2023 Wimbledon Championships Explained

The 2023 Wimbledon Championships was a major tennis tournament that took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom.

Tournament

The tournament was played on grass courts, with all main draw matches played at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon, from 3 to 16 July 2023. Qualifying matches were played from 26 to 29 June 2023 at the Bank of England Sports Ground in Roehampton.

The 2023 Championships was the 136th edition, the 129th staging of the Ladies’ Singles Championship event, the 55th in the Open Era and the third Grand Slam tournament of the year. The tournament was run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and included in the 2023 ATP Tour and the 2023 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category, as well as the 2023 ITF tours for junior and wheelchair competitions respectively.

The tournament consisted of men's (singles and doubles), women's (singles and doubles), mixed doubles, boys' (under 18 – singles and doubles, under 14 – singles), girls' (under 18 – singles and doubles, under 14 – singles), which are 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. This edition features gentlemen's and ladies' invitational doubles competitions and the mixed invitational double draw introduced in the 2022 Wimbledon Championships. The men's doubles competition was changed from best of five sets to best of three sets for all matches.[1]

This was the tournament's second edition with a scheduled order of play on the first Sunday during the event, dubbed "Middle Sunday". Prior to the 2022 edition, the tournament had seen only four exceptions to the tradition of withholding competition on Middle Sunday to accommodate delayed matches during championships that were heavily disrupted by rain.[2]

The tournament saw the return of Russian and Belarusian tennis players, after they were controversially banned from the previous edition due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3]

Special events

In addition to the tournament taking place, Swiss former tennis player Roger Federer was honoured two decades since he won the tournament for the first time in 2003.[4]

Dress code

In 2023 Wimbledon rules first allowed all female players, included but not limited to in the girls’ singles junior event, to wear non-white underwear; the new rule allows "solid, mid/dark-coloured undershorts, provided they are no longer than their shorts or skirt".[5]

Singles players

Events

See also: 2023 Wimbledon Championships – Day-by-day summaries.

Gentlemen's singles

See main article: 2023 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles.

Ladies' singles

See main article: 2023 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles.

Gentlemen's doubles

See main article: 2023 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles.

Ladies' doubles

See main article: 2023 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles.

Mixed doubles

See main article: 2023 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles.

Wheelchair gentlemen's singles

See main article: 2023 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair men's singles.

Wheelchair ladies' singles

See main article: 2023 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair women's singles.

Wheelchair quad singles

See main article: 2023 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair quad singles.

Wheelchair gentlemen's doubles

See main article: 2023 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair men's doubles.

Wheelchair ladies' doubles

See main article: 2023 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair women's doubles.

Wheelchair quad doubles

See main article: 2023 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair quad doubles.

Boys' singles

See main article: 2023 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles.

Girls' singles

See main article: 2023 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles.

Boys' doubles

See main article: 2023 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' doubles.

Girls' doubles

See main article: 2023 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' doubles.

Boys' 14&U singles

Girls' 14&U singles

Gentlemen's invitation doubles

See main article: 2023 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's invitation doubles.

Ladies' invitation doubles

See main article: 2023 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' invitation doubles.

Mixed invitation doubles

See main article: 2023 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed invitation doubles.

Point and prize money distribution

Point distribution

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

Senior points

EventRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128
Men's singles20001200720360180904510251680
Men's doubles00
130078043024013070104030202
10

Wheelchair points

Event
Singles800500375100
Doubles800500100

Junior points

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3
Boys' singles1000600370200100453020
Girls' singles
Boys' doubles75045027515075
Girls' doubles

Prize money

The Wimbledon Championships total prize money for 2023 is £44,700,000, an increase of 10.78% from the 2022 edition.[6]

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Q3Q2Q1
Singles£2,350,000£1,175,000£600,000£340,000£207,000£131,000£85,000£55,000£36,000£21,750£12,750
Doubles *£600,000£300,000£150,000£75,000£36,250£22,000£13,750
Mixed Doubles *£128,000£64,000£32,000£16,500£7,750£4,000
Wheelchair Singles£60,000£31,000£21,000£14,500
£26,000£13,000£8,000
Quad Singles£60,000£31,000£21,000£14,500
Quad Doubles *£26,000£13,000£8,000
*per team

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wimbledon reduces men's doubles to best of three sets from 2023 tournament. 25 January 2023. BBC.
  2. Web site: 14 June 2023 . Wimbledon looks ahead as Centre Court celebrates centenary . . All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.
  3. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/mar/31/wimbledon-to-allow-russian-and-belarusian-players-to-return-to-tournament-tennis Wimbledon allows Russian and Belarusian players back into tournament
  4. Web site: Wimbledon to honor Roger Federer on Center Court. The Nation Wiew.com. EN. 3 July 2023. 3 July 2023.
  5. Web site: Wimbledon are relaxing their all-white dress code to ease the stress of women's periods. Nancy. Froston. Charlie. Eccleshare. NYTimes.com.
  6. Web site: Wimbledon Prize Money 2023 . 14 June 2023.