WTA June 24-July 7: WimbledonThe ChampionshipsWimbledon, GBR Grand Slam Prize$: £22,560,000 (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: T.com - ESPN - Z - Y! | 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 S Williams, n2 V Azarenka n3 M Sharapova, n4 A Radwanska n5 S Errani, n6 Na Li |
|
|
On Saturday at Wimbledon, in the finals of The Championships,
the 2007 tourney finalist (and 2011 champion at Eastbourne and Osaka), 28 year old 15th seeded #15 (career high: #7) Marion Bartoli of France (residence: Geneva, SUI),
defeated
the 2011 champ at Birmingham and Dallas, 23 year old 23rd seeded #23 (career high #13) Sabine Lisicki of Germany (residence: Bradenton, FL),
6-1, 6-4 (Sabine is shown during the match; Marion is shown holding the Venus Rosewater Dish afterward). Marion's prize is £1,600,000 (about $2,123,641); Sabine's prize is £800,000 (about $1,061,821). |
Marion struck 15 winners (including 2 aces), with 14 unforced errors (including 6 double faults), while scoring on 5 of the 13 break points she reached against Sabine and totaling 72 points. Sabine hit 21 winners (6 aces) with 25 unforced errors (5 DFs), and converted 2 of the 8 break points she reached against Marion while totaling 51 points. match stats
After Marion won the 1st set 6-1 and took a 5-1 lead in the 2nd, Sabine closed the gap to 5-4. But Marion served out the match on her second opportunity, finishing with an ace on match point.
Marion said: "I really felt I was playing probably my best match of The Championships. I was doing everything well. I was moving well, I was returning well. I really played a wonderful match... Just to finish on an ace to win Wimbledon, you saw the chalk come out of the line... I could have seen it in slow motion. You can't describe that kind of feeling. You cannot put any words what I feel in this moment." BBC story - WTA story
Sabine tweeted: "Wasn't meant to be...yet! Thanks so so much for your support throughout the entire two weeks... It was such an amazing time and journey. The experience will help me in the future. Congratulations to Marion, who had a dream run and played great!" Sabine Lisicki at Twitter
Sabine still leads Marion 3-2 in career matches. Their previous meeting was in 2011 on a chlorophyll court in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon, when Sabine defeated Marion 6-4, 6(7)-7, 6-1.
Marion is now 1-1 in Grand Slam singles finals; she was defeated by Venus Williams in her only previous big event, at Wimbledon in 2007. She is now 8-11 in WTA singles finals, and has a 21-12 singles match record this year. Marion will be #7 in Monday's WTA rankings.
Sabine was playing in her first Grand Slam singles final. She is now 3-5 in WTA singles finals, and has a 26-13 singles match record in 2013. Sabine will be #18 in Monday's WTA rankings.
Sunday Men's Final: #2 Andy Murray GBR d #1 Novak Djokovic SRB 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
|
|
◄ click for women's singles draw in the video frame
|
2013 prize money is shown below, up 40% overall from 2012. However, in dollars, the increase is less (and actually a decrease for doubles players) due to the pound falling against the dollar. As of June 12, £1 = $1.3272 US, a year ago it was $1.5559.
