2018 Wimbledon Championships

The 2018 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam tennis tournament which took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The main tournament began on Monday, 2 July 2018 and finished on Sunday, 15 July 2018. Novak Djokovic won the gentlemen's singles title and Angelique Kerber won the ladies' singles title.

The 2018 tournament was the 132nd edition of The Championships, the 125th staging of the ladies' singles Championship event, the 51st 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.

Roger Federer and Garbiñe Muguruza were both unsuccessful in defending their 2017 titles. Federer lost in the quarterfinals to eventual finalist Kevin Anderson, while Muguruza lost in the second round to Alison Van Uytvanck.

Tournament
The 2018 Wimbledon Championships was the 132nd edition of the tournament and was held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London.

The tournament was run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and included in the 2018 ATP World Tour and the 2018 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of men's (singles and doubles), women's (singles and doubles), mixed doubles, boys' (under 18 – singles and doubles) and girls' (under 18 – singles and doubles), which was also a part of the Grade A category of tournaments for under 18, and singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the UNIQLO Tour under the Grand Slam category.

The tournament was played only on grass courts; the main draw matches were played at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon. Qualifying matches were played, from Monday 25 June to Thursday 28 June 2018, at the Bank of England Sports Ground, Roehampton. The Tennis sub-committee met to decide wild card entries on 19 June.

Point distribution
Below is the tables with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament.

Prize money
The Wimbledon total prize money for 2018 had increased to £34,000,000, up by 7.6% on 2017. The winners of the men's and women's singles titles will earn £2.25m. Prize money for the men's and women's doubles and wheelchair players were also increased for the 2018 competition.

A new rule in 2018 was that any first round singles player who is unfit to play and withdraws on-site after 12pm on Thursday before the start of the Main Draw will now receive half of the First Round prize money, the other half to be awarded to the replacement lucky loser. Any player who competes in the First Round Main Draw singles and retires or performs below professional standards, may now be subject to a fine of up to First Round prize money, to deter players from appearing only to claim prize money.


 * per team

Gentlemen's singles
The seeds for men's singles are adjusted 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 the ATP rankings on 25 June 2018:
 * Take Entry System Position points at 25 June 2018.
 * Add 100% points earned for all grass court tournaments in the past 12 months (26 June 2017 – 24 June 2018).
 * Add 75% points earned for best grass court tournament in the 12 months before that (20 June 2016 – 25 June 2017).

Rank and points before are as of 2 July 2018.

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2017 but is defending points from the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour instead.

Ladies' singles
The seeds for ladies' singles are based on the WTA rankings as of 25 June 2018, with an exception for Serena Williams (details are given below). Rank and points before are as of 2 July 2018. † The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2017. Accordingly, points for her 16th-best result are deducted instead.

‡ Serena Williams was ranked outside the top 150 on the day when seeds were announced, because she missed most of the last 12-month period due to her pregnancy. Nevertheless, she was deemed a special case and seeded 25th by the organisers.

Gentlemen's doubles

 * 1 Rankings were as of 25 June 2018.

Ladies' doubles

 * 1 Rankings were as of 25 June 2018.

Mixed doubles

 * 1 Rankings were as of 2 July 2018.

Gentlemen's singles

 * 🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic def. Kevin Anderson, 6–2, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)

Ladies' singles

 * 🇩🇪 Angelique Kerber def. 🇺🇸 Serena Williams, 6–3, 6–3

Gentlemen's doubles

 * 🇺🇸 Mike Bryan / 🇺🇸 Jack Sock def. Raven Klaasen / 🇳🇿 Michael Venus, 6–3, 6–7(7–9), 6–3, 5–7, 7–5

Ladies' doubles

 * 🇨🇿 Barbora Krejčíková / 🇨🇿 Kateřina Siniaková def. 🇺🇸 Nicole Melichar / 🇨🇿 Květa Peschke, 6–4, 4–6, 6–0

Mixed doubles

 * 🇦🇹 Alexander Peya / 🇺🇸 Nicole Melichar def. 🇬🇧 Jamie Murray / 🇧🇾 Victoria Azarenka, 7–6(7–1), 6–3

Boys' singles

 * Tseng Chun-hsin def. 🇬🇧 Jack Draper, 6–1, 6–7(2–7), 6–4

Girls' singles

 * 🇵🇱 Iga Świątek def. Leonie Küng, 6–4, 6–2

Boys' doubles

 * 🇹🇷 Yankı Erel / 🇫🇮 Otto Virtanen def. 🇨🇴 Nicolás Mejía / 🇨🇿 Ondřej Štyler, 7–6(7–5), 6–4

