting company." After disappointing Quarter Finals losses at both the Singles and Doubles events of the Gerry Weber, Rafael Nadal took a week off from the tour and took a visit to his hometown, Manacor. Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon Championships did not go well for Nadal and was a disaster for him. He lost early in the second round to Lukáš Rosol in 5 sets in one of the greatest shocks in Grand Slam history. Rosol then succumbed to Philipp Kohlschreiber in the following round. After his loss, Nadal was off into yet another rest, this time in Sardinia. London Olympics Nadal's second appearance at the Summer Olympics, saw him chosen by the Spanish Sports Federation as the flag-bearer of Spain. He gained automatic entry to the Men's Singles Event, was the defending champion, and was the pre-tournament favourite to retain the gold medal, despite his early exit from Wimbledon in June.https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1228442-rafael-nadal-why-spaniard-will-sport-gold-at-2012-olympic-games London 2012: Why Rafael Nadal Will Sport Gold at 2012 Olympic Games Bleacher Report Michael Carroll 19 June 2012 9 January 2016 But on 19 July, Nadal stated that he will be withdrawing from the Olympics citing a knee injury as his issue. Summer US hard court season After he withdrew from the London Olympics due to knee tendinitis, Nadal missed the rest of the US Open Series, leading up to the US Open, stating that he will not return to court before the recovery. U.S. Open On 15 August, Nadal announced via Twitter that he was withdrawing from the 2012 US Open (tennis).Quinn Sam R. Rafael Nadal's Withdrawal from US Open Reason for Tennis Fans to Worry https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1298981-rafael-nadals-withdrawal-from-us-open-reason-for-tennis-fans-to-worry 16 August 2012 Bleacher Report 15 August 2012 He had already withdrawn from the 2012 Rogers Cup and the 2012 Western & Southern Open. Autumn season On 3 September, Nadal announced on his homepage that he would not play for the next two months in order to rest and allow his knee to recover. He ultimately missed the remainder of the 2012 season, having received qualification for the ATP World Tour Finals in London after his second round exit from Wimbledon, before pulling out due to injury. Despite missing the final four months of the season, Nadal managed to finish ranked No. 4 in the world, his lowest year-end ranking in eight years. Nadal stated in his announcement: "I have missed the Olympics and the US Open in the last few weeks, two of the most important tournaments of the year and that I really wanted to play. I really want to be back competing and enjoying the tennis tour, but I have many years in front of me and my knee needs some rest. I will be back when I have no pain and able to compete with guarantee[...]."http://rafaelnadal.com/np/NP_03092012.pdf Archived copy rafaelnadal.com 13 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20120904043523/http://rafaelnadal.com/np/NP_03092012.pdf 4 September 2012 dead All matches Singles matches Tournament Match Round Opponent Rank Result Score Qatar ExxonMobil OpenDoha, QatarATP World Tour 250Hard, outdoor2 – 7 January 2012 1 / 658 1R GER Philipp Kohlschreiber43 Win 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–3 2 / 659 2R GER Denis Gremelmayr 189 Win 6–2, 6–2 3 / 660 QF RUS Mikhail Youzhny 35 Win 6–4, 6–4 4 / 661 SF FRA Gaël Monfils 15 Loss 3–6, 4–6 Australian OpenMelbourne, AustraliaGrand SlamHard, outdoor16 – 29 January 2012 5 / 662 1R USA Alex Kuznetsov 167 Win 6–4, 6–1, 6–1 6 / 663 2R GER Tommy Haas 205 Win 6–4, 6–3, 6–4 7 / 664 3R SVK Lukáš Lacko 113 Win 6–2, 6–4, 6–2 8 / 665 4R ESP Feliciano López 19 Win6–4, 6–4, 6–2 9 / 666 QF CZE