The 2021 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 first since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Novak Djokovic successfully defended his gentlemen's singles title to claim his record-equalling 20th major title, defeating Matteo Berrettini in the final. Simona Halep was the defending ladies' singles champion from 2019, but she withdrew from the competition due to a calf injury. The Ladies' Singles title was won by Ashleigh Barty, who defeated Karolína Plíšková in the final.
Following the cancellation of the 2020 tournament because of the COVID-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, the 53rd in the Open Era and the third Grand Slam tournament of the year. It was played on grass courts and was part of the ATP Tour, the WTA Tour, the ITF Junior Circuit and the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour. The tournament was organised by the All England Lawn Tennis Club and International Tennis Federation.
This was the final edition of Wimbledon to have no matches scheduled on "Middle Sunday." It would also be the final competitive tournament for eight-time champion Roger Federer.
Tournament
The 2021 Wimbledon Championships were the 134th edition of the tournament and were held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London. The Championships were initially held at 50% capacity, before increasing to full capacity in the second week. Spectators were required to have tested negative for COVID-19 within 48 hours prior to attendance or to be fully vaccinated.
The tournament was run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is included in the 2021 ATP Tour and the 2021 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 were 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 on grass courts; main draw matches were played at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon. Qualifying matches were played, from Monday 21 June to Friday 25 June 2021, at the Bank of England Sports Ground, Roehampton. The Tennis Sub-Committee met to decide wild card entries on 14 June.
The gentlemen's seedings formula used since 2002 was not used. Seedings used the standard system based on ATP rankings.
No invitation doubles events were held during this edition of the tournament.
Singles players Gentlemen's singles Champion Runner-up Novak Djokovic Matteo Berrettini Semifinals out Denis Shapovalov Hubert Hurkacz Quarterfinals out Márton Fucsovics Karen Khachanov Félix Auger-Aliassime Roger Federer 4th round out Cristian Garín Andrey Rublev Sebastian Korda Roberto Bautista Agut Ilya Ivashka Alexander Zverev Lorenzo Sonego Daniil Medvedev 3rd round out Denis Kudla (Q) Pedro Martínez Diego Schwartzman Fabio Fognini Frances Tiafoe Dan Evans Andy Murray (WC) Dominik Koepfer Aljaž Bedene Jordan Thompson Nick Kyrgios Taylor Fritz Cameron Norrie James Duckworth Alexander Bublik Marin Čilić 2nd round out Kevin Anderson Andreas Seppi Marc Polmans (Q) Gaël Monfils Liam Broady (WC) Jiří Veselý Laslo Đere Lloyd Harris Vasek Pospisil Egor Gerasimov Dušan Lajović Antoine Hoang (Q) Pablo Andújar Oscar Otte (Q) Kwon Soon-woo Miomir Kecmanović Botic van de Zandschulp (LL) Yoshihito Nishioka Jérémy Chardy Kei Nishikori Mikael Ymer Gianluca Mager Steve Johnson Tennys Sandgren Richard Gasquet Alex Bolt (WC) Daniel Elahi Galán Sam Querrey Marcos Giron Grigor Dimitrov Benjamin Bonzi (Q) Carlos Alcaraz (WC) 1st round out Jack Draper (WC) Marcelo Tomás Barrios Vera (Q) João Sousa Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Bernabé Zapata Miralles (Q) Lu Yen-hsun (PR) Stefano Travaglia Christopher O'Connell (Q) Benoît Paire Marco Cecchinato Yannick Hanfmann Jannik Sinner Albert Ramos Viñolas Pablo Cuevas Ričardas Berankis Federico Delbonis Stefanos Tsitsipas Roberto Carballés Baena Jay Clarke (WC) Mackenzie McDonald (Q) Feliciano López Gilles Simon Zhang Zhizhen (Q) Alex de Minaur Philipp Kohlschreiber (PR) Pierre-Hugues Herbert Arthur Rinderknech (Q) Nikoloz Basilashvili Reilly Opelka Daniel Masur (Q) Facundo Bagnis John Millman Guido Pella Grégoire Barrère (Q) Corentin Moutet John Isner Aslan Karatsev Jaume Munar Alexei Popyrin Casper Ruud Thiago Monteiro Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Juan Ignacio Londero Ugo Humbert Brandon Nakashima (Q) Dennis Novak Norbert Gombos Tallon Griekspoor (Q) Adrian Mannarino Yūichi Sugita Filip Krajinović Lucas Pouille Pedro Sousa Federico Coria Radu Albot Pablo Carreño Busta Lorenzo Musetti Emil Ruusuvuori Mikhail Kukushkin Fernando Verdasco Salvatore Caruso Marco Trungelliti (Q) Yasutaka Uchiyama (LL) Jan-Lennard Struff
