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Singles, Men

Date28 July – 5 August 2012
StatusOlympic
LocationAll-England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, Wimbledon, London
Participants64 from 34 countries
FormatSingle-elimination tournament.

Of the 16 major championships that had been contested since the Beijing Olympics all bar one had been shared around between the current “big three” of the men’s game, Novak Đoković, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Sadly Nadal, the reigning Olympic champion, was forced out of London 2012 with a case of tendinitis in his knee, an injury which forced him to cut short his season.

Three weeks before the Olympic Games began Federer won his 7th Wimbledon title by beating Britain’s Andy Murray in the final but in London the roles were dramatically reversed.Seemingly inspired by the Olympic atmosphere Murray first defeated Đoković in the semi-finals then won the Olympic title with a shockingly easy victory over Federer with the loss of only 7 games. This was the biggest victory for a British male tennis player for three quarters of a century and proved a career turning point for Murray as the perennial “nearly man” of men’s tennis then went on to win the US Open later in the year.

The growing acceptance of the importance of the Olympic Games in the world of tennis (and vice versa) was best demonstrated by what happened the end of the bronze medal match between Đoković and Argentina’s Juan Martín del Potro. Overcome with emotion after clinching his nation’s first medal of London 2012 del Potro went down on his knees and started crying.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Andy MurrayGBRGold
2Roger FedererSUISilver
3Juan Martín del PotroARGBronze
4Novak ĐokovićSRB
=5John IsnerUSA
=5Kei NishikoriJPN
=5Nicolás AlmagroESP
=5Jo-Wilfried TsongaFRA
=9Denis IstominUZB
=9Janko TipsarevićSRB
=9David FerrerESP
=9Gilles SimonFRA
=9Steve DarcisBEL
=9Markos PagdatisCYP
=9Feliciano LópezESP
=9Lleyton HewittAUS
=17Julien BenneteauFRA
=17Gilles MüllerLUX
=17Malek JaziriTUN
=17Philipp PetzschnerGER
=17Blaž KavčičSLO
=17Nikolay DavydenkoRUS
=17Grigor DimitrovBUL
=17Andreas SeppiITA
=17Santiago GiraldoCOL
=17Alex Bogomolov, Jr.RUS
=17Richard GasquetFRA
=17Jarkko NieminenFIN
=17Milos RaonicCAN
=17Juan MónacoARG
=17Marin ČilićCRO
=17Andy RoddickUSA
=33Alejandro FallaCOL
=33Mikhail YuzhnyRUS
=33Adrian UngurROU
=33Fernando VerdascoESP
=33Olivier RochusBEL
=33Lu Yen-HsunTPE
=33Lukáš LackoSVK
=33David NalbandianARG
=33Vasek PospisilCAN
=33Jagadeesan VishnuvardhanIND
=33Radek ŠtěpánekCZE
=33Bernard TomicAUS
=33Mikhail KukushkinKAZ
=33Łukasz KubotPOL
=33Donald YoungUSA
=33Ivan DodigCRO
=33Tomáš BerdychCZE
=33Ryan HarrisonUSA
=33Carlos BerlocqARG
=33Viktor TroickiSRB
=33Robin HaaseNED
=33Go SoedaJPN
=33Somdev DevvarmanIND
=33Stanislas WawrinkaSUI
=33Thomaz BellucciBRA
=33Tatsuma ItoJPN
=33Dmitry TursunovRUS
=33David GoffinBEL
=33Jürgen MelzerAUT
=33Serhiy StakhovskyiUKR
=33Martin KližanSVK
=33Fabio FogniniITA
DNSIvo KarlovićCRO1
DNSPhilipp KohlschreiberGER2