|
WTA SCOREBOARD: The Championships at Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon, London, England
All England Lawn Tennis Club address: London SW19, England, UK
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Wimbledon, 1st Round Mon-Tue Jun 24-25 11:30am loser's prize: £23,500 = US $31,190; points: 5 n1 s1 Serena Williams USA d n92 Mandy Minella LUX 6-1, 6-3 Tue
n2 s2 Victoria Azarenka BLR d n107 Maria Joao Koehler POR 6-1, 6-2 Mon
n3 s3 Maria Sharapova RUS d n39 Kristina Mladenovic FRA 7-6(5), 6-3 Mon
n4 s4 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d n116 q Yvonne Meusburger AUT 6-1, 6-1 Tue
*n66 Monica Puig PUR d n5 s5 Sara Errani ITA 6-3, 6-2 Mon
n6 s6 Na Li CHN d n829 sr Michaela Krajicek NED 6-1, 6-1 Tue
n7 s7 Angelique Kerber GER d n58 Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA 6-3, 6-4 Tue
n8 s8 Petra Kvitova CZE d n109 Coco Vandeweghe USA 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 Mon
n9 s9 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d n101 Estrella Cabeza Candela ESP 6-0, 6-2 Mon
*n37 Laura Robson GBR d n10 s10 Maria Kirilenko RUS 6-3, 6-4 Tue
n11 s11 Roberta Vinci ITA d n68 Chanelle Scheepers RSA 6-2, 6-1 Tue n12 s12 Ana Ivanovic SRB d n161 q Virginie Razzano FRA 7-6(1), 6-0 Mon
*n76 Karolina Pliskova CZE d n13 s13 Nadia Petrova RUS 6-3, 6-2 Tue n14 s14 Samantha Stosur AUS d n119 LL Anna Schmiedlova SVK 6-1, 6-3 Tue
n15 s15 Marion Bartoli FRA d n83 Elina Svitolina UKR 6-3, 7-5 Mon n16 s16 Jelena Jankovic SRB d n137 wc Johanna Konta GBR 6-2, 7-5 Mon
n17 s17 Sloane Stephens USA d n41 Jamie Hampton USA 6-3, 6-3 Mon
n18 s18 Dominika Cibulkova SVK d n175 q Maria Elena Camerin ITA 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 Tue
n19 s19 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP d n54 Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP 6-2, 6-2 Mon n20 s20 Kirsten Flipkens BEL d n90 Yulia Putintseva KAZ 7-5, 6-4 Mon *n65 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL d n21 s21 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 6-0, 6-1 Tue
n22 s22 Sorana Cirstea ROU d n52 Stefanie Voegele SUI 7-5, 7-6(3) Mon
n23 s23 Sabine Lisicki GER d n42 Francesca Schiavone ITA 6-1, 6-2 Tue
n24 s24 Shuai Peng CHN d n80 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP 6-3, 6-2 Tue
n25 s25 Ekaterina Makarova RUS d n62 Johanna Larsson SWE 6-3, 6-3 *n155 q Eva Birnerova CZE d n27 s26 Varvara Lepchenko USA 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 Mon n28 s27 Lucie Safarova CZE d n88 Lauren Davis USA 6-4, 6-0 Mon *n85 Alexandra Cadantu ROU d n29 s28 Tamira Paszek AUT 6-2, 7-5 Tue n30 s29 Alize Cornet FRA d n113 LL Vania King USA 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 Mon
n31 s30 Mona Barthel GER d n49 Monica Niculescu ROU 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 Tue *n126 wc Alison Riske USA d n32 s31 Romina Oprandi SUI 6(5)-7, 7-5, 3-1 retired Tue n33 s32 Klara Zakopalova CZE d n48 Daniela Hantuchova SVK 6-4, 6-3 Tue
*n117 q Mariana Duque-Marino COL d n35 Julia Goerges GER 6-4, 6(3)-7, 7-5 Tue n36 Elena Vesnina RUS d n95 Andrea Hlavackova CZE 6-2, 7-5 Tue n38 Urszula Radwanska POL d n69 Mallory Burdette USA 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-2 Tue n40 Bojana Jovanovski SRB d n147 q Ajla Tomljanovic CRO 3-6, 6-1, 9-7 Mon *n118 q Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE d n43 M Rybarikova SVK 5-7, 6-0, 6-1 Tue n44 Su-Wei Hsieh TPE d n115 Tatjana Maria GER 6-1, 6-0 Mon
n45 Simona Halep ROU d n72 Olga Govortsova BLR 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 Tue n46 Kaia Kanepi EST d n198 wc Tara Moore GBR 7-5, 5-7, 7-5 Tue *n100 q Caroline Garcia FRA d n47 Jie Zheng CHN 6-3, 6-4 Tue *n71 Marina Erakovic NZL d n50 Ayumi Morita JPN 4-6, 6-0, 7-5 Tue *n97 Vesna Dolonc SRB d n51 Yanina Wickmayer BEL 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 Mon n53 Madison Keys USA d n57 Heather Watson GBR 6-3, 7-5 Tue
