2015 Wimbledon Championships


The 2015 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam tennis tournament which took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom, from 29 June to 12 July 2015.
It was the 129th edition of the championships, the 48th in the Open Era and the third Grand Slam tournament of the year, played on grass courts and part of the ATP World Tour, the WTA Tour, the ITF Junior Tour and the NEC Tour. They were organised by the All England Lawn Tennis Club and the International Tennis Federation. The tournament was held one week later than in previous seasons, giving a three-week gap from the end of the 2015 French Open. The change, announced in 2012, is intended to provide players more time for recuperation and preparatory grass-court tournaments.
Novak Djokovic of Serbia won his third Wimbledon title in men's singles, defending his championship from 2014. Petra Kvitová of the Czech Republic was the defending champion in women's singles, but she lost to Jelena Janković in the third round.
Serena Williams won her sixth Wimbledon and 21st major title, defeating first-time finalist Garbiñe Muguruza in the final, 6–4, 6–4. She also achieved her second non-calendar year Grand Slam after winning the 2014 US Open, 2015 Australian Open and 2015 French Open. With this win, Williams also became the oldest woman to win a Grand Slam singles title in the Open Era at 33 years and 289 days old, beating Martina Navratilova by 26 days, who won the 1990 Wimbledon Championships at 33 years and 263 days old.

Tournament

The 2015 Wimbledon Championships was the 129th edition of the tournament and was held at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London.
The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation and is part of the 2015 ATP World Tour and the 2015 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There were singles and doubles events for both boys and girls, which were part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played on grass courts and took place over a series of 19 courts, including the four main showcourts, Centre Court, No. 1 Court, No. 2 Court and No. 3 Court.

Point and prize money distribution

Point distribution

Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.

Senior points

Wheelchair points

Junior points

Prize money

The Wimbledon total prize money for 2015 has been increased by 7% to £26.75m. The winners of the men's and women's singles titles will earn £1.88m, up £120,000 from the previous year. The figures for doubles events are per pair.
Event'Round of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128
Singles£1,880,000£940,000£470,000£241,000£127,000£77,000£47,000£29,000£14,500£7,250£3,625
Doubles£340,000£170,000£85,000£43,000£22,500£13,750£9,000————
Mixed Doubles£100,000£50,000£25,000£12,000£6,000£3,000£1,500————
'£15,000£7,750———————
Invitation Doubles£22,000£19,000——————

Singles players

;2015 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
;2015 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

Day-by-day summaries

Singles seeds

Seedings were announced on Wednesday, 24 June 2015.

Gentlemen's Singles">2015 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles">Gentlemen's Singles

Seeds 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 22 June 2015:
Rank and points before in the following table are as of 29 June 2015.

Because the tournament takes place one week later than in 2014, points defending includes results from both the 2014 Wimbledon Championships and tournaments from the week of 7 July 2014.
SeedRankPlayerPoints
before		Points
defending		Points
won		Points
after		Status
11 Novak Djokovic13,8452,0002,00013,845Champion, won against Roger Federer
22 Roger Federer9,6651,2001,2009,665Runner-up, lost to Novak Djokovic
33 Andy Murray7,4503607207,810Semifinals lost to Roger Federer
44 Stan Wawrinka5,7903603605,790Quarterfinals lost to Richard Gasquet
55 Kei Nishikori5,660180455,525Second Round withdrew due to a calf injury
66 Tomáš Berdych5,050901805,140Fourth Round lost to Gilles Simon
78 Milos Raonic4,440720903,810Third Round lost to Nick Kyrgios
87 David Ferrer4,4904504,445Withdrew due to elbow injury
99 Marin Čilić3,5403603603,540Quarterfinals lost to Novak Djokovic
1010 Rafael Nadal3,135180453,000Second Round lost to Dustin Brown
1111 Grigor Dimitrov2,600720901,970Third Round lost to Richard Gasquet
1213 Gilles Simon2,435903602,705Quarterfinals lost to Roger Federer
1312 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga2,565180902,475Third Round lost to Ivo Karlović
1414 Kevin Anderson2,0901801802,090Fourth Round lost to Novak Djokovic
1516 Feliciano López1,935180451,800Second Round lost to Nikoloz Basilashvili
1615 David Goffin2,01010+90180+552,145Fourth Round lost to Stan Wawrinka
1717 John Isner1,89090901,890Third Round lost to Marin Čilić
1818 Gaël Monfils1,88545901,930Third Round lost to Gilles Simon
1919 Tommy Robredo1,710180101,540First Round lost to John Millman
2022 Roberto Bautista Agut1,54590+250180+901,475Fourth Round lost to Roger Federer
2120 Richard Gasquet1,610457202,285Semifinals lost to Novak Djokovic
2224 Viktor Troicki1,494†1801,629Fourth Round lost to Vasek Pospisil
2325 Ivo Karlović1,38510+150180+451,450Fourth Round lost to Andy Murray
2421 Leonardo Mayer1,605180901,515Third Round lost to Kevin Anderson
2527 Andreas Seppi1,28010901,360Third Round lost to Andy Murray
2629 Nick Kyrgios1,2453601801,065Fourth Round lost to Richard Gasquet
2726 Bernard Tomic1,35545901,400Third Round lost to Novak Djokovic
2823 Pablo Cuevas1,50210+25010+451,297First Round lost to Denis Kudla
2932 Guillermo García-López1,21010101,210First Round lost to Pablo Andújar
3028 Fabio Fognini1,25090+9045+451,160Second Round lost to Vasek Pospisil
3131 Jack Sock1,21545+9010+01,090First Round lost to Sam Groth
3230 Dominic Thiem1,23510451,270Second Round lost to Fernando Verdasco

