2015 Wimbledon Championships

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.

2015 Wimbledon Championships
Date29 June – 12 July
Edition129th
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
Draw128S / 64D / 48XD
Prize money£26,750,000
SurfaceGrass
LocationChurch Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom
VenueAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Champions
Men's Singles
Novak Djokovic
Women's Singles
Serena Williams
Men's Doubles
Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău
Women's Doubles
Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza
Mixed Doubles
Leander Paes / Martina Hingis
Boys' Singles
Reilly Opelka
Girls' Singles
Sofya Zhuk
Boys' Doubles
Lý Hoàng Nam / Sumit Nagal
Girls' Doubles
Dalma Gálfi / Fanny Stollár
Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Goran Ivanišević / Ivan Ljubičić
Ladies' Invitation Doubles
Magdalena Maleeva / Rennae Stubbs
Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis
Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Gustavo Fernández / Nicolas Peifer
Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Yui Kamiji / Jordanne Whiley

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.[1]

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,[2] beating Martina Navratilova by 26 days, who won the 1990 Wimbledon Championships at 33 years and 263 days old.[3][4]

Tournament
Centre Court where the Finals of Wimbledon take place.

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.[5]

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 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 — — — — —

Prize money

The Wimbledon total prize money for 2015 has been increased by 7% to £26.75m. The winners of the men's and women's singles titles will earn £1.88m, up £120,000 from the previous year. The figures for doubles events are per pair.[6]

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Q3 Q2 Q1
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 — — — —
Wheelchair Doubles £15,000 £7,750 £5,250 £4,000 — — — — — — —
Invitation Doubles £22,000 £19,000 £16,000 £15,000 £14,000 — — — — — —

Singles players
2015 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
2015 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

Day-by-day summaries
Main article: 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Day-by-day summaries

Singles seeds

Seedings were announced on Wednesday, 24 June 2015.[7]

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).

Seed Rank Player Points
before		 Points
defending		 Points
won		 Points
after		 Status
1 1 Novak Djokovic 13,845 2,000 2,000 13,845 Champion, won against Roger Federer [2]
2 2 Roger Federer 9,665 1,200 1,200 9,665 Runner-up, lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
3 3 Andy Murray 7,450 360 720 7,810 Semifinals lost to Roger Federer [2]
4 4 Stan Wawrinka 5,790 360 360 5,790 Quarterfinals lost to Richard Gasquet [21]
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 [12]
7 8 Milos Raonic 4,440 720 90 3,810 Third Round lost to Nick Kyrgios [26]
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 [1]
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 [21]
12 13 Gilles Simon 2,435 90 360 2,705 Quarterfinals lost to Roger Federer [2]
13 12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2,565 180 90 2,475 Third Round lost to Ivo Karlović [23]
14 14 Kevin Anderson 2,090 180 180 2,090 Fourth Round lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
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 [4]
17 17 John Isner 1,890 90 90 1,890 Third Round lost to Marin Čilić [9]
18 18 Gaël Monfils 1,885 45 90 1,930 Third Round lost to Gilles Simon [12]
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 [2]
21 20 Richard Gasquet 1,610 45 720 2,285 Semifinals lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
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 [3]
24 21 Leonardo Mayer 1,605 180 90 1,515 Third Round lost to Kevin Anderson [14]
25 27 Andreas Seppi 1,280 10 90 1,360 Third Round lost to Andy Murray [3]
26 29 Nick Kyrgios 1,245 360 180 1,065 Fourth Round lost to Richard Gasquet [21]
27 26 Bernard Tomic 1,355 45 90 1,400 Third Round lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
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.[8]
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).

