2017 Wimbledon Championships
Date	3–16 July
Edition	131st
Category	Grand Slam (ITF)
Draw	128S / 64D / 48XD
Prize money	£31,600,000
Surface	Grass
Location	Church Road SW19, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom
Venue	All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Champions
Men's singles
Roger Federer
Women's singles
Garbiñe Muguruza
Men's doubles
Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo
Women's doubles
Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina
Mixed doubles
Jamie Murray / Martina Hingis
Wheelchair men's singles
Stefan Olsson
Wheelchair women's singles
Diede de Groot
Wheelchair men's doubles
Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid
Wheelchair women's doubles
Yui Kamiji / Jordanne Whiley
Boys' singles
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Girls' singles
Claire Liu
Boys' doubles
Axel Geller / Hsu Yu-hsiou
Girls' doubles
Olga Danilović / Kaja Juvan
Gentlemen's invitation doubles
Lleyton Hewitt / Mark Philippoussis
Ladies' invitation doubles
Cara Black / Martina Navratilova
Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles
Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis

The 2017 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 draw matches commenced on 3 July 2017 and concluded on 16 July 2017. Roger Federer won the gentlemen's singles title for a record eighth time, surpassing Pete Sampras and William Renshaw, who both won the gentlemen's singles title seven times.^[1] Garbiñe Muguruza won the ladies' singles title.^[2]

The 2017 tournament was the 131st edition of the championships, the 50th in the Open Era and the third Grand Slam tournament of the year. It is played on grass courts, organised by the All England Lawn Tennis Club and the International Tennis Federation and is part of the ATP World Tour, the WTA Tour, the ITF Junior tour and the NEC Tour.

Andy Murray was the defending champion in the Gentlemen's singles but lost to Sam Querrey in the quarterfinals. Two-time defending Ladies' singles champion Serena Williams did not defend her title, as she ended her season in April due to pregnancy.^[3]

Tournament

Centre Court where the Finals of Wimbledon take place

The 2017 Wimbledon Championships was the 131st edition of the tournament and was held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London.

The tournament was run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was included in the 2017 ATP World Tour and the 2017 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 is also a part of the Grade A category of tournaments for under 18, and singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the UNIQLO Tour under the Grand Slam category. 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 at the Bank of England Sports Ground, in Roehampton.^[4]

Point and prize money distribution

Point distribution

Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline 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	—	40	—	—	—

