WTA June 25-July 8: WimbledonThe ChampionshipsWimbledon, GBR Grand Slam Prize$: £16,060,000 (all events) 128 players - outdoor: grass Free Live Video (popup) matches: statistics Live Scores - OOP - results draws: W sing, pdf - mix doub women's: qualif. - singles - doub men's: qualif. - singles - doub pics: Z - DL - Y! sport - news| WTA Wimbledon wallpaper Live @ Wimbledon Video & Radio BBC Radio: Five Live text: news - interviews - history US TV schedule - venue map London: radar - forecast - news n1 M Sharapova, n2 V Azarenka n3 A Radwanska, n4 P Kvitova n5 S Stosur, n6 S Williams |
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On Saturday at Wimbledon, in the final of The Championships,
the 4 time Wimbledon titleist (and 2012 champ at Charleston & Madrid), 30 year old 6th seeded #6 (and former #1) Serena Williams from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida,
won a 5th time, defeating
this year's champion at Dubai, Miami and Brussels, 23 year old 3rd seeded #3 (career high: #3) Agnieszka Radwanska from Krakow, Poland,
6-1, 5-7, 6-2 (photos shown). Serena struck 58 winners (17 aces) with 36 unforced errors (4 double faults) while scoring on 5 of the 15 break points she reached against Agnieszka and totaling 99 points in the match. Agnieszka hit 13 winners (2 aces) with 14 errors (5 DFs) while converting both of the 2 break points she reached against Serena and totaling 80 points. match stats |
Serena totaled 102 aces for the entire tournament, an all-time record. BBC game-by-game
Serena's prize is £1,150,000 (about $1,789,315), Agnieszka's prize is £575,000 (about $894,658).
At the award ceremony, Serena said: "I can't even describe it. I almost didn't make it. [Two] years ago I was in the hospital, and now I'm here again. It's so worth it, and I'm so happy...
"Agi played so well. That's why she has had such a great career, and so young. You guys should give her another round of applause because she's amazing, and she did an amazing job today." AP story
Serena now leads Agnieszka 3-0 in career matches. Their had not met since 2008, when, on the same grass in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon, Serena defeated Agnieszka 6-4, 6-0.
14 time Grand Slam singles champion Serena is now 42-15 in WTA singles finals, and 5-2 in Wimbledon finals. Serena won the 2010 Australian Open and Wimbledon titles, then stepped on broken glass at a restaurant after Wimbledon and was sidelined for about 11 months, during which she also suffered from a pulmonary embolism. Upon returning to play last year she won the Stanford and Toronto titles; this year she also won at Charleston and Madrid.
Serena has a 34-3 singles match record in 2012. Her three losses were to Virginie Razzano (in the 1st round of of the French Open, Caroline Wozniacki (in the quarterfinals at Miami), and Ekaterina Makarova (in the 4th round of the Australian Open).
Agnieszka is now 10-3 in WTA singles finals. She had won her last six finals in a row. This was her first Grand Slam singles final. Aga has a 44-10 singles match record this season. Six of her other losses were to Victoria Azarenka, the rest to Petra Cetkovska, Svetlana Kuznetsova, and Tsvetana Pironkova.
Victoria Azarenka will be #1 in Monday's WTA singles rankings; Agnieszka Radwanska will be at a career high #2.
