2013 Wimbledon Championships

Tournament

The 2013 Wimbledon Championships was the 127th edition of the tournament and was held at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London.

The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the 2013 ATP World Tour and the 2013 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event.

There were singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which was part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played on grass courts and was taking place over a series of 19 courts, including the four main showcourts, Centre Court, No. 1 Court, No. 2 Court and No. 3 Court.

Notable events

• Rafael Nadal suffered his first ever opening round defeat at a Grand Slam tournament when he lost to Steve Darcis in the first round. This also marked the first time since 1997 in which the reigning French Open men's champion lost in the first round at Wimbledon. Women's fifth seed Sara Errani also made a first round exit, losing to Monica Puig in straight sets.
• By defeating Benjamin Becker in the first round, Andy Murray won his 107th Grand Slam match, thus becoming the most successful British man at a Major and breaking Fred Perry's total Grand Slam match win record of 106.
• The 2013 championship saw numerous players retire in the first two rounds due to fatigue or injury, including Marin Čilić, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Victoria Azarenka, John Isner, and first round surprise Steve Darcis. On Wednesday, 26 June a total of eight players, including seven in singles events, withdrew from the tournament; four of those made the decision before the starts of their matches.
• Third-ranked Roger Federer fell in the second round to world number 116 Sergiy Stakhovsky, his first loss in a Grand Slam earlier than the quarterfinals since 2004 French Open, a streak spanning 36 majors. Federer's world ranking dropped to No. 5 as a result of this early exit.
• Federer's second round loss also marked the worst collective performance by him and Rafael Nadal at a Grand Slam tournament, in which both men were entered. This also marked the first time since 2002 in which neither man made the Wimbledon final.
• For the first time since 1912, no U.S. man was represented in the third round at Wimbledon, following Bobby Reynolds's second round defeat to World No. 1 Novak Djokovic.
• Kimiko Date-Krumm became the oldest woman to reach the third round at Wimbledon, by defeating Alexandra Cadanțu in the second round. It was also the first time since the 1996 Wimbledon Championships in which she had gone this far. Her opponent, number one seed Serena Williams, combined for an age of 73, and this was their first ever meeting. Date-Krumm lost in straight sets in the late evening encounter on Saturday 29 June 2013.
• Of the top ten women's seeds that started the Championships, six fell before the third round: second seed Victoria Azarenka (second round, withdrew), third seed Maria Sharapova (second round), fifth seed Sara Errani (first round), seventh seed Angelique Kerber (second round), ninth seed Caroline Wozniacki (second round) and tenth seed Maria Kirilenko (first round). This marked the worst performance by any top ten seeds at a Grand Slam tournament in the Open Era.
• Laura Robson became the first British woman in 15 years to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon; by getting this far, she entered the Top 30 for the first time in her career. She thus became the first British woman since Jo Durie in 1987 to enter the WTA's Top 30.
• Łukasz Kubot and Fernando Verdasco both reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon for the first time, whilst Juan Martín del Potro reached his first Grand Slam semi-final since winning the 2009 US Open.
• Sloane Stephens and Kirsten Flipkens both reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon for the first time.
• Sabine Lisicki continued her record of beating the reigning French Open champion at Wimbledon. She defeated Serena Williams in the fourth round, having also beaten Svetlana Kuznetsova in 2009, Li Na in 2011 and Maria Sharapova in 2012. Lisicki's victory also denied Serena her 35th consecutive victory, a record which was achieved by her older sister, Venus, in 2000.
• This tournament marked the worst collective performance by Williams, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova at a Grand Slam event since the 2008 French Open, and also the first tournament since the 2011 French Open in which none of the three reached a Grand Slam final.
• Jerzy Janowicz became the first male Polish player to reach the semi-finals of a Grand Slam tournament.
• By reaching the Wimbledon final, Sabine Lisicki became the first German Grand Slam singles finalist since Rainer Schüttler reached the final of the 2003 Australian Open, and the first German singles finalist at Wimbledon since Steffi Graf in 1999.
• Novak Djokovic won his semi-final match against Juan Martín del Potro in five sets in 4 hours 44 minutes. This was the longest semi-final in the history of the Wimbledon Championships.
• With her win in the Ladies' Singles final, Marion Bartoli surpassed the female record set by Jana Novotná at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships for most appearances in a Grand Slam tournament before winning a title, with 47.
• In winning the Gentlemen's Doubles, Bob and Mike Bryan became the first men's doubles team in the Open era to hold all four Grand Slam titles at the same time, as well as the only team in history to hold all four Majors and the Olympic gold medal.
• Andy Murray defeated Novak Djokovic in the final in straight sets to win the 2013 Wimbledon Men Singles title, becoming the first British man in 77 years to do so, and the first Scot of either sex in 117 years to win a Wimbledon singles title.

First Wednesday

The first Wednesday (Wednesday 26 June) in the 2013 Wimbledon Championship saw a number of former world number ones knocked out in the second round of the draw either by being beaten by a much lower rank, having to retire early or having been "walked over". These players include Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka, as well as former ranking leaders Lleyton Hewitt, Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Janković and Caroline Wozniacki. Other notable players, including Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Marin Čilić, John Isner, Steve Darcis, Yaroslava Shvedova and Radek Štěpánek also went out. A total of twelve seeded players (five men and seven women) finished their 2013 Wimbledon campaign on that day.

