WTA June 23-July 6: WimbledonFree Live Video (popup)The Championships Wimbledon, GBR Grand Slam Prize$: £25,000,000 (all events) 128 players - outdoor: grass 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 Na Li n3 S Halep, n4 A Radwanska n5 M Sharapova, n6 P Kvitova |
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On Saturday at London, England, in the final of The Championships at Wimbledon,
the 2011 Wimbledon titleist, 24 year old 6th seeded #6 (career high: #2) Petra Kvitova from Fulnek, Czech Republic,
defeated
the 2014 champ at Nuremberg (and a 2014 Roland Garros & Australian Open semifinalist), 20 year old 13th seeded #13 (career high: #13) Eugenie Bouchard from Westmount, Canada,
6-3, 6-0 (Genie is shown during the match; Petra is shown holding the hardware afterward). Petra's prize is £1,760,000 (about $3,016,209 US); Genie's prize is £880,000 (about $1,508,104 US). |
Petra dominated the match from beginning to end; Genie did not have a very good day.
Petra struck 28 winners (4 aces) with 12 unforced errors (3 double faults) while scoring on 6 of the 13 break points she reached against Genie and totaling 61 points in the match. Genie hit 8 winners (1 ace) with 4 unforced errors (2 DFs) while converting the one break point she reached against Petra and totaling 37 points. match stats *
Petra said: "To be back here with the trophy is so special. I have to say thank to everyone who supports me all the time, it is a special time for me. Hopefully it will be good for everyone in the Czech Republic to have a second trophy. It is my second title so I hope it will be a little bit easier for me to handle." BBC story
Genie said: "I'd like to congratulate Petra, she played fantastic these two weeks. It was really tough for me today, but I'm proud of how I've played this whole tournament. I love coming back to Wimbledon so thank you guys." WTA: Wimbledon Final: As It Happened
Petra and Genie had met only once before, in August of last year on a Deco-Turf hardcourt in the 2nd round at Toronto, when Petra defeated Genie 6-3, 6-2.
2011 Wimbledon champ Petra is now 12-4 in WTA singles finals, and 2-0 Grand Slam finals. Petra has a 25-10 singles match record in 2014.
2012 Wimbledon juniors champ Genie is now 1-2 in WTA singles finals. She was playing in her first Grand Slam singles final (she lost in the semis at Melbourne and Roland Garros this year). Genie has a 36-14 singles match record this season.
* Note: Wimbledon statistics tend to substantially understate the number of unforced errors (compared to other tourneys).
Sunday Men's Final: s1 Novak Djokovic SRB d s4 Roger Federer SUI 6-7(7), 6-4, 7-6(4), 5-7, 6-4
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2014 prize money is shown below. As of June 20, £1 = $1.70 US, a year ago it was $1.33 US, two years ago $1.56.
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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 23-24 11:30am loser's prize: £27,000; points: 10 Monday: rain stopped play on outer courts n1 s1 Serena Williams USA d n114 Anna Tatishvili USA 6-1, 6-2 Tue
n2 s2 Na Li CHN d n175 q Paula Kania POL 7-5, 6-2 Mon
n3 s3 Simona Halep ROU d n91 Teliana Pereira BRA 6-2, 6-2 Tue
n4 s4 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d n214 q Andreea Mitu ROU 6-2, 6-1 Mon-rain-Tue