Seed Rank Player Points
before		 Points
defending		 Points
won		 Points
after		 Status
1 1 Serena Williams 11,291 130 2,000 13,161 Champion, won against Garbiñe Muguruza [20]
2 2 Petra Kvitová 6,870 2,000 130 5,000 Third Round lost to Jelena Janković [28]
3 3 Simona Halep 6,200 780+280 10+1 5,151 First Round lost to Jana Čepelová
4 4 Maria Sharapova 5,950 240 780 6,490 Semifinals lost to Serena Williams [1]
5 5 Caroline Wozniacki 5,000 240 240 5,000 Fourth Round lost to Garbiñe Muguruza [20]
6 6 Lucie Šafářová 4,055 780 240 3,515 Fourth Round lost to Coco Vandeweghe
7 7 Ana Ivanovic 3,895 130 70 3,835 Second Round lost to Bethanie Mattek-Sands [Q]
8 8 Ekaterina Makarova 3,575 430 70 3,215 Second Round lost to Magdaléna Rybáriková
9 9 Carla Suárez Navarro 3,345 70 10 3,285 First Round lost to Jeļena Ostapenko [WC]
10 10 Angelique Kerber 3,285 430 130 2,985 Third Round lost to Garbiñe Muguruza [20]
11 11 Karolína Plíšková 3,210 70 70 3,210 Second Round lost to Coco Vandeweghe
12 12 Eugenie Bouchard 3,172 1,300 10 1,882 First Round lost to Duan Yingying [Q]
13 13 Agnieszka Radwańska 3,020 240 780 3,560 Semifinals lost to Garbiñe Muguruza [20]
14 14 Andrea Petkovic 2,705 130+280 130+55 2,480 Third Round lost to Zarina Diyas
15 15 Timea Bacsinszky 2,605 110 430 2,925 Quarterfinals lost to Garbiñe Muguruza [20]
16 16 Venus Williams 2,586 130 240 2,696 Fourth Round lost to Serena Williams [1]
17 17 Elina Svitolina 2,405 10 70 2,465 Second Round lost to Casey Dellacqua
18 18 Sabine Lisicki 2,320 430 130 2,020 Third Round lost to Timea Bacsinszky [15]
19 19 Sara Errani 2,140 10+110 70+55 2,145 Second Round lost to Aleksandra Krunić
20 20 Garbiñe Muguruza 2,075 10 1,300 3,365 Runner-up, lost to Serena Williams [1]
21 21 Madison Keys 1,980 130 430 2,280 Quarterfinals lost to Agnieszka Radwańska [13]
22 23 Samantha Stosur 1,900 10 130 2,020 Third Round lost to Coco Vandeweghe
23 24 Victoria Azarenka 1,892 70 430 2,252 Quarterfinals lost to Serena Williams [1]
24 26 Flavia Pennetta 1,847 70 10 1,787 First Round lost to Zarina Diyas
25 27 Alizé Cornet 1,845 240 70 1,675 Second Round lost to Olga Govortsova [Q]
26 25 Svetlana Kuznetsova 1,866 10 70 1,926 Second Round lost to Kristýna Plíšková
27 29 Barbora Strýcová 1,750 430 10 1,330 First Round lost to Sloane Stephens
– 28 Peng Shuai 1,842 240 0 1,602 Withdrew due to back injury
28 30 Jelena Janković 1,685 10 240 1,915 Fourth Round lost to Agnieszka Radwańska [13]
29 31 Irina-Camelia Begu 1,636 70+140 130+1 1,557 Third Round lost to Maria Sharapova [4]
30 22 Belinda Bencic 1,980 130 240 2,090 Fourth Round lost to Victoria Azarenka [23]
31 32 Camila Giorgi 1,480 70+60 130+30 1,510 Third Round lost to Caroline Wozniacki [5]
32 33 Caroline Garcia 1,475 130 10 1,355 First Round lost to Heather Watson

Doubles seeds

Mixed Doubles
Team Rank1 Seed
Mike Bryan Bethanie Mattek-Sands 7 1
Bruno Soares Sania Mirza 15 2
Marcin Matkowski Elena Vesnina 20 3
Bob Bryan Caroline Garcia 22 4
Alexander Peya Tímea Babos 24 5
Horia Tecău Katarina Srebotnik 25 6
Leander Paes Martina Hingis 26 7
Daniel Nestor Kristina Mladenovic 30 8
Juan Sebastián Cabal Cara Black 39 9
Raven Klaasen Raquel Kops-Jones 39 10
Jean-Julien Rojer Anna-Lena Grönefeld 42 11
Pablo Cuevas Flavia Pennetta 44 12
Florin Mergea Michaëlla Krajicek 46 13
John Peers Chan Yung-jan 53 14
Henri Kontinen Zheng Jie 54 15
Łukasz Kubot Andrea Hlaváčková 58 16
David Marrero Arantxa Parra Santonja 58 17
  • 1 Rankings are as of 29 June 2015.

