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 Radwaà Âska 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 Radwaà Âska, Victoria Azarenka, and Maria Sharapova were in contention for the world number 1 ranking. Since Sharapova lost in the fourth round and Radwaà Âska 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.
Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.
For 2012, the prize money purse was increased to ã16,060,000 from ã14,600,000 in 2011. The winner of the men's and women's singles title earned ã1,150,000.
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Roger Federer def. Andy Murray, 4âÂÂ6, 7âÂÂ5, 6âÂÂ3, 6âÂÂ4
Serena Williams def. Agnieszka Radwaà Âska, 6âÂÂ1, 5âÂÂ7, 6âÂÂ2
Jonathan Marray / Frederik Nielsen def. Robert Lindstedt / Horia TecÃÂu, 4âÂÂ6, 6âÂÂ4, 7âÂÂ6<sup>(7âÂÂ5)</sup>, 6âÂÂ7<sup>(5âÂÂ7)</sup>, 6âÂÂ3
Serena Williams / Venus Williams def. Andrea HlaváÃÂková / Lucie Hradecká, 7âÂÂ5, 6âÂÂ4
Mike Bryan / Lisa Raymond def. Leander Paes / Elena Vesnina, 6âÂÂ3, 5âÂÂ7, 6âÂÂ4
Filip Peliwo def. Luke Saville, 7âÂÂ5, 6âÂÂ4
Eugenie Bouchard def. Elina Svitolina, 6âÂÂ2, 6âÂÂ2
Andrew Harris / Nick Kyrgios def. Matteo Donati / Pietro Licciardi, 6âÂÂ2, 6âÂÂ4
Eugenie Bouchard / Taylor Townsend def. Belinda Bencic / Ana Konjuh, 6âÂÂ4, 6âÂÂ3
Greg Rusedski / Fabrice Santoro def. Thomas Enqvist / Mark Philippoussis, 6âÂÂ7<sup>(3âÂÂ7)</sup>, 6âÂÂ4, [11âÂÂ9]
Lindsay Davenport / Martina Hingis def. Martina Navratilova / Jana Novotná, 6âÂÂ3, 6âÂÂ2
Pat Cash / Mark Woodforde def. Jeremy Bates / Anders Järryd, 6âÂÂ3, 6âÂÂ4
Tom Egberink / Michaël Jérémiasz def. Robin Ammerlaan / Ronald Vink, 6âÂÂ4, 6âÂÂ2
Jiske Griffioen / Aniek van Koot def. Lucy Shuker / Jordanne Whiley, 6âÂÂ1, 6âÂÂ2
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.
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:
The following player would have been seeded, but he withdrew from the event.
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 BÃÂ¥stad).
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.
The following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events.
Below are the lists of the qualifiers entering in the main draws.
Men's singles qualifiers
Lucky losers
Women's singles qualifiers
Lucky losers
Men's doubles qualifiers
Lucky losers
Women's doubles qualifiers
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or personal reasons.