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2012 Wimbledon Championships

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Date
  
25 June – 8 July

Prize money
  
£16,060,000

Edition
  
126th

Surface
  
Grass

Category
  
Grand Slam tournament (ITF)

Location
  
Church Road SW19, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom

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

Contents

Both Novak Djokovic and Petra Kvitová were unsuccessful in their 2011 title defences, both being defeated by the eventual champions: Djokovic to Roger Federer in the semi-finals and Kvitová to Serena Williams in the quarter-finals. In four sets, Federer defeated Andy Murray (who became the first male singles British Wimbledon finalist in the open era) to win a record-equalling seventh Wimbledon title. Williams defeated first-time Wimbledon finalist, Agnieszka Radwańska in three sets, to equal her sister Venus in winning five Wimbledon titles. Both Federer and Williams were more than 30 years old at the time of their victories. With the victories, Federer reclaimed the World No.1 ranking for the first time since June 2010, thus allowing him to equal, then break, the all-time record of most weeks ranked World No.1 held by Pete Sampras.

Events

  • On 28 June:
  • World No. 100 Lukáš Rosol upsets 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 the second longest match in Wimbledon history.
  • Yaroslava Shvedova became the first player in a Grand Slam tournament to win a golden set. She beat 2012 French Open finalist Sara Errani 6–0, 6–4.
  • Andy Murray and Marcos Baghdatis finished play at 11:02 pm, 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 Open Era.
  • On 6 July, Murray became the first British man in 74 years to reach the singles final. He defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semi-final.
  • Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielsen became the first Wildcard to win the Gentlemen's doubles, beating both of the previous year's finalists along the way.
  • On 7 July, Serena Williams won her fifth Wimbledon title, tying her sister Venus in doing so.
  • On 8 July, Roger Federer achieved a record-tying 7th singles title at Wimbledon, tied with Pete Sampras (Open Era) and William Renshaw (Closed Era).

    • Prize money and ranking points

    For 2012, the prize money purse was increased to £16,060,000 from £14,600,000 in 2011. The prize money and points breakdown is as follows:

    Junior

    Below is a table charting the points that are available to the boys and girls in singles and doubles play.

    Prize money

    * per team

    Singles players

    Gentlemen's Singles

    Ladies' Singles

    Gentlemen's singles

    Roger Federer defeated 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.

    • Ladies' singles

    Serena Williams defeated 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.

    • Gentlemen's doubles

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

    Ladies' doubles

    Serena Williams / Venus Williams defeated Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká, 7–5, 6–4

  • This was the Williams Sisters' 13th Grand Slam title.

    • Mixed doubles

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

    Boys' Singles

    Filip Peliwo defeated Luke Saville, 7–5, 6–4

    Girls' Singles

    Eugenie Bouchard defeated Elina Svitolina, 6–2, 6–2

    Boys' Doubles

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

    Girls' Doubles

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

    Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles

    Greg Rusedski / Fabrice Santoro defeated Thomas Enqvist / Mark Philippoussis, 6–7(3–7), 6–4, [11–9]

    Ladies' Invitation Doubles

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

    Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles

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

    Wheelchair Gentlemen's Doubles

    Tom Egberink / Michael Jeremiasz defeated Robin Ammerlaan / Ronald Vink, 6–4, 6–2

    Wheelchair Ladies' Doubles

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

    Singles seeds

    The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event.

    Gentlemen's Singles

    The Gentlemen'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:

  • Take ESP points at 18 June 2012
  • 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.

    • Ladies' Singles

    For the Ladies' 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.

    Wild card entries

    Below are the lists of the wild card awardees entering in the main draws.

    Mixed doubles wild card entries

    1. Ross Hutchins / Heather Watson
    2. Dominic Inglot / Laura Robson
    3. Jonathan Marray / Anne Keothavong
    4. Kenneth Skupski / Melanie South

    References

    2012 Wimbledon Championships Wikipedia
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