Sunday Men's Final: s3 Roger Federer SUI d s4 Andy Murray GBR 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4
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WTA SCOREBOARD: The Championships at Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon, London, England
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Wimbledon, 1st Round Mon-Tue Jun 25-26 11:30am Tue WTA story loser's prize: £14,500 = US $22,561; points: 5 Tuesday: rain stopped play at 8:15pm n1 s1 Maria Sharapova RUS d n133 Anastasia Rodionova AUS 6-2, 6-3 Mon
n2 s2 Victoria Azarenka BLR d n78 Irina Falconi USA 6-1, 6-2 Tue
n3 s3 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d n121 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 6-3, 6-3 Mon
n4 s4 Petra Kvitova CZE d n96 Akgul Amanmuradova UZB 6-4, 6-4 Tue
n5 s5 Samantha Stosur AUS d n38 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP 6-1, 6-3 Mon
n6 s6 Serena Williams USA d n61 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE 6-2, 6-4 Tue
n59 Tamira Paszek AUT d n7 s7 Caroline Wozniacki DEN 5-7, 7-6(4), 6-4 Tue-rain-Wed
n8 s8 Angelique Kerber GER d n68 Lucie Hradecka CZE 6-4, 6-1 Mon
n9 s9 Marion Bartoli FRA d n105 Casey Dellacqua AUS 6-2, 6-4 Tue
n10 s10 Sara Errani ITA d n132 q Coco Vandeweghe USA 6-1, 6-3 Tue-rain-Wed n11 s11 Na Li CHN d n39 Ksenia Pervak KAZ 6-3, 6-1 Mon
n12 s12 Vera Zvonareva RUS d n37 Mona Barthel GER 2-6, 7-6(3), 6-4 Mon-dark-Tue
*n36 Klara Zakopalova CZE d n13 s13 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 6-4, 6-1 ppd-Wed
n14 s14 Ana Ivanovic SRB d n49 Martínez Sanchez ESP 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 ppd-Wed
n15 s15 Sabine Lisicki GER d n42 Petra Martic CRO 6-4, 6-2 Mon
*n145 q Camila Giorgi ITA d n17 s16 Flavia Pennetta ITA 6-4, 6-3 Mon
n19 s17 Maria Kirilenko RUS d n84 Alexandra Cadantu ROU 6-3, 6-1 Mon
*n53 Kim Clijsters BEL d n20 s18 Jelena Jankovic SRB 6-2, 6-4 Mon
*n86 Kiki Bertens NED d n21 s19 Lucie Safarova CZE 6-3, 6-0 Tue
n22 s20 Nadia Petrova RUS d n188 q Maria Elena Camerin ITA 6-0, 6-2 Mon
n23 s21 Roberta Vinci ITA d n255 wc Ashleigh Barty AUS 6-2, 6-4 Tue n24 s22 Julia Goerges GER d n47 Shahar Peer ISR 6-2, 6-2 Tue-rain-Wed c6 m2 n25 s23 Petra Cetkovska CZE d n60 Vania King USA 6-4, 6-2 Mon
n26 s24 Francesca Schiavone ITA d n111 wc Laura Robson GBR 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 Tue
n27 s25 Jie Zheng CHN d n123 Stephanie Dubois CAN 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 Tue
n28 s26 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP d n41 Simona Halep ROU 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 Tue *n99 Jamie Hampton USA d n29 s27 Daniela Hantuchova SVK 6-4, 7-6(1) Mon n30 s28 Christina McHale USA d n217 wc Johanna Konta GBR 6(4)-7, 6-2, 10-8 Mon-dark-Tue
*n75 Stephanie Foretz Gacon FRA d n31 s29 Monica Niculescu ROU 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 Mon n32 s30 Shuai Peng CHN d n160 q Sandra Zaniewska POL 6-2, 6(3)-7, 6-3 Mon n33 s31 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS d n46 Sofia Arvidsson SWE 6-1, 6-2 Tue *n35 Yanina Wickmayer BEL d n34 s32 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 6-2, 6-3 Tue n40 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL d q n205 Vesna Dolonc SRB 5-7, 6-0, 7-5 Mon *n65 wc Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ d n43 Chanelle Scheepers RSA 7-6(5), 7-6(5) Tue *n148 q Kristyna Pliskova CZE d n44 Polona Hercog SLO 6-2, 6-2 Tue n45 Marina Erakovic NZL d n64 Urszula Radwanska POL 6-4, 6-4 Tue n48 Ekaterina Makarova RUS d n112 Alberta Brianti ITA 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 Mon n50 Sorana Cîrstea ROU d n70 Pauline Parmentier FRA 6-4, 6-1 Mon n51 Varvara Lepchenko USA d n93 Patricia Mayr-Achleitner AUT 6-2, 6-3 Tue *n110 Heather Watson GBR d n52 Iveta Benesova CZE 6-2, 6-1 Mon
