2016 Wimbledon Championships

The 2016 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam tennis tournament which took place at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The main draw commenced on 27 June 2016 and concluded on 10 July 2016.

2016 Wimbledon Championships
Date27 June – 10 July
Edition130th
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
Draw128S / 64D / 48XD
Prize money£28.1 million[1]
SurfaceGrass
LocationChurch Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom
VenueAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Champions
Men's singles
United Kingdom Andy Murray
Women's singles
United States Serena Williams
Men's doubles
France Pierre-Hugues Herbert / France Nicolas Mahut
Women's doubles
United States Serena Williams / United States Venus Williams
Mixed doubles
United Kingdom Heather Watson / Finland Henri Kontinen
Wheelchair men's singles
United Kingdom Gordon Reid
Wheelchair women's singles
Netherlands Jiske Griffioen
Wheelchair men's doubles
United Kingdom Alfie Hewett / United Kingdom Gordon Reid
Wheelchair women's doubles
Japan Yui Kamiji / United Kingdom Jordanne Whiley
Boys' singles
Canada Denis Shapovalov
Girls' singles
Russia Anastasia Potapova
Boys' doubles
Estonia Kenneth Raisma / Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas
Girls' doubles
United States Usue Maitane Arconada / United States Claire Liu
Gentlemen's invitation doubles
United Kingdom Greg Rusedski / France Fabrice Santoro
Ladies' invitation doubles
United States Martina Navratilova / Tunisia Selima Sfar
Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles
Australia Todd Woodbridge / Australia Mark Woodforde
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2016 was the 130th edition of Wimbledon, the 49th 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.

For the first time in the Championships' history, singles events were held in the wheelchair competitions.[2] Thus, all four majors now hold wheelchair singles events, making a complete Grand Slam in the discipline possible.

Novak Djokovic was the two-time defending champion in the gentlemen's singles, but lost in the third round to Sam Querrey, ending a 30-match winning streak at the majors and Djokovic's hopes of becoming the first man to achieve the Golden Slam. The gentlemen's singles title was won by Andy Murray. Serena Williams successfully defended her ladies' singles title and equaled Steffi Graf's Open Era record of 22 major singles titles.

The gentlemen's doubles event consisted of 'best of three sets' matches for rounds 1 and 2 in order to help with 'catch-up' scheduling due to a rain-stricken first week. It was also the first time since 2004 that play took place on Middle Sunday, also known as the People's Sunday, due to the fact that no tickets are sold in advance or through the ballot and all seats are made available on general sale the day before.

Tournament

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Centre Court where the Finals of Wimbledon take place

The 2016 Wimbledon Championships was the 130th 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 2016 ATP World Tour and the 2016 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, doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the UNIQLO Tour under the Grand Slam category and, for the first time in the tournament history this year, men's and women's singles events for wheelchair tennis players. 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, Roehampton.

Point and prize money distribution

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Point distribution

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

Senior points

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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

Wheelchair points

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Event W F 3rd 4th
Singles 800 500 375 100
Doubles 800 500 100

Junior points

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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

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The total prize money for this year tournament is of £28.10m, an increase of 5% from last year tournament. The players who will win the men's singles and women's singles will earn £2.00m, an increase of £120,000 from the previous year. The prize money for men's doubles, women's doubles and wheelchair players were also increased for this year competition.[1]

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles £2,000,000 £1,000,000 £500,000 £250,000 £132,000 £80,000 £50,000 £30,000 £15,000 £7,500 £3,750
Doubles* £350,000 £175,000 £88,000 £44,000 £23,250 £14,250 £9,250
Mixed doubles* £100,000 £50,000 £25,000 £12,000 £6,000 £3,000 £1,500
Wheelchair singles £25,000 £12,500 £8,000 £5,375
Wheelchair doubles* £12,000 £6,000 £3,500
Invitation doubles* £22,000 £19,000 £16,000 £16,000 £16,000

* per team

Singles players

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Gentlemen's singles
Ladies' singles

Day-by-day summaries

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Singles seeds

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Andy Murray shakes hands with Milos Raonic at the completion of the men's singles final.

The seeds for the 2016 Wimbledon Championships were announced on Wednesday, 22 June 2016.

The seeds for gentlemen'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 20 June 2016:

  • Take Entry System Position points at 20 June 2016.
  • Add 100% points earned for all grass court tournaments in the past 12 months (22 June 2015 – 19 June 2016).
  • Add 75% points earned for best grass court tournament in the 12 months before that (16 June 2014 – 21 June 2015).

Rank and points before are as of 27 June 2016.

