2012 Wimbledon Championships
2012 Wimbledon Championships | |
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Date | 25 June – 8 July |
Edition | 126th |
Category | Grand Slam tournament (ITF) |
Surface | Grass |
Location | Church Road SW19, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom |
2011 Champions | |
Men's singles | |
Novak Djokovic | |
Women's singles | |
Petra Kvitová | |
Men's doubles | |
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan | |
Women's doubles | |
Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik | |
Mixed doubles | |
Jürgen Melzer / Iveta Benešová | |
Wheelchair men's doubles | |
Maikel Scheffers / Ronald Vink | |
Wheelchair women's doubles | |
Esther Vergeer / Sharon Walraven | |
Boys' singles | |
Luke Saville | |
Girls' singles | |
Ashleigh Barty | |
Boys' doubles | |
George Morgan / Mate Pavić | |
Girls' doubles | |
Eugenie Bouchard / Grace Min | |
Gentlemen's invitation doubles | |
Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis | |
Ladies' invitation doubles | |
Lindsay Davenport / Martina Hingis | |
Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles | |
Pat Cash / Mark Woodforde |
This article documents a current tennis tournament. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses. Initial news reports, scores, or statistics may be unreliable. The last updates to this article may not reflect the most current information. |
The 2012 Wimbledon Championships is a tennis tournament currently taking place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom, and runs from 25 June to 8 July 2012. It is the 126th edition of the championships, and the third Grand Slam tournament of the year. The 2012 Wimbledon Championships is played on grass courts and is 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 Club and the International Tennis Federation.
Events
On 30 June Marin Cilic 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.[1]
Also on 30 June Yaroslava Shvedova became the first player in a Grand Slam tournament to win a golden set. She beat Sara Errani 6–0, 6–4.[2]
Happening on 30 June as well, Andy Murray and Marcos Baghdatis finished play at 11:02 pm, the latest-ever finish to a match at Wimbledon.[3]
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:[4]
Points
Seniors
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
Men's Singles | 2000 | 1200 | 720 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
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Men's Doubles | 0 | – | – | – | – | |||||||
Women's Singles | 1400 | 900 | 500 | 280 | 160 | 100 | 5 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 2 | |
Women's Doubles | 5 | – | – | – | - |
Junior
Below is a table charting the points that are available to the boys and girls in singles and doubles play.
Wheelchair
Stage[7] | Men's Singles | Men's Doubles | Women's Singles | Women's Doubles |
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Champion | 800 | |||
Runner up | 500 | |||
Semifinals | 375 | 100 | 375 | 100 |
Quarterfinals | 100 | – | 100 | – |
Prize money
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
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 | – | – | – | – |
Wheelchair Doubles * | £8,000 | £5,500 | £2,750 | £1,750 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
* per team
Singles players
Day-by-day summaries
Day 1 (25 June)
- Seeds out:
- Men's Singles: Tomáš Berdych [6], John Isner [11], Andreas Seppi [23], Marcel Granollers [24]
- Women's Singles: Flavia Penetta [16], Jelena Janković [18], Daniela Hantuchová [27], Monica Niculescu [29]
