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

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tennis event of the year and was part of the

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, the

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, the ITF Junior Tour and the NEC Tour. The championships were organised by the

and the

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Roger Federer Roger Federer (; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks, and finished as the year-e ...

and

Serena Williams Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American inactive professional tennis player. Considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for ...

were the defending champions in singles events, but neither was able to repeat their success: Federer was eliminated in the second round by

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, and Williams lost in the fourth round to Sabine Lisicki. 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

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, two-time semifinalist

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (; born 17 April 1985) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 5 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in February 2012. Tsonga won 18 singles titles on th ...

, 2004 champion

Maria Sharapova Maria Yuryevna Sharapova ( , ; rus, Мари́я Ю́рьевна Шара́пова, p=mɐˈrʲijə ʂɐˈrapəvə, a=Maria_sharapova.ogg; born 19 April 1987) is a Russian former world No. 1 tennis player. She competed on the WTA Tour from 2 ...

and former World No. 1s

Victoria Azarenka Victória Fyódarauna Azárenka ( be, Вікторыя Фёдараўна Азаранка; Russian: Виктория Фёдоровна Азаренко; born 31 July 1989) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Azarenka is a former w ...

, Ana Ivanovic,

Lleyton Hewitt Lleyton Glynn Hewitt (born 24 February 1981) is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player. He is the most recent Australian man to win a major singles title, with two at the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon Championships. In November 200 ...

Caroline Wozniacki Caroline Wozniacki (; born 11 July 1990) is a Danish former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 1 in singles for a total of 71 weeks, including at the end of 2010 and 2011. She achieved the top ranking for the first time on 11 ...

and

Jelena Janković Jelena Janković ( sr-Cyrl, Јелена Јанковић, ; born 28 February 1985) is a Serbian former tennis player. A former world No. 1, Janković reached the top ranking before her career-best major performance, a runner-up finish at the ...

. Andy Murray became the first man from Great Britain to win the singles title since

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Marion Bartoli Marion Bartoli (; born 2 October 1984) is a French former professional tennis player. Bartoli won the 2013 Wimbledon Championships singles title after previously being runner-up in 2007, and was a semifinalist at the 2011 French Open. She also ...

won the women's singles title.

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and

Mike Bryan Michael Carl Bryan (born April 29, 1978) is an American former doubles world No. 1 tennis player. With his twin brother Bob, he was the world's top doubles player for more than nine years, first achieving the top ranking in Septem ...

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

Tournament

The 2013 Wimbledon Championships was the 127th edition of the tournament and was held at

in London. The tournament was an event run by the

(ITF) and was part of the 2013 ATP World Tour and the 2013 WTA Tour 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,

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, No. 1 Court,

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and No. 3 Court.

Notable events

suffered his first ever opening round defeat at a

tournament when he lost to

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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 Sara Errani (; born 29 April 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. She is a former top five player in singles and former world No. 1 in doubles. With 9 singles titles and 27 doubles titles (including 5 Grand Slam doubles championship ...

also made a first round exit, losing to

Monica Puig Monica Puig Marchán, (born September 27, 1993) is a Puerto Rican former professional tennis player. She is the first Puerto Rican in history to win a gold medal at the Olympics while representing Puerto Rico, having done so in 2016 at th ...

in straight sets. * By defeating

Benjamin Becker Benjamin Becker (born 16 June 1981) is a German retired professional tennis player who is known for defeating former world No. 1 Andre Agassi in the third round at the 2006 US Open in what was Agassi's last match as a professional player. Bec ...

in the first round, Andy Murray won his 107th Grand Slam match, thus becoming the most successful British man at a Major and breaking

'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

Marin Čilić Marin Čilić (; born 28 September 1988) is a Croatian professional tennis player. Čilić has won 20 ATP Tour singles titles, including a major at the 2014 US Open. He was also runner-up at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships and the 2018 Austral ...

John Isner John Robert Isner (born April 26, 1985) is an American professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 8 in singles and No. 14 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Considered one of the best servers ...

, and first round surprise

. 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

fell in the second round to world number 116

, 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

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 2002 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 Bobby Reynolds's second round defeat to World No. 1

Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl, Новак Ђоковић, translit=Novak Đoković, ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 for a record total 373 weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. 1 ...

. * Kimiko Date-Krumm became the oldest woman to reach the third round at Wimbledon, by defeating Alexandra Cadanțu in the second round. It is also the first time since the 1996 Wimbledon Championships 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 Angelique Kerber (; born 18 January 1988) is a German professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 1, for a total of 34 weeks, and won three major titles at the 2016 Australian Open, the 2016 US Open, and the 2018 Wi ...

