2016 Wimbledon Championships Explained

See also: The Championships, Wimbledon.

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 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.[1] 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

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

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

EventRound of 16Round of 32
Boys' singles375270180120753025200
Girls' singles
2701801207545
Girls' doubles

Prize money

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.

EventRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128
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

Singles players

Gentlemen's singles
Ladies' singles

Day-by-day summaries

See main article: article and 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Day-by-day summaries.

Singles seeds

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:

Rank and points before are as of 27 June 2016.

SeedRankPlayerPoints
before
Points
defending
Points
won
Points
after
Status
11 Novak Djokovic16,9502,0009015,040Third round lost to Sam Querrey [28]
22 Andy Murray8,9157202,00010,195Champion, defeated Milos Raonic [6]
33 Roger Federer6,4251,2007205,945Semifinals lost to Milos Raonic [6]
45 Stan Wawrinka5,035360454,720Second round lost to Juan Martín del Potro [PR]
56 Kei Nishikori4,155451804,290Fourth round retired against Marin Čilić [9]
67 Milos Raonic3,175901,2004,285Runner-up, lost to Andy Murray [2]
710 Richard Gasquet2,9057201802,365Fourth round retired against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [12]
88 Dominic Thiem3,17545453,175Second round lost to Jiří Veselý
913 Marin Čilić2,6953603602,695Quarterfinals lost to Roger Federer [3]
109 Tomáš Berdych2,9501807203,490Semifinals lost to Andy Murray [2]
1111 David Goffin2,7801801802,780Fourth round lost to Milos Raonic [6]
1212 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga2,725903602,995Quarterfinals lost to Andy Murray [2]
1314 David Ferrer2,6050452,650Second round lost to Nicolas Mahut
1415 Roberto Bautista Agut2,150180902,060Third round lost to Bernard Tomic [19]
1518 Nick Kyrgios1,8551801801,855Fourth round lost to Andy Murray [2]
1620 Gilles Simon1,720360451,405Second round lost to Grigor Dimitrov
1716 Gaël Monfils2,11090102,030First round lost to Jérémy Chardy
1817 John Isner2,05590902,055Third round lost Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [12]
1919 Bernard Tomic1,760901801,850Fourth round lost to Lucas Pouille [32]
2025 Kevin Anderson1,505180101,335First round lost to Denis Istomin
2122 Philipp Kohlschreiber1,60010101,600First round lost to Pierre-Hugues Herbert
2221 Feliciano López1,63045901,675Third round lost to Nick Kyrgios [15]
2332 Ivo Karlović1,270180451,135Second round lost to Lukáš Lacko [Q]
2428 Alexander Zverev1,38545901,430Third round lost to Tomáš Berdych [10]
2527 Viktor Troicki1,405180451,270Second round lost to Albert Ramos Viñolas
2623 Benoît Paire1,59645451,596Second round lost to John Millman
2726 Jack Sock1,41510901,495Third round lost to Milos Raonic [6]
2841 Sam Querrey1,075453601,390Quarterfinals lost to Milos Raonic [6]
2924 Pablo Cuevas1,55510101,555First round lost to Andrey Kuznetsov
3033 Alexandr Dolgopolov1,21545451,215Second round lost to Daniel Evans
3131 João Sousa1,27510901,355Third round lost to Jiří Veselý
3230 Lucas Pouille1,311103601,661Quarterfinals lost to Tomáš Berdych [10]

Withdrawn players

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.

