no. 11 John Isner by 7–5, 6–3 in 1h18m. At the Miami Open Gil defeated no. 45 Thomaz Bellucci 6–3, 6–4 in the first round in 1h32m. In the second round, he lost to world no. 35 and 32nd seed Philipp Kohlschreiber who won 78 per cent of his service points by 6–2, 7–5 in 1h12m. In April, at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, Gil won the first round in the qualifying where he defeated world number 167 Arnau Brugues-Davi by 1–6, 7–6(5), 7–5 in 2h16m, in the second round he won no. 67 Steve Darcis by 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(5) in 2h6m. He then defeated no. 35 Mikhail Youzhny by 6–1, 6–3 in the first round in 1h4m. In the second round, he lost to world no. 15 Gilles Simon by 6–3, 6–0 in 1h3m. A week later, at Barcelona Open Gil knocked out in the first round local resident and 12th seed and world no. 26 Marcel Granollers by 6–2, 6–2 in 1h13m. In the second round, he won over countryman world no. 140 João Sousa by 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 in 2h12m. In the third round, Gil lost to world no. 8 and 5th seed Janko Tipsarević by 6–2, 6–2 in only 1h9m. In May, at the Estoril Open Gil lost in the first round to the German no. 87 Björn Phau, the oldest player in the draw at 32, by 6–4, 6–2 in 1h21m on Central Court. Phau converted five of seven break point opportunities in the pair's first tour-level meeting. A week later in the Madrid Open, Gil won the first round in the qualifying where he defeated world number 72 Matthew Ebden by 6–2, 7–6(3) in 1h25m, in the second round he lost to no. 107 Daniel Gimeno Traver by 7–5, 6–4 in 1h33m. At the 2012 French Open he couldn't past the first round of the qualifying, he lost to no. 151 Jerzy Janowicz by 7–5, 4–6, 6–2. In June, at the Queen's Club Gil lost in the first round to the 11th-seeded Cypriot no. 42 Marcos Baghdatis, by 7–6(2), 4–6, 6–2, in 2h30m on Central Court. A week later, at Wimbledon, he lost in First round of the qualifying to world no. 156 Jonathan Dasnieres de Veigy by 7–5, 4–6, 6–3. In July, Gil played in Båstad and he won in the first round to world no. 163 Marsel İlhan by 6–4, 1–6, 6–3 in