2012 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
defeated Agnieszka Radwańska in the final, 6–1, 5–7, 6–2 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships for the fifth time. Petra Kvitová was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Serena Williams.
Yaroslava Shvedova became the first player in the Open Era to win a 'golden set' at Wimbledon, winning the first set of her 6–0, 6–4 victory over 2012 French Open runner-up Sara Errani in the third round without dropping a single point.
Sabine Lisicki defeated the reigning French Open champion en route to the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the third straight time. She defeated Maria Sharapova in the fourth round, as well as beating Li Na in 2011 and Svetlana Kuznetsova 2009. She missed the 2010 Championships due to injury.
Victoria Azarenka regained the WTA No. 1 ranking by reaching the quarterfinals after Sharapova failed to defend her finalist points from 2011. Four of the top five seeds were in contention for the top ranking at the start of the tournament.Seeds
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Victoria Azarenka '
Agnieszka Radwańska '
Petra Kvitová '
Samantha Stosur '
Serena Williams
Caroline Wozniacki '
Angelique Kerber '
Marion Bartoli '
Sara Errani '
Li Na '
Vera Zvonareva '
Dominika Cibulková '
Ana Ivanovic '
Sabine Lisicki '
Flavia Pennetta '
Maria Kirilenko '
Jelena Janković '
Lucie Šafářová '
Nadia Petrova '
Roberta Vinci '
Julia Görges '
Petra Cetkovská '
Francesca Schiavone '
Zheng Jie '
Anabel Medina Garrigues '
Daniela Hantuchová '
Christina McHale '
Monica Niculescu '
Peng Shuai '
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova '
Svetlana Kuznetsova Qualifying
Draw
Finals
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