Seed Rank Player Points
before
Points
defending
Points
won
Points
after
Status
1 1   Novak Djokovic 16,950 2,000 90 15,040 Third round lost to   Sam Querrey [28]
2 2   Andy Murray 8,915 720 2,000 10,195 Champion, defeated   Milos Raonic [6]
3 3   Roger Federer 6,425 1,200 720 5,945 Semifinals lost to   Milos Raonic [6]
4 5   Stan Wawrinka 5,035 360 45 4,720 Second round lost to   Juan Martín del Potro [PR]
5 6   Kei Nishikori 4,155 45 180 4,290 Fourth round retired against   Marin Čilić [9]
6 7   Milos Raonic 3,175 90 1,200 4,285 Runner-up, lost to   Andy Murray [2]
7 10   Richard Gasquet 2,905 720 180 2,365 Fourth round retired against   Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [12]
8 8   Dominic Thiem 3,175 45 45 3,175 Second round lost to   Jiří Veselý
9 13   Marin Čilić 2,695 360 360 2,695 Quarterfinals lost to   Roger Federer [3]
10 9   Tomáš Berdych 2,950 180 720 3,490 Semifinals lost to   Andy Murray [2]
11 11   David Goffin 2,780 180 180 2,780 Fourth round lost to   Milos Raonic [6]
12 12   Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2,725 90 360 2,995 Quarterfinals lost to   Andy Murray [2]
13 14   David Ferrer 2,605 0 45 2,650 Second round lost to   Nicolas Mahut
14 15   Roberto Bautista Agut 2,150 180 90 2,060 Third round lost to   Bernard Tomic [19]
15 18   Nick Kyrgios 1,855 180 180 1,855 Fourth round lost to   Andy Murray [2]
16 20   Gilles Simon 1,720 360 45 1,405 Second round lost to   Grigor Dimitrov
17 16   Gaël Monfils 2,110 90 10 2,030 First round lost to   Jérémy Chardy
18 17   John Isner 2,055 90 90 2,055 Third round lost   Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [12]
19 19   Bernard Tomic 1,760 90 180 1,850 Fourth round lost to   Lucas Pouille [32]
20 25   Kevin Anderson 1,505 180 10 1,335 First round lost to   Denis Istomin
21 22   Philipp Kohlschreiber 1,600 10 10 1,600 First round lost to   Pierre-Hugues Herbert
22 21   Feliciano López 1,630 45 90 1,675 Third round lost to   Nick Kyrgios [15]
23 32   Ivo Karlović 1,270 180 45 1,135 Second round lost to   Lukáš Lacko [Q]
24 28   Alexander Zverev 1,385 45 90 1,430 Third round lost to   Tomáš Berdych [10]
25 27   Viktor Troicki 1,405 180 45 1,270 Second round lost to   Albert Ramos Viñolas
26 23   Benoît Paire 1,596 45 45 1,596 Second round lost to   John Millman
27 26   Jack Sock 1,415 10 90 1,495 Third round lost to   Milos Raonic [6]
28 41   Sam Querrey 1,075 45 360 1,390 Quarterfinals lost to   Milos Raonic [6]
29 24   Pablo Cuevas 1,555 10 10 1,555 First round lost to   Andrey Kuznetsov
30 33   Alexandr Dolgopolov 1,215 45 45 1,215 Second round lost to   Daniel Evans
31 31   João Sousa 1,275 10 90 1,355 Third round lost to   Jiří Veselý
32 30   Lucas Pouille 1,311 10 360 1,661 Quarterfinals lost to   Tomáš Berdych [10]

Withdrawn players

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Rank Player Points before Points defending Points after Withdrawal reason
4   Rafael Nadal 5,335 45 5,290 Wrist injury[3]

The seeds for ladies' singles are based on the WTA rankings as of 20 June 2016. Rank and points before are as of 27 June 2016.

