2012 BNP Paribas Masters

The 2012 BNP Paribas Masters was a professional men's tennis tournament that was played on indoor hard courts. It was the 40th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It took place in Paris between 29 October and 4 November 2012. Fourth-seeded David Ferrer won the singles title.

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of 22 October 2012

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇫🇷 Michaël Llodra
 * 🇫🇷 Paul-Henri Mathieu
 * 🇫🇷 Benoît Paire

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇪🇸 Roberto Bautista Agut
 * 🇧🇬 Grigor Dimitrov
 * 🇨🇴 Alejandro Falla
 * 🇪🇸 Guillermo García López
 * 🇵🇱 Jerzy Janowicz
 * Igor Sijsling

The following players received entry as lucky loser:
 * 🇷🇴 Victor Hănescu
 * 🇪🇸 Daniel Gimeno Traver

Withdrawals

 * Roger Federer (fatigue) → replaced by 🇷🇴 Victor Hănescu
 * 🇺🇸 Mardy Fish (health issues) → replaced by 🇸🇰 Martin Kližan
 * 🇩🇪 Tommy Haas → replaced by 🇪🇸 Albert Ramos Viñolas
 * 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal (left knee injury) → replaced by 🇧🇷 Thomaz Bellucci
 * 🇺🇸 Andy Roddick (retired from tennis) → replaced by 🇪🇸 Daniel Gimeno Traver

Retirements

 * 🇯🇵 Kei Nishikori (right ankle injury)
 * 🇷🇸 Janko Tipsarević (illness)
 * 🇪🇸 Fernando Verdasco (neck injury)

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of 22 October 2012

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: The following pair received entry as alternates:
 * 🇫🇷 Julien Benneteau / 🇫🇷 Adrian Mannarino
 * 🇫🇷 Josselin Ouanna / 🇫🇷 Nicolas Renavand
 * 🇦🇷 Carlos Berlocq / 🇺🇿 Denis Istomin

Withdrawals

 * 🇪🇸 Fernando Verdasco (neck injury)

Retirements

 * 🇸🇪 Robert Lindstedt (neck injury)

Singles

 * 🇪🇸 David Ferrer defeated 🇵🇱 Jerzy Janowicz, 6–4, 6–3
 * It was Ferrer's first Masters 1000 title. It was also his seventh title of the year, and eighteenth of his career.

Doubles

 * 🇮🇳 Mahesh Bhupathi / 🇮🇳 Rohan Bopanna defeated 🇵🇰 Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi / Jean-Julien Rojer, 7–6(8–6), 6–3