| 2011 Wimbledon Championships | ||||
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| Date | 20 June – 3 July | |||
| Edition | 125th | |||
| Category | Grand Slam (ITF) | |||
| Draw | 128S / 64D / 48XD | |||
| Prize money | £14,600,000 | |||
| Surface | Grass | |||
| Location | Church Road SW19,Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom | |||
| Venue | All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club | |||
| Attendance | 494,761 | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Men's singles | ||||
 Novak Djokovic | ||||
| Women's singles | ||||
 Petra Kvitová | ||||
| Men's doubles | ||||
 Bob Bryan /Mike Bryan | ||||
| Women's doubles | ||||
Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik | ||||
| Mixed doubles | ||||
 Jürgen Melzer /Iveta Benešová | ||||
| Wheelchair men's doubles | ||||
 Maikel Scheffers /Ronald Vink | ||||
| Wheelchair women's doubles | ||||
| Esther Vergeer /Sharon Walraven | ||||
| Boys' singles | ||||
 Luke Saville | ||||
| Girls' singles | ||||
| Ashleigh Barty | ||||
| Boys' doubles | ||||
 George Morgan / Mate Pavić | ||||
| Girls' doubles | ||||
 Eugenie Bouchard /Grace Min | ||||
| Gentlemen's invitation doubles | ||||
| Jacco Eltingh /Paul Haarhuis | ||||
| Ladies' invitation doubles | ||||
Lindsay Davenport / Martina Hingis | ||||
| Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles | ||||
| Pat Cash /Mark Woodforde | ||||
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The2011 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played ongrass courts at theAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club inWimbledon, London in the United Kingdom.[1] It was the 125th edition of theWimbledon Championships and were held from 20 June to 3 July 2011. It was the thirdGrand Slam tennis event of the year and was part of theATP World Tour, theWTA Tour, theITF Junior Tour, theNEC Tour and theLondon Prepares series of test events for the following year'sLondon Olympics. The championships were organised by theAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club and theInternational Tennis Federation.
In the professional tournaments there were two new singles champions for the first time since2002:Novak Djokovic andPetra Kvitová. By reaching the final Djokovic also claimed the World No. 1 in the ATP rankings fromRafael Nadal, while Kvitová became the first Grand Slam event winner born in the 1990s. In the doubles theBryan brothers claimed the men's title for a second time, and equalled the overall Grand Slam tournament record of 11 set bythe Woodies,Mark Woodforde andTodd Woodbridge. In the women's doublesKatarina Srebotnik won her first ladies major title after making four previous major finals. Srebotnik won alongsideKvěta Peschke; this was Peschke's first major title. In the mixed doublesJürgen Melzer won his second major title, and first in the mixed doubles as he partneredIveta Benešová to her first major title. In total, players from theCzech Republic (Kvitová, Peschke, and Benešová) were champions in three of the five main tour events in the tournament.
In the junior tournaments both the boys and girls singles titles were won by Australians.Luke Saville won the boys title whileAshleigh Barty became the first Australian in 31 years to win the girls title. In the doubles there was home success as BritGeorge Morgan and CroatianMate Pavić won their maiden junior Grand Slam tournament titles. The girls doubles title was claimed by CanadianEugenie Bouchard and AmericanGrace Min.
In the wheelchair eventsEsther Vergeer andSharon Walraven retained their doubles title. This was Vergeer's third successive win at the championships and meant that she was still unbeaten at Wimbledon. In the men's eventMaikel Scheffers andRonald Vink completed a team career Grand Slam, as they won the only title they had previously failed to win as a team.
The legends events titles were won by the teams of:Lindsay Davenport andMartina Hingis, the Dutch pair ofJacco Eltingh andPaul Haarhuis, and the Australian pair ofPat Cash andMark Woodforde.
