2017 Wimbledon Championships

2017 Wimbledon Championships
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
Wheelchair points
Junior points
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.
* per team
Day-by-day summaries
Doubles seeds
Gentlemen's doubles
1 Rankings were as of 26 June 2017.
Ladies' doubles
1 Rankings were as of 26 June 2017.
Mixed doubles
1 Rankings were as of 3 July 2017.
Champions
Seniors
Gentlemen's singles
Roger Federer def. Marin Čilić, 6–3, 6–1, 6–4
Ladies' singles
Garbiñe Muguruza def. Venus Williams, 7–5, 6–0
Gentlemen's doubles
Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo def. Oliver Marach / Mate Pavić, 5–7, 7–5, 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 13–11
Ladies' doubles
Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina def. Chan Hao-ching / Monica Niculescu, 6–0, 6–0
Mixed doubles
Jamie Murray / Martina Hingis def. Henri Kontinen / Heather Watson, 6–4, 6–4
Juniors
Boys' singles
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina def. Axel Geller, 7–6(7–2), 6–3
Girls' singles
Claire Liu def. Ann Li, 6–2, 5–7, 6–2
Boys' doubles
Axel Geller / Hsu Yu-hsiou def. Jurij Rodionov / Michael Vrbenský, 6–4, 6–4
Girls' doubles
Olga Danilović / Kaja Juvan def. Caty McNally / Whitney Osuigwe, 6–4, 6–3
Invitation
Gentlemen's invitation doubles
Lleyton Hewitt / Mark Philippoussis def. Justin Gimelstob / Ross Hutchins, 6–3, 6–3
Ladies' invitation doubles
Cara Black / Martina Navratilova def. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Selima Sfar, 6–2, 4–6, [10–4]
Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles
Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis def. Richard Krajicek / Mark Petchey, 4−6, 6−3, [10−6]
Wheelchair events
Wheelchair gentlemen's singles
Stefan Olsson def. Gustavo Fernández, 7−5, 3−6, 7−5
Wheelchair ladies' singles
Diede de Groot def. Sabine Ellerbrock, 6–0, 6–4
Wheelchair gentlemen's doubles
Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid def. Stéphane Houdet / Nicolas Peifer, 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Wheelchair ladies' doubles
Yui Kamiji / Jordanne Whiley def. Marjolein Buis / 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
Jay Clarke / Marcus Willis
Scott Clayton / Jonny O'Mara
Brydan Klein / Joe Salisbury
Thanasi Kokkinakis / Jordan Thompson
Ken Skupski / Neal Skupski
Ladies' doubles
Katie Boulter / Katie Swan
Harriet Dart / Katy Dunne
Jocelyn Rae / Laura Robson
Mixed doubles
Liam Broady / Naomi Broady
Dominic Inglot / Laura Robson
Joe Salisbury / Katy Dunne
Ken Skupski / Jocelyn Rae
Neal Skupski / 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
Johan Brunström / Andreas Siljeström
Kevin Krawietz / Igor Zelenay
Hugo Nys / Antonio Šančić
Hsieh Cheng-peng / Max Schnur
Lucky losers
Sander Arends / Peng Hsien-yin
Ariel Behar / Aliaksandr Bury
Dino Marcan / Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
Ilija Bozoljac / Flavio Cipolla
Ladies' doubles
Ladies' doubles qualifiers
Natela Dzalamidze / Veronika Kudermetova
Paula Kania / Nina Stojanović
Monique Adamczak / Storm Sanders
İpek Soylu / Varatchaya Wongteanchai
Lucky losers
Lesley Kerkhove / Lidziya Marozava
Jessica Moore / Akiko Omae
Ashley Weinhold / Caitlin Whoriskey
References
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