n54 Galina Voskoboeva KAZ d n106 Greta Arn HUN 6-4, 6-2 Tue *n83 Elena Vesnina RUS d n55 Venus Williams USA 6-1, 6-3 Mon
n56 Aleksandra Wozniak CAN d n94 Vera Dushevina RUS 6-2, 7-5 Tue n57 Sloane Stephens USA d 118 q Karolina Pliskova CZE 6-2, 6-2 Mon
n58 Alizé Cornet FRA d n90 Nina Bratchikova RUS 6-0, 7-6(1) Tue-rain-Wed
n62 Su-Wei Hsieh TPE d n91 wc Virginie Razzano FRA 6-2, 6-4 Mon *n87 Romina Oprandi SUI d n63 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU 7-6(3), 6-4 Tue n66 Silvia Soler Espinosa ESP d n104 Edina Gallovits-Hall ROU 4-6, 6-4, 10-8 Mon n67 Kateryna Bondarenko UKR d n81 Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN 5-7, 3-6, 6-3 ppd-Wed n69 Timea Babos HUN d n122 wc Melanie Oudin USA 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 Mon n71 Lourdes Domínguez Lino ESP d n227 wc Naomi Broady GBR 6-4, 7-6(4) Mon n72 Anna Tatishvili GEO d n114 Tamarine Tanasugarn THA 6-4, 6-2 Mon n73 Arantxa Rus NED d n102 LL Misaki Doi JPN 7-5, 6-3 Mon *n129 q Mirjana Lucic CRO d n74 Alexandra Panova RUS 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 Tue *n85 Ayumi Morita JPN d n76 Jarmila Gajdosova AUS 6-4, 6-3 Mon
n77 Anne Keothavong GBR d n100 Laura Pous-Tio ESP 6-3, 6-3 Tue
n80 Mathilde Johansson FRA d n98 Lesia Tsurenko UKR 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 Mon *n107 Anastasiya Yakimova BLR d n82 Mandy Minella LUX 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 Tue-rain-Wed "n116 Bojana Jovanovski SRB d n88 Eleni Daniilidou GRE 5-7, 6-3, 2-0 retired Mon n89 Andrea Hlavackova CZE d n108 Kai-Chen Chang TPE 6-1, 6-2 Mon *n97 Melinda Czink HUN d n92 Johanna Larsson SWE 6-0, 6-2 Tue n95 Olga Govortsova BLR d n169 Annika Beck GER 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 ppd-Wed n101 Elena Baltacha GBR d n109 Karin Knapp ITA 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 Tue
*n177 q Jana Cepelova SVK d n157 q Kristina Mladenovic FRA 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 Tue |
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Wimbledon, 2nd Round Wed-Thu Jun 27-28 11:30am Wed WTA story loser's prize: £23,125 = US $35,981; points: 100 Wednesday: play resumed after rain delay n1 s1 Maria Sharapova RUS d n40 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL 7-6(3), 6(3)-7, 6-0 Wed-dark-Thu
n2 s2 Victoria Azarenka BLR d n87 Romina Oprandi SUI 6-2, 6-0 Thu
n3 s3 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d n83 Elena Vesnina RUS 6-2, 6-1 Wed
n4 s4 Petra Kvitova CZE d n101 Elena Baltacha GBR 6-0, 6-4 Thu
*n73 Arantxa Rus NED d n5 s5 Samantha Stosur AUS 6-2, 0-6, 6-4 Wed
n6 s6 Serena Williams USA d n97 Melinda Czink HUN 6-1, 6-4 Thu
n8 s8 Angelique Kerber GER d n48 Ekaterina Makarova RUS 7-5, 6-3 ppd-Thu
*n129 q Mirjana Lucic CRO d n9 s9 Marion Bartoli FRA 6-4, 6-3 Thu
n10 s10 Sara Errani ITA v n77 Anne Keothavong GBR 6-1, 6-1 Thu
*n50 Sorana Cirstea ROU d n11 s11 Na Li CHN 6-3, 6-4 Wed
n12 s12 Vera Zvonareva RUS d n66 Silvia Soler Espinosa ESP 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 Wed
n14 s14 Ana Ivanovic SRB d n67 Kateryna Bondarenko UKR 6-3, 7-6(2) Thu
n15 s15 Sabine Lisicki GER d n116 Bojana Jovanovski SRB 3-6, 6-2, 8-6 Wed
n19 s17 Maria Kirilenko RUS d n71 Lourdes Domínguez Lino ESP 6-1, 6-2 Wed
n22 s20 Nadia Petrova RUS d n69 Timea Babos HUN 6-4, 6(3)-7, 9-7 Wed-dark-Thu n23 s21 Roberta Vinci ITA d n45 Marina Erakovic NZL 6-4, 6-3 Thu n24 s22 Julia Goerges GER d n107 Anastasiya Yakimova BLR 7-6(3), 6-2 Thu
