2015 Wimbledon Championships

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2015 Wimbledon Championships
Date29 June – 12 July
Edition129th
Category Grand Slam (ITF)
Draw128S / 64D / 48XD
Prize money £26,750,000
Surface Grass
LocationChurch Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom
Venue All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic
Women's singles
Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams
Men's doubles
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jean-Julien Rojer / Flag of Romania.svg Horia Tecău
Women's doubles
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Martina Hingis / Flag of India.svg Sania Mirza
Mixed doubles
Flag of India.svg Leander Paes / Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Martina Hingis
Wheelchair men's doubles
Flag of Argentina.svg Gustavo Fernández / Flag of France.svg Nicolas Peifer
Wheelchair women's doubles
Flag of Japan.svg Yui Kamiji / Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jordanne Whiley
Boys' singles
Flag of the United States.svg Reilly Opelka
Girls' singles
Flag of Russia.svg Sofya Zhuk
Boys' doubles
Flag of Vietnam.svg Lý Hoàng Nam / Flag of India.svg Sumit Nagal
Girls' doubles
Flag of Hungary.svg Dalma Gálfi / Flag of Hungary.svg Fanny Stollár
Gentlemen's invitation doubles
Flag of Croatia.svg Goran Ivanišević / Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Ljubičić
Ladies' invitation doubles
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Magdalena Maleeva / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rennae Stubbs
Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Eltingh / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Paul Haarhuis
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The 2015 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam tennis tournament which took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom, from 29 June to 12 July 2015.

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It was the 129th edition of the championships, the 48th in the Open Era and the third Grand Slam tournament of the year, played on grass courts and part of the ATP World Tour, the WTA Tour, the ITF Junior Tour and the NEC Tour. They were organised by the All England Lawn Tennis Club and the International Tennis Federation. The tournament was held one week later than in previous seasons, giving a three-week gap from the end of the 2015 French Open. The change, announced in 2012, is intended to provide players more time for recuperation and preparatory grass-court tournaments. [1]

Novak Djokovic of Serbia won his third Wimbledon title in men's singles, defending his championship from 2014. Petra Kvitová of the Czech Republic was the defending champion in women's singles, but she lost to Jelena Janković in the third round.

Serena Williams won her sixth Wimbledon and 21st major title, defeating first-time finalist Garbiñe Muguruza in the final, 6–4, 6–4. She also achieved her second non-calendar year Grand Slam after winning the 2014 US Open, 2015 Australian Open and 2015 French Open. With this win, Williams also became the oldest woman to win a Grand Slam singles title in the Open Era at 33 years and 289 days old, [2] beating Martina Navratilova by 26 days, who won the 1990 Wimbledon Championships at 33 years and 263 days old. [3] [4]

Tournament

Centre Court where the Finals of Wimbledon take place. Centre Court roof.jpg
Centre Court where the Finals of Wimbledon take place.

The 2015 Wimbledon Championships was the 129th edition of the tournament and was held at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London.

The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the 2015 ATP World Tour and the 2015 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 were part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played on grass courts and took place over a series of 19 courts, including the four main showcourts, Centre Court, No. 1 Court, No. 2 Court and No. 3 Court. [5]

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.

Senior points

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128QQ3Q2Q1
Men's singles20001200720360180904510251680
Men's doubles0
Women's singles130078043024013070104030202
Women's doubles10

Prize money

The Wimbledon total prize money for 2015 has been increased by 7% to £26.75m. The winners of the men's and women's singles titles will earn £1.88m, up £120,000 from the previous year. The figures for doubles events are per pair. [6]

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128Q3Q2Q1
Singles£1,880,000£940,000£470,000£241,000£127,000£77,000£47,000£29,000£14,500£7,250£3,625
Doubles£340,000£170,000£85,000£43,000£22,500£13,750£9,000
Mixed doubles£100,000£50,000£25,000£12,000£6,000£3,000£1,500
Wheelchair doubles£15,000£7,750£5,250£4,000
Invitation doubles£22,000£19,000£16,000£15,000£14,000

Singles players

2015 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles
2015 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Day-by-day summaries

Singles seeds

Seedings were announced on Wednesday, 24 June 2015. [7]

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 22 June 2015:

Rank and points before in the following table are as of 29 June 2015.
Because the tournament takes place one week later than in 2014, points defending includes results from both the 2014 Wimbledon Championships and tournaments from the week of 7 July 2014 (Newport, Båstad and Stuttgart).

