2011 Wimbledon Championships

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 the All 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 by Fila had the words "125 years" and the logo printed on them. The balls provided by Slazenger 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 at Loughborough University; to predict how tennis would develop over the next 25 years up to 2036; the 150th Wimbledon and 100 years since Fred 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]

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]

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Novak Djokovic def. Rafael Nadal, 6–4, 6–1, 1–6, 6–3 [19]

• It was Djokovic's 8th title of the year and 26th of his career. It was his 2nd slam of the year and 3rd of his career. It was his first Wimbledon title.

Petra Kvitová def. Maria Sharapova, 6–3, 6–4 [20]

• It was Kvitová's first Major title, 4th title of the year, and 5th title of her career. She was also the first Grand Slam tournament champion of either gender to be born in the 1990s.

Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan def. Robert Lindstedt / Horia Tecău, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6^(7–2) [21][22]

• It was the Bryan brothers's second Wimbledon title, 6th title of the year, and 73rd title as a team. With this title they equalled the Woodies' Open era record of 11 men's Grand Slam doubles titles.

Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik def. Sabine Lisicki / Samantha Stosur, 6–3, 6–1 [23][24]

• It was Peschke's first Wimbledon title, 4th title of the year, and 20th title of her career. It was Srebotnik's first Wimbledon title, 3rd title of the year, and 27th title of her career.

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 Men'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:

• ATP Entry System Position points as at a week before The Championships
• 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.[42]

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Rafael Nadal	12,070	2,000	1,200	11,270	Runner-up, lost to Novak Djokovic [2]
2	2	Novak Djokovic	12,005	720	2,000	13,285	Champion, defeated Rafael Nadal [1]
3	3	Roger Federer	9,230	360	360	9,230	Quarterfinals lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [12]
4	4	Andy Murray	6,855	720	720	6,855	Semifinals lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
5	5	Robin Söderling	4,595	360	90	4,325	Third round lost to Bernard Tomic (Q)
6	7	Tomáš Berdych	3,490	1,200	180	2,470	Fourth round lost to Mardy Fish [10]
7	6	David Ferrer	4,150	180	180	4,150	Fourth round lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [12]
8	10	Andy Roddick	2,200	180	90	2,110	Third round lost to Feliciano 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 lost Rafael 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 to Novak 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 to Mikhail Youzhny [18]
17	13	Richard Gasquet	1,925	0	180	2,105	Fourth round lost to Andy Murray [4]
18	17	Mikhail Youzhny	1,740	45	180	1,875	Fourth round lost to Roger Federer [3]
19	35	Michaël Llodra	1,195	45	180	1,330	Fourth round lost vs Novak Djokovic [2]
20	18	Florian Mayer	1,600	90	45	1,555	Second round lost to Xavier Malisse
21	22	Fernando Verdasco	1,425	10	45	1,460	Second round lost to Robin 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 to Ivo Karlović
24	21	Juan Martín del Potro	1,445	0	180	1,625	Fourth round lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
25	20	Juan Ignacio Chela	1,475	10	45	1,505	Second round lost to Alex 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 to Ivan Ljubičić
28	23	David Nalbandian	1,425	0	90	1,515	Third round lost to Roger Federer [3]
29	27	Nikolay Davydenko	1,330	45	10	1,295	First round lost to Bernard Tomic (Q)
30	28	Thomaz Bellucci	1,305	90	10	1,225	First round lost to Rainer 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 to Novak Djokovic [2]

For the Women'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
1	1	Caroline Wozniacki	9,915	280	280	9,915	Fourth round lost to Dominika 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 to Sabine Lisicki (WC)
4	5	Victoria Azarenka	5,725	160	900	6,465	Semifinals lost to Petra Kvitová [8]
5	6	Maria Sharapova	5,021	280	1,400	6,141	Runner-up, lost to Petra Kvitová [8]
6	7	Francesca Schiavone	4,705	5	160	4,860	Third round lost to Tamira Paszek
7†	25	Serena Williams	2,060	2,000	280	340	Fourth round lost to Marion Bartoli [9]
8	8	Petra Kvitová	4,337	900	2,000	5,437	Champion, defeated Maria Sharapova [5]
9	9	Marion Bartoli	4,010	280	500	4,230	Quarterfinals lost to Sabine 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 to Ksenia Pervak
12	12	Svetlana Kuznetsova	3,160	100	160	3,220	Third round lost to Yanina Wickmayer [19]
13	11	Agnieszka Radwańska	3,175	280	100	2,995	Second round lost to Petra Cetkovská
14	14	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	3,055	160	100	2,995	Second round lost to Nadia Petrova
15	15	Jelena Janković	3,050	280	5	2,775	First round lost to María José Martínez Sánchez
16	16	Julia Görges	2,560	5	160	2,715	Third round lost to Dominika Cibulková [24]
17	17	Kaia Kanepi	2,466	500	5	1,971	First round lost to Sara Errani
18	18	Ana Ivanovic	2,400	5	160	2,555	Third round lost to Petra Cetkovská
19	19	Yanina Wickmayer	2,350	160	280	2,470	Fourth round lost to Petra Kvitová [8]
20	20	Peng Shuai	2,300	0	280	2,580	Fourth round lost to Maria Sharapova [5]
21	21	Flavia Pennetta	2,220	160	160	2,220	Third round lost to Marion Bartoli [9]
22	22	Shahar Pe'er	2,170	100	5	2,075	First round lost to Ksenia Pervak
23	30	Venus Williams	1,680	500	280	1,460	Fourth round lost to Tsvetana Pironkova [32]
24	24	Dominika Cibulková	2,115	160	500	2,455	Quarterfinals lost to Maria Sharapova [5]
25	23	Daniela Hantuchová	2,135	100	160	2,195	Third round lost to Victoria Azarenka [4]
26	27	Maria Kirilenko	1,985	160	160	1,985	Third round lost to Serena Williams [7]
27