2016 Wimbledon Championships

2016 Wimbledon Championships
Date27 June – 10 July
Edition130th
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
Draw128S / 64D / 48XD
Prize money£28.1 million[1]
SurfaceGrass
LocationChurch Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom
VenueAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Champions
Men's singles
United Kingdom Andy Murray
Women's singles
United States Serena Williams
Men's doubles
France Pierre-Hugues Herbert / France Nicolas Mahut
Women's doubles
United States Serena Williams / United States Venus Williams
Mixed doubles
United Kingdom Heather Watson / Finland Henri Kontinen
Wheelchair men's singles
United Kingdom Gordon Reid
Wheelchair women's singles
Netherlands Jiske Griffioen
Wheelchair men's doubles
United Kingdom Alfie Hewett / United Kingdom Gordon Reid
Wheelchair women's doubles
Japan Yui Kamiji / United Kingdom Jordanne Whiley
Boys' singles
Canada Denis Shapovalov
Girls' singles
Russia Anastasia Potapova
Boys' doubles
Estonia Kenneth Raisma / Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas
Girls' doubles
United States Usue Maitane Arconada / United States Claire Liu
Gentlemen's invitation doubles
United Kingdom Greg Rusedski / France Fabrice Santoro
Ladies' invitation doubles
United States Martina Navratilova / Tunisia Selima Sfar
Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles
Australia Todd Woodbridge / Australia Mark Woodforde

The 2016 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam tennis tournament which took place at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The main draw commenced on 27 June 2016 and concluded on 10 July 2016.

2016 was the 130th edition of Wimbledon, the 49th in the Open Era and the third Grand Slam tournament of the year. It was played on grass courts and was part of the ATP World Tour, the WTA Tour, the ITF Junior tour and the NEC Tour. The tournament was organised by All England Lawn Tennis Club and International Tennis Federation.

For the first time in the Championships' history, singles events were held in the wheelchair competitions.[2] Thus, all four majors now hold wheelchair singles events, making a complete Grand Slam in the discipline possible.

Novak Djokovic was the two-time defending champion in the gentlemen's singles, but lost in the third round to Sam Querrey, ending a 30-match winning streak at the majors and Djokovic's hopes of becoming the first man to achieve the Golden Slam. The gentlemen's singles title was won by Andy Murray. Serena Williams successfully defended her ladies' singles title and equaled Steffi Graf's Open Era record of 22 major singles titles.

The gentlemen's doubles event consisted of 'best of three sets' matches for rounds 1 and 2 in order to help with 'catch-up' scheduling due to a rain-stricken first week. It was also the first time since 2004 that play took place on Middle Sunday, also known as the People's Sunday, due to the fact that no tickets are sold in advance or through the ballot and all seats are made available on general sale the day before.

  1. ^ Newman, Paul (26 April 2016). "Wimbledon prize money to be increased to £28.1m". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Great Britain's Gordon Reid wins Wimbledon wheelchair singles". The Guardian. 10 July 2016.

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