2021 Wimbledon Championships

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2021 Wimbledon Championships
Date28 June – 11 July (rescheduled)
Edition134th (rescheduled)
Category Grand Slam (ITF)
Prize money £35,016,000
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 Australia (converted).svg Ashleigh Barty
Men's doubles
Flag of Croatia.svg Nikola Mektić / Flag of Croatia.svg Mate Pavić
Women's doubles
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei / Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Elise Mertens
Mixed doubles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Neal Skupski / Flag of the United States.svg Desirae Krawczyk
Wheelchair men's singles
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Joachim Gérard
Wheelchair women's singles
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Diede de Groot
Wheelchair quad singles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dylan Alcott
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
Wheelchair quad doubles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Lapthorne / Flag of the United States.svg David Wagner
Boys' singles
Flag of the United States.svg Samir Banerjee
Girls' singles
Flag of Spain.svg Ane Mintegi del Olmo
Boys' doubles
Flag of Lithuania.svg Edas Butvilas / Flag of Spain.svg Alejandro Manzanera Pertusa
Girls' doubles
Flag of Belarus.svg Kristina Dmitruk / Flag of Russia.svg Diana Shnaider
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The 2021 Wimbledon Championships was a rescheduled Grand Slam tennis tournament that took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. Novak Djokovic successfully defended his gentlemen's singles title to claim his record-equalling 20th major title, defeating Matteo Berrettini in the final. Simona Halep was the defending ladies' singles champion from 2019, but she withdrew from the competition due to a calf injury. The Ladies' Singles title was won by Ashleigh Barty, who defeated Karolína Plíšková in the final. [1] [2] [3]

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Following the cancellation of the 2020 tournament because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the main tournament began on Monday 28 June 2021 and finished on Sunday 11 July 2021. The 2021 Championships were the 134th edition, the 127th staging of the ladies' singles Championship event, [4] the 53rd in the Open Era and the third Grand Slam tournament of the year. It was played on grass courts and is part of the ATP Tour, the WTA Tour, the ITF Junior Circuit and the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour. The tournament was organised by the All England Lawn Tennis Club and International Tennis Federation.

This was the final edition of Wimbledon to have no matches scheduled on "Middle Sunday." [5] It would also be the final competitive tournament for eight-time champion Roger Federer.

Tournament

Centre Court, where the finals took place Centre Court roof.jpg
Centre Court, where the finals took place

The 2021 Wimbledon Championships were the 134th edition of the tournament and were held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London. The Championships were initially held at 50% capacity, before increasing to full capacity in the second week. [6] Spectators were required to have tested negative for COVID-19 within 48 hours prior to attendance or to be fully vaccinated. [7]

The tournament was run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is included in the 2021 ATP Tour and the 2021 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 were also a part of the Grade A category of tournaments for under 18, and singles & doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the Uniqlo Tour under the Grand Slam category, also hosting singles and doubles events for wheelchair quad tennis for the first time. [8]

The tournament was played on grass courts; main draw matches were played at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon. Qualifying matches were played, from Monday 21 June to Friday 25 June 2021, at the Bank of England Sports Ground, Roehampton. The Tennis Sub-Committee met to decide wild card entries on 14 June.

The gentlemen's seedings formula used since 2002 was not used. Seedings used the standard system based on ATP rankings. [9]

No invitation doubles events were held during this edition of the tournament. [10]

Singles players

Gentlemen's singles
Ladies' singles

Events

Gentlemen's singles

Ladies' singles

Gentlemen's doubles

Ladies' doubles

Mixed doubles

Wheelchair gentlemen's singles

Wheelchair ladies' singles

Wheelchair quad singles

Wheelchair gentlemen's doubles

Wheelchair ladies' doubles

Wheelchair quad doubles

Boys' singles

Girls' singles

Boys' doubles

Girls' doubles

Point distribution and prize money

As a Grand Slam tournament, the points for Wimbledon are the highest of all ATP and WTA tournaments. [11] These points determine the world ATP and WTA rankings for men's and women's competition, respectively. Because of the smaller draws and the pandemic, all men's and women's doubles players that made it past the first round received half the points of their singles counterparts, a change from previous years where singles and doubles players received the same number of points in all but the first two rounds. In both singles and doubles, women received slightly higher point totals compared to their male counterparts at each round of the tournament, except for the first and last. [11] [12] Points and rankings for the wheelchair events fall under the jurisdiction of the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour, which also places Grand Slams as the highest classification. [13]

The ATP and WTA rankings were both altered in 2020, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. [14] Both rankings were frozen on 16 March 2020 upon the suspension of both tours, and as a result the traditional 52-week ranking system was extended to cover the period from March 2019 to March 2021 with a player's best 18 results in that time period factoring into their point totals.

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 doubles0—————
Women's singles130078043024013070104030202
Women's doubles10—————

Prize money

The Wimbledon Championships total prize money for 2021 decreased by 7.85% to £35,016,000. However, the prize money figure does not include the substantial investment required to provide quality accommodation for the players, or to create a minimised risk environment and comprehensive testing programme. [17]

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128Q3Q2Q1
Singles£1,700,000£900,000£465,000£300,000£181,000£115,000£75,000£48,000£25,500£15,500£8,500
Doubles *£480,000£240,000£120,000£60,000£30,000£19,000£12,000————
Mixed doubles *£100,000£50,000£25,000£12,000£6,000£3,000£1,500————
Wheelchair singles£48,000£24,000£16,500£11,500———————
Wheelchair doubles *£20,000£10,000£6,000————————
Quad singles£48,000£24,000£16,500£11,500———————
Quad doubles *£20,000£10,000—————————

*per team

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