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2014. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.

Ladies' Singles">2015 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles">Ladies' Singles

Seeds are based on the WTA rankings as of 22 June 2015. Rank and points before in the following table are as of 29 June 2015.

Because the tournament takes place one week later than in 2014, points defending includes results from both the 2014 Wimbledon Championships and tournaments from the week of 7 July 2014.
SeedRankPlayerPoints
before		Points
defending		Points
won		Points
after		Status
11 Serena Williams11,2911302,00013,161Champion, won against Garbiñe Muguruza
22 Petra Kvitová6,8702,0001305,000Third Round lost to Jelena Janković
33 Simona Halep6,200780+28010+15,151First Round lost to Jana Čepelová
44 Maria Sharapova5,9502407806,490Semifinals lost to Serena Williams
55 Caroline Wozniacki5,0002402405,000Fourth Round lost to Garbiñe Muguruza
66 Lucie Šafářová4,0557802403,515Fourth Round lost to Coco Vandeweghe
77 Ana Ivanovic3,895130703,835
88 Ekaterina Makarova3,575430703,215Second Round lost to Magdaléna Rybáriková
99 Carla Suárez Navarro3,34570103,285First Round lost to Jeļena Ostapenko
1010 Angelique Kerber3,2854301302,985Third Round lost to Garbiñe Muguruza
1111 Karolína Plíšková3,21070703,210Second Round lost to Coco Vandeweghe
1212 Eugenie Bouchard3,1721,300101,882First Round lost to Duan Yingying
13133,0202407803,560Semifinals lost to Garbiñe Muguruza
1414 Andrea Petkovic2,705130+280130+552,480Third Round lost to Zarina Diyas
1515 Timea Bacsinszky2,6051104302,925Quarterfinals lost to Garbiñe Muguruza
1616 Venus Williams2,5861302402,696Fourth Round lost to Serena Williams
1717 Elina Svitolina2,40510702,465Second Round lost to Casey Dellacqua
1818 Sabine Lisicki2,3204301302,020Third Round lost to Timea Bacsinszky
1919 Sara Errani2,14010+11070+552,145Second Round lost to Aleksandra Krunić
2020 Garbiñe Muguruza2,075101,3003,365Runner-up, lost to Serena Williams
2121 Madison Keys1,9801304302,280Quarterfinals lost to Agnieszka Radwańska
2223 Samantha Stosur1,900101302,020Third Round lost to Coco Vandeweghe
2324 Victoria Azarenka1,892704302,252Quarterfinals lost to Serena Williams
2426 Flavia Pennetta1,84770101,787First Round lost to Zarina Diyas
2527 Alizé Cornet1,845240701,675Second Round lost to Olga Govortsova
2625 Svetlana Kuznetsova1,86610701,926Second Round lost to Kristýna Plíšková
2729 Barbora Strýcová1,750430101,330First Round lost to Sloane Stephens
–28 Peng Shuai1,84224001,602Withdrew due to back injury
2830 Jelena Janković1,685102401,915Fourth Round lost to Agnieszka Radwańska
2931 Irina-Camelia Begu1,63670+140130+11,557Third Round lost to Maria Sharapova
3022 Belinda Bencic1,9801302402,090Fourth Round lost to Victoria Azarenka
3132 Camila Giorgi1,48070+60130+301,510Third Round lost to Caroline Wozniacki
3233 Caroline Garcia1,475130101,355First Round lost to Heather Watson

Doubles seeds

Gentlemen's Doubles">2015 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles">Gentlemen's Doubles

The following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events.

Gentlemen's Singles

The qualifying competitions took place in Bank of England Sports Centre, Roehampton on 22 – 25 June 2015.

