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Men's singles
2012 Dubai Tennis Championships
Final
Champion	Roger Federer
Runner-up	Andy Murray
Score	7–5, 6–4
Details
Draw	32
Seeds	8
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
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Novak Djokovic was the three-time defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Andy Murray.
Roger Federer won his fifth Dubai title, defeating Murray 7–5, 6–4 in the final. He did not lose a single set in the entire tournament.

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Novak Djokovic	2	5
	3	Andy Murray	6	7
								3	Andy Murray	5	4
								2	Roger Federer	7	6
	8	Juan Martín del Potro	65	66
	2	Roger Federer	77	78

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	N Djokovic	6	6
		C-M Stebe	4	2				1	N Djokovic	77	6
		S Stakhovsky	6	6					S Stakhovsky	65	3
	WC	O Alawadhi	1	2											1	N Djokovic	6	78
		I Ljubičić	2	5											7	J Tipsarević	1	66
		F Cipolla	6	7					F Cipolla	77	1	1
		I Kunitsyn	2	2				7	J Tipsarević	62	6	6
	7	J Tipsarević	6	6																		1	N Djokovic	2	5
	3	A Murray	6	4	6																	3	A Murray	6	7
	Q	M Berrer	3	6	4			3	A Murray	6	6
		N Davydenko	4	7	4			Q	M Chiudinelli	3	4
	Q	M Chiudinelli	6	5	6										3	A Murray	6	7
	Q	L Lacko	2	6	716										5	T Berdych	3	5
	WC	S Bubka	6	2	614			Q	L Lacko	1	2
	PR	B Becker	2	2				5	T Berdych	6	6
	5	T Berdych	6	6

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	8	JM del Potro	6	77
		A Dolgopolov	3	65				8	JM del Potro	6	6
	Q	A Golubev	6	6				Q	A Golubev	4	2
	WC	M Djokovic	3	2											8	JM del Potro	77	6
		A Mannarino	2	2											4	J-W Tsonga	61	2
		L Rosol	6	6					L Rosol	3	4
		M Baghdatis	62	4				4	J-W Tsonga	6	6
	4	J-W Tsonga	77	6																		8	JM del Potro	65	66
	6	M Fish	6	6																		2	R Federer	77	78
		A Beck	1	1				6	M Fish	2	60
		M Youzhny	6	0					M Youzhny	6	77
		R Gasquet	3	0r												M Youzhny	3	4
		N Mahut	4	4											2	R Federer	6	6
		F López	6	6					F López	5	3
		M Llodra	0	66				2	R Federer	7	6
	2	R Federer	6	78

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Lukáš Lacko	6	77
	Alt	Abdullah Maqdas	2	61
								1	Lukáš Lacko	6	6
								7	Grega Žemlja	4	4
		Dominik Meffert	2	4
	7	Grega Žemlja	6	6

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Malek Jaziri	6	6
	WC	Mohammed Al-Nabhani	1	2
								2	Malek Jaziri	3	6	3
								8	Andrey Golubev	6	0	6
		Yuri Schukin	1	2
	8	Andrey Golubev	6	6

	First round							Qualifying competition
	3	Tatsuma Ito	6	6
	WC	Hamad Abbas Janahi	1	2
								3	Tatsuma Ito	610	63
								5	Michael Berrer	712	77
	WC	Rajeev Ram	3	3
	5	Michael Berrer	6	6

	First round							Qualifying competition
	4	Marsel İlhan	4	6	3
		Arnau Brugués-Davi	6	4	6
									Arnau Brugués-Davi	5	4
									Marco Chiudinelli	7	6
		Marco Chiudinelli	6	6
	6	Rik de Voest	4	1

• Main Draw
• Qualifying Draw
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