2016 Wimbledon Championships

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2016 Wimbledon Championships
Date27 June – 10 July
Edition130th
Category Grand Slam (ITF)
Draw128S / 64D / 48XD
Prize money £28.1 million [1]
Surface Grass
LocationChurch Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom
Venue All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Murray
Women's singles
Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams
Men's doubles
Flag of France.svg Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Flag of France.svg Nicolas Mahut
Women's doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams / Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams
Mixed doubles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Heather Watson / Flag of Finland.svg Henri Kontinen
Wheelchair men's singles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gordon Reid
Wheelchair women's singles
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jiske Griffioen
Wheelchair men's doubles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alfie Hewett / Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gordon Reid
Wheelchair women's doubles
Flag of Japan.svg Yui Kamiji / Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jordanne Whiley
Boys' singles
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Denis Shapovalov
Girls' singles
Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Potapova
Boys' doubles
Flag of Estonia.svg Kenneth Raisma / Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Tsitsipas
Girls' doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Usue Maitane Arconada / Flag of the United States.svg Claire Liu
Gentlemen's invitation doubles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Greg Rusedski / Flag of France.svg Fabrice Santoro
Ladies' invitation doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova / Flag of Tunisia.svg Selima Sfar
Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Woodforde
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The 2016 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam tennis tournament which took place at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The main draw commenced on 27 June 2016 and concluded on 10 July 2016.

Contents

2016 was the 130th edition of Wimbledon, the 49th in the Open Era and the third Grand Slam tournament of the year. It was played on grass courts and was part of the ATP World Tour, the WTA Tour, the ITF Junior tour and the NEC Tour. The tournament was organised by All England Lawn Tennis Club and International Tennis Federation.

For the first time in the Championships' history, singles events were held in the wheelchair competitions. [2] Thus, all four majors now hold wheelchair singles events, making a complete Grand Slam in the discipline possible.

Novak Djokovic was the two-time defending champion in the gentlemen's singles, but lost in the third round to Sam Querrey, ending a 30-match winning streak at the majors and Djokovic's hopes of becoming the first man to achieve the Golden Slam. The gentlemen's singles title was won by Andy Murray. Serena Williams successfully defended her ladies' singles title and equaled Steffi Graf's Open Era record of 22 major singles titles.

The gentlemen's doubles event consisted of 'best of three sets' matches for rounds 1 and 2 in order to help with 'catch-up' scheduling due to a rain-stricken first week. It was also the first time since 2004 that play took place on Middle Sunday, also known as the People's Sunday, because no tickets are sold in advance or through the ballot and all seats are made available on general sale the day before.

Tournament

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

The 2016 Wimbledon Championships was the 130th 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 2016 ATP World Tour and the 2016 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, doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the UNIQLO Tour under the Grand Slam category and, for the first time in the tournament history this year, men's and women's singles events for wheelchair tennis players. 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, Roehampton.

Point and prize money distribution

Point distribution

Below is the tables with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament.

Senior points

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128QQ3Q2Q1
Men's singles20001200720360180904510251680
Men's doubles00
Women's singles130078043024013070104030202
Women's doubles10

Wheelchair points

EventWF3rd4th
Singles800500375100
Doubles800500100

Junior points

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1
Boys' singles375270180120753025200
Girls' singles
Boys' doubles2701801207545
Girls' doubles

Prize money

The total prize money for this year tournament is of £28.10m, an increase of 5% from last year tournament. The players who will win the men's singles and women's singles will earn £2.00m, an increase of £120,000 from the previous year. The prize money for men's doubles, women's doubles and wheelchair players were also increased for this year competition. [1]

