The 2016 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam

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tournament which took place at

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, United Kingdom. The main draw commenced on 27 June 2016 and concluded on 10 July 2016. 2016 was the 130th edition of

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, the 49th in the Open Era and the third Grand Slam tournament of the year. It was played on

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s and was part of the ATP World Tour, the

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, the ITF Junior tour and the NEC Tour. The tournament was organised by

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and International Tennis Federation. For the first time in the Championships' history, singles events were held in the wheelchair competitions. Thus, all four

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now hold wheelchair singles events, making a complete Grand Slam in the discipline possible.

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was the two-time defending champion in the gentlemen's singles, but lost in the third round to Sam Querrey, ending a 30-match winning streak at the majors and Djokovic's hopes of becoming the first man to achieve the

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. The gentlemen's singles title was won by

Andy Murray Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British professional tennis player from Scotland. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 41 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2016. Murray h ...

Serena Williams Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American inactive professional tennis player. Considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for ...

successfully defended her ladies' singles title and equaled

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's Open Era record of 22 major singles titles. The gentlemen's doubles event consisted of 'best of three sets' matches for rounds 1 and 2 in order to help with 'catch-up' scheduling due to a rain-stricken first week. It was also the first time since

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that play took place on Middle Sunday, also known as the People's Sunday, due to the fact that no tickets are sold in advance or through the ballot and all seats are made available on general sale the day before.

Tournament

The 2016 Wimbledon Championships was the 130th edition of the tournament and was held at the

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

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and the

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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 is also a part of the Grade A category of tournaments for under 18, doubles events for men's and women's

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players as part of the UNIQLO Tour under the Grand Slam category and, for the first time in the tournament history this year, men's and women's singles events for

players. The tournament was played only on grass courts; main draw matches were played at the

, Wimbledon; qualifying matches were played at the Bank of England Sports Ground, Roehampton.

Point and prize money distribution

Point distribution

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

Senior points

Wheelchair points

Junior points

Prize money

The total prize money for this year tournament is of £28.10m, an increase of 5% from last year tournament. The players who will win the men's singles and women's singles will earn £2.00m, an increase of £120,000 from the previous year. The prize money for men's doubles, women's doubles and wheelchair players were also increased for this year competition. _{* per team}

Singles players

; Gentlemen's singles ; Ladies' singles

Day-by-day summaries

Singles seeds

The seeds for the 2016 Wimbledon Championships were announced on Wednesday, 22 June 2016.

Gentlemen's singles

The seeds for gentlemen's singles 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 20 June 2016: * Take Entry System Position points at 20 June 2016. * Add 100% points earned for all grass court tournaments in the past 12 months (22 June 2015 – 19 June 2016). * Add 75% points earned for best grass court tournament in the 12 months before that (16 June 2014 – 21 June 2015). Rank and points before are as of 27 June 2016.

Withdrawn players

Ladies' singles

The seeds for ladies' singles are based on the WTA rankings as of 20 June 2016. Rank and points before are as of 27 June 2016.

Withdrawn players

Doubles seeds

Gentlemen's doubles

*¹ Rankings are as of 20 June 2016.

Ladies' doubles

*¹ Rankings are as of 20 June 2016.

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*¹ Rankings are as of 27 June 2016.

Main draw wild card entries

The following players were given

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into the main draw senior events, based on internal selection and recent performances.

Gentlemen's singles

* Liam Broady * Dustin Brown * Brydan Klein *

Radek Štěpánek Radek Štěpánek (; born 27 November 1978) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 and best doubles ranking was world No. 4. Štěpánek's biggest achievements are reaching two Masters 1000 ...

Alexander Ward Alexander Ward (born 30 April 1990) is a retired British tennis player. Early life Ward was born on 30 April 1990 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. He was educated at Northampton School for Boys. Tennis career Ward has a career high ...

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Ladies' singles

* Daniela Hantuchová *

Marina Melnikova Marina Anatolyevna Melnikova (russian: Марина Анатольевна Мельникова; born 5 February 1989) is a Russian tennis player. She has won six singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 4 May 2015, Melnikova reache ...

* Tara Moore * Laura Robson *

Evgeniya Rodina Evgeniya Sergeyevna Rodina (russian: Евгения Сергеевна Родина, born 4 February 1989) is a Russian tennis player. On 6 May 2019, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of 67. Rodina has won 13 singles titles on the ITF ...

