2011 Wimbledon Championships
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The 2011 Wimbledon Championships are being held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, England, United Kingdom from 20 June to 3 July 2011. It is the 125th edition of The Championships, Wimbledon and the third Grand Slam event for the 2011 ATP World Tour and the 2011 WTA Tour.
Tournament
The 125th edition of the tournament will see two new courts opened. A new showcourt, Court #3, and a new Court #4 will open on the first day of the championships. Court #3 will be opened by the Duke of Kent, President of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, who will unveil a plaque marking the occasion.[1] A total of 19 courts will be used for competition play and a further 22 for practice. The capacity of the grounds will thus be increased by a 1,000 to 38,500.[2][3] Qualifying for all events will take place at the Bank of England Sports Ground, Roehampton.[3] The grass is of the Perennial Ryegrass type and is cut to 8mm.[4] On a commercial front, Sony have become a sponsor of the championships for the first time, while Jacob's Creek and Lavazza replace Blossom Hill and Nescafe as offical wine and coffee of the tournament.[5]
125th anniversary
The 2011 championships are the 125th to be held since 1877, excluding the years 1915–1918 and 1940–1945, when the event was not held due to the two world wars. To mark the occasion a number of special events and activities will take place. Blue Peter will broadcast a special programme looking at the Championships, past, present and future, which will be screened on the second Monday of the tournament. Four 30-minute documentaries charting the history of the championships were commissoned. A new exhibition known as the queue was held in the All England Club's Museum celebrating the people who queue each year for tickets to the championship.[6] In addition, a range of licensed merchandise featuring the "125" logo was released; the ball boy and ball girl uniforms will also have this logo. The shoes provided by Fila will also have the words "125 years" and the logo printed on them. The balls provided by Slazenger will also have "125 years" stamped onto them, and a special can design will be used. Lanson champagne, which is served on the grounds, will have "125 years" stamped on the bottle. Finally, to celebrate the anniversary there was a community art project in which participants were asked to "interpret" an unstrung wooden tennis racket "in a medium of their choosing".[7]
HSBC held a series of polls on the Wimbledon website to find the 10 greatest things about the championships. The polls consisted of anything from greatest character to best final.[8] In addition the bank also teamed up with the Sports Technology Institute at Loughborough University; to predict how tennis would develop over the next 25 years upto 2036; the 150th Wimbledon and 100 years since Fred Perry, the last British winner of the championships, won.[9]
Point distribution
Seniors points
Stage | Men's Singles[10] | Men's Doubles[10] | Women's Singles[11] | Women's Doubles[11] |
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Champion | 2000 | |||
Runner up | 1200 | 1400 | ||
Semifinals | 720 | 900 | ||
Quarterfinals | 360 | 500 | ||
Round of 16 | 180 | 280 | ||
Round of 32 | 90 | 160 | ||
Round of 64 | 45 | 0 | 100 | 5 |
Round of 128 | 10 | – | 5 | – |
Qualifier | 25 | 60 | 48 | |
Qualifying 3rd Round | 16 | – | 50 | |
Qualifying 2nd Round | 8 | 40 | ||
Qualifying 1st Round | 0 | 2 |
Junior points
Below is a table charting the points that are available to the boys and girls in singles and doubles play.
Stage[12][13] | Boys Singles | Girls Singles | Boys Doubles | Girls Doubles |
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Champion | 250 | 180 | ||
Runner up | 180 | 120 | ||
Semifinals | 120 | 80 | ||
Quarterfinals | 80 | 50 | ||
Round of 16 | 50 | 30 | ||
Round of 32 | 30 | – | ||
Qualifier who loses in first round | 25 | |||
Qualifying Final Round | 20 |
Wheelchair points
Stage[14] | Men's Doubles | Women's Doubles |
---|---|---|
Champion | 800 | |
Runner up | 500 | |
Third Place | 375 | |
Fourth Place | 100 |
Prize money
All prize money is in pounds sterling. The amount for each doubles event is shown as a team.[15]
Men's and Women's Singles
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Men's and Women's Doubles
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Mixed Doubles
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Men's and Women's Wheelchair Doubles
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Invitational Doubles
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Singles players
Day-by-day summaries
Day 1 (June 20)
- Seeds out:
- Men's Singles:
Thomaz Bellucci [30]
- Women's Singles:
Kaia Kanepi [17],
Shahar Pe'er [22],
Ekaterina Makarova [28]
- Men's Singles:
- Schedule of Play
Matches on Main Courts | |||
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Matches on Centre Court | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Men's Singles 1st Round | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2, 6–2 |
Women's Singles 1st Round | ![]() |
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6–4, 1–6, 6–3 |
Men's Singles 1st Round | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–3, 6–0, 6–0 |
Matches on No. 1 Court (Grandstand) | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Women's Singles 1st Round | ![]() |
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6–0, 3–6, 6–3 |
Men's Singles 1st Round | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–2, 6–1 |
Men's Singles 1st Round | ![]() ![]() |
Cancelled | |
Matches on No. 2 Court | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Women's Singles 1st Round | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–1 |
Men's Singles 1st Round | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–6(7–3), 6–3 |
