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.^[1] It was the 126th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were 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.

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2012 Wimbledon Championships
Date	25 June – 8 July
Edition	126th
Category	Grand Slam (ITF)
Draw	128S / 64D / 48XD
Prize money	£16,060,000
Surface	Grass
Location	Church Road SW19, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom
Venue	All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Attendance	484,805
Champions
Men's singles
Roger Federer
Women's singles
Serena Williams
Men's doubles
Jonathan Marray / Frederik Nielsen
Women's doubles
Serena Williams / Venus Williams
Mixed doubles
Mike Bryan / Lisa Raymond
Wheelchair men's doubles
Tom Egberink / Michaël Jérémiasz
Wheelchair women's doubles
Jiske Griffioen / Aniek van Koot
Boys' singles
Filip Peliwo
Girls' singles
Eugenie Bouchard
Boys' doubles
Andrew Harris / Nick Kyrgios
Girls' doubles
Eugenie Bouchard / Taylor Townsend
Gentlemen's invitation doubles
Greg Rusedski / Fabrice Santoro
Ladies' invitation doubles
Lindsay Davenport / Martina Hingis
Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles
Pat Cash / Mark Woodforde
← 2011 · Wimbledon Championships · 2013 →

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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 to win a record-equalling seven Wimbledon titles, while Murray became the first British male player to reach a Wimbledon singles final in the Open era. 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, 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.

• 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.^[2] 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.^[3]
  • Andy Murray and Marcos Baghdatis finished play at 23:02, the latest-ever finish to a match at Wimbledon.^{[citation needed]}
• 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.^[4]
• 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.^[5] 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).^[6]

Men's singles

More information Champion, Runner-up ...

Champion		Runner-up
Roger Federer [3]		Andy Murray [4]
Semifinals out
Novak Djokovic [1]		Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [5]
Quarterfinals out
Florian Mayer [31]	Mikhail Youzhny [26]	David Ferrer [7]	Philipp Kohlschreiber [27]
4th round out
Viktor Troicki	Richard Gasquet [18]	Xavier Malisse	Denis Istomin
Juan Martín del Potro [9]	Marin Čilić [16]	Mardy Fish [10]	Brian Baker (Q)
3rd round out
Radek Štěpánek [28]	Juan Mónaco [15]	Nicolás Almagro [12]	Jerzy Janowicz (Q)
Julien Benneteau [29]	Fernando Verdasco [17]	Alejandro Falla	Janko Tipsarević [8]
Andy Roddick [30]	Kei Nishikori [19]	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 [13]
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 [21]	Grigor Dimitrov	Ivo Karlović
Guillermo García López	Jürgen Melzer	Jesse Levine (Q)	James Ward
Jarkko Nieminen	Alexandr Dolgopolov [22]	Malek Jaziri	Rafael Nadal [2]
1st round out
Juan Carlos Ferrero	Lu Yen-hsun	James Blake	Sergiy Stakhovsky
Marcel Granollers [24]	Juan Ignacio Chela	Filippo Volandri	Leonardo Mayer
Olivier Rochus	Steve Darcis	Carlos Berlocq	Tobias Kamke
Dmitry Tursunov	Blaz Kavčič	Simone Bolelli (Q)	Tomáš Berdych [6]
Albert Ramos Viñolas	Michaël Llodra	Adrián Menéndez Maceiras (Q)	Gilles Müller
Jimmy Wang (Q)	Josh Goodall (WC)	Marinko Matosevic	Paul-Henri Mathieu
John Isner [11]	Paolo Lorenzi	Oliver Golding (WC)	Andreas Seppi [23]
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 [32]	Albert Montañés	Dudi Sela	Nikolay Davydenko
Lleyton Hewitt (WC)	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Adrian Ungur	Stan Wawrinka [25]
Bernard Tomic [20]	Karol Beck	Pablo Andújar	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
Feliciano López [14]	Rui Machado	Matthew Ebden	Alex Bogomolov Jr.
Tommy Haas (WC)	Jürgen Zopp (Q)	Ivan Dodig	Thomaz Bellucci

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Women's singles

More information Champion, Runner-up ...

