Andy Murray is the defending champion in the Gentlemen's singles. Two-time defending Ladies' singles champion Serena Williams will not return to defend her title, having ended her season in April due to pregnancy.[1]
Tournament
Centre Court where the Finals of Wimbledon take place.
The tournament is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is included in the 2017 ATP World Tour and the 2017 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament will consist of men's (singles and doubles), women's (singles and doubles), mixed doubles, boys (under 18 – singles and doubles) and girls (under 18 – singles and doubles), which is also a part of the Grade A category of tournaments for under 18, and singles & doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the UNIQLO Tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament is played only on grass courts; main draw matches were played at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon; qualifying matches will be played at the Bank of England Sports Ground, Roehampton.[2]
Point and prize money distribution
Point distribution
Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.
Senior points
Event
W
F
SF
QF
Round of 16
Round of 32
Round of 64
Round of 128
Q
Q3
Q2
Q1
Men's Singles
2000
1200
720
360
180
90
45
10
25
16
8
0
Men's Doubles
0
—
—
0
Women's Singles
1300
780
430
240
130
70
10
40
30
20
2
Women's Doubles
10
—
—
—
—
—
Wheelchair points
Event
W
F
3rd
4th
Singles
800
500
375
100
Doubles
800
500
100
—
Junior points
Event
W
F
SF
QF
Round of 16
Round of 32
Q
Q2
Q1
Boys' Singles
375
270
180
120
75
30
25
20
0
Girls' Singles
Boys' Doubles
270
180
120
75
45
—
—
—
—
Girls' Doubles
Prize money
The Wimbledon total prize money for 2017 has been increased to £31.6m. The winners of the men's and women's singles titles will earn £2.2m. Prize money for the men’s and women’s doubles and wheelchair players were also increased for the 2017 competition.[3]
Seeds are adjusted 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 the ATP Rankings on 26 June 2017:
Take Entry System Position points at 26 June 2017.
Add 100% points earned for all grass court tournaments in the past 12 months (26 June 2016 – 25 June 2017).
Add 75% points earned for best grass court tournament in the 12 months before that (26 June 2015 – 25 June 2016).
Rank and points before are as of 3 July 2017. Because the tournament takes place one week later than in 2016, points defending includes results from both the 2016 Wimbledon Championships and the tournaments from the week of 11 July 2016 (Hamburg, Newport and Båstad).
Seeds are based on the WTA rankings as of 26 June 2017.
Rank and points before are as of 3 July 2017. Because the tournament takes place one week later than in 2016, points defending includes results from both the 2016 Wimbledon Championships and the tournaments from the week of 11 July 2016 (Bucharest and Gstaad).
The qualifying competitions take place in Bank of England Sports Centre, Roehampton started from 26 June 2017 and to be scheduled to end on 29 June 2017. However, due to heavy rain on the second day, it has now extended to 30 June 2017.