2017 Wimbledon Championships
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2017 Wimbledon Championships | |
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Date | 3–16 July |
Edition | 131st |
Category | Grand Slam (ITF) |
Draw | 128S / 64D / 48XD |
Prize money | £31,600,000 |
Surface | Grass |
Location | Church Road SW19, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom |
Venue | All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
Roger Federer | |
Women's singles | |
Garbiñe Muguruza | |
Men's doubles | |
Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo | |
Women's doubles | |
Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina | |
Mixed doubles | |
Jamie Murray / Martina Hingis | |
Wheelchair men's singles | |
Stefan Olsson | |
Wheelchair women's singles | |
Diede de Groot | |
Wheelchair men's doubles | |
Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid | |
Wheelchair women's doubles | |
Yui Kamiji / Jordanne Whiley | |
Boys' singles | |
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina | |
Girls' singles | |
Claire Liu | |
Boys' doubles | |
Axel Geller / Hsu Yu-hsiou | |
Girls' doubles | |
Olga Danilović / Kaja Juvan | |
Gentlemen's invitation doubles | |
Lleyton Hewitt / Mark Philippoussis | |
Ladies' invitation doubles | |
Cara Black / Martina Navratilova | |
Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles | |
Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis |
The 2017 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam tennis tournament that took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The main draw matches commenced on 3 July 2017 and concluded on 16 July 2017. Roger Federer won the Gentlemen's Singles title for a record eighth time, surpassing Pete Sampras and William Renshaw, who both won the Gentlemen's Singles title seven times.[1] Garbiñe Muguruza won the Ladies' Singles title.[2]
The 2017 tournament was the 131st edition of the championships, the 50th in the Open Era and the third Grand Slam tournament of the year. It is played on grass courts, organised by the All England Lawn Tennis Club and the International Tennis Federation and is part of the ATP World Tour, the WTA Tour, the ITF Junior tour and the NEC Tour.
Andy Murray was the defending champion in the Gentlemen's singles but lost to Sam Querrey in the quarterfinals. Two-time defending Ladies' singles champion Serena Williams did not defend her title, having ended her season in April due to pregnancy.[3]
Tournament
The 2017 Wimbledon Championships is the 131st edition of the tournament and is held at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London.
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 were played at the Bank of England Sports Ground, in Roehampton.[4]
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 |
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Men's Doubles | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Women's Singles | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 70 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 2 | |
Women's Doubles | 10 | — | 40 | — | — | — |
Wheelchair points
Junior points
Prize moneyThe Wimbledon total prize money for 2017 has been increased to £31.6m[5]. 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.[6]
* per team Day-by-day summariesSingles seedsSeeds 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:
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).
Withdrawn players
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).
Withdrawn players
Doubles seeds
ChampionsSeniorsGentlemen's Singles
Ladies' Singles
Gentlemen's Doubles
Ladies' Doubles
Mixed Doubles
JuniorsBoys' Singles
Girls' Singles
Boys' Doubles
Girls' Doubles
InvitationGentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Ladies' Invitation Doubles
Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Wheelchair eventsWheelchair Gentlemen's Singles
Wheelchair Ladies' Singles
Wheelchair Gentlemen's Doubles
Wheelchair Ladies' Doubles
Main draw wildcard entriesThe following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events.
Mixed Doubles
Main draw qualifier entriesThe 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.
Protected rankingThe following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
WithdrawalsThe following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries, suspensions or personal reasons.
Retirements
References
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