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128Q3Q2Q1
Singles£2,000,000£1,000,000£500,000£250,000£132,000£80,000£50,000£30,000£15,000£7,500£3,750
Doubles*£350,000£175,000£88,000£44,000£23,250£14,250£9,250
Mixed doubles*£100,000£50,000£25,000£12,000£6,000£3,000£1,500
Wheelchair singles£25,000£12,500£8,000£5,375
Wheelchair doubles*£12,000£6,000£3,500
Invitation doubles*£22,000£19,000£16,000£16,000£16,000

* per team

Singles players

Gentlemen's singles
Ladies' singles

Day-by-day summaries

Singles seeds

Andy Murray shakes hands with Milos Raonic at the completion of the men's singles final. Murray-Wimbledon2016.jpg
Andy Murray shakes hands with Milos Raonic at the completion of the men's singles final.

The seeds for the 2016 Wimbledon Championships were announced on Wednesday, 22 June 2016.

Gentlemen's singles

The seeds for gentlemen's singles 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 20 June 2016:

Rank and points before are as of 27 June 2016.

SeedRankPlayerPoints
before
Points
defending
Points
won
Points
after
Status
11 Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic 16,9502,0009015,040Third round lost to Flag of the United States.svg Sam Querrey [28]
22 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Murray 8,9157202,00010,195Champion, defeated Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Milos Raonic [6]
33 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer 6,4251,2007205,945Semifinals lost to Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Milos Raonic [6]
45 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stan Wawrinka 5,035360454,720Second round lost to Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Martín del Potro [PR]
56 Flag of Japan.svg Kei Nishikori 4,155451804,290Fourth round retired against Flag of Croatia.svg Marin Čilić [9]
67 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Milos Raonic 3,175901,2004,285Runner-up, lost to Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Murray [2]
710 Flag of France.svg Richard Gasquet 2,9057201802,365Fourth round retired against Flag of France.svg Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [12]
88 Flag of Austria.svg Dominic Thiem 3,17545453,175Second round lost to Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Veselý
913 Flag of Croatia.svg Marin Čilić 2,6953603602,695Quarterfinals lost to Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer [3]
109 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Berdych 2,9501807203,490Semifinals lost to Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Murray [2]
1111 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg David Goffin 2,7801801802,780Fourth round lost to Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Milos Raonic [6]
1212 Flag of France.svg Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2,725903602,995Quarterfinals lost to Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Murray [2]
1314 Flag of Spain.svg David Ferrer 2,6050452,650Second round lost to Flag of France.svg Nicolas Mahut
1415 Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Bautista Agut 2,150180902,060Third round lost to Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bernard Tomic [19]
1518 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Kyrgios 1,8551801801,855Fourth round lost to Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Murray [2]
1620 Flag of France.svg Gilles Simon 1,720360451,405Second round lost to Flag of Bulgaria.svg Grigor Dimitrov
1716 Flag of France.svg Gaël Monfils 2,11090102,030First round lost to Flag of France.svg Jérémy Chardy
1817 Flag of the United States.svg John Isner 2,05590902,055Third round lost Flag of France.svg Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [12]
1919 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bernard Tomic 1,760901801,850Fourth round lost to Flag of France.svg Lucas Pouille [32]
2025 Flag of South Africa.svg Kevin Anderson 1,505180101,335First round lost to Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Denis Istomin
2122 Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Kohlschreiber 1,60010101,600First round lost to Flag of France.svg Pierre-Hugues Herbert
2221 Flag of Spain.svg Feliciano López 1,63045901,675Third round lost to Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Kyrgios [15]
2332 Flag of Croatia.svg Ivo Karlović 1,270180451,135Second round lost to Flag of Slovakia.svg Lukáš Lacko [Q]
2428 Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Zverev 1,38545901,430Third round lost to Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Berdych [10]
2527 Flag of Serbia.svg Viktor Troicki 1,405180451,270Second round lost to Flag of Spain.svg Albert Ramos Viñolas
2623 Flag of France.svg Benoît Paire 1,59645451,596Second round lost to Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Millman
2726 Flag of the United States.svg Jack Sock 1,41510901,495Third round lost to Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Milos Raonic [6]
2841 Flag of the United States.svg Sam Querrey 1,075453601,390Quarterfinals lost to Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Milos Raonic [6]
2924 Flag of Uruguay.svg Pablo Cuevas 1,55510101,555First round lost to Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Kuznetsov
3033 Flag of Ukraine.svg Alexandr Dolgopolov 1,21545451,215Second round lost to Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Daniel Evans
3131 Flag of Portugal.svg João Sousa 1,27510901,355Third round lost to Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Veselý
3230 Flag of France.svg Lucas Pouille 1,311103601,661Quarterfinals lost to Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Berdych [10]