n5 s5 Maria Sharapova RUS d n242 wc Samantha Murray GBR 6-1, 6-0 Tue
n6 s6 Petra Kvitova CZE d n117 Andrea Hlavackova CZE 6-3, 6-0 Mon
*n41 Kaia Kanepi EST d n7 s7 Jelena Jankovic SRB 6-3, 6-2 Tue n8 s8 Victoria Azarenka BLR d n108 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni CRO 6-3, 7-5 Mon
n9 s9 Angelique Kerber GER d n92 Urszula Radwanska POL 6-2, 6-4 Tue
n10 s10 Dominika Cibulkova SVK d n118 q Aleksandra Wozniak CAN 6-1, 6-2 Mon
n11 s11 Ana Ivanovic SRB d n77 Francesca Schiavone ITA 7-6(6), 6-4 Tue
n12 s12 Flavia Pennetta ITA d n62 Jana Cepelova SVK 6-2, 6-3 Mon
n13 s13 Eugenie Bouchard CAN d n35 Daniela Hantuchova SVK 7-5, 7-5 Tue
*n46 Caroline Garcia FRA d n14 s14 Sara Errani ITA 2-6 7-6(3) 7-5 Mon-rain-Tue
n15 s15 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP d n33 Shuai Zhang CHN 6-1, 6-2 Tue n16 s16 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d n78 Shahar Peer ISR 6-3, 6-0 Mon-rain-Tue
*n54 Yanina Wickmayer BEL d n17 s17 Samantha Stosur AUS 6-3, 6-4 Mon *n87 Maria Kirilenko RUS d n18 s18 Sloane Stephens USA 6-2, 7-6(6) Mon
n19 s19 Sabine Lisicki GER d n82 Julia Glushko ISR 6-2, 6-1 Tue
n20 s20 Andrea Petkovic GER d n103 Katarzyna Piter POL 6-1, 6-4 Tue
*n89 Donna Vekic CRO d n21 s21 Roberta Vinci ITA 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 Tue n22 s22 Ekaterina Makarova RUS d n68 K Date-Krumm JPN 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 Mon n23 s23 Lucie Safarova CZE d n101 Julia Goerges GER 7-6(3), 7-6(3) Mon n24 s24 Kirsten Flipkens BEL d n123 q Tamira Paszek AUT 6-4, 6(3)-7, 6-2 Tue n25 s25 Alize Cornet FRA d n56 Anna Schmiedlova SVK 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 Tue
*n44 Alison Riske USA d n26 s26 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 Tue *n69 Coco Vandeweghe USA d n27 s27 Garbine Muguruza ESP 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 Mon *n104 q Michelle Larcher de Brito POR d n28 s28 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 Mon-rain-Tue *n115 q Victoria Duval USA d n29 s29 Sorana Cirstea ROU 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 Tue
n30 s30 Venus Williams USA d n53 Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor ESP 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 Mon
n31 s31 Klara Koukalova CZE d n148 wc Taylor Townsend USA 7-5, 6-2 Tue n32 s32 Elena Vesnina RUS d n73 Patricia Mayr-Achleitner AUT 6-0, 6-4 Mon *n98 Misaki Doi JPN d n34 Elina Svitolina UKR 6-4, 6-1 Mon
n36 Casey Dellacqua AUS d n176 q Anett Kontaveit EST 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-3 Mon *n57 Varvara Lepchenko USA d n37 T Pironkova BUL 6(6)-7, 6-2, 6-2 Mon-rain-Tue n38 Yvonne Meusburger AUT d n75 Vania King USA 7-5, 6-3 Mon *n72 Belinda Bencic SUI d n39 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 Tue
n40 Kurumi Nara JPN d n111 Anna-Lena Friedsam GER 6-4, 6-4 Mon
n42 Camila Giorgi ITA d n84 Alexandra Cadantu ROU 6-1, 7-6(5) Tue n43 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE d n135 q Alla Kudryavtseva RUS 6-2, 6-2 Mon n45 Bojana Jovanovski SRB d n81 Johanna Larsson SWE 7-6(2), 6-0 Mon n47 Madison Keys USA d n51 Monica Puig PUR 6-3, 6-3 Tue