Tomáš Berdych 7 Win 6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6), 6–4, 6–3 10 / 667 SF SWI Roger Federer 3 Win 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 7–6(7–5), 6–4 11 / 668 F SRB Novak Djokovic 1 Loss (1) 7–5, 4–6, 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 5–7 BNP Paribas OpenIndian Wells, United StatesATP World Tour Masters 1000Hard, outdoor12 – 18 March 2012 – 1R Bye 12 / 669 2R ARG Leonardo Mayer 78 Win 6–1, 6–3 13 / 670 3R ESP Marcel Granollers 26 Win 6–1, 6–4 14 / 671 4R UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov 21 Win 6–3, 6–2 15 / 672 QF ARG David Nalbandian 74 Win 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 16 / 673 SF SUI Roger Federer 3 Loss 3–6, 4–6 Sony Ericsson OpenMiami, United StatesATP World Tour Masters 1000Hard, outdoor21 March – 4 April 2012 – 1R Bye 17 / 674 2R COL Santiago Giraldo 57 Win 6–2, 6–0 18 / 675 3R CZE Radek Štěpánek 25 Win 6–2, 6–2 19 / 676 4R JPN Kei Nishikori 16 Win 6–4, 6–4 20 / 677 QF FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6 Win 6–2, 5–7, 6–4 – SF GBR Andy Murray 4 Withdrew N/A Monte-Carlo Rolex MastersMonte Carlo, MonacoATP World Tour Masters 1000Clay, outdoor15 – 22 April 2012 – 1R Bye 21 / 678 2R FIN Jarkko Nieminen 48 Win 6–4, 6–3 22 / 679 3R KAZ Mikhail Kukushkin 68 Win 6–1, 6–1 23 / 680 QF SUI Stanislas Wawrinka 26 Win 7–5, 6–4 24 / 681 SF FRA Gilles Simon 15 Win 6–3, 6–4 25 / 682 W SRB Novak Djokovic 1 Win (1) 6–3, 6–1 Barcelona Open Banco SabadellBarcelona, SpainATP World Tour 500Clay, outdoor23 – 29 April 2012 – 1R Bye 26 / 683 2R Spain Guillermo García López 78 Win 6–1, 6–2 27 / 684 3R Colombia Robert Farah 246 Win 6–2, 6–3 28 / 685 QF Serbia Janko Tipsarević 8 Win 6–2, 6–2 29 / 686 SF ESP Fernando Verdasco 20 Win 6–0, 6–4 30 / 687 W ESP David Ferrer 6 Win (2) 7–6(7–1), 7–5 Mutua Madrid OpenMadrid, SpainATP World Tour Masters 1000Clay, outdoor7 – 13 May 2012 – 1R Bye 31 / 688 2R Russia Nikolay Davydenko 54 Win 6–2, 6–2 32 / 689 3R Spain Fernando Verdasco 19 Loss 3–6, 6–3, 5–7 Internazionali BNL d'ItaliaRome, ItalyATP World Tour Masters 1000Clay, outdoor13 – 20 May 2012 – 1R Bye 33 / 690 2R Germany Florian Mayer 28 Win 6–1, 7–5 34 / 691 3R Spain Marcel Granollers 26 Win 6–1, 6–1 35 / 692 QF Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych 7 Win 6–4, 7–5 36 / 693 SF Spain David Ferrer 6 Win 7–6(8–6), 6–0 37 / 694 W SRB Novak Djokovic 1 Win (3) 7–5, 6–3 French OpenParis, FranceGrand SlamClay, outdoor28 May – 10 June 2012 38 / 695 1R ITA Simone Bolelli 111 Win 6–2, 6–2, 6–1 39 / 696 2R UZB Denis Istomin 43 Win 6–2, 6–2, 6–0 40 / 697 3R ARG Eduardo Schwank 192 Win 6–1, 6–3, 6–4 41 / 698 4R ARG Juan Mónaco 15 Win 6–2, 6–0, 6–0 42 / 699 QF ESP Nicolás Almagro 13 Win 7–6(7–4), 6–2, 6–3 43 / 700 SF Spain David Ferrer 6 Win 6–2, 6–2, 6–1 44 / 701 W SRB Novak Djokovic 1 Win (4) 6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5 Gerry Weber OpenHalle, GermanyATP World Tour 250Grass, outdoor11 – 17 June 2012 - 1R Bye 45 / 702 2R SVK Lukáš Lacko 58 Win 7–5, 6–1 46 / 703 QF GER Philipp Kohlschreiber 34 Loss 3–6, 4–6 Wimbledon ChampionshipsLondon, United KingdomGrand SlamGrass, outdoor25 June – 8 July 2012 47 / 704 1R BRA Thomaz Bellucci 80 Win 7–6(7–0), 6–2, 6–3 48 / 705 2R CZE Lukáš Rosol 100 Loss 7–6(11–9), 4–6, 4–6, 6–2, 4–6 Doubles matches Tournament Match Round Opponents Ranking Result Score BNP Paribas OpenIndian Wells, United StatesATP World Tour Masters 1000Hard, outdoor12 – 18 March 2012 Partner: ESP Marc López 1 / 150 1R FRA Michaël Llodra SRB Nenad Zimonjić #5 / #6 Win 6–4, 6–4 2 / 151 2R UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov BEL Xavier Malisse #50 / #26 Win 6–4, 6–3 3 / 152 QF IND Leander Paes CZE Radek Štěpánek #7 / #22 Win 6–4, 7–6(7–5) 4 / 153 SF POL