Round One

Date
FormatWinners advanced to round two.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #128 JulCentre CourtRoger Federer (1)SUI6-3, 5-7, 6-3Alejandro FallaCOL
Match #228 JulCourt #7Julien BenneteauFRA7-5, 6-3Mikhail YuzhnyRUS
Match #328 JulCourt #16Gilles MüllerLUX6-3, 6-3Adrian Ungur (ITF)ROU
Match #428 JulCourt #14Denis IstominUZB6-4, 7-6Fernando Verdasco (14)ESP
Match #528 JulCourt #2John IsnerUSA7-6, 6-4Olivier RochusBEL
Match #628 JulCourt #12Malek Jaziri (ITF)TUN7-6, 4-6, 6-3Lu Yen-HsunTPE
Match #728 Jul 11:30Court #11Philipp PetzschnerGER7-6, 6-1Lukáš LackoSVK
Match #828 Jul 12:00Court #1Janko Tipsarević (7)SRB6-3, 6-4David NalbandianARG
Match #929 Jul 11:30Court #2David Ferrer (4)ESP6-4, 6-4Vasek PospisilCAN
Match #1030 JulCourt #19Blaž Kavčič (ITF)SLO6-3, 6-2Jagadeesan Vishnuvardhan (A)IND
Match #1130 JulCourt #7Nikolay DavydenkoRUS6-4, 6-3Radek ŠtěpánekCZE
Match #1229 Jul 11:30Court #18Kei Nishikori (15)JPN7-6, 7-6Bernard TomicAUS
Match #1328 JulCourt #18Gilles Simon (12)FRA6-4, 6-2Mikhail KukushkinKAZ
Match #1428 JulCourt #11Grigor DimitrovBUL6-3, 7-6Łukasz KubotPOL
Match #1528 JulCourt #19Andreas SeppiITA6-4, 6-4Donald YoungUSA
Match #1628 JulCourt #1Juan Martín del Potro (8)ARG6-4, 6-1Ivan DodigCRO
Match #1728 Jul 12:00Centre CourtSteve DarcisBEL6-4, 6-4Tomáš Berdych (6)CZE
Match #1828 Jul 11:30Court #14Santiago GiraldoCOL7-5, 6-3Ryan HarrisonUSA
Match #1928 JulCourt #12Alex Bogomolov, Jr.RUS7-5, 7-6Carlos BerlocqARG
Match #2028 JulCourt #18Nicolás Almagro (11)ESP6-4, 7-6Viktor TroickiSRB
Match #2130 Jul 11:30Court #15Richard Gasquet (16)FRA6-3, 6-3Robin HaaseNED
Match #2229 JulCourt #14Markos PagdatisCYP6-7, 7-6, 6-2Go SoedaJPN
Match #2329 Jul 11:30Court #17Jarkko NieminenFIN6-3, 6-1Somdev Devvarman (ITF)IND
Match #2429 JulCentre CourtAndy MurrayGBR6-3, 6-3Stanislas WawrinkaSUI
Match #2529 JulCentre CourtJo-Wilfried Tsonga (5)FRA6-7, 6-4, 6-4Thomaz Bellucci (ITF)BRA
Match #2630 Jul 11:30Court #16Milos RaonicCAN6-3, 6-4Tatsuma ItoJPN
Match #2730 Jul 11:30Court #11Feliciano LópezESP6-7, 6-2, 9-7Dmitry TursunovRUS
Match #2830 Jul 12:00Court #1Juan Mónaco (9)ARG6-4, 6-1David GoffinBEL
Match #2930 Jul 11:30Court #14Marin Čilić (13)CRO7-6, 6-2Jürgen MelzerAUT
Match #3030 Jul 11:30Court #18Lleyton Hewitt (ITF)AUS6-3, 4-6, 6-3Serhiy Stakhovskyi (ITF)UKR
Match #3130 Jul 11:30Court #2Andy RoddickUSA7-5, 6-4Martin KližanSVK
Match #3229 Jul 12:00Court #1Novak Đoković (2)SRB6-7, 6-2, 6-2Fabio FogniniITA