- Women's Doubles: Anabel Medina Garrigues / Arantxa Parra Santonja [12]
Day 2 (26 June)
- Seeds out:
- Men's Singles: Feliciano López [14], Bernard Tomic [20], Kevin Anderson [32]
- Women's Singles: Lucie Šafářová [19], Svetlana Kuznetsova [32]
Day 3 (27 June)
- Seeds out:
- Men's Singles: Stanislas Wawrinka [25]
- Women's Singles: Samantha Stosur [5], Caroline Wozniacki [7], Li Na [11], Dominika Cibulková [13], Petra Cetkovská [23]
- Men's Doubles: Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski [3], Colin Fleming / Ross Hutchins [13]
Day 4 (28 June)
- Seeds out:
- Men's Singles: Rafael Nadal [2], Gilles Simon [13], Alexandr Dolgopolov [22]
- Women's Singles: Marion Bartoli [9], Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [31]
- Men's Doubles: Alexander Peya / Nenad Zimonjić [6], Marcel Granollers / Marc López [9], František Čermák / Filip Polášek [11]
- Women's Doubles: Gisela Dulko / Paola Suárez [14], Chuang Chia-jung / Vera Dushevina [16]
Day 5 (29 June)
- Seeds out:
- Men's Singles: Janko Tipsarević [8], Nicolás Almagro [12], Juan Mónaco [15], Fernando Verdasco [17], Milos Raonic [21], Radek Štepánek [28], Julien Benneteau [29]
- Women's Singles: Vera Zvonareva [12], Nadia Petrova [20], Anabel Medina Garrigues [26], Christina McHale [28]
- Men's Doubles: Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor [1], Santiago González / Christopher Kas [12], Eric Butorac / Jamie Murray [14]
- Women's Doubles: Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik [3], Iveta Benešová / Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová [8]
Matches on Main Courts | |||
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Matches on Centre Court | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Men's Singles 3rd round | Novak Djokovic [1] | Radek Štepánek [28] | 4–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 |
Women's Singles 3rd round | Agnieszka Radwańska [3] | Heather Watson | 6–0, 6–2 |
Men's Singles 3rd round | Roger Federer [3] | Julien Benneteau [29] | 4–6, 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 7–6(8–6), 6–1 |
Matches on No. 1 Court (Grandstand) | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Men's Singles 2nd round | Sam Querrey | Milos Raonic [21] | 6–7(3–7), 7–6(9–7), 7–6(10–8), 6–4 |
Women's Singles 3rd round | Maria Sharapova [1] | Hsieh Su-wei | 6–1, 6–4 |
Women's Singles 3rd round | Kim Clijsters | Vera Zvonareva [12] | 6–3, 4–3 ret. |
Men's Singles 3rd round | Richard Gasquet [18] | Nicolás Almagro [12] | 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 |
Matches on No. 2 Court | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Men's Singles 3rd round | Viktor Troicki | Juan Mónaco [15] | 7–5, 7–5, 6–3 |
Women's Singles 3rd round | Angelique Kerber [8] | Christina McHale [28] | 6–2, 6–3 |
Men's Singles 3rd round | Mikhail Youzhny [26] | Janko Tipsarević [8] | 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
Day 6 (30 June)
- Seeds out:
- Men's Singles: Kei Nishikori [19], Andy Roddick [30]
- Women's Singles: Sara Errani [10], Julia Görges [22], Zheng Jie [25]
- Men's Doubles: André Sá / Bruno Soares [16]
- Women's Doubles: Irina-Camelia Begu / Monica Niculescu [15]
- Mixed Doubles: Mahesh Bhupathi / Sania Mirza [5], Jürgen Melzer / Iveta Benešová [12], Fabio Fognini / Sara Errani [13], David Marrero / Nuria Llagostera Vives [14]
- Schedule of Play
Middle Sunday (1 July)
Following tradition, Middle Sunday is a day of rest, with no matches scheduled.[8] Play resumes on the next day.
