• 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]

Point distribution edit

Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.^[7][8]

Senior points edit

Prize money edit

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.^[9][10][11]

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Men's singles

Women's singles

Seniors edit

Men's singles edit

  Roger Federer def.   Andy Murray, 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–4^[12]

• 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 edit

  Serena Williams def.   Agnieszka Radwańska, 6–1, 5–7, 6–2^[13]

• 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 edit

  Jonathan Marray /   Frederik Nielsen def.   Robert Lindstedt /   Horia Tecău, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(5–7), 6–3^[14]

Women's doubles edit

  Serena Williams /   Venus Williams def.   Andrea Hlaváčková /   Lucie Hradecká, 7–5, 6–4^[15]

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

Mixed doubles edit

  Mike Bryan /   Lisa Raymond def.   Leander Paes /   Elena Vesnina, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4^[16]

Juniors edit

Boys' singles edit

  Filip Peliwo def.   Luke Saville, 7–5, 6–4^[17]

Girls' singles edit

  Eugenie Bouchard def.   Elina Svitolina, 6–2, 6–2^[18]

Boys' doubles edit

  Andrew Harris /   Nick Kyrgios def.   Matteo Donati /   Pietro Licciardi, 6–2, 6–4^[19]

Girls' doubles edit

  Eugenie Bouchard /   Taylor Townsend def.   Belinda Bencic /   Ana Konjuh, 6–4, 6–3^[20]

Invitation edit

Gentlemen's invitation doubles edit

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

Ladies' invitation doubles edit

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

Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles edit

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

Wheelchair edit

Wheelchair men's doubles edit

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

Wheelchair women's doubles edit

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

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 edit

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 edit

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.

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

Mixed doubles edit

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

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.

• Official Wimbledon Championships website