2012 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Singles

Seven-time defending champion Rafael Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic in the final, 6–3, 6–1 to win the singles tennis title at the 2012 Monte-Carlo Masters. Nadal became the first man in the Open Era to win a tournament eight consecutive times. He did not lose a single set in the entire tournament.

Seeds
Top 8 seeds received a bye into the second round.

🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic (final) 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal (champion) 🇬🇧 Andy Murray (quarterfinals) 🇫🇷 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (quarterfinals) 🇪🇸 David Ferrer (second round) 🇨🇿 Tomáš Berdych (semifinals) 🇷🇸 Janko Tipsarević (third round) 🇪🇸 Nicolás Almagro (third round) 🇫🇷 Gilles Simon (semifinals) 🇪🇸 Feliciano López (first round) 🇦🇷 Juan Mónaco (first round, retired because of a right ankle injury) 🇯🇵 Kei Nishikori (third round) 🇪🇸 Fernando Verdasco (third round) 🇩🇪 Florian Mayer (first round) 🇦🇹 Jürgen Melzer (second round) 🇺🇦 Alexandr Dolgopolov (third round)

Seeds
• # 🇧🇪 Steve Darcis (qualifying competition)

• # 🇰🇿 Mikhail Kukushkin (qualified)

• # 🇺🇦 Sergiy Stakhovsky (first round)

• # 🇦🇷 Leonardo Mayer (first round)

• # 🇫🇷 Édouard Roger-Vasselin (qualifying competition)

• # 🇨🇿 Lukáš Rosol (first round)

• # 🇩🇪 Tobias Kamke (first round)

• # Frederico Gil (qualified)

• # 🇧🇬 Grigor Dimitrov (qualifying competition)

• # 🇷🇴 Adrian Ungur (qualifying competition)

• # 🇪🇸 Daniel Gimeno Traver (qualifying competition)

• # 🇩🇪 Matthias Bachinger (qualifying competition)

• # 🇷🇴 Victor Hănescu (qualified)

• # 🇮🇹 Simone Bolelli (qualified)

Qualifiers
• # Frederico Gil

• # 🇰🇿 Mikhail Kukushkin

• # 🇮🇹 Alessandro Giannessi

• # 🇦🇷 Federico Delbonis

• # 🇮🇹 Simone Bolelli

• # 🇫🇷 Guillaume Rufin

• # 🇷🇴 Victor Hănescu