2012 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final the ATP Rankings) at 302 weeks. It was Federer's last major title for four and a half years, when he won his 18th grand slam at the 2017 Australian Open. For Murray, it was his fourth grand slam final defeat without yet achieving a victory, emulating his coach Ivan Lendl. However, four weeks later Murray defeated Federer in three straight sets to win the Olympic men's singles gold for Great Britain, which also took place at Wimbledon. Murray also won his first grand slam title that year at the US Open and his first Wimbledon title the following year. This
1996 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles 1996 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Steffi Graf was the defending champion, and successfully defended her title, defeating Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final, 6–3, 7–5 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1996 Wimbledon Championships, giving Graf the seventh Wimbledon title of her career. It was the second consecutive major final between the two women, with Graf also winning the French Open crown a month earlier. With this victory, Graf captured her seventh and final Wimbledon crown, while it marked Sánchez Vicario's last appearance in the ladies' Wimbledon final. Steffi Graf (Champion) Chanda Rubin withdrew due to