WTA June 23-July 6The ChampionshipsWimbledon, GBR Grand Slam website map area street map 128 players - outdoor: grass prize money: £ 4,127,345 (women's) WTA draws, .pdf 2003 Wimbledon interviews #1 s1 Serena Williams #2 s2 Kim Clijsters #3 s3 Justine Henin-Hardenne #4 s4 Venus Williams #5 s5 Lindsay Davenport #7 s8 Jennifer Capriati #8 s7 Chanda Rubin #9 s9 Daniela Hantuchova #10 s10 Anastasia Myskina #11 s12 Magdalena Maleeva #12 s11 Jelena Dokic |
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In Saturday's 2003 Wimbledon final, top-seeded Serena Williams of the US defeated her injured older sister, s4 # 4 Venus Williams 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 (photo shown). Venus was visibly suffering from an abdominal injury that also troubled her in the 1st set of the SFs; she also was limping and had a taped thigh. The match might not have gone three sets but for Serena's erratic play in the 1st set, where she had 14 of her 30 unforced errors for the match. Against this, Serena hit 31 winners for the day. Serena won 99 points, Venus, who was clearly injured and required an early 3rd-set break for medical treatment, won 93 (match statistics).
Serena said: "...Venus played really well in the first set and her ground strokes were just really kicking. She was really putting me on the defense... I think I just maybe started out a bit slow. I was making a few too many errors. But at the same time, she was just running me back and forth and blasting winners when she saw an opportunity."
Venus said: "...it's tough enough to go into the Wimbledon final because you know you have to play your best tennis to win. It's a little tougher also, not really sure how much you can do, how far - how much I could do, I wasn't sure how far I could go... If it wasn't the Wimbledon final, chances of me playing probably would have went down."
Serena now leads the career series between the Williams sisters 7-5. More importantly, Serena has defeated Venus in all of their last 6 consecutive matches, including last year's Wimbledon final, 7-6(4), 6-3, and, most recently, this years Australian Open final, 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-4. Serena has won 23 of the 30 WTA singles finals she has played in (including 6 Grand Slams). Venus has won 29 of the 46 WTA singles finals in which she has played (including 4 Grand Slams). Venus is taller, slimmer, moves better on the court, and has been serving a little bit faster than Serena at Wimbledon this year. It looks like she should defeat Serena regularly, but it hasn't turned out that way since the 2001 US Open.
Averages of Match Average Serve Speeds: from the 1st round through the SFs
The time in England is UCT (GMT, Zulu, Greenwich...) plus 1 hour (daylight savings). That is 8 hours ahead of PDT in the US, 5 hours ahead of EDT. Early round play begins at noon local (4am PDT, 7am EDT) except for play on Centre Court & Court 1, which begin at 1pm.
Serena said: "...Venus played really well in the first set and her ground strokes were just really kicking. She was really putting me on the defense... I think I just maybe started out a bit slow. I was making a few too many errors. But at the same time, she was just running me back and forth and blasting winners when she saw an opportunity."
Venus said: "...it's tough enough to go into the Wimbledon final because you know you have to play your best tennis to win. It's a little tougher also, not really sure how much you can do, how far - how much I could do, I wasn't sure how far I could go... If it wasn't the Wimbledon final, chances of me playing probably would have went down."
Serena now leads the career series between the Williams sisters 7-5. More importantly, Serena has defeated Venus in all of their last 6 consecutive matches, including last year's Wimbledon final, 7-6(4), 6-3, and, most recently, this years Australian Open final, 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-4. Serena has won 23 of the 30 WTA singles finals she has played in (including 6 Grand Slams). Venus has won 29 of the 46 WTA singles finals in which she has played (including 4 Grand Slams). Venus is taller, slimmer, moves better on the court, and has been serving a little bit faster than Serena at Wimbledon this year. It looks like she should defeat Serena regularly, but it hasn't turned out that way since the 2001 US Open.