Women's Singles 1st Round | ![]() ![]() |
4–6, 2–3, suspended | |
Men's Singles 1st Round | ![]() ![]() |
Cancelled |
Day 2 (June 21)
- Seeds out:
- Men's Singles:
Alexandr Dolgopolov [22],
Janko Tipsarević [23],
Marin Čilić [27],
Nikolay Davydenko [29]
- Women's Singles:
Samantha Stosur [10],
Jelena Janković [15]
- Men's Singles:
- Schedule of Play
Day 3 (June 22)
- Seeds out:
- Men's Singles:
Stanislas Wawrinka [14],
Fernando Verdasco [21],
Juan Ignacio Chela [25],
Milos Raonic [31]
- Women's Singles:
Bethanie Mattek-Sands [30]
- Women's Doubles:
Chuang Chia-jung /
Hsieh Su-wei [15]
- Men's Singles:
- Schedule of Play
Matches on Main Courts | |||
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Matches on Centre Court | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Women's Singles 2nd Round | ![]() |
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6–7(6–8), 6–3, 8–6 |
Men's Singles 2nd Round | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2, 6–4 |
Men's Singles 2nd Round | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–3, 6–4 |
Matches on No. 1 Court (Grandstand) | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Men's Singles 2nd Round | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–4, 6–2 |
Men's Singles 2nd Round | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3, 7–5 |
Women's Singles 2nd Round | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–1 |
Matches on No. 2 Court | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Men's Singles 2nd Round | ![]() |
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7–6(8–6), 6–4, 6–4 |
Women's Singles 2nd Round | ![]() |
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6–1, 7–6(7–5) |
Men's Singles 2nd Round | ![]() ![]() |
6–7(7–9), suspended |
Day 4 (June 23)
- Seeds out:
- Men's Singles:
Viktor Troicki [13],
Florian Mayer [20],
Guillermo García-López [26]
- Women's Singles:
Li Na [3],
Agnieszka Radwańska [13],
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [14],
Lucie Šafářová [31]
- Men's Doubles:
Rohan Bopanna /
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi [4]
- Men's Singles:
- Schedule of Play
Matches on Main Courts | |||
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Matches on Centre Court | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Men's Singles 2nd Round | ![]() |
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6–7(5–7), 3–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–4 |
Women's Singles 2nd Round | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–4, 8–6 |
Men's Singles 2nd Round | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–3, 6–2 |
Matches on No. 1 Court (Grandstand) | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Men's Singles 2nd Round | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4, 6–2 |
Men's Singles 2nd Round | ![]() |
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6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–4, 7–6(10–8) |
Women's Singles 2nd Round | ![]() ![]() |
Cancelled | |
Matches on No. 2 Court | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Women's Singles 2nd Round | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
Men's Singles 2nd Round | ![]() |
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6–7(7–9), 6–1, 6–0, 6–4 |
Men's Singles 2nd Round | ![]() ![]() |
6–7(8–6), 6–1, 4–6, 4–2, suspended | |
Women's Singles 2nd Round | ![]() ![]() |
Cancelled |
Day 5 (June 24)
- Seeds out:
- Men's Singles:
Andy Roddick [8]
- Women's Singles:
Vera Zvonareva [2],
Andrea Petkovic [11],
Svetlana Kuznetsova [12],
Daniela Hantuchová [25],
Roberta Vinci [29]
- Men's Doubles:
Mariusz Fyrstenberg /
Marcin Matkowski [7],
Marc López /
David Marrero [15]
- Women's Doubles:
Andrea Hlaváčková /
Lucie Hradecká [7]
- Men's Singles:
- Schedule of Play
Day 6 (June 25)
- Seeds out:
- Men's Singles:
Robin Söderling [5],
Gaël Monfils [9],
Jürgen Melzer [11],
Gilles Simon [15],
Nicolás Almagro [16],
David Nalbandian [28],
Marcos Baghdatis [32]
- Women's Singles:
Francesca Schiavone [6],
Julia Görges [16],
Ana Ivanović [18],
Flavia Pennetta [21],
Maria Kirilenko [26],
Jarmila Gajdošová [27]
- Men's Doubles:
Max Mirnyi /
Daniel Nestor [2],
Mahesh Bhupathi /
Leander Paes [3],
Mark Knowles /
Łukasz Kubot [10],
Marcelo Melo /
Bruno Soares [13],
Daniele Bracciali /
František Čermák [16]
- Women's Doubles:
Julia Görges /
Maria Kirilenko [9],
María José Martínez Sánchez /
Anabel Medina Garrigues [11]
- Men's Singles:
- Schedule of Play
Matches on Main Courts | |||
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Matches on Centre Court | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Women's Singles 3rd Round | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Men's Singles 3rd Round | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2, 6–4 |
Men's Singles 3rd Round | ![]() |
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6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Matches on No. 1 Court (Grandstand) | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Men's Singles 3rd Round | ![]() |
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7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5), 6–0 |
Women's Singles 3rd Round | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Men's Singles 3rd Round | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–4, 7–5 |
Matches on No. 2 Court | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Women's Singles 3rd Round | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–3 |
Men's Singles 3rd Round | ![]() |
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7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–5), 7–5 |
Men's Singles 3rd Round | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4, 6–3 |
Middle Sunday (June 26)
Following with tradition, Middle Sunday will be a day of rest, with no matches scheduled to be played. Play will resume on the next day.