*n57 Sloane Stephens USA d n25 s23 Petra Cetkovska CZE 7-6(6), 4-6, 6-3 Wed
n26 s24 Francesca Schiavone ITA d n148 q Kristyna Pliskova CZE 6-4, 6-4 Thu
n27 s25 Jie Zheng CHN d n56 Aleksandra Wozniak CAN 6-4, 6-2 Thu
*n177 q Jana Cepelova SVK d n28 s26 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP 6(7)-7, 7-6(5), 6-3 Thu-dark-Fri n30 s28 Christina McHale USA d n80 Mathilde Johansson FRA 7-5, 7-5 ppd-Thu
n32 s30 Shuai Peng CHN d n85 Ayumi Morita JPN 7-6(4), 6-3 Wed *n51 Varvara Lepchenko USA d n33 s31 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 7-6(4), 6-4 Thu n35 Yanina Wickmayer BEL d n54 Galina Voskoboeva KAZ 4-6, 6-3, 8-6 Thu n36 Klara Zakopalova CZE d n95 Olga Govortsova BLR 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 Thu n53 Kim Clijsters BEL d n89 Andrea Hlavackova CZE 6-3, 6-3 Wed
*n59 Tamira Paszek AUT d n58 Alizé Cornet FRA 6-2, 6-1 Thu
n62 Su-Wei Hsieh TPE d n75 Stephanie Foretz Gacon FRA 6-4, 6-1 Wed
n65 wc Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ d n86 Kiki Bertens NED 6-4, 6-4 Thu *n145 q Camila Giorgi ITA d n72 Anna Tatishvili GEO 6-3, 6-1 Wed n110 Heather Watson GBR d n99 Jamie Hampton USA 6-1, 6-4 Wed
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Wimbledon, 3rd Round Fri-Sat Jun 29-30 11:30am Fri WTA story - Fri 2 - Sat WTA story - Sat 2 loser's prize: £38,875 = US $60,487; points: 160 Friday: rain delayed start of play n1 s1 Maria Sharapova RUS d n62 Su-Wei Hsieh TPE 6-1, 6-4 Fri
n2 s2 Victoria Azarenka BLR d n177 q Jana Cepelova SVK 6-3, 6-3 Sat
n3 s3 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d n110 Heather Watson GBR 6-0, 6-2 Fri
n4 s4 Petra Kvitova CZE d n51 Varvara Lepchenko USA 6-1, 6-0 Sat
n6 s6 Serena Williams USA d n27 s25 Jie Zheng CHN 6(5)-7, 6-2, 9-7 Sat
n8 s8 Angelique Kerber GER d n30 s28 Christina McHale USA 6-2, 6-3 Fri
*n65 wc Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ d n10 s10 Sara Errani ITA 6-0, 6-4 Sat
*n53 Kim Clijsters BEL d n12 s12 Vera Zvonareva RUS 6-3, 4-3 retired—respiratory illness Fri
n14 s14 Ana Ivanovic SRB d n24 s22 Julia Goerges GER 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 Sat
n15 s15 Sabine Lisicki GER d n57 Sloane Stephens USA 7-6(5), 1-6, 6-2 Fri
n19 s17 Maria Kirilenko RUS d n50 Sorana Cîrstea ROU 6-3, 6-1 Fri
*n145 q Camila Giorgi ITA d n22 s20 Nadia Petrova RUS 6-3, 7-6(6) Fri
n23 s21 Roberta Vinci ITA d n129 q Mirjana Lucic CRO 7-6(4), 7-6(3) Sat
n26 s24 Francesca Schiavone ITA d n36 Klara Zakopalova CZE 6-0, 6-4 Sat
n32 s30 Shuai Peng CHN d n73 Arantxa Rus NED 6-1, 6-2 Fri
*n59 Tamira Paszek AUT d n35 Yanina Wickmayer BEL 2-6, 7-6(4), 7-5 Sat
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Wimbledon, 4th Round, Mon Jul 2 11:30am WTA story 1 - WTA story 2 loser's prize: £75,000 = US $116,694; points: 280 Monday: rain delays *n15 s15 Sabine Lisicki GER d n1 s1 Maria Sharapova RUS 6-4, 6-3
n2 s2 Victoria Azarenka BLR d n14 s14 Ana Ivanovic SRB 6-1, 6-0
n3 s3 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d n145 q Camila Giorgi ITA 6-2, 6-3
n4 s4 Petra Kvitova CZE d n26 s24 Francesca Schiavone ITA 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
n6 s6 Serena Williams USA d n65 wc Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ 6-1, 2-6, 7-5
n8 s8 Angelique Kerber GER d n53 Kim Clijsters BEL 6-1, 6-1
n19 s17 Maria Kirilenko RUS d n32 s30 Shuai Peng CHN 6-1, 6(6)-7, 6-3
n59 Tamira Paszek AUT d n23 s21 Roberta Vinci ITA 6-2, 6-2
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Wimbledon, QFs, Tue Jul 3 1pm loser's prize: £145,000 = US $225,609; points: 500 n2 s2 Victoria Azarenka BLR d n59 Tamira Paszek AUT 6-3, 7-6(4) career matches: Vika leads 3-0
