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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]
| 2017 Wimbledon Championships | |
|---|---|
| Date | 3–16 July |
| Edition | 131st |
| Category | Grand Slam (ITF) |
| Draw | 128S / 64D / 48XD |
| Prize money | £31,600,000 |
| Surface | Grass |
| Location | Church Road SW19, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom |
| Venue | All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles | |
 Roger Federer | |
| Women's singles | |
 Garbiñe Muguruza | |
| Men's doubles | |
 Łukasz Kubot /  Marcelo Melo | |
| Women's doubles | |
 Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina | |
| Mixed doubles | |
 Jamie Murray / Martina Hingis | |
| Wheelchair men's singles | |
 Stefan Olsson | |
| Wheelchair women's singles | |
 Diede de Groot | |
| Wheelchair men's doubles | |
| Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid | |
| Wheelchair women's doubles | |
 Yui Kamiji / Jordanne Whiley | |
| Boys' singles | |
| Alejandro Davidovich Fokina | |
| Girls' singles | |
 Claire Liu | |
| Boys' doubles | |
 Axel Geller /  Hsu Yu-hsiou | |
| Girls' doubles | |
 Olga Danilović /  Kaja Juvan | |
| Gentlemen's invitation doubles | |
 Lleyton Hewitt / Mark Philippoussis | |
| Ladies' invitation doubles | |
 Cara Black / Martina Navratilova | |
| Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles | |
| Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis | |
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
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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
editPoint distribution
editBelow are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.
Senior points
edit| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | 2000 | 1200 | 720 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's doubles | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Women's singles | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 70 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 2 | |
| Women's doubles | 10 | — | 40 | — | — | — |
Wheelchair points
edit| Event | W | F | 3rd | 4th |
| Singles | 800 | 500 | 375 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 800 | 500 | 100 | — |
Junior points
edit| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Boys' singles | 375 | 270 | 180 | 120 | 75 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girls' singles | |||||||||
| Boys' doubles | 270 | 180 | 120 | 75 | 45 | — | — | — | — |
| Girls' doubles |
Prize money
editThe 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]
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| 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
Day-by-day summaries
editDoubles seeds
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Mixed doubles
edit| Team | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Murray
|
Martina Hingis
|
8 | 1 |
| Bruno Soares
|
Elena Vesnina
|
10 | 2 |
| Łukasz Kubot |
Chan Yung-jan |
||
 Ivan Dodig
|
 Sania Mirza
|
18 | 4 |
 Édouard Roger-Vasselin
|
 Andrea Hlaváčková
|
24 | 5 |
| Rajeev Ram
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Casey Dellacqua
|
32 | 6 |
 Raven Klaasen
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Katarina Srebotnik
|
34 | 7 |
| Jean-Julien Rojer
|
Chan Hao-ching
|
43 | 8 |
 Juan Sebastián Cabal
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Abigail Spears
|
43 | 9 |
| Rohan Bopanna
|
 Gabriela Dabrowski
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44 | 10 |
| Daniel Nestor
|
Andreja Klepač
|
46 | 11 |
 Max Mirnyi
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Ekaterina Makarova
|
50 | 12 |
 Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
|
 Anna-Lena Grönefeld
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52 | 13 |
| Marcin Matkowski
|
Květa Peschke
|
68 | 14 |
 Michael Venus
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Barbora Krejčiková
|
71 | 15 |
| Roman Jebavý
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Lucie Hradecká
|
79 | 16 |
- 1 Rankings were as of 3 July 2017.
Champions
editSeniors
editGentlemen's singles
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Roger Federer def. 
Marin Čilić, 6–3, 6–1, 6–4
Ladies' singles
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Garbiñe Muguruza def. 
Venus Williams, 7–5, 6–0
Gentlemen's doubles
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Łukasz Kubot / 
Marcelo Melo def. 
Oliver Marach / Mate Pavić, 5–7, 7–5, 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 13–11
Ladies' doubles
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Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina def. 
Chan Hao-ching / 
Monica Niculescu, 6–0, 6–0
Mixed doubles
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Jamie Murray / Martina Hingis def. 
Henri Kontinen / Heather Watson, 6–4, 6–4
Juniors
editBoys' singles
edit- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina def.
Axel Geller, 7–6(7–2), 6–3
Girls' singles
edit- Claire Liu def. Ann Li, 6–2, 5–7, 6–2
Boys' doubles
edit- Axel Geller / Hsu Yu-hsiou def. Jurij Rodionov /
Michael Vrbenský, 6–4, 6–4
Girls' doubles
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Olga Danilović / 
Kaja Juvan def. Caty McNally / Whitney Osuigwe, 6–4, 6–3
Invitation
editGentlemen's invitation doubles
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Lleyton Hewitt / Mark Philippoussis def. Justin Gimelstob / Ross Hutchins, 6–3, 6–3
Ladies' invitation doubles
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Cara Black / Martina Navratilova def. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / 
Selima Sfar, 6–2, 4–6, [10–4]
Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles
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Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis def. Richard Krajicek / Mark Petchey, 4−6, 6−3, [10−6]
Wheelchair events
editWheelchair gentlemen's singles
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Stefan Olsson def. Gustavo Fernández, 7−5, 3−6, 7−5
Wheelchair ladies' singles
edit- Diede de Groot def.
Sabine Ellerbrock, 6–0, 6–4
Wheelchair gentlemen's doubles
edit- Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid def.
Stéphane Houdet / Nicolas Peifer, 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Wheelchair ladies' doubles
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Yui Kamiji / Jordanne Whiley def. Marjolein Buis / Diede de Groot, 2–6, 6–3, 6–0
Main draw wild card entries
editThe following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events.
Gentlemen's doubles
edit- Jay Clarke / Marcus Willis
- Scott Clayton / Jonny O'Mara
- Brydan Klein / Joe Salisbury
- Thanasi Kokkinakis / Jordan Thompson
- Ken Skupski / Neal Skupski
Ladies' doubles
editMixed doubles
editMain draw qualifier entries
editThe 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.
Gentlemen's doubleseditGentlemen's doubles qualifiers
Lucky losers |
Ladies' doubleseditLadies' doubles qualifiers
Lucky losers
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References
edit- ^ Chuck Culpepper (16 July 2017). "Roger Federer, at 35, wins Wimbledon for a record eighth time". The Washington Post. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "Garbine Muguruza beats Venus Williams to win Wimbledon title". ESPN. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ Lisa Respers France (22 May 2017). "Serena Williams is pregnant, will return to tennis in 2018". CNN. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ Sean Ingle (29 June 2017). "Wimbledon reinvented: how All England Club stays ahead of the game". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ "Prize Money and Finance – Prize money for The Championships". www.wimbledon.com. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ "Wimbledon 2017 prize money: How much will Roger Federer earn?". The Telegraph. 16 July 2017. Archived from the original on 20 July 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2018.