Averages of Match Average Serve Speeds: from the 1st round through the SFs
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Venus: 1st serve: 105.17 mph 2nd serve: 85.17 mph fastest: 118 mph |
Serena: 1st serve: 101.67 mph 2nd serve: 83.33 mph fastest: 120 mph |
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WTA SCOREBOARD: The Championships at Wimbledon
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Wimbledon, 1st Round, Mon-Tues: loser's prize: £6,900 ($11,481.60) #1 s1 Serena Williams USA d #67 Jill Craybas USA 6-3, 6-3 #2 s2 Kim Clijsters BEL d #110 Rossana Neffa-De Los Rios PAR 6-0, 6-0 #3 s3 Justine Henin-Hardenne BEL d #100 Julia Vakulenko UKR 7-5, 6-1 #4 s4 Venus Williams USA d #194 q Stanislava Hrozenska SVK 6-2, 6-2 #5 s5 Lindsay Davenport USA d #147 wc Samantha Stosur AUS 7-6(3), 7-5 #7 s8 Jennifer Capriati USA d #53 Myriam Casanova SUI 6-1, 6-3 #8 s7 Chanda Rubin USA d #68 Iva Majoli CRO 6-3, 6-0 #9 s9 Daniela Hantuchova SVK d #52 Marion Bartoli FRA 6-4, 6-1 #10 s10 Anastasia Myskina RUS d #82 Henrieta Nagyova SVK 6-4, 3-0 retired #11 s12 Magdalena Maleeva BUL d #61 Anca Barna GER 6-0, 6-1 #12 s11 Jelena Dokic YUG d #149 wc Elena Baltacha GBR 6-3, 1-6, 6-4  Jelena Dokic #14 s13 Ai Sugiyama JPN d #211 wc Lucie Ahl GBR 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 #15 s17 Amanda Coetzer RSA d #78 Dally Randriantefy MAD 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 #16 s15 Elena Dementieva RUS d #103 Angelika Roesch GER 6-2, 6-1 #17 s16 Vera Zvonareva RUS d #118 Evie Dominikovic AUS 6-0, 6-2 *#57 Petra Mandula HUN d #19 s20 Patty Schnyder SUI 7-6(2), 6-3 *#204 q Aniko Kapros HUN d #20 s19 Meghann Shaughnessy USA 6-3, 6-2 #21 s14 Eleni Daniilidou GRE d #123 Jelena Kostanic CRO 6-2, 6-2 #22 s21 Elena Bovina RUS d #74 Saori Obata JPN 7-6, 2-6, 8-6 #23 s22 Nathalie Dechy FRA d #73 Janette Husarova SVK 6-3, 6-2 #24 s23 Lisa Raymond USA d #84 Stephanie Foretz FRA 6-3, 6-3 #25 s27 Silvia Farina Elia ITA d #45 Maria Sanchez Lorenzo ESP 6-4, 6-2 *#109 Samantha Reeves USA d #26 s25 Anna Pistolesi ISR 6-4, 6-4 #27 s29 Nadia Petrova RUS d #102 Tathiana Garbin ITA 6-1, 6-3 *#48 Emilie Loit FRA d #28 s26 Alexandra Stevenson USA 7-5, 7-6(2) #29 s24 Magui Serna ESP d #49 Virginia Ruano Pascual ESP 6-3, 7-5 #30 s28 Laura Granville USA d #113 Alina Jidkova RUS 6-1, 6-4 *#90 Akiko Morigami JPN d #31 s32 Tamarine Tanasugarn THA 6-4, 6-3 #32 s30 Denisa Chladkova CZE d #72 Klara Koukalova CZE 6-4, 6-3 #33 s31 Elena Likhovtseva RUS d #105 Lindsay Lee-Waters USA 4-6, 6-2, 8-6 #34 s33 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS d #169 q Bea Bielik USA 6-1, 6-3 #35 Paola Suarez ARG d #164 q Selima Sfar TUN 6-1, 6-2 #37 Francesca Schiavone ITA d LL #126 Seda Noorlander NED 6-2, 6-2 #38 Marie-Gaianeh Mikaelian SUI d #87 Marissa Irvin USA 7-5, 2-6, 8-6 *#91 wc Maria Sharapova RUS d #39 Ashley Harkleroad USA 6-2, 6-1  Maria Sharapova #41 Iroda Tulyaganova UZB d #281 q Carly Gullickson USA 7-5, 6-4 #42 Katarina Srebotnik SLO v #145 wc Anne Keothavong GBR 6-2, 4-0 retired #43 Fabiola Zuluaga COL d #62 Clarisa Fernandez ARG 6-4, 6-2 #44 Lina Krasnoroutskaya RUS d #270 wc Julie Pullin GBR 6-3, 6-1 #46 Yoon Jeong Cho KOR d #117 Cristina Torrens Valero ESP 7-5, 1-6, 9-7 #50 Barbara Schett AUT d #99 Marta Marrero ESP 6-1, 6-2 #51 Amy Frazier USA d #80 Silvija Talaja CRO 6-2, 6-2 #54 Alicia Molik AUS d #60 Dinara Safina RUS 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 #55 Flavia Pennetta ITA d #225 wc Corina