SeedRankPlayerPoints
before
Points
defending
Points
won
Points
after
Status
11 Serena Williams8,3302,0002,0008,330Champion, defeated Angelique Kerber [4]
22 Garbiñe Muguruza6,7121,300705,482Second round lost to Jana Čepelová [Q]
33 Agnieszka Radwańska5,8757802405,355Fourth round lost to Dominika Cibulková [19]
44 Angelique Kerber5,3301301,3006,500Runner-up, lost to Serena Williams [1]
55 Simona Halep4,372104304,792Quarterfinals lost to Angelique Kerber [4]
67 Roberta Vinci3,405101303,525Third round lost to CoCo Vandeweghe [27]
713 Belinda Bencic2,775240702,605Second round retired against Julia Boserup [Q]
88 Venus Williams3,1162407803,656Semifinals lost to Angelique Kerber [4]
99 Madison Keys3,0614302402,871Fourth round lost to Simona Halep [5]
1010 Petra Kvitová2,876130702,816Second round lost to Ekaterina Makarova
1111 Timea Bacsinszky2,8004301302,500Third round lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [21]
1212 Carla Suárez Navarro2,780102403,010Fourth round lost to Venus Williams [8]
1314 Svetlana Kuznetsova2,730702402,900Fourth round lost to Serena Williams [1]
1416 Samantha Stosur2,700130702,640Second round lost to Sabine Lisicki
1517 Karolína Plíšková2,54070702,540Second round lost to Misaki Doi
1619 Johanna Konta2,33010702,390Second round lost to Eugenie Bouchard
1720 Elina Svitolina2,22670702,226Second round lost to Yaroslava Shvedova
1822 Sloane Stephens1,9951301301,995Third round lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova [13]
1918 Dominika Cibulková2,54110 (+90)4302,871Quarterfinals lost to Elena Vesnina
2021 Sara Errani2,03070702,030Second round lost to Alizé Cornet
21231,960704302,320Quarterfinals lost to Serena Williams [1]
2224 Jelena Janković1,940240701,770Second round lost to Marina Erakovic [Q]
2325 Ana Ivanovic1,91570101,855First round lost to Ekaterina Alexandrova [Q]
2426 Barbora Strýcová1,885101302,005Third round lost to Ekaterina Makarova
2527 Irina-Camelia Begu1,765130101,645First round lost to Carina Witthöft
2628 Kiki Bertens1,729101301,849Third round lost to Simona Halep [5]
2730 CoCo Vandeweghe1,6524302401,462Fourth round lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [21]
2829 Lucie Šafářová1,6732402401,673Fourth round lost to Yaroslava Shvedova
2933 Daria Kasatkina1,586(13)1301,703Third round lost to Venus Williams [8]
3031 Caroline Garcia1,58510701,645Second round lost to Kateřina Siniaková
3132 Kristina Mladenovic1,585130101,465First round lost to Aliaksandra Sasnovich
3238 Andrea Petkovic1,440130701,380Second round lost to Elena Vesnina

Withdrawn players

RankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints afterWithdrawal reason
6 Victoria Azarenka4,1914303,761Right knee injury[3]
15 Flavia Pennetta2,722102,712Retirement[4]
351,471780691Provisional suspension[5]

Doubles seeds

TeamRank1Seed
Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut51
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan92
Jamie Murray Bruno Soares103
Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău134
Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo235
Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea236
Łukasz Kubot Alexander Peya407
Vasek Pospisil Jack Sock428
Dominic Inglot Daniel Nestor439
Henri Kontinen John Peers4510
Raven Klaasen Rajeev Ram4511
Treat Huey Max Mirnyi4912
Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah5513
Radek Štěpánek Nenad Zimonjić5714
Pablo Cuevas Marcel Granollers7115
Mate Pavić Michael Venus7316
TeamRank1Seed
Martina Hingis Sania Mirza21
Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic72
Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan113
Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina194
Tímea Babos Yaroslava Shvedova215
Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká216
Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová237
Julia Görges Karolína Plíšková348
Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai349
Raquel Atawo Abigail Spears4610
Andreja Klepač Katarina Srebotnik5211
Margarita Gasparyan Monica Niculescu5512
Vania King Alla Kudryavtseva5813
Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja6014
Sara Errani Oksana Kalashnikova7015
Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson7016
TeamRank1Seed
Ivan Dodig Sania Mirza161
Bruno Soares Elena Vesnina162
Horia Tecău CoCo Vandeweghe263
Max Mirnyi Chan Hao-ching304
Nenad Zimonjić Chan Yung-jan315
Łukasz Kubot Andrea Hlaváčková326
Raven Klaasen Raquel Atawo387
Jean-Julien Rojer Kiki Bertens438
Radek Štěpánek Lucie Šafářová459
Alexander Peya Andreja Klepač5110
Marcin Matkowski Katarina Srebotnik5111
Daniel Nestor Chuang Chia-jung5312
Rohan Bopanna Anastasia Rodionova5413
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Yaroslava Shvedova5414
Robert Farah Anna-Lena Grönefeld5515
Leander Paes Martina Hingis5616