*n50 Karolina Pliskova CZE d n48 Karin Knapp ITA 6(4)-7, 6-4, 10-8 Tue *n97 Chanelle Scheepers RSA d n49 Christina McHale USA 6-3, 6-3 Tue *n70 Heather Watson GBR d n52 Ajla Tomljanovic CRO 6-3, 6-2 Tue *n90 Jie Zheng CHN d n55 Annika Beck GER 6-1, 6-3 Tue n58 Lauren Davis USA d n83 Alisa Kleybanova RUS 6-1, 6-2 Mon
n59 Mona Barthel GER d n183 Romina Oprandi SUI 7-5, 6-0 Mon n60 Shuai Peng CHN d n109 Johanna Konta GBR 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 Mon
n61 Petra Cetkovska CZE d n122 Jovana Jaksic SRB 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 Tue n64 Polona Hercog SLO d n96 Paula Ormaechea ARG 6-4, 6-4 Mon *n93 Alison van Uytvanck BEL d n65 Monica Niculescu ROU 7-5, 6-3 Mon *n188 q Ana Konjuh CRO d n66 Marina Erakovic NZL 6-3, 4-6, 6-0 Mon n67 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ d n100 wc Kristyna Pliskova CZE 3-6, 6-4, 8-6 Tue n71 Zarina Diyas KAZ d n107 Kristina Mladenovic FRA 7-6(4), 6-4 Tue-dark-Wed n74 wc Silvia Soler-Espinosa ESP d n110 Olga Govortsova BLR 6-4, 6-3 Tue *n177 wc Jarmila Gajdosova AUS d n76 Stefanie Voegele SUI 6-3, 7-6(6) Mon
n80 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU d n99 Virginie Razzano FRA 1-6, 6-4, 7-5 Tue *n86 q Timea Bacsinszky SUI d n85 Sharon Fichman CAN 6-1, 6-3 Tue *n164 wc Naomi Broady GBR d n94 Timea Babos HUN 2-6, 7-6(7), 6-0 Mon *n144 q Lesia Tsurenko UKR d n116 Dinah Pfizenmaier GER 6-3, 6-0 Tue *n174 q Tereza Smitkova CZE d n119 Su-Wei Hsieh TPE 6-3, 6-3 Mon *n132 Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP d n127 Petra Martic CRO 6-0, 6-1 Tue *n561 wc Vera Zvonareva RUS d n245 wc T Moore GBR 6-4, 6(3)-7, 9-7 Tue-dark-Wed
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Wimbledon, 2nd Round Wed-Thu Jun 25-26 11:30am loser's prize: £43,000; points: 70 Thursday: rain stopped play on outer courts ~ 715pm n1 s1 Serena Williams USA d n97 Chanelle Scheepers RSA 6-1, 6-1 Thu
n2 s2 Na Li CHN d n38 Yvonne Meusburger AUT 6-2, 6-2 Wed
n3 s3 Simona Halep ROU d n144 q Lesia Tsurenko UKR 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 ppd-Fri n4 s4 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d n36 Casey Dellacqua AUS 6-4, 6-0 Wed
n5 s5 Maria Sharapova RUS d n86 q Timea Bacsinszky SUI 6-2, 6-1 Thu
n6 s6 Petra Kvitova CZE d n59 Mona Barthel GER 6-2, 6-0 Wed
*n45 Bojana Jovanovski SRB d n8 s8 Victoria Azarenka BLR 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 Wed
n9 s9 Angelique Kerber GER d n70 Heather Watson GBR 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 Thu
n10 s10 Dominika Cibulkova SVK d n93 Alison van Uytvanck BEL 3-6, 6-3, 8-6 Wed
n11 s11 Ana Ivanovic SRB d n90 Jie Zheng CHN 6-4, 6-0 Thu
*n58 Lauren Davis USA d n12 s12 Flavia Pennetta ITA 6-4, 7-6(4) Wed n13 s13 Eugenie Bouchard CAN d n74 wc Silvia Soler-Espinosa ESP 7-5, 6-1 Thu
*n71 Zarina Diyas KAZ d n15 s15 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP 7-6(12), 5-7, 6-2 Thu
n16 s16 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d n164 wc Naomi Broady GBR 6-3, 6-2 Wed
n19 s19 Sabine Lisicki GER d n50 Karolina Pliskova CZE 6-3, 7-5 Thu
n20 s20 Andrea Petkovic GER d n80 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 Thu n22 s22 Ekaterina Makarova RUS d n98 Misaki Doi JPN 7-5, 6-4 Wed n23 s23 Lucie Safarova CZE d n64 Polona Hercog SLO 7-6(7), 7-5 Wed n24 s24 Kirsten Flipkens BEL d n132 Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP 6-2, 6-1 Thu n25 s25 Alize Cornet FRA d n61 Petra Cetkovska CZE 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 Thu n30 s30 Venus Williams USA d n40 Kurumi Nara JPN 7-6(4), 6-1 Wed