(second round), ninth seed

(second round) and tenth seed Maria Kirilenko (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 Laura Robson (born 21 January 1994) is a British former professional tennis player. She debuted on the ITF Junior Circuit in 2007, and a year later won the Junior Wimbledon championships at the age of 14. As a junior, she also twice reached t ...

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 Jo Durie in 1987 to enter the WTA's Top 30. *

Łukasz Kubot Łukasz Kubot (; born 16 May 1982) is a Polish professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. He is a two-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having won the 2014 Australian Open with Robert Lindstedt, as well as the 2017 W ...

and

Fernando Verdasco Fernando Verdasco Carmona (; born 15 November 1983) is a Spanish professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 7, achieved in April 2009. His best performance in a Grand Slam was making the semifinals of the 2009 ...

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 Juan Martín del Potro () (born 23 September 1988) is an Argentine inactive professional tennis player. Del Potro's biggest achievement is a major title: the 2009 US Open, where he defeated Rafael Nadal in the semifinals and the five-time defen ...

reached his first Grand Slam semi-final since winning the 2009 US Open. *

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and

Kirsten Flipkens Kirsten "Flipper" Flipkens (; born 10 January 1986) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of No. 13 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Flipkens has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, winning the 2012 T ...

both reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon for the first time.Wimbledon 2013: Women's round of 16 preview
The Roar * Sabine Lisicki continued her record of beating the reigning French Open champion at Wimbledon. She defeated

in the fourth round, having also beaten Svetlana Kuznetsova in 2009,

Li Na Li Na (born 26 February 1982) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high WTA ranking of world No. 2 on 17 February 2014. Over the course of her career, Li won nine WTA Tour singles titles including two Grand ...

in 2011 and

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. * Jerzy Janowicz became the first male Polish player to reach the semi-finals of a Grand Slam tournament.Wimbledon 2013: Jerzy Janowicz pounds past fellow Pole Lukasz Kubot
The Guardian * By reaching the Wimbledon final, Sabine Lisicki became the first German Grand Slam singles finalist since Rainer Schüttler reached the final of the

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, and the first German singles finalist at Wimbledon since Steffi Graf in 1999.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,

surpassed the female record set by

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at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships for most appearances in a Grand Slam tournament before winning a title, with 47. * In winning the Gentlemen's Doubles,

and

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

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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

and

, as well as former ranking leaders

, Ana Ivanovic,

and

. Other notable players, including

Yaroslava Shvedova Yaroslava Vyacheslavovna Shvedova (; born 12 September 1987) is a Kazakhstani former professional tennis player. Before 2008, she represented her country of birth, Russia. She won one singles title and 13 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, plus o ...

and

Radek Štěpánek Radek Štěpánek (; born 27 November 1978) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 and best doubles ranking was world No. 4. Štěpánek's biggest achievements are reaching two Masters 1000 ...

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

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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 Australian Open, $29m at French Open, 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

Andy Murray 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

def. Sabine Lisicki, 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

Bob Bryan /

def.

Ivan Dodig Ivan Dodig (; born 2 January 1985) is a Croatian professional tennis player who primarily specialises in doubles. He is a six-time Grand Slam champion, having won men's doubles titles at the 2015 French Open with Marcelo Melo, and the 2021 Au ...

/ Marcelo Melo, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 * It was the

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' 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 Hsieh Su-wei ( ;''Xiè 謝淑薇Shūwēi'' in Chinese mainland. Taiwanese Mandarin: ; in Standard Mandarin of Chinese mainland. born 4 January 1986) is an inactive Taiwanese professional tennis player. She has won three singles titles and 30 ...

Peng Shuai Peng Shuai (; born 8 January 1986) is a Chinese retired professional tennis player. In February 2014, she was ranked world No. 1 doubles player by the WTA, becoming the first Chinese tennis player to achieve that ranking (in either single ...

def.

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/ Casey Dellacqua, 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

Daniel Nestor /

Kristina Mladenovic Kristina "Kiki" Mladenovic (; sr, Кристина "Кики" Младеновић, Kristina "Kiki" Mladenović, ; born 14 May 1993) is a French professional tennis player and a former world No. 1 in doubles. She is a nine-time Grand Slam c ...

def.