Gentlemen's Singles

  1. Vincent Millot
  2. Alejandro Falla
  3. Elias Ymer
  4. Hiroki Moriya
  5. Luke Saville
  6. Igor Sijsling
  7. Pierre-Hugues Herbert
  8. Yūichi Sugita
  9. Nikoloz Basilashvili
  10. John-Patrick Smith
  11. Michael Berrer
  12. Dustin Brown
  13. Aleksandr Nedovyesov
  14. Horacio Zeballos
  15. John Millman
  16. Kenny de Schepper

    Lucky Losers

  17. Luca Vanni

    Ladies' Singles

  18. Laura Siegemund
  19. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
  20. Xu Yifan
  21. Sachia Vickery
  22. Margarita Gasparyan
  23. Richèl Hogenkamp
  24. Olga Govortsova
  25. Duan Yingying
  26. Tamira Paszek
  27. Petra Cetkovská
  28. Bethanie Mattek-Sands
  29. Hsieh Su-wei

    Gentlemen's Doubles

  30. Sergey Betov / Alexander Bury
  31. Jonathan Erlich / Philipp Petzschner
  32. Mateusz Kowalczyk / Igor Zelenay
  33. Fabrice Martin / Purav Raja

    Lucky Losers

  34. Marcus Daniell / Marcelo Demoliner
  35. Gero Kretschmer / Alexander Satschko

    Ladies' Doubles

  36. Elizaveta Kulichkova / Evgeniya Rodina
  37. Johanna Larsson / Petra Martić
  38. Wang Yafan / Zhang Kailin
  39. Magda Linette / Mandy Minella

    Lucky Losers

  40. Chan Chin-wei / Nicole Melichar
  41. Misaki Doi / Stephanie Vogt
  42. Jana Čepelová / Stefanie Vögele

    Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
;Men's Singles
;Women's Singles

Seniors

Gentlemen's Singles

Prior to the finals, the two had faced off 39 times, with Federer having won the most matches, 20–19. At the time of the finals Djokovic was ranked No. 1 and Federer at No. 2. This encounter was their third meeting in a Grand Slam final, when the last two previous were split between the two at the 2007 US Open and 2014 Wimbledon Championships. Federer got the first break of serve in the match, during the first set, yet Djokovic quickly broke back leveling the match. When Djokovic was serving to remain in the first set, he had to fend off two set points from Federer, which he eventually got the set into a tiebreak, and it was a lopsided tiebreak that sent Djokovic up one set to none. The second set was a closely fought affair, but was decided to Federer's edge in the tiebreak. The last two sets were rather uneventful in the spectrum of the match because Djokovic got the breaks of serve, allowing him to win his third Wimbledon title, and second in a row. This put Djokovic eighth on the all-time list of Men's Grand Slam singles champions, and putting him fifth during the Open Era. He now possesses as many Wimbledon singles titles, as his coach Boris Becker won in his career.

Ladies' Singles

This was their first encounter in a Grand Slam final, whilst all of the past meetings, occurred in Grand Slam events, from the first-time playing each other at the 2013 Australian Open, that Serena Williams won the match in two sets, during this second round match. Their next contest occurred, at the 2014 French Open in the second round, yet this time around Garbiñe Muguruza, turned the tables to with the match in two sets. The third tie came, at the 2015 Australian Open, and it went three sets in a fourth round encounter, to the eventual victory by Serena in three sets. This bout would be their fourth meeting, and it got off to a rocky start by Serena, who served up three double faults, in order to get broken, during the first game of the match. Muguruza would get out to a four games to two advantage, when Williams held serve, and let out a "Come On". This rallied the twenty-time Grand Slam champion to win the first set, 6–4, when she broke the serve of Muguruza. Serena would get off to a fast start, during the second set, that she ended up getting breaks of serve from Muguruza in the fourth and sixth games of the set, to go up to a five games to one advantage. The momentous meaning the match held, for Williams ended up hitting her, when she had two bad service games, getting broken, letting Muguruza to come back to a five games to four set. This allowed Muguruza, the opportunity to serve in an attempt to stay in the match and set, yet she quickly got down in a love–40 hole, which she could not escape. The victory gave Serena her second "Serena Slam", and that was with the 2014 US Open win counted from the previous year. This victory was her twenty-first Grand Slam singles title, putting her one behind Steffi Graf in the Open Era of tennis, and three behind the all-time record held by Margaret Court. The win meant she became the oldest women's singles Grand Slam champion in the Open Era of tennis, besting the mark previously set by Martina Navratilova.

Gentlemen's Doubles

Boys' Singles

Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles

Wheelchair Gentlemen's Doubles

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries.
; Men's Singles
; Before the tournament
;During the tournament
; Women's Singles
; Before the tournament
; Men's Singles
; Women's Singles