2018_Wimbledon_Championships

2018 Wimbledon Championships

2018 Wimbledon Championships

Grand Slam tennis tournament in London, July 2018


The 2018 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam tennis tournament which took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The main tournament began on Monday, 2 July 2018 and finished on Sunday, 15 July 2018. Novak Djokovic won the gentlemen's singles title and Angelique Kerber won the ladies' singles title.

The 2018 tournament was the 132nd edition of The Championships, the 125th staging of the ladies' singles Championship event,[1] the 51st 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.

Roger Federer and Garbiñe Muguruza were both unsuccessful in defending their 2017 titles. Federer lost in the quarterfinals to eventual finalist Kevin Anderson, while Muguruza lost in the second round to Alison Van Uytvanck.

Tournament

Centre Court where the Finals of Wimbledon take place

The 2018 Wimbledon Championships was the 132nd 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 included in the 2018 ATP World Tour and the 2018 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 was 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; the main draw matches were played at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon. Qualifying matches were played, from Monday 25 June to Thursday 28 June 2018, at the Bank of England Sports Ground, Roehampton.[1] The Tennis sub-committee met to decide wild card entries on 19 June.[1]

Point and prize money distribution

Point distribution

Below is the tables with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament.

Senior points

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Prize money

The Wimbledon total prize money for 2018 had increased to £34,000,000, up by 7.6% on 2017. The winners of the men's and women's singles titles will earn £2.25m.[2] Prize money for the men's and women's doubles and wheelchair players were also increased for the 2018 competition.[3]

A new rule in 2018 was that any first round singles player who is unfit to play and withdraws on-site after 12pm on Thursday before the start of the Main Draw will now receive half of the First Round prize money, the other half to be awarded to the replacement lucky loser. Any player who competes in the First Round Main Draw singles and retires or performs below professional standards, may now be subject to a fine of up to First Round prize money, to deter players from appearing only to claim prize money.[1][4]

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles £2,250,000 £1,125,000 £562,000 £281,000 £163,000 £100,000 £63,000 £39,000 £19,500 £9,750 £4,875
Doubles* £450,000 £225,000 £112,000 £56,000 £29,000 £17,750 £11,500
Mixed doubles* £110,000 £55,000 £27,500 £13,750 £6,500 £3,250 £1,625
Wheelchair singles £40,000 £20,000 £13,000 £8,500
Wheelchair doubles* £14,000 £7,000 £4,500
Invitation doubles £26,000 £22,000 £19,000

* per team[3]

Singles players

Gentlemen's singles

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Ladies' singles

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Day-by-day summaries

Singles seeds

Gentlemen's singles

The seeds for men's singles are adjusted on a surface-based system to reflect more accurately the individual player's grass court achievement as per the following formula, which applies to the top 32 players according to the ATP rankings on 25 June 2018:

  • Take Entry System Position points at 25 June 2018.
  • Add 100% points earned for all grass court tournaments in the past 12 months (26 June 2017 – 24 June 2018).
  • Add 75% points earned for best grass court tournament in the 12 months before that (20 June 2016 – 25 June 2017).

Rank and points before are as of 2 July 2018.

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† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2017 but is defending points from the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour instead.

Withdrawn players

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Ladies' singles

The seeds for ladies' singles are based on the WTA rankings as of 25 June 2018, with an exception for Serena Williams (details are given below). Rank and points before are as of 2 July 2018.

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† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2017. Accordingly, points for her 16th-best result are deducted instead.
‡ Serena Williams was ranked outside the top 150 on the day when seeds were announced, because she missed most of the last 12-month period due to her pregnancy. Nevertheless, she was deemed a special case and seeded 25th by the organisers.

Doubles seeds

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Mixed doubles

  • 1 Rankings were as of 2 July 2018.

Champions

Seniors

Gentlemen's singles

Ladies' singles

Gentlemen's doubles

Ladies' doubles

Mixed doubles

Juniors

Boys' singles

Girls' singles

Boys' doubles

Girls' doubles

Invitation

Gentlemen's invitation doubles

Ladies' invitation doubles

Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles

Wheelchair events

Wheelchair gentlemen's singles

Wheelchair ladies' singles

Wheelchair gentlemen's doubles

Wheelchair ladies' doubles

Wheelchair quad doubles

Main draw wild card entries

The following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events.[5]

Mixed doubles

Main draw qualifier entries

Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament but withdrew with injuries, suspensions, or personal reasons:


References

  1. "Announcements for The Championships 2018". Wimbledon. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  2. Jonathan Jurejko (1 May 2018). "Wimbledon 2018: Serena Williams could be top seed on return". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  3. Paul Newman (1 May 2018). "Wimbledon set to introduce new rules that penalise injured players who retire mid-match". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2018.

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