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, due to the fact that 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