2015 Wimbledon Championships
The 2015 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, from 29 June to 12 July 2015.
It was the 129th edition of the championships, the 48th in the Open Era and the third Grand Slam tournament of the year, played on grass courts and part of the ATP World Tour, the WTA Tour, the ITF Junior Tour and the NEC Tour. They were organised by the All England Lawn Tennis Club and the International Tennis Federation. The tournament was held one week later than in previous seasons, giving a three-week gap from the end of the 2015 French Open. The change, announced in 2012, is intended to provide players more time for recuperation and preparatory grass-court tournaments.
Novak Djokovic of Serbia won his third Wimbledon title in men's singles, defending his championship from 2014. Petra Kvitová of the Czech Republic was the defending champion in women's singles, but she lost to Jelena Janković in the third round.
Serena Williams won her sixth Wimbledon and 21st major title, defeating first-time finalist Garbiñe Muguruza in the final, 6–4, 6–4. She also achieved her second non-calendar year Grand Slam after winning the 2014 US Open, 2015 Australian Open and 2015 French Open. With this win, Williams also became the oldest woman to win a Grand Slam singles title in the Open Era at 33 years and 289 days old, beating Martina Navratilova by 26 days, who won the 1990 Wimbledon Championships at 33 years and 263 days old.
Tournament
The 2015 Wimbledon Championships was the 129th 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 and is part of the 2015 ATP World Tour and the 2015 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, which were 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 took place over a series of 19 courts, including the four main showcourts, Centre Court, No. 1 Court, No. 2 Court and No. 3 Court.
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.Senior points
Wheelchair points
Junior points
Prize money
The Wimbledon total prize money for 2015 has been increased by 7% to £26.75m. The winners of the men's and women's singles titles will earn £1.88m, up £120,000 from the previous year. The figures for doubles events are per pair.| Event | ' | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | ||||||
| Singles | £1,880,000 | £940,000 | £470,000 | £241,000 | £127,000 | £77,000 | £47,000 | £29,000 | £14,500 | £7,250 | £3,625 |
| Doubles | £340,000 | £170,000 | £85,000 | £43,000 | £22,500 | £13,750 | £9,000 | — | — | — | — |
| Mixed doubles | £100,000 | £50,000 | £25,000 | £12,000 | £6,000 | £3,000 | £1,500 | — | — | — | — |
| ' | £15,000 | £7,750 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Invitation doubles | £22,000 | £19,000 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Singles players
;2015 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles;2015 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles
Day-by-day summaries
Singles seeds
Seedings were announced on Wednesday, 24 June 2015.Gentlemen's singles">2015 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles">Gentlemen's singles
Seeds 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 22 June 2015:- Take Entry System Position points at 22 June 2015.
- Add 100% points earned for all grass court tournaments in the past 12 months.
- Add 75% points earned for best grass court tournament in the 12 months before that.
Because the tournament takes place one week later than in 2014, points defending includes results from both the 2014 Wimbledon Championships and tournaments from the week of 7 July 2014.
| Seed | Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points won | Points after | Status | ||||||
| 1 | 1 |  Ladies' singles">2015 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles">Ladies' singlesSeeds are based on the WTA rankings as of 22 June 2015. Rank and points before in the following table are as of 29 June 2015.Because the tournament takes place one week later than in 2014, points defending includes results from both the 2014 Wimbledon Championships and tournaments from the week of 7 July 2014.
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