2024 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles explained

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Type:	wimbledon2022
Champ:	Barbora Krejčíková
Runner:	Jasmine Paolini
Score:	6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Draw:	128 (16 / 8)
Seeds:	32
Event:	Ladies' singles
Before Name:	Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles
After Name:	Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles
Qual Type:	qualmenswomenssingles

Barbora Krejčíková defeated Jasmine Paolini in the final, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] ^[2] It was her first Wimbledon singles title and second major singles title overall.

The loss of Karolína Plíšková in the first round guaranteed a first-time Wimbledon finalist from the bottom half of the draw.^[3] Paolini ultimately emerged as that finalist, becoming the first Italian woman in the Open Era to reach the Wimbledon semifinals and final.^[4] ^[5] Paolini also became the first woman to reach back-to-back French Open and Wimbledon finals since Serena Williams in 2016 and the first Italian woman in the Open Era to reach the final at two different majors.^[6] The semifinal match between Paolini and Donna Vekić was the longest women's semifinal in Wimbledon history, at two hours and 51 minutes.^[7]

Markéta Vondroušová was the defending champion,^[8] but lost in the first round to Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro. This marked only the second time in the Open Era that the defending Wimbledon women's singles champion lost in the first round, after Steffi Graf lost to Lori McNeil in 1994.^[9] Lulu Sun became the first woman representing New Zealand to reach a major quarterfinal since Belinda Cordwell at the 1989 Australian Open, and the first qualifier to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals since Kaia Kanepi in 2010.^[10] This marked the final Wimbledon and final professional major appearance for 2018 champion and former world No. 1 Angelique Kerber. She lost to Yulia Putintseva in the first round.

Draw

Top half

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 8

Championship match statistics

Category	Krejčíková	Paolini
1st serve %	55/76 (72%)	62/85 (73%)
1st serve points won	40 of 55 = 73%	38 of 62 = 61%
2nd serve points won	12 of 21 = 57%	14 of 23 = 61%
Total service points won	52 of 76 = 68.42%	52 of 85 = 61.18%
Aces	6	3
Double faults	4	1
Winners	28	19
Unforced errors	37	23
Net points won	11 of 16 = 69%	12 of 16 = 75%
Break points converted	3 of 7 = 43%	2 of 6 = 33%
Return points won	33 of 85 = 39%	24 of 76 = 32%
Total points won	bgcolor=98FB989	85	76
Source

Seeded players

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 24 June 2024. Rankings and points before are as of 1 July 2024.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points earned	Points after	Status
1	1	Iga Świątek	11,585	430	130	11,285	Third round lost to Yulia Putintseva
2	2		7,943	10	240	8,173	Fourth round lost to Emma Navarro [19]
3	3	Aryna Sabalenka	7,841	780	0	7,061	Withdrew due to shoulder injury
4	4		6,026	430	780	6,376	Semifinals lost to Barbora Krejčíková [31]
5	5		5,025	430	70	4,665
6	6		4,463	2,000	10	2,473
7	7		4,228	10	1,300	5,518	Runner-up, lost to Barbora Krejčiková [31]
8	8		4,055	10	10	4,055	First round lost to Lulu Sun [Q]
9	9		3,805	10	130	3,925	Third round lost to Emma Raducanu [WC]
10	10		3,801	1,300	130	2,631	Third round lost to Elina Svitolina [21]
11	11		3,532	70	240	3,702	Fourth round lost to Barbora Krejčíková [31]
12	13		3,068	430	240	2,878
13	14	Jeļena Ostapenko	3,058	70	430	3,418	Quarterfinals lost to Barbora Krejčíková [31]
14	12	Daria Kasatkina	3,283	130	130	3,283	Third round lost to Paula Badosa [PR]
15	15	Liudmila Samsonova	2,830	10	130	2,950	Third round lost to Anna Kalinskaya [17]
16	16	Victoria Azarenka	2,399	240	0	2,159	Withdrew due to shoulder injury
17	18	Anna Kalinskaya	2,310	0	240	2,550	Fourth round retired against Elena Rybakina [4]
18	19		2,240	130	130	2,240	Third round lost to Madison Keys [12]
19	17		2,323	10+95	430+81	2,729	Quarterfinals lost to Jasmine Paolini [7]
20	20		2,218	240	130	2,108	Third round lost to Danielle Collins [11]
21	21		2,100	780	430	1,750	Quarterfinals lost to Elena Rybakina [4]
22	22	Ekaterina Alexandrova	2,053	240	0	1,813	Withdrew due to illness
23	24		1,938	130	70	1,878	Second round lost to Bernarda Pera
24	23		2,018	280	10	1,748	First round lost to Brenda Fruhvirtová
25	28		1,756	(15+95)^†	70+1	1,717	Second round lost to Zhu Lin
26	26		1,775	10	70	1,835
27	36		1,546	70	70	1,546	Second round lost to Yulia Putintseva
28	27	Dayana Yastremska	1,760	30	130	1,860	Third round lost to Donna Vekić
29	31		1,675	130	10	1,555	First round lost to Sonay Kartal [Q]
30	25		1,920	70	70	1,920
31	32	Barbora Krejčíková	1,643	70	2,000	3,573	Champion, defeated Jasmine Paolini [7]
32	29		1,748	130	70	1,688	Second round lost to Harriet Dart