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.
Twenty days after the Championships concluded, Wimbledon held the 2012 Olympic tennis tournament.
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.Juniors – Tournament Grades ITF Tennis; Retrieved 30 January 2012
Senior points Event Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Men's singles20001200720360180904510251680Men's doubles00014009005002801601005605040254800
Wheelchair points EventWF3rd4thDoubles800500375100
Junior points Event Round of 16 Round of 32Boys' singles 250 180 120 80 50 30 25 20Girls' singles 180 120 80 50 30 Girls' doubles
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.
Event Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Singles£1,150,000£575,000£287,500£145,000£75,000£38,875£23,125£14,500£8,500£4,250£2,125 Doubles*£260,000£130,000£65,000£32,500£16,650£9,350£5,450 Mixed doubles*£92,000£46,000£23,000£10,500£5,200£2,600£1,300 *£8,000£4,500 Invitation doubles£19,000£16,000 * per team
Singles players Men's singles Champion Runner-up Roger Federer Andy Murray Semifinals out Novak Djokovic Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Quarterfinals out Florian Mayer Mikhail Youzhny David Ferrer Philipp Kohlschreiber 4th round out Viktor Troicki Richard Gasquet Xavier Malisse Denis Istomin Juan Martín del Potro Marin Čilić Mardy Fish Brian Baker (Q) 3rd round out Radek Štěpánek Juan Mónaco Nicolás Almagro Jerzy Janowicz (Q) Julien Benneteau Fernando Verdasco Alejandro Falla Janko Tipsarević Andy Roddick Kei Nishikori Sam Querrey Marcos Baghdatis Lukáš Lacko David Goffin (WC) Benoît Paire Lukáš Rosol 2nd round out Ryan Harrison Benjamin Becker (PR) Martin Kližan Jérémy Chardy Guillaume Rufin (Q) Ruben Bemelmans (Q) Philipp Petzschner Ernests Gulbis Fabio Fognini Michael Russell (Q) Grega Žemlja (WC) Gilles Simon Nicolas Mahut Igor Andreev Íñigo Cervantes (Q) Ryan Sweeting (Q) Kenny de Schepper (Q) Björn Phau Florent Serra (Q) Go Soeda Łukasz Kubot Milos Raonic Grigor Dimitrov Ivo Karlović Guillermo García López Jürgen Melzer Jesse Levine (Q) James Ward Jarkko Nieminen Alexandr Dolgopolov Malek Jaziri Rafael Nadal 1st round out Juan Carlos Ferrero Lu Yen-hsun James Blake Sergiy Stakhovsky Marcel Granollers Juan Ignacio Chela Filippo Volandri Leonardo Mayer Olivier Rochus Steve Darcis Carlos Berlocq Tobias Kamke Dmitry Tursunov Blaz Kavčič Simone Bolelli (Q) Tomáš Berdych Albert Ramos Viñolas Michaël Llodra Adrián Menéndez Maceiras (Q) Gilles Müller Jimmy Wang (Q) Josh Goodall (WC) Marinko Matosevic Paul-Henri Mathieu John Isner Paolo Lorenzi Oliver Golding (WC) Andreas Seppi Donald Young Flavio Cipolla Potito Starace David Nalbandian Dustin Brown Matthias Bachinger Wayne Odesnik (LL) Jamie Baker (WC) Mikhail Kukushkin Andrey Kuznetsov Igor Kunitsyn Robin Haase Cedrik-Marcel Stebe Tatsuma Ito Vasek Pospisil Santiago Giraldo Kevin Anderson Albert Montañés Dudi Sela Nikolay Davydenko Lleyton Hewitt (WC) Édouard Roger-Vasselin Adrian Ungur Stan Wawrinka Bernard Tomic Karol Beck Pablo Andújar Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Feliciano López Rui Machado Matthew Ebden Alex Bogomolov Jr. Tommy Haas (WC) Jürgen Zopp (Q) Ivan Dodig Thomaz Bellucci
Women's singles Champion Runner-up Serena Williams Agnieszka Radwańska Semifinals out Angelique Kerber Victoria Azarenka Quarterfinals out Sabine Lisicki Maria Kirilenko Petra Kvitová Tamira Paszek 4th round out Maria Sharapova Kim Clijsters Camila Giorgi (Q) Peng Shuai Yaroslava Shvedova (WC) Francesca Schiavone Roberta Vinci Ana Ivanovic 3rd round out Hsieh Su-wei Sloane Stephens Vera Zvonareva Christina McHale Heather Watson Nadia Petrova Sorana Cîrstea Arantxa Rus Zheng Jie Sara Errani Klára Zakopalová Varvara Lepchenko Yanina Wickmayer Mirjana Lučić (Q) Julia Görges Jana Čepelová (Q) 2nd round out Tsvetana Pironkova Stéphanie Foretz Gacon Petra Cetkovská Bojana Jovanovski Sílvia Soler Espinosa Andrea Hlaváčková Mathilde Johansson Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina Jamie Hampton Tímea Babos Anna Tatishvili Li Na Lourdes Domínguez Lino Ayumi Morita Samantha Stosur Melinda Czink (Q) Aleksandra Wozniak Kiki Bertens Anne Keothavong Olga Govortsova Kristýna Plíšková (Q) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Elena Baltacha Alizé Cornet Galina Voskoboeva Marina Erakovic Marion Bartoli Kateryna Bondarenko Anastasiya Yakimova Anabel Medina Garrigues Romina Oprandi 1st round out Anastasia Rodionova Vesna Dolonc (Q) Virginie Razzano (WC) Monica Niculescu Vania King Karolína Plíšková (Q) Eleni Daniilidou Petra Martić Mona Barthel Edina Gallovits-Hall Chang Kai-chen Jelena Janković Johanna Konta (WC) Lesia Tsurenko Alberta Brianti Lucie Hradecká Magdaléna Rybáriková Venus Williams Iveta Benešová Daniela Hantuchová Maria Elena Camerin (Q) Melanie Oudin (WC) Tamarine Tanasugarn Flavia Pennetta Ksenia Pervak Pauline Parmentier Naomi Broady (WC) Alexandra Cadanțu Sandra Zaniewska (Q) Jarmila Gajdošová Misaki Doi (LL) Carla Suárez Navarro Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Johanna Larsson Vera Dushevina Stéphanie Dubois Lucie Šafářová Chanelle Scheepers Laura Pous Tió CoCo Vandeweghe (Q) Dominika Cibulková Annika Beck (Q) Polona Hercog Laura Robson (WC) Sofia Arvidsson Patricia Mayr-Achleitner Karin Knapp Akgul Amanmuradova Caroline Wozniacki Nina Bratchikova Gréta Arn Svetlana Kuznetsova Ashleigh Barty (WC) Urszula Radwańska Alexandra Panova Casey Dellacqua María José Martínez Sánchez Kimiko Date-Krumm Mandy Minella Shahar Pe'er Simona Halep Kristina Mladenovic (Q) Irina-Camelia Begu Irina Falconi
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, [11–9]
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.