n55 Annika Beck GER d n140 Nina Bratchikova RUS 6-3, 6-2 Tue n56 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ d n59 Kiki Bertens NED 6-4, 6-3 Mon *n74 Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor ESP d n60 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU 6-3, 6-4 Tue n61 Jana Cepelova SVK d n103 Kristyna Pliskova CZE 6-4, 6-1 Tue n63 Christina McHale USA d n149 Alexa Glatch USA 6-4, 6-4 Mon
*n171 q Petra Cetkovska CZE d n64 Donna Vekic CRO 6-3, 6-1 Mon n67 Eugenie Bouchard CAN d n86 q Galina Voskoboeva KAZ 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-4 Mon
n70 Garbine Muguruza ESP d n215 wc Anne Keothavong GBR 6-4, 6-0 Mon n73 Silvia Soler-Espinosa ESP d n94 Misaki Doi JPN 1-6, 6-4, 6-1 Mon n75 wc Andrea Petkovic GER d n110 Pauline Parmentier FRA 6-3, 6-2 Mon *n96 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni CRO d n77 Sofia Arvidsson SWE 6-1, 6-4 Mon n78 Lesia Tsurenko UKR d n82 Lara Arruabarrena ESP 6-1, 6-3 Mon *n143 Petra Martic CRO d n79 Anna Tatishvili GEO 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 Tue n84 Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN d n191 q Carina Witthoeft GER 6-0, 6-2 Tue
n87 Olga Puchkova RUS d n151 Arantxa Rus NED 6-4, 6-2 Tue *n105 Karin Knapp ITA d n89 wc Lucie Hradecka CZE 6-3, 6-4 Mon n93 Camila Giorgi ITA d n232 wc Samantha Murray GBR 6-3, 6-4 Mon n98 Mathilde Johansson FRA d n99 Timea Babos HUN 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 Tue *n131 q Michelle Larcher de Brito POR d n124 Melanie Oudin USA 7-6(7), 1-6, 6-4 Mon n158 Flavia Pennetta ITA d n185 wc Elena Baltacha GBR 6-4, 6-1 Mon |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Wimbledon, 2nd Round Wed-Thu Jun 26-27 11:30am loser's prize: £38,000 = US $50,436; points: 100 Thursday: rain delayed play (except on Centre under roof) n1 s1 Serena Williams USA d n100 q Caroline Garcia FRA 6-3, 6-2 Thu
*n158 Flavia Pennetta ITA d n2 s2 Victoria Azarenka BLR walkover—right knee injury Wed *n131 q Michelle Larcher de Brito POR d n3 s3 Maria Sharapova RUS 6-3, 6-4 Wed
n4 s4 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d n98 Mathilde Johansson FRA 6-1, 6-3 Thu
n6 s6 Na Li CHN d n45 Simona Halep ROU 6-2, 1-6, 6-0 Thu
*n46 Kaia Kanepi EST d n7 s7 Angelique Kerber GER 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-3 ppd-Fri
n8 s8 Petra Kvitova CZE d n56 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ walkover—right arm injury Wed *n171 q Petra Cetkovska CZE d n9 s9 Caroline Wozniacki DEN 6-2, 6-2 Wed
n11 s11 Roberta Vinci ITA d n61 Jana Cepelova SVK 6-1, 4-6, 9-7 Thu *n67 Eugenie Bouchard CAN d n12 s12 Ana Ivanovic SRB 6-3, 6-3 Wed
n14 s14 Samantha Stosur AUS d n87 Olga Puchkova RUS 6-2, 6-2 Thu
n15 s15 Marion Bartoli FRA d n63 Christina McHale USA 7-5, 6-4 Wed
*n97 Vesna Dolonc SRB d n16 s16 Jelena Jankovic SRB 7-5, 6-2 Wed
n17 s17 Sloane Stephens USA d n75 wc Andrea Petkovic GER 7-6(2), 2-6, 8-6 Wed
n18 s18 Dominika Cibulkova SVK d n74 M-T Torro-Flor ESP 6-0, 6-1 Thu
n19 s19 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP d n96 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni CRO 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 Wed n20 s20 Kirsten Flipkens BEL d n40 Bojana Jovanovski SRB 6-4, 6-4 Wed *n93 Camila Giorgi ITA d n22 s22 Sorana Cirstea ROU 7-6(7), 7-6(6) Wed n23 s23 Sabine Lisicki GER d n36 Elena Vesnina RUS 6-3, 6-1 Thu
*n71 Marina Erakovic NZL d n24 s24 Shuai Peng CHN 7-6(6), 6-2 Thu n25 s25 Ekaterina Makarova RUS d n70 Garbine Muguruza ESP 6-2, 6(3)-7, 6-4 Wed *n105 Karin Knapp ITA d n28 s27 Lucie Safarova CZE 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 Wed n30 s29 Alize Cornet FRA d n44 Su-Wei Hsieh TPE 6-3, 6-2 Wed *n53 Madison Keys USA d n31 s30 Mona Barthel GER 6-4, 6-2 Thu
