Wimbledon 2017

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. Garbiñe Muguruza won the ladies' singles title.

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, as she ended her season in April due to pregnancy.

Tournament

The 2017 Wimbledon Championships was the 131st edition of the tournament and was held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London.

The tournament was run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was included in the 2017 ATP World Tour and the 2017 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted 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 and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the UNIQLO Tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was 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.

Point and prize money distribution

Point distribution

Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.

Senior points

Wheelchair points

Junior points

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.

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Day-by-day summaries

Singles seeds

Gentlemen's singles

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 (20 June 2016 – 25 June 2017).
* Add 75% points earned for best grass court tournament in the 12 months before that (22 June 2015 – 19 June 2016).

Rank and points before are as of 3 July 2017. Because the 2017 tournament took 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

Ladies' singles

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

Gentlemen's doubles

*¹ Rankings were as of 26 June 2017.

Ladies' doubles

*¹ Rankings were as of 26 June 2017.

Mixed doubles

*¹ Rankings were as of 3 July 2017.

Champions

Seniors

Gentlemen's singles

* Roger Federer def. Marin Čilić, 6–3, 6–1, 6–4

Ladies' singles

* Garbiñe Muguruza def. Venus Williams, 7–5, 6–0

Gentlemen's doubles

* Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo def. Oliver Marach / Mate Pavić, 5–7, 7–5, 7–6^(7–2), 3–6, 13–11

Ladies' doubles

* Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina def. Chan Hao-ching / Monica Niculescu, 6–0, 6–0

Mixed doubles

* Jamie Murray / Martina Hingis def. Henri Kontinen / Heather Watson, 6–4, 6–4

Juniors

Boys' singles

* Alejandro Davidovich Fokina def. Axel Geller, 7–6^(7–2), 6–3

Girls' singles

* Claire Liu def. Ann Li, 6–2, 5–7, 6–2

Boys' doubles

* Axel Geller / Hsu Yu-hsiou def. Jurij Rodionov / Michael Vrbenský, 6–4, 6–4

Girls' doubles

* Olga Danilović / Kaja Juvan def. Caty McNally / Whitney Osuigwe, 6–4, 6–3

Invitation

Gentlemen's invitation doubles

* Lleyton Hewitt / Mark Philippoussis def. Justin Gimelstob / Ross Hutchins, 6–3, 6–3

Ladies' invitation doubles

* Cara Black / Martina Navratilova def. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Selima Sfar, 6–2, 4–6, 0–4

Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles

* Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis def. Richard Krajicek / Mark Petchey, 4−6, 6−3, 0−6

Wheelchair events

Wheelchair gentlemen's singles

* Stefan Olsson def. Gustavo Fernández, 7−5, 3−6, 7−5

Wheelchair ladies' singles

* Diede de Groot def. Sabine Ellerbrock, 6–0, 6–4

Wheelchair gentlemen's doubles

* Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid def. Stéphane Houdet / Nicolas Peifer, 6–7^(5–7), 7–5, 7–6^(7–3)

Wheelchair ladies' doubles

* Yui Kamiji / Jordanne Whiley def. Marjolein Buis / Diede de Groot, 2–6, 6–3, 6–0

Main draw wild card entries

The following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events.

Gentlemen's singles

* Márton Fucsovics
* Tommy Haas
* Brydan Klein
* Cameron Norrie
* Denis Shapovalov
* James Ward

Ladies' singles

* Katie Boulter
* Naomi Broady
* Zarina Diyas
* Bethanie Mattek-Sands
* Laura Robson
* Heather Watson

Gentlemen's doubles

* Jay Clarke / Marcus Willis
* Scott Clayton / Jonny O'Mara
* Brydan Klein / Joe Salisbury
* Thanasi Kokkinakis / Jordan Thompson
* Ken Skupski / Neal Skupski

Ladies' doubles

* Katie Boulter / Katie Swan
* Harriet Dart / Katy Dunne
* Jocelyn Rae / Laura Robson

Mixed doubles

* Liam Broady / Naomi Broady
* Dominic Inglot / Laura Robson
* Joe Salisbury / Katy Dunne
* Ken Skupski / Jocelyn Rae
* Neal Skupski / Anna Smith

Main draw qualifier entries

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.