Day 7 (2 July)
- Seeds out:
- Women's Singles: Maria Sharapova [1], Ana Ivanović [14], Roberta Vinci [21], Francesca Schiavone [24], Peng Shuai [30]
- Schedule of Play
Matches on Main Courts | |||
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Matches on Centre Court | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Men's Singles 4th round | Roger Federer [3] | Xavier Malisse | 7–6(7–1), 6–1, 4–6, 6–3 |
Women's Singles 4th round | Victoria Azarenka [2] | Ana Ivanović [14] | 6–1, 6–0 |
Men's Singles 4th round | Novak Djokovic [1] | Viktor Troicki | 6–3, 6–1, 6–3 |
Matches on No. 1 Court (Grandstand) | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Women's Singles 4th round | Sabine Lisicki [15] | Maria Sharapova [1] | 6–4, 6–3 |
Men's Singles 4th round | Marin Čilić [16] vs. Andy Murray [4] | 5–7, 1–3, suspended | |
Men's Singles 4th round | David Ferrer [7] vs. Juan Martín del Potro [9] | Cancelled | |
Matches on No. 2 Court | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Women's Singles 4th round | Serena Williams [6] | Yaroslava Shvedova [WC] | 6–1, 2–6, 7–5 |
Women's Singles 4th round | Agnieszka Radwańska [3] | Camila Giorgi [Q] | 6–2, 6–3 |
Men's Singles 4th round | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [5] vs. Mardy Fish [10] | 4–6, 1–1, suspended |
Day 8 (3 July)
- Seeds out:
- Men's Singles: Juan Martín del Potro [9], Mardy Fish [10], Marin Čilić [16], Richard Gasquet [18]
- Women's Singles: Petra Kvitová [4], Sabine Lisicki [15], Maria Kirilenko [17]
- Men's Doubles: Leander Paes / Radek Štepánek [4], Mahesh Bhupathi / Rohan Bopanna [7], Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi / Jean-Julien Rojer [8]
- Women's Doubles: Yaroslava Shvedova / Galina Voskoboeva [7], Natalie Grandin / Vladimíra Uhlířová [11]
Matches on Main Courts | |||
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Matches on Centre Court | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Men's Singles 4th round | David Ferrer [7] | Juan Martín del Potro [9] | 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 |
Women's Singles Quarterfinals | Serena Williams [6] | Petra Kvitová [4] | 6–3, 7–5 |
Women's Singles Quarterfinals | Angelique Kerber [8] | Sabine Lisicki [15] | 6–3, 6–7(7–9), 7–5 |
Women's Singles Quarterfinals | Victoria Azarenka [2] | Tamira Paszek | 6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
Women's Singles Quarterfinals | Agnieszka Radwańska [3] | Maria Kirilenko [17] | 7–5, 4–6, 7–5 |
Matches on No. 1 Court (Grandstand) | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Men's Singles 4th round | Andy Murray [4] | Marin Čilić [16] | 7–5, 6–2, 6–3 |
Matches on No. 2 Court | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Men's Singles 4th round | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [5] | Mardy Fish [10] | 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4, 6–4 |
Men's Doubles 3rd round | Steve Darcis / Olivier Rochus vs. Robert Lindstedt [5] / Horia Tecău [5] |
4–6, suspended | |
Mixed Doubles 2nd round | Mariusz Fyrstenberg [9] / Abigail Spears [9] vs. Mikhail Kukushkin / Yaroslava Shvedova |
Cancelled |
Day 9 (4 July)
- Seeds out:
- Men's Singles: David Ferrer [7], Mikhail Youzhny [26], Philipp Kohlschreiber [27], Florian Mayer [31]
- Women's Doubles: Maria Kirilenko / Nadia Petrova [4], Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina [5], Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Sania Mirza [13]
- Mixed Doubles: Daniele Bracciali / Roberta Vinci [6], Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi / Andrea Hlaváčková [7], Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Abigail Spears [9], Alexander Peya / Anna-Lena Grönefeld [16]
Day 10 (5 July)
- Seeds out:
- Women's Singles: Angelique Kerber [8], Victoria Azarenka [2]
- Men's Doubles: Ivan Dodig / Marcelo Melo [15]
- Women's Doubles: Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci [2], Nuria Llagostera Vives / María José Martínez Sánchez [9], Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears [10]
- Mixed Doubles: Rohan Bopanna / Zheng Jie [10], Andy Ram / Květa Peschke [15]
Day 11 (6 July)
- Seeds out:
Matches on Main Courts | |||
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Matches on Centre Court | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Men's Singles Semifinals | Roger Federer [3] | Novak Djokovic [1] | 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 |
Men's Singles Semifinals | Andy Murray [4] vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [5] | ||
Matches on No. 1 Court (Grandstand) | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Women's Doubles Semifinals | Liezel Huber [1] / Lisa Raymond [1] vs. Serena Williams / Venus Williams |
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Men's Doubles Semifinals | Robert Lindstedt [5] / Horia Tecău [5] vs. Jürgen Melzer [10] / Philipp Petzschner [10] |
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Mixed Doubles Quarterfinals | Colin Fleming / Su-Wei Hsieh vs. Nenad Zimonjić [3] / Katarina Srebotnik [3] |
Events
Seniors
Men's singles
Roger Federer vs.