n33 s32 Klara Zakopalova CZE d n55 Annika Beck GER 7-6(5), 6-3 Thu n37 Laura Robson GBR d n117 q Mariana Duque-Marino COL 6-4, 6-1 ppd-Fri
*n126 wc Alison Riske USA d n38 Urszula Radwanska POL 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 ppd-Fri n65 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL d n118 q Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE 7-5, 6-3 Thu n66 Monica Puig PUR d n73 Silvia Soler-Espinosa ESP 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 Wed *n143 Petra Martic CRO d n76 Karolina Pliskova CZE 7-6(7), 6-1 Thu *n155 q Eva Birnerova CZE d n78 Lesia Tsurenko UKR 6-3, 6-4 Wed n84 Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN d n85 Alexandra Cadantu ROU 6-4, 7-5 Thu
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Wimbledon, 3rd Round Fri-Sat Jun 28-29 11:30am loser's prize: £63,000 = US $83,618; points: 160 Friday: rain delays (except on Centre under roof) n1 s1 Serena Williams USA d n84 Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN 6-2, 6-0 Sat
n4 s4 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d n53 Madison Keys USA 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 Sat
n6 s6 Na Li CHN d n33 s32 Klara Zakopalova CZE 4-6, 8-6 Sat
n8 s8 Petra Kvitova CZE d n25 s25 Ekaterina Makarova RUS 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 Fri-dark-Sat
n11 s11 Roberta Vinci ITA d n18 s18 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 6-1, 6-4 Sat
*n23 s23 Sabine Lisicki GER d n14 s14 Samantha Stosur AUS 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 Sat
n15 s15 Marion Bartoli FRA d n93 Camila Giorgi ITA 6-4, 7-5 Fri
n17 s17 Sloane Stephens USA d n171 q Petra Cetkovska CZE 7-6(3), 0-6, 6-4 Fri-dark-Sat
n19 s19 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP d n67 Eugenie Bouchard CAN 7-5, 6-2 Fri
n20 s20 Kirsten Flipkens BEL d n97 Vesna Dolonc SRB 6-4, 6-2 Fri *n158 Flavia Pennetta ITA d n30 s29 Alize Cornet FRA 0-6, 7-6(4), 6-2 Fri
n37 Laura Robson GBR d n71 Marina Erakovic NZL 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 Sat
n46 Kaia Kanepi EST d n126 wc Alison Riske USA 6-2, 6-3 Sat
n65 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL d n143 Petra Martic CRO 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 Sat n66 Monica Puig PUR d n155 q Eva Birnerova CZE 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 Fri-dark-Sat n105 Karin Knapp ITA d n131 q Michelle Larcher de Brito POR 7-5, 6-2 Fri
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Wimbledon, 4th Round, Mon Jul 1 11:30am loser's prize: £105,000 = US $139,364; points: 280 n23 s23 Sabine Lisicki GER d n1 s1 Serena Williams USA 6-2, 1-6, 6-4
n4 s4 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d n65 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
n6 s6 Na Li CHN d n11 s11 Roberta Vinci ITA 6-2, 6-0
n8 s8 Petra Kvitova CZE d n19 s19 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP 7-6(5), 6-3
n15 s15 Marion Bartoli FRA d n105 Karin Knapp ITA 6-2, 6-3
n17 s17 Sloane Stephens USA d n66 Monica Puig PUR 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
n20 s20 Kirsten Flipkens BEL d n158 Flavia Pennetta ITA 7-6(2), 6-3
*n46 Kaia Kanepi EST d n37 Laura Robson GBR 7-6(6), 7-5
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Wimbledon, QFs, Tue Jul 2 1pm loser's prize: £205,000 = US $272,092; points: 500 n4 s4 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d n6 s6 Na Li CHN 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-2
*n20 s20 Kirsten Flipkens BEL d n8 s8 Petra Kvitova CZE 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
n15 s15 Marion Bartoli FRA d n17 s17 Sloane Stephens USA 6-4, 7-5