Morariu USA 6-3, 6-2 #56 Rita Grande ITA d #96 Patricia Wartusch AUT 6-1, 6-4 #58 Virginie Razzano FRA d #116 Anastassia Rodionova RUS 6-3, 6-1 #59 Cara Black ZIM d #106 Sandra Kleinova CZE 6-2, 6-3 #63 Marlene Weingartner GER d #240 wc Jane O'Donoghue GBR 6-4, 6-2 #64 Emmanuelle Gagliardi SUI d #69 Stephanie Cohen Aloro FRA 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 #65 Els Callens BEL d #79 Barbara Rittner GER 6-3, 7-5 #66 Daja Bedanova CZE d #121 Tatiana Poutchek BLR 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 #70 Angelique Widjaja INA d #95 Evgenia Koulikovskaya RUS 7-5, 6-1 #71 Karolina Sprem CRO d #88 Iveta Benesova CZE 6-2, 7-6(6) *#122 q Maureen Drake CAN d #76 Nicole Pratt AUS 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 #81 Shinobu Asagoe JPN d #209 q Janet Lee TPE 6-3, 7-6(2) *#114 Conchita Martinez Granados ESP d #83 Antonella Serra Zanetti ITA 0-6, 6-3, 10-8 *#131 q Eva Fislova SVK d #85 Ludmila Cervanova SVK 7-6(6), 2-6, 6-4 #86 Mary Pierce FRA d #92 Ansley Cargill USA 6-0, 6-0 #89 Tatiana Perebiynis UKR d #185 q Barbora Strycova CZE 6-4, 5-7, 11-9 *#111 q Arantxa Parra ESP d #93 Zuzana Ondraskova CZE 7-5, 6-2 *#97 q Martina Sucha SVK d #94 Gala Leon Garcia ESP 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 #98 Maria Elena Camerin ITA d #226 q Lilia Osterloh USA 6-1, 6-4 |
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Wimbledon, 2nd Round, Weds-Thurs: loser's prize: £11,270 ($18,753.28) #1 s1 Serena Williams USA d #65 Els Callens BEL 6-4, 6-4 #2 s2 Kim Clijsters BEL d #58 Virginie Razzano FRA 6-1, 6-3 #3 s3 Justine Henin-Hardenne BEL d #55 Flavia Pennetta ITA 7-6(2), 6-1  Justine Henin-Hardenne  Venus Williams #7 s8 Jennifer Capriati USA v #38 Marie-Gaianeh Mikaelian SUI 6-2, 6-1  Jennifer Capriati *#81 Shinobu Asagoe JPN d #9 s9 Daniela Hantuchova SVK 0-6, 6-4, 12-10 #10 s10 Anastasia Myskina RUS d #44 Lina Krasnoroutskaya RUS 6-4, 6-1 *#35 Paola Suarez ARG d #11 s12 Magdalena Maleeva BUL 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 #12 s11 Jelena Dokic YUG d #64 Emmanuelle Gagliardi SUI 6-1, 6-3 #13 s18 Conchita Martinez ESP d #50 Barbara Schett AUT 6-2, 6-4 #14 s13 Ai Sugiyama JPN d #131 q Eva Fislova SVK 6-1, 6(6)-7, 7-5 *#37 Francesca Schiavone ITA d #15 s17 Amanda Coetzer RSA 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 #16 s15 Elena Dementieva RUS d #111 q Arantxa Parra ESP 6-1, 6-1 #17 s16 Vera Zvonareva RUS d #114 Conchita Martinez Granados ESP 6-3, 6-1 *#86 Mary Pierce FRA d #21 s14 Eleni Daniilidou GRE 6-4, 6-1 *#91 wc Maria Sharapova RUS d #22 s21 Elena Bovina RUS 6-3, 6-1  Maria Sharapova #24 s23 Lisa Raymond USA d #63 Marlene Weingartner GER 6-3, 6-0 #25 s27 Silvia Farina Elia ITA d #122 q Maureen Drake CAN 7-6(3), 6-1 #27 s29 Nadia Petrova RUS d #70 Angelique Widjaja INA 7-6(3), 6-3 *#40 Maja Matevzic SLO d #29 s24 Magui Serna ESP 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 #30 s28 Laura Granville USA d #89 Tatiana Perebiynis UKR 6-2, 6-3 *#59 Cara Black ZIM d #32 s30 Denisa Chladkova CZE 6-3, 7-5 *#54 Alicia Molik AUS d #33 s31 Elena Likhovtseva RUS 6-3, 6-4 #34 s33 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS d #46 Yoon Jeong Cho KOR 7-6(1), 6-4 #41 Iroda Tulyaganova UZB d #57 Petra Mandula HUN 6-3, 6-4 *#109 Samantha Reeves USA d #43 Fabiola Zuluaga COL 7-6(6), 6-4  Samantha Reeves *#90 Akiko Morigami JPN d #71 Karolina Sprem CRO 6-3, 6-3 *#204 q Aniko Kapros HUN d #97 q Martina Sucha SVK 6-0, 6-4 |