Bruno Soares Bruno Fraga Soares (; born 27 February 1982) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. A doubles specialist, Soares won six major titles, the Australian Open and US Open in 2016 alongside Jamie Murray, and ...

Lisa Raymond Lisa Raymond (born August 10, 1973) is an American retired professional tennis player who has achieved notable success in doubles tennis. Raymond has eleven Grand Slam titles to her name: six in women's doubles and five in mixed doubles. On J ...

, 5–7, 6–2, 8–6

Juniors

Boys' singles

Gianluigi Quinzi Gianluigi Quinzi (; born 1 February 1996), is a former tennis player from Italy. On 15 April 2019 he reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 142 on the ATP World Tour rankings. He reached his career high ranking of No. 1 in ITF Juni ...

def.

Chung Hyeon Chung Hyeon (; ; born 19 May 1996) is a South Korean professional tennis player. He is the 2017 Next Gen Finals champion. As an unseeded player, he became the first Korean player to reach a Grand Slam semifinal at the 2018 Australian Open. ...

, 7–5, 7–6^(7–2)

Girls' singles

Belinda Bencic Belinda Bencic ( sk, Belinda Benčičová, ; born 10 March 1997) is a Swiss professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of No. 4 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) which she achieved in February 2020. Bencic has won six singl ...

def. Taylor Townsend, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4

Boys' doubles

Thanasi Kokkinakis Athanasios "Thanasi" Kokkinakis ( ; born 10 April 1996) is an Australian professional tennis player and a doubles specialist. He has been ranked as high as world No. 69 in singles by the ATP, which he first achieved on 8 June 2015. He has won ...

/ Nick Kyrgios def.

Enzo Couacaud Enzo Couacaud (born 1 March 1995) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career high singles ranking of world No. 155, which he achieved on 14 February 2022 and a doubles ranking of world No. 188 achieved on 8 March 2021. Career 2015: ...

Stefano Napolitano Stefano Napolitano (; born 11 April 1995) is an Italian professional tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On 12 June 2017, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 152 and his highest doubles ranking of 182 was achieved on 3 Apr ...

, 6–2, 6–3

Girls' doubles

Barbora Krejčíková Barbora Krejčíková (; born 18 December 1995) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2, achieved on 28 February 2022, and on 22 October 2018, she became world No. 1 in doubles. Krejčíková ...

Kateřina Siniaková Kateřina Siniaková (; ; born 10 May 1996) is a Czech professional tennis player who is the current world No. 1 in doubles. She is a six-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having won the 2018 and 2021 French Opens, 2018 and 2022 Wimbledon ...

def. Anhelina Kalinina / Iryna Shymanovich, 6–3, 6–1

Invitation

Gentlemen's invitation doubles

Thomas Enqvist Thomas Karl Johan Enqvist (born 13 March 1974) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He reached the final of the 1999 Australian Open and won a total of 19 singles titles, including three Masters titles. He has a career high ATP world ...

Mark Philippoussis Mark Anthony Philippoussis ( ; born 7 November 1976) is an Australian former professional tennis player of Greek and Italian descent. Philippoussis' greatest achievements are winning two Davis Cup titles with Australia in 1999 and 2003, wi ...

def.

Greg Rusedski Gregory Rusedski (born 6 September 1973) is a British and Canadian former tennis player. He was the British No. 1 in 1997, 1999 and 2006, and reached the ATP ranking of world No. 4 for periods from 6 October 1997 to 12 October 1997 and from 25 ...

Fabrice Santoro Fabrice Vetea Santoro (born 9 December 1972) is a French retired tennis player. Successful in both singles and doubles, he had an unusually long professional career, with many of his accomplishments coming toward the end of his career, and he is ...

, 7–6^(8–6), 6–3

Ladies' invitation doubles

Lindsay Davenport Lindsay Ann Davenport Leach (born June 8, 1976) is an American former professional tennis player. Davenport was ranked singles world No. 1 for a total of 98 weeks, and was the year-end singles world No. 1 four times (1998, 2001, 2004, and 2005) ...

/ Martina Hingis def.

/ Barbara Schett, 6–2, 6–2

Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles

Pat Cash /

Mark Woodforde Mark Raymond Woodforde, OAM (born 23 September 1965) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He is best known as one half of " The Woodies", a doubles partnership with Todd Woodbridge. Woodforde was born in Adelaide, and joine ...

def. Jeremy Bates /

Anders Järryd Anders Per Järryd (; born 13 July 1961) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. During his career he won eight Grand Slam doubles titles (three French Open, two Wimbledon, two US Open, one Australian Open), reached the world No ...