n3 s3 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d n19 s17 Maria Kirilenko RUS 7-5, 4-6, 7-5 career matches: Aga leads 6-2 (incl last 5)
*n6 s6 Serena Williams USA d n4 s4 Petra Kvitova CZE 6-3, 7-5 career matches: Serena leads 3-0
n8 s8 Angelique Kerber GER d n15 s15 Sabine Lisicki GER 6-3, 6(7)-7, 7-5 career matches: Angelique leads 5-0
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Wimbledon, SFs, Thu Jul 5 1pm loser's prize: £287,500 = US $447,329; points: 900 *n6 s6 Serena Williams USA d n2 s2 Victoria Azarenka BLR 6-3, 7-6(6)
n3 s3 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d n8 s8 Angelique Kerber GER 6-3, 6-4
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Wimbledon, Final, Sat Jul 7 2pm loser's prize: £575,000 = US $894,658; points: 1400 winner's prize: £1,150,000 = US $1,789,315; points: 2000 *n6 s6 Serena Williams USA d n3 s3 Agnieszka Radwanska POL 6-1, 5-7, 6-2
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Wimbledon, Doubles Final, Sat Jul 7 losers' prize: £130,000 = US $202,270 winners' prize: £260,000 = US $404,541 *Serena Williams USA & Venus Williams USA d s6 Andrea Hlavackova CZE & Lucie Hradecka CZE 7-5, 6-4
Wimbledon, Mixed Doubles Final, Sun Jul 8 losers' prize: £46,000 = US $71,573 winners' prize: £92,000 = US $143,145 s2 Lisa Raymond & Mike Bryan v s4 Elena Vesnina & Leander Paes 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 Wimbledon, Girls' Singles Final, Sat Jul 7 s5 Eugenie Bouchard CAN d s3 Elina Svitolina UKR 6-2, 6-2
Wimbledon, Girls' Doubles Final, Sun Jul 8 s1 Eugenie Bouchard CAN & Taylor Townsend USA d s7 Belinda Bencic SUI & Ana Konjuh CRO 6-4, 6-3 Wimbledon, Invitation Doubles Final, Sun Jul 8 losers' prize: £16,000 = US $24,895 winners' prize: £19,000 = US $29,563 Martina Hingis & Lindsay Davenport d Martina Navratilova & Jana Novotna 6-3, 6-2 Wimbledon, Qualifying Finals at Roehampton, Thu Jun 21 11am Q1st loser's prize: £2,125 = US $3,306; 2 points Q2nd loser's prize: £4250 = US $6,613; 15 points Qfinal loser's prize: £8500 = US $13,225; 25 points Thursday: rain delays n97 Melinda Czink HUN d n214 Marta Sirotkina RUS 6-3, 6-2 *n157 Kristina Mladenovic FRA d n102 Misaki Doi JPN 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 *n160 Sandra Zaniewska POL d n115 Sesil Karatantcheva KAZ 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 n118 Karolina Pliskova CZE d n206 Yurika Sema JPN 6-4, 6-1 *n132 Coco Vandeweghe USA d n125 Lara Arruabarrena Vecino ESP 6-2 6-7(2) 7-5 n129 Mirjana Lucic CRO d n146 Bibiane Schoofs NED 7-5, 6-4 *n188 Maria Elena Camerin ITA d n130 Claire Aurelle Feuerstein FRA 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 *n205 Vesna Dolonc SRB d n131 Valeria Savinykh RUS 6-2, 6-2 n145 Camila Giorgi ITA d n154 Alexa Glatch USA 7-6(5), 6-2 n148 Kristyna Pliskova CZE d n152 Irena Pavlovic FRA 6-3, 6-2 n177 Jana Cepelova SVK d n178 Ekaterina Bychkova RUS 6-2, 6-3 n169 Annika Beck GER d n186 Petra Rampre SLO 6-3, 6-4 Wimbledon, Withdrawals/Non-entries n16 Kaia Kanepi EST foot injury n18 Andrea Petkovic GER torn right ankle ligaments n79 Michaella Krajicek NED illness n138 Alexandra Dulgheru ROU surgery on both knees n193 Jelena Dokic AUS wrist injury n559 sr 24 Alisa Kleybanova RUS recovering from Hodgkin's Lymphoma nNR sr44 Agnes Szavay HUN back injury
