2019 Wimbledon Championships

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2019 Wimbledon Championships
Date1–14 July
Edition133rd
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
Draw128S / 64D / 48XD
Prize money£ 38,000,000
SurfaceGrass
LocationChurch Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom
VenueAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Champions
Men's singles
Serbia Novak Djokovic
Women's singles
Romania Simona Halep
Men's doubles
Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal / Colombia Robert Farah
Women's doubles
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei / Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
Mixed doubles
Croatia Ivan Dodig / Chinese Taipei Latisha Chan
Wheelchair men's singles
Argentina Gustavo Fernández
Wheelchair women's singles
Netherlands Aniek van Koot
Wheelchair quad singles
Australia Dylan Alcott
Wheelchair men's doubles
Belgium Joachim Gérard / Sweden Stefan Olsson
Wheelchair women's doubles
Netherlands Diede de Groot / Netherlands Aniek van Koot
Wheelchair quad doubles
Australia Dylan Alcott / United Kingdom Andrew Lapthorne
Boys' singles
Japan Shintaro Mochizuki
Girls' singles
Ukraine Daria Snigur
Boys' doubles
Czech Republic Jonáš Forejtek / Czech Republic Jiří Lehečka
Girls' doubles
United States Savannah Broadus / United States Abigail Forbes
Gentlemen's invitation doubles
France Arnaud Clément / France Michaël Llodra
Ladies' invitation doubles
Zimbabwe Cara Black / United States Martina Navratilova
Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles
Sweden Jonas Björkman / Australia Todd Woodbridge

The 2019 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 main tournament began on Monday 1 July 2019 and finished on Sunday 14 July 2019.

The defending gentlemen's singles champion Novak Djokovic retained his title, while the defending ladies' singles champion Angelique Kerber lost in the second round to Lauren Davis. Simona Halep won the ladies' singles title, her second major title after the French Open in 2018. This tournament marked the first grand slam main draw appearance of 2023 US Open women's singles champion Coco Gauff, who progressed to the fourth round as a fifteen-year-old, after being awarded a wildcard into qualifying.

This was the first edition of the tournament to feature a standard tie break in the final set when the score in the set was 12 games all. The winner was the first player or pair to reach seven points whilst leading by two or more points or, in the case of a 6-6 point score, to establish a subsequent lead of two points. Henri Kontinen and John Peers won the first such tie break played in Wimbledon history, defeating Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury in a third-round men's doubles match. In men's singles, the only such match was the final in which Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer, in what was also the longest final in tournament history lasting for 4 hours and 57 minutes.

Women's singles included 16 qualifiers from 128 entrants, an increase from 12 qualifiers from 96 entrants. Doubles qualifying was eliminated as a result. The change brought the qualification for the women's singles into line with that for the men's singles, which remained unchanged.

This was the last edition of the Wimbledon Championships until 2021 after the event would be cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the first such cancellation since World War II. This was also the last major final contested by eight-time champion and twelve-time finalist Roger Federer.

Tournament

Centre Court, where the finals of Wimbledon took place.

The 2019 Wimbledon Championships was the 133rd edition of the tournament and was held at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London. It was also the last regular tennis tournament to be staged before the cancellation was confirmed in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the first such cancellation since World War II.

The tournament was run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was included in the 2019 ATP Tour and the 2019 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 was 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.

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, from Monday 24 June to Thursday 27 June 2019, at the Bank of England Sports Ground, Roehampton. The Tennis Sub-Committee met to decide wild card entries on 17 June.

Singles players

Gentlemen's singles

Ladies' singles

Events

Gentlemen's singles

Ladies' singles

Gentlemen's doubles

Ladies' doubles

Mixed doubles

Wheelchair gentlemen's singles

Wheelchair ladies' singles

Wheelchair quad singles

Wheelchair gentlemen's doubles

Wheelchair ladies' doubles

Wheelchair quad doubles

Boys' singles

Girls' singles

Boys' doubles

Girls' doubles

Gentlemen's invitation doubles

Ladies' invitation doubles

Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles

Singles seeds

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 24 June 2019:

  • Take Entry System Position points at 24 June 2019.
  • Add 100% points earned for all grass court tournaments in the past 12 months (25 June 2018 – 23 June 2019).
  • Add 75% points earned for best grass court tournament in the 12 months before that (26 June 2017 – 24 June 2018).

Rank and points before are as of 1 July 2019.

