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 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, women's, mixed doubles, boys' and girls', 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 and prize money distribution
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.
| Event | ' | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | ||||||
| Singles | £2,250,000 | £1,125,000 | £562,000 | £281,000 | £163,000 | £100,000 | £63,000 | £39,000 | £19,500 | £9,750 | £4,875 |
| Doubles* | £450,000 | £225,000 | £112,000 | £56,000 | £29,000 | £17,750 | £11,500 | — | — | — | — |
| Mixed doubles* | £110,000 | £55,000 | £27,500 | £13,750 | £6,500 | £3,250 | £1,625 | — | — | — | — |
| ' | £40,000 | £20,000 | £13,000 | £8,500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| * | £14,000 | £7,000 | £4,500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Invitation doubles | £26,000 | £22,000 | £19,000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
* per team
Singles seeds
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.
- Add 75% points earned for best grass court tournament in the 12 months before that.