Champion		Runner-up
Serena Williams [6]		Agnieszka Radwańska [3]
Semifinals out
Angelique Kerber [8]		Victoria Azarenka [2]
Quarterfinals out
Sabine Lisicki [15]	Maria Kirilenko [17]	Petra Kvitová [4]	Tamira Paszek
4th round out
Maria Sharapova [1]	Kim Clijsters	Camila Giorgi (Q)	Peng Shuai [30]
Yaroslava Shvedova (WC)	Francesca Schiavone [24]	Roberta Vinci [21]	Ana Ivanovic [14]
3rd round out
Hsieh Su-wei	Sloane Stephens	Vera Zvonareva [12]	Christina McHale [28]
Heather Watson	Nadia Petrova [20]	Sorana Cîrstea	Arantxa Rus
Zheng Jie [25]	Sara Errani [10]	Klára Zakopalová	Varvara Lepchenko
Yanina Wickmayer	Mirjana Lučić (Q)	Julia Görges [22]	Jana Čepelová (Q)
2nd round out
Tsvetana Pironkova	Stéphanie Foretz Gacon	Petra Cetkovská [23]	Bojana Jovanovski
Sílvia Soler Espinosa	Andrea Hlaváčková	Mathilde Johansson	Ekaterina Makarova
Elena Vesnina	Jamie Hampton	Tímea Babos	Anna Tatishvili
Li Na [11]	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Ayumi Morita	Samantha Stosur [5]
Melinda Czink (Q)	Aleksandra Wozniak	Kiki Bertens	Anne Keothavong
Olga Govortsova	Kristýna Plíšková (Q)	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [31]	Elena Baltacha
Alizé Cornet	Galina Voskoboeva	Marina Erakovic	Marion Bartoli [9]
Kateryna Bondarenko	Anastasiya Yakimova	Anabel Medina Garrigues [26]	Romina Oprandi
1st round out
Anastasia Rodionova	Vesna Dolonc (Q)	Virginie Razzano (WC)	Monica Niculescu [29]
Vania King	Karolína Plíšková (Q)	Eleni Daniilidou	Petra Martić
Mona Barthel	Edina Gallovits-Hall	Chang Kai-chen	Jelena Janković [18]
Johanna Konta (WC)	Lesia Tsurenko	Alberta Brianti	Lucie Hradecká
Magdaléna Rybáriková	Venus Williams	Iveta Benešová	Daniela Hantuchová [27]
Maria Elena Camerin (Q)	Melanie Oudin (WC)	Tamarine Tanasugarn	Flavia Pennetta [16]
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 [19]	Chanelle Scheepers	Laura Pous Tió	CoCo Vandeweghe (Q)
Dominika Cibulková [13]	Annika Beck (Q)	Polona Hercog	Laura Robson (WC)
Sofia Arvidsson	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	Karin Knapp	Akgul Amanmuradova
Caroline Wozniacki [7]	Nina Bratchikova	Gréta Arn	Svetlana Kuznetsova [32]
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

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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.^[21]

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.

More information Seed, Rank ...

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Novak Djokovic	12,280	2,000	720	11,000	Semifinals lost to Roger Federer [3]
2	2	Rafael Nadal	10,060	1,200	45	8,905	Second round lost to Lukáš Rosol
3	3	Roger Federer	9,435	360	2,000	11,075	Champion, defeated Andy Murray [4]
4	4	Andy Murray	6,980	720	1,200	7,460	Runner-up, lost to Roger Federer [3]
5	6	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	5,230	720	720	5,230	Semifinals lost to Andy Murray [4]
6	7	Tomáš Berdych	4,685	180	10	4,515	First round lost to Ernests Gulbis
7	5	David Ferrer	5,250	180	360	5,430	Quarterfinals lost to Andy Murray [4]
8	8	Janko Tipsarević	3,200	10	90	3,280	Third round lost to Mikhail Youzhny [26]
9	9	Juan Martín del Potro	3,180	180	180	3,180	Fourth round lost to David Ferrer [7]
10	12	Mardy Fish	2,535	360	180	2,355	Fourth round lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [5]
11	10	John Isner	2,655	45+250	10+150	2,520	First round lost to Alejandro Falla
12	11	Nicolás Almagro	2,605	90	90	2,605	Third round lost to Richard Gasquet [18]
13	13	Gilles Simon	2,525	90	45	2,480	Second round lost to Xavier Malisse
14	17	Feliciano López	1,725	360	10	1,375	First round lost to Jarkko Nieminen
15	14	Juan Mónaco	2,115	10	90	2,195	Third round lost to Viktor Troicki
16	18	Marin Čilić	1,655	10	180	1,825	Fourth round lost to Andy Murray [4]
17	16	Fernando Verdasco	1,765	45	90	1,810	Third round lost to Xavier Malisse
18	19	Richard Gasquet	1,600	180	180	1,600	Fourth round lost to Florian Mayer [31]
19	20	Kei Nishikori	1,600	10	90	1,680	Third round lost to Juan Martín del Potro [9]
20	28	Bernard Tomic	1,255	385	10	880	First round lost to David Goffin [WC]
21	22	Milos Raonic	1,540	45	45	1,540	Second round lost to Sam Querrey
22	21	Alexandr Dolgopolov	1,585	10	45	1,620	Second round lost to Benoît Paire
23	26	Andreas Seppi	1,390	45	10	1,355	First round lost to Denis Istomin
24	23	Marcel Granollers	1,530	10	10	1,530	First round lost to Viktor Troicki
25	24	Stan Wawrinka	1,505	45	10	1,470	First round lost to Jürgen Melzer
26	33	Mikhail Youzhny	1,210	180	360	1,390	Quarterfinals lost to Roger Federer [3]
27	30	Philipp Kohlschreiber	1,220	10	360	1,570	Quarterfinals lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [5]
28	27	Radek Štěpánek	1,340	10	90	1,420	Third round lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
29	32	Julien Benneteau	1,210	45	90	1,255	Third round lost to Roger Federer [3]
30	25	Andy Roddick	1,395	90	90	1,395	Third round lost to David Ferrer [7]
31	29	Florian Mayer	1,230	45	360	1,545	Quarterfinals lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
32	31	Kevin Anderson	1,215	45	10	1,180	First round lost to Grigor Dimitrov