Withdrawn players

RankPlayerPoints before Points defending Points afterWithdrawal reason
4 Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal 5,335455,290Wrist injury [3]

Ladies' singles

The seeds for ladies' singles are based on the WTA rankings as of 20 June 2016. Rank and points before are as of 27 June 2016.

SeedRankPlayerPoints
before
Points
defending
Points
won
Points
after
Status
11 Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams 8,3302,0002,0008,330Champion, defeated Flag of Germany.svg Angelique Kerber [4]
22 Flag of Spain.svg Garbiñe Muguruza 6,7121,300705,482Second round lost to Flag of Slovakia.svg Jana Čepelová [Q]
33 Flag of Poland.svg Agnieszka Radwańska 5,8757802405,355Fourth round lost to Flag of Slovakia.svg Dominika Cibulková [19]
44 Flag of Germany.svg Angelique Kerber 5,3301301,3006,500Runner-up, lost to Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams [1]
55 Flag of Romania.svg Simona Halep 4,372104304,792Quarterfinals lost to Flag of Germany.svg Angelique Kerber [4]
67 Flag of Italy.svg Roberta Vinci 3,405101303,525Third round lost to Flag of the United States.svg CoCo Vandeweghe [27]
713 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Belinda Bencic 2,775240702,605Second round retired against Flag of the United States.svg Julia Boserup [Q]
88 Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams 3,1162407803,656Semifinals lost to Flag of Germany.svg Angelique Kerber [4]
99 Flag of the United States.svg Madison Keys 3,0614302402,871Fourth round lost to Flag of Romania.svg Simona Halep [5]
1010 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Kvitová 2,876130702,816Second round lost to Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Makarova
1111 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Timea Bacsinszky 2,8004301302,500Third round lost to Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [21]
1212 Flag of Spain.svg Carla Suárez Navarro 2,780102403,010Fourth round lost to Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams [8]
1314 Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Kuznetsova 2,730702402,900Fourth round lost to Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams [1]
1416 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Stosur 2,700130702,640Second round lost to Flag of Germany.svg Sabine Lisicki
1517 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karolína Plíšková 2,54070702,540Second round lost to Flag of Japan.svg Misaki Doi
1619 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johanna Konta 2,33010702,390Second round lost to Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Eugenie Bouchard
1720 Flag of Ukraine.svg Elina Svitolina 2,22670702,226Second round lost to Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Yaroslava Shvedova
1822 Flag of the United States.svg Sloane Stephens 1,9951301301,995Third round lost to Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Kuznetsova [13]
1918 Flag of Slovakia.svg Dominika Cibulková 2,54110 (+90)4302,871Quarterfinals lost to Flag of Russia.svg Elena Vesnina
2021 Flag of Italy.svg Sara Errani 2,03070702,030Second round lost to Flag of France.svg Alizé Cornet
2123 Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1,960704302,320Quarterfinals lost to Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams [1]
2224 Flag of Serbia.svg Jelena Janković 1,940240701,770Second round lost to Flag of New Zealand.svg Marina Erakovic [Q]
2325 Flag of Serbia.svg Ana Ivanovic 1,91570101,855First round lost to Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Alexandrova [Q]
2426 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Strýcová 1,885101302,005Third round lost to Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Makarova
2527 Flag of Romania.svg Irina-Camelia Begu 1,765130101,645First round lost to Flag of Germany.svg Carina Witthöft
2628 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kiki Bertens 1,729101301,849Third round lost to Flag of Romania.svg Simona Halep [5]
2730 Flag of the United States.svg CoCo Vandeweghe 1,6524302401,462Fourth round lost to Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [21]
2829 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lucie Šafářová 1,6732402401,673Fourth round lost to Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Yaroslava Shvedova
2933 Flag of Russia.svg Daria Kasatkina 1,586(13)1301,703Third round lost to Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams [8]
3031 Flag of France.svg Caroline Garcia 1,58510701,645Second round lost to Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Kateřina Siniaková
3132 Flag of France.svg Kristina Mladenovic 1,585130101,465First round lost to Flag of Belarus.svg Aliaksandra Sasnovich
3238 Flag of Germany.svg Andrea Petkovic 1,440130701,380Second round lost to Flag of Russia.svg Elena Vesnina