Main draw wild card entries

The following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events.[9]

Mixed Doubles

Main draw qualifier entries

The qualifying competitions took place in Bank of England Sports Centre, Roehampton on 22 – 25 June 2015.[10]

Protected ranking

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

Champions

Seniors

Gentlemen's Singles
Main article: 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles

Prior to the finals, the two had faced off 39 times, with Federer having won the most matches, 20–19. At the time of the finals Djokovic was ranked No. 1 and Federer at No. 2. This encounter was their third meeting in a Grand Slam final, when the last two previous were split between the two at the 2007 US Open and 2014 Wimbledon Championships. Federer got the first break of serve in the match, during the first set, yet Djokovic quickly broke back leveling the match.[11][12] When Djokovic was serving to remain in the first set, he had to fend off two set points from Federer, which he eventually got the set into a tiebreak, and it was a lopsided tiebreak that sent Djokovic up one set to none.[11][12] The second set was a closely fought affair, but was decided to Federer's edge in the tiebreak.[11][12] The last two sets were rather uneventful in the spectrum of the match because Djokovic got the breaks of serve, allowing him to win his third Wimbledon title, and second in a row.[11][12] This put Djokovic eighth on the all-time list of Men's Grand Slam singles champions, and putting him fifth during the Open Era.[11][12] He now possesses as many Wimbledon singles titles, as his coach Boris Becker won in his career.[11][12]

Ladies' Singles
Main article: 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

This was their first encounter in a Grand Slam final, whilst all of the past meetings, occurred in Grand Slam events, from the first-time playing each other at the 2013 Australian Open, that Serena Williams won the match in two sets, during this second round match.[13] Their next contest occurred, at the 2014 French Open in the second round, yet this time around Garbiñe Muguruza, turned the tables to with the match in two sets.[13] The third tie came, at the 2015 Australian Open, and it went three sets in a fourth round encounter, to the eventual victory by Serena in three sets.[13] This bout would be their fourth meeting, and it got off to a rocky start by Serena, who served up three double faults, in order to get broken, during the first game of the match.[14][15] Muguruza would get out to a four games to two advantage, when Williams held serve, and let out a "Come On".[14][15] This rallied the twenty-time Grand Slam champion to win the first set, 6–4, when she broke the serve of Muguruza.[14][15] Serena would get off to a fast start, during the second set, that she ended up getting breaks of serve from Muguruza in the fourth and sixth games of the set, to go up to a five games to one advantage.[14][15] The momentous meaning the match held, for Williams ended up hitting her, when she had two bad service games, getting broken, letting Muguruza to come back to a five games to four set.[14][15] This allowed Muguruza, the opportunity to serve in an attempt to stay in the match and set, yet she quickly got down in a love–40 hole, which she could not escape.[14][15] The victory gave Serena her second "Serena Slam", and that was with the 2014 US Open win counted from the previous year.[14][15] This victory was her twenty-first Grand Slam singles title, putting her one behind Steffi Graf in the Open Era of tennis, and three behind the all-time record held by Margaret Court.[14][15] The win meant she became the oldest women's singles Grand Slam champion in the Open Era of tennis, besting the mark previously set by Martina Navratilova.[3]

Gentlemen's Doubles
Main article: 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles

Ladies' Doubles
Main article: 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles

Mixed Doubles
Main article: 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles

Juniors

Boys' Singles
Main article: 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles

Girls' Singles
Main article: 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles

Boys' Doubles
Main article: 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Doubles

Girls' Doubles
Main article: 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Doubles

Invitation

Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Main article: 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles

Ladies' Invitation Doubles
Main article: 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' Invitation Doubles

Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Main article: 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles

Wheelchair

Wheelchair Gentlemen's Doubles
Main article: 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair Men's Doubles

Wheelchair Ladies' Doubles
Main article: 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair Women's Doubles

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries.

Retirements
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  2. 289 - 263 = 26
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  5. "The Championships 2015 Map" (PDF). Wimbledon.com. 29 June 2015.
  6. "The Championships, Wimbledon – Prize Money" (PDF). Wimbledon.com.
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Preceded by
2015 French Open		 Grand Slam Tournaments Succeeded by
2015 US Open
Preceded by
2014 Wimbledon Championships		 The Championships, Wimbledon Succeeded by
2016 Wimbledon Championships
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