Day 7 (June 27)
- Seeds out:
- Schedule of Play
Matches on Main Courts | |||
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Matches on Centre Court | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Men's Singles 4th Round | ![]() ![]() |
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Women's Singles 4th Round | ![]() ![]() |
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Men's Singles 4th Round | ![]() ![]() |
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Matches on No. 1 Court (Grandstand) | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Women's Singles 4th Round | ![]() ![]() |
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Men's Singles 4th Round | ![]() ![]() |
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Men's Singles 4th Round | ![]() ![]() |
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Matches on No. 2 Court | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Women's Singles 4th Round | ![]() ![]() |
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Women's Singles 4th Round | ![]() ![]() |
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Men's Singles 4th Round | ![]() ![]() |
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Mixed Doubles 2nd Round | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Events
Seniors
Men's singles
TBD vs.
TBD
Women's singles
TBD vs.
TBD
Men's doubles
TBD /
TBD vs.
TBD /
TBD
Women's doubles
TBD /
TBD vs.
TBD /
TBD
Mixed doubles
TBD /
TBD vs.
TBD /
TBD
Juniors
Boys singles
TBD vs.
TBD
Girls' Singles
TBD vs.
TBD
Boys' Doubles
TBD vs.
TBD
Girls' Doubles
TBD vs.
TBD
Invitation
Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
TBD vs.
TBD
Ladies' Invitation Doubles
TBD vs.
TBD
Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
TBD vs.
TBD
Wheelchair
Wheelchair Men's Doubles
TBD vs.
TBD
Wheelchair Women's Doubles
TBD vs.
TBD
Broadcast
The tournament will be broadcast in 185 countries.[5] The host broadcaster will be the BBC and since the championships has linked up with Sony, the tournament will be broadcast in 3D for the first time.[16] To mark the 125th anniversary the BBC broadcast a documentary, entitled 125 years of Wimbledon: You Cannot Be Serious; looking back at the most memorable moments the night before the tournament began, on 19 June.[17]
Attendence
Protests
On the middle Saturday, 14 people were arrested at the gate when trying to obtain access to the grounds. The All England Club shut the gates of the ground forcing spectators who had camped overnight to wait outside for 45 minutes before letting them in at 11.15 am. The group wore yellow shirts and had paint and other equipment to make banners once inside of the ground. A source stated that the group were planning to demonstrate against government policy.[18]
Singles seeds
The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event.
Men's Singles
The Men's singles seeds is arranged on a surface-based system to reflect more accurately the individual player's grass court achievement as per the following formula:
- ATP Entry System Position points as at a week before The Championships
- Add 100% points earned for all grass court tournaments in the past 12 months
- add 75% points earned for best grass court tournament in the 12 months before that.[19]
Seed[19] | Rank[20] | Player | Points[21] | Points defending | Points won | New points | Status |
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1 | 1 | ![]() |
Fourth Round vs ![]() | ||||
2 | 2 | ![]() |
Fourth Round vs ![]() | ||||
3 | 3 | ![]() |
Fourth Round vs ![]() | ||||
4 | 4 | ![]() |
Fourth Round vs ![]() | ||||
5 | 5 | ![]() |
Third Round lost to ![]() | ||||
6 | 7 | ![]() |
Fourth Round vs ![]() | ||||
7 | 6 | ![]() |
Fourth Round vs ![]() | ||||
8 | 10 | ![]() |
Third Round lost to ![]() | ||||
9 | 8 | ![]() |
Third Round lost to ![]() | ||||
10 | 9 | ![]() |
Fourth Round vs ![]() | ||||
11 | 11 | ![]() |
Third Round lost to ![]() | ||||
12 | 19 | ![]() |
Fourth Round vs ![]() | ||||
13 | 12 | ![]() |
Second Round lost to ![]() | ||||
14 | 14 | ![]() |
Second Round lost to ![]() | ||||
15 | 16 | ![]() |