, 6–3, 6–3

Wheelchair

Wheelchair men's doubles

Stéphane Houdet Stéphane Houdet (born 20 November 1970) is a French wheelchair tennis player. Houdet is a former singles world number one, and the current doubles world number one. In 2014, he became the first man in history to complete the calendar-year Gran ...

Shingo Kunieda is a Japanese wheelchair tennis player. He is the current world No. 1 in singles. With four Paralympic gold medals, 28 major singles titles – an all-time record in singles of any tennis discipline – and 50 major titles overall, Kunieda i ...

def. Frédéric Cattaneo / Ronald Vink, 6–4, 6–2

Wheelchair women's doubles

Jiske Griffioen /

Aniek van Koot Aniek van Koot (born 15 August 1990) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles. Van Koot is a 23-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2013 Australian Open, 2013 US Open and 2019 Wimbledo ...

def.

Yui Kamiji is a Japanese wheelchair tennis player. She has won 26 major titles, as well as a Paralympic silver and bronze medal in singles and doubles, respectively, at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. She also won a bronze medal in singles at the 2016 Rio P ...

Jordanne Whiley Jordanne Joyce Whiley MBE (born 11 June 1992) is a British retired wheelchair tennis player. Aged 14, she became Britain's youngest ever national women's singles champion in wheelchair tennis. She has osteogenesis imperfecta as does her fathe ...

, 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 2012 ATP Challenger Tour 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 *

Kyle Edmund Kyle Steven Edmund (born 8 January 1995) is a South African born-British professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 14 and was the top-ranked male British tennis player from March 2018 through October 2019. E ...

* Steve Johnson * Nicolas Mahut * James Ward

Women's singles

Elena Baltacha Elena Sergeevna Baltacha ( uk, Олена Сергіївна Балтача; 14 August 1983 – 4 May 2014) was a Ukrainian-born British professional tennis player. Being a four-time winner of the AEGON Awards, she was also a long-ter ...

* Lucie Hradecká *

Anne Keothavong Anne Viensouk Keothavong (born 16 September 1983) is a retired British tennis player. During her career, she won a total of 28 titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 48 (achieved on 23 Febru ...

Johanna Konta Johanna Konta (born 17 May 1991) is a British former professional tennis player, having represented Australia until 2012. She won four singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 11 singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. The ...

Tara Moore Tara Shanice Moore (born 6 August 1992) is a Hong Kong-born British tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 145, which she achieved on 8 May 2017. She has won nine singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Her ...

Samantha Murray Samantha Murray (born 25 September 1989) is an English modern pentathlete. She won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the bronze medal at the 2012 World Championships. In 2014, she won individual gold and team silver medals at t ...

Andrea Petkovic Andrea Petkovic (, ; born 9 September 1987) is a German former professional tennis player. Born in Tuzla, SFR Yugoslavia, to Serbian father Zoran and Bosniak mother Amira, she moved to Germany at six months old and turned professional in 2006 a ...

Alison Riske Alison Riske-Amritraj (née Riske; born July 3, 1990) is an American professional tennis player. She reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in November 2019 and won her first WTA Tour title in October 2014 at the Tianjin Open. ...

Men's doubles

* Jamie Baker /

Mark Knowles Mark Knowles (born 4 September 1971) is a Bahamian professional tennis coach and former professional tennis player, becoming the former number 1 in world as a specialist in doubles tennis. He won three of the four Grand Slam tournaments in ...

* David Rice / Sean Thornley

Women's doubles

Melanie South Melanie Jayne South (born 3 May 1986) is a former English tennis player. She won six singles and 24 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 2 February 2009, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 99. On 9 March 2009, she peaked at No. ...

/ Jade Windley * Shahar Pe'er / Yan Zi * Nicola Slater / Lisa Whybourn

Mixed doubles

* James Blake /

Donna Vekić Donna Vekić (; born 28 June 1996) is a Croatian professional tennis player and businesswoman. She has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour – at the 2014 Malaysian Open, at the 2017 Nottingham Open, and the 2021 Courmayeur Ladies Open. ...

* Jamie Delgado /

Eugenie Bouchard Eugenie "Genie" Bouchard (; french: Eugénie Bouchard, ; born February 25, 1994) is a Canadian tennis player. At the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, she became the first Canadian-born player representing Canada to reach the final of a Grand Slam t ...

