2012 ATP World Tour

2012 ATP World Tour
Novak Djokovic finished the year as world No. 1 for the second time in his career. He won six tournaments during the season, including a major at the Australian Open, as well as the ATP World Tour Finals. He also won three Masters 1000 events and finished runner-up at two other majors, at the French Open and the US Open.
Details
Duration31 December 2011 – 18 November 2012
Edition43rd
Tournaments69
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesSpain David Ferrer (7)
Most tournament finalsSerbia Novak Djokovic (11)
Prize money leaderSerbia Novak Djokovic ($12,803,737)
Points leaderSerbia Novak Djokovic (12,920)
Awards
Player of the yearSerbia Novak Djokovic
Doubles team of the yearUnited States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
Most improved
player of the year
Australia Marinko Matosevic
Newcomer of the yearSlovakia Martin Kližan
Comeback
player of the year
Germany Tommy Haas
2011
2013

The 2012 ATP World Tour is the global elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2012 tennis season. The 2012 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World Team Championship, the Davis Cup (organized by the ITF), the ATP World Tour Finals, and the tennis event at the London Summer Olympic Games. Also included in the 2012 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which is organized by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points.[1][2]

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  2. ^ "Posing 10 ATP questions for 2009". ESPN. 6 November 2008. Archived from the original on 23 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-08.