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TOP HALF s1 Liezel Huber USA & Lisa Raymond USA SF Alexandra Cadantu ROU & Saisai Zheng CHN r1 Sorana Cirstea ROU & Ayumi Morita JPN r1 Casey Dellacqua AUS & Samantha Stosur AUS r2 Mirjana Lucic CRO & Valeria Savinykh RUS r2 Tara Moore GBR & Melanie South GBR r1 Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER & Petra Martic CRO r3 s16 Chia-Jung Chuang TPE & Vera Dushevina RUS r1 s12 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP & Arantxa Parra Santonja ESP r1 Klaudia Jans-Ignacik POL & Alicja Rosolska POL r2 Shuai Peng CHN & Jie Zheng CHN r1 Marina Erakovic NZL & Tamarine Tanasugarn THA r3 Darija Jurak CRO & Katalin Marosi HUN r2 Renata Voracova CZE & Klara Zakopalova CZE r1 Eleni Daniilidou GRE & Arantxa Rus NED r1 s5 Ekaterina Makarova RUS & Elena Vesnina RUS QF s4 Maria Kirilenko RUS & Nadia Petrova RUS r2 Timea Babos HUN & Alberta Brianti ITA r1 Vesna Dolonc SRB & Olga Savchuk UKR r1 Serena Williams USA & Venus Williams USA Jelena Jankovic SRB & Virginie Razzano FRA r1 Stephanie Foretz Gacon FRA & Kristina Mladenovic FRA r2 Alla Kudryavtseva RUS & Sloane Stephens USA r1 s13 Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA & Sania Mirza IND r3 s10 Raquel Kops-Jones USA & Abigail Spears USA QF Nina Bratchikova RUS & Anna Tatishvili GEO r1 Liga Dekmeijere LAT & Varvara Lepchenko USA r2 Sofia Arvidsson SWE & Johanna Larsson SWE r1 Akgul Amanmuradova UZB & Kateryna Bondarenko UKR r1 Kristina Barrois GER & Vitalia Diatchenko RUS r2 Simona Halep ROU & Aleksandra Wozniak CAN r1 s7 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ & Galina Voskoboeva KAZ r3 |
BOTTOM HALF s8 Iveta Benesova CZE & Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE r2 Vania King USA & Yasmin Schnack USA r1 Janette Husarova SVK & Ksenia Pervak KAZ r1 Olga Govortsova BLR & Mandy Minella LUX r3 Andreja Klepac SLO & Anastasia Rodionova AUS r2 Jill Craybas USA & Julia Goerges GER r1 Hao-Ching Chan TPE & Yung-Jan Chan TPE r1 s9 Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP & Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP QF s15 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU & Monica Niculescu ROU r2 Elena Baltacha GBR & Anne Keothavong GBR r1 Su-Wei Hsieh TPE & Sabine Lisicki GER r3 w/o Laura Robson GBR & Heather Watson GBR r1 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS & Lucie Safarova CZE r1 Flavia Pennetta ITA & Francesca Schiavone ITA SF Naomi Broady GBR & Johanna Konta GBR r1 s3 Kveta Peschke CZE & Katarina Srebotnik SLO r2 s6 Andrea Hlavackova CZE & Lucie Hradecka CZE F Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN & Rika Fujiwara JPN r1 Mona Barthel GER & Angelique Kerber GER r1 Dominika Cibulkova SVK & Daniela Hantuchova SVK r2 Lindsay Lee-Waters USA & Megan Moulton-Levy USA r1 Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP & Carla Suarez Navarro ESP r2 Alexandra Panova RUS & Shuai Zhang CHN r1 s11 Natalie Grandin RSA & Vladimira Uhlirova CZE r3 s14 Gisela Dulko ARG & Paola Suarez ARG r1 Irina Falconi USA & Chanelle Scheepers RSA r2 Shahar Peer ISR & Yanina Wickmayer BEL r1 Agnieszka Radwanska POL & Urszula Radwanska POL r3 w/o Christina McHale USA & Tamira Paszek AUT r2 Alize Cornet FRA & Pauline Parmentier FRA r1 Eva Birnerova CZE & Petra Cetkovska CZE r1 s2 Sara Errani ITA & Roberta Vinci ITA QF | |
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The first Ladies Championships at Wimbledon were held in 1884; the drawsheet is at left (photo from Virginia Wade's indispensable book Ladies of the Court ).The "silver flower basket" valued at 20 guineas awarded to champion Maud Watson is now used as the championship trophy at Birmingham, and is known as the Maude Watson Trophy. The 20 guinea valuation seems too high; the cup is not very large, and 20 guineas then would be well over $2000 US today. The entry fee of 10 shillings and a sixpence equaled about $2.52 US at the time-- which, adjusted for inflation, would be around $56.60 today. The other "Miss Watson" whom Maude defeated in the final, 6-8, 6-3, 6-3, was her older sister Lillian. Maude would win the title again in 1885, defeating 1884 semifinalist Blanche Bingley. Blanche, later Mrs. George Hillyard, would win the title six times, a feat matched only by Dorothea K. Douglass Lambert Chambers (7 titles), Suzanne Lenglen (6), Helen Wills (8), Billie Jean King (6), Martina Navratilova (9), and Steffi Graf (7). |