Events from "Black Wednesday" were highly commented, inter alia by the Association of Tennis Professionals and players and a statement from tournament Chief Executive Officer has been released.

Point and prize money distribution

Point distribution

Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.

Seniors points

Wheelchair points

Junior points

Prize money

The Wimbledon total prize money for 2013 has been increased by forty percent to £22,560,000 (around $34m). The winners of the men's and women's singles titles earned £1.6m, up £450,000 from last year. In the 2013 season, the Wimbledon prize money was the highest out of four grand slam tournaments, compared to $30m at the Australian Open, $29m at French Open, and $32m at the US Open.

• per team

Singles players

;Men's singles

;Women's singles

Day-by-day summaries

Main article: 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Day-by-day summaries

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

Main article: 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final

GBR Andy Murray def. SRB Novak Djokovic, 6–4, 7–5, 6–4

• It was Murray's fourth title of the year and first Grand Slam title of the year. It was his first Wimbledon title, second Grand Slam title and 28th career title.

Women's singles

Main article: 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

FRA Marion Bartoli def. GER Sabine Lisicki, 6–1, 6–4

• It was Bartoli's first (and only) Grand Slam title in her career and eighth singles title overall. It was also her final Grand Slam appearance before she would retire in August 2013.

Men's doubles

Main article: 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

USA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan def. CRO Ivan Dodig / BRA Marcelo Melo, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4

• It was the Bryan brothers' ninth title of the year and third Grand Slam title of the year. It was their third Wimbledon title, 15th Grand Slam title and 91st career title. They completed a non-calendar year Golden Slam and thus became the first double team in tennis history to hold all four majors as well as Olympic gold medal at the same time.

Women's doubles

Main article: 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

TPE Hsieh Su-wei / CHN Peng Shuai def. AUS Ashleigh Barty / AUS Casey Dellacqua, 7–6(7–1), 6–1

• It was their second title of the year and the first Grand Slam title for both players. It was Hsieh's 11th and Peng's 9th title in their careers.

Mixed doubles

Main article: 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles

CAN Daniel Nestor / FRA Kristina Mladenovic def. BRA Bruno Soares / USA Lisa Raymond, 5–7, 6–2, 8–6

Juniors

Boys' singles

Main article: 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles

ITA Gianluigi Quinzi def. KOR Chung Hyeon, 7–5, 7–6(7–2)

Girls' singles

Main article: 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles

SUI Belinda Bencic def. USA Taylor Townsend, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4

Boys' doubles

Main article: 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' doubles

AUS Thanasi Kokkinakis / AUS Nick Kyrgios def. FRA Enzo Couacaud / ITA Stefano Napolitano, 6–2, 6–3

Girls' doubles

Main article: 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' doubles

CZE Barbora Krejčíková / CZE Kateřina Siniaková def. UKR Anhelina Kalinina / BLR Iryna Shymanovich, 6–3, 6–1

Invitation

Gentlemen's invitation doubles

Main article: 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's invitation doubles

SWE Thomas Enqvist / AUS Mark Philippoussis def. GBR Greg Rusedski / FRA Fabrice Santoro, 7–6(8–6), 6–3

Ladies' invitation doubles

Main article: 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' invitation doubles

USA Lindsay Davenport / SUI Martina Hingis def. CZE Jana Novotná / AUT Barbara Schett, 6–2, 6–2

Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles

Main article: 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles

AUS Pat Cash / AUS Mark Woodforde def. GBR Jeremy Bates / SWE Anders Järryd, 6–3, 6–3

Wheelchair

Wheelchair men's doubles

Main article: 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair men's doubles

FRA Stéphane Houdet / JPN Shingo Kunieda def. FRA Frédéric Cattaneo / NED Ronald Vink, 6–4, 6–2

Wheelchair women's doubles

Main article: 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair women's doubles

NED Jiske Griffioen / NED Aniek van Koot def. JPN Yui Kamiji / GBR Jordanne Whiley, 6–4, 7–6(8–6)

Singles seeds

The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seeds based on ATP and WTA rankings are as of 17 June 2013 and the rankings and points are as of 24 June 2013.

[[2013 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|Men's singles]]

The Men's singles seeds is arranged on a surface-based system to reflect more accurately the individual player's grass court achievement as per the following formula, which applies to the top 32 players, according to ATP ranking on 17 June 2013:

• Take Entry System Position (ESP) points at 17 June 2013
• Add 100% points earned for all grass court tournaments in the past 12 months (18 June 2012 – 16 June 2013).
• Add 75% points earned for best grass court tournament in the 12 months before that (13 June 2011 – 17 June 2012)

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2012. Accordingly, it is the defending points from the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour instead.

[[2013 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|Women's singles]]

For the Women's singles seeds, the seeding order follows the ranking list, except where in the opinion of the committee, the grass court credentials of a particular player necessitates a change in the interest of achieving a balanced draw.

