The 2013 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on

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s at the

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in the United Kingdom. It was the 127th edition of the

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and were held from 24 June to 7 July 2013. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year and was part of the ATP World Tour, the

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, the

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and the NEC Tour. The championships were organised by the

and the International Tennis Federation. Roger Federer and

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were the defending champions in singles events, but neither was able to repeat their success: Federer was eliminated in the second round by Sergiy Stakhovsky, and Williams lost in the fourth round to

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. This marked the first time since

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that both defending champions were eliminated before the quarterfinals. Federer and Williams were two of a number of big-name casualties in the early rounds, along with two-time champion Rafael Nadal, two-time semifinalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 2004 champion Maria Sharapova and former World No. 1s Victoria Azarenka,

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, Lleyton Hewitt, Caroline Wozniacki and Jelena Janković.

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became the first man from Great Britain to win the singles title since Fred Perry in

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. Marion Bartoli won the women's singles title.

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and Mike Bryan completed the "Bryan Slam" and became the first team to hold all four Grand Slams and the Olympic Gold at the same time.

Tournament

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in London. The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the

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and the

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calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There were singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which was part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and doubles events for men's and women's

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players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played on grass courts and was taking place over a series of 19 courts, including the four main showcourts, Centre Court,

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, No. 2 Court and No. 3 Court.

Notable events

* Rafael Nadal suffered his first ever opening round defeat at a Grand Slam tournament when he lost to Steve Darcis in the first round. This also marked the first time since

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in which the reigning French Open men's champion lost in the first round at Wimbledon. Women's fifth seed Sara Errani also made a first round exit, losing to Monica Puig in straight sets. * By defeating Benjamin Becker in the first round,

won his 107th Grand Slam match, thus becoming the most successful British man at a Major and breaking Fred Perry's total Grand Slam match win record of 106. * The 2013 championship was also known for having numerous players retire in the first two rounds due to fatigue or injury, most notably

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, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Victoria Azarenka, John Isner, and first round surprise Steve Darcis. On Wednesday, 26 June a total of eight players, including seven in singles events, withdrew from the tournament; four of those made the decision before the starts of their matches. * Third-ranked Roger Federer fell in the second round to world number 116 Sergiy Stakhovsky, his first loss in a Grand Slam earlier than the Quarterfinals since

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, a streak spanning 36 majors. Federer's world ranking dropped to No. 5 as a result of this early exit. * Federer's second round loss also marked the worst collective performance by him and Rafael Nadal at a Grand Slam tournament, in which both men were entered.Wimbledon 2013: Federer, and more – upsets galore on day three
The Roar This also marked the first time since

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in which neither man made the Wimbledon final. * For the first time since 1912, no U.S. man was represented in the third round at Wimbledon, following

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's second round defeat to World No. 1

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. *

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became the oldest woman to reach the third round at Wimbledon, by defeating

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in the second round. It is also the first time since the

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in which she has gone this far. Her opponent, number one seed

, combined for an age of 73, and this was their first ever meeting. Date-Krumm lost in straight sets in the late evening encounter on Saturday 29 June 2013. * Of the top ten women's seeds that started the Championships, six fell before the third round: second seed Victoria Azarenka (second round, withdrew), third seed Maria Sharapova (second round), fifth seed Sara Errani (first round), seventh seed Angelique Kerber (second round), ninth seed Caroline Wozniacki (second round) and tenth seed

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(first round). This marked the worst performance by any top ten seeds at a Grand Slam tournament in the Open Era.Wimbledon 2013: Angelique Kerber beaten by Kaia Kanepi
BBC Sport * Laura Robson became the first British woman in 15 years to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon; by getting this far, she entered the Top 30 for the first time in her career. She thus became the first British woman since

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in 1987 to enter the WTA's Top 30. * Łukasz Kubot and Fernando Verdasco both reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon for the first time,Wimbledon 2013: Men's round of 16 preview
The Roar whilst Juan Martín del Potro reached his first Grand Slam semi-final since winning the 2009 US Open. * Sloane Stephens and Kirsten Flipkens both reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon for the first time.Wimbledon 2013: Women's round of 16 preview
The Roar *

continued her record of beating the reigning

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champion at Wimbledon. She defeated

in the fourth round, having also beaten

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in 2009, Li Na in 2011 and Maria Sharapova in 2012. Lisicki's victory also denied Serena her 35th consecutive victory, a record which was achieved by her older sister,

