2013 Wimbledon Championships
The 2013 Wimbledon Championships will be a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. They will be the 127th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and the third Grand Slam event of the year. They will take place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club from 24 June to 7 July.[1] They will consist of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players also took part in singles and doubles events as well as retired players in invitation doubles.
Roger Federer and Serena Williams are the defending champions in singles events.
Tournament
The 2013 Wimbledon Championships will be the 127th edition of the tournament and will be held at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London.
The tournament is an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the 2013 ATP World Tour and the 2013 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consists of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event.[2] There will be a singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which is part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament is being played on grass courts and is taking place over a series of 19 courts, including the four main showcourts, Centre Court, No. 1 Court, No. 2 Court and No. 3 Court.[3]
Point and prize money distribution
Point distribution
Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.
Seniors points
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Gentlemen's Singles | 2000 | 1200 | 720 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentlemen's Doubles | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Ladies' Singles | 1400 | 900 | 500 | 280 | 160 | 100 | 5 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 2 | |
| Ladies' Doubles | 5 | — | 48 | — | — | — |
Wheelchair points
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Junior points
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Prize Money
The Wimbledon total prize money for 2013 has been increased by forty percent to £22,560,000 (around $34m). The winners of the men's and women's singles titles will each earn 1.6 million pounds, up 450,000 pounds from last year.[4] In the 2013 season, the Wimbledon prize money is the highest out of four grand slam tournaments, compared to $30m at the Australian Open, $29m at French Open, and $32m at the US Open.[5]
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | £1,600,000 | £800,000 | £400,000 | £205,000 | £105,000 | £63,000 | £32,000 | £23,500 | £12,000 | £6,000 | £3,000 |
| Doubles * | £300,000 | £150,000 | £75,000 | £37,500 | £20,000 | £12,000 | £7,750 | — | — | — | — |
| Mixed Doubles * | £92,000 | £46,000 | £23,500 | £10,500 | £5,200 | £2,600 | £1,300 | — | — | — | — |
| Wheelchair Doubles* | £8,500 | £5,000 | £3,250 | £2,250 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Invitation Doubles* | £20,000 | £17,000 | £14,0001 | £13,0002 | £12,0003 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
* per team
Singles players
2013 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Singles
| Champion | Runner-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Semifinals out | |||
| Quarterfinals out | |||
| 4th Round out | |||
| 3rd Round out | |||
| 2nd Round out | |||
| 1st Round out | |||
| Champion | Runner-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Semifinals out | |||
| Quarterfinals out | |||
| 4th Round out | |||
| 3rd Round out | |||
| 2nd Round out | |||
| 1st Round out | |||
Day-by-day summaries
Day 1 (24 June)
Day 2 (25 June)
Day 3 (26 June)
Day 4 (27 June)
Day 5 (28 June)
Day 6 (29 June)
Middle Sunday (30 June)
Following tradition, Middle Sunday is a day of rest, with no matches scheduled. Play resumes on the next day.
Day 8 (1 July)
Day 9 (2 July)
Day 10 (3 July)
Day 11 (4 July)
Day 12 (5 July)
Day 13 (6 July)
Day 14 (7 July)
Events
Seniors
Gentlemen's singles
Ladies' singles
Gentlemen's doubles
Ladies' doubles
Mixed doubles
Juniors
Boys' Singles
Girls' Singles
Boys' Doubles
Girls' Doubles
Invitation
Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Ladies' Invitation Doubles
Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Wheelchair
Wheelchair Gentlemen's Doubles
Wheelchair Ladies' Doubles
Singles seeds
The following are the seeded players. Rankings are as of 17 June 2013 and the Points are as of 24 June 2013.
The Gentlemen'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, which applies to the top 32 players, according to ATP Ranking on 17 June 2013:
- Take Entry System Position (ESP) points at 17 June 2013
- Add 100% points earned for all grass court tournaments in the past 12 months (18.06.2012 - 16.06.2013).
