2012 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Singles

October 2012 2012 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships JPN Kei Nishikori CAN Milos Raonic 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–0 singles doubles 32 (4Q Qualifiers / 3WC Wild cards) 8 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Singles Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Singles Japan Open (tennis) Japan Open 2012 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships Andy Murray was the defending champion, but lost to Milos Raonic in the semifinals. Eighth-seeded Kei Nishikori won the title beating Milos Raonic in the final 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–0, and in doing so became the first home grown winner of the title since Toshiro Sakai in 1972. Seeds 30em GBR Andy Murray (semifinals) CZE Tomáš Berdych (quarterfinals) SRB Janko Tipsarević (quarterfinals) ARG Juan Mónaco (second round) ESP Nicolás Almagro (first round) CAN Milos Raonic (final) SWI Stanislas Wawrinka (quarterfinals) JPN Kei Nishikori (champion) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 175 1 GBR Andy Murray 3 77 64 6 CAN Milos Raonic 6 65 77   CYP Marcos Baghdatis 2 2 8 JPN Kei Nishikori 6 6 6 CAN Milos Raonic 65 6 0 8 JPN Kei Nishikori 77 3 6 Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 1 GBR A Murray 79 6 LL CRO I Karlović 67 4   ESP A Ramos 0 2 SVK L Lacko 6 6   FRA J Chardy 6 7 WC JPN Y Sugita 1 5 WC JPN H Moriya 5 6 4 7 SUI S Wawrinka 7 4 6 3 SRB J Tipsarević 4 6 6 FRA G Simon 6 3 1 SVK M Kližan 63 2 Q SUI M Chiudinelli 77 6 SRB V Troicki 6 6 NED R Haase 2 3 CZE R Štěpánek 4 4 6 CAN M Raonic 6 6 1 GBR A Murray 6 6 SVK L Lacko 1 2   FRA J Chardy 61 78 5 7 SUI S Wawrinka 77 66 7 3 SRB J Tipsarević 6 6 Q SUI M Chiudinelli 4 2   SRB V Troicki 0r 6 CAN M Raonic 3 1 GBR A Murray 6 3 6 7 SUI S Wawrinka 2 6 2 3 SRB J Tipsarević 77 2 67 6 CAN M Raonic 65 6 79 1 GBR A Murray 3 77 64 6 CAN M Raonic 6 65 77 Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 5 ESP N Almagro 64 65 WC JPN T Ito 77 77 Q RUS D Tursunov 6 7 AUS B Tomic 4 5 Q UKR S Stakhovsky 63 5 CYP M Baghdatis 77 7 Q BUL G Dimitrov 2 1 4 ARG J Mónaco 6 6 8 JPN K Nishikori 4 6 6 JPN G Soeda 6 2 3 FIN J Nieminen 2 4 PR ESP T Robredo 6 6 BRA T Bellucci 5 2 COL A Falla 7 6 FRA B Paire 1 66 2 CZE T Berdych 6 78 WC JPN T Ito 5 3 Q RUS D Tursunov 7 6   CYP M Baghdatis 7 1 6 4 ARG J Mónaco 5 6 3 8 JPN K Nishikori 5 6 6 PR ESP T Robredo 7 1 0   COL A Falla 3 5 2 CZE T Berdych 6 7 Q RUS D Tursunov 2 4 CYP M Baghdatis 6 6 8 JPN K Nishikori 7 6 2 CZE T Berdych 5 4 CYP M Baghdatis 2 2 8 JPN K Nishikori 6 6 Qualifying Seeds 30em BUL Grigor Dimitrov (qualified) CRO Ivo Karlović (qualifying competition, lucky loser) UKR Sergiy Stakhovsky (qualified) RUS Dmitry Tursunov (qualified) GER Philipp Petzschner (qualifying competition) CAN Vasek Pospisil (qualifying competition) SUI Marco Chiudinelli (qualified) SRB Dušan Lajović (qualifying competition) Qualifiers 30em BUL Grigor Dimitrov SUI Marco Chiudinelli UKR Sergiy Stakhovsky RUS Dmitry Tursunov Lucky loser CRO Ivo Karlović Draw First qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 1 BUL Grigor Dimitrov 7 6     JPN Hiroki Kondo 5 4     ITA Riccardo Ghedin 63 4   6 CAN Vasek Pospisil 77 6   1 BUL Grigor Dimitrov 6 65 6 6 CAN Vasek Pospisil 4 77 2 Second qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 2 CRO Ivo Karlović 6 6     JPN Yasutaka Uchiyama 4 2   WC JPN Hiroyasu Ehara 4 3   7 SUI Marco Chiudinelli 6 6   2 CRO Ivo Karlović 3 78 65 7 SUI Marco Chiudinelli 6 66 77 Third qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 3 UKR Sergiy Stakhovsky 4 77 7   JPN Toshihide Matsui 6 64 5 WC JPN Shuichi Sekiguchi 1 5   8 SRB Dušan Lajović 6 7   3 UKR Sergiy Stakhovsky 4 7 6 8 SRB Dušan Lajović 6 5 0 Fourth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 4 RUS Dmitry Tursunov 6 78   WC JPN Kaichi Uchida 4 66     JPN Kento Takeuchi 77 4 3 5 GER Philipp Petzschner 64 6 6 4 RUS Dmitry Tursunov 6 6   5 GER Philipp Petzschner 1 4   External links Main draw Qualifying draw Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships - Singles 2012 Singles