Wimbledon is the oldest and most prestigious of the four Grand Slam tournaments. In 2012, the competition was held from June 25 to July 8, it was 126 in a row. Winning the Wimbledon Games is very important for athletes, it is the most important tennis tournament in the world, and the winners immediately become world tennis superstars.
Roger Federer from Switzerland and Englishman Andy Murray reached the men's singles final. In a bitter struggle with the score 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 Roger Federer won. For him, this victory was 17th at the Grand Slam tournaments and 7th at the Wimbledon tournament - as a result, he became the first racket in the world, displacing Novak Djokovic from the place of honor. Murray reached the Wimbledon final for the first time in his career and was the first Briton in 76 years of the tournament.
The women's singles final at Wimbledon did not come as a surprise to fans and sports analysts. Played American Sirena Williams and Polish Agnieszka Radwanska. The superiority of the American and her “masculine” style of play, which was inconvenient for Agnieszka, left her almost no chance. As a result, Sirena Williams won the Wimbledon tournament for the fifth time with a score of 6-1, 5-7, 6-2, with a total of fourteen Grand Slam singles victories. Agnieszka Radvanska missed the chance to become the first racket of the world.
In the men's doubles, Frederick Nielsen of Denmark and Jonathan Murray of Great Britain beat Horia Tekau and Robert Lindstedt (Romania and Sweden) 4–6, 6–4, 7–65, 6–75, 6–3. For both winners, this is their first Grand Slam success, with Jonathan Murray becoming the first Briton to win Wimbledon in doubles since 1936. For the Romanian and the Swede, the loss became the third in a row in the final of the Wimbledon tournament.
Sisters Sirena and Venus Williams beat Czech women Lucia Hradetskaya and Andrea Glavachkova in the women's doubles with a score of 7-5. 6-4. This is the fifth American Wimbledon joint they have won, with a total of 13 Grand Slam titles.
For mixed doubles, the 2012 Wimbledon tournament ended with the victory of Americans Mike Brian and Lisa Raymond. With a score of 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, they beat the international union of Russian Elena Vesina and Indian Leandre Paes. For Mike Brian, this victory was the third in the Grand Slam tournament, and for Lisa Raymond - the fifth in her career.
