2012 Wimbledon Championships Explained

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
Attendance:484,805
Champms: Roger Federer
Champws: Serena Williams
Champmd: Jonathan Marray / Frederik Nielsen
Champwd: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
Champxd: Mike Bryan / Lisa Raymond
Champbs: Filip Peliwo
Champgs: Eugenie Bouchard
Champbd: Andrew Harris / Nick Kyrgios
Champgd: Eugenie Bouchard / Taylor Townsend
Champml: Greg Rusedski / Fabrice Santoro
Champwl: Lindsay Davenport / Martina Hingis
Champsl: Pat Cash / Mark Woodforde
Champwcmd: Tom Egberink / Michaël Jérémiasz
Champwcwd: Jiske Griffioen / Aniek van Koot

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.

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.

Events

Point and prize money distribution

Point distribution

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

Senior points

EventRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128
Men's singles20001200720360180904510251680
Men's doubles000
140090050028016010056050402
54800

Wheelchair points

EventWF3rd4th
Doubles800500375100

Junior points

EventRound of 16Round of 32
Boys' singles2501801208050302520
Girls' singles
180120805030
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.[9] [10] [11]

EventRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round 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

Singles players

Men's singles
Women's singles

Day-by-day summaries

See main article: 2012 Wimbledon Championships – Day-by-day summaries.

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

See main article: 2012 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles and 2012 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final. Roger Federer def. Andy Murray, 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–4[12]

Women's singles

See main article: 2012 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles. Serena Williams def. Agnieszka Radwańska, 6–1, 5–7, 6–2[13]

Men's doubles

See main article: 2012 Wimbledon Championships – 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[14]

Women's doubles

See main article: 2012 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles. Serena Williams / Venus Williams def. Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká, 7–5, 6–4[15]

Mixed doubles

See main article: 2012 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles. Mike Bryan / Lisa Raymond def. Leander Paes / Elena Vesnina, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4[16]

Juniors

Boys' singles

See main article: 2012 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles. Filip Peliwo def. Luke Saville, 7–5, 6–4[17]

Girls' singles

See main article: 2012 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles. Eugenie Bouchard def. Elina Svitolina, 6–2, 6–2[18]

Boys' doubles

See main article: 2012 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' doubles. Andrew Harris / Nick Kyrgios def. Matteo Donati / Pietro Licciardi, 6–2, 6–4[19]

Girls' doubles

See main article: 2012 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' doubles. Eugenie Bouchard / Taylor Townsend def. Belinda Bencic / Ana Konjuh, 6–4, 6–3[20]

Invitation

Gentlemen's invitation doubles

See main article: 2012 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's invitation doubles. Greg Rusedski / Fabrice Santoro def. Thomas Enqvist / Mark Philippoussis, 6–7(3–7), 6–4, [11–9]

Ladies' invitation doubles

See main article: 2012 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' invitation doubles. Lindsay Davenport / Martina Hingis def. Martina Navratilova / Jana Novotná, 6–3, 6–2

Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles

See main article: 2012 Wimbledon Championships – Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles. Pat Cash / Mark Woodforde def. Jeremy Bates / Anders Järryd, 6–3, 6–4

Wheelchair

Wheelchair men's doubles

See main article: 2012 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair men's doubles. Tom Egberink / Michaël Jérémiasz def. Robin Ammerlaan / Ronald Vink, 6–4, 6–2

Wheelchair women's doubles

See main article: 2012 Wimbledon Championships – 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.[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:

