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.[1] Garbiñe Muguruza won the Ladies' Singles title.[2]

2017 Wimbledon Championships
Date3–16 July
Edition131st
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
Draw128S / 64D / 48XD
Prize money£31,600,000
SurfaceGrass
LocationChurch Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom
VenueAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Champions
Men's Singles
Roger Federer
Women's Singles
Garbiñe Muguruza
Men's Doubles
Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo
Women's Doubles
Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina
Mixed Doubles
Jamie Murray / Martina Hingis
Boys' Singles
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Girls' Singles
Claire Liu
Boys' Doubles
Axel Geller / Hsu Yu-hsiou
Girls' Doubles
Olga Danilović / Kaja Juvan
Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Lleyton Hewitt / Mark Philippoussis
Ladies' Invitation Doubles
Cara Black / Martina Navratilova
Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis
Wheelchair Men's Singles
Stefan Olsson
Wheelchair Women's Singles
Diede de Groot
Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid
Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Yui Kamiji / Jordanne Whiley

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.[3]

Tournament

Centre Court where the Finals of Wimbledon take place

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.[4]

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
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