Dominic Inglot Dominic Inglot ( ; born 6 March 1986) is a British former professional tennis player and a Davis Cup champion. A doubles specialist; he made the final of twenty seven ATP World Tour events, winning fourteen, including the Citi Open and Swiss In ...

/ Sabine Lisicki

Qualifiers entries

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

Men's singles

Men's singles qualifiers #

Stéphane Robert Stéphane Robert (; born 17 May 1980) is a professional French tennis player. Career Coach From 2001 to March 2010, Ronan Lafaix was Robert's coach. In May 2016, Lafaix, who is 12 years older than Robert, became Robert's coach for the secon ...

Bastian Knittel Bastian Knittel (; born 8 August 1983) is a German tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis tour ...

Julian Reister Julian Reister (; born 2 April 1986) is a German retired professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 83, achieved in November 2013. Reister reached the quarterfinals of Buenos Aires in 2013 as a qualifier. Career 2 ...

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 Denis Kudla ( ; born August 17, 1992) is an American professional tennis player. A product of the Junior Tennis Champions Center, he has won eight Challenger singles titles and nine Challenger doubles titles in his career. His career-high ATP ...

Jan-Lennard Struff Jan-Lennard Struff (; born 25 April 1990) is a German professional tennis player. He reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 29 in August 2020. In doubles, he achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 21 in October 2018. He ha ...

# Matt Reid # Jimmy Wang # James Duckworth # Michał Przysiężny # Bobby Reynolds # Go Soeda #

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 ...

Marc Gicquel Marc Gicquel (born 30 March 1977) is a former professional male tennis player from France. Tennis career Gicquel turned pro in 1999. He made his ATP Tour singles debut at the 2002 Open 13 tournament on hard courts in Marseilles, France. He ...

# Teymuraz Gabashvili Lucky losers #

Olivier Rochus Olivier Rochus (; born 18 January 1981) is a retired Belgian tennis player. He is the younger brother of Christophe Rochus, also a former top-40 tennis player. Rochus won two singles titles in his career and in 2004 won the French Open doubles ...

Women's singles

Women's singles qualifiers #

Carina Witthöft Carina Witthöft (also spelled Witthoeft, born 16 February 1995) is an inactive German professional tennis player. She has won one singles title on the WTA Tour whereas on the ITF Women's Circuit, she has won eleven singles titles and one doubles ...

Galina Voskoboeva Galina Olegovna Voskoboeva (russian: Галина Олеговна Воскобоева; born 18 December 1984) is a professional Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 42 on 7 May 2012. He ...

Caroline Garcia Caroline Garcia (, born 16 October 1993) is a French professional tennis player. She has been ranked in the top 5 in both singles at world No. 4 and in doubles at world No. 2. Garcia is the 2022 WTA Finals singles champion. She is also a two- ...

Petra Cetkovská Petra Cetkovská (; born 8 February 1985) is a retired Czech tennis player. Having turned professional in 2000, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25, on 18 June 2012. Over her career, Cetkovská defeated top-ten players Mar ...

# Ajla Tomljanović #

Maria Elena Camerin Maria Elena Camerin (born 21 March 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. In her career, Camerin won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as ten singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 11 October 2004 ...

Yvonne Meusburger Yvonne Meusburger Garamszegi (née Meusburger, born 3 October 1983) is an Austrian retired tennis player. Meusburger won one singles title on the WTA Tour, as well as fifteen singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. O ...

Virginie Razzano Virginie Razzano (born 12 May 1983) is a former French professional tennis player. She won two WTA Tour singles titles, both of them in 2007. Razzano reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 16 on 14 September 2009. She represen ...

# Eva Birnerová #

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# Mariana Duque Mariño #

Michelle Larcher de Brito Michelle Larcher de Brito (born 29 January 1993) is a Portuguese former professional tennis player. She is the former Portuguese No. 1. Larcher de Brito won four singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 6 July 2009, she rea ...

Lucky losers #

Vania King Vania King (born February 3, 1989) is an American former tennis player. A former top-ten doubles player, King won both the Wimbledon and US Open women's doubles titles in 2010 with partner Yaroslava Shvedova, with whom she also reached the f ...

# Anna Karolína Schmiedlová

Men's doubles

Men's doubles qualifiers # Jesse Levine / Vasek Pospisil #

Sam Groth Samuel Groth OLY, MP (born 19 October 1987) is an Australian politician and a former professional tennis player. Sitting as a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Groth represents the Liberal Party in the seat of Nepean. He is also th ...

