2017 Wimbledon Championships
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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. Garbiñe Muguruza won the ladies' singles title.
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.
Tournament
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.
Point and prize money distribution
Point distribution
Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.
Senior points
| 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
| Event | W | F | 3rd | 4th |
| Singles | 800 | 500 | 375 | 100 |
| Doubles | 800 | 500 | 100 | — |
Junior points
| Girls' singles | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Boys' doubles | 270 | 180 | 120 | 75 | 45 | — | — | — | — |
| Girls' doubles |
Prize money
The Wimbledon total prize money for 2017 has been increased to £31.6m. 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.
| 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
Singles players
Day-by-day summaries
Doubles seeds
Mixed doubles
- 1 Rankings were as of 3 July 2017.
Champions
Seniors
Gentlemen's singles
- Switzerland Roger Federer def. Croatia Marin Čilić, 6–3, 6–1, 6–4
Ladies' singles
- Spain Garbiñe Muguruza def. United States Venus Williams, 7–5, 6–0
Gentlemen's doubles
- Poland Łukasz Kubot / Brazil Marcelo Melo def. Austria Oliver Marach / Croatia Mate Pavić, 5–7, 7–5, 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 13–11
Ladies' doubles
- Russia Ekaterina Makarova / Russia Elena Vesnina def. Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching / Romania Monica Niculescu, 6–0, 6–0
Mixed doubles
- United Kingdom Jamie Murray / Switzerland Martina Hingis def. Finland Henri Kontinen / United Kingdom Heather Watson, 6–4, 6–4
Juniors
Boys' singles
- Spain Alejandro Davidovich Fokina def. Argentina Axel Geller, 7–6(7–2), 6–3
Girls' singles
- United States Claire Liu def. United States Ann Li, 6–2, 5–7, 6–2
Boys' doubles
- Argentina Axel Geller / Chinese Taipei Hsu Yu-hsiou def. Austria Jurij Rodionov / Czech Republic Michael Vrbenský, 6–4, 6–4
Girls' doubles
- Serbia Olga Danilović / Slovenia Kaja Juvan def. United States Caty McNally / United States Whitney Osuigwe, 6–4, 6–3
Invitation
Gentlemen's invitation doubles
- Australia Lleyton Hewitt / Australia Mark Philippoussis def. United States Justin Gimelstob / United Kingdom Ross Hutchins, 6–3, 6–3
Ladies' invitation doubles
- Zimbabwe Cara Black / United States Martina Navratilova def. Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Tunisia Selima Sfar, 6–2, 4–6, [10–4]
Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles
- Netherlands Jacco Eltingh / Netherlands Paul Haarhuis def. Netherlands Richard Krajicek / United Kingdom Mark Petchey, 4−6, 6−3, [10−6]
Wheelchair events
Wheelchair gentlemen's singles
- Sweden Stefan Olsson def. Argentina Gustavo Fernández, 7−5, 3−6, 7−5
Wheelchair ladies' singles
- Netherlands Diede de Groot def. Germany Sabine Ellerbrock, 6–0, 6–4
Wheelchair gentlemen's doubles
- United Kingdom Alfie Hewett / United Kingdom Gordon Reid def. France Stéphane Houdet / France Nicolas Peifer, 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Wheelchair ladies' doubles
- Japan Yui Kamiji / United Kingdom Jordanne Whiley def. Netherlands Marjolein Buis / Netherlands Diede de Groot, 2–6, 6–3, 6–0
Main draw wild card entries
The following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events.
Gentlemen's doubles
- United Kingdom Jay Clarke / United Kingdom Marcus Willis
- United Kingdom Scott Clayton / United Kingdom Jonny O'Mara
- United Kingdom Brydan Klein / United Kingdom Joe Salisbury
- Australia Thanasi Kokkinakis / Australia Jordan Thompson
- United Kingdom Ken Skupski / United Kingdom Neal Skupski
Ladies' doubles
- United Kingdom Katie Boulter / United Kingdom Katie Swan
- United Kingdom Harriet Dart / United Kingdom Katy Dunne
- United Kingdom Jocelyn Rae / United Kingdom Laura Robson
Mixed doubles
- United Kingdom Liam Broady / United Kingdom Naomi Broady
- United Kingdom Dominic Inglot / United Kingdom Laura Robson
- United Kingdom Joe Salisbury / United Kingdom Katy Dunne
- United Kingdom Ken Skupski / United Kingdom Jocelyn Rae
- United Kingdom Neal Skupski / United Kingdom Anna Smith
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.
| Gentlemen's doubles Gentlemen's doubles qualifiers Sweden Johan Brunström / Sweden Andreas Siljeström Germany Kevin Krawietz / Slovakia Igor Zelenay France Hugo Nys / Croatia Antonio Šančić Chinese Taipei Hsieh Cheng-peng / United States Max Schnur Lucky losers Netherlands Sander Arends / Chinese Taipei Peng Hsien-yin Uruguay Ariel Behar / Belarus Aliaksandr Bury Croatia Dino Marcan / Austria Tristan-Samuel Weissborn Serbia Ilija Bozoljac / Italy Flavio Cipolla | Ladies' doubles Ladies' doubles qualifiers Russia Natela Dzalamidze / Russia Veronika Kudermetova Poland Paula Kania / Serbia Nina Stojanović Australia Monique Adamczak / Australia Storm Sanders Turkey İpek Soylu / Thailand Varatchaya Wongteanchai Lucky losers Netherlands Lesley Kerkhove / Belarus Lidziya Marozava Australia Jessica Moore / Japan Akiko Omae United States Ashley Weinhold / United States Caitlin Whoriskey |
External links
| Preceded by2017 French Open | Grand Slam Tournaments | Succeeded by2017 US Open |
| Preceded by2016 Wimbledon Championships | The Championships, Wimbledon | Succeeded by2018 Wimbledon Championships |