2012 Wimbledon

The 2012 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 126th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and was held from 25 June to 8 July 2012. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year and was part of the ATP World Tour, the WTA Tour, the ITF Junior Tour and the NEC Tour. The championships were organised by the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club and the International Tennis Federation.

Novak Djokovic and Petra Kvitová were unsuccessful in their 2011 title defences, both defeated by the eventual champions, he by Roger Federer in the semifinals and she by Serena Williams in the quarterfinals. In four sets, Federer defeated Andy Murray in the final to win a record-equalling seventh Wimbledon title, while Murray became the first British male player to reach a Wimbledon singles final in the Open era. Serena Williams defeated first-time Wimbledon finalist Agnieszka Radwańska in three sets to equal her sister Venus in winning five Wimbledon titles. Federer and Williams were each more than 30 years old at the time of their victories.

With his win, Federer reclaimed the World No. 1 ranking for the first time since June 2010, thus allowing him to equal, then to break, the all-time record of most weeks ranked at World No. 1 held by Pete Sampras. Agnieszka Radwańska, Victoria Azarenka, and Maria Sharapova were in contention for the world number 1 ranking. Since Sharapova lost in the fourth round and Radwańska was a match away from becoming the world number 1 but lost it, Azarenka continued her success as the number 1.

After the Championships, Wimbledon held the 2012 Olympic tennis tournament three weeks later.

Events

*On 28 June, World No. 100 Lukáš Rosol upset World No. 2 and two-time Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal in five sets.
*On 30 June:
**Marin Čilić beat Sam Querrey, 7–6^(8–6), 6–4, 6–7^(2–7), 6–7^(3–7), 17–15. At 5 hours and 31 minutes, it was then the second longest match in Wimbledon history. This would later be surpassed by the 2018 semifinal match between Kevin Anderson and John Isner.
**Yaroslava Shvedova became the first player in a Grand Slam tournament to win a golden set, beating 2012 French Open finalist Sara Errani, 6–0, 6–4.
**Andy Murray and Marcos Baghdatis finished play at 23:02, the latest-ever finish to a match at Wimbledon.
*On 5 July, Agnieszka Radwańska became the first Pole, male or female, to reach a Grand Slam singles final in the Open era.
*On 6 July, Murray became the first British man in 74 years to reach the singles final, defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semifinal.
*On 7 July:
**Serena Williams won her fifth Wimbledon title, tying her sister Venus in doing so.
**Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielsen became the first wild card to win the gentlemen's doubles title, beating both of the previous year's finalists along the way. Marray also became the first British player to win the men's doubles title in the Open era.
*On 8 July, Roger Federer achieved a record-tying seventh singles title at Wimbledon, tied with Pete Sampras (Open Era) and William Renshaw (Amateur Era).

Point and prize money distribution

Point distribution

Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.

Senior points

Wheelchair points

Junior points

Prize money

For 2012, the prize money purse was increased to £16,060,000 from £14,600,000 in 2011. The winner of the men's and women's singles title earned £1,150,000.

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Singles players

; Men's singles

; Women's singles

Day-by-day summaries

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

Roger Federer def. Andy Murray, 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–4
* It was Federer's 5th title of the year and 1st Grand Slam title of the year. It was his 7th Wimbledon title, 17th Grand Slam title, and 75th career title.

Women's singles

Serena Williams def. Agnieszka Radwańska, 6–1, 5–7, 6–2
* It was Williams' 3rd title of the year and 1st Grand Slam title of the year. It was her 5th Wimbledon title, 14th Grand Slam title, and 42nd career title.

Men's doubles

Jonathan Marray / Frederik Nielsen def. Robert Lindstedt / Horia Tecău, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(5–7), 6–3

Women's doubles

Serena Williams / Venus Williams def. Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká, 7–5, 6–4
*This was the Williams sisters' 13th Grand Slam title.

Mixed doubles

Mike Bryan / Lisa Raymond def. Leander Paes / Elena Vesnina, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4

Juniors

Boys' singles

Filip Peliwo def. Luke Saville, 7–5, 6–4

Girls' singles

Eugenie Bouchard def. Elina Svitolina, 6–2, 6–2

Boys' doubles

Andrew Harris / Nick Kyrgios def. Matteo Donati / Pietro Licciardi, 6–2, 6–4

Girls' doubles

Eugenie Bouchard / Taylor Townsend def. Belinda Bencic / Ana Konjuh, 6–4, 6–3

Invitation

Gentlemen's invitation doubles

Greg Rusedski / Fabrice Santoro def. Thomas Enqvist / Mark Philippoussis, 6–7^(3–7), 6–4, 1–9

Ladies' invitation doubles

Lindsay Davenport / Martina Hingis def. Martina Navratilova / Jana Novotná, 6–3, 6–2

Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles

Pat Cash / Mark Woodforde def. Jeremy Bates / Anders Järryd, 6–3, 6–4

Wheelchair

Wheelchair men's doubles

Tom Egberink / Michaël Jérémiasz def. Robin Ammerlaan / Ronald Vink, 6–4, 6–2

Wheelchair women's doubles

Jiske Griffioen / Aniek van Koot def. Lucy Shuker / Jordanne Whiley, 6–1, 6–2

Singles seeds

The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings based on ATP and WTA rankings are as of 18 June 2012, Rankings and Points are as of 25 June 2012.