SeedRankPlayerPoints
before
Points
defending
Points
won
Points
after
Status
11 Novak Djokovic12,2802,00072011,000Semifinals lost to Roger Federer [3]
22 Rafael Nadal10,0601,200458,905Second round lost to Lukáš Rosol
33 Roger Federer9,4353602,00011,075Champion, defeated Andy Murray [4]
44 Andy Murray6,9807201,2007,460Runner-up, lost to Roger Federer [3]
56 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga5,2307207205,230Semifinals lost to Andy Murray [4]
67 Tomáš Berdych4,685180104,515First round lost to Ernests Gulbis
75 David Ferrer5,2501803605,430Quarterfinals lost to Andy Murray [4]
88 Janko Tipsarević3,20010903,280Third round lost to Mikhail Youzhny [26]
99 Juan Martín del Potro3,1801801803,180Fourth round lost to David Ferrer [7]
1012 Mardy Fish2,5353601802,355Fourth round lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [5]
1110 John Isner2,65545+25010+1502,520First round lost to Alejandro Falla
1211 Nicolás Almagro2,60590902,605Third round lost to Richard Gasquet [18]
1313 Gilles Simon2,52590452,480Second round lost to Xavier Malisse
1417 Feliciano López1,725360101,375First round lost to Jarkko Nieminen
1514 Juan Mónaco2,11510902,195Third round lost to Viktor Troicki
1618 Marin Čilić1,655101801,825Fourth round lost to Andy Murray [4]
1716 Fernando Verdasco1,76545901,810Third round lost to Xavier Malisse
1819 Richard Gasquet1,6001801801,600Fourth round lost to Florian Mayer [31]
1920 Kei Nishikori1,60010901,680Third round lost to Juan Martín del Potro [9]
2028 Bernard Tomic1,25538510880First round lost to David Goffin [WC]
2122 Milos Raonic1,54045451,540Second round lost to Sam Querrey
2221 Alexandr Dolgopolov1,58510451,620Second round lost to Benoît Paire
2326 Andreas Seppi1,39045101,355First round lost to Denis Istomin
2423 Marcel Granollers1,53010101,530First round lost to Viktor Troicki
2524 Stan Wawrinka1,50545101,470First round lost to Jürgen Melzer
2633 Mikhail Youzhny1,2101803601,390Quarterfinals lost to Roger Federer [3]
2730 Philipp Kohlschreiber1,220103601,570Quarterfinals lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [5]
2827 Radek Štěpánek1,34010901,420Third round lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
2932 Julien Benneteau1,21045901,255Third round lost to Roger Federer [3]
3025 Andy Roddick1,39590901,395Third round lost to David Ferrer [7]
3129 Florian Mayer1,230453601,545Quarterfinals lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
3231 Kevin Anderson1,21545101,180First round lost to Grigor Dimitrov

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

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.