Main draw wild card entries

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

Gentlemen's singles

Ladies' singles

Gentlemen's doubles

Ladies' doubles

Mixed doubles

Main draw qualifiers

Gentlemen's singles

See main article: article and 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying. Men's singles qualifiers

  1. Matthew Barton
  2. Alexander Kudryavtsev
  3. Tristan Lamasine
  4. Marcus Willis
  5. Ruben Bemelmans
  6. Bjorn Fratangelo
  7. Luke Saville
  8. Marius Copil
  9. Igor Sijsling
  10. Albano Olivetti
  11. Lukáš Lacko
  12. Yoshihito Nishioka
  13. Franko Škugor
  14. Dennis Novikov
  15. Radu Albot
  16. Édouard Roger-Vasselin

Ladies' singles

See main article: article and 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles qualifying. Women's singles qualifiers

  1. Tatjana Maria
  2. Amra Sadiković
  3. Jana Čepelová
  4. Aleksandra Krunić
  5. Maria Sakkari
  6. Julia Boserup
  7. Tamira Paszek
  8. Luksika Kumkhum
  9. Mandy Minella
  10. Ekaterina Alexandrova
  11. Marina Erakovic
  12. Paula Kania

Lucky losers

  1. Duan Yingying

Gentlemen's doubles

See main article: article and 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles qualifying. Men's doubles qualifiers

  1. Quentin Halys / Tristan Lamasine
  2. Konstantin Kravchuk / Denys Molchanov
  3. Marcelo Arévalo / Roberto Maytín
  4. Dustin Brown / Jan-Lennard Struff

Lucky losers

  1. Sanchai Ratiwatana / Sonchat Ratiwatana

Ladies' doubles

See main article: article and 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles qualifying. Women's doubles qualifiers

  1. Demi Schuurs / Renata Voráčová
  2. Elise Mertens / An-Sophie Mestach
  3. Chan Chin-wei / Han Xinyun
  4. Shuko Aoyama / Makoto Ninomiya

Protected ranking

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

Men's singles
Women's singles

Champions

Seniors

Gentlemen's singles

See main article: article and 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles.

Ladies' singles

See main article: article and 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles.

Gentlemen's doubles

See main article: article and 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles.

Ladies' doubles

See main article: article and 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles.

Mixed doubles

See main article: article and 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles.

Juniors

Boys' singles

See main article: article and 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles.

Girls' singles

See main article: article and 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles.

Boys' doubles

See main article: article and 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' doubles.

Girls' doubles

See main article: article and 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' doubles.

Invitation

Gentlemen's invitation doubles

See main article: article and 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's invitation doubles.

Ladies' invitation doubles

See main article: article and 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' invitation doubles.

Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles

See main article: article and 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles.

Wheelchair events

Wheelchair gentlemen's singles

See main article: article and 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair men's singles.

Wheelchair ladies' singles

See main article: article and 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair women's singles.

Wheelchair gentlemen's doubles

See main article: article and 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair men's doubles.

Wheelchair ladies' doubles

See main article: article and 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair women's doubles.

Withdrawals

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

Before the tournament
  • Men's singles
  • Women's singles
    During the tournament
  • Men's singles
  • Retirements

    Men's singles
    Women's singles

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Great Britain's Gordon Reid wins Wimbledon wheelchair singles. 10 July 2016. The Guardian.
    2. Web site: Wimbledon 2016: Rafael Nadal will miss the championships with a wrist injury . BBC Sport . 9 June 2016 . 9 June 2016 .
    3. Web site: Wimbledon 2016: Victoria Azarenka out of Wimbledon. 23 June 2016. BBC Sport. 23 June 2016.
    4. Web site: US Open 2015: Flavia Pennetta beats Roberta Vinci in final. Piers. Newbery. 12 September 2015. BBC Sport. 15 September 2015.
    5. Web site: Maria Sharapova provisionally banned from tennis after revealing failed drugs test. Les. Carpenter. 8 March 2016. The Guardian.