2012 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final
The 2012 Wimbledon Championships Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the Men's Singles tournament at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships. It pitted six-time champion Roger Federer and Andy Murray against each other in a Grand Slam final for the third time. After 3 hours and 24 minutes, Federer emerged victorious 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–4.
| Roger Federer (3) vs. Andy Murray (4) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date | Sunday, 8 July 2012 | |||||||||||||||
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| Tournament | The Championships, Wimbledon | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Centre Court, All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon, London, England | |||||||||||||||
| Chair umpire | Enric Molina | |||||||||||||||
| Duration | 3 hours 24 minutes | |||||||||||||||
| Roger Federer won his record seventh Wimbledon Championship | ||||||||||||||||
The match saw Federer win a record seventeenth major title and a record-tying seventh Wimbledon championship. The victory also caused Federer to dethrone Novak Djokovic as World No. 1 and break Sampras' record of 286 weeks at the summit of men's tennis, having been one week short of the record when he lost the number one ranking in June 2010. Murray became the first British man to reach the final of Wimbledon since 1938, and was seeking to be the first British Wimbledon champion since 1936.