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, in

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.Wimbledon 2013: Women's quarter-finals preview
The Roar * This tournament marked the worst collective performance by Williams, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova at a Grand Slam event since the

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, and also the first tournament since the

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in which none of the three reached a Grand Slam final. *

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became the first male

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player to reach the semi-finals of a Grand Slam tournament.Wimbledon 2013: Jerzy Janowicz pounds past fellow Pole Lukasz Kubot
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became the first German Grand Slam singles finalist since

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reached the final of the

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, and the first German singles finalist at Wimbledon since

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.Wimbledon 2013: Women's final preview
The Roar *

won his semi-final match against Juan Martín del Potro in five sets in 4 hours 44 minutes. This was the longest semi-final in the history of the

. * With her win in the Ladies' Singles final, Marion Bartoli surpassed the female record set by Jana Novotná at the

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for most appearances in a Grand Slam tournament before winning a title, with 47. * In winning the Gentlemen's Doubles,

and Mike Bryan became the first men's doubles team in the Open era to hold all four Grand Slam titles at the same time, as well as the only team in history to hold all four Majors and the Olympic gold medal. *Andy Murray defeated Novak Djokovic in the final in straight sets to win the 2013 Wimbledon Men Singles title, becoming the first British man in 77 years to do so, and the first Scot of either sex in 117 years to win a Wimbledon singles title.

First Wednesday

The first Wednesday (Wednesday 26 June) in the 2013 Wimbledon Championship saw a number of former world number ones knocked out in the second round of the draw either by being beaten by a much lower rank, having to retire early or having been " walked over". These players include Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka, as well as former ranking leaders Lleyton Hewitt,

, Jelena Janković and Caroline Wozniacki. Other notable players, including Jo-Wilfried Tsonga,

, John Isner, Steve Darcis, Yaroslava Shvedova and

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also went out. A total of twelve seeded players (five men and seven women) finished their 2013 Wimbledon campaign on that day. Events from "Black Wednesday" were highly commented, inter alia by the Association of Tennis Professionals and players and a statement from tournament

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has been released.

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

Wheelchair points

Junior points

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 earned £1.6m, up £450,000 from last year. In the 2013 season, the Wimbledon prize money was the highest out of four grand slam tournaments, compared to $30m at the

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, $29m at

, and $32m at the US Open. _{* per team}

Singles players

; Men's singles ; Women's singles

Day-by-day summaries

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

def.

, 6–4, 7–5, 6–4 * It was Murray's fourth title of the year and first Grand Slam title of the year. It was his first Wimbledon title, second Grand Slam title and 28th career title.

Women's singles

Marion Bartoli def.

, 6–1, 6–4 * It was Bartoli's first (and only) Grand Slam title in her career and eighth singles title overall. It was also her final Grand Slam appearance before she would retire in August 2013.

Men's doubles

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/ Mike Bryan def. Ivan Dodig /

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, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 * It was the Bryan brothers' ninth title of the year and third Grand Slam title of the year. It was their third Wimbledon title, 15th Grand Slam title and 91st career title. They completed a non-calendar year Golden Slam and thus became the first double team in tennis history to hold all four majors as well as

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at the same time.

Women's doubles

Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai def.

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, 7–6^(7–1), 6–1 * It was their second title of the year and the first Grand Slam title for both players. It was Hsieh's 11th and Peng's 9th title in their careers.

Mixed doubles

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/ Kristina Mladenovic def. Bruno Soares / Lisa Raymond, 5–7, 6–2, 8–6

Juniors

Boys' singles

Gianluigi Quinzi def. Chung Hyeon, 7–5, 7–6^(7–2)

Girls' singles

Belinda Bencic def.

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, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4

Boys' doubles

Thanasi Kokkinakis /

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def. Enzo Couacaud / Stefano Napolitano, 6–2, 6–3

Girls' doubles

Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková def.

Anhelina Kalinina Anhelina Serhiyivna Kalinina ( uk, Ангеліна Сергіївна Калініна ; born 7 February 1997) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. Kalinina has won 15 singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 27 June ...

Iryna Shymanovich Iryna Vladimirovna Shymanovich ( be, Ірына Ўладзіміраўна Шымановіч; born 30 June 1997) is a Belarusian tennis player. She has won 13 singles and 12 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 30 January 2023, she rea ...