The 125th edition of the tournament saw two new courts opened. A new showcourt,Court No. 3, and a new Court No. 4 opened on the first day of the championships. Court No. 3 was opened byThe Duke of Kent, President of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, who unveiled a plaque marking the occasion.[2] A total of 19 courts were used for competition play and a further 22 for practice. The capacity of the grounds was thus increased by 1,000 to 38,500.[3][4]
On a commercial front,Sony became a sponsor of the championships for the first time, whileJacob's Creek andLavazza replacedBlossom Hill andNescafe as official wine and coffee of the tournament.[5] Qualifying for all events took place at the Bank of England Sports Ground, Roehampton.[4] The grass was of thePerennial Ryegrass type and cut to 8mm.[6]
The 2011 championships were the 125th to be held since 1877, excluding the years 1915–1918 and 1940–1945, when the event was not held due to the two world wars. To mark the occasion a number of special events and activities occurred.Blue Peter broadcast a special programme looking at the championships, past, present and future, which was screened on the second Monday of the tournament. Four 30-minute documentaries charting the history of the championships were commissioned. A new exhibition known as the queue was held in theAll England Club's Museum celebrating the people who queue each year for tickets to the championship.[7] In addition, a range of licensed merchandise featuring the "125" logo was released; the ball boy and ball girl uniforms had this logo. The shoes provided byFila had the words "125 years" and the logo printed on them. The balls provided bySlazenger also had "125 years" stamped onto them, and a special can design was used.Lanson champagne, which is served on the grounds, had "125 years" stamped on the bottle. Finally, to celebrate the anniversary there was a community art project in which participants were asked to "interpret" an unstrung wooden tennis racket "in a medium of their choosing".[8]
HSBC held a series of polls on the Wimbledon website to find the 10 greatest things about the championships. The polls consisted of anything from greatest character to best final.[9] In addition the bank also teamed up with the Sports Technology Institute atLoughborough University; to predict how tennis would develop over the next 25 years up to 2036; the 150th Wimbledon and 100 years sinceFred Perry, the last British male winner of the championships, won.[10]
Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.[11][12][13][14][15]
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | 2000 | 1200 | 720 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
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| Men's doubles | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Women's singles | 1400 | 900 | 500 | 280 | 160 | 100 | 5 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 2 | |
| Women's doubles | 5 | — | 48 | — | 0 | 0 |
Wheelchair points[edit]
| Junior points[edit]
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The total prize money for 2011 championships was £14,600,000. The winner of the men's and women's singles title earned £1,100,000.[16][17][18]
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | £1,100,000 | £550,000 | £275,000 | £137,500 | £68,750 | £34,375 | £20,125 | £11,500 | £7,000 | £3,500 | £1,750 |
| Doubles* | £250,000 | £125,000 | £62,500 | £31,250 | £16,000 | £9,000 | £5,250 | — | — | — | — |
| Mixed doubles* | £92,000 | £46,000 | £23,000 | £10,500 | £5,200 | £2,600 | £1,300 | — | — | — | — |
| Wheelchair doubles* | £7,000 | £4,000 | £2,500 | £1,500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Invitation doubles | £17,500 | £14,500 | £11,500 | £10,500 | £9,500 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
* per team
Novak Djokovic def.
Rafael Nadal, 6–4, 6–1, 1–6, 6–3[19]
Petra Kvitová def.
Maria Sharapova, 6–3, 6–4[20]
Bob Bryan /Mike Bryan def.
Robert Lindstedt /
Horia Tecău, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)[21][22]
Květa Peschke /Katarina Srebotnik def.
Sabine Lisicki /Samantha Stosur, 6–3, 6–1[23][24]
Jürgen Melzer /Iveta Benešová def.
Mahesh Bhupathi /Elena Vesnina, 6–3, 6–2[25][26]
Luke Saville def.Liam Broady, 2–6, 6–4, 6–2[27][28]
Ashleigh Barty def.Irina Khromacheva, 7–5, 7–6(7–3)[29]
George Morgan /Mate Pavić def.Oliver Golding /Jiří Veselý, 3–6, 6–4, 7–5[30]
Eugenie Bouchard /Grace Min def.Demi Schuurs /
Tang Haochen, 5–7, 6–2, 7–5[31]
Jacco Eltingh /Paul Haarhuis def.Jonas Björkman /Todd Woodbridge, 3–6, 6–3, [13–11]
Lindsay Davenport /Martina Hingis def.Martina Navratilova /Jana Novotná, 6–4, 6–4
Pat Cash /Mark Woodforde def.Jeremy Bates /Anders Järryd, 6–3, 5–7, [10–5]
Maikel Scheffers /Ronald Vink def.