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Wimbledon, 3rd Round, Fri-Sat: loser's prize: £18,620 ($30,983.68) #1 s1 Serena Williams USA d #30 s28 Laura Granville USA 6-3, 6-1 #2 s2 Kim Clijsters BEL d #109 Samantha Reeves USA 6-1, 6-2  Kim Clijsters #4 s4 Venus Williams USA d #27 s29 Nadia Petrova RUS 6-1, 6-2 #5 s5 Lindsay Davenport USA d #59 Cara Black ZIM 6-2, 6-2 #7 s8 Jennifer Capriati USA d #90 Akiko Morigami JPN 6-4, 6-4 *#25 s27 Silvia Farina Elia ITA d #8 s7 Chanda Rubin USA 7-6(6), 6-3 #10 s10 Anastasia Myskina RUS d #13 s18 Conchita Martinez ESP 6-3, 6-3 *#91 wc Maria Sharapova RUS d #12 s11 Jelena Dokic YUG 6-4, 6-4 #14 s13 Ai Sugiyama JPN d #23 s22 Nathalie Dechy FRA 6-4, 6-4 #16 s15 Elena Dementieva RUS d #204 q Aniko Kapros HUN 6-3, 6-1  Elena Dementieva *#86 Mary Pierce FRA d #24 s23 Lisa Raymond USA 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 #34 s33 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS d #48 Emilie Loit FRA 6-1, 6-2 #35 Paola Suarez ARG d #40 Maja Matevzic SLO 5-7, 6-3, 7-5 *#81 Shinobu Asagoe JPN d #37 Francesca Schiavone ITA 7-5, 6-2 |
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Wimbledon, 4th Round, Monday: loser's prize: £34,200 ($56,402.64) #1 s1 Serena Williams USA d #16 s15 Elena Dementieva RUS 6-2, 6-2  Serena Williams  Kim Clijsters #4 s4 Venus Williams USA d #17 s16 Vera Zvonareva RUS 6-1, 6-3 #5 s5 Lindsay Davenport USA d #81 Shinobu Asagoe JPN 6-4, 6-1 #7 s8 Jennifer Capriati USA d #10 s10 Anastasia Myskina RUS 6-2, 6-3  Jennifer Capriati #34 s33 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS d #91 wc Maria Sharapova RUS 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 |
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Wimbledon, QFs, Tuesday: loser's prize: £65,400 ($108,099.66) #1 s1 Serena Williams USA d #7 s8 Jennifer Capriati USA 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 #2 s2 Kim Clijsters BEL d #25 s27 Silvia Farina Elia ITA 5-7, 6-0, 6-1 #3 s3 Justine Henin-Hardenne BEL d #34 s33 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 6-2, 6-2  Justine Henin-Hardenne Justine sprained 2 fingers of her left hand during the Ordina Open final on June 22 (Wimbledon webcam photo)  Venus Williams |
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Wimbledon, SFs, Thursday: loser's prize: £129,350 ($213,802.62) #1 s1 Serena Williams USA d #3 s3 Justine Henin-Hardenne BEL 6-3, 6-2 *#4 s4 Venus Williams USA d #2 s2 Kim Clijsters BEL 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 |
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Wimbledon, Final, Saturday: champion's prize: £535,000 ($884,301.50) runner-up's prize: £267,500 ($442,150.75) #1 s1 Serena Williams USA d #4 s4 Venus Williams USA 4-6, 6-4, 6-2  Venus Williams while WTA trainer Karen Davis was attending to her injury |
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Wimbledon, Withdrawals: #6 s6 Amelie Mauresmo torn rib muscle #18 Monica Seles foot #76 Anna Kournikova lumbar injury |
 d#1 Paola Suarez & d#2 Virginia Ruano Pascual |
 d#3 Ai Sugiyama & d#4 Kim Clijsters |
Sunday's doubles final was a rematch of the French Open doubles final, pitting top seeds Paola Suarez of Argentina and Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain (shown at the German Open earlier this year) against 2nd-seeds Belgian Kim Clijsters and her Japanese partner Ai Sugiyama (shown on Friday at Wimbledon). Kim and Ai narrowly defeated the top-rated team at Roland Garros 6-5(7), 6-2, 9-7.