Gentlemen's singles

Gentlemen's Singles Qualifiers
# Simone Bolelli
# Stefanos Tsitsipas
# Taylor Fritz
# Peter Gojowczyk
# Andrey Rublev
# Alexander Ward
# Andrew Whittington
# Lukáš Rosol
# Illya Marchenko
# Daniel Brands
# Sergiy Stakhovsky
# Ruben Bemelmans
# Christian Garin
# Sebastian Ofner
# Stefano Travaglia
# Nicolás Jarry

Lucky losers
# Alexander Bublik

Ladies' singles

Ladies' Singles Qualifiers
# Petra Martić
# Alison Van Uytvanck
# Ons Jabeur
# Françoise Abanda
# Anna Blinkova
# Aryna Sabalenka
# Anastasia Potapova
# Irina Falconi
# Polona Hercog
# Bianca Andreescu
# Arina Rodionova
# Marina Erakovic

Gentlemen's doubles

Gentlemen's Doubles Qualifiers
# Johan Brunström / Andreas Siljeström
# Kevin Krawietz / Igor Zelenay
# Hugo Nys / Antonio Šančić
# Hsieh Cheng-peng / Max Schnur

Lucky losers
# Sander Arends / Peng Hsien-yin
# Ariel Behar / Aliaksandr Bury
# Dino Marcan / Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
# Ilija Bozoljac / Flavio Cipolla

Ladies' doubles

Ladies' Doubles Qualifiers
# Natela Dzalamidze / Veronika Kudermetova
# Paula Kania / Nina Stojanović
# Monique Adamczak / Storm Sanders
# İpek Soylu / Varatchaya Wongteanchai

Lucky losers
# Lesley Kerkhove / Lidziya Marozava
# Jessica Moore / Akiko Omae
# Ashley Weinhold / Caitlin Whoriskey

Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:

; Men's singles
* Ričardas Berankis (PR 92)
* Ernests Gulbis (PR 99)
* Andreas Haider-Maurer (PR 63)
* Jerzy Janowicz (PR 94)
* Thanasi Kokkinakis (PR 81)
* John Millman (PR 81)
* Dmitry Tursunov (PR 89)

; Women's singles
* Victoria Azarenka (PR 6)
* Sabine Lisicki (PR 92)
* Magdaléna Rybáriková (PR 108)
* Sloane Stephens (PR 26)

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries, suspensions or personal reasons.

; Gentlemen's Singles
* Nicolás Almagro → replaced by Ernests Gulbis
* Pablo Carreño Busta → replaced by Facundo Bagnis
* Chung Hyeon → replaced by Marco Cecchinato
* Pablo Cuevas → replaced by Alexander Bublik
* Dan Evans → replaced by Henri Laaksonen
* David Goffin → replaced by Evgeny Donskoy
* Yoshihito Nishioka → replaced by Dudi Sela

; Ladies' Singles
* Vania King → replaced by Ana Bogdan
* Yaroslava Shvedova → replaced by Magdaléna Rybáriková
* Laura Siegemund → replaced by Danka Kovinić
* Samantha Stosur → replaced by Hsieh Su-wei
* Ajla Tomljanović → replaced by Chang Kai-chen
* Serena Williams → replaced by Richèl Hogenkamp

Retirements

; Gentlemen's Singles
* Steve Darcis
* Novak Djokovic
* Alexandr Dolgopolov
* Denis Istomin
* Martin Kližan
* Nick Kyrgios
* Feliciano López
* Dudi Sela
* Janko Tipsarević
* Viktor Troicki

; Ladies' Singles
* Bethanie Mattek-Sands
* Anastasia Potapova

References

External links

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