Men's singles
2012 China Open
Champion	Novak Djokovic
Runner-up	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Score	7–6(7–4), 6–2

Tomáš Berdych was the defending champion, but chose to compete in the 2012 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships instead. Novak Djokovic beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7–6^(7–4), 6–2 in the final to win a third China Open title and improve to a 14–0 record.

Seeds

Draw

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Novak Djokovic	6	6
		Florian Mayer	1	4
								1	Novak Djokovic	77	6
								3	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	64	2
	3	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6	4
		Feliciano López	1	1r

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	N Djokovic	6	63	6
	Q	M Berrer	1	77	2			1	N Djokovic	6	6
		M Matosevic	6	2	3				C Berlocq	1	3
		C Berlocq	3	6	6										1	N Djokovic	6	6
		J Melzer	6	4	77											J Melzer	1	2
		P Andújar	1	6	63				J Melzer	711	2	6
		G García-López	0	4				6	A Dolgopolov	69	6	1
	6	A Dolgopolov	6	6																		1	N Djokovic	6	6
	4	M Čilić	6	60	4																		F Mayer	1	4
	WC	M Copil	3	77	6			WC	M Copil	6	3	2
		F Mayer	6	6					F Mayer	3	6	6
		F Fognini	1	2												F Mayer	6	6
	WC	Z Zhang	6	6											WC	Z Zhang	3	4
	WC	D Wu	4	1				WC	Z Zhang	6	3	6
	Q	M Ebden	2	4				5	R Gasquet	4	6	4
	5	R Gasquet	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	7	T Haas	4	6	2
		M Youzhny	6	4	6				M Youzhny	6	6
	Q	B Baker	7	3	1				K Anderson	3	3
		K Anderson	5	6	6											M Youzhny	3	2
		N Davydenko	7	6											3	J-W Tsonga	6	6
	Q	A Bogomolov Jr.	5	1					N Davydenko
		D Istomin	6	1	63			3	J-W Tsonga	w/o
	3	J-W Tsonga	4	6	77																	3	J-W Tsonga	6	4
	8	F Verdasco	7	3	4																		F López	1	1r
		S Querrey	5	6	6				S Querrey	6	6
		J Benneteau	1	0r					A Seppi	1	4
		A Seppi	6	2												S Querrey	6	4	4
		R Harrison	63	7	2											F López	4	6	6
		F López	77	5	6				F López	6	79
		Y-h Lu	5						Y-h Lu	3	67
	2	D Ferrer	4r

Qualifying

Draw

First qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Brian Baker	6	6
		Gianluca Naso	4	4
								1	Brian Baker	6	6
								7	Donald Young	3	1
		Yuki Bhambri	3	2
	7	Donald Young	6	6

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Matthew Ebden	6	77
	WC	Chang Yu	3	65
								2	Matthew Ebden	6	6
									Jan Mertl	2	4
		Jan Mertl	6	6
	8	Jimmy Wang	2	3

Third qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	3	Łukasz Kubot	2	4
		Marsel İlhan	6	6
									Marsel İlhan	3	0
								6	Michael Berrer	6	6
	WC	Yang Tsung-hua	2	3
	6	Michael Berrer	6	6

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	4	Grega Žemlja	6	3	77
		Jan Hernych	4	6	65
								4	Grega Žemlja	3	4
								5	Alex Bogomolov Jr.	6	6
	WC	Wang Chuhan	0	2
	5	Alex Bogomolov Jr.	6	6

References

• Main Draw
• Qualifying Draw