*n47 Madison Keys USA d n31 s31 Klara Koukalova CZE 7-5, 6(3)-7, 6-2 Thu *n43 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE d n32 s32 Elena Vesnina RUS 6-4, 6-2 Wed *n67 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ d n41 Kaia Kanepi EST 6-3, 6(4)-7, 6-2 Thu *n44 Alison Riske USA d n42 Camila Giorgi ITA 7-5, 6-2 Thu n46 Caroline Garcia FRA d n57 Varvara Lepchenko USA 7-5, 6-3 Wed
*n188 q Ana Konjuh CRO d n54 Yanina Wickmayer BEL 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 Wed n60 Shuai Peng CHN d n87 Maria Kirilenko RUS 6-0, 6-3 Wed *n174 q Tereza Smitkova CZE d n69 Coco Vandeweghe USA 6-3, 7-6(4) Wed n72 Belinda Bencic SUI d n115 q Victoria Duval USA 6-4, 7-5 ppd-Fri *n561 wc Vera Zvonareva RUS d n89 Donna Vekic CRO 6-2, 6-2 Thu n104 q Michelle Larcher de Brito POR d n177 wc J Gajdosova AUS 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 Wed |
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Wimbledon, 3rd Round Fri-Sat Jun 27-28 11:30am loser's prize: £71,000; points: 130 *n25 s25 Alize Cornet FRA d n1 s1 Serena Williams USA 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 Sat
*n43 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE d n2 s2 Na Li CHN 7-6(5), 7-6(5) Fri
n3 s3 Simona Halep ROU d n72 Belinda Bencic SUI 6-4, 6-1 Sat
n4 s4 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d n104 q Michelle Larcher de Brito POR 6-2, 6-0 Fri
n5 s5 Maria Sharapova RUS d n44 Alison Riske USA 6-3, 6-0 under roof Sat
n6 s6 Petra Kvitova CZE d n30 s30 Venus Williams USA 5-7, 7-6(2), 7-5 Fri
n9 s9 Angelique Kerber GER d n24 s24 Kirsten Flipkens BEL 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 Sat
*n23 s23 Lucie Safarova CZE d n10 s10 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 6-4, 6-2 Fri
*n19 s19 Sabine Lisicki GER d n11 s11 Ana Ivanovic SRB 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 Sat-dark-Mon
*n60 Shuai Peng CHN d n58 Lauren Davis USA 0-6, 6-3, 6-3 Fri n13 s13 Eugenie Bouchard CAN d n20 s20 Andrea Petkovic GER 6-3, 6-4 Sat
n16 s16 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d n188 q Ana Konjuh CRO 6-3, 6-0 Fri
n22 s22 Ekaterina Makarova RUS d n46 Caroline Garcia FRA 7-5, 6-3 Fri *n174 q Tereza Smitkova CZE d n45 Bojana Jovanovski SRB 4-6, 7-6(5), 10-8 Fri *n67 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ d n47 Madison Keys USA 7-6(7), 6-6 retired—adductor strain Sat-dark-Mon n71 Zarina Diyas KAZ d n561 wc Vera Zvonareva RUS 7-6(1), 3-6, 6-3 Sat |
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Wimbledon, 4th Round, Mon Jun 30 11:30am loser's prize: £117,000; points: 240 n3 s3 Simona Halep ROU d n71 Zarina Diyas KAZ 6-3, 6-0 ppd-Tue
*n22 s22 Ekaterina Makarova RUS d n4 s4 Agnieszka Radwanska POL 6-3, 6-0
*n9 s9 Angelique Kerber GER d n5 s5 Maria Sharapova RUS 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-4 ppd-Tue
n6 s6 Petra Kvitova CZE d n60 Shuai Peng CHN 6-3, 6-2
n13 s13 Eugenie Bouchard CAN d n25 s25 Alize Cornet FRA 7-6(5), 7-5
