2012 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles final
 Roger Federer (3) vs.  Andy Murray (4)
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| Date | Sunday July 8, 2012 | |||||||||||||||
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| Tournament | Wimbledon | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Wimbledon, England | |||||||||||||||
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| Roger Federer won his record seventh Wimbledon Championship | ||||||||||||||||
The 2012 Wimbledon 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.
This match was historic on many fronts as it saw Federer win a record-shattering seventeenth major title and a record-tying seventh Wimbledon championship. The victory was also historic as it caused Federer to depose Novak Djokovic as World No. 1 and break Sampras' record of 286 weeks at the summit of men's tennis (Federer had been just one week short when he lost the number one ranking in June 2010). Additionally, 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.
Roger Federer entered the match as the all-time Grandslam champion with a record of sixteen major titles, although he had not won any in the last two and a half years dating back to the 2010 Australian Open. Andy Murray had not yet won a single major title and was looking to avoid being the first male player since his coach Ivan Lendl to lose his first four finals.
The 2012 Wimbledon Men's Singles final was the third Grandslam final that Federer and Murray had contested. Federer had won both previous finals at the 2008 US Open and the 2010 Australian Open.
Since Federer's last victory at the 2010 Australian Open, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic had combined to win the last nine major tournaments and had competed head-to-head in the last four consecutive finals. Nadal, however, had suffered a second round defeat to world no. 100 Lukas Rosol. Federer on the other hand, had to battle through an epic five-set encounter in the third round against Frenchman Julien Benneteau where he survived 4–6, 6–7, 6–2, 7–6, 6–1. Federer would go on to beat the world no. 1 and defending champion Djokovic in the semifinals to reach the Wimbledon final for a record eighth appearance.
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