n23 s23 Sabine Lisicki GER d n46 Kaia Kanepi EST 6-3, 6-3
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Wimbledon, SFs, Thu Jul 4 1pm loser's prize: £400,000 = US $530,910; points: 900 *n23 s23 Sabine Lisicki GER d n4 s4 Agnieszka Radwanska POL 6-4, 2-6, 9-7
n15 s15 Marion Bartoli FRA d n20 s20 Kirsten Flipkens BEL 6-1, 6-2
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Wimbledon, Final, Sat Jul 6 2pm loser's prize: £800,000 = US $1,061,821; points: 1400 winner's prize: £1,600,000 = US $2,123,641; points: 2000 n15 s15 Marion Bartoli FRA d n23 s23 Sabine Lisicki GER 6-1, 6-4
Marion serving, Sabine driving a backhand, Marion following one, and after serving an ace on match point |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Wimbledon, Doubles Final, Sat Jul 6 losers' prize: £150,000 = US $199,091 winners' prize: £300,000 = US $398,183 s8 Su-Wei Hsieh TPE & Shuai Peng CHN d s12 Ashleigh Barty AUS & Casey Dellacqua AUS 7-6(1), 6-1
Wimbledon, Mixed Doubles Final, Sun Jul 7 losers' prize: £46,000 = US $61,055 winners' prize: £92,000 = US $122,109 *s8 Kristina Mladenovic FRA & Daniel Nestor CAN d s1 Lisa Raymond USA & Bruno Soares BRA 5-7, 6-2, 8-6 Wimbledon, Girls' Singles Final, Sat Jul 6 s1 Belinda Bencic SUI d s5 Taylor Townsend USA 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
Wimbledon, Girls' Doubles Final, Sun Jul 7 s1 Barbora Krejcikova CZE & Katerina Siniakova CZE d s8 Anhelina Kalinina UKR & Iryna Shymanovich BLR 6-3, 6-1 Wimbledon, Invitation Doubles Final, Sun Jul 7 losers' prize: £17,000 = US $22,564 winners' prize: £20,000 = US $26,545 Martina Hingis SUI & Lindsay Davenport USA d Barbara Schett AUT & Jana Novotna CZE 6-2, 6-2 Wimbledon, Qualifying Finals at Roehampton, Thu Jun 20 11am Q1st loser's prize: £3000 = US $3982; 2 points Q2nd loser's prize: £6000 = US $7964; 15 points Qfinal loser's prize: £12,000 = US $15,927; 25 points n86 Galina Voskoboeva KAZ d n150 Nastassja Burnett ITA 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 n100 Caroline Garcia FRA d n132 Kurumi Nara JPN 6-1, 7-5 *n118 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE d n113 LL Vania King USA 6-2, 6-4 n116 Yvonne Meusburger AUT d n128 Sesil Karatantcheva KAZ 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-2 n117 Mariana Duque-Marino COL d n184 An-Sophie Mestach BEL 6(4)-7, 6-3, 8-6 *n155 Eva Birnerova CZE d n119 LL Anna Schmiedlova SVK 6-4, 7-5 *n175 Maria Elena Camerin ITA d n129 Julia Glushko ISR 6-3, 6-1 n131 Michelle Larcher de Brito POR d n168 Shahar Peer ISR 6-3, 6-0 *n191 Carina Witthoeft GER d n145 Casey Dellacqua AUS 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 n147 Ajla Tomljanovic CRO d n182 Irina Falconi USA 6-4, 6-4 n161 Virginie Razzano FRA d n202 Corinna Dentoni ITA 6-1, 6-4 n171 Petra Cetkovska CZE d n177 Grace Min USA 6-0, 6-2 Wimbledon, Withdrawals/Non-entries n26 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS abdominal strain n34 Venus Williams USA back injury n102 Aleksandra Wozniak CAN n111 Ying-Ying Duan CHN herniated disc n122 Yung-Jan Chan TPE dizziness n127 Melinda Czink HUN n141 Ksenia Pervak KAZ
|
_maria_serve_331x200.jpg)
| The 64 doubles teams, arranged in drawsheet order; teams in red have been eliminated: | ||
|
TOP HALF s1 Sara Errani ITA & Roberta Vinci ITA r3 Anne Keothavong GBR & Johanna Konta GBR r1 Annika Beck GER & Irina Buryachok UKR r1 Natalie Grandin RSA & Vladimira Uhlirova CZE r2 Nicola Slater GBR & Lisa Whybourn GBR r1 Alize Cornet FRA & Pauline Parmentier FRA r2 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU & Janette Husarova SVK r1 s16 Julia Goerges GER & Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE QF s9 A.Pavlyuchenkova RUS & Lucie Safarova CZE r1 Shuko Aoyama JPN & Chanelle Scheepers RSA SF Raluca Olaru ROU & Olga Savchuk UKR r2 Timea Babos HUN & Mandy Minella LUX r1 Flavia Pennetta ITA & Andrea Petkovic GER r2 Samantha Murray GBR & Jade Windley GBR r1 Renata Voracova CZE & Klara Zakopalova CZE r1 s6 Liezel Huber USA & Sania Mirza IND r3 s4 Ekaterina Makarova RUS & Elena Vesnina RUS r3 Karolina Pliskova CZE & M.Torro-Flor ESP r1 Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN & Arantxa Parra Santonja ESP r1 Christina McHale USA & Tamira Paszek AUT r2 Sorana Cirstea ROU & Ayumi Morita JPN r1 Kirsten Flipkens BEL & Magdalena Rybarikova SVK r2 Jelena Jankovic SRB & Mirjana Lucic-Baroni CRO QF s15 Hao-Ching Chan TPE & A.Medina Garrigues ESP r1 s10 Kristina Mladenovic FRA & Galina Voskoboeva KAZ r2 Sofia Arvidsson SWE & Johanna Larsson SWE r1 Darija Jurak CRO & Tamarine Tanasugarn THA r3 Olga Govortsova BLR & Alicja Rosolska POL r1 Simona Halep ROU & Anna Tatishvili GEO r1 Stephanie Foretz Gacon FRA & Eva Hrdinova CZE r2 Vera Dushevina RUS & Alexandra Panova RUS r1 s8 Su-Wei Hsieh TPE & Shuai Peng CHN |
BOTTOM HALF s7 Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER & Kveta Peschke CZE SF Dominika Cibulkova SVK & Monica Niculescu ROU r1 Francesca Schiavone ITA & Samantha Stosur AUS r1 Lisa Raymond USA & Laura Robson GBR r2 Lara Arruabarrena ESP & Monica Puig PUR r1 Eugenie Bouchard CAN & Petra Martic CRO r3 Mervana Jugic-Salkic BIH & Heather Watson GBR r1 s11 Cara Black ZIM & Marina Erakovic NZL r2 s13 Vania King USA & Jie Zheng CHN r3 Vesna Dolonc SRB & Bojana Jovanovski SRB r1 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL & Yanina Wickmayer BEL r2 Madison Keys USA & Melanie Oudin USA r1 Eva Birnerova CZE & Stefanie Voegele SUI r1 Varvara Lepchenko USA & Saisai Zheng CHN r2 Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP & Garbine Muguruza ESP r1 s3 Nadia Petrova RUS & Katarina Srebotnik SLO QF s5 Raquel Kops-Jones USA & Abigail Spears USA r3 Shahar Peer ISR & Zi Yan CHN r1 Sandra Klemenschits AUT & Romina Oprandi SUI r2 Catalina Castano COL & Katalin Marosi HUN r1 Mona Barthel GER & Liga Dekmeijere LAT r1 Megan Moulton-Levy USA & Shuai Zhang CHN r2 Valeria Solovyeva RUS & Maryna Zanevska UKR r1 s12 Ashleigh Barty AUS & Casey Dellacqua AUS F s14 Daniela Hantuchova SVK & Maria Kirilenko RUS r2 W/O Maria Irigoyen ARG & Paula Ormaechea ARG r1 Silvia Soler-Espinosa ESP & Carla Suarez Navarro ESP r3 Tara Moore GBR & Melanie South GBR r1 Jana Cepelova SVK & Oksana Kalashnikova GEO r2 Irina Falconi USA & Tatjana Maria GER r1 Alla Kudryavtseva RUS & Anastasia Rodionova AUS r1 s2 Andrea Hlavackova CZE & Lucie Hradecka CZE QF | |
|
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). |
|
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." |
|
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... |
|
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. |
|
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.
The article on equal pay for women in pro tennis, the Slims Tour, and the formation of the WTA, formerly reproduced here, is permanently archived on the Wimbledon 2007 page.
See also: QuickShop: Sporting Goods - Current WTA Results & Tennis News (tennis home page) - 2013 WTA Schedule with links & photos
WTA PhotoRankings: the current top 20 Women's Tennis rankings with player photos, links, and bio info.
Find tennis shoes made by: adidas -- Nike -- Fila -- Reebok
Find tennis racquets made by: Yonex -- Wilson -- Head -- Prince -- Babolat
Find tennis balls made by: Wilson -- Dunlop -- Penn -- Tretorn -- Slazenger
This page's URL is: http://tennis.quickfound.net/wta_results_2013/wimbledon_results_2013.html
Find tennis racquets made by: Yonex -- Wilson -- Head -- Prince -- Babolat
Find tennis balls made by: Wilson -- Dunlop -- Penn -- Tretorn -- Slazenger
This page's URL is: http://tennis.quickfound.net/wta_results_2013/wimbledon_results_2013.html