2017 Wimbledon Championships

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]

2017 Wimbledon Championships
Date3–16 July
Edition131st
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
Draw128S / 64D / 48XD
Prize money£31,600,000
SurfaceGrass
LocationChurch Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom
VenueAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Champions
Men's singles
Switzerland Roger Federer
Women's singles
Spain Garbiñe Muguruza
Men's doubles
Poland Łukasz Kubot / Brazil Marcelo Melo
Women's doubles
Russia Ekaterina Makarova / Russia Elena Vesnina
Mixed doubles
United Kingdom Jamie Murray / Switzerland Martina Hingis
Wheelchair men's singles
Sweden Stefan Olsson
Wheelchair women's singles
Netherlands Diede de Groot
Wheelchair men's doubles
United Kingdom Alfie Hewett / United Kingdom Gordon Reid
Wheelchair women's doubles
Japan Yui Kamiji / United Kingdom Jordanne Whiley
Boys' singles
Spain Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Girls' singles
United States Claire Liu
Boys' doubles
Argentina Axel Geller / Chinese Taipei Hsu Yu-hsiou
Girls' doubles
Serbia Olga Danilović / Slovenia Kaja Juvan
Gentlemen's invitation doubles
Australia Lleyton Hewitt / Australia Mark Philippoussis
Ladies' invitation doubles
Zimbabwe Cara Black / United States Martina Navratilova
Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles
Netherlands Jacco Eltingh / Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
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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.[3]

Tournament

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Centre Court where the Finals of Wimbledon take place

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.[4]

Point and prize money distribution

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Point distribution

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

Senior points

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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
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

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Event W F 3rd 4th
Singles 800 500 375 100
Doubles 800 500 100

Junior points

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q2 Q1
Boys' singles 375 270 180 120 75 30 25 20 0
Girls' singles
Boys' doubles 270 180 120 75 45
Girls' doubles

Prize money

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The 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]

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles £2,200,000 £1,100,000 £550,000 £275,000 £147,000 £90,000 £57,000 £35,000 £17,500 £8,750 £4,375
Doubles* £400,000 £200,000 £100,000 £50,000 £26,500 £16,500 £10,750
Mixed doubles* £100,000 £50,000 £25,000 £12,000 £6,000 £3,000 £1,500
Wheelchair singles £32,000 £16,000 £11,000 £7,500
Wheelchair doubles* £12,000 £6,000 £3,500
Invitation doubles £23,000 £20,000 £17,000 £17,000 £17,000

* per team

Day-by-day summaries

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Doubles seeds

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Mixed doubles

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Team Rank1 Seed
  Jamie Murray   Martina Hingis 8 1
  Bruno Soares   Elena Vesnina 10 2
  Łukasz Kubot   Chan Yung-jan 14 3
  Ivan Dodig   Sania Mirza 18 4
  Édouard Roger-Vasselin   Andrea Hlaváčková 24 5
  Rajeev Ram   Casey Dellacqua 32 6
  Raven Klaasen   Katarina Srebotnik 34 7
  Jean-Julien Rojer   Chan Hao-ching 43 8
  Juan Sebastián Cabal   Abigail Spears 43 9
  Rohan Bopanna   Gabriela Dabrowski 44 10
  Daniel Nestor   Andreja Klepač 46 11
  Max Mirnyi   Ekaterina Makarova 50 12
  Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi   Anna-Lena Grönefeld 52 13
  Marcin Matkowski   Květa Peschke 68 14
  Michael Venus   Barbora Krejčiková 71 15
  Roman Jebavý   Lucie Hradecká 79 16
  • 1 Rankings were as of 3 July 2017.

Champions

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Seniors

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Gentlemen's singles

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Ladies' singles

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Gentlemen's doubles

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Ladies' doubles

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Mixed doubles

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Juniors

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Boys' singles

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Girls' singles

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Boys' doubles

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Girls' doubles

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Invitation

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Gentlemen's invitation doubles

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Ladies' invitation doubles

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Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles

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Wheelchair events

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Wheelchair gentlemen's singles

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Wheelchair ladies' singles

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Wheelchair gentlemen's doubles

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Wheelchair ladies' doubles

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Main draw wild card entries

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

Gentlemen's doubles

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Ladies' doubles

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Mixed doubles

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Main draw qualifier entries

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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.

References

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  1. ^ Chuck Culpepper (16 July 2017). "Roger Federer, at 35, wins Wimbledon for a record eighth time". The Washington Post. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Garbine Muguruza beats Venus Williams to win Wimbledon title". ESPN. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  3. ^ Lisa Respers France (22 May 2017). "Serena Williams is pregnant, will return to tennis in 2018". CNN. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  4. ^ Sean Ingle (29 June 2017). "Wimbledon reinvented: how All England Club stays ahead of the game". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Prize Money and Finance – Prize money for The Championships". www.wimbledon.com. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Wimbledon 2017 prize money: How much will Roger Federer earn?". The Telegraph. 16 July 2017. Archived from the original on 20 July 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
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