, 6–3, 6–1

Invitation

Gentlemen's invitation doubles

Thomas Enqvist /

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def. Greg Rusedski / Fabrice Santoro, 7–6^(8–6), 6–3

Ladies' invitation doubles

Lindsay Davenport /

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def. Jana Novotná /

Barbara Schett Barbara Schett Eagle (; born 10 March 1976) is an Austrian former professional tennis player, who reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 7 in September 1999. Between 1993 and 2004 she played in 48 matches for the Austria Fed Cup team, ...

, 6–2, 6–2

Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles

Pat Cash Patrick Hart Cash (born 27 May 1965) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 4 in May 1988 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 6 in August 1988. Upon winning ...

/ Mark Woodforde def. Jeremy Bates / Anders Järryd, 6–3, 6–3

Wheelchair

Wheelchair men's doubles

Stéphane Houdet / Shingo Kunieda def.

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, 6–4, 6–2

Wheelchair women's doubles

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/ Aniek van Koot def. Yui Kamiji / Jordanne Whiley, 6–4, 7–6^(8–6)

Singles seeds

The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seeds based on ATP and WTA rankings are as of 17 June 2013 and the rankings and points are as of 24 June 2013.

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, 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 June 2012 – 16 June 2013). * Add 75% points earned for best grass court tournament in the 12 months before that (13 June 2011 – 17 June 2012) † The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2012. Accordingly, it is the defending points from the

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instead.

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. † The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2012. Accordingly, points for her 16th best result are deducted instead. The following player would have been seeded, but she withdrew from the event.

Main draw wild card entries

The following players received

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into the main draw senior events.

Men's singles

Matthew Ebden Matthew Ebden (born 26 November 1987) is an Australian professional tennis player. He is a two-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam champion, having won the 2022 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles, 2022 Wimbledon Championships in men's ...

* Kyle Edmund * Steve Johnson *

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Women's singles

* Elena Baltacha *

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* Anne Keothavong * Johanna Konta * Tara Moore * Samantha Murray * Andrea Petkovic * Alison Riske

Men's doubles

* Jamie Baker / Kyle Edmund * Lleyton Hewitt / Mark Knowles * David Rice /

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Women's doubles

* Anne Keothavong / Johanna Konta * Tara Moore / Melanie South * Samantha Murray /

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Shahar Pe'er Shahar Pe'er ( he, שחר פאר, ; born ) is an Israeli retired tennis player. Pe'er won five singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as four singles and three doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. She reached ...

/ Yan Zi *

Nicola Slater Nicola Slater (born 14 August 1984) is a British former tennis player. Slater won six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 16 September 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 167. Partnering CoCo Vandewe ...

Lisa Whybourn Lisa Whybourn (born 11 May 1991) is an English retired tennis player. She broke into the world top 250 in June 2010 following her run to the final qualifying round at Wimbledon. Whybourn is originally from Hemingford Grey in Huntingdon, Cambr ...

Mixed doubles

* James Blake / Donna Vekić *

Jamie Delgado Jamie Delgado (born 21 March 1977) is a British tennis coach and former professional player. Delgado has represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup, most recently in 2006. Delgado holds the all-time male record for playing in consecutive Wimb ...

/ Tara Moore * Kyle Edmund / Eugenie Bouchard * Dominic Inglot / Johanna Konta * Mark Knowles /

Qualifiers entries

Below are the lists of the qualifiers entering in the main draws.

Men's singles

Men's singles qualifiers # Stéphane Robert #

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# Julian Reister #

Wayne Odesnik Wayne Odesnik (born November 21, 1985) is a South African-born American retired professional left-handed tennis player, with a two-handed backhand. His highest singles ranking was No. 77 in 2009. Among his biggest upsets were a 2007 win over Iv ...

# Dustin Brown # Denis Kudla # Jan-Lennard Struff # Matt Reid # Jimmy Wang # James Duckworth #

Michał Przysiężny Michał Przysiężny (; born 16 February 1984) is a former Polish professional tennis player. He reached the semifinals of St. Petersburg in 2013, achieving a career-high singles ranking of World No. 57 in January 2014. Career He started his ca ...

Go Soeda is a former professional Japanese tennis player. He started playing tennis at the age of four and turned professional in April 2003. He has won 18 singles titles on the ATP Challenger Tour, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of w ...

