2021 Wimbledon Championships
The2021 Wimbledon Championshipswas aGrand Slamtennistournament that took place at theAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet ClubinWimbledon, London,United Kingdom, the first since 2019 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.Novak Djokovicsuccessfully defended his gentlemen's singles title to claim his record-equalling 20thmajortitle, defeatingMatteo Berrettiniin the final.Simona Halepwas the defending ladies' singles champion from2019,but she withdrew from the competition due to a calf injury. The Ladies' Singles title was won byAshleigh Barty,who defeatedKarolína Plíškováin the final.[1][2][3]
Following the cancellation of the2020 tournamentbecause of theCOVID-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 theOpen Eraand the thirdGrand Slamtournament of the year. It was played on grass courts and is part of theATP Tour,theWTA Tour,theITF Junior Circuitand theITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour.The tournament was organised by theAll England Lawn Tennis ClubandInternational 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.
Tournament
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The 2021 Wimbledon Championships were the 134th edition of the tournament and were held at theAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Clubin London. The Championships were initially held at 50% capacity, before increasing to full capacity in the second week.[6]Spectators were required to havetested negativefor COVID-19 within 48 hours prior to attendance or to befully vaccinated.[7]
The tournament was run by theInternational Tennis Federation(ITF) and is included in the2021 ATP Tourand the2021 WTA Tourcalendars 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'swheelchair tennisplayers 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 theAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club,Wimbledon. Qualifying matches were played, from Monday 21 June to Friday 25 June 2021, at theBank of England Sports Ground,Roehampton.The Tennis Sub-Committee met to decide wild card entries on 14 June.
The gentlemen's seedings formula used since2002was not used. Seedings used the standard system based onATP rankings.[9]
No invitation doubles events were held during this edition of the tournament.[10]
Singles players
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Events
[edit]Gentlemen's singles
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Novak Djokovicdef.
Matteo Berrettini,6–7(4–7),6–4, 6–4, 6–3
Ladies' singles
[edit]
Ashleigh Bartydef.
Karolína Plíšková,6–3, 6–7(4–7),6–3
Gentlemen's doubles
[edit]
Nikola Mektić/Mate Pavićdef.
Marcel Granollers/
Horacio Zeballos,6–4, 7–6(7–5),2–6, 7–5
Ladies' doubles
[edit]
Hsieh Su-wei/
Elise Mertensdef.
Veronika Kudermetova/Elena Vesnina,3–6, 7–5, 9–7
Mixed doubles
[edit]
Neal Skupski/
Desirae Krawczykdef.Joe Salisbury/Harriet Dart,6–2, 7–6(7–1)
Wheelchair gentlemen's singles
[edit]- Joachim Gérarddef.Gordon Reid,6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Wheelchair ladies' singles
[edit]
Diede de Grootdef.
Kgothatso Montjane,6–2, 6–2
Wheelchair quad singles
[edit]- Dylan Alcottdef.Sam Schröder,6–2, 6–2
Wheelchair gentlemen's doubles
[edit]- Alfie Hewett/Gordon Reiddef.Tom Egberink/Joachim Gérard,7–5, 6–2
Wheelchair ladies' doubles
[edit]
Yui Kamiji/Jordanne Whileydef.Kgothatso Montjane/Lucy Shuker,6–0, 7–6(7–0)
Wheelchair quad doubles
[edit]- Andy Lapthorne/David Wagnerdef.Dylan Alcott/Sam Schröder,6–1, 3–6, 6–4
Boys' singles
[edit]- Samir Banerjeedef.Victor Lilov,7–5, 6–3
Girls' singles
[edit]- Ane Mintegi del Olmodef.
Nastasja Schunk,2–6, 6–4, 6–1
Boys' doubles
[edit]
Girls' doubles
[edit]Point distribution and prize money
[edit]As 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.[11][12]Points and rankings for the wheelchair events fall under the jurisdiction of theITF 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.
- For the ATP, in March 2021, the ATP extended the "best of" logic to their rankings through to the week of 9 August 2021. Players will count either their 2021 points or 50% of their 2019 points, whichever is greater.[15]
- For the WTA, their 2019 points will drop off at 2021 edition.[16]
Point distribution
[edit]Below is the tables with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament.
Senior points
[edit]| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | 2000 | 1200 | 720 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's doubles | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Women's singles | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 70 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 2 | |
| Women's doubles | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
Wheelchair points[edit]
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Junior points[edit]
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Prize money
[edit]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 | Round of 128 | 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wheelchair doubles * | £20,000 | £10,000 | £6,000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quad singles | £48,000 | £24,000 | £16,500 | £11,500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quad doubles * | £20,000 | £10,000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
*per team
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