2016 Wimbledon Championships

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.^[2] 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, because no tickets are sold in advance or through the ballot and all seats are made available on general sale the day before.

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.

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

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.^[1]

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Gentlemen's singles

Ladies' singles

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:

• Take Entry System Position points at 20 June 2016.
• Add 100% points earned for all grass court tournaments in the past 12 months (22 June 2015 – 19 June 2016).
• Add 75% points earned for best grass court tournament in the 12 months before that (16 June 2014 – 21 June 2015).

Rank and points before are as of 27 June 2016.

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.

• ¹ Rankings are as of 27 June 2016.

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

• Liam Broady / Naomi Broady
• Colin Fleming / Jocelyn Rae
• Dominic Inglot / Laura Robson
• Ken Skupski / Tara Moore
• Neal Skupski / Anna Smith

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

• Andy Murray def. Milos Raonic, 6–4, 7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(7–2)

• Serena Williams def. Angelique Kerber, 7–5, 6–3

• Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut def. Julien Benneteau / Édouard Roger-Vasselin, 6–4, 7–6^(7–1), 6–3

• Serena Williams / Venus Williams def. Tímea Babos / Yaroslava Shvedova, 6–3, 6–4

• Henri Kontinen / Heather Watson def. Robert Farah / Anna-Lena Grönefeld 7–6^(7–5), 6–4

• Denis Shapovalov def. Alex de Minaur, 4–6, 6–1, 6–3

• Anastasia Potapova def. Dayana Yastremska, 6–4, 6–3

• Kenneth Raisma / Stefanos Tsitsipas def. Félix Auger-Aliassime / Denis Shapovalov, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2

• Usue Maitane Arconada / Claire Liu def. Mariam Bolkvadze / Caty McNally, 6–2, 6–3

• Greg Rusedski / Fabrice Santoro def. Jonas Björkman / Thomas Johansson, 7–5, 6–1

• Martina Navratilova / Selima Sfar def. Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernández, 7–6^(7–5), 0–0^r

• Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde def. Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis, 6–2, 7–5

• Gordon Reid def. Stefan Olsson, 6–1, 6–4

• Jiske Griffioen def. Aniek van Koot, 4–6, 6–0, 6–4

• Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid def. Stéphane Houdet / Nicolas Peifer, 4–6, 6–1, 7–6^(8–6)

• Yui Kamiji / Jordanne Whiley def. Jiske Griffioen / Aniek van Koot, 6–2, 6–2

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

Before the tournament

† – not included on entry list
‡ – withdrew from entry list before qualifying began
@ – withdrew from entry list after qualifying began

During the tournament

Men's singles

• Mikhail Kukushkin

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