SeedRankPlayerPoints
before
Points
defending
Points
won
Points
after
Status
11 Maria Sharapova9,4901,4002808,370Fourth round lost to Sabine Lisicki [15]
22 Victoria Azarenka8,8009009008,800Semifinals lost to Serena Williams [6]
33 Agnieszka Radwańska7,2301001,4008,530Runner-up, lost to Serena Williams [6]
44 Petra Kvitová6,7752,0005005,275Quarterfinals lost to Serena Williams [6]
55 Samantha Stosur6,10051006,195Second round lost to Arantxa Rus
66 Serena Williams5,6402802,0007,360Champion, defeated Agnieszka Radwańska [3]
77 Caroline Wozniacki4,366280+305+304,091First round lost to Tamira Paszek
88 Angelique Kerber4,2755+30900+305,170Semifinals lost to Agnieszka Radwańska [3]
99 Marion Bartoli3,8005001003,400Second round lost to Mirjana Lučić [Q]
1010 Sara Errani3,350100+70160+703,410Third round lost to Yaroslava Shvedova [WC]
1111 Li Na3,2451001003,245Second round lost to Sorana Cîrstea
1212 Vera Zvonareva3,1601601603,160Third round lost to Kim Clijsters
1313 Dominika Cibulková3,12050052,625First round lost to Klára Zakopalová
1414 Ana Ivanovic3,0701602803,190Fourth round lost to Victoria Azarenka [2]
1515 Sabine Lisicki2,6979005002,297Quarterfinals lost to Angelique Kerber [8]
1617 Flavia Pennetta2,470160+705+602,305First round lost to Camila Giorgi [Q]
1719 Maria Kirilenko2,2951605002,635Quarterfinals lost to Agnieszka Radwańska [3]
1822 Jelena Janković2,220552,220First round lost to Kim Clijsters
1921 Lucie Šafářová2,13510052,040First round lost to Kiki Bertens
2020 Nadia Petrova2,2252801602,105Third round lost to Camila Giorgi [Q]
2123 Roberta Vinci1,965160+280280+601,865Fourth round lost to Tamira Paszek
2224 Julia Görges1,9451601601,945Third round lost to Ana Ivanovic [14]
2325 Petra Cetkovská1,9452801001,765Second round lost to Sloane Stephens
2426 Francesca Schiavone1,9301602802,050Fourth round lost to Petra Kvitová [4]
2527 Zheng Jie1,8501001601,910Third round lost to Serena Williams [6]
2628 Anabel Medina Garrigues1,8355+130100+701,870Second round lost to Jana Čepelová [Q]
2729 Daniela Hantuchová1,82016051,665First round lost to Jamie Hampton
2832 Christina McHale1,7501001601,810Third round lost to Angelique Kerber [8]
2933 Monica Niculescu1,73510051,640First round lost to Stéphanie Foretz Gacon
3034 Peng Shuai1,7302802801,730Fourth round lost to Maria Kirilenko [17]
31301,8001001001,800Second round lost to Varvara Lepchenko
3235 Svetlana Kuznetsova1,64216051,487First round lost to Yanina Wickmayer

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

RankPlayerPoints
before
Points
defending
Points
after
Withdrawal reason
16 Kaia Kanepi2,51952,514Heel injury[22]
18 Andrea Petkovic2,4201602,260Right ankle injury[23]

Main draw wild card entries

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

Men's singles

  1. Jamie Baker
  2. David Goffin
  3. Oliver Golding
  4. Josh Goodall
  5. Tommy Haas
  6. Lleyton Hewitt
  7. James Ward
  8. Grega Žemlja

Women's singles

  1. Ashleigh Barty
  2. Naomi Broady
  3. Johanna Konta
  4. Melanie Oudin
  5. Virginie Razzano
  6. Laura Robson
  7. Yaroslava Shvedova

Men's doubles

  1. Liam Broady / Oliver Golding
  2. Jamie Delgado / Ken Skupski
  3. Chris Guccione / Lleyton Hewitt
  4. Josh Goodall / James Ward
  5. Jonathan Marray / Frederik Nielsen

Women's doubles

  1. Naomi Broady / Johanna Konta
  2. Tara Moore / Melanie South
  3. Laura Robson / Heather Watson

Mixed doubles

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

Qualifiers entries

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

Men's singles

See main article: 2012 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying. Men's singles qualifiers

  1. Jürgen Zopp
  2. Adrián Menéndez Maceiras
  3. Guillaume Rufin
  4. Michael Russell
  5. Jesse Levine
  6. Florent Serra
  7. Ryan Sweeting
  8. Dustin Brown
  9. Simone Bolelli
  10. Jimmy Wang
  11. Brian Baker
  12. Kenny de Schepper
  13. Ruben Bemelmans
  14. Íñigo Cervantes
  15. Jerzy Janowicz
  16. Andrey Kuznetsov

Lucky losers

  1. Wayne Odesnik

Women's singles

See main article: 2012 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles qualifying. Women's singles qualifiers

  1. Melinda Czink
  2. Annika Beck
  3. Maria Elena Camerin
  4. Kristina Mladenovic
  5. Sandra Zaniewska
  6. Vesna Dolonc
  7. Jana Čepelová
  8. Kristýna Plíšková
  9. Karolína Plíšková
  10. Camila Giorgi
  11. CoCo Vandeweghe
  12. Mirjana Lučić

