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,289−263 = 26 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 (ITF) 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 (players under 18), 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 Event Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Men's singles20001200720360180904510251680Men's doubles0—————13007804302401307010403020210—————
Wheelchair points Event Doubles800500375100
Junior points Event Round of 16 Round of 32Boys' singles375270180120753025200Girls' singles2701801207545————Girls' doubles
Prize money
The Wimbledon total prize money for 2015 was increased by 7% to £26.75m. The winners of the men's and women's singles titles would earn £1.88m, up £120,000 from the previous year. The figures for doubles events are per pair.
Event Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round 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 Champion Runner-up Novak Djokovic Roger Federer Semifinals out Richard Gasquet Andy Murray Quarterfinals out Marin Čilić Stan Wawrinka Vasek Pospisil Gilles Simon 4th round out Kevin Anderson Denis Kudla (WC) David Goffin Nick Kyrgios Viktor Troicki Ivo Karlović Tomáš Berdych Roberto Bautista Agut 3rd round out Bernard Tomic Leonardo Mayer John Isner Santiago Giraldo Fernando Verdasco Marcos Baghdatis Grigor Dimitrov Milos Raonic James Ward (WC) Dustin Brown (Q) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Andreas Seppi Pablo Andújar Gaël Monfils Nikoloz Basilashvili (Q) Sam Groth 2nd round out Jarkko Nieminen Pierre-Hugues Herbert (Q) Marcel Granollers Marsel İlhan Ričardas Berankis Matthew Ebden (WC) Alexander Zverev Kei Nishikori Víctor Estrella Burgos Dominic Thiem John Millman (Q) Liam Broady (WC) Steve Johnson Kenny de Schepper (Q) Juan Mónaco Tommy Haas (PR) Jiří Veselý Fabio Fognini Aljaž Bedene Rafael Nadal Albert Ramos Alexandr Dolgopolov Borna Ćorić Robin Haase Nicolas Mahut (WC) Lukáš Rosol Adrian Mannarino Blaž Kavčič Feliciano López Benoît Paire James Duckworth Sam Querrey 1st round out Philipp Kohlschreiber Lleyton Hewitt (WC) Chung Hyeon Jan-Lennard Struff Thanasi Kokkinakis Janko Tipsarević (PR) Jerzy Janowicz Lucas Pouille Hiroki Moriya (Q) Andreas Haider-Maurer Blaž Rola Go Soeda Pablo Cuevas Teymuraz Gabashvili João Souza Simone Bolelli João Sousa Benjamin Becker Martin Kližan Dudi Sela Tommy Robredo Donald Young Marinko Matosevic Horacio Zeballos (Q) Federico Delbonis Lukáš Lacko John-Patrick Smith (Q) Luke Saville (Q) Diego Schwartzman Florian Mayer (PR) Dušan Lajović Daniel Gimeno Traver Luca Vanni (LL) Paolo Lorenzi Vincent Millot (Q) Tim Smyczek Aleksandr Nedovyesov (Q) Radek Štěpánek (PR) Lu Yen-hsun Thomaz Bellucci Gilles Müller Denis Istomin Kyle Edmund (WC) Elias Ymer (Q) Brydan Klein (WC) Sergiy Stakhovsky Alejandro Falla (Q) Mikhail Kukushkin Jérémy Chardy Filip Krajinović Ernests Gulbis Guillermo García López Pablo Carreño Busta Michael Berrer (Q) Yūichi Sugita (Q) Nicolás Almagro (PR) Steve Darcis Facundo Bagnis Mikhail Youzhny Ruben Bemelmans Jack Sock Malek Jaziri Igor Sijsling (Q) Damir Džumhur
2015 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles Champion Runner-up Serena Williams Garbiñe Muguruza Semifinals out Maria Sharapova Agnieszka Radwańska Quarterfinals out Victoria Azarenka CoCo Vandeweghe Timea Bacsinszky Madison Keys 4th round out Venus Williams Belinda Bencic Zarina Diyas Lucie Šafářová Caroline Wozniacki Monica Niculescu Olga Govortsova (Q) Jelena Janković 3rd round out Heather Watson Aleksandra Krunić Kristina Mladenovic Bethanie Mattek-Sands (Q) Irina-Camelia Begu Andrea Petkovic Samantha Stosur Sloane Stephens Camila Giorgi Angelique Kerber Sabine Lisicki Kristýna Plíšková Magdaléna Rybáriková Tatjana Maria Casey Dellacqua Petra Kvitová 2nd round out Tímea Babos Daniela Hantuchová Sara Errani Yulia Putintseva Jeļena Ostapenko (WC) Kirsten Flipkens Anna-Lena Friedsam Ana Ivanovic Richèl Hogenkamp (Q) Lesia Tsurenko Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Q) Mariana Duque Mariño Karolína Plíšková Urszula Radwańska Lauren Davis Hsieh Su-wei (Q) Denisa Allertová Lara Arruabarrena Mirjana Lučić-Baroni Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Sílvia Soler Espinosa Christina McHale Svetlana Kuznetsova Jana Čepelová Ekaterina Makarova Alizé Cornet Elizaveta Kulichkova Duan Yingying (Q) Ajla Tomljanović Elina Svitolina Evgeniya Rodina Kurumi Nara 1st round out Margarita Gasparyan (Q) Petra Cetkovská (Q) Dominika Cibulková Caroline Garcia Francesca Schiavone Roberta Vinci Marina Erakovic Madison Brengle Carla Suárez Navarro Alexandra Dulgheru Annika Beck Anett Kontaveit (WC) Tsvetana Pironkova Vitalia Diatchenko Alison Van Uytvanck Xu Yifan (Q) Johanna Konta (WC) Wang Qiang Nicole Gibbs Daria Gavrilova Flavia Pennetta Zhu Lin Naomi Broady (WC) Shelby Rogers Irina Falconi Anna Karolína Schmiedlová Edina Gallovits-Hall (PR) Danka Kovinić Barbora Strýcová Polona Hercog Kaia Kanepi Alison Riske Zheng Saisai Kateřina Siniaková Pauline Parmentier Teliana Pereira Varvara Lepchenko Yaroslava Shvedova Mona Barthel Carina Witthöft Julia Görges Sesil Karatantcheva Johanna Larsson Jarmila Gajdošová Laura Siegemund (Q) Tereza Smitková Monica Puig Simona Halep Sachia Vickery (Q) Karin Knapp Andreea Mitu Ana Konjuh Stefanie Vögele Yanina Wickmayer Bojana Jovanovski Eugenie Bouchard Lucie Hradecká Klára Koukalová Tamira Paszek (Q) Misaki Doi Elena Vesnina Laura Robson (WC) Magda Linette Kiki Bertens
Day-by-day summaries
Singles seeds Seedings were announced on Wednesday, 24 June 2015.
