2019_Wimbledon_Championships

2019 Wimbledon Championships

2019 Wimbledon Championships

Tennis tournament


The 2019 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 tournament began on Monday 1 July 2019 and finished on Sunday 14 July 2019.[1]

The defending gentlemen's singles champion Novak Djokovic retained his title, while the defending ladies' singles champion Angelique Kerber lost in the second round to Lauren Davis. Simona Halep won the ladies' singles title, her second major title after the French Open in 2018. This tournament marked the first grand slam main draw appearance of 2023 US Open women's singles champion Coco Gauff, who progressed to the fourth round as a fifteen-year-old, after being awarded a wildcard into qualifying.

This was the first edition of the tournament to feature a standard tie break in the final set when the score in the set was 12 games all. The winner was the first player or pair to reach seven points whilst leading by two or more points or, in the case of a 6-6 point score, to establish a subsequent lead of two points. Henri Kontinen and John Peers won the first such tie break played in Wimbledon history, defeating Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury in a third-round men's doubles match.[2] In men's singles, the only such match was the final in which Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer, in what was also the longest final in tournament history lasting for 4 hours and 57 minutes.[3]

Women's singles included 16 qualifiers from 128 entrants, an increase from 12 qualifiers from 96 entrants. Doubles qualifying was eliminated as a result. The change brought the qualification for the women's singles into line with that for the men's singles, which remained unchanged.[4]

This was the last edition of the Wimbledon Championships until 2021 after the event would be cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the first such cancellation since World War II. This was also the last major final contested by eight-time champion and twelve-time finalist Roger Federer.

Tournament

Centre Court, where the finals of Wimbledon took place.

The 2019 Wimbledon Championships was the 133rd edition of the tournament and was held at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London. It was also the last regular tennis tournament to be staged before the cancellation was confirmed in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the first such cancellation since World War II.

The tournament was run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was included in the 2019 ATP Tour and the 2019 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 & doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the UNIQLO Tour under the Grand Slam category, also hosting singles and doubles events for wheelchair quad tennis for the first time.[5]

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, from Monday 24 June to Thursday 27 June 2019, at the Bank of England Sports Ground, Roehampton. The Tennis Sub-Committee met to decide wild card entries on 17 June.

Singles players

Gentlemen's singles

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Ladies' singles

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Events

Gentlemen's singles

Ladies' singles

Gentlemen's doubles

Ladies' doubles

Mixed doubles

Wheelchair gentlemen's singles

Wheelchair ladies' singles

Wheelchair quad singles

Wheelchair gentlemen's doubles

Wheelchair ladies' doubles

Wheelchair quad doubles

Boys' singles

Girls' singles

Boys' doubles

Girls' doubles

Gentlemen's invitation doubles

Ladies' invitation doubles

Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles

Singles seeds

Gentlemen's singles

Seeds 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 24 June 2019:

  • Take Entry System Position points at 24 June 2019.
  • Add 100% points earned for all grass court tournaments in the past 12 months (25 June 2018 – 23 June 2019).
  • Add 75% points earned for best grass court tournament in the 12 months before that (26 June 2017 – 24 June 2018).

Rank and points before are as of 1 July 2019.

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† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2018, but is defending points from an ATP Challenger Tour tournament.

The following player would have been seeded, but withdrew before the event.

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Ladies' singles

The seeds for ladies' singles are based on the WTA rankings as of 24 June 2019. Rank and points before are as of 1 July 2019.

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† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2018. Accordingly, points for her 16th best result are deducted instead.

The following player would have been seeded, but withdrew from the event.

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Doubles seeds

Mixed doubles

  • 1 Rankings are as of 1 July 2019.

Point distribution and prize money

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 total prize money on offer has increased for the eighth year in a row. Winners of the tournament will get the largest share of the £38m pot, up from £34m last year (+11.8%).

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 (R4) Round of 32 (R3) Round of 64 (R2) Round of 128 (R1) Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles £2,350,000 £1,175,000 £588,000 £294,000 £176,000 £111,000 £72,000 £45,000 £22,500 £13,250 £7,000
Doubles* £540,000 £270,000 £135,000 £67,000 £32,000 £19,000 £12,000
Mixed doubles* £116,000 £58,000 £29,000 £14,500 £7,000 £3,500 £1,750
Wheelchair singles £46,000 £23,000 £15,000 £10,000
Wheelchair doubles* £18,000 £9,000 £5,000
Invitation doubles £27,000 £23,000 £20,000

* per team

Main draw wildcard entries

The following players will receive wild cards into the main draw senior events.[6]

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 or other reasons:


References

  1. "ATP Announces 2019 ATP World Tour Calendar". ATP World Tour. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  2. "The Latest: Wimbledon doubles match sees 5th-set tiebreaker". AP NEWS. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  3. Clarke, Liz; Wallace, Ava. "Novak Djokovic beats Roger Federer in marathon fifth set to win second straight Wimbledon title". Washington Post. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  4. "From park courts to Slams: the wheelchair tennis revolution". International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  5. "Wild Cards for The Championships 2019". Wimbledon. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.

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