2012 Rafael Nadal tennis season

Name	Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera
Country	Spain
Calendar prize money	$4,997,448
Singles
Season record	42–6 (87.5%)
Calendar titles	4
Current ranking	No. 4
Ranking change from previous year	2
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	F
French Open	W
Wimbledon	2R
US Open	DNS
Doubles
Season record	7–1 (87.5%)
Calendar titles	1
Current ranking	No. 66
Ranking change from previous year	7
Injuries
Injuries	knee injury

Singles matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent	Rank	Result	Score
Qatar ExxonMobil Open Doha, Qatar ATP World Tour 250 Hard, outdoor January 2–7, 2012	542	1R	Philipp Kohlschreiber	43	Win	6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–3
	543	2R	Denis Gremelmayr	189	Win	6–2, 6–2
	544	QF	Mikhail Youzhny	35	Win	6–4, 6–4
	545	SF	Gaël Monfils	15	Loss	3–6, 4–6
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard, outdoor January 16–29, 2012	546	1R	Alex Kuznetsov	167	Win	6–4, 6–1, 6–1
	547	2R	Tommy Haas	205	Win	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
	548	3R	Lukáš Lacko	113	Win	6–2, 6–4, 6–2
	549	4R	Feliciano López	19	Win	6–4, 6–4, 6–2
	550	QF	Tomáš Berdych	7	Win	6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6), 6–4, 6–3
	551	SF	Roger Federer	3	Win	6–7(5–7), 6–2, 7–6(7–5), 6–4
	552	F	Novak Djokovic	1	Loss	7–5, 4–6, 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 5–7
BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor March 12–18, 2012	–	1R	Bye
	553	2R	Leonardo Mayer	78	Win	6–1, 6–3
	554	3R	Marcel Granollers	26	Win	6–1, 6–4
	555	4R	Alexandr Dolgopolov	21	Win	6–3, 6–2
	556	QF	David Nalbandian	74	Win	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
	557	SF	Roger Federer	3	Loss	3–6, 4–6
Sony Ericsson Open Miami, United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor March 21–April 4, 2012	–	1R	Bye
	558	2R	Santiago Giraldo	57	Win	6–2, 6–0
	559	3R	Radek Štěpánek	25	Win	6–2, 6–2
	560	4R	Kei Nishikori	16	Win	6–4, 6–4
	561	QF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6	Win	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
	562	SF	Andy Murray	4	Withdrew	N/A
Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Monte Carlo, Monaco ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor April 15–22, 2012	–	1R	Bye
	563	2R	Jarkko Nieminen	48	Win	6–4, 6–3
	564	3R	Mikhail Kukushkin	68	Win	6–1, 6–1
	565	QF	Stanislas Wawrinka	26	Win	7–5, 6–4
	566	SF	Gilles Simon	15	Win	6–3, 6–4
	567	W	Novak Djokovic	1	Win	6–3, 6–1
Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell Barcelona, Spain ATP World Tour 500 Clay, outdoor April 23–29, 2012	–	1R	Bye
	568	2R	Guillermo García-López	78	Win	6–1, 6–2
	569	3R	Robert Farah	246	Win	6–2, 6–3
	570	QF	Janko Tipsarević	8	Win	6–2, 6–2
	571	SF	Fernando Verdasco	20	Win	6–0, 6–4
	572	W	David Ferrer	6	Win	7–6(7–1), 7–5
Mutua Madrid Open Madrid, Spain ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor (blue) 7–13 May 2012	–	1R	Bye
	573	2R	Nikolay Davydenko	54	Win	6–2, 6–2
	574	3R	Fernando Verdasco	19	Loss	3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 13–20 May 2012	–	1R	Bye
	575	2R	Florian Mayer	28	Win	6–1, 7–5
	576	3R	Marcel Granollers	26	Win	6–1, 6–1
	577	QF	Tomáš Berdych	7	Win	6–4, 7–5
	578	SF	David Ferrer	6	Win	7–6(8–6), 6–0
	579	W	Novak Djokovic	1	Win	7–5, 6–3
French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay, outdoor 28 May – 10 June 2012	580	1R	Simone Bolelli	111	Win	6–2, 6–2, 6–1
	581	2R	Denis Istomin	43	Win	6–2, 6–2, 6–0
	582	3R	Eduardo Schwank	192	Win	6–1, 6–3, 6–4
	583	4R	Juan Mónaco	15	Win	6–2, 6–0, 6–0
	584	QF	Nicolás Almagro	13	Win	7–6(7–4), 6–2, 6–3
	585	SF	David Ferrer	6	Win	6–2, 6–2, 6–1
	586	W	Novak Djokovic	1	Win	6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
Gerry Weber Open Halle, Germany ATP World Tour 250 Grass, outdoor 11–17 June 2012	-	1R	Bye
	587	2R	Lukáš Lacko	58	Win	7–5, 6–1
	588	QF	Philipp Kohlschreiber	34	Loss	3–6, 4–6
Wimbledon Championships London, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass, outdoor 25 June – 8 July 2012	589	1R	Thomaz Bellucci	80	Win	7–6(7–0), 6-2, 6-3
	590	2R	Lukáš Rosol	100	Loss	7–6(11–9), 4–6, 4–6, 6–2, 4–6

Doubles Matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponents	Ranks	Result	Score
BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor March 12–18, 2012 Partner:  Marc López	150	1R	Michaël Llodra /  Nenad Zimonjić	#5 / #6	Win	6–4, 6-4
	151	2R	Alexandr Dolgopolov /  Xavier Malisse	#50 / #26	Win	6–4, 6-3
	152	QF	Leander Paes /  Radek Štěpánek	#7 / #22	Win	6–4, 7-6 (7-5)
	153	SF	Mariusz Fyrstenberg /  Marcin Matkowski	#13 / #13	Win	6–2, 6-0
	154	W	John Isner /  Sam Querrey	#33 / #35	Win	6–2, 7-6 (7-3)
Sony Ericsson Open Miami, United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor March 21–April 4, 2012 Partner:  Marcel Granollers	155	1R	Marin Čilić /  Ivo Karlović	#80 / #128	Win	6–1, 6-3
	156	2R	Mahesh Bhupathi /  Rohan Bopanna	#13 / #12	Loss	4-6, 3-6
Gerry Weber Open Halle, Germany ATP World Tour 250 Grass, outdoor 11–17 June 2012 Partner:  Marcel Granollers	157	1R	Michal Mertiňák /  Viktor Troicki	#78 / #76	Win	5-7, 6-2, (10-8)
	158	QF	Michael Kohlmann /  Florian Mayer	#77 / #62	Withdrew