Stéphane Houdet /Michaël Jérémiasz, 7–5, 6–2[32]
Esther Vergeer /Sharon Walraven def.Jiske Griffioen /Aniek van Koot, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5[32]
The 2011 tournament was broadcast in 185 countries.[5] TheBBC was the host broadcaster and, since the All England Club had made a deal with Sony, some of the tournament was broadcast in 3D for the first time.[33] To mark the 125th anniversary, the BBC broadcast a documentary the night before the start of the tournament (19 June 2011), called125 years of Wimbledon: You Cannot Be Serious, looking back at memorable moments.[34]
In the United States, the championship matches aired onNBC for the 43rd and final year. The network issued a statement saying it had been outbid for the rights to future broadcasts.[35] Cable sports channelESPN, which had already been sharing Wimbledon coverage with NBC, became the exclusive American broadcaster of the tournament for a 12-year period, beginning in 2012. Under the agreement, all matches were to air live, as opposed to tape delaying some matches, a practice for which NBC had been criticised.[36]
Members of theBritish Royal Family attended the championships. With the Duchess of Cornwall (Camilla) attending the tournament on the first Wednesday, on official duty, where she met six ball boys and girls before watching the days play on Centre court from the Royal box.[37] While on the second Monday, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (Prince William andCatherine) attended the championships, while on a private visit. The pair took in all three matches on Centre Court.[38] After the first match, which was won by British playerAndy Murray, the pair briefly met him, after the Scot bowed towards them while on court at the end of the match.[39]
On the second Monday temperatures topped 30 degrees, and a 146 patrons needed medical assistance by 16:30, due to the heat. This was a significant rise compared to other days as in the two days previous days of the championships 90 and 87 people were treated respectively.[40]
On the middle Saturday, 14 people were arrested at the gate when trying to obtain access to the grounds. The All England Club shut the gates of the ground forcing spectators who had camped overnight to wait outside for 45 minutes before letting them in at 11.15 am. The group wore yellow shirts and had paint and other equipment to make banners once inside of the ground. A source stated that the group were planning to demonstrate against government policy.[41]
The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings are based on ATP and WTA rankings as of 13 June 2011. Rankings and points are as of before 20 June 2011.
TheMen'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:
| Seed | Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points won | Points after | Status |
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| 1 | 1 | Rafael Nadal | 12,070 | 2,000 | 1,200 | 11,270 | Runner-up, lost toNovak Djokovic [2] |
| 2 | 2 | Novak Djokovic | 12,005 | 720 | 2,000 | 13,285 | Champion, defeatedRafael Nadal [1] |
| 3 | 3 | Roger Federer | 9,230 | 360 | 360 | 9,230 | Quarterfinals lost toJo-Wilfried Tsonga [12] |
| 4 | 4 | Andy Murray | 6,855 | 720 | 720 | 6,855 | Semifinals lost toRafael Nadal [1] |
| 5 | 5 | Robin Söderling | 4,595 | 360 | 90 | 4,325 | Third round lost toBernard Tomic (Q) |
| 6 | 7 | Tomáš Berdych | 3,490 | 1,200 | 180 | 2,470 | Fourth round lost toMardy Fish [10] |
| 7 | 6 | David Ferrer | 4,150 | 180 | 180 | 4,150 | Fourth round lost toJo-Wilfried Tsonga [12] |
| 8 | 10 | Andy Roddick | 2,200 | 180 | 90 | 2,110 | Third round lost toFeliciano López |