Women's singles
Agnieszka Radwańska vs. Serena Williams
Men's doubles
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles
Juniors
Boys singles
Girls' Singles
Boys' Doubles
Girls' Doubles
Invitation
Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Ladies' Invitation Doubles
Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Wheelchair
Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Singles seeds
The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event.[9]
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:
- 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.
Seed | Rank | Player | Points Before | Points won | Points After | Status | |
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1 | 1 | Novak Djokovic | Semifinals lost to Roger Federer [3] | ||||
2 | 2 | Rafael Nadal | Second round lost to Lukáš Rosol | ||||
3 | 3 | Roger Federer | Final vs. TBD | ||||
4 | 4 | Andy Murray | Semifinals vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [5] | ||||
5 | 6 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | Semifinals vs. Andy Murray [4] | ||||
6 | 7 | Tomáš Berdych | First round lost to Ernests Gulbis | ||||
7 | 5 | David Ferrer | Quarterfinals lost to Andy Murray [4] | ||||
8 | 8 | Janko Tipsarević | Third round lost to Mikhail Youzhny [26] | ||||
9 | 9 | Juan Martín del Potro | Fourth round lost to David Ferrer [7] | ||||
10 | 12 | Mardy Fish | Fourth round lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [5] | ||||
11 | 10 | John Isner | First round lost to Alejandro Falla | ||||
12 | 11 | Nicolás Almagro | Third round lost to Richard Gasquet [18] | ||||
13 | 13 | Gilles Simon | Second round lost to Xavier Malisse | ||||
14 | 17 | Feliciano López | First round lost to Jarkko Nieminen | ||||
15 | 14 | Juan Mónaco | Third round lost to Viktor Troicki | ||||
16 | 18 | Marin Čilić | Fourth round lost to Andy Murray [4] | ||||
17 | 16 | Fernando Verdasco | Third round lost to Xavier Malisse | ||||
18 | 19 | Richard Gasquet | Fourth round lost to Florian Mayer [31] | ||||
19 | 20 | Kei Nishikori | Third round lost to Juan Martín del Potro [9] | ||||
20 | 27 | Bernard Tomic | First round lost to David Goffin [WC] | ||||
21 | 22 | Milos Raonic | Second round lost to Sam Querrey | ||||
22 | 21 | Alexandr Dolgopolov | Second round lost to Benoît Paire | ||||
23 | 26 | Andreas Seppi | First round lost to Denis Istomin | ||||
24 | 23 | Marcel Granollers | First round lost to Viktor Troicki | ||||
25 | 24 | Stanislas Wawrinka | First round lost to Jürgen Melzer | ||||
26 | 32 | Mikhail Youzhny | Quarterfinals lost to Roger Federer [3] | ||||
27 | 29 | Philipp Kohlschreiber | Quarterfinals lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [5] | ||||
28 | 25 | Radek Štepánek | Third round lost to Novak Djokovic [1] | ||||
29 | 31 | Julien Benneteau | Third round lost to Roger Federer [3] | ||||
30 | 33 | Andy Roddick | Third round lost to David Ferrer [7] | ||||
31 | 28 | Florian Mayer | Quarterfinals lost to Novak Djokovic [1] | ||||
32 | 30 | Kevin Anderson | First round lost to Grigor Dimitrov |
Withdrawn
Rank | Player | Points | Points won | New points | Withdrew due to | |
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15 | Gaël Monfils | Right knee injury |
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.