*n43 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE d n16 s16 Caroline Wozniacki DEN 6-2, 7-5
n19 s19 Sabine Lisicki GER d n67 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 ppd-Tue
n23 s23 Lucie Safarova CZE d n174 q Tereza Smitkova CZE 6-0, 6-2
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Wimbledon, QFs, Tue Jul 1 loser's prize: £226,000; points: 430 n3 s3 Simona Halep ROU d n19 s19 Sabine Lisicki GER 6-4, 6-0 ppd-Wed
n6 s6 Petra Kvitova CZE d n43 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE 6-1, 7-5
*n13 s13 Eugenie Bouchard CAN d n9 s9 Angelique Kerber GER 6-3, 6-4 ppd-Wed
*n23 s23 Lucie Safarova CZE d n22 s22 Ekaterina Makarova RUS 6-3, 6-1
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Wimbledon, SFs, Thu Jul 3 1pm loser's prize: £440,000; points: 780 *n13 s13 Eugenie Bouchard CAN d n3 s3 Simona Halep ROU 7-6(5), 6-2
n6 s6 Petra Kvitova CZE d n23 s23 Lucie Safarova CZE 7-6(6), 6-1
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Wimbledon, Final, Sat Jul 5 2pm loser's prize: £880,000 = US $1,508,104; points: 1300 winner's prize: £1,760,000 = US $3,016,209; points: 2000 n6 s6 Petra Kvitova CZE d n13 s13 Eugenie Bouchard CAN 6-3, 6-0
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Wimbledon, Doubles Final, Sat Jul 5 losers' prize: £163,000 winners' prize: £325,000 s2 Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci d s14 Timea Babos & Kristina Mladenovic 6-1, 6-3 Wimbledon, Mixed Doubles Final, Sun Jul 6 losers' prize: £48,000 winners' prize: £96,000 *s15 Samantha Stosur & Nenad Zimonjic d s14 Hao-Ching Chan & Max Mirnyi 6-4, 6-2 Wimbledon, Girls' Singles Final, Sun Jul 6 *Jelena Ostapenko LAT d s8 Kristina Schmiedlova SVK 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 Wimbledon, Girls' Doubles Final, Sun Jul 6 Tami Grende INA & Qiu Yu Ye CHN d Marie Bouzkova CZE & Dalma Galfi HUN 6-2, 7-6(5) Wimbledon, Qualifying Finals at Roehampton, Thu Jun 19 11am Q1st loser's prize: £3,375; 2 points Q2nd loser's prize: £6,750; 20 points Qfinal loser's prize: £13,500; 30 points; qualifier: 40 points n86 Timea Bacsinszky SUI d n136 Veronica Cepede Royg PAR 7-5, 6-4 n104 Michelle Larcher de Brito POR d n161 Kateryna Kozlova UKR 6-3, 6-3 *n144 Lesia Tsurenko UKR d n106 Danka Kovinic MNE 7-5 6-0 n115 Victoria Duval USA d n152 Nicole Gibbs USA 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 n118 Aleksandra Wozniak CAN d n185 Melanie Oudin USA 6-4, 6-3 n123 Tamira Paszek AUT d n162 Ons Jabeur TUN 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 n135 Alla Kudryavtseva RUS d n189 Irena Pavlovic FRA 6-1, 7-5 *n174 Tereza Smitkova CZE d n151 Madison Brengle USA 6-3 3-6 6-1 *n188 Ana Konjuh CRO d n159 Stephanie Vogt LIE 7-5, 6-3 *n175 Paula Kania POL d n170 Shelby Rogers USA 7-6(12), 4-6, 6-3 *n214 Andreea Mitu ROU d n173 Irina Falconi USA 6-2 6-7(0) 6-2 n176 Anett Kontaveit EST d n205 Ashleigh Barty AUS 6(5)-7, 6-3, 6-4 Wimbledon, Withdrawals/Non-entries n63 Jamie Hampton USA hip injury n79 Laura Robson GBR left wrist injury n102 Galina Voskoboeva KAZ left foot injury n139 Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA left hip injury