Mariusz Fyrstenberg POL Marcin Matkowski #13 / #13 Win 6–2, 6–0 5 / 154 W USA John Isner USA Sam Querrey #33 / #35 Win 6–2, 7–6(7–3) Sony Ericsson OpenMiami, United StatesATP World Tour Masters 1000Hard, outdoor21 March – 4 April 2012 Partner: ESP Marcel Granollers 6 / 155 1R CRO Marin Čilić CRO Ivo Karlović #80 / #128 Win 6–1, 6–3 7 / 156 2R IND Mahesh Bhupathi IND Rohan Bopanna #13 / #12 Loss 4–6, 3–6 Gerry Weber OpenHalle, GermanyATP World Tour 250Grass, outdoor11 – 17 June 2012Partner: ESP Marcel Granollers 8 / 157 1R CZE Michal Mertiňák SRB Viktor Troicki #78 / #76 Win 5–7, 6–2, [10–8] – QF GER Michael Kohlmann GER Florian Mayer #77 / #62 Withdrew Tournament schedule Singles schedule Nadal's 2012 singles tournament schedule is as follows: DateChampionshipLocationCategorySurface1Outcome 2011Points 2011Points 2012Outcome 2012 02.01.2012–07.01.2012 Qatar ExxonMobil Open Qatar ATP World Tour 250 Hard SF 90 90 SF 16.01.2012–29.01.2012 Australian Open Australia Grand Slam Hard QF 360 1200 F 08.03.2012–18.03.2012 BNP Paribas Open USA ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard F 600 360 SF 21.03.2012–01.04.2012 Sony Ericsson Open USA ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard F 600 360 SF 15.04.2012–22.04.2012 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Monaco ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay W 1000 1000 W 23.04.2012–29.04.2012 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell Spain ATP World Tour 500 Clay W 500 500 W 06.05.2012–13.05.2012 Mutua Madrid Open Spain ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay F 600 90 R16 13.05.2012–20.05.2012 Internazionali BNL d'Italia Italy ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay F 600 1000 W 27.05.2012–10.06.2012 French Open France Grand Slam Clay W 2000 2000 W 11.06.2012–17.06.2012 Gerry Weber Open Germany ATP World Tour 250 Grass DNS 45 QF 25.06.2012–08.07.2012 Wimbledon Championships UK Grand Slam Grass F 1200 45 2R 27.08.2012–09.09.2012 US Open USA Grand Slam Hard F 1200 0 DNS 29.10.2012–04.11.2012 BNP Paribas Masters France ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard (i) DNS 05.11.2012–12.11.2012 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals UK ATP World Tour Finals Hard (i) RR 200 Points earned at Davis Cup 280Points earned at Non-Countable Tournaments 45Total year points 11010 2Overall points 6690Rafael Nadal at the ATP website 1 The symbol (i) = indoors means that the respective tournament will be held indoors. 2 Difference between new points and previous points. ATP Points Distribution. Yearly records Head-to-head matchups Ordered by number of wins 22em ESP David Ferrer 3–0 SRB Novak Djokovic 3–1 CZE Tomáš Berdych 2–0 ESP Marcel Granollers 2–0 SVK Lukáš Lacko 2–0 USA Alex Kuznetsov 1–0 SRB Janko Tipsarević 1–0 GER Denis Gremelmayr 1–0 GER Tommy Haas 1–0 GER Florian Mayer 1–0 RUS Mikhail Youzhny 1–0 RUS Nikolay Davydenko 1–0 JPN Kei Nishikori 1–0 CZE Radek Štěpánek 1–0 ARG Juan Mónaco 1–0 ARG David Nalbandian 1–0 ARG Leonardo Mayer 1–0 ARG Eduardo Schwank 1–0 FIN Jarkko Nieminen 1–0 KAZ Mikhail Kukushkin 1–0 SUI Stanislas Wawrinka 1–0 UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov 1–0 ITA Simone Bolelli 1–0 UZB Denis Istomin 1–0 COL Robert Farah 1–0 COL Santiago Giraldo 1–0 FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 1–0 FRA Gilles Simon 1–0 ESP Feliciano López 1–0 ESP Guillermo García López 1–0 ESP Nicolás Almagro 1–0 BRA Thomaz Bellucci 1–0 GER Philipp Kohlschreiber 1–1 ESP Fernando Verdasco 1–1 SUI Roger Federer 1–1 CZE Lukáš Rosol 0–1 FRA Gaël Monfils 0–1 See also 2012 Roger Federer tennis season 2012 Novak Djokovic tennis season References 40em External links http://www.rafaelnadal.com/en/ es ATP tour profile 2012 Nadal Nadal