Alex Kuznetsov Alex Kuznetsov (born February 5, 1987) is a retired American professional tennis player. He is a former hitting partner of Maria Sharapova Personal life Kuznetsov was born in Ukraine. His family moved to the United States when he was 3 years o ...

# Marc Gicquel #

Teymuraz Gabashvili Teymuraz Besikovich Gabashvili ( rus, Теймураз Бесикович Габашвили, , tɛɪ̯mʊˈraz ɡəbɐˈʂvʲilʲɪ; born 23 May 1985) is a Russian professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 4 ...

Lucky losers # Olivier Rochus

Women's singles

Women's singles qualifiers # Carina Witthöft # Galina Voskoboeva # Caroline Garcia # Petra Cetkovská #

Ajla Tomljanović Ajla Tomljanović ( ; ; born 7 May 1993) is an Australian professional tennis player. She has won four singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 31 October 2022, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 33. On 5 Janu ...

# Maria Elena Camerin # Yvonne Meusburger # Virginie Razzano #

Eva Birnerová Eva Birnerová (born 14 August 1984) is a Czech former tennis player. In her career, she won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as eight singles and 11 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 29 January 2007, she reached her be ...

# Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová #

Mariana Duque Mariño Mariana Duque Mariño (; born 12 August 1989) is a Colombian retired tennis player. Having turned professional in 2005, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 66 in October 2015. Duque debuted on the ITF Junior Circuit in 2004. ...

# Michelle Larcher de Brito Lucky losers # Vania King #

Anna Karolína Schmiedlová Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (; born 13 September 1994) is a Slovak tennis player. She has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour, one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as 12 singles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 12 October 201 ...

Men's doubles

Men's doubles qualifiers #

Jesse Levine Jesse Levine (born October 15, 1987) is an American-Canadian former professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles rank of world No. 69 on October 1, 2012. Levine represented the United States through 2012, and he represented Can ...

Vasek Pospisil Vasek Pospisil ( ; cs, Vašek Pospíšil, ; known in born June 23, 1990) is a Canadian professional tennis player. Pospisil has a career-high world singles ranking of No. 25, and No. 4 in doubles. Along with partner Jack Sock, he won the 2014 ...

# Sam Groth /

Chris Guccione Chris Guccione may refer to: * Chris Guccione (tennis) (born 1985), Australian tennis player * Chris Guccione (umpire) Christopher Gene Guccione (born June 24, 1974) is an American umpire in Major League Baseball. He wears number 68. Umpiring ca ...

# Dominik Meffert / Philipp Oswald #

Purav Raja Purav Raja ( ; born 7 December 1985) is an Indian tennis player. He specializes in doubles and competes on the ATP World Tour. He has 2 ATP world tour level titles in men's doubles. He represents India in the Davis Cup. Personal and early life ...

/ Divij Sharan Lucky losers # Dustin Brown / Rameez Junaid # Steve Johnson /

Andreas Siljeström Andreas Siljeström (born 21 July 1981) is a Swedish professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career doubles high-ranking of world No. 57 achieved in May 2012. He is among the tallest male players on the tour; only Reilly ...

# Denis Kudla /

Tim Smyczek Timothy Smyczek ( ; ; born December 30, 1987) is an American former professional tennis player. He made three quarterfinals on the main tour as well as the semi-finals of Newport in 2018. Additionally he won seven Challenger titles. He achieved ...

Women's doubles

Women's doubles qualifiers # Stéphanie Foretz Gacon / Eva Hrdinová #

María Irigoyen María Irigoyen (born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine former tennis player. On 13 July 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 147. On 13 June 2016, she peaked at No. 47 in the WTA doubles rankings. In her career, Irigoyen won t ...

/ Paula Ormaechea # Raluca Olaru /

Olga Savchuk Olga Mykolayivna Savchuk ( uk, Ольга Миколаївна Савчук; born 20 September 1987) is a retired tennis player from Ukraine. Savchuk grew up in the city of Makiyivka in Donetsk province. She resides in Nassau, Bahamas. Her best ...

Valeriya Solovyeva Valeriya Alexandrovna Solovyeva (russian: Валерия Александровна Соловьёва; born 3 November 1992) is Russian former professional tennis player. Solovyeva has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as three s ...

