See also: The Championships, Wimbledon.
| Date: | 28 June – 11 July |
| Edition: | 134th |
| Location: | Church Road SW19, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Grand Slam (ITF) |
| Prize Money: | £35,016,000 |
| Surface: | Grass |
| Venue: | All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club |
| Champms: |  Novak Djokovic |
| Champws: |  Ashleigh Barty |
| Champmd: | Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić |
| Champwd: | Hsieh Su-wei /  Elise Mertens |
| Champxd: |  Neal Skupski /  Desirae Krawczyk |
| Champbs: | Samir Banerjee |
| Champgs: | Ane Mintegi del Olmo |
| Champbd: |  Edas Butvilas /  Alejandro Manzanera Pertusa |
| Champgd: |  Kristina Dmitruk /  Diana Shnaider |
| Champwcms: | Joachim Gérard |
| Champwcws: | Diede de Groot |
| Champwcqs: | Dylan Alcott |
| Champwcmd: | Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid |
| Champwcwd: |  Yui Kamiji / Jordanne Whiley |
| Champwcqd: | Andy Lapthorne / David Wagner |
| Before Year: | 2019 |
The 2021 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 first since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Novak Djokovic successfully defended his gentlemen's singles title to claim his record-equalling 20th major title, defeating Matteo Berrettini in the final. Simona Halep was the defending ladies' singles champion from 2019, but she withdrew from the competition due to a calf injury. The Ladies' Singles title was won by Ashleigh Barty, who defeated Karolína Plíšková in the final.[1] [2] [3]
Following the cancellation of the 2020 tournament because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the main tournament began on Monday 28 June 2021 and finished on Sunday 11 July 2021. The 2021 Championships were the 134th edition, the 127th staging of the ladies' singles Championship event,[4] the 53rd in the Open Era and the third Grand Slam tournament of the year. It was played on grass courts and is part of the ATP Tour, the WTA Tour, the ITF Junior Circuit and the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour. The tournament was organised by the All England Lawn Tennis Club and International Tennis Federation.
This was the final edition of Wimbledon to have no matches scheduled on "Middle Sunday."[5] It would also be the final competitive tournament for eight-time champion Roger Federer.
The 2021 Wimbledon Championships were the 134th edition of the tournament and were held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London. The Championships were initially held at 50% capacity, before increasing to full capacity in the second week.[6] Spectators were required to have tested negative for COVID-19 within 48 hours prior to attendance or to be fully vaccinated.[7]
The tournament was run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is included in the 2021 ATP Tour and the 2021 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 were also 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 as part of the Uniqlo Tour under the Grand Slam category, also hosting singles and doubles events for wheelchair quad tennis for the first time.[8]
The tournament was played on grass courts; main draw matches were played at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon. Qualifying matches were played, from Monday 21 June to Friday 25 June 2021, at the Bank of England Sports Ground, Roehampton. The Tennis Sub-Committee met to decide wild card entries on 14 June.
The gentlemen's seedings formula used since 2002 was not used. Seedings used the standard system based on ATP rankings.[9]
No invitation doubles events were held during this edition of the tournament.[10]
See also: 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Day-by-day summaries.
See main article: 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles.
Novak Djokovic def. 
Matteo Berrettini, 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–4, 6–3See main article: 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles.
Ashleigh Barty def. 
Karolína Plíšková, 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–3See main article: 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles.
Marcel Granollers / 
Horacio Zeballos, 6–4, 7–6(7–5), 2–6, 7–5See main article: 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles.
Elise Mertens def. Veronika Kudermetova / Elena Vesnina, 3–6, 7–5, 9–7See main article: 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles.
Neal Skupski / Desirae Krawczyk def. Joe Salisbury / Harriet Dart, 6–2, 7–6(7–1)See main article: 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair men's singles.
Joachim Gérard def. Gordon Reid, 6–2, 7–6(7–2)See main article: 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair women's singles.
See main article: 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair quad singles.
Dylan Alcott def. Sam Schröder, 6–2, 6–2See main article: 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair men's doubles.
Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid def. Tom Egberink / Joachim Gérard, 7–5, 6–2See main article: 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair women's doubles.
Yui Kamiji / Jordanne Whiley def. Kgothatso Montjane / Lucy Shuker, 6–0, 7–6(7–0)See main article: 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair quad doubles.
Andy Lapthorne / David Wagner def. Dylan Alcott / Sam Schröder, 6–1, 3–6, 6–4See main article: 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles.
Samir Banerjee def. Victor Lilov, 7–5, 6–3See main article: 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles.
Ane Mintegi del Olmo def. Nastasja Schunk, 2–6, 6–4, 6–1See main article: 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' doubles.
Edas Butvilas / Alejandro Manzanera Pertusa def. Daniel Rincón / 
Abedallah Shelbayh, 6–3, 6–4See main article: 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' doubles.
Kristina Dmitruk / Diana Shnaider def. Sofia Costoulas / 
Laura Hietaranta, 6–1, 6–2As a Grand Slam tournament, the points for Wimbledon are the highest of all ATP and WTA tournaments.[11] These points determine the world ATP and WTA rankings for men's and women's competition, respectively. Because of the smaller draws and the pandemic, all men's and women's doubles players that made it past the first round received half the points of their singles counterparts, a change from previous years where singles and doubles players received the same number of points in all but the first two rounds. In both singles and doubles, women received slightly higher point totals compared to their male counterparts at each round of the tournament, except for the first and last.[12] Points and rankings for the wheelchair events fall under the jurisdiction of the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour, which also places Grand Slams as the highest classification.[13]
The ATP and WTA rankings were both altered in 2020, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.[14] Both rankings were frozen on 16 March 2020 upon the suspension of both tours, and as a result the traditional 52-week ranking system was extended to cover the period from March 2019 to March 2021 with a player's best 18 results in that time period factoring into their point totals.
Below is the tables with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament.
| Event | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | ||||||||
| Men's singles | 2000 | 1200 | 720 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's doubles | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 70 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 2 | ||
| 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Event | W | F | SF/3rd | QF/4th | |
| Singles | 800 | 500 | 375 | 100 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 800 | 500 | 100 | ||
| Quad singles | 800 | 500 | 100 | ||
| 800 | 100 |
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 | 600 | 370 | 200 | 100 | 45 | 30 | 20 | |
| Girls' singles | ||||||||
| 750 | 450 | 275 | 150 | 75 | ||||
The Wimbledon Championships total prize money for 2021 decreased by 7.85% to £35,016,000. However, the prize money figure does not include the substantial investment required to provide quality accommodation for the players, or to create a minimised risk environment and comprehensive testing programme.[17]
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 | ||
| Singles | £1,700,000 | £900,000 | £465,000 | £300,000 | £181,000 | £115,000 | £75,000 | £48,000 | £25,500 | £15,500 | £8,500 | |
| Doubles * | £480,000 | £240,000 | £120,000 | £60,000 | £30,000 | £19,000 | £12,000 | |||||
| Mixed doubles * | £100,000 | £50,000 | £25,000 | £12,000 | £6,000 | £3,000 | £1,500 | |||||
| Wheelchair singles | £48,000 | £24,000 | £16,500 | £11,500 | ||||||||
| £20,000 | £10,000 | £6,000 | ||||||||||
| Quad singles | £48,000 | £24,000 | £16,500 | £11,500 | ||||||||
| Quad doubles * | £20,000 | £10,000 |