Ladies' singles Champion Runner-up Ashleigh Barty Karolína Plíšková Semifinals out Angelique Kerber Aryna Sabalenka Quarterfinals out Ajla Tomljanović Karolína Muchová Viktorija Golubic Ons Jabeur 4th round out Barbora Krejčíková Emma Raducanu (WC) Paula Badosa Coco Gauff Liudmila Samsonova (WC) Madison Keys Iga Świątek Elena Rybakina 3rd round out Kateřina Siniaková Anastasija Sevastova Sorana Cîrstea Jeļena Ostapenko Magda Linette Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Kaja Juvan Aliaksandra Sasnovich Tereza Martincová Sloane Stephens Elise Mertens Madison Brengle Irina-Camelia Begu Garbiñe Muguruza Shelby Rogers Camila Osorio (Q) 2nd round out Anna Blinkova CoCo Vandeweghe (PR) Marta Kostyuk Andrea Petkovic (PR) Victoria Azarenka Markéta Vondroušová Daria Kasatkina Alizé Cornet Elina Svitolina Yulia Putintseva Camila Giorgi Kristýna Plíšková Clara Burel (Q) Elena Vesnina (PR) Sara Sorribes Tormo Nao Hibino Donna Vekić Nadia Podoroska Jessica Pegula Kristie Ahn (LL) Zhu Lin Lauren Davis Danielle Collins Sofia Kenin Vera Zvonareva Petra Martić Venus Williams Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove (Q) Maria Sakkari Claire Liu (Q) Ekaterina Alexandrova Katie Boulter (WC) 1st round out Carla Suárez Navarro (PR) Tímea Babos Olga Govortsova (Q) Wang Yafan (LL) Kiki Bertens Zarina Diyas Jasmine Paolini Clara Tauson Kateryna Kozlova (PR) Samantha Murray Sharan (WC) Vitalia Diatchenko (Q) Anett Kontaveit Patricia Maria Țig Leylah Annie Fernandez Greet Minnen (Q) Bianca Andreescu Alison Van Uytvanck Amanda Anisimova Tsvetana Pironkova (LL) Aliona Bolsova Zhang Shuai Jil Teichmann Astra Sharma (LL) Ana Bogdan Belinda Bencic Ellen Perez (Q) Martina Trevisan Francesca Jones (WC) Nina Stojanović Ana Konjuh (Q) Bernarda Pera Serena Williams Tamara Zidanšek Anastasia Potapova Ann Li Alison Riske Caroline Garcia Kaia Kanepi Heather Watson Petra Kvitová Harriet Dart (WC) Mona Barthel (PR) Jodie Burrage (WC) Katie Swan (Q) Veronika Kudermetova Polona Hercog Christina McHale Wang Xinyu (Q) Hsieh Su-wei Marie Bouzková Katie Volynets (Q) Varvara Gracheva Rebecca Peterson Mihaela Buzărnescu (PR) Svetlana Kuznetsova Fiona Ferro Arantxa Rus Samantha Stosur (PR) Misaki Doi Kristina Mladenovic Laura Siegemund Anna Kalinskaya (Q) Danielle Lao (Q) Monica Niculescu (Q)
Events
Gentlemen's singles
Novak Djokovic def. Matteo Berrettini, 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–4, 6–3
Ladies' singles
Ashleigh Barty def. Karolína Plíšková, 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–3
Gentlemen's doubles
Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić def. Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos, 6–4, 7–6(7–5), 2–6, 7–5
Ladies' doubles
Hsieh Su-wei / Elise Mertens def. Veronika Kudermetova / Elena Vesnina, 3–6, 7–5, 9–7
Mixed doubles
Neal Skupski / Desirae Krawczyk def. Joe Salisbury / Harriet Dart, 6–2, 7–6(7–1)
Wheelchair gentlemen's singles
Joachim Gérard def. Gordon Reid, 6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Wheelchair ladies' singles
Diede de Groot def. Kgothatso Montjane, 6–2, 6–2
Wheelchair quad singles
Dylan Alcott def. Sam Schröder, 6–2, 6–2
Wheelchair gentlemen's doubles
Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid def. Tom Egberink / Joachim Gérard, 7–5, 6–2
Wheelchair ladies' doubles
Yui Kamiji / Jordanne Whiley def. Kgothatso Montjane / Lucy Shuker, 6–0, 7–6(7–0)
Wheelchair quad doubles
Andy Lapthorne / David Wagner def. Dylan Alcott / Sam Schröder, 6–1, 3–6, 6–4
Boys' singles
Samir Banerjee def. Victor Lilov, 7–5, 6–3
Girls' singles
Ane Mintegi del Olmo def. Nastasja Schunk, 2–6, 6–4, 6–1
Boys' doubles
Edas Butvilas / Alejandro Manzanera Pertusa def. Daniel Rincón / Abedallah Shelbayh, 6–3, 6–4
Girls' doubles
Kristina Dmitruk / Diana Shnaider def. Sofia Costoulas / Laura Hietaranta, 6–1, 6–2
Point distribution and prize money As a Grand Slam tournament, the points for Wimbledon are the highest of all ATP and WTA tournaments. 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. Points and rankings for the wheelchair events fall under the jurisdiction of the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour, which also places Grand Slams as the highest classification.
The ATP and WTA rankings were both altered in 2020, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. 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. For the WTA, their 2019 points will drop off at 2021 edition.
Point distribution Below are the tables with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament.
Senior points Event Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Men's singles20001200720360180904510251680Men's doubles0—————13007804302401307010403020210—————
Wheelchair points EventWFSF/3rdQF/4thSingles800500375100Doubles800500100Quad singles800500100800100
Junior points EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ31000600370200100453020Girls' singles75045027515075
Prize money 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.
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Q3Q2Q1Singles£1,700,000£900,000£465,000£300,000£181,000£115,000£75,000£48,000£25,500£15,500£8,500Doubles *£480,000£240,000£120,000£60,000£30,000£19,000£12,000Mixed doubles *£100,000£50,000£25,000£12,000£6,000£3,000£1,500Wheelchair singles£48,000£24,000£16,500£11,500£20,000£10,000£6,000Quad singles£48,000£24,000£16,500£11,500Quad doubles *£20,000£10,000 *per team
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