Wheelchair points Event W F 3rd 4th Singles 800 500 375 100 Doubles 800 500 100 — Junior points Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q2 Q1 Boys' singles 375 270 180 120 75 30 25 20 0 Girls' singles Boys' doubles 270 180 120 75 45 — — — — Girls' doubles Prize money The Wimbledon total prize money for 2017 has been increased to £31.6m.[5] The winners of the men's and women's singles titles will earn £2.2m. Prize money for the men's and women's doubles and wheelchair players were also increased for the 2017 competition.[6] Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Q3 Q2 Q1 Singles £2,200,000 £1,100,000 £550,000 £275,000 £147,000 £90,000 £57,000 £35,000 £17,500 £8,750 £4,375 Doubles* £400,000 £200,000 £100,000 £50,000 £26,500 £16,500 £10,750 — — — — Mixed doubles* £100,000 £50,000 £25,000 £12,000 £6,000 £3,000 £1,500 — — — — Wheelchair singles £32,000 £16,000 £11,000 £7,500 — — — — — — — Wheelchair doubles* £12,000 £6,000 £3,500 — — — — — — — — Invitation doubles £23,000 £20,000 £17,000 £17,000 £17,000 — — — — — — * per team Day-by-day summaries Main article: 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Day-by-day summaries Doubles seeds Gentlemen's doubles Team Rank1 Seed Henri Kontinen John Peers 3 1 Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut 11 2 Jamie Murray Bruno Soares 11 3 Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo 11 4 Bob Bryan Mike Bryan 18 5 Ivan Dodig Marcel Granollers 25 6 Raven Klaasen Rajeev Ram 25 7 Rohan Bopanna Édouard Roger-Vasselin 37 8 Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău 42 9 Ryan Harrison Michael Venus 45 10 Feliciano López Marc López 48 11 Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah 48 12 Fabrice Martin Daniel Nestor 60 13 Florin Mergea Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 65 14 Julio Peralta Horacio Zeballos 68 15 Oliver Marach Mate Pavić 72 16 1 Rankings were as of 26 June 2017. Ladies' doubles Team Rank1 Seed Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová 3 1 Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 8 2 Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis 9 3 Tímea Babos Andrea Hlaváčková 19 4 Lucie Hradecká Kateřina Siniaková 31 5 Abigail Spears Katarina Srebotnik 40 6 Julia Görges Barbora Strýcová 41 7 Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua 41 8 Chan Hao-ching Monica Niculescu 44 9 Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan 47 10 Raquel Atawo Jeļena Ostapenko 49 11 Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke 56 12 Kirsten Flipkens Sania Mirza 57 13 Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson 61 14 Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez 63 15 Eri Hozumi Miyu Kato 77 16 1 Rankings were as of 26 June 2017. Mixed doubles Team Rank1 Seed Jamie Murray Martina Hingis 8 1 Bruno Soares Elena Vesnina 10 2 Łukasz Kubot Chan Yung-jan 14 3 Ivan Dodig Sania Mirza 18 4 Édouard Roger-Vasselin Andrea Hlaváčková 24 5 Rajeev Ram Casey Dellacqua 32 6 Raven Klaasen Katarina Srebotnik 34 7 Jean-Julien Rojer Chan Hao-ching 43 8 Juan Sebastián Cabal Abigail Spears 43 9 Rohan Bopanna Gabriela Dabrowski 44 10 Daniel Nestor Andreja Klepač 46 11 Max Mirnyi Ekaterina Makarova 50 12 Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Anna-Lena Grönefeld 52 13 Marcin Matkowski Květa Peschke 68 14 Michael Venus Barbora Krejčiková 71 15 Roman Jebavý Lucie Hradecká 79 16 1 Rankings were as of 3 July 2017. Champions Seniors Gentlemen's singles Main article: 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles Roger Federer def. Marin Čilić, 6–3, 6–1, 6–4 Ladies' singles Main article: 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles Garbiñe Muguruza def. Venus Williams, 7–5, 6–0 Gentlemen's doubles Main article: 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo def. Oliver Marach / Mate Pavić, 5–7, 7–5, 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 13–11 Ladies' doubles Main article: 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina def. Chan Hao-ching / Monica Niculescu, 6–0, 6–0 Mixed doubles Main article: 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles Jamie Murray / Martina Hingis def. Henri Kontinen / Heather Watson, 6–4, 6–4 Juniors Boys' singles Main article: 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles Alejandro Davidovich Fokina def. Axel Geller, 7–6(7–2), 6–3 Girls' singles Main article: 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles Claire Liu def. Ann Li, 6–2, 5–7, 6–2 Boys' doubles Main article: 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' doubles Axel Geller / Hsu Yu-hsiou def. Jurij Rodionov / Michael Vrbenský, 6–4, 6–4 Girls' doubles Main article: 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' doubles Olga Danilović / Kaja Juvan def. Caty McNally / Whitney Osuigwe, 6–4, 6–3 Invitation Gentlemen's invitation doubles Main article: 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's invitation doubles Lleyton Hewitt / Mark Philippoussis def. Justin Gimelstob / Ross Hutchins, 6–3, 6–3 Ladies' invitation doubles Main article: 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' invitation doubles Cara Black / Martina Navratilova def. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Selima Sfar, 6–2, 4–6, [10–4] Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles Main article: 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis def. Richard Krajicek / Mark Petchey, 4−6, 6−3, [10−6] Wheelchair events Wheelchair gentlemen's singles Main article: 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair men's singles Stefan Olsson def. Gustavo Fernández, 7−5, 3−6, 7−5 Wheelchair ladies' singles Main article: 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair women's singles Diede de Groot def. Sabine Ellerbrock, 6–0, 6–4 Wheelchair gentlemen's doubles Main article: 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair men's doubles Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid def. Stéphane Houdet / Nicolas Peifer, 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 7–6(7–3) Wheelchair ladies' doubles Main article: 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair women's doubles Yui Kamiji / Jordanne Whiley def. Marjolein Buis / Diede de Groot, 2–6, 6–3, 6–0 Main draw wild card entries The following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events. Gentlemen's doubles Jay Clarke / Marcus Willis Scott Clayton / Jonny O'Mara Brydan Klein / Joe Salisbury Thanasi Kokkinakis / Jordan Thompson Ken Skupski / Neal Skupski Ladies' doubles Katie Boulter / Katie Swan Harriet Dart / Katy Dunne Jocelyn Rae / Laura Robson Mixed doubles Liam Broady / Naomi Broady Dominic Inglot / Laura Robson Joe Salisbury / Katy Dunne Ken Skupski / Jocelyn Rae Neal Skupski / Anna Smith Main draw qualifier entries The qualifying competitions take place in Bank of England Sports Centre, Roehampton started from 26 June 2017 and to be scheduled to end on 29 June 2017. However, due to heavy rain on the second day, it has now extended to 30 June 2017. Gentlemen's doubles Main article: 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles qualifying Gentlemen's doubles qualifiers Johan Brunström / Andreas Siljeström Kevin Krawietz / Igor Zelenay Hugo Nys / Antonio Šančić Hsieh Cheng-peng / Max Schnur Lucky losers Sander Arends / Peng Hsien-yin Ariel Behar / Aliaksandr Bury Dino Marcan / Tristan-Samuel Weissborn Ilija Bozoljac / Flavio Cipolla Ladies' doubles Main article: 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles qualifying Ladies' doubles qualifiers Natela Dzalamidze / Veronika Kudermetova Paula Kania / Nina Stojanović Monique Adamczak / Storm Sanders İpek Soylu / Varatchaya Wongteanchai Lucky losers Lesley Kerkhove / Lidziya Marozava Jessica Moore / Akiko Omae Ashley Weinhold / Caitlin Whoriskey References ↑ Chuck Culpepper (16 July 2017). "Roger Federer, at 35, wins Wimbledon for a record eighth time". The Washington Post. Retrieved 19 July 2017. ↑ "Garbine Muguruza beats Venus Williams to win Wimbledon title". ESPN. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017. ↑ Lisa Respers France (22 May 2017). "Serena Williams is pregnant, will return to tennis in 2018". CNN. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017. ↑ Sean Ingle (29 June 2017). "Wimbledon reinvented: how All England Club stays ahead of the game". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017. ↑ "Prize Money and Finance – Prize money for The Championships". www.wimbledon.com. Retrieved 20 January 2018. ↑ "Wimbledon 2017 prize money: How much will Roger Federer earn?". The Telegraph. 16 July 2017. Archived from the original on 20 July 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2018. External links Official website