/ Chris Guccione #

Dominik Meffert Dominik Meffert (born 9 April 1981) is a German professional tennis player. He qualified for the 2007 US Open, his only Grand Slam singles competition, but lost in the first round. He recorded a first round victory over 2003 French Open Champio ...

Philipp Oswald Philipp Oswald (; born 23 January 1986) is an Austrian professional tennis player who primarily plays doubles events on the ATP Tour. On 7 December 2009, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 206, and his highest doubles ranki ...

# Purav Raja /

Divij Sharan Divij Sharan (born 2 March 1986) is an Indian professional tennis player. He specialises in doubles and competes on the ATP World Tour. He has won 5 ATP World Tour titles in men's doubles and represents India in the Davis Cup. He won a gold med ...

Lucky losers # Dustin Brown /

Rameez Junaid Rameez Junaid (born 25 May 1981) is an Australian professional tennis player of Pakistani descent. Junaid is based in Melbourne, Victoria, and is currently ranked in the top 100 in doubles. His doubles partners have included Philipp Marx, A ...

# Steve Johnson / Andreas Siljeström #

/ Tim Smyczek

Women's doubles

Women's doubles qualifiers #

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Eva Hrdinová Eva Hrdinová (born 15 June 1984) is a Czech former tennis player. In her career, Hrdinová won three singles and 19 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 14 April 2008, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 168. On 18 August 2008, ...

# María Irigoyen /

Paula Ormaechea Paula Ormaechea (; born 28 September 1992) is an Argentine tennis player based in Italy. She has won 16 singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 21 October 2013, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 59.World Grou ...

Raluca Olaru Ioana Raluca Olaru (born 3 March 1989) is a professional tennis player from Romania. The winner of 11 singles and 15 doubles ITF titles, Olaru reached one WTA singles final, at the 2009 Gastein Ladies,WTA TourPetkovic, Olaru Into Final(25 Jul ...

/ Olga Savchuk # Valeriya Solovyeva /

Maryna Zanevska Maryna Volodymyrivna Zanevska ( uk, Марина Володимирівна Заневська; born 24 August 1993) is a Ukrainian-born Belgian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 62, achieved on 23 May 2022, and ...

Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking: ;Men's Singles * Igor Andreev (PR 108) * Jürgen Zopp (PR 88) ;Women's Singles * Michaëlla Krajicek (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

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 i ...

→ replaced by

Nikolay Davydenko Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko ( rus, Никола́й Влади́мирович Давыде́нко ; born 2 June 1981) is a Ukrainian-born Russian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3 i ...

→ replaced by Guillaume Rufin *

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 *

Gilles Müller Gilles Müller (; born 9 May 1983) is a former professional tennis player from Luxembourg. He is a two-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist and the most successful male tennis player in the history of his country. Müller won two titles on the ATP W ...

→ replaced by

Andreas Haider-Maurer Andreas Haider-Maurer (; born 22 March 1987) is a retired professional tennis player from Austria. In the first round of the 2010 US Open, he forced world No. 5 Robin Söderling to a fifth set before losing the match. That same year, Haider-Ma ...

;Women's singles *

Chan Yung-jan Latisha Chan (born 17 August 1989), formerly known by her Chinese name Chan Yung-jan (; ), is a Taiwanese tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. She has won 33 career titles in doubles, including a Grand Slam title at the 2017 ...

→ replaced by

Alexa Glatch Alexa Glatch (born September 10, 1989) is an American professional tennis player. Junior career She started playing tennis at the age of five. As a junior player, she won the prestigious Easter Bowl title in the Girls-14s and Girls-18s divisions ...

Duan Yingying Duan Yingying (; born 3 July 1989) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. In her career, she won one singles title and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, and two WTA Challenger doubles titles, as well as eleven singles and three d ...

→ replaced by Petra Martić * Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Anna Karolína Schmiedlová *

Venus Williams Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American professional tennis player. A former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles, Williams has won seven Grand Slam singles titles, five at Wimbledon and two at the US Open. She is ...

→ replaced by

Aleksandra Wozniak Aleksandra Wozniak ( pl, Woźniak; born September 7, 1987) is a Canadian former tennis player. She turned professional in November 2005, and achieved a career-best ranking of No. 21 in June 2009, making her the fifth highest-ranked Canadian singl ...

→ replaced by Yulia Putintseva ;During the tournament ;Men's Singles *

;Women's Singles *

Retirements

;Men's Singles *

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 *

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 *

;Women's singles * Romina Oprandi

Media coverage

References

External links

Official Wimbledon Championships website
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