was the defending champion, and successfully defended his title by beating Roger Federer in a rematch of the 2014 final, 7–6, 6–7, 6–4, 6–3 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships. The title was Djokovic's third at Wimbledon and ninth Grand Slam singles title overall, as well as his second major win of the year. Federer was vying to become the first man to win Wimbledon eight times. Federer became the first male player in the Open Era to reach 10 finals at a single Grand Slam. 2002 championLleyton Hewitt played in his final Wimbledon appearance, losing to Jarkko Nieminen in five sets in the first round. In the second round, 102nd-ranked Germany'sDustin Brownupset the two-time champion Rafael Nadal, who had won Wimbledon in 2008 and 2010. Brown previously defeated Nadal at the 2014 Gerry Weber Open in Halle, the only other time the two had played each other. This marked the fourth straight year in which Nadal suffered an early-round exit from the tournament while losing to a player ranked 100 or lower: He had previously lost to Lukas Rosol in 2012, Steve Darcis in 2013, and Nick Kyrgios in 2014. This was the first major since the 2002 US Open where Spaniard David Ferrer did not participate in as he withdrew with an elbow injury that occurred in the lead up tournament at the 2015 Queen's Club Championships. This ended Ferrer's streak of 50 consecutive Grand Slam appearances. This is also the first Grand Slam main draw appearance for future three-time Masters 1000 champion and world number 3 Alexander Zverev.
Seeds
Novak Djokovic Roger Federer ' Andy Murray ' Stan Wawrinka ' Kei Nishikori ' Tomáš Berdych ' Milos Raonic ' David Ferrer ' Marin Čilić ' Rafael Nadal ' Grigor Dimitrov ' Gilles Simon ' Jo-Wilfried Tsonga ' Kevin Anderson ' Feliciano López ' David Goffin ' John Isner ' Gaël Monfils ' Tommy Robredo ' Roberto BautistaAgut' Richard Gasquet ' Viktor Troicki ' Ivo Karlović ' Leonardo Mayer ' Andreas Seppi ' Nick Kyrgios ' Bernard Tomic ' Pablo Cuevas ' Guillermo Garcia-Lopez ' Fabio Fognini ' Jack Sock ' Dominic Thiem