Lucky losers

  1. Misaki Doi

Men's doubles

See main article: 2012 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles qualifying. Men's doubles qualifiers

  1. Andre Begemann / Igor Zelenay
  2. Matthias Bachinger / Tobias Kamke
  3. Bobby Reynolds / Izak van der Merwe
  4. Lewis Burton / George Morgan

Lucky losers

  1. Sanchai Ratiwatana / Sonchat Ratiwatana
  2. Colin Ebelthite / John Peers

Women's doubles

See main article: 2012 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles qualifying. Women's doubles qualifiers

  1. Darija Jurak / Katalin Marosi
  2. Mirjana Lučić / Valeria Savinykh
  3. Lindsay Lee-Waters / Megan Moulton-Levy
  4. Vesna Dolonc / Olga Savchuk

Protected ranking

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

Men's singles

Withdrawals

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

Men's singles
Women's singles

External links

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Twitter / Wimbledon: Cilic takes it 7–6 6–4 6–7 . Twitter/@Wimbledon . 30 June 2012 . 30 June 2012.
  3. Web site: Karen . Mattias . Shvedova achieves 'golden set' against Errani at Wimbledon, 6–0 without dropping a point . Winnipeg Free Press . 30 June 2012 . 30 June 2012.
  4. News: Ornstein . David . Wimbledon 2012: Andy Murray beats Tsonga to reach final . BBC Sport. 6 July 2012 . 6 July 2012.
  5. News: Wimbledon 2012: Briton Jonathan Marray wins gentlemen's doubles final . BBC Sport. 7 July 2012 . 6 August 2012.
  6. Web site: Player Profiles – Roger Federer . Wimbledon.com. 26 April 2015. AELTC.
  7. http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/rankings/tournamentgrades.asp Juniors – Tournament Grades
  8. Web site: 2012 Junior Circuit Regulations. 30 June 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121017075823/http://www.itftennis.com/shared/medialibrary/pdf/original/IO_54603_original.PDF . 17 October 2012 .
  9. Book: Little, Alan. Wimbledon Compendium 2013. 2013. All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club. London. 978-1899039401. 327–334. 23.
  10. Web site: About Wimbledon – Prize Money and Finance. wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. 8 October 2017.
  11. Web site: Wimbledon 2012 Prize Money. 22 June 2012. AELTC.
  12. Web site: Gentlemen's Singles Finals 1877-2017. wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. 12 June 2018.
  13. Web site: Ladies' Singles Finals 1884-2017. wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. 12 June 2018.
  14. Web site: Gentlemen's Doubles Finals 1884-2017. wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. 12 June 2018.
  15. Web site: Ladies' Doubles Finals 1913-2017. wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. 12 June 2018.
  16. Web site: Mixed Doubles Finals 1913-2017. wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. 12 June 2018.
  17. Web site: Boys' Singles Finals 1947-2017. wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. 12 June 2018.
  18. Web site: Girls' Singles Finals 1947-2017. Wimbledon Championships. 12 June 2018.
  19. Web site: Boys' Doubles Finals 1982-2017. wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. 12 June 2018.
  20. Web site: Girls' Doubles Finals 1982-2017. wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. 12 June 2018.
  21. Web site: SEEDINGS ANNOUNCED FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2012 . Wimbledon.com . 20 June 2012 . 20 June 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120620104841/http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/articles/2012-06-20/201206201340183388404.html . 20 June 2012 .
  22. Web site: Kaia will skip Wimbledon Championships this year. Kaiakanepi.com. 13 June 2012.
  23. Web site: Injury rules Petkovic out of French Open, Wimbledon. NDTV. 17 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071421/http://sports.ndtv.com/french-open-2012/news/189108-injury-rules-andrea-petkovic-out-of-french-open-wimbledon. 2 February 2016. dead.