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TOP HALF s1 Su-Wei Hsieh TPE & Shuai Peng CHN R3 Darija Jurak CRO & Megan Moulton-Levy USA R1 Yuliya Beygelzimer UKR & Klaudia Jans-Ignacik POL R2 Dominika Cibulkova SVK & Kirsten Flipkens BEL R1 Belinda Bencic SUI & Tsvetana Pironkova BUL R2 Kaia Kanepi EST & Anna Tatishvili USA R1 Karolina Pliskova CZ & Kristyna Pliskova CZE R1 s14 Timea Babos HUN & Kristina Mladenovic FRA Final s11 Alla Kudryavtseva RUS & Anastasia Rodionova AUS QF Yanina Wickmayer BEL & Shuai Zhang CHN R1 Petra Cetkovska CZE & Vania King USA R1 Madison Keys USA & Alison Riske USA R2 Alize Cornet FRA & Caroline Garcia FRA R2 Hao-Ching Chan TPE & Yung-Jan Chan TPE R1 Naomi Broady GBR & Eleni Daniilidou GRE R1 s7 Raquel Kops-Jones USA & Abigail Spears USA R3 s3 Kveta Peschke CZE & Katarina Srebotnik SLO R1 Andrea Petkovic GER & Magdalena Rybarikova SVK SF Francesca Schiavone ITA & Silvia Soler-Espinosa ESP R1 Jarmila Gajdosova AUS & Arina Rodionova AUS R2 Sandra Klemenschits AUT & Raluca Olaru ROU R1 Klara Koukalova CZE & Monica Niculescu ROU R2 Christina McHale USA & Ajla Tomljanovic CRO R1 s16 Garbine Muguruza ESP & Carla Suarez Navarro ESP R3 s10 Julia Goerges GER & Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER QF Vesna Dolonc SRB & Daniela Seguel CHI R1 Eva Hrdinova CZE & Bojana Jovanovski SRB R2 Andreja Klepac SLO & Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor ESP R1 Daniela Hantuchova SVK & Mirjana Lucic-Baroni CRO R2 Johanna Konta GBR & Tara Moore GBR R1 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU & Karin Knapp ITA R1 s5 Ekaterina Makarova RUS & Elena Vesnina RUS R2 |
BOTTOM HALF s8 Serena Williams USA & Venus Williams USA R2 Oksana Kalashnikova GEO & Olga Savchuk UKR R1 Irina Buryachok UKR & Elina Svitolina UKR R1 Kristina Barrois GER & Stefanie Voegele SUI R3 Annika Beck GER & Kurumi Nara JPN R1 Vera Dushevina RUS & Chanelle Scheepers RSA R2 Varvara Lepchenko USA & Saisai Zheng CHN R1 s9 Andrea Hlavackova CZE & Jie Zheng CHN SF s13 Lucie Hradecka CZE & Michaella Krajicek NED R2 Gabriela Dabrowski CAN & Alicja Rosolska POL R1 Jocelyn Rae GBR & Anna Smith GBR R1 Flavia Pennetta ITA & Samantha Stosur AUS R3 Mona Barthel GER & Janette Husarova SVK R1 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS & Lucie Safarova CZE QF Martina Hingis SUI & Vera Zvonareva RUS R1 s4 Cara Black ZIM & Sania Mirza IND R2 s6 Ashleigh Barty AUS & Casey Dellacqua AUS QF Eugenie Bouchard CAN & Heather Watson GBR R1 Sharon Fichman CAN & Donna Vekic CRO R1 Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN & B.Zahlavova Strycova CZE R2 Pauline Parmentier FRA & Laura Thorpe FRA R1 Zarina Diyas KAZ & Patricia Mayr-Achleitner AUT R2 Marina Erakovic NZL & Arantxa Parra Santonja ESP R1 s12 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP & Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ R3 s15 Liezel Huber USA & Lisa Raymond USA R2 Yvonne Meusburger AUT & Katarzyna Piter POL R1 Jana Cepelova SVK & Anna Schmiedlova SVK R1 Shuko Aoyama JPN & Renata Voracova CZE R3 Lyudmyla Kichenok UKR & Nadiia Kichenok UKR R2 Lauren Davis USA & Monica Puig PUR R1 Jelena Jankovic SRB & Alisa Kleybanova RUS R1 s2 Sara Errani ITA & Roberta Vinci ITA | |
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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 AUSn 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.
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