2022 Wimbledon Championships

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2022 Wimbledon Championships
Date27 June – 10 July
Edition135th
Category Grand Slam (ITF)
Draw128S / 64D / 32XD
Prize money £40,350,000
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 Kazakhstan.svg Elena Rybakina
Men's doubles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Ebden / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Max Purcell
Women's doubles
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Krejčíková / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Kateřina Siniaková
Mixed doubles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Neal Skupski / Flag of the United States.svg Desirae Krawczyk
Wheelchair men's singles
Flag of Japan.svg Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair women's singles
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Diede de Groot
Wheelchair quad singles
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sam Schröder
Wheelchair men's doubles
Flag of Argentina.svg Gustavo Fernández / Flag of Japan.svg Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair women's doubles
Flag of Japan.svg Yui Kamiji / Flag of the United States.svg Dana Mathewson
Wheelchair quad doubles
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sam Schroder / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Niels Vink
Boys' singles
Flag of Croatia.svg Mili Poljičak
Girls' singles
Flag of the United States.svg Liv Hovde
Boys' doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Sebastian Gorzny / Flag of the United States.svg Alex Michelsen
Girls' doubles
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rose Marie Nijkamp / Flag of Kenya.svg Angella Okutoyi

Boys' 14&U singles
Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Se-hyuk

Girls' 14&U singles
Flag of Romania.svg Alexia Ioana Tatu
Gentlemen's invitation doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Bob Bryan / Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bryan
Ladies' invitation doubles
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kim Clijsters / Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Martina Hingis
Mixed invitation doubles
Flag of Serbia.svg Nenad Zimonjić / Flag of France.svg Marion Bartoli
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The 2022 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam tier 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 21st major title, defeating Nick Kyrgios in the final. [1] [2] Ashleigh Barty was the reigning ladies' champion, but did not defend her title after retiring from professional tennis in March 2022. [3] The ladies' singles title was won by Elena Rybakina, who defeated Ons Jabeur in the final. [4]

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This year, the AELTC barred Russian and Belarusian players from competing because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In reaction, the WTA, ATP, and ITF withdrew ranking points from the tournament.

Tournament

The tournament was played on grass courts, with all main draw matches played at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon from 27 June to 10 July 2022. Initial wild card entries were first announced on 14 June 2022. [5] Qualifying matches were played from 20 June to 23 June 2022 at the Bank of England Sports Ground in Roehampton.[ citation needed ]

The 2022 championships were the 135th edition, the 128th staging of the ladies’ singles championship event, the 54th in the Open Era, and the third Grand Slam tournament of the year. The tournament was being run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and included in the 2022 ATP Tour and the 2022 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category, as well as the 2022 ITF tours for junior and wheelchair competitions respectively. The tournament consisted of men's (singles and doubles), women's (singles and doubles), mixed doubles, boys' (under 18 – singles and doubles, under 14 – singles), girls' (under 18 – singles and doubles, under 14 – singles), which were 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. This edition marked the return of the gentlemen's and ladies' invitational doubles competitions for the first time since 2019, along with the introduction of a new mixed invitational doubles draw.[ citation needed ]

This was the tournament's first edition with a scheduled order of play on the first Sunday during the event, dubbed "Middle Sunday". Prior to the 2022 edition, the tournament had seen only four exceptions to the tradition of withholding competition on Middle Sunday to accommodate delayed matches during championships that were heavily disrupted by rain. [6] Additionally, this was the first edition of the tournament to have a champions tie break rule in the final set. Unlike in 2019 and 2021, which had a standard seven-point tie break at 12 games all in the final set, this tie break was played up to 10 points when a match reaches 6 games all, to be won by two clear points to win the match. [7]

To commemorate the centenary of the opening of Centre Court in 1922 and to mark the inauguration of middle Sunday play, several former singles champions were invited to a special celebration on Sunday 3 July 2022. The event was hosted by Sue Barker and Clare Balding with John McEnroe, who paid tribute to Barker's thirty years as the BBC's Wimbledon presenter. The champions were presented first by the number of singles titles won and then chronologically within that category from furthest to most recent winners. In order of presentation the champions were: one-time winners – Angela Mortimer, Ann Jones, Stan Smith, Jan Kodeš, Patrick "Pat" Cash, Conchita Martínez, Martina Hingis, Goran Ivanišević, Lleyton Hewitt, Marion Bartoli, Angelique Kerber and Simona Halep; two-time winners – Stefan Edberg, Rafael Nadal, Petra Kvitová and Andy Murray; three-time winners – Margaret Smith Court, John Newcombe, Chris Evert and John McEnroe; four-time winner Rod Laver; five-time winners Björn Borg and Venus Williams; six-time winners Billie Jean King and Novak Djokovic; and eight-time winner Roger Federer. The only nine-time singles champion, Martina Navratilova, cancelled her appearance after contracting COVID-19 on the morning of the event. British former player Tim Henman was also presented to reminisce about his matches on the court as a member of the Wimbledon Committee of Management. [8]

Singles players

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

Boys' 14&U singles

Girls' 14&U singles

Gentlemen's invitation doubles

Ladies' invitation doubles

Mixed invitation doubles

Prize money

The Wimbledon Championships total prize money for 2022 is a record £40,350,000, an increase of 15.23% compared to 2021 and 6.18% vs 2019 when the event was last played with a full capacity crowd. [9]

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 1281Q3Q2Q1
Singles£2,000,000£1,050,000£535,000£310,000£190,000£120,000£78,000£50,000£32,000£19,000£11,000
Doubles *£540,000£270,000£135,000£67,000£33,000£20,000£12,500————
Mixed Doubles *£124,000£62,000£31,000£16,000£7,500£3,750—————
Wheelchair Singles£51,000£26,000£17,500£12,000———————
Wheelchair Doubles *£22,000£11,000£6,500————————
Quad Singles£51,000£26,000£17,500£12,000———————
Quad Doubles *£22,000£11,000£6,500————————

*per team

Controversy regarding the participation of Russian and Belarusian players

In April 2022, the AELTC announced that players representing Russia or Belarus would not be allowed to enter the upcoming Championships as a consequence of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, stating that "it would be unacceptable for the Russian regime to derive any benefits from the involvement of Russian or Belarusian players", [10] and citing guidance given by the British government. [11] The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) also banned players representing Russia and Belarus from other tennis tournaments taking place in the UK. [12] Outside of the Davis Cup and the Billie Jean King Cup, players from these countries were allowed to compete in other tournaments, including at the Grand Slam level at the year's French Open and US Open, as neutral players without national flags. [13]

The ban attracted criticism from many players, including from defending and six-time champion Novak Djokovic, who described it as "crazy". [14] Andrey Rublev, one of the players affected by the ban, accused the AELTC of making an "illogical" and "discriminatory" decision. [15] Others, such as Ukrainians Marta Kostyuk and Sergiy Stakhovsky, came out in support of the ban. [16] The three international governing bodies of tennis—the ATP, WTA, and ITF—criticised the decision, and on 20 May 2022 they stripped the tournament of its ranking points, on the bases that participation should be based on merit rather than nationality and that the unilateral decision by the AELTC contrasts with the remainder of the tour. [17] This decision received criticism as well, with two-time men's singles champion Andy Murray commenting that the removal of ranking points will likely not affect participation in the event and has frustrated players. [18]

The WTA and the ATP each levied $1 million in fines against the AELTC and the LTA as a consequence of the ban. [19] [20]

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