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2012. Accordingly, points for her 16th best result are deducted instead.

The following player would have been seeded, but she withdrew from the event.

Main draw wild card entries

The following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events.

Men's singles

• AUS Matthew Ebden
• GBR Kyle Edmund
• USA Steve Johnson
• FRA Nicolas Mahut
• GBR James Ward

Women's singles

• GBR Elena Baltacha
• CZE Lucie Hradecká
• GBR Anne Keothavong
• GBR Johanna Konta
• GBR Tara Moore
• GBR Samantha Murray
• GER Andrea Petkovic
• USA Alison Riske

Men's doubles

• GBR Jamie Baker / GBR Kyle Edmund
• AUS Lleyton Hewitt / BAH Mark Knowles
• GBR David Rice / GBR Sean Thornley

Women's doubles

• GBR Anne Keothavong / GBR Johanna Konta
• GBR Tara Moore / GBR Melanie South
• GBR Samantha Murray / GBR Jade Windley
• ISR Shahar Pe'er / CHN Yan Zi
• GBR Nicola Slater / GBR Lisa Whybourn

Mixed doubles

• USA James Blake / CRO Donna Vekić
• GBR Jamie Delgado / GBR Tara Moore
• GBR Kyle Edmund / CAN Eugenie Bouchard
• GBR Dominic Inglot / GBR Johanna Konta
• BAH Mark Knowles / GER Sabine Lisicki

Qualifiers entries

Below are the lists of the qualifiers entering in the main draws.

Men's singles

Main article: 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying

Men's singles qualifiers

1. FRA Stéphane Robert
2. GER Bastian Knittel
3. GER Julian Reister
4. USA Wayne Odesnik
5. GER Dustin Brown
6. USA Denis Kudla
7. GER Jan-Lennard Struff
8. AUS Matt Reid
9. TPE Jimmy Wang
10. AUS James Duckworth
11. POL Michał Przysiężny
12. USA Bobby Reynolds
13. JPN Go Soeda
14. USA Alex Kuznetsov
15. FRA Marc Gicquel
16. RUS Teymuraz Gabashvili

Lucky losers

1. BEL Olivier Rochus

Women's singles

Main article: 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles qualifying

Women's singles qualifiers

1. GER Carina Witthöft
2. KAZ Galina Voskoboeva
3. FRA Caroline Garcia
4. CZE Petra Cetkovská
5. CRO Ajla Tomljanović
6. ITA Maria Elena Camerin
7. AUT Yvonne Meusburger
8. FRA Virginie Razzano
9. CZE Eva Birnerová
10. CZE Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
11. COL Mariana Duque Mariño
12. POR Michelle Larcher de Brito

Lucky losers

1. USA Vania King
2. SVK Anna Karolína Schmiedlová

Men's doubles

Main article: 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles qualifying

Men's doubles qualifiers

1. CAN Jesse Levine / CAN Vasek Pospisil
2. AUS Sam Groth / AUS Chris Guccione
3. GER Dominik Meffert / AUT Philipp Oswald
4. IND Purav Raja / IND Divij Sharan

Lucky losers

1. GER Dustin Brown / AUS Rameez Junaid
2. USA Steve Johnson / SWE Andreas Siljeström
3. USA Denis Kudla / USA Tim Smyczek

Women's doubles

Main article: 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles qualifying

Women's doubles qualifiers

1. FRA Stéphanie Foretz Gacon / CZE Eva Hrdinová
2. ARG María Irigoyen / ARG Paula Ormaechea
3. ROM Raluca Olaru / UKR Olga Savchuk
4. RUS Valeriya Solovyeva / UKR Maryna Zanevska

Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:

;Men's Singles

• RUS Igor Andreev (PR 108)
• EST Jürgen Zopp (PR 88)

;Women's Singles

• NED Michaëlla Krajicek (PR 105)

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or personal reasons. ;Before the tournament ;Men's singles

• USA Brian Baker → replaced by BEL Steve Darcis
• BRA Thomaz Bellucci → replaced by BEL Olivier Rochus
• RUS Nikolay Davydenko → replaced by FRA Guillaume Rufin
• USA Mardy Fish → replaced by POR Gastão Elias
• LUX Gilles Müller → replaced by AUT Andreas Haider-Maurer ;Women's singles
• TPE Chan Yung-jan → replaced by USA Alexa Glatch
• CHN Duan Yingying → replaced by CRO Petra Martić
• RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by SVK Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
• USA Venus Williams → replaced by USA Vania King
• CAN Aleksandra Wozniak → replaced by KAZ Yulia Putintseva

;During the tournament ;Men's Singles

• CRO Marin Čilić
• BEL Steve Darcis ;Women's Singles
• BLR Victoria Azarenka
• KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova

Retirements

;Men's Singles

• USA John Isner
• GER Philipp Kohlschreiber
• FRA Michaël Llodra
• FRA Paul-Henri Mathieu
• ARG Guido Pella
• NED Igor Sijsling
• CZE Radek Štěpánek
• FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

;Women's singles

• SUI Romina Oprandi

Media coverage

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