Seed Rank Player Points
before
Points
defending
Points
won
Points
after
Status
1 1 Serbia Novak Djokovic 12,415 2,000 2,000 12,415 Champion, defeated Switzerland Roger Federer
2 3 Switzerland Roger Federer 6,620 360 1,200 7,460 Runner-up, lost to Serbia Novak Djokovic
3 2 Spain Rafael Nadal 7,945 720 720 7,945 Semifinals lost to Switzerland Roger Federer
4 8 South Africa Kevin Anderson 3,610 1,200 90 2,500 Third round lost to Argentina Guido Pella
5 4 Austria Dominic Thiem 4,595 10 10 4,595 First round lost to United States Sam Querrey
6 5 Germany Alexander Zverev 4,405 90 10 4,325 First round lost to Czech Republic Jiří Veselý
7 6 Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas 4,215 180 10 4,045 First round lost to Italy Thomas Fabbiano
8 7 Japan Kei Nishikori 4,040 360 360 4,040 Quarterfinals lost to Switzerland Roger Federer
9 12 United States John Isner 2,715 720 45 2,040 Second round lost to Kazakhstan Mikhail Kukushkin
10 9 Russia Karen Khachanov 2,980 180 90 2,890 Third round lost to Spain Roberto Bautista Agut
11 13 Russia Daniil Medvedev 2,625 90 90 2,625 Third round lost to Belgium David Goffin
12 10 Italy Fabio Fognini 2,785 90 90 2,785 Third round lost to United States Tennys Sandgren
13 18 Croatia Marin Čilić 1,940 45 45 1,940 Second round lost to Portugal João Sousa
14 14 Croatia Borna Ćorić 2,205 10 0 2,195 Withdrew due to a back injury
15 17 Canada Milos Raonic 1,945 360 180 1,765 Fourth round lost to Argentina Guido Pella
16 15 France Gaël Monfils 1,985 180 10 1,815 First round, retired against France Ugo Humbert
17 20 Italy Matteo Berrettini 1,665 45 180 1,800 Fourth round lost to Switzerland Roger Federer
18 16 Georgia (country) Nikoloz Basilashvili 1,960 10 45 1,995 Second round lost to United Kingdom Dan Evans
19 21 Canada Félix Auger-Aliassime 1,654 (29) 90 1,715 Third round lost to France Ugo Humbert
20 25 France Gilles Simon 1,445 180 45 1,310 Second round lost to United States Tennys Sandgren
21 23 Belgium David Goffin 1,510 10 360 1,860 Quarterfinals lost to Serbia Novak Djokovic
22 19 Switzerland Stan Wawrinka 1,715 45 45 1,715 Second round lost to United States Reilly Opelka
23 22 Spain Roberto Bautista Agut 1,600 0 720 2,320 Semifinals lost to Serbia Novak Djokovic
24 24 Argentina Diego Schwartzman 1,485 45 90 1,530 Third round lost to Italy Matteo Berrettini
25 29 Australia Alex de Minaur 1,330 90 45 1,285 Second round lost to United States Steve Johnson
26 26 Argentina Guido Pella 1,430 90 360 1,700 Quarterfinals lost to Spain Roberto Bautista Agut
27 28 France Lucas Pouille 1,340 45 90 1,385 Third round lost to Switzerland Roger Federer
28 32 France Benoît Paire 1,278 90 180 1,368 Fourth round lost to Spain Roberto Bautista Agut
29 27 Canada Denis Shapovalov 1,390 45 10 1,355 First round lost to Lithuania Ričardas Berankis
30 30 United Kingdom Kyle Edmund 1,325 90 45 1,280 Second round lost to Spain Fernando Verdasco
31 35 Serbia Laslo Đere 1,255 10 45 1,290 Second round lost to Australia John Millman
32 36 Serbia Dušan Lajović 1,251 10 10 1,251 First round lost to Poland Hubert Hurkacz
33 33 Germany Jan-Lennard Struff 1,265 90 90 1,265 Third round lost to Kazakhstan Mikhail Kukushkin

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2018, but is defending points from an ATP Challenger Tour tournament.

The following player would have been seeded, but withdrew before the event.

Rank Player Points before Points defending Points after Withdrawal reason
11 Argentina Juan Martín del Potro 2,740 360 2,380 Right knee injury

Ladies' singles

The seeds for ladies' singles are based on the WTA rankings as of 24 June 2019. Rank and points before are as of 1 July 2019.