/ Maryna Zanevska

Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking: ;Men's Singles *

Igor Andreev Igor Valeryevich Andreev (russian: link=no, И́горь Вале́рьевич Андре́ев, BGN/PCGN: ''Andreyev'', ISO 9: ''Andreev'', ; born 14 July 1983) is a Russian former professional tennis player. He won three ATP Tour singles ti ...

(PR 108) *

Jürgen Zopp Jürgen Zopp (born 29 March 1988) is a retired professional Estonian tennis player. He is Estonia's all-time highest ranked male tennis player with a career-high singles ranking of World No. 71 in 2012. Career Zopp started playing tennis at t ...

(PR 88) ;Women's Singles *

Michaëlla Krajicek Michaëlla Krajicek ( cz, Michaela Krajíčková; born 9 January 1989) is a Dutch former tennis player. She won three singles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one WTA 125 tournaments, WTA 125 doubles title, and 14 singles and ...

(PR 105)

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or personal reasons. ;Before the tournament ;Men's singles * Brian Baker → replaced by Steve Darcis *

Thomaz Bellucci Thomaz Cocchiarali Bellucci (born 30 December 1987, in Tietê) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 21 in July 2010. Bellucci used a string of ATP Challenger Tour victories early in ...

→ replaced by Olivier Rochus * Nikolay Davydenko → replaced by

Guillaume Rufin Guillaume Rufin (; born 26 May 1990) is a French professional tennis player. His highest singles ranking is World No. 81, achieved in September 2013. He received a wildcard into the 2009 French Open, his Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP- ...

Mardy Fish Mardy Simpson Fish (born December 9, 1981) is an American former professional tennis player. He was a hardcourt specialist. He is one of several American tennis players who rose to prominence in the early 2000s.Fish won six tournaments on the mai ...

→ replaced by

Gastão Elias Gastão José Ministro Elias (; born 24 November 1990) is a Portuguese professional tennis player, who competes on the ATP World Tour. He became the fifth Portuguese tennis player to break into the top 100 of the Association of Tennis Profession ...

* Gilles Müller → replaced by Andreas Haider-Maurer ;Women's singles * Chan Yung-jan → replaced by Alexa Glatch * Duan Yingying → replaced by

Petra Martić Petra Martić (; born 19 January 1991) is a Croatian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 14, achieved in January 2020. Martić has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, one singles and one doubles tou ...

→ replaced by

* Venus Williams → replaced by Vania King * Aleksandra Wozniak → replaced by

Yulia Putintseva Yulia Antonovna Putintseva ( rus, Ю́лия Анто́новна Пути́нцева; , ''puh-TEEN-tseh-vah''; born 7 January 1995) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player. She is a three-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist (twic ...

;During the tournament ;Men's Singles *

* Steve Darcis ;Women's Singles * Victoria Azarenka * Yaroslava Shvedova

Retirements

;Men's Singles * John Isner *

Philipp Kohlschreiber Philipp Eberhard Hermann Kohlschreiber (; born 16 October 1983) is a German former professional tennis player. The right-hander won eight singles and seven doubles titles on the ATP World Tour and made the quarterfinals at the 2012 Wimbledon Cha ...

Michaël Llodra Michaël Llodra (; born 18 May 1980) is a French former professional tennis player. He was a successful doubles player with three Grand Slam championships and an Olympic silver medal, and has also had success in singles, winning five career titl ...

Paul-Henri Mathieu Paul-Henri Mathieu (; born 12 January 1982) is a French former professional tennis player. He won four singles titles on the ATP Tour. His best singles performance in an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament was reaching the semifinals of the ...

Guido Pella Guido Pella (; born 17 May 1990) is an inactive Argentine professional tennis player. In August 2019, Pella reached his career best world No. 20 in singles. In July 2019, he peaked at No. 55 in doubles. Personal life His father, Carlos, taught ...

Igor Sijsling Igor Sijsling (; born 18 August 1987) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. Sijsling reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 52 on 17 February 2014. His biggest accomplishment is reaching the final of Australian Open Do ...

* Jo-Wilfried Tsonga ;Women's singles *

Romina Oprandi Romina Sarina Oprandi (born 29 March 1986) is a retired tennis player. She has dual Swiss-Italian citizenship and represented Italy from her professional debut in 2005 until January 2012, when she joined the Swiss tennis federation. She has wo ...

Media coverage

References

External links

Official Wimbledon Championships website
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