Round Two

Date
FormatWinners advanced to round three.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #130 JulCentre CourtRoger Federer (1)SUI6-2, 6-2Julien BenneteauFRA
Match #230 JulCourt #15Denis IstominUZB6-7, 7-6, 7-5Gilles MüllerLUX
Match #330 JulCourt #1John IsnerUSA7-6, 6-2Malek Jaziri (ITF)TUN
Match #430 JulCourt #2Janko Tipsarević (7)SRB3-6, 6-3, 6-4Philipp PetzschnerGER
Match #531 JulCentre CourtDavid Ferrer (4)ESP6-2, 6-2Blaž Kavčič (ITF)SLO
Match #631 JulCourt #14Kei Nishikori (15)JPN4-6, 6-4, 6-1Nikolay DavydenkoRUS
Match #730 JulCourt #18Gilles Simon (12)FRA6-3, 6-3Grigor DimitrovBUL
Match #830 JulCentre CourtJuan Martín del Potro (8)ARG6-3, 7-6Andreas SeppiITA
Match #930 JulCourt #11Steve DarcisBEL6-7, 6-4, 6-4Santiago GiraldoCOL
Match #1030 JulCourt #12Nicolás Almagro (11)ESP6-2, 6-2Alex Bogomolov, Jr.RUS
Match #1131 Jul 11:30Court #18Markos PagdatisCYP6-4, 6-4Richard Gasquet (16)FRA
Match #1231 JulCentre CourtAndy MurrayGBR6-2, 6-4Jarkko NieminenFIN
Match #1331 Jul 12:00Court #1Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5)FRA6-3, 3-6, 25-23Milos RaonicCAN
Match #1431 JulCourt #18Feliciano LópezESP6-4, 6-4Juan Mónaco (9)ARG
Match #1531 JulCourt #2Lleyton Hewitt (ITF)AUS6-4, 7-5Marin Čilić (13)CRO
Match #1631 JulCentre CourtNovak Đoković (2)SRB6-2, 6-1Andy RoddickUSA

Round Three

Date
FormatWinners advanced to quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #101 Aug 12:00Court #1Roger Federer (1)SUI7-5, 6-3Denis IstominUZB
Match #201 AugCourt #2John IsnerUSA7-5, 7-6Janko Tipsarević (7)SRB
Match #301 AugCentre CourtKei Nishikori (15)JPN6-0, 3-6, 6-4David Ferrer (4)ESP
Match #401 Aug 11:30Court #2Juan Martín del Potro (8)ARG6-1, 4-6, 6-3Gilles Simon (12)FRA
Match #501 Aug 11:30Court #14Nicolás Almagro (11)ESP7-5, 6-3Steve DarcisBEL
Match #601 AugCentre CourtAndy MurrayGBR4-6, 6-1, 6-4Markos PagdatisCYP
Match #701 AugCourt #18Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5)FRA7-6, 6-4Feliciano LópezESP
Match #801 AugCentre CourtNovak Đoković (2)SRB4-6, 7-5, 6-1Lleyton Hewitt (ITF)AUS

Quarter-Finals

Date
FormatWinners advanced to semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #102 AugCentre CourtRoger Federer (1)SUI6-4, 7-6John IsnerUSA
Match #202 AugCourt #1Juan Martín del Potro (8)ARG6-4, 7-6Kei Nishikori (15)JPN
Match #302 Aug 12:00Court #1Andy MurrayGBR6-4, 6-1Nicolás Almagro (11)ESP
Match #402 AugCentre CourtNovak Đoković (2)SRB6-1, 7-5Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5)FRA

Semi-Finals

Date
FormatWinners advanced to final round.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #103 Aug 12:00Centre CourtRoger Federer (1)SUI3-6, 7-6, 19-17Juan Martín del Potro (8)ARG
Match #203 AugCentre CourtAndy MurrayGBR7-5, 7-5Novak Đoković (2)SRB

Final Round

Date
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match 1/205 AugCentre CourtAndy MurrayGBR6-2, 6-1, 6-4Roger Federer (1)SUI
Match 3/405 Aug 12:00Court #1Juan Martín del Potro (8)ARG7-5, 6-4Novak Đoković (2)SRB