| 9 | 8 | Gaël Monfils | 2,780 | 90 | 90 | 2,780 | Third round lost to Łukasz Kubot (Q) |
| 10 | 9 | Mardy Fish | 2,335 | 45 | 360 | 2,650 | Quarterfinals lostRafael Nadal [1] |
| 11 | 11 | Jürgen Melzer | 2,175 | 180 | 90 | 2,085 | Third round lost to Xavier Malisse |
| 12 | 19 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 1,585 | 360 | 720 | 1,945 | Semifinals lost toNovak Djokovic [2] |
| 13 | 12 | Viktor Troicki | 1,930 | 45 | 45 | 1,930 | Second round lost to Lu Yen-hsun |
| 14 | 14 | Stan Wawrinka | 1,900 | 10 | 45 | 1,935 | Second round lost to Simone Bolelli (LL) |
| 15 | 16 | Gilles Simon | 1,745 | 90 | 90 | 1,745 | Third round lost to Juan Martín del Potro [24] |
| 16 | 15 | Nicolás Almagro | 1,875 | 10 | 90 | 1,955 | Third round lost toMikhail Youzhny [18] |
| 17 | 13 | Richard Gasquet | 1,925 | 0 | 180 | 2,105 | Fourth round lost toAndy Murray [4] |
| 18 | 17 | Mikhail Youzhny | 1,740 | 45 | 180 | 1,875 | Fourth round lost toRoger Federer [3] |
| 19 | 35 | Michaël Llodra | 1,195 | 45 | 180 | 1,330 | Fourth round lost vsNovak Djokovic [2] |
| 20 | 18 | Florian Mayer | 1,600 | 90 | 45 | 1,555 | Second round lost toXavier Malisse |
| 21 | 22 | Fernando Verdasco | 1,425 | 10 | 45 | 1,460 | Second round lost toRobin Haase |
| 22 | 24 |  Alexandr Dolgopolov | 1,405 | 45 | 10 | 1,370 | First round lost to Fernando González (PR) |
| 23 | 29 | Janko Tipsarević | 1,305 | 10 | 10 | 1,305 | First round lost toIvo Karlović |
| 24 | 21 | Juan Martín del Potro | 1,445 | 0 | 180 | 1,625 | Fourth round lost toRafael Nadal [1] |
| 25 | 20 | Juan Ignacio Chela | 1,475 | 10 | 45 | 1,505 | Second round lost toAlex Bogomolov Jr. |
| 26 | 41 | Guillermo García López | 1,120 | 10 | 45 | 1,155 | Second round lost to Karol Beck (Q) |
| 27 | 26 | Marin Čilić | 1,345 | 10 | 10 | 1,345 | First round lost toIvan Ljubičić |
| 28 | 23 | David Nalbandian | 1,425 | 0 | 90 | 1,515 | Third round lost toRoger Federer [3] |
| 29 | 27 | Nikolay Davydenko | 1,330 | 45 | 10 | 1,295 | First round lost toBernard Tomic (Q) |
| 30 | 28 |  Thomaz Bellucci | 1,305 | 90 | 10 | 1,225 | First round lost toRainer Schüttler |
| 31 | 25 | Milos Raonic | 1,354 | 0 | 45 | 1,399 | Second round lost to Gilles Müller (WC) |
| 32 | 30 |  Marcos Baghdatis | 1,295 | 10 | 90 | 1,375 | Third round lost toNovak Djokovic [2] |
For theWomen'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.
| Seed | Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points won | Points after | Status |
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| 1 | 1 |  Caroline Wozniacki | 9,915 | 280 | 280 | 9,915 | Fourth round lost toDominika Cibulková [24] |
| 2 | 3 | Vera Zvonareva | 7,935 | 1,400 | 160 | 6,695 | Third round lost to Tsvetana Pironkova [32] |
| 3 | 4 | Li Na | 6,255 | 500 | 100 | 5,855 | Second round lost toSabine Lisicki (WC) |
| 4 | 5 |  Victoria Azarenka | 5,725 | 160 | 900 | 6,465 | Semifinals lost toPetra Kvitová [8] |
| 5 | 6 | Maria Sharapova | 5,021 | 280 | 1,400 | 6,141 | Runner-up, lost toPetra Kvitová [8] |
| 6 | 7 | Francesca Schiavone | 4,705 | 5 | 160 | 4,860 | Third round lost toTamira Paszek |
| 7† | 25 | Serena Williams | 2,060 | 2,000 | 280 | 340 | Fourth round lost toMarion Bartoli [9] |
| 8 | 8 | Petra Kvitová | 4,337 | 900 | 2,000 | 5,437 | Champion, defeatedMaria Sharapova [5] |
| 9 | 9 | Marion Bartoli | 4,010 | 280 | 500 | 4,230 | Quarterfinals lost toSabine Lisicki (WC) |
| 10 | 10 | Samantha Stosur | 3,405 | 5 | 5 | 3,405 | First round lost to Melinda Czink (PR) |
| 11 | 13 | Andrea Petkovic | 3,150 | 5 | 160 | 3,305 | Third round lost toKsenia Pervak |
