The 2012 Novak Djokovic tennis season officially commenced on January 2 with the start of the 2012 ATP World Tour.

Yearly summary

Grand Slam performances

Australian Open

In the semi-final, Djokovic beat

Andy Murray Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British professional tennis player from Scotland. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 41 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2016. Murray h ...

in five sets (7–5 in the 5th set) after 4 hours and 50 minutes, coming back from a two sets to one deficit and fending off break points at 5-all in the 5th set. In the

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, Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal in five sets, coming from a break down in the final set to win 7–5. At 5 hours and 53 minutes, the match was the longest final in Open Era Grand Slam history, as well as the longest match in Australian Open history, surpassing the 5 hour and 14 minute 2009 semi-final between Nadal and Fernando Verdasco.

Roland Garros

Djokovic reached his maiden French Open final by defeating Roger Federer, reaching the final of all four majors consecutively. Djokovic had the chance to become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four major titles at once, having won last year's Wimbledon and US Open titles as well as this year's Australian Open, but was beaten by Nadal in the final in four sets.

Wimbledon

Djokovic failed to defend his Wimbledon title, losing to Roger Federer in four sets in the semi-finals.

US Open

At the US Open, Djokovic reached his third consecutive final by beating fourth-seeded David Ferrer in a match suspended a day due to rain. He then lost the final to Murray in five sets.

All matches

This table chronicles all the matches of Djokovic in 2012, including walkovers (W/O) which the ATP does not count as wins. They are marked ND for non-decision or no decision.

Singles matches

Source

Doubles matches

Source

Exhibitions

Mubadala World Tennis Championship

Tournament schedule

Singles schedule

2011 source2012 source

Doubles schedule

2011 source2012 source

Yearly records

Statistics

The table below summarizes the worldwide ranking of Novak Djokovic in different sectors of the game according to th
RICOH ATP matchfacts
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Head-to-head matchups

Novak Djokovic has a record against the top 10, a record against the top 50 and an record against other players outside the top 50. ''Ordered by number of wins'' (Bolded number marks a top 10 player at the time of match, Italic means top 50) * Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 5–0 *

4–3 * Tomáš Berdych 3–0 *

David Ferrer David Ferrer Ern (; ; born 2 April 1982) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. A three-time Davis Cup champion with Spain Davis Cup team, Spain, Ferrer has won tournaments at all levels on the ATP Tour (ATP Tour 250, ATP 250, ATP Tour ...

3–0 * '' Andreas Seppi'' 3–0 * Juan Martín del Potro 3–1 * Roger Federer 3–2 * '' Richard Gasquet'' 2–0 * '' Tommy Haas'' 2–0 * Lleyton Hewitt 2–0 * Paolo Lorenzi 2–0 * ''

Florian Mayer Florian Mayer (; born 5 October 1983) is a German former professional tennis player. Mayer reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in June 2011. Also in 2011, Mayer won his first ATP title after four previous defeats in ATP fin ...

'' 2–0 * '' Juan Mónaco'' 2–0 * '' Bernard Tomic'' 2–0 * ''

Viktor Troicki Viktor Troicki ( sr-Cyrl, Виктор Троицки, ; born 10 February 1986) is a Serbian former professional tennis player. He won his first ATP singles title at the 2010 Kremlin Cup, and his second and third ATP singles titles at the 2015 a ...

'' 2–0 * '' Stanislas Wawrinka'' 2–0 *

Janko Tipsarević Janko Tipsarević ( sr-cyr, Јанко Типсаревић, ; born 22 June 1984) is a Serbian former tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 8, achieved on 2 April 2012. In his career, he won 4 ATP World Tour titles, one AT ...

2–1 * '' Kevin Anderson'' 1–0 * ''

Nicolás Almagro Nicolás Almagro Sánchez (; born 21 August 1985 in Murcia, Spain) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He reached the quarterfinals of the French Open in 2008, 2010 and 2012 (losing each time to Rafael Nadal, the eventual ch ...

'' 1–0 * ''

Pablo Andújar Pablo Andújar Alba (; born 23 January 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player. Andújar has won four ATP Tour singles titles and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 32 in July 2015. His best results are reaching the fourth ...

'' 1–0 * '' Marcos Baghdatis'' 1–0 * '' Julien Benneteau'' 1–0 * '' Carlos Berlocq'' 1–0 * Michael Berrer 1–0 * ''

Marin Čilić Marin Čilić (; born 28 September 1988) is a Croatian professional tennis player. Čilić has won 20 ATP Tour singles titles, including a major at the 2014 US Open. He was also runner-up at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships and the 2018 Austral ...

'' 1–0 * '' Nikolay Davydenko'' 1–0 *

Nicolas Devilder Nicolas Devilder (born 25 March 1980) is a retired French tennis player. Devilder reached a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 60, achieved on 8 September 2008. He also reached a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 197, achi ...

1–0 * Grigor Dimitrov 1–0 * ''

Alexandr Dolgopolov Alexandr Oleksandrovych Dolgopolov (born 7 November 1988), formerly known as Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr., is a Ukrainian retired professional tennis player. He changed his forename spelling to the current form in May 2010. Dolgopolov reached the ...

'' 1–0 *

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1–0 * ''

Juan Carlos Ferrero Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat (; born 12 February 1980) is a Spanish former world No. 1 tennis player. He won the men's singles title at the 2003 French Open, and in September of that year became the 21st player to hold the top ranking, which he h ...

'' 1–0 *

Fabio Fognini Fabio Fognini (; born 24 May 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ranking of world No. 9 achieved on 15 July 2019. He is currently ranked (July 2022) in 64th place by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ...

1–0 *

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1–0 * Santiago Giraldo 1–0 * Andrey Golubev 1–0 * Robin Haase 1–0 * '' Ryan Harrison'' 1–0 *

Blaž Kavčič Blaž Kavčič (born 5 March 1987) is a Slovenian former professional tennis player. He was the highest ranked Slovenian male player ever, achieving a career-high of World No. 68 in August 2012, until Aljaž Bedene began to play for Slovenia a ...

1–0 * '' Feliciano López'' 1–0 *

Nicolas Mahut Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut (; born 21 January 1982) is a French professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. He is a five-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having completed the career Grand Slam with victories at the ...

1–0 * '' Jürgen Melzer'' 1–0 * '' Andy Roddick'' 1–0 * Sergiy Stakhovsky 1–0 * Potito Starace 1–0 * Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 1–0 * ''

Radek Štěpánek Radek Štěpánek (; born 27 November 1978) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 and best doubles ranking was world No. 4. Štěpánek's biggest achievements are reaching two Masters 1000 ...

'' 1–0 * '' Sam Querrey'' 1–1 * Rafael Nadal 1–3 * '' John Isner'' 0–1

Finals

Singles: 11 (6–5)

Earnings

*Bold font denotes tournament win

Awards and nominations

* Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year * ATP Player of the Year *

ITF World Champion The International Tennis Federation (ITF) designates a World Champion each year based on performances throughout the year, emphasising the Grand Slam tournaments,ITF Constitution, p.26, Rule 2.2(a)(iii) and also considering team events such as the ...

* Best Male Tennis Player ESPY Award * AIPS Europe Athletes of the Year * US Open Series Champion * Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year

References

External links

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ATP tour profile
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Djokovic Novak Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl, Новак Ђоковић, translit=Novak Đoković, ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 for a record total 373 weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. 1 ...

Tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics 2012 in Serbian sport