Withdrawn players

RankPlayerPoints before Points defending Points afterWithdrawal reason
6 Flag of Belarus.svg Victoria Azarenka 4,1914303,761Right knee injury [4]
15 Flag of Italy.svg Flavia Pennetta 2,722102,712Retirement [5]
35 Flag of Russia.svg Maria Sharapova 1,471780691Provisional suspension [6]

Doubles seeds

Mixed doubles

TeamRank1Seed
Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Dodig Flag of India.svg Sania Mirza 161
Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Soares Flag of Russia.svg Elena Vesnina 162
Flag of Romania.svg Horia Tecău Flag of the United States.svg CoCo Vandeweghe 263
Flag of Belarus.svg Max Mirnyi Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Hao-ching 304
Flag of Serbia.svg Nenad Zimonjić Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Yung-jan 315
Flag of Poland.svg Łukasz Kubot Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Andrea Hlaváčková 326
Flag of South Africa.svg Raven Klaasen Flag of the United States.svg Raquel Atawo 387
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jean-Julien Rojer Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kiki Bertens 438
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Radek Štěpánek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lucie Šafářová 459
Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Peya Flag of Slovenia.svg Andreja Klepač 5110
Flag of Poland.svg Marcin Matkowski Flag of Slovenia.svg Katarina Srebotnik 5111
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chuang Chia-jung 5312
Flag of India.svg Rohan Bopanna Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anastasia Rodionova 5413
Flag of Pakistan.svg Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Yaroslava Shvedova 5414
Flag of Colombia.svg Robert Farah Flag of Germany.svg Anna-Lena Grönefeld 5515
Flag of India.svg Leander Paes Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Martina Hingis 5616

Main draw wild card entries

The following players were given wild cards into the main draw senior events, based on internal selection and recent performances.

Mixed doubles

Main draw qualifiers

Protected ranking

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

Champions

Seniors

Gentlemen's singles

Ladies' singles

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 events

Wheelchair gentlemen's singles

Wheelchair ladies' singles

Wheelchair gentlemen's doubles

Wheelchair ladies' doubles

Withdrawals

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

Before the tournament
During the tournament
Men's singles

Retirements

References

  1. 1 2 Newman, Paul (26 April 2016). "Wimbledon prize money to be increased to £28.1m" . The Independent . Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  2. "Great Britain's Gordon Reid wins Wimbledon wheelchair singles". The Guardian . 10 July 2016.
  3. "Wimbledon 2016: Rafael Nadal will miss the championships with a wrist injury". BBC Sport. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  4. "Wimbledon 2016: Victoria Azarenka out of Wimbledon". BBC Sport. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  5. Newbery, Piers (12 September 2015). "US Open 2015: Flavia Pennetta beats Roberta Vinci in final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  6. Carpenter, Les (8 March 2016). "Maria Sharapova provisionally banned from tennis after revealing failed drugs test". The Guardian .
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