This time the result was the same, but it wasn't quite as close, as Kim and Ai defeated Paola and Virginia 6-4, 6-4. This was Kim's 2nd Grand Slam title (the French doubles was her 1st); Ai, in addition to this year's French doubles, had previously won the US Open title both in doubles (2000 w/Halard-Decugis) and mixed doubles (1999 w/Bhupathi).
In the Mixed Doubles Final on Sunday, Martina Navratilova (teamed with Leander Paes of India) won an record-tying 20th career Wimbledon title by defeating Israel's Andy Ram and Anastassia Rodionova of Russia 6-3, 6-3. Billie Jean King is the only other player to have won 20 championships at the All England Club. Martina's Wimbledon titles: 9 singles, 7 doubles, and 4 mixed doubles. Martina 1st played at Wimbledon 30 years ago (reaching the 3rd round), and won her 1st Wimbledon singles title in 1978.
Navratilova Trivia: Martina played Chris Evert 80 times, winning 43 (mostly the later matches) and losing 37 (mostly the earlier matches). Fully 60 of their 80 contests were in finals. Chrissie once won 8 straight against Martina; Martina once won 13 straight against Chrissie. They last played in Chicago (the tourney final, of course) on November 7, 1988, with Martina winning 6-2, 6-2.
This time the result was the same, but it wasn't quite as close, as Kim and Ai defeated Paola and Virginia 6-4, 6-4. This was Kim's 2nd Grand Slam title (the French doubles was her 1st); Ai, in addition to this year's French doubles, had previously won the US Open title both in doubles (2000 w/Halard-Decugis) and mixed doubles (1999 w/Bhupathi).
In the Mixed Doubles Final on Sunday, Martina Navratilova (teamed with Leander Paes of India) won an record-tying 20th career Wimbledon title by defeating Israel's Andy Ram and Anastassia Rodionova of Russia 6-3, 6-3. Billie Jean King is the only other player to have won 20 championships at the All England Club. Martina's Wimbledon titles: 9 singles, 7 doubles, and 4 mixed doubles. Martina 1st played at Wimbledon 30 years ago (reaching the 3rd round), and won her 1st Wimbledon singles title in 1978.
Navratilova Trivia: Martina played Chris Evert 80 times, winning 43 (mostly the later matches) and losing 37 (mostly the earlier matches). Fully 60 of their 80 contests were in finals. Chrissie once won 8 straight against Martina; Martina once won 13 straight against Chrissie. They last played in Chicago (the tourney final, of course) on November 7, 1988, with Martina winning 6-2, 6-2.
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NOTEABLE WTA RESULTS: s=seed, #=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser Wimbledon, Doubles QFs, Weds-Fri: s1 Virginia Ruano Pascual & Paola Suarez d s12 P. Mandula & P. Wartusch 6-2, 7-6(5) s2 Kim Clijsters & Ai Sugiyama d s8 Kuznetsova & Navratilova 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 s4 Lindsay Davenport & Lisa Raymond d s7 Jan. Husarova & Con. Martinez 6-0, 6-2 s15 Elena Dementieva & Lina Krasnoroutskaya d Vento-Kabchi & Widjaja 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 Wimbledon, Doubles SFs, Friday: s1 Virginia Ruano Pascual & Paola Suarez d s15 Elena Dementieva & Lina Krasnoroutskaya 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 s2 Kim Clijsters & Ai Sugiyama d s4 Lindsay Davenport & Lisa Raymond 6-1, 0-6, 6-4 Wimbledon, Doubles Final, Sunday: champions' prize: £194,250 ($324,747.15) runner-ups' prize: £97,130 ($162,381.93) *s2 Kim Clijsters & Ai Sugiyama d s1 Virginia Ruano Pascual & Paola Suarez 6-4, 6-4 Wimbledon, Mixed Doubles Final, Sunday: s5 Martina Navratilova & Leander Paes d Anastassia Rodionova & Andy Ram 6-3, 6-3 |
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