Seed | Rank | Player | Points | Points won | New points | Status | |
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1 | 1 | Maria Sharapova | Fourth round lost to Sabine Lisicki [15] | ||||
2 | 2 | Victoria Azarenka | Semifinals lost to Serena Williams [6] | ||||
3 | 3 | Agnieszka Radwańska | Final vs. Serena Williams [6] | ||||
4 | 4 | Petra Kvitová | Quarterfinals lost to Serena Williams [6] | ||||
5 | 5 | Samantha Stosur | Second round lost to Arantxa Rus | ||||
6 | 6 | Serena Williams | Final vs. Agnieszka Radwańska [3] | ||||
7 | 7 | Caroline Wozniacki | First round lost to Tamira Paszek | ||||
8 | 8 | Angelique Kerber | Semifinals lost to Agnieszka Radwańska [3] | ||||
9 | 9 | Marion Bartoli | Second round lost to Mirjana Lučić [Q] | ||||
10 | 10 | Sara Errani | Third round lost to Yaroslava Shvedova [WC] | ||||
11 | 11 | Li Na | Second round lost to Sorana Cîrstea | ||||
12 | 12 | Vera Zvonareva | Third round lost to Kim Clijsters | ||||
13 | 13 | Dominika Cibulková | First round lost to Klára Zakopalová | ||||
14 | 14 | Ana Ivanović | Fourth round lost to Victoria Azarenka [2] | ||||
15 | 15 | Sabine Lisicki | Quarterfinals lost to Angelique Kerber [8] | ||||
16 | 17 | Flavia Pennetta | First round lost to Camila Giorgi [Q] | ||||
17 | 19 | Maria Kirilenko | Quarterfinals lost to Agnieszka Radwańska [3] | ||||
18 | 20 | Jelena Janković | First round lost to Kim Clijsters | ||||
19 | 21 | Lucie Šafářová | First round lost to Kiki Bertens | ||||
20 | 22 | Nadia Petrova | Third round lost to Camila Giorgi [Q] | ||||
21 | 23 | Roberta Vinci | Fourth round lost to Tamira Paszek | ||||
22 | 24 | Julia Görges | Third round lost to Ana Ivanović [14] | ||||
23 | 25 | Petra Cetkovská | Second round lost to Sloane Stephens | ||||
24 | 26 | Francesca Schiavone | Fourth round lost to Petra Kvitová [4] | ||||
25 | 27 | Zheng Jie | Third round lost to Serena Williams [6] | ||||
26 | 28 | Anabel Medina Garrigues | Second round lost to Jana Čepelová [Q] | ||||
27 | 29 | Daniela Hantuchová | First round lost to Jamie Hampton | ||||
28 | 30 | Christina McHale | Third round lost to Angelique Kerber [8] | ||||
29 | 31 | Monica Niculescu | First round lost to Stéphanie Foretz Gacon | ||||
30 | 32 | Peng Shuai | Fourth round lost to Maria Kirilenko [17] | ||||
31 | 33 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | Second round lost to Varvara Lepchenko | ||||
32 | 34 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | First round lost to Yanina Wickmayer |
Withdrawn
Rank | Player | Points | Points won | New points | Withdrew due to | |
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16 | Kaia Kanepi | Heel injury[10] | ||||
18 | Andrea Petkovic | Right ankle injury[11] |
Wild card entries
Below are the lists of the wild card awardees entering in the main draws.
Men's singles wild card entries
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Women's singles wild card entries
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Men's doubles wild card entries |
Women's doubles wild card entries
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Mixed doubles wild card entries
- Ross Hutchins / Heather Watson
- Dominic Inglot / Laura Robson
- Jonathan Marray / Anne Keothavong
- Kenneth Skupski / Melanie South
Qualifiers entries
Men's singles qualifiers entries
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
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Women's singles qualifiers entries
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
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Men's doubles qualifiers entries
The following players received entry as lucky losers: |
Women's doubles qualifiers entries
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References
- ^ "Twitter / Wimbledon: Cilic takes it 7-6 6-4 6-7". Twitter.com. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ^ Karen, Mattias (30 June 2012). "Shvedova achieves 'golden set' against Errani at Wimbledon, 6-0 without dropping a point". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ^ "Wimbledon 2012: Andy Murray beats Marcos Baghdatis | Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ^ "Wimbledon 2012 Prize Money" (PDF). Retrieved 22 June 2012.
- ^ Juniors – Tournament Grades. ITF Tennis. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ^ "2012 Junior Circuit Regulations" (PDF). Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ^ "Wheelchair Tennis Rules and Regulations 2012" (PDF). Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ^ No play on Middle Sunday at Wimbledon Tennis Earth, 1 July 2012
- ^ "SEEDINGS ANNOUNCED FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2012". Wimbledon.com. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
- ^ "Kaia will skip Wimbledon Championships this year". Kaiakanepi.com. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- ^ "Injury rules Petkovic out of French Open, Wimbledon". NDTV. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
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