2012 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell – Singles

Defending champion Rafael Nadal defeated David Ferrer in the final, 7–6(7–1), 7–5. It was his record-extending seventh title at the Barcelona Open, and the victory came after the longest set won by Nadal in his career (93 minutes to win the first set).

Seeds
Top 9 seeds received a bye into the second round.

• 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal (champion)

• 🇬🇧 Andy Murray (quarterfinals)

• 🇪🇸 David Ferrer (final)

• 🇨🇿 Tomáš Berdych (withdrew because of a right shoulder injury)

• 🇷🇸 Janko Tipsarević (quarterfinals)

• 🇪🇸 Nicolás Almagro (third round)

• 🇪🇸 Feliciano López (quarterfinals)

• 🇯🇵 Kei Nishikori (quarterfinals, retired because of an abdominal strain)

• 🇪🇸 Fernando Verdasco (semifinals)

• 🇨🇿 Radek Štěpánek (withdrew because of a stomach virus)

• 🇨🇦 Milos Raonic (semifinals)

• 🇪🇸 Marcel Granollers (first round)

• Kevin Anderson (third round)

• 🇦🇷 Juan Ignacio Chela (withdrew because of an Achilles tendon injury)

• 🇦🇺 Bernard Tomic (second round)

• 🇪🇸 Pablo Andújar (second round)

• 🇪🇸 Albert Ramos (third round)

• 🇺🇿 Denis Istomin (first round)

Seeds
• # 🇧🇪 David Goffin (qualified)

• # 🇫🇷 Stéphane Robert (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇪🇸 Daniel Muñoz de la Nava (first round)

• # 🇷🇺 Evgeny Donskoy (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇦🇷 Federico Delbonis (qualified)

• # João Sousa (qualified)

• # 🇰🇿 Andrey Golubev (qualified)

• # 🇸🇮 Aljaž Bedene (qualified)

• # 🇺🇦 Sergei Bubka (qualified)

• # 🇮🇹 Simone Vagnozzi (first round)

• # 🇪🇸 Arnau Brugués Davi (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇨🇿 Jan Mertl (first round)

• # 🇦🇷 Eduardo Schwank (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇩🇪 Peter Torebko (first round)

Qualifiers
• # 🇧🇪 David Goffin

• # 🇨🇴 Robert Farah

• # 🇺🇦 Sergei Bubka

• # 🇸🇮 Aljaž Bedene

• # 🇦🇷 Federico Delbonis

• # João Sousa

• # 🇰🇿 Andrey Golubev

Lucky losers

 * 1) 🇫🇷 Stéphane Robert
 * 2) 🇷🇺 Evgeny Donskoy
 * 3) 🇪🇸 Arnau Brugués Davi
 * 4) 🇦🇷 Eduardo Schwank