SeedRankPlayerPoints
before
Points
defending
Points
won
Points
after
Status
11 Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic 13,8452,0002,00013,845Champion, won against Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer [2]
22 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer 9,6651,2001,2009,665Runner-up, lost to Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic [1]
33 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Murray 7,4503607207,810Semifinals lost to Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer [2]
44 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stan Wawrinka 5,7903603605,790Quarterfinals lost to Flag of France.svg Richard Gasquet [21]
55 Flag of Japan.svg Kei Nishikori 5,660180455,525Second round withdrew due to a calf injury
66 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Berdych 5,050901805,140Fourth round lost to Flag of France.svg Gilles Simon [12]
78 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Milos Raonic 4,440720903,810Third round lost to Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Kyrgios [26]
87 Flag of Spain.svg David Ferrer 4,4904504,445Withdrew due to elbow injury
99 Flag of Croatia.svg Marin Čilić 3,5403603603,540Quarterfinals lost to Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic [1]
1010 Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal 3,135180453,000Second round lost to Flag of Germany.svg Dustin Brown [Q]
1111 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Grigor Dimitrov 2,600720901,970Third round lost to Flag of France.svg Richard Gasquet [21]
1213 Flag of France.svg Gilles Simon 2,435903602,705Quarterfinals lost to Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer [2]
1312 Flag of France.svg Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2,565180902,475Third round lost to Flag of Croatia.svg Ivo Karlović [23]
1414 Flag of South Africa.svg Kevin Anderson 2,0901801802,090Fourth round lost to Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic [1]
1516 Flag of Spain.svg Feliciano López 1,935180451,800Second round lost to Flag of Georgia.svg Nikoloz Basilashvili [Q]
1615 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg David Goffin 2,01010+90180+552,145Fourth round lost to Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stan Wawrinka [4]
1717 Flag of the United States.svg John Isner 1,89090901,890Third round lost to Flag of Croatia.svg Marin Čilić [9]
1818 Flag of France.svg Gaël Monfils 1,88545901,930Third round lost to Flag of France.svg Gilles Simon [12]
1919 Flag of Spain.svg Tommy Robredo 1,710180101,540First round lost to Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Millman [Q]
2022 Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Bautista Agut 1,54590+250180+901,475Fourth round lost to Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer [2]
2120 Flag of France.svg Richard Gasquet 1,610457202,285Semifinals lost to Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic [1]
2224 Flag of Serbia.svg Viktor Troicki 1,494(45)1801,629Fourth round lost to Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Vasek Pospisil
2325 Flag of Croatia.svg Ivo Karlović 1,38510+150180+451,450Fourth round lost to Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Murray [3]
2421 Flag of Argentina.svg Leonardo Mayer 1,605180901,515Third round lost to Flag of South Africa.svg Kevin Anderson [14]
2527 Flag of Italy.svg Andreas Seppi 1,28010901,360Third round lost to Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Murray [3]
2629 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Kyrgios 1,2453601801,065Fourth round lost to Flag of France.svg Richard Gasquet [21]
2726 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bernard Tomic 1,35545901,400Third round lost to Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic [1]
2823 Flag of Uruguay.svg Pablo Cuevas 1,50210+25010+451,297First round lost to Flag of the United States.svg Denis Kudla [WC]
2932 Flag of Spain.svg Guillermo García López 1,21010101,210First round lost to Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Andújar
3028 Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Fognini 1,25090+9045+451,160Second round lost to Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Vasek Pospisil
3131 Flag of the United States.svg Jack Sock 1,21545+9010+01,090First round lost to Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sam Groth
3230 Flag of Austria.svg Dominic Thiem 1,23510451,270Second round lost to Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Verdasco

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2014. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.

Ladies' singles

Seeds are based on the WTA rankings as of 22 June 2015. Rank and points before in the following table are as of 29 June 2015. [8]
Because the tournament takes place one week later than in 2014, points defending includes results from both the 2014 Wimbledon Championships and tournaments from the week of 7 July 2014 (Bucharest and Bad Gastein).