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

More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points after	Withdrawal reason
15	Gaël Monfils	1,805	90	1,715	Right knee injury

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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.

More information Seed, Rank ...

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Maria Sharapova	9,490	1,400	280	8,370	Fourth round lost to Sabine Lisicki [15]
2	2	Victoria Azarenka	8,800	900	900	8,800	Semifinals lost to Serena Williams [6]
3	3	Agnieszka Radwańska	7,230	100	1,400	8,530	Runner-up, lost to Serena Williams [6]
4	4	Petra Kvitová	6,775	2,000	500	5,275	Quarterfinals lost to Serena Williams [6]
5	5	Samantha Stosur	6,100	5	100	6,195	Second round lost to Arantxa Rus
6	6	Serena Williams	5,640	280	2,000	7,360	Champion, defeated Agnieszka Radwańska [3]
7	7	Caroline Wozniacki	4,366	280+30	5+30	4,091	First round lost to Tamira Paszek
8	8	Angelique Kerber	4,275	5+30	900+30	5,170	Semifinals lost to Agnieszka Radwańska [3]
9	9	Marion Bartoli	3,800	500	100	3,400	Second round lost to Mirjana Lučić [Q]
10	10	Sara Errani	3,350	100+70	160+70	3,410	Third round lost to Yaroslava Shvedova [WC]
11	11	Li Na	3,245	100	100	3,245	Second round lost to Sorana Cîrstea
12	12	Vera Zvonareva	3,160	160	160	3,160	Third round lost to Kim Clijsters
13	13	Dominika Cibulková	3,120	500	5	2,625	First round lost to Klára Zakopalová
14	14	Ana Ivanovic	3,070	160	280	3,190	Fourth round lost to Victoria Azarenka [2]
15	15	Sabine Lisicki	2,697	900	500	2,297	Quarterfinals lost to Angelique Kerber [8]
16	17	Flavia Pennetta	2,470	160+70	5+60	2,305	First round lost to Camila Giorgi [Q]
17	19	Maria Kirilenko	2,295	160	500	2,635	Quarterfinals lost to Agnieszka Radwańska [3]
18	22	Jelena Janković	2,220	5	5	2,220	First round lost to Kim Clijsters
19	21	Lucie Šafářová	2,135	100	5	2,040	First round lost to Kiki Bertens
20	20	Nadia Petrova	2,225	280	160	2,105	Third round lost to Camila Giorgi [Q]
21	23	Roberta Vinci	1,965	160+280	280+60	1,865	Fourth round lost to Tamira Paszek
22	24	Julia Görges	1,945	160	160	1,945	Third round lost to Ana Ivanovic [14]
23	25	Petra Cetkovská	1,945	280	100	1,765	Second round lost to Sloane Stephens
24	26	Francesca Schiavone	1,930	160	280	2,050	Fourth round lost to Petra Kvitová [4]
25	27	Zheng Jie	1,850	100	160	1,910	Third round lost to Serena Williams [6]
26	28	Anabel Medina Garrigues	1,835	5+130	100+70	1,870	Second round lost to Jana Čepelová [Q]
27	29	Daniela Hantuchová	1,820	160	5	1,665	First round lost to Jamie Hampton
28	32	Christina McHale	1,750	100	160	1,810	Third round lost to Angelique Kerber [8]
29	33	Monica Niculescu	1,735	100	5	1,640	First round lost to Stéphanie Foretz Gacon
30	34	Peng Shuai	1,730	280	280	1,730	Fourth round lost to Maria Kirilenko [17]
31	30	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	1,800	100	100	1,800	Second round lost to Varvara Lepchenko
32	35	Svetlana Kuznetsova	1,642	160	5	1,487	First round lost to Yanina Wickmayer

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

More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points after	Withdrawal reason
16	Kaia Kanepi	2,519	5	2,514	Heel injury[22]
18	Andrea Petkovic	2,420	160	2,260	Right ankle injury[23]

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

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

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:

Men's singles

• Benjamin Becker
• Paul-Henri Mathieu

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