Seed Rank Player Points
before
Points
defending
Points
won
Points
after
Status
1 1   Serena Williams 8,330 2,000 2,000 8,330 Champion, defeated   Angelique Kerber [4]
2 2   Garbiñe Muguruza 6,712 1,300 70 5,482 Second round lost to   Jana Čepelová [Q]
3 3   Agnieszka Radwańska 5,875 780 240 5,355 Fourth round lost to   Dominika Cibulková [19]
4 4   Angelique Kerber 5,330 130 1,300 6,500 Runner-up, lost to   Serena Williams [1]
5 5   Simona Halep 4,372 10 430 4,792 Quarterfinals lost to   Angelique Kerber [4]
6 7   Roberta Vinci 3,405 10 130 3,525 Third round lost to   CoCo Vandeweghe [27]
7 13   Belinda Bencic 2,775 240 70 2,605 Second round retired against   Julia Boserup [Q]
8 8   Venus Williams 3,116 240 780 3,656 Semifinals lost to   Angelique Kerber [4]
9 9   Madison Keys 3,061 430 240 2,871 Fourth round lost to   Simona Halep [5]
10 10   Petra Kvitová 2,876 130 70 2,816 Second round lost to   Ekaterina Makarova
11 11   Timea Bacsinszky 2,800 430 130 2,500 Third round lost to   Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [21]
12 12   Carla Suárez Navarro 2,780 10 240 3,010 Fourth round lost to   Venus Williams [8]
13 14   Svetlana Kuznetsova 2,730 70 240 2,900 Fourth round lost to   Serena Williams [1]
14 16   Samantha Stosur 2,700 130 70 2,640 Second round lost to   Sabine Lisicki
15 17   Karolína Plíšková 2,540 70 70 2,540 Second round lost to   Misaki Doi
16 19   Johanna Konta 2,330 10 70 2,390 Second round lost to   Eugenie Bouchard
17 20   Elina Svitolina 2,226 70 70 2,226 Second round lost to   Yaroslava Shvedova
18 22   Sloane Stephens 1,995 130 130 1,995 Third round lost to   Svetlana Kuznetsova [13]
19 18   Dominika Cibulková 2,541 10 (+90) 430 2,871 Quarterfinals lost to   Elena Vesnina
20 21   Sara Errani 2,030 70 70 2,030 Second round lost to   Alizé Cornet
21 23   Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1,960 70 430 2,320 Quarterfinals lost to   Serena Williams [1]
22 24   Jelena Janković 1,940 240 70 1,770 Second round lost to   Marina Erakovic [Q]
23 25   Ana Ivanovic 1,915 70 10 1,855 First round lost to   Ekaterina Alexandrova [Q]
24 26   Barbora Strýcová 1,885 10 130 2,005 Third round lost to   Ekaterina Makarova
25 27   Irina-Camelia Begu 1,765 130 10 1,645 First round lost to   Carina Witthöft
26 28   Kiki Bertens 1,729 10 130 1,849 Third round lost to   Simona Halep [5]
27 30   CoCo Vandeweghe 1,652 430 240 1,462 Fourth round lost to   Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [21]
28 29   Lucie Šafářová 1,673 240 240 1,673 Fourth round lost to   Yaroslava Shvedova
29 33   Daria Kasatkina 1,586 (13) 130 1,703 Third round lost to   Venus Williams [8]
30 31   Caroline Garcia 1,585 10 70 1,645 Second round lost to   Kateřina Siniaková
31 32   Kristina Mladenovic 1,585 130 10 1,465 First round lost to   Aliaksandra Sasnovich
32 38   Andrea Petkovic 1,440 130 70 1,380 Second round lost to   Elena Vesnina

Withdrawn players

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Rank Player Points before Points defending Points after Withdrawal reason
6   Victoria Azarenka 4,191 430 3,761 Right knee injury[4]
15   Flavia Pennetta 2,722 10 2,712 Retirement[5]
35   Maria Sharapova 1,471 780 691 Provisional suspension[6]

Doubles seeds

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Team Rank1 Seed
  Ivan Dodig   Sania Mirza 16 1
  Bruno Soares   Elena Vesnina 16 2
  Horia Tecău   CoCo Vandeweghe 26 3
  Max Mirnyi   Chan Hao-ching 30 4
  Nenad Zimonjić   Chan Yung-jan 31 5
  Łukasz Kubot   Andrea Hlaváčková 32 6
  Raven Klaasen   Raquel Atawo 38 7
  Jean-Julien Rojer   Kiki Bertens 43 8
  Radek Štěpánek   Lucie Šafářová 45 9
  Alexander Peya   Andreja Klepač 51 10
  Marcin Matkowski   Katarina Srebotnik 51 11
  Daniel Nestor   Chuang Chia-jung 53 12
  Rohan Bopanna   Anastasia Rodionova 54 13
  Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi   Yaroslava Shvedova 54 14
  Robert Farah   Anna-Lena Grönefeld 55 15
  Leander Paes   Martina Hingis 56 16
  • 1 Rankings are as of 27 June 2016.

Main draw wild card entries

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The following players were given wild cards into the main draw senior events, based on internal selection and recent performances.

Mixed doubles

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Main draw qualifiers

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Protected ranking

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

Champions

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Seniors

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Gentlemen's singles

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Ladies' singles

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Gentlemen's doubles

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Ladies' doubles

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Mixed doubles

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Juniors

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Boys' singles

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Girls' singles

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Boys' doubles

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Girls' doubles

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Invitation

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Gentlemen's invitation doubles

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Ladies' invitation doubles

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Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles

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Wheelchair events

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Wheelchair gentlemen's singles

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Wheelchair ladies' singles

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Wheelchair gentlemen's doubles

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Wheelchair ladies' doubles

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Withdrawals

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

Before the tournament
During the tournament
Men's singles

Retirements

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References

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  1. ^ a b Newman, Paul (26 April 2016). "Wimbledon prize money to be increased to £28.1m". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Great Britain's Gordon Reid wins Wimbledon wheelchair singles". The Guardian. 10 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Wimbledon 2016: Rafael Nadal will miss the championships with a wrist injury". BBC Sport. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Wimbledon 2016: Victoria Azarenka out of Wimbledon". BBC Sport. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  5. ^ Newbery, Piers (12 September 2015). "US Open 2015: Flavia Pennetta beats Roberta Vinci in final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  6. ^ Carpenter, Les (8 March 2016). "Maria Sharapova provisionally banned from tennis after revealing failed drugs test". The Guardian.
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