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.

Senior points

Wheelchair points

Junior points

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 16Round of 32Round of 64Round 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 players

Gentlemen's Singles

Ladies' Singles

Day-by-day summaries

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:
Rank and points before are as of 2 July 2018.
SeedRankPlayerPoints
before		Points
defending		Points
won		Points
after		Status
12 Roger Federer8,7202,0003607,080Quarterfinals lost to Kevin Anderson
21 Rafael Nadal8,7701807209,310Semifinals lost to Novak Djokovic
35 Marin Čilić5,0601,200453,905Second round lost to Guido Pella
43 Alexander Zverev5,755180905,665Third round lost to Ernests Gulbis
54 Juan Martín del Potro5,080453605,395Quarterfinals lost to Rafael Nadal
66 Grigor Dimitrov4,780180104,610First round lost to Stan Wawrinka
77 Dominic Thiem3,835180103,665First round retired against Marcos Baghdatis
88 Kevin Anderson3,6351801,2004,655Runner-up, lost to Novak Djokovic
910 John Isner3,045457203,720Semifinals lost to Kevin Anderson
109 David Goffin3,1100103,120First round lost to Matthew Ebden
1113 Sam Querrey2,130720901,500Third round lost to Gaël Monfils
1221 Novak Djokovic1,7153602,0003,355Champion, defeated Kevin Anderson
1332 Milos Raonic1,4303603601,430Quarterfinals lost to John Isner
1411 Diego Schwartzman2,43510452,470Second round lost to Jiří Veselý
1518 Nick Kyrgios1,85510901,935Third round lost to Kei Nishikori
1620 Borna Ćorić1,74510101,745First round lost to Daniil Medvedev
1719 Lucas Pouille1,83545451,835Second round lost to Dennis Novak
1815 Jack Sock2,11045102,075First round lost to Matteo Berrettini
1916 Fabio Fognini2,03090902,030Third round lost to Jiří Veselý
2012 Pablo Carreño Busta2,1450102,155First round lost to Radu Albot
2117 Kyle Edmund1,95045901,995Third round lost to Novak Djokovic
2226 Adrian Mannarino1,5801801801,580Fourth round lost to Roger Federer
2331 Richard Gasquet1,46510101,465First round lost to Gaël Monfils
2428 Kei Nishikori1,530903601,800Quarterfinals lost to Novak Djokovic
2527 Philipp Kohlschreiber1,57510901,655Third round lost to Kevin Anderson
2625 Denis Shapovalov1,5880451,633Second round lost to Benoît Paire
2723 Damir Džumhur1,66545451,665Second round lost to Ernests Gulbis
2830 Filip Krajinović1,489†101,419First round lost to Nicolás Jarry
2929 Marco Cecchinato1,51410+1010+61,510First round lost to Alex de Minaur
3034 Fernando Verdasco1,28010101,280First round lost to Frances Tiafoe
3135 Stefanos Tsitsipas1,254351801,399Fourth round lost to John Isner
3236 Leonardo Mayer1,235†101,197First round lost to Jan-Lennard Struff

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

Withdrawn players

Ladies' Singles

The seeds for ladies' singles are based on the WTA rankings as of 25 June 2018, with an exception for Serena Williams. Rank and points before are as of 2 July 2018.
SeedRankPlayerPoints
before		Points
defending		Points
won		Points
after		Status
11 Simona Halep7,8714301307,571Third round lost to Hsieh Su-wei
22 Caroline Wozniacki6,910240706,740Second round lost to Ekaterina Makarova
33 Garbiñe Muguruza6,5502,000704,620Second round lost to Alison Van Uytvanck
44 Sloane Stephens5,46310105,463First round lost to Donna Vekić
55 Elina Svitolina5,250240105,020First round lost to Tatjana Maria
66 Caroline Garcia4,960240104,730First round lost to Belinda Bencic
78 Karolína Plíšková4,315702404,485Fourth round lost to Kiki Bertens
87 Petra Kvitová4,61070104,550First round lost to Aliaksandra Sasnovich
99 Venus Williams3,9711,3001302,801Third round lost to Kiki Bertens
1011 Madison Keys3,536701303,596Third round lost to Evgeniya Rodina
1110 Angelique Kerber3,5452402,0005,305Champion, defeated Serena Williams
1212 Jeļena Ostapenko3,4374307803,787Semifinals lost to Angelique Kerber
1313 Julia Görges3,210107803,980Semifinals lost to Serena Williams
1414 Daria Kasatkina3,165704303,525Quarterfinals lost to Angelique Kerber
1515 Elise Mertens2,635101302,755Third round lost to Dominika Cibulková
1616 CoCo Vandeweghe2,603430102,183First round lost to Kateřina Siniaková
1717 Ashleigh Barty2,435101302,555Third round lost to Daria Kasatkina
1818 Naomi Osaka2,3501301302,350Third round lost to Angelique Kerber
1919 Magdaléna Rybáriková2,310780101,540First round lost to Sorana Cîrstea
2020 Kiki Bertens2,090104302,510Quarterfinals lost to Julia Görges
2121 Anastasija Sevastova2,00570101,945First round lost to Camila Giorgi
2224 Johanna Konta1,866780701,156Second round lost to Dominika Cibulková
2323 Barbora Strýcová1,915701301,975Third round lost to Julia Görges
2422 Maria Sharapova1,943010 1,953First round lost to Vitalia Diatchenko
25‡181 Serena Williams31501,3001,615Runner-up, lost to Angelique Kerber
2625 Daria Gavrilova1,765101301,885Third round lost to Aliaksandra Sasnovich
2726 Carla Suárez Navarro1,677701301,737Third round lost to Belinda Bencic
2827 Anett Kontaveit1,6561301301,656Third round lost to Alison Van Uytvanck
2928 Mihaela Buzărnescu1,648†1301,693Third round lost to Karolína Plíšková
30291,59610101,596First round lost to Hsieh Su-wei
3131 Zhang Shuai1,54510101,545First round lost to Andrea Petkovic
3230 Agnieszka Radwańska1,580240701,410Second round lost to Lucie Šafářová

† 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.

Doubles seeds

Gentlemen's Doubles

Seniors

Gentlemen's Singles

Boys' Singles

Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles

Wheelchair Gentlemen's Singles

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

Gentlemen's Singles

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

  17. Bernard Tomic
  18. Peter Polansky
  19. Michael Mmoh
  20. Hubert Hurkacz
  21. Lorenzo Sonego
  22. Simone Bolelli
  23. Jason Jung

    Ladies' Singles

  24. Alexandra Dulgheru
  25. Eugenie Bouchard
  26. Sara Sorribes Tormo
  27. Antonia Lottner
  28. Claire Liu
  29. Vera Zvonareva
  30. Viktoriya Tomova
  31. Mona Barthel
  32. Evgeniya Rodina
  33. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
  34. Vitalia Diatchenko
  35. Barbora Štefková

    Lucky Losers

  36. Mariana Duque Mariño
  37. Caroline Dolehide

    Gentlemen's Doubles

  38. Sriram Balaji / Vishnu Vardhan
  39. Kevin Krawietz / Andreas Mies
  40. Andre Begemann / Yasutaka Uchiyama
  41. Austin Krajicek / Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan

    Ladies' Doubles

  42. Ysaline Bonaventure / Bibiane Schoofs
  43. Alexa Guarachi / Erin Routliffe
  44. Han Xinyun / Luksika Kumkhum
  45. Arina Rodionova / Maryna Zanevska
The following pairs received entry as Lucky Losers:
  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
; Ladies' Singles
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament but withdrew with injuries, suspensions, or personal reasons:
; Gentlemen's Singles
; Ladies' Singles