Swiss (Switzerland) Tennis maestro Roger Federer beat British player Andy Murray 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 to win the Wimbledon Open Championship Gentlemen’s Singles Final 2012 in London on 8 July 2012. Federer, with this victory also reclaimed the world No. 1 ranking surpassing Pete Sampras' record of 286 weeks at the top of the game.
Federer had defeated Djokovic in the semi-finals, while Murray had beat French Jo-Wilfreid Tsonga to make to the final of the tournament. In quarter-finals Federer had defeated Mikhail Youzhny of Russia and Murray overcame David Ferrer of Spain.
The Wimbledon Open marked 17th career Grand Slam for Federer, who had earlier claimed the Wimbeldon title on 6 different occasions from 2003 to 2007 and again in 2009. Only William Renshaw's and Pete Sampras have got the distinction of winning the coveted Wimbledon singles title on seven occasions.
Bunny Austin was the last British man to win the Wimbledon Open Titles in 1938. No other British player has been able to win the title since 1938.
• The 14-day sporting event which had commenced on 25 June 2012 concluded with the Gentlemen’s Singles Final on 8 July 2012.
• Serena Williams of US beat Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland to claim Ladies’ singles title.
• The mixed pair of Mike Bryan and Lisa Raymond defeated Leander Paes and Elena Vesnina to win the mixed doubled final.
• The men’s doubles final was won by Jonathan Marray and Frederick Nielson who defeated Robert Lindstedt.
• In Ladies’ Doubles final the pair of Serena Williams and Venus Williams emerged victorious as they defeated Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka.
• Wimbledon, which is one of the oldest and most prestigious sporting events in the world, has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. Played on a grass court, Wimbledon is one of the four major grand slam tournaments in the world. Other three grand slams are Australian Open, French Open and US Open.
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