2012 in tennis At Wimbledon, Roger Federer would equal this record, held by Nadal and Pete Sampras, by winning the final 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 against Andy Murray. Murray went on to win the last Grand Slam event of the year, by defeating defending champion Djokovic, 7-6(10), 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2. At the ATP World Tour Finals, Djokovic won against defending champion Federer, 7-6(6), 7-5. The 2012 Australian Open is a tennis tournament that is taking place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia from January 16 to January 29, 2012. It is the 100th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand
2016 Andy Murray tennis season set and double-break down to beat Benoît Paire, reaching his first quarter-final since the Australian Open. There he beat Raonic for the second time in the year, losing just two games in the match, but lost to eventual champion Rafael Nadal in the semi-final. Murray also competed in the doubles with partner Dominic Inglot, reaching the quarter finals before losing to Herbert and Nicolas Mahut. Murray arrived in Madrid as the defending champion, and defeated Radek Štěpánek, Gilles Simon and Tomáš Berdych on the way to a second semi-final of the year against Nadal, this time winning in straight sets.