Girls' doubles

 * 🇨🇳 Wang Xinyu / 🇨🇳 Wang Xiyu def. 🇺🇸 Caty McNally / 🇺🇸 Whitney Osuigwe, 6–2, 6–1

Gentlemen's invitation doubles

 * 🇩🇪 Tommy Haas / 🇦🇺 Mark Philippoussis def. 🇬🇧 Colin Fleming / 🇧🇪 Xavier Malisse, 7–6(7–4), 6–4

Ladies' invitation doubles

 * 🇧🇪 Kim Clijsters / 🇦🇺 Rennae Stubbs def. Cara Black / 🇺🇸 Martina Navratilova, 6–3, 6–4

Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles

 * 🇸🇪 Jonas Björkman / 🇦🇺 Todd Woodbridge def. Richard Krajicek / 🇬🇧 Mark Petchey, 6–4, 6–3

Wheelchair gentlemen's singles

 * 🇸🇪 Stefan Olsson def. 🇦🇷 Gustavo Fernández, 6–2, 0–6, 6–3

Wheelchair ladies' singles

 * Diede de Groot def. Aniek van Koot, 6–3, 6–2

Wheelchair gentlemen's doubles

 * 🇬🇧 Alfie Hewett / 🇬🇧 Gordon Reid def. 🇧🇪 Joachim Gérard / 🇸🇪 Stefan Olsson, 6–1, 6–4

Wheelchair ladies' doubles

 * Diede de Groot / 🇯🇵 Yui Kamiji def. 🇩🇪 Sabine Ellerbrock / 🇬🇧 Lucy Shuker, 6–1, 6–1

Wheelchair quad doubles

 * 🇬🇧 Andrew Lapthorne / 🇺🇸 David Wagner def. 🇦🇺 Dylan Alcott / Lucas Sithole, 6–2, 6–3

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

Gentlemen's singles

 * 🇬🇧 Liam Broady
 * 🇬🇧 Jay Clarke
 * 🇺🇸 Denis Kudla
 * 🇺🇦 Sergiy Stakhovsky

Ladies' singles

 * 🇬🇧 Katie Boulter
 * 🇬🇧 Naomi Broady
 * 🇬🇧 Harriet Dart
 * 🇬🇧 Katy Dunne
 * 🇹🇳 Ons Jabeur
 * 🇨🇿 Tereza Smitková
 * 🇬🇧 Katie Swan
 * 🇬🇧 Gabriella Taylor

Gentlemen's doubles

 * 🇬🇧 Luke Bambridge / 🇬🇧 Jonny O'Mara
 * 🇦🇺 Alex Bolt / 🇦🇺 Lleyton Hewitt
 * 🇬🇧 Liam Broady / 🇬🇧 Scott Clayton
 * 🇬🇧 Jay Clarke / 🇬🇧 Cameron Norrie
 * 🇦🇹 Jürgen Melzer / 🇨🇦 Daniel Nestor
 * Frederik Nielsen / 🇬🇧 Joe Salisbury

Ladies' doubles

 * 🇬🇧 Katie Boulter / 🇬🇧 Katie Swan
 * 🇬🇧 Naomi Broady / 🇺🇸 Asia Muhammad
 * 🇬🇧 Harriet Dart / 🇬🇧 Katy Dunne

Mixed doubles

 * 🇬🇧 Luke Bambridge / 🇬🇧 Katie Boulter
 * 🇬🇧 Jay Clarke / 🇬🇧 Harriet Dart
 * 🇬🇧 Dominic Inglot / 🇦🇺 Samantha Stosur
 * 🇦🇺 Thanasi Kokkinakis / 🇦🇺 Ashleigh Barty
 * 🇬🇧 Joe Salisbury / 🇬🇧 Katy Dunne

Gentlemen's singles

 * 1) 🇺🇸 Christian Harrison
 * 2) 🇧🇪 Ruben Bemelmans
 * 3) 🇦🇹 Dennis Novak
 * 4) 🇫🇷 Grégoire Barrère
 * 5) 🇮🇹 Stefano Travaglia
 * 6) 🇸🇰 Norbert Gombos
 * 7) 🇫🇷 Stéphane Robert
 * 8) 🇦🇺 Jason Kubler
 * 9) 🇩🇪 Yannick Maden
 * 10) 🇦🇺 John-Patrick Smith
 * 11)  Christian Garín
 * 12)  Ernests Gulbis
 * 13) 🇦🇺 Alex Bolt
 * 14) 🇫🇷 Benjamin Bonzi
 * 15) 🇺🇸 Bradley Klahn
 * 16) 🇮🇹 Thomas Fabbiano