SeedRankPlayerPoints
before
Points
defending
Points
won
Points
after
Status
11 Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams 11,2911302,00013,161Champion, won against Flag of Spain.svg Garbiñe Muguruza [20]
22 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Kvitová 6,8702,0001305,000Third round lost to Flag of Serbia.svg Jelena Janković [28]
33 Flag of Romania.svg Simona Halep 6,200780+28010+15,151First round lost to Flag of Slovakia.svg Jana Čepelová
44 Flag of Russia.svg Maria Sharapova 5,9502407806,490Semifinals lost to Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams [1]
55 Flag of Denmark.svg Caroline Wozniacki 5,0002402405,000Fourth round lost to Flag of Spain.svg Garbiñe Muguruza [20]
66 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lucie Šafářová 4,0557802403,515Fourth round lost to Flag of the United States.svg CoCo Vandeweghe
77 Flag of Serbia.svg Ana Ivanovic 3,895130703,835Second round lost to Flag of the United States.svg Bethanie Mattek-Sands [Q]
88 Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Makarova 3,575430703,215Second round lost to Flag of Slovakia.svg Magdaléna Rybáriková
99 Flag of Spain.svg Carla Suárez Navarro 3,34570103,285First round lost to Flag of Latvia.svg Jeļena Ostapenko [WC]
1010 Flag of Germany.svg Angelique Kerber 3,2854301302,985Third round lost to Flag of Spain.svg Garbiñe Muguruza [20]
1111 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karolína Plíšková 3,21070703,210Second round lost to Flag of the United States.svg CoCo Vandeweghe
1212 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Eugenie Bouchard 3,1721,300101,882First round lost to Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Duan Yingying [Q]
1313 Flag of Poland.svg Agnieszka Radwańska 3,0202407803,560Semifinals lost to Flag of Spain.svg Garbiñe Muguruza [20]
1414 Flag of Germany.svg Andrea Petkovic 2,705130+280130+552,480Third round lost to Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Zarina Diyas
1515 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Timea Bacsinszky 2,6051104302,925Quarterfinals lost to Flag of Spain.svg Garbiñe Muguruza [20]
1616 Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams 2,5861302402,696Fourth round lost to Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams [1]
1717 Flag of Ukraine.svg Elina Svitolina 2,40510702,465Second round lost to Flag of Australia (converted).svg Casey Dellacqua
1818 Flag of Germany.svg Sabine Lisicki 2,3204301302,020Third round lost to Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Timea Bacsinszky [15]
1919 Flag of Italy.svg Sara Errani 2,14010+11070+552,145Second round lost to Flag of Serbia.svg Aleksandra Krunić
2020 Flag of Spain.svg Garbiñe Muguruza 2,075101,3003,365Runner-up, lost to Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams [1]
2121 Flag of the United States.svg Madison Keys 1,9801304302,280Quarterfinals lost to Flag of Poland.svg Agnieszka Radwańska [13]
2223 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Stosur 1,900101302,020Third round lost to Flag of the United States.svg CoCo Vandeweghe
2324 Flag of Belarus.svg Victoria Azarenka 1,892704302,252Quarterfinals lost to Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams [1]
2426 Flag of Italy.svg Flavia Pennetta 1,84770101,787First round lost to Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Zarina Diyas
2527 Flag of France.svg Alizé Cornet 1,845240701,675Second round lost to Flag of Belarus.svg Olga Govortsova [Q]
2625 Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Kuznetsova 1,86610701,926Second round lost to Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Kristýna Plíšková
2729 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Strýcová 1,750430101,330First round lost to Flag of the United States.svg Sloane Stephens
28 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Peng Shuai 1,84224001,602Withdrew due to back injury
2830 Flag of Serbia.svg Jelena Janković 1,685102401,915Fourth round lost to Flag of Poland.svg Agnieszka Radwańska [13]
2931 Flag of Romania.svg Irina-Camelia Begu 1,63670+140130+11,557Third round lost to Flag of Russia.svg Maria Sharapova [4]
3022 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Belinda Bencic 1,9801302402,090Fourth round lost to Flag of Belarus.svg Victoria Azarenka [23]
3132 Flag of Italy.svg Camila Giorgi 1,48070+60130+301,510Third round lost to Flag of Denmark.svg Caroline Wozniacki [5]
3233 Flag of France.svg Caroline Garcia 1,475130101,355First round lost to Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Heather Watson