Men's singles

Because the tournament takes place one week later than in 2011, points defending includes results from both the 2011 Wimbledon and tournaments from the week of 4 July 2011 ( Newport and Davis Cup).

The Men's singles seeds is arranged on a surface-based system to reflect more accurately the individual player's grass court achievement as per the following formula:
*ATP Entry System Position points as at a week before The Championships
*Add 100% points earned for all grass court tournaments in the past 12 months
*add 75% points earned for best grass court tournament in the 12 months before that.

The following player would have been seeded, but he withdrew from the event.

Women's singles

Because the tournament takes place one week later than in 2011, points defending includes results from both the 2011 Wimbledon and tournaments from the week of 4 July 2011 (Budapest and Båstad).

For the Women's singles seeds, the seeding order follows the ranking list, except where in the opinion of the committee, the grass court credentials of a particular player necessitates a change in the interest of achieving a balanced draw.

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

Main draw wild card entries

The following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events.

Men's singles

# Jamie Baker
# David Goffin
# Oliver Golding
# Josh Goodall
# Tommy Haas
# Lleyton Hewitt
# James Ward
# Grega Žemlja

Women's singles

# Ashleigh Barty
# Naomi Broady
# Johanna Konta
# Melanie Oudin
# Virginie Razzano
# Laura Robson
# Yaroslava Shvedova

Men's doubles

# Liam Broady / Oliver Golding
# Jamie Delgado / Ken Skupski
# Chris Guccione / Lleyton Hewitt
# Josh Goodall / James Ward
# Jonathan Marray / Frederik Nielsen

Women's doubles

# Naomi Broady / Johanna Konta
# Tara Moore / Melanie South
# Laura Robson / Heather Watson

Mixed doubles

# Ross Hutchins / Heather Watson
# Dominic Inglot / Laura Robson
# Jonathan Marray / Anne Keothavong
# Ken Skupski / Melanie South

Qualifiers entries

Below are the lists of the qualifiers entering in the main draws.

Men's singles

Men's singles qualifiers''
# Jürgen Zopp
# Adrián Menéndez Maceiras
# Guillaume Rufin
# Michael Russell
# Jesse Levine
# Florent Serra
# Ryan Sweeting
# Dustin Brown
# Simone Bolelli
# Jimmy Wang
# Brian Baker
# Kenny de Schepper
# Ruben Bemelmans
# Íñigo Cervantes
# Jerzy Janowicz
# Andrey Kuznetsov

Lucky losers
# Wayne Odesnik

Women's singles

Women's singles qualifiers
# Melinda Czink
# Annika Beck
# Maria Elena Camerin
# Kristina Mladenovic
# Sandra Zaniewska
# Vesna Dolonc
# Jana Čepelová
# Kristýna Plíšková
# Karolína Plíšková
# Camila Giorgi
# CoCo Vandeweghe
# Mirjana Lučić

Lucky losers
# Misaki Doi

Men's doubles

Men's doubles qualifiers
# Andre Begemann / Igor Zelenay
# Matthias Bachinger / Tobias Kamke
# Bobby Reynolds / Izak van der Merwe
# Lewis Burton / George Morgan

Lucky losers
# Sanchai Ratiwatana / Sonchat Ratiwatana
# Colin Ebelthite / John Peers

Women's doubles

Women's doubles qualifiers
# Darija Jurak / Katalin Marosi
# Mirjana Lučić / Valeria Savinykh
# Lindsay Lee-Waters / Megan Moulton-Levy
# Vesna Dolonc / Olga Savchuk

Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
; Men's singles
* Benjamin Becker
* Paul-Henri Mathieu

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or personal reasons.

;Men's singles
* Pablo Cuevas → replaced by Vasek Pospisil
* Somdev Devvarman → replaced by Karol Beck
* Gaël Monfils → replaced by Wayne Odesnik
* Robin Söderling → replaced by Blaž Kavčič

;Women's singles
* Alexandra Dulgheru → replaced by Nina Bratchikova
* Kaia Kanepi → replaced by Heather Watson
* Michaëlla Krajicek → replaced by Misaki Doi
* Andrea Petkovic → replaced by Bojana Jovanovski Petrović, Bojana Jovanovski
* Ágnes Szávay → replaced by Lesia Tsurenko

References

External links

Official Wimbledon Championships website

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