Lucky losers

 * 1) 🇦🇺 Bernard Tomic
 * 2) 🇨🇦 Peter Polansky
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Michael Mmoh
 * 4) 🇵🇱 Hubert Hurkacz
 * 5) 🇮🇹 Lorenzo Sonego
 * 6) 🇮🇹 Simone Bolelli
 * 7)  Jason Jung

Ladies' singles

 * 1) 🇷🇴 Alexandra Dulgheru
 * 2) 🇨🇦 Eugenie Bouchard
 * 3) 🇪🇸 Sara Sorribes Tormo
 * 4) 🇩🇪 Antonia Lottner
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Claire Liu
 * 6) 🇷🇺 Vera Zvonareva
 * 7) 🇧🇬 Viktoriya Tomova
 * 8) 🇩🇪 Mona Barthel
 * 9) 🇷🇺 Evgeniya Rodina
 * 10) 🇷🇴 Elena-Gabriela Ruse
 * 11) 🇷🇺 Vitalia Diatchenko
 * 12) 🇨🇿 Barbora Štefková

Lucky losers

 * 1) 🇨🇴  Mariana Duque Mariño
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Caroline Dolehide

Gentlemen's doubles

 * 1) 🇮🇳 Sriram Balaji / 🇮🇳 Vishnu Vardhan
 * 2) 🇩🇪 Kevin Krawietz / 🇩🇪 Andreas Mies
 * 3) 🇩🇪 Andre Begemann / 🇯🇵 Yasutaka Uchiyama
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Austin Krajicek / 🇮🇳 Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan

Ladies' doubles
The following pairs received entry as lucky losers:
 * 1) 🇧🇪 Ysaline Bonaventure /  Bibiane Schoofs
 * 2)  Alexa Guarachi / 🇳🇿 Erin Routliffe
 * 3) 🇨🇳 Han Xinyun / 🇹🇭 Luksika Kumkhum
 * 4) 🇦🇺 Arina Rodionova / 🇧🇪 Maryna Zanevska
 * 1) 🇩🇪 Nicola Geuer /  Viktorija Golubic
 * 2) 🇪🇸 Georgina García Pérez / 🇭🇺 Fanny Stollár
 * 3) 🇷🇺 Anna Blinkova / 🇨🇿 Markéta Vondroušová

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


 * Gentlemen's Singles
 * 🇦🇺 James Duckworth (PR 105)
 * 🇯🇵 Yoshihito Nishioka (PR 66)


 * Ladies' Singles
 * 🇺🇸 Serena Williams (PR 1)
 * 🇨🇳 Zheng Saisai (PR 88)

Withdrawals
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament but withdrew with injuries, suspensions, or personal reasons:


 * Gentlemen's Singles
 * 🇪🇸 Roberto Bautista Agut → replaced by 🇨🇦 Peter Polansky
 * 🇨🇿 Tomáš Berdych → replaced by 🇦🇷 Guido Andreozzi
 * 🇰🇷 Chung Hyeon → replaced by 🇮🇹 Lorenzo Sonego
 * 🇺🇦 Alexandr Dolgopolov → replaced by 🇮🇹 Simone Bolelli
 * 🇦🇷 Nicolás Kicker → replaced by 🇮🇱 Dudi Sela
 * Lu Yen-hsun → replaced by 🇦🇺 Bernard Tomic
 * 🇬🇧 Andy Murray → replaced by Jason Jung
 * 🇷🇺 Andrey Rublev → replaced by 🇵🇱 Hubert Hurkacz
 * 🇷🇸 Viktor Troicki → replaced by 🇺🇸 Michael Mmoh
 * 🇫🇷 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga → replaced by 🇷🇸 Laslo Đere


 * Ladies' Singles
 * Timea Bacsinszky → replaced by 🇨🇴 Mariana Duque Mariño
 * 🇺🇸 Catherine Bellis → replaced by Arantxa Rus
 * 🇰🇿 Zarina Diyas → replaced by 🇺🇸 Caroline Dolehide
 * 🇮🇹 Sara Errani → replaced by Viktorija Golubic
 * 🇧🇷 Beatriz Haddad Maia → replaced by 🇷🇺 Anna Blinkova
 * 🇩🇪 Laura Siegemund → replaced by Jana Fett
 * 🇷🇺 Elena Vesnina → replaced by 🇩🇪 Andrea Petkovic