Simona Halep defeated
Serena Williams
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in the final, 6–2, 6–2 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the
2019 Wimbledon Championships
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. It was her second and last
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title, having won the
2018 French Open. The final lasted only 56 minutes, and Halep committed a major-final record of just three unforced errors. Halep was the first Romanian to win a
Wimbledon senior singles title. At 37 years and 291 days, Williams became the oldest major women's singles finalist in the
Open Era (a record she herself would surpass two months later at the
US Open).
Angelique Kerber was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to
Lauren Davis. This was the first time in the Open Era that a defending major champion lost to a
lucky loser
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.
Ashleigh Barty
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retained the
world No. 1 singles ranking following the tournament, despite losing to
Alison Riske in the fourth round.
Naomi Osaka,
Karolína Plíšková,
Kiki Bertens and
Petra Kvitová were also in contention for the top ranking.
This tournament marked the major main draw debut of future
US Open and
French Open
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champion
Coco Gauff, who at 15 years old became the youngest player to win a main draw Wimbledon singles match since
Jennifer Capriati in
1991
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. In that match, Gauff defeated the oldest player in the draw, five-time Wimbledon champion and 39-year-old
Venus Williams. Gauff was the youngest qualifier in Wimbledon history. She was defeated by Halep in the fourth round.
Karolína Muchová was the first player to reach the quarterfinals of Wimbledon on debut since
Li Na in
2006.
This was the first Wimbledon where a final-set
tie break rule was introduced. Upon reaching 12–12 in the third set, a classic tie break would be played. No women's singles match required the use of the final-set tie break.
Seeds
Seeding per WTA rankings.
Qualifying
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Championship match ratings
1.197 million on
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, in the USA
Championship match statistics
References
External links
Ladies' singles drawat wimbledon.com
2019 Wimbledon Championships – women's draws and resultsat the
International Tennis Federation
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Women's Singles
Wimbledon Championship by year – Women's singles