kmhouseindia: 2016 Wimbledon June 26

Sunday, June 26, 2016

2016 Wimbledon June 26 - July 10,2016

This year's official Wimbledon poster, designed by Brazilian Fernando Degross

The 130th championships will host up to 39,000 spectators on each of the 13 days, with more than 700 players in qualifying and the main draw competing for a record prize fund of £28.1m.

Both singles champions will take home £2m, while just making the first round guarantees a player £30,000.

Defending Champions

Men's Singles
Novak Djokovic(Serbia)beat Roger Federer 7-6,6-7,6-4,6-3

Women's Singles
Serena Williams(USA)beat Garbine Muguruza(Spain)6-4,6-4

Men's Doubles
Jean Julien Rojer(France and HoriaTecau(Romania)beat Jamie Murray(UK)and John Peers(Australia)7–5, 6–4, 6–4

Women's Doubles
Sania Mirza(India)and Martina Hingis(Swiss)beat Russia's EkaterinaMakarova and Elena Vesnina 5-7,7-6,7-5

Mixed Doubles
Leander Paes(India)and Martina Hingis(Swiss)beat Alexander Peya(Austria)and Timea Babos(Hungary)6-1,6-1

Wheelchair singles tournament - new this year

There will be a wheelchair singles tournament for the first time at Wimbledon.
The competition starts on 7 July with the men's and women's finals on finals weekend.
Wimbledon - which first held a wheelchair doubles tournament in 2005 - is the last of the four Grand Slam events to introduce wheelchair singles.

Great Britain has representation in both the men's and women's draws with Gordon Reid, Alfie Hewett, Jordanne Whiley, Lucy Shuker and Louise Hunt involved.

Top seed Novak Djokovic will begin the defence of his Wimbledon title when the tournament gets under way on Monday June 27,2016

Novak Djokovic arrives at the All England Club as the new French Open champion, holder of all four Grand Slam titles and on course for the first calendar-year Slam since Rod Laver in 1969

The world number one opens play on Centre Court at 13:00 BST against Britain's James Ward.
Seven-time champion Roger Federer and French Open winner Garbine Muguruza also feature on day one.

Novak Djokovic has won the three other Grand Slam titles - US Open, the Australian Open and the French Open - and lost just six of 84 matches since he departed Centre Court last year.

Roger Federer(34)is the number three seed and so expected to face Djokovic in the semi-finals, although the Swiss lacks his usual number of matches after struggling with injuries all year

Britain has 15 players in the singles draws this year, with seven there by right through their rankings, seven given wildcards and one coming through qualifying.

That is Willis, the 25-year-old who had not played a tournament since January and had to win six matches in pre-qualifying and qualifying to reach the main draw

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Qualifier Marcus Willis, ranked 775, is one of eight Britons in action on Monday, with Andy Murray and Johanna Konta scheduled to start on Tuesday June 28,2016

Second seed Murray appears the most likely to threaten Novak Djokovic, having finished runner-up to the Serb at the year's first two Grand Slams - 2016 Australian Open and the 2016 French Open

Defending champion Serena Williams remains the woman to beat as she chases a seventh Wimbledon and 22nd major title, which would draw her level with Steffi Graf in the all-time list.

ATP singles rankings as of June 20, 2016

1. Novak Djokovic (Ser)
2. Andy Murray (GB)
3. Roger Federer (Swi)
4. Rafael Nadal (Spa)
5. Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi)
6. Kei Nishikori (Jpn)
7. Milos Raonic (Can)
8. Dominic Thiem (Aut)
9. Tomas Berdych (Cze)
10. Richard Gasquet (Fra)

WTA singles rankings as of June 20,2016

1. Serena Williams (US)
2. Garbine Muguruza (Spa)
3. Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol)
4. Angelique Kerber (Ger)
5. Simona Halep (Rom)
6. Victoria Azarenka (Blr)
7. Roberta Vinci (Ita)
8. Belinda Bencic (Swi)
9. Venus Williams (US)
10. Madison Keys (US)

Fans camped out overnight after arriving through the day on Saturday and Sunday