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from Ladies of the Court by Michael Mewshaw, (pages 122-123): Years ago the Competitor's Lounge at Wimbledon had, in theory, been the sacrosanct preserve of players and their guests. But, in practice, it had always been a throbbing hive of hustlers, racquet dealers, clothing reps, agents, tournament directors, assorted groupies, gofers, and camp followers. Now journalists had access to this sanctuary. Flashing a special forty-five minute permit, I passed the guard at the door and, during yet another rain delay, climbed the stairs to the third floor and stopped at the Prize Money Office, where a woman cheerfully explained her job. Once a player lost, he or she popped in here to pick up a check. A player's agent or manager could collect prize money, but only with written permission. "Even though we know, for example, that Ion Tiriac is Boris Becker's manager, we have to have it in writing before we'll hand over Becker's money," the woman said. "What if the players want cash?" I asked. "Then they carry the check to the bank here on the grounds." "Do you deduct U.K. taxes?" Indeed she did. Foreigners paid a flat 25% on their winnings, but they received a £150 per diem exclusion before British taxes bit into their purse. The Prize Money Office also deducted WTA dues and fines for code violations. Although it sounded complicated, she assured me that "because of computers, we can get a player in and out in thirty or forty seconds. That's a lot different from the old days." She smiled sweetly. "Now I'm afraid I can't say anything else." "Do you ever get any strange requests?" The smile never faltered. "Lots, but I'm not allowed to tell you." |
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from Hard Courts by John Feinstein (page 306): Wimbledon's qualifying tournament is not played at Wimbledon, it is played at the Bank of England tennis club, at Roehampton, about eight miles from the All England Club. Everyone who has played there--and almost everyone has at some point--will tell you that the toughest tennis tournament in the world is the one at Roehampton. "There is nothing in the world farther from Wimbledon than Roehampton," John McEnroe once said. "You survive there, you're a hell of a tennis player." ...There are sixteen courts at Roehampton. Unlike the pampered, protected courts at Wimbledon, they are in constant use--and it shows. There are brown patches everywhere--or, to be accurate, green patches on the brown--and after it rains, players would be well advised to show up wearing cleats rather than sneakers. ...When the players arrive at Roehampton, they report to the referee's tent to sign in; then they await court assignments. Waiting for their matches to be called, most kill the time sitting on a large, grassy knoll that serves as both the players' and the umpires' lounge. The P.A. system is the focal point of all life at Roehampton. Announcements calling players and umpires to their courts, paging people to the telephone, seeking drivers to take players back to hotels, or updating schedules can be heard around the grounds all day long. The P.A. is just one of a number of distractions players must deal with while they are playing. Admission to Roehampton is free; there are no ushers and no security... ...the atmosphere is not the kind tennis players are accustomed to--people talking and laughing while strolling past the courts... if one wants to qualify for Wimbledon, one has to earn it. Roehampton is both a launching pad and a graveyard... |