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: Take Entry System Position points at 22 June 2015. Add 100% points earned for all grass court tournaments in the past 12 months (16 June 2014 – 21 June 2015). Add 75% points earned for best grass court tournament in the 12 months before that (17 June 2013 – 15 June 2014).
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 (Newport, Båstad and Stuttgart).
SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints wonPoints afterStatus 1 1 Novak Djokovic 13,845 2,000 2,000 13,845 Champion, won against Roger Federer 2 2 Roger Federer 9,665 1,200 1,200 9,665 Runner-up, lost to Novak Djokovic 3 3 Andy Murray 7,450 360 720 7,810 Semifinals lost to Roger Federer 4 4 Stan Wawrinka 5,790 360 360 5,790 Quarterfinals lost to Richard Gasquet 5 5 Kei Nishikori 5,660 180 45 5,525 Second round withdrew due to a calf injury 6 6 Tomáš Berdych 5,050 90 180 5,140 Fourth round lost to Gilles Simon 7 8 Milos Raonic 4,440 720 90 3,810 Third round lost to Nick Kyrgios 8 7 David Ferrer 4,490 45 0 4,445 Withdrew due to elbow injury 9 9 Marin Čilić 3,540 360 360 3,540 Quarterfinals lost to Novak Djokovic 10 10 Rafael Nadal 3,135 180 45 3,000 Second round lost to Dustin Brown [Q] 11 11 Grigor Dimitrov 2,600 720 90 1,970 Third round lost to Richard Gasquet 12 13 Gilles Simon 2,435 90 360 2,705 Quarterfinals lost to Roger Federer 13 12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2,565 180 90 2,475 Third round lost to Ivo Karlović 14 14 Kevin Anderson 2,090 180 180 2,090 Fourth round lost to Novak Djokovic 15 16 Feliciano López 1,935 180 45 1,800 Second round lost to Nikoloz Basilashvili [Q] 16 15 David Goffin 2,010 10+90 180+55 2,145 Fourth round lost to Stan Wawrinka 17 17 John Isner 1,890 90 90 1,890 Third round lost to Marin Čilić 18 18 Gaël Monfils 1,885 45 90 1,930 Third round lost to Gilles Simon 19 19 Tommy Robredo 1,710 180 10 1,540 First round lost to John Millman [Q] 20 22 Roberto Bautista Agut 1,545 90+250 180+90 1,475 Fourth round lost to Roger Federer 21 20 Richard Gasquet 1,610 45 720 2,285 Semifinals lost to Novak Djokovic 22 24 Viktor Troicki 1,494 (45)† 180 1,629 Fourth round lost to Vasek Pospisil 23 25 Ivo Karlović 1,385 10+150 180+45 1,450 Fourth round lost to Andy Murray 24 21 Leonardo Mayer 1,605 180 90 1,515 Third round lost to Kevin Anderson 25 27 Andreas Seppi 1,280 10 90 1,360 Third round lost to Andy Murray 26 29 Nick Kyrgios 1,245 360 180 1,065 Fourth round lost to Richard Gasquet 27 26 Bernard Tomic 1,355 45 90 1,400 Third round lost to Novak Djokovic 28 23 Pablo Cuevas 1,502 10+250 10+45 1,297 First round lost to Denis Kudla [WC] 29 32 Guillermo García López 1,210 10 10 1,210 First round lost to Pablo Andújar 30 28 Fabio Fognini 1,250 90+90 45+45 1,160 Second round lost to Vasek Pospisil 31 31 Jack Sock 1,215 45+90 10+0 1,090 First round lost to Sam Groth 32 30 Dominic Thiem 1,235 10 45 1,270 Second 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 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.WTA Notes & Netcords 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 (Bucharest and Bad Gastein).