Seed Rank Player Points
before
Points
defending
Points
won
Points
after
Status
1 1 Australia Ashleigh Barty 6,495 130 240 6,605 Fourth round lost to United States Alison Riske
2 2 Japan Naomi Osaka 6,377 130 10 6,257 First round lost to Kazakhstan Yulia Putintseva
3 3 Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková 6,055 240 240 6,055 Fourth round lost to Czech Republic Karolína Muchová
4 4 Netherlands Kiki Bertens 5,430 430 130 5,130 Third round lost to Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
5 5 Germany Angelique Kerber 4,805 2,000 70 2,875 Second round lost to United States Lauren Davis
6 6 Czech Republic Petra Kvitová 4,555 10 240 4,785 Fourth round lost to United Kingdom Johanna Konta
7 7 Romania Simona Halep 4,063 130 2,000 5,933 Champion, defeated United States Serena Williams
8 8 Ukraine Elina Svitolina 3,868 10 780 4,638 Semifinals lost to Romania Simona Halep
9 9 United States Sloane Stephens 3,682 10 130 3,802 Third round lost to United Kingdom Johanna Konta
10 11 Belarus Aryna Sabalenka 3,365 10 10 3,365 First round lost to Slovakia Magdaléna Rybáriková
11 10 United States Serena Williams 3,411 1,300 1,300 3,411 Runner-up, lost to Romania Simona Halep
12 12 Latvia Anastasija Sevastova 3,296 10 70 3,356 Second round lost to United States Danielle Collins
13 13 Switzerland Belinda Bencic 3,073 240 130 2,963 Third round lost to United States Alison Riske
14 19 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 2,418 70 130 2,478 Third round lost to China Zhang Shuai
15 15 China Wang Qiang 2,752 10 130 2,872 Third round lost to Belgium Elise Mertens
16 14 Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová 2,775 10+13 10+0 2,762 First round lost to United States Madison Brengle
17 16 United States Madison Keys 2,615 130 70 2,555 Second round lost to Slovenia Polona Hercog
18 17 Germany Julia Görges 2,605 780 130 1,955 Third round lost to United States Serena Williams
19 18 United Kingdom Johanna Konta 2,430 70 430 2,790 Quarterfinals lost to Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
20 20 Estonia Anett Kontaveit 2,335 130 130 2,335 Third round lost to Czech Republic Karolína Muchová
21 21 Belgium Elise Mertens 2,195 130 240 2,305 Fourth round lost to Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
22 22 Croatia Donna Vekić 2,180 240 10 1,950 First round lost to United States Alison Riske
23 23 France Caroline Garcia 2,105 10 10 2,105 First round lost to China Zhang Shuai
24 24 Croatia Petra Martić 2,105 10 240 2,335 Fourth round lost to Ukraine Elina Svitolina
25 26 United States Amanda Anisimova 1,949 (1) 70 2,018 Second round lost to Poland Magda Linette
26 27 Spain Garbiñe Muguruza 1,925 70 10 1,865 First round lost to Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia
27 28 United States Sofia Kenin 1,895 70 70 1,895 Second round lost to Ukraine Dayana Yastremska
28 29 Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei 1,885 240 130 1,775 Third round lost to Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková
29 30 Russia Daria Kasatkina 1,745 430 10 1,325 First round lost to Australia Ajla Tomljanović
30 31 Spain Carla Suárez Navarro 1,732 130 240 1,842 Fourth round lost to United States Serena Williams
31 32 Greece Maria Sakkari 1,670 10 130 1,790 Third round lost to Ukraine Elina Svitolina
32 33 Ukraine Lesia Tsurenko 1,616 70 10 1,556 First round lost to Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2018. Accordingly, points for her 16th best result are deducted instead.

The following player would have been seeded, but withdrew from the event.

Rank Player Points before Points defending Points after Withdrawal reason
25 Canada Bianca Andreescu 1,996 30 1,966 Right shoulder injury

Doubles seeds

Mixed doubles

Team Rank1 Seed
Brazil Bruno Soares United States Nicole Melichar 22 1
Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer Netherlands Demi Schuurs 22 2
Croatia Mate Pavić Canada Gabriela Dabrowski 29 3
Australia John Peers China Zhang Shuai 31 4
Netherlands Wesley Koolhof Czech Republic Květa Peschke 38 5
Croatia Nikola Mektić Poland Alicja Rosolska 38 6
Argentina Máximo González China Xu Yifan 39 7
Croatia Ivan Dodig Chinese Taipei Latisha Chan 49 8
United Kingdom Neal Skupski Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching 51 9
New Zealand Michael Venus Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik 55 10
France Édouard Roger-Vasselin Slovenia Andreja Klepač 55 11
Croatia Franko Škugor Romania Raluca Olaru 59 12
India Rohan Bopanna Belarus Aryna Sabalenka 67 13
France Fabrice Martin United States Raquel Atawo 68 14
Czech Republic Roman Jebavý Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká 72 15
India Divij Sharan China Duan Yingying 72 16
  • 1 Rankings are as of 1 July 2019.

Point distribution and prize money

Point distribution

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

Senior points

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 0
Women's singles 1300 780 430 240 130 70 10 40 30 20 2
Women's doubles 10

Prize money

The total prize money on offer has increased for the eighth year in a row. Winners of the tournament will get the largest share of the £38m pot, up from £34m last year (+11.8%).

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 (R4) Round of 32 (R3) Round of 64 (R2) Round of 128 (R1) Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles £2,350,000 £1,175,000 £588,000 £294,000 £176,000 £111,000 £72,000 £45,000 £22,500 £13,250 £7,000
Doubles* £540,000 £270,000 £135,000 £67,000 £32,000 £19,000 £12,000
Mixed doubles* £116,000 £58,000 £29,000 £14,500 £7,000 £3,500 £1,750
Wheelchair singles £46,000 £23,000 £15,000 £10,000
Wheelchair doubles* £18,000 £9,000 £5,000
Invitation doubles £27,000 £23,000 £20,000

* per team

Main draw wildcard entries

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

Mixed doubles

Main draw qualifier entries

Protected ranking

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

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament but withdrew with injuries or other reasons:

References

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