Third Round lost to ![]() | ||||
16 | 15 | ![]() |
Third Round lost to ![]() | ||||
17 | 13 | ![]() |
Fourth Round vs ![]() | ||||
18 | 17 | ![]() |
Fourth Round vs ![]() | ||||
19 | 35 | ![]() |
Fourth Round vs ![]() | ||||
20 | 18 | ![]() |
Second Round lost to ![]() | ||||
21 | 23 | ![]() |
Second Round lost to ![]() | ||||
22 | 21 | ![]() |
First Round lost to ![]() | ||||
23 | 29 | ![]() |
First Round lost to ![]() | ||||
24 | 22 | ![]() |
Fourth Round vs ![]() | ||||
25 | 20 | ![]() |
Second Round lost to ![]() | ||||
26 | 31 | ![]() |
Second Round lost to ![]() | ||||
27 | 26 | ![]() |
First Round lost to ![]() | ||||
28 | 24 | ![]() |
Third Round lost to ![]() | ||||
29 | 27 | ![]() |
First Round lost to ![]() | ||||
30 | 28 | ![]() |
First Round lost to ![]() | ||||
31 | 25 | ![]() |
Second Round lost to ![]() | ||||
32 | 30 | ![]() |
Third Round lost to ![]() |
Women's Singles
For the Women's singles seeds, the seeding order follows the ranking list, except where in the opinion of the Committee, the grass court credentials of a particular player necessitates a change in the interest of achieving a balanced draw.
Seed[19][22] | Rank[23] | Player | Points[24] | Points defending | Points won | New points | Status |
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1 | 1 | ![]() |
Fourth Round vs ![]() | ||||
2 | 3 | ![]() |
Third Round lost to ![]() | ||||
3 | 4 | ![]() |
Second Round lost to ![]() | ||||
4 | 5 | ![]() |
Fourth Round vs ![]() | ||||
5 | 6 | ![]() |
Fourth Round vs ![]() | ||||
6 | 7 | ![]() |
Third Round lost to ![]() | ||||
7 | 25 | ![]() |
Fourth Round vs ![]() | ||||
8 | 8 | ![]() |
Fourth Round vs ![]() | ||||
9 | 9 | ![]() |
Fourth Round vs ![]() | ||||
10 | 10 | ![]() |
First Round lost to ![]() | ||||
11 | 13 | ![]() |
Third Round lost to ![]() | ||||
12 | 12 | ![]() |
Third Round lost to ![]() | ||||
13 | 11 | ![]() |
Second Round lost to ![]() | ||||
14 | 14 | ![]() |
Second Round lost to ![]() | ||||
15 | 15 | ![]() |
First Round lost to ![]() | ||||
16 | 16 | ![]() |
Third Round lost to ![]() | ||||
17 | 17 | ![]() |
First Round lost to ![]() | ||||
18 | 18 | ![]() |
Third Round lost to ![]() | ||||
19 | 19 | ![]() |
Fourth Round vs ![]() | ||||
20 | 20 | ![]() |
Fourth Round vs ![]() | ||||
21 | 21 | ![]() |
Third Round lost to ![]() | ||||
22 | 22 | ![]() |
First Round lost to ![]() | ||||
23 | 30 | ![]() |
Fourth Round vs ![]() | ||||
24 | 24 | ![]() |
Fourth Round vs ![]() | ||||
25 | 23 | ![]() |
Third Round lost to ![]() | ||||
26 | 27 | ![]() |
Third Round lost to ![]() | ||||
27 | 28 | ![]() |
Third Round lost to ![]() | ||||
28 | 38 | ![]() |
First Round lost to vs ![]() | ||||
29 | 29 | ![]() |
Third Round lost to ![]() | ||||
30 | 31 | ![]() |
First Round lost to ![]() | ||||
31 | 32 | ![]() |
Second Round lost to ![]() | ||||
32 | 33 | ![]() |
Fourth Round vs ![]() |
Withdrawals
Rank | Player | Points | Points defending | Points won | New points | Withdrew due to
|
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2 | ![]() |
foot injury [25] | ||||
26 | ![]() |
illness [26] |
Wildcard entries
Below are the lists of the wildcard awardees entering in the main draws.[27][28]
Men's singles wildcard entries |
Women's singles wildcard entries
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Men's doubles wildcard entries |
Women's doubles wildcard entries
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Mixed doubles wildcard entries
Jamie Delgado /
Melanie South
Colin Fleming /
Jocelyn Rae
Ross Hutchins /
Heather Watson
Jonathan Marray /
Anne Keothavong
Ken Skupski /
Elena Baltacha
Qualifiers entries
Men's singles qualifiers entries
The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot: |
Women's singles qualifiers entries
The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot:
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Men's doubles qualifiers entries
The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot: |
Women's doubles qualifiers entries
The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot:
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