| 12 | 12 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 3,160 | 100 | 160 | 3,220 | Third round lost toYanina Wickmayer [19] |
| 13 | 11 | Agnieszka Radwańska | 3,175 | 280 | 100 | 2,995 | Second round lost toPetra Cetkovská |
| 14 | 14 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 3,055 | 160 | 100 | 2,995 | Second round lost toNadia Petrova |
| 15 | 15 | Jelena Janković | 3,050 | 280 | 5 | 2,775 | First round lost toMaría José Martínez Sánchez |
| 16 | 16 | Julia Görges | 2,560 | 5 | 160 | 2,715 | Third round lost toDominika Cibulková [24] |
| 17 | 17 |  Kaia Kanepi | 2,466 | 500 | 5 | 1,971 | First round lost toSara Errani |
| 18 | 18 | Ana Ivanovic | 2,400 | 5 | 160 | 2,555 | Third round lost toPetra Cetkovská |
| 19 | 19 | Yanina Wickmayer | 2,350 | 160 | 280 | 2,470 | Fourth round lost toPetra Kvitová [8] |
| 20 | 20 | Peng Shuai | 2,300 | 0 | 280 | 2,580 | Fourth round lost toMaria Sharapova [5] |
| 21 | 21 | Flavia Pennetta | 2,220 | 160 | 160 | 2,220 | Third round lost toMarion Bartoli [9] |
| 22 | 22 |  Shahar Pe'er | 2,170 | 100 | 5 | 2,075 | First round lost toKsenia Pervak |
| 23 | 30 | Venus Williams | 1,680 | 500 | 280 | 1,460 | Fourth round lost toTsvetana Pironkova [32] |
| 24 | 24 | Dominika Cibulková | 2,115 | 160 | 500 | 2,455 | Quarterfinals lost toMaria Sharapova [5] |
| 25 | 23 | Daniela Hantuchová | 2,135 | 100 | 160 | 2,195 | Third round lost toVictoria Azarenka [4] |
| 26 | 27 | Maria Kirilenko | 1,985 | 160 | 160 | 1,985 | Third round lost toSerena Williams [7] |
| 27 | 28 | Jarmila Gajdošová | 1,940 | 280 | 160 | 1,820 | Third round lost toCaroline Wozniacki [1] |
| 28 | 38 | Ekaterina Makarova | 1,381 | 100 | 5 | 1,286 | First round lost toChristina McHale |
| 29 | 29 | Roberta Vinci | 1,925 | 100 | 160 | 1,985 | Third round lost toPetra Kvitová [8] |
| 30 | 31 | Bethanie Mattek-Sands | 1,643 | 5 | 5 | 1,643 | First round lost to Misaki Doi (Q) |
| 31 | 32 | Lucie Šafářová | 1,585 | 5 | 100 | 1,680 | Second round lost toKlára Zakopalová |
| 32 | 33 | Tsvetana Pironkova | 1,551 | 900 | 500 | 1,151 | Quarterfinals lost toPetra Kvitová [8] |
†Serena Williams was ranked 26 on the day when seeds were announced. Nevertheless, she was deemed a special case and seeded 7th by the organizers because she missed a significant portion of the last 12-month period due to knee injury.
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.
| Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points after | Withdrawal reason |
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| 2 | Kim Clijsters | 8,125 | 500 | 7,625 | Foot injury[43] |
| 26 | Alisa Kleybanova | 2,005 | 160 | 1,845 | Illness[44] |
The following players receivedwild cards into the main draw senior events.[45][46]
Men's doubles[edit] | Women's doubles[edit]
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Jamie Delgado /Melanie SouthColin Fleming /Jocelyn RaeRoss Hutchins /Heather WatsonJonathan Marray /Anne KeothavongKen Skupski /Elena BaltachaThe following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
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Below are the lists of thequalifiers entering in the main draws.
Men's singles[edit]Men's singles qualifiers
Lucky losers | Women's singles[edit]Women's singles qualifiers
Lucky losers
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Men's doubles[edit]Men's doubles qualifiers
Lucky losers | Women's doubles[edit]Women's doubles qualifiers
Lucky losers
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The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or personal reasons.
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