- Add 75% points earned for best grass court tournament in the 12 months before that (13.06.2011 - 17.06.2012)
| Seed | Rank | Player | Points Before | Points won | Points After | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  Novak Djokovic
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| 2 | 2 |  Andy Murray
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| 3 | 3 |  Roger Federer
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| 4 | 4 |  David Ferrer
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| 5 | 5 | Rafael Nadal
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| 6 | 7 |  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
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| 7 | 6 |  Tomáš Berdych
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| 8 | 8 |  Juan Martín del Potro
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| 9 | 9 | Richard Gasquet
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| 10 | 12 |  Marin Čilić
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| 11 | 10 | Stanislas Wawrinka
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| 12 | 11 |  Kei Nishikori
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| 13 | 13 |  Tommy Haas
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| 14 | 14 | Janko Tipsarević
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| 15 | 16 | Nicolás Almagro
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| 16 | 18 | Philipp Kohlschreiber
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| 17 | 15 |  Milos Raonic
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| 18 | 21 |  John Isner
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| 19 | 17 | Gilles Simon
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| 20 | 28 |  Mikhail Youzhny
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| 21 | 19 | Sam Querrey
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| 22 | 20 | Juan Mónaco
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| 23 | 26 |  Andreas Seppi
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| 24 | 22 |  Jerzy Janowicz
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| 25 | 25 | Benoît Paire
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| 26 | 24 |  Alexandr Dolgopolov
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| 27 | 23 |  Kevin Anderson
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| 28 | 27 | Jérémy Chardy
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| 29 | 31 |  Grigor Dimitrov
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| 30 | 30 | Fabio Fognini
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| 31 | 32 | Julien Benneteau
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| 32 | 29 | Tommy Robredo
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For the Ladies' 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 | Rank | Player | Points Before | Points won | Points After | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Serena Williams
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| 2 | 2 |  Victoria Azarenka
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| 3 | 3 | Maria Sharapova
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| 4 | 4 | Agnieszka Radwańska
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| 5 | 5 | Sara Errani
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| 6 | 6 |  Li Na
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| 7 | 7 | Angelique Kerber
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| 8 | 8 | Petra Kvitová
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| 9 | 9 |  Caroline Wozniacki
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| 10 | 10 | Maria Kirilenko
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| 11 | 11 | Roberta Vinci
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| 12 | 12 | Ana Ivanovic
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| 13 | 13 | Nadia Petrova
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| 14 | 14 |  Samantha Stosur
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| 15 | 15 | Marion Bartoli
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| 16 | 16 | Jelena Janković
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| 17 | 17 | Sloane Stephens
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| 18 | 18 |  Dominika Cibulková
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| 19 | 19 | Carla Suárez Navarro
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| 20 | 20 |  Kirsten Flipkens
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| 21 | 21 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
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| 22 | 22 |  Sorana Cîrstea
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| 23 | 23 | Sabine Lisicki
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| 24 | 24 | Peng Shuai
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| 25 | 25 | Ekaterina Makarova
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| 26 | 26 | Svetlana Kuznetsova
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| 27 | 27 | Varvara Lepchenko
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| 28 | 28 | Lucie Šafářová
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| 29 | 29 |  Tamira Paszek
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| 30 | 30 | Alizé Cornet
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| 31 | 31 | Mona Barthel
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| 32 | 32 | Romina Oprandi
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Wild card entries
Below are the lists of the wild card awardees entering in the main draws.
Gentlemen's singles wild card entries |
Ladies' singles wild card entries
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Gentlemen's doubles wild card entries |
Ladies' doubles wild card entries
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Mixed doubles wild card entries
Qualifiers entries
Gentlemen's singles qualifiers entriesTBA
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Ladies' singles qualifiers entriesTBD
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Gentlemen's doubles qualifiers entriesTBA
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Ladies' doubles qualifiers entriesTBA
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References
- ^ "Wimbledon 2013 Men's Schedule of Play". Oncourtadvantage.com. OnCourt Advantage. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ^ "Draws". Retrieved 10 June 2013.
- ^ "The Grounds" (PDF). Retrieved 10 June 2013.
- ^ Prize Money
- ^ Wimbledon prizemoney hits $34m, 2013 grand slam jackpot at $124m
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