Doubles seeds

Mixed doubles

TeamRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bryan Flag of the United States.svg Bethanie Mattek-Sands 71
Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Soares Flag of India.svg Sania Mirza 152
Flag of Poland.svg Marcin Matkowski Flag of Russia.svg Elena Vesnina 203
Flag of the United States.svg Bob Bryan Flag of France.svg Caroline Garcia 224
Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Peya Flag of Hungary.svg Tímea Babos 245
Flag of Romania.svg Horia Tecău Flag of Slovenia.svg Katarina Srebotnik 256
Flag of India.svg Leander Paes Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Martina Hingis 267
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor Flag of France.svg Kristina Mladenovic 308
Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Sebastián Cabal Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black 399
Flag of South Africa.svg Raven Klaasen Flag of the United States.svg Raquel Kops-Jones 3910
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jean-Julien Rojer Flag of Germany.svg Anna-Lena Grönefeld 4211
Flag of Uruguay.svg Pablo Cuevas Flag of Italy.svg Flavia Pennetta 4412
Flag of Romania.svg Florin Mergea Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michaëlla Krajicek 4613
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Peers Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Yung-jan 5314
Flag of Finland.svg Henri Kontinen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Jie 5415
Flag of Poland.svg Łukasz Kubot Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Andrea Hlaváčková 5816
Flag of Spain.svg David Marrero Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Parra Santonja 5817

Main draw wild card entries

The following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events. [9]

Mixed doubles

Main draw qualifier entries

The qualifying competitions took place in Bank of England Sports Centre, Roehampton on 22–25 June 2015. [10]

Protected ranking

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

Champions

Seniors

Gentlemen's singles

Prior to the finals, the two had faced off 39 times, with Federer having won the most matches, 20–19. At the time of the finals Djokovic was ranked No. 1 and Federer at No. 2. This encounter was their third meeting in a Grand Slam final, when the last two previous were split between the two at the 2007 US Open and 2014 Wimbledon Championships. Federer got the first break of serve in the match, during the first set, yet Djokovic quickly broke back leveling the match. [11] [12] When Djokovic was serving to remain in the first set, he had to fend off two set points from Federer, which he eventually got the set into a tiebreak, and it was a lopsided tiebreak that sent Djokovic up one set to none. [11] [12] The second set was a closely fought affair, but was decided to Federer's edge in the tiebreak. [11] [12] The last two sets were rather uneventful in the spectrum of the match because Djokovic got the breaks of serve, allowing him to win his third Wimbledon title, and second in a row. [11] [12] This put Djokovic eighth on the all-time list of Men's Grand Slam singles champions, and putting him fifth during the Open Era. [11] [12] He now possesses as many Wimbledon singles titles, as his coach Boris Becker won in his career. [11] [12]

Ladies' singles

This was their first encounter in a Grand Slam final, whilst all of the past meetings, occurred in Grand Slam events, from the first-time playing each other at the 2013 Australian Open, that Serena Williams won the match in two sets, during this second round match. [13] Their next contest occurred, at the 2014 French Open in the second round, yet this time around Garbiñe Muguruza, turned the tables to with the match in two sets. [13] The third tie came, at the 2015 Australian Open, and it went three sets in a fourth round encounter, to the eventual victory by Serena in three sets. [13] This bout would be their fourth meeting, and it got off to a rocky start by Serena, who served up three double faults, in order to get broken, during the first game of the match. [14] [15] Muguruza would get out to a four games to two advantage, when Williams held serve, and let out a "Come On". [14] [15] This rallied the twenty-time Grand Slam champion to win the first set, 6–4, when she broke the serve of Muguruza. [14] [15] Serena would get off to a fast start, during the second set, that she ended up getting breaks of serve from Muguruza in the fourth and sixth games of the set, to go up to a five games to one advantage. [14] [15] The momentous meaning the match held, for Williams ended up hitting her, when she had two bad service games, getting broken, letting Muguruza to come back to a five games to four set. [14] [15] This allowed Muguruza, the opportunity to serve in an attempt to stay in the match and set, yet she quickly got down in a love–40 hole, which she could not escape. [14] [15] The victory gave Serena her second "Serena Slam", and that was with the 2014 US Open win counted from the previous year. [14] [15] This victory was her twenty-first Grand Slam singles title, putting her one behind Steffi Graf in the Open Era of tennis, and three behind the all-time record held by Margaret Court. [14] [15] The win meant she became the oldest women's singles Grand Slam champion in the Open Era of tennis, besting the mark previously set by Martina Navratilova. [3]

Gentlemen's doubles

Ladies' doubles

Mixed doubles

Juniors

Boys' singles

Girls' singles

Boys' doubles

Girls' doubles

Invitation

Gentlemen's invitation doubles

Ladies' invitation doubles

Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles

Wheelchair

Wheelchair gentlemen's doubles

Wheelchair ladies' doubles

Withdrawals

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

Retirements

References

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