The 2012 BNP Paribas Masters was a professional men's tennis tournament that was played on indoor hard courts. It was the 40th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It took place in Paris between 29 October and 4 November 2012. Fourth-seeded David Ferrer won the singles title.
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Serbia | Novak Djokovic | 2 | 2 | |
 United Kingdom | Andy Murray | 3 | 3 | |
 Spain | David Ferrer | 5 | 4 | |
 Czech Republic | Tomáš Berdych | 6 | 5 | |
 France | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 7 | 6 | |
 Argentina | Juan Martín del Potro | 8 | 7 | |
| Serbia | Janko Tipsarević | 9 | 8 | |
| Argentina | Juan Mónaco | 10 | 9 | |
| John Isner | 11 | 10 | ||
| Spain | Nicolás Almagro | 12 | 11 | |
| France | Richard Gasquet | 13 | 12 | |
| Marin Čilić | 14 | 13 | ||
 Canada | Milos Raonic | 15 | 14 | |
 Japan | Kei Nishikori | 16 | 15 | |
| Stanislas Wawrinka | 17 | 16 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Roberto Bautista Agut
Alejandro Falla Guillermo García López
Jerzy JanowiczThe following players received entry as lucky loser:
Victor Hănescu
Mardy Fish (health issues) → replaced by 
Martin Kližan Albert Ramos Viñolas Rafael Nadal (left knee injury) → replaced by 
Thomaz Bellucci Andy Roddick (retired from tennis) → replaced by Daniel Gimeno Traver Kei Nishikori (right ankle injury) Janko Tipsarević (illness) Fernando Verdasco (neck injury)| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Bryan | Mike Bryan | 2 | 1 | |||
| Max Mirnyi | Daniel Nestor | 6 | 2 | |||
| Robert Lindstedt | Horia Tecău | 15 | 3 | |||
| Poland | Mariusz Fyrstenberg | Marcin Matkowski | 26 | 4 | ||
 India | Mahesh Bhupathi | Rohan Bopanna | 27 | 5 | ||
 Austria | Jürgen Melzer | Leander Paes | 28 | 6 | ||
| Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | Jean-Julien Rojer | 28 | 7 | |||
| Alexander Peya | Bruno Soares | 46 | 8 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Fernando Verdasco (neck injury)
Robert Lindstedt (neck injury)See main article: 2012 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles.
David Ferrer defeated Jerzy Janowicz, 6–4, 6–3See main article: 2012 BNP Paribas Masters – Doubles.
Mahesh Bhupathi / Rohan Bopanna defeated 
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi / Jean-Julien Rojer, 7–6(8–6), 6–3