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from Hard Courts by John Feinstein (page 306): Nothing in tennis can match the tension of day one at Wimbledon. Everyone is tight, nervous, and ready to explode with pent-up energy. The other Grand Slams are very important; Wimbledon is history... Only at Wimbledon does Centre Court stay empty from the day of the final until the Saturday before the tournament begins the next year. Only at Wimbledon do you walk underneath the huge sign over the door leading to Centre Court, which quotes Rudyard Kipling: "If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat these two imposters the same."... ...The weather in England is almost always rotten. Rain cuts practice time, as does a lack of practice courts. At Wimbledon, practice time on the sixteen outside courts is limited to thirty minutes at a time--unless two seeded players are practicing together. Then, they can get an hour. The adjacent practice courts at Aorangi Park (so named because the land was once owned by the government of New Zealand) are not as tight, but still tough to come by. By the time the tournament begins, people are a little tired, a little homesick, frequently frustrated, and very, very nervous. |
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from Lawn Tennis for Ladies (1910) by 7-time Wimbledon champion Dorothea K. Douglass Lambert Chambers, p.111-112 I once overheard a lady who was watching a match in the centre court at Wimbledon remark, "There, that's the very first time that man has hit the net with the ball, and he has had hundreds of tries!..." Another lady at Eastbourne, whom I had noticed because she never left her seat, bringing her lunch with her so as not to lose a moment's play, asked me at the end of the week, while watching a double, whether the partners were side by side or opposite, as in bridge! |
(May 23, 2007) The AELTC has installed Hawkeye instant replay gear on Centre Court and Court 1. At Wimbledon in 2007, players on these courts will be allowed three incorrect challenge-video replays in each set, after which they can no longer challenge calls in that set. The US and Australian Opens both utilize the Hawkeye instant replay system on show courts, and allow players to challenge calls and request replays until they lose two challenges in each set. Roland Garros does not yet have any form of instant replay gear installed for French Open call challenges--of course, on clay courts, ball marks are generally used to judge questionable calls. AP story
(Jan 6, 2004 revised) Wimbledon will have a new retractable roof for Centre Court in place in 2009, officials announced. Construction will begin after The Championships in July, 2006. The 2007 Championships will be played with no roof at all (the current partial roof removed), a new fixed partial roof will be in place in 2008, and the retractable roof completed in 2009. The roof will take 10 minutes to deploy, so Centre Court rain delays of up to 30 minutes will still be possible, but the roof is being installed to assure TV networks of almost continuous coverage, even if it rains. The arena's capacity will also be increased from 13,800 to 15,000. AELTC Long-Term Plan - original BBC story.
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