2017 Wimbledon Championships

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

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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

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

Point distribution

Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline 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 doubles1040

Wheelchair points

EventWF3rd4th
Singles800500375100
Doubles800500100

Junior points

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

Prize money

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]

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128Q3Q2Q1
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

Singles players

Gentlemen's singles
Ladies' singles

Day-by-day summaries

Doubles seeds

Mixed doubles

TeamRank1Seed
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Murray Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Martina Hingis 81
Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Soares Flag of Russia.svg Elena Vesnina 102
Flag of Poland.svg Łukasz Kubot Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Yung-jan 143
Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Dodig Flag of India.svg Sania Mirza 184
Flag of France.svg Édouard Roger-Vasselin Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Andrea Hlaváčková 245
Flag of the United States.svg Rajeev Ram Flag of Australia (converted).svg Casey Dellacqua 326
Flag of South Africa.svg Raven Klaasen Flag of Slovenia.svg Katarina Srebotnik 347
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jean-Julien Rojer Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Hao-ching 438
Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Sebastián Cabal Flag of the United States.svg Abigail Spears 439
Flag of India.svg Rohan Bopanna Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gabriela Dabrowski 4410
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor Flag of Slovenia.svg Andreja Klepač 4611
Flag of Belarus.svg Max Mirnyi Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Makarova 5012
Flag of Pakistan.svg Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Flag of Germany.svg Anna-Lena Grönefeld 5213
Flag of Poland.svg Marcin Matkowski Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Květa Peschke 6814
Flag of New Zealand.svg Michael Venus Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Krejčiková 7115
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Jebavý Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lucie Hradecká 7916

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

Main draw wild card entries

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

Gentlemen's doubles

Ladies' doubles

Mixed doubles

Main draw qualifier entries

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.

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