* Katie Swan

Gentlemen's doubles

* Kyle Edmund /

* Daniel Evans /

Lloyd Glasspool Lloyd Glasspool (born 19 November 1993) is a British professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 12 (November 2022) and a career-high singles ranking of No. 282 (July 2016). In his career, Gl ...

* Lleyton Hewitt / Jordan Thompson * Brydan Klein /

* Jonathan Marray /

Adil Shamasdin Adil Shamasdin ( ; born May 23, 1982) is a Canadians, Canadian professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He reached his highest doubles ranking of world No. 41 on June 26, 2017. Tennis career Shamasdin's junior career saw him finish ...

* Ken Skupski /

Neal Skupski Neal Skupski (born 1 December 1989) is a British professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He achieved his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 1 on 14 November 2022. He is a two-time Grand Slam champion in mixed doubles, havi ...

Ladies' doubles

Ashleigh Barty Ashleigh is the feminine form of the Old English name Ashley (given name), Ashley, which means "dweller near the ash tree forest". It is most common in the United States and United Kingdom. Notable people B *Ashleigh Ball (born 1983), Canadian ...

/ Laura Robson * Daniela Hantuchová / Donna Vekić * Tara Moore /

Conny Perrin Conny Perrin (born 25 December 1990) is a Swiss tennis player. Perrin has won 13 singles titles and 23 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of pro ...

Jocelyn Rae Jocelyn Rae (born 20 February 1991) is a British former tennis player. Rae has a career-high doubles ranking of 67 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), achieved on 22 February 2016. In her career, she won one singles title and 23 doubles t ...

/ Anna Smith

Mixed doubles

* Liam Broady / Naomi Broady * Colin Fleming /

* Dominic Inglot / Laura Robson * Ken Skupski / Tara Moore *

/ Anna Smith

Main draw qualifiers

Gentlemen's singles

Men's singles qualifiers # Matthew Barton # Alexander Kudryavtsev # Tristan Lamasine # Marcus Willis # Ruben Bemelmans #

Bjorn Fratangelo Bjorn Fratangelo ( ; born July 19, 1993) is a professional American tennis player. He won the boys' singles title at the 2011 French Open defeating Dominic Thiem. Fratangelo is only the second American out of three to win the event, following J ...

# Luke Saville # Marius Copil #

Igor Sijsling Igor Sijsling (; born 18 August 1987) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. Sijsling reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 52 on 17 February 2014. His biggest accomplishment is reaching the final of Australian Open Do ...

# Albano Olivetti # Lukáš Lacko # Yoshihito Nishioka #

Franko Škugor Franko Škugor (; born 20 September 1987) is a Croatian professional tennis player who mainly competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and specialized in doubles. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 17 achieved on 22 April 2019. He i ...

Dennis Novikov Dennis Novikov (born 6 November 1993 in Moscow, Russia) is an American professional tennis player born in Russia. He won both the singles and doubles titles at the USTA Boys 18s National Championships in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 2012. As a resul ...

# Radu Albot # Édouard Roger-Vasselin

Ladies' singles

Women's singles qualifiers # Tatjana Maria #

Amra Sadiković Amra Sadiković ( mk, Амра Садиковиќ; ; born 6 May 1989) is a Swiss tennis player. She announced her retirement in May 2014, a few days after her 25th birthday, only to begin playing 13 months later on the ITF Women's Circuit again. ...

# Jana Čepelová #

Aleksandra Krunić Aleksandra Krunić ( sr-Cyrl, Александра Крунић; born 15 March 1993) is a Serbian professional tennis player. She has won one singles title and six doubles titles on the WTA Tour along with one singles title on WTA 125 tournament ...

# Maria Sakkari #

Julia Boserup Julia Boserup (born September 9, 1991) is an American retired tennis player of Danish descent. Boserup began playing tennis at age six, after her mother, a native of Denmark, enrolled her in group tennis lessons. She was home schooled in high s ...

# Tamira Paszek #

Luksika Kumkhum Luksika "Luk" Kumkhum ( th, ลักษิกา คำขำ; ; born 21 July 1993) is a Thai tennis player. She turned professional in 2011, and reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 66 on 19 November 2018. On 16 July 2018, she ...

# Mandy Minella # Ekaterina Alexandrova # Marina Erakovic # Paula Kania Lucky losers # Duan Yingying

Gentlemen's doubles

Men's doubles qualifiers # Quentin Halys / Tristan Lamasine # Konstantin Kravchuk / Denys Molchanov # Marcelo Arévalo /

Roberto Maytín Roberto Maytín (; born 2 January 1989, in Carabobo) is a Venezuelan tennis player. He played for the Venezuelan Davis Cup squad in 2012. In 2015 he broke into the top 100 doubles rankings reaching a high of 86 in the world. He is known mostly f ...

# Dustin Brown / Jan-Lennard Struff Lucky losers #

Sanchai Ratiwatana Sanchai Ratiwatana ( th, สรรค์ชัย รติวัฒน์, ), nicknamed Tong (, ; born January 23, 1982 in Bangkok), is a professional tennis player from Thailand. He turned professional in 2004. In 2007, Sanchai and his twin br ...

/ Sonchat Ratiwatana

Ladies' doubles

Women's doubles qualifiers # Demi Schuurs /

Renata Voráčová Renata Voráčová (; born 6 October 1983) is a Czech professional tennis player. Voráčová has won 11 doubles titles on the WTA Tour and three on WTA 125 tournaments, as well as 15 singles and 56 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 11 Oc ...

# Elise Mertens / An-Sophie Mestach # Chan Chin-wei / Han Xinyun #

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Makoto Ninomiya is a Japanese professional tennis player. During her career, she has won one singles title on the ITF Circuit, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of 280. In doubles, she has won six titles on the WTA Tour, one title on the WTA Challe ...

Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking: ; Men's singles * Brian Baker (PR 56) * Julien Benneteau (PR 39) * Juan Martín del Potro (PR 7) * Lu Yen-hsun (PR 77) *

Florian Mayer Florian Mayer (; born 5 October 1983) is a German former professional tennis player. Mayer reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in June 2011. Also in 2011, Mayer won his first ATP title after four previous defeats in ATP fin ...

(PR 34) *

Janko Tipsarević Janko Tipsarević ( sr-cyr, Јанко Типсаревић, ; born 22 June 1984) is a Serbian former tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 8, achieved on 2 April 2012. In his career, he won 4 ATP World Tour titles, one AT ...

(PR 39) * Dmitry Tursunov (PR 89) ; Women's singles *

Victoria Duval Victoria Duval (born 30 November 1995) is an American professional tennis player. Duval has won one singles title and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In August 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of No. 87. In 2012, she won ...

(PR 92) * Peng Shuai (PR 27)

Champions

Seniors

Gentlemen's singles

def. Milos Raonic, 6–4, 7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(7–2)

Ladies' singles

def. Angelique Kerber, 7–5, 6–3

Gentlemen's doubles

* Pierre-Hugues Herbert /

Nicolas Mahut Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut (; born 21 January 1982) is a French professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. He is a five-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having completed the career Grand Slam with victories at the ...

def. Julien Benneteau / Édouard Roger-Vasselin, 6–4, 7–6^(7–1), 6–3

Ladies' doubles

/ Venus Williams def. Tímea Babos / Yaroslava Shvedova, 6–3, 6–4

Mixed doubles

* Henri Kontinen /

Heather Watson Heather Miriam Watson (born 19 May 1992) is a British professional tennis player. A former British No. 1, Watson has won nine titles over her career, including the mixed-doubles title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships partnering Henri K ...

def. Robert Farah /

Anna-Lena Grönefeld Anna-Lena Grönefeld (also spelled Groenefeld; born 4 June 1985) is a German former professional tennis player. Competing as a professional from 2003 until 2019, she won one singles title on the WTA Tour, at the 2006 Mexican Open, and reached t ...

7–6^(7–5), 6–4

Juniors

Boys' singles

* Denis Shapovalov def. Alex De Minaur, 4–6, 6–1, 6–3

Girls' singles

* Anastasia Potapova def. Dayana Yastremska, 6–4, 6–3

Boys' doubles

Kenneth Raisma Kenneth Raisma (born 3 April 1998) is an Estonian tennis player. Raisma has a career high ATP singles ranking of 676, achieved on 8 May 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 720, achieved on 28 January 2019. Raisma has won 1 ...

Stefanos Tsitsipas Stefanos Tsitsipas ( gr, Στέφανος Τσιτσιπάς, ; born 12 August 1998) is a Greek professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved on 9 ...

def. Félix Auger-Aliassime / Denis Shapovalov, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2

Girls' doubles

* Usue Maitane Arconada / Claire Liu def. Mariam Bolkvadze / Caty McNally, 6–2, 6–3

Invitation

Gentlemen's invitation doubles

* Greg Rusedski / Fabrice Santoro def.

Jonas Björkman Jonas Lars Björkman (; born 23 March 1972) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He is a former world No. 1 in doubles, and also a former world No. 4 in singles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 T ...

Thomas Johansson Karl Thomas Conny Johansson (; born 24 March 1975) is a Swedish retired professional tennis player and coach. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 7 singles ranking on 10 May 2002. His career highlights i ...

, 7–5, 6–1

Ladies' invitation doubles

Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova ( cs, Martina Navrátilová ; ; born October 18, 1956) is a Czech–American, former professional tennis player. Widely considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, Navratilova won 18 major singles titles, 31 maj ...

/ Selima Sfar def. Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernández, 7–6^(7–5), 0–0^r

Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles

* Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde def.

Jacco Eltingh Jacco Folkert Eltingh (born 29 August 1970) is a former professional male tennis player and former world No. 1 doubles player from the Netherlands. He is best known for his success in doubles with fellow countryman Paul Haarhuis. Together they ...

/ Paul Haarhuis, 6–2, 7–5

Wheelchair events

Wheelchair gentlemen's singles

* Gordon Reid def. Stefan Olsson, 6–1, 6–4

Wheelchair ladies' singles

Jiske Griffioen Jiske Griffioen (born 17 April 1985) is a Dutch professional wheelchair tennis player. In doubles, Griffioen is a 14-time major champion, Paralympic gold medalist, seven-time Masters champion, and a former world No. 1. Alongside Aniek van Koot, ...

def. Aniek van Koot, 4–6, 6–0, 6–4

Wheelchair gentlemen's doubles

* Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid def. Stéphane Houdet / Nicolas Peifer, 4–6, 6–1, 7–6^(8–6)

Wheelchair ladies' doubles

* Yui Kamiji / Jordanne Whiley def.

/ Aniek van Koot, 6–2, 6–2

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries, suspensions or personal reasons. ;Before the tournament ; Men's singles * Thanasi Kokkinakis → replaced by

Gastão Elias Gastão José Ministro Elias (; born 24 November 1990) is a Portuguese professional tennis player, who competes on the ATP World Tour. He became the fifth Portuguese tennis player to break into the top 100 of the Association of Tennis Profession ...

* Rafael Nadal → replaced by Facundo Bagnis *

Tommy Robredo Tomás Robredo Garcés, known as Tommy Robredo (, ; born 1 May 1982), is a Spanish former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 5, which he reached in August 2006 as a result of winning the Hamburg Masters ea ...

→ replaced by

Albert Montañés Albert Montañés Roca (; born 26 November 1980) is a retired professional tennis player from Spain. He first entered the top 100 in 2001. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 22 in 2010 and has won six singles titles and two ...

; Women's singles * Victoria Azarenka → replaced by Duan Yingying *

Naomi Osaka is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has been ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and is the first Asian player to hold the top ranking in singles. Osaka is a four-time Grand Slam singles champio ...

→ replaced by

Anna Tatishvili Anna Tatishvili ( ka, ანა ტატიშვილი, tr, ; born February 3, 1990) is a Georgian-American former professional tennis player. In her career, Tatishvili won eleven singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. ...

Flavia Pennetta Flavia Pennetta (; born 25 February 1982) is an Italian former professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top-ten female singles player on 17 August 2009 and the first Italian to be ranked world No. 1 in doubles, on 28 February 2011. ...

→ replaced by Shelby Rogers * Maria Sharapova → replaced by Kateřina Siniaková ;During the tournament ;Men's singles * Mikhail Kukushkin

Retirements

; Men's singles * Richard Gasquet * Kei Nishikori ; Women's singles * Belinda Bencic * Margarita Gasparyan *

References

External links

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