Sunday 30 June 2024

Wimbledon 2024 Weeks 1 & 2



The Championships Wimbledon
All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
London, England
July 1  - July 14, 2024


Who will raise these 2 weeks from now?

I don't care who you are, you're going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don't move and you can't take a deep breath. You start to hit the ball about a yard wide, instead of inches.   Arthur Ashe

My parents' divorce made an important change in my life. It affected me. After that, when I can't play Wimbledon, it was tough. For one month I was outside the world.  Rafael Nadal

I think Wimbledon is the highlight for most players, it's special. My father played there six times and never got past the first round so we have to end this bad streak, for the family and Norway.  
Casper Ruud

Every time I hit the ball I would pretend I was on that magical court at Wimbledon. And then every time I went to sleep at night I would dream about playing at Wimbledon one day. 
Evonne Goolagong Cawley

Luck has nothing to do with it, I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in time, not knowing when it would come.  Serena Williams

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Surface: Grass
Draws: Singles 128, Doubles 64, Mixed Doubles 32
The tournament was established in 1872.


Ladies


This is the 130th edition for the women.

Most titles: Martina Navratilova with 9.

Defending champion: Marketa Vondrousova who defeated Ons Jabeur.

Doubles champions in 2023:  Hsieh Su-Wei and Barbora Strycova

Mixed doubles: Mate Pavic and Lyudmyla Kichenok

Top 20 seeds (in order of seeding): Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina, Jessica Pegula, Marketa Vondrousova, Jasmine Paolini, Zheng Qinwen, Maria Sakkari, Ons Jabeur, Danielle Collins, Madison Keys, Jelena Ostapenko, Daria Kasatkina, Liudmilla Samsonova, Victoria Azarenka, Anna Kalinskaya, Marta Kostyuk, Emma Navarro, Beatriz Haddad Maia

Wildcards: British players Francesca Jones, Yuriko Lily Miyazaki, Emma Raducanu, Heather Watson, plus Angelique Kerber, Naomi Osaka, Ajla Tomljanovic, Caroline Wozniacki

Withdrawals: Belinda Bencic, Elisabetta Cocciaretto, Petra Kvitova


Singles Draw
Doubles Draw
Mixed Doubles Draw
OOP


Gentlemen


This is the 137th edition for the men.

Most titles: Roger Federer with 8.

Defending champion: Carlos Alcararaz who defeated Novak Djokovic.

Doubles champions in 2023: Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski

Mixed doubles: Mate Pavic and Lyudmyla Kichenok

Top 20 seeds (in order of seeding): Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev, Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, Hubert Hurkacz, Casper Ruud, Alex de Minaur, Grigor Dimitrov, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Tommy Paul, Taylor Fritz, Ben Shelton, Holger Rune, Ugo Humbert, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Sebastian Baez, Nicolas Jarry, Sebastian Korda

Wildcards: All British players – Liam Brody, Charles Broom, Jan Choinskiv, Jacob Fearnley, Arthur Fery, Billy Harris, Paul Jubb, Henry Searle

Protected ranking: Pablo Carreno Busta, Kei Nishikori, Denis Shapovalov, Kwon Soon-Woo, Dominic Stricker

Withdrawals: Jiri Lehecka, Corentin Moutet, Rafa Nadal

Singles Draw


Thank you Shirley


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