In the final, Andy Murray defeated defending champion Novak Djokovic 7–6(12–10), 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 6–2 to win the match.

Andy Murray won the first set in what would be the longest tiebreak in a men's championship match, taking 24 minutes to win the tie-break 7–6(12–10).

On that occasion, Gaudio won the 2004 French Open final over Guillermo Coria after losing the first two sets 6–0 and 6–3.

The final set was also a short affair, with Murray opening up a sizeable lead and putting himself in a strong position to serve for the championship at 5–2.

Source Novak Djokovic praised Murray after the match, conceding that he was the better player on the day, and stating that he felt that Murray deserved this championship:[3] "He deserved to win this grand slam more than anybody because over the years he has been a top player, he has been so close, lost four finals.

In the United Kingdom alone, up to 1.5 million people had stayed up to watch the match, which started at 9:00 p.m. and ended just after 2:00 a.m. British Summer Time.

Many fellow players current and former, took to Twitter in order to congratulate Murray, including Rafael Nadal, Pat Cash, Laura Robson, Victoria Azarenka, Jo Durie and Colin Fleming, as well as a host of other sportsmen and celebrities such as Gary Lineker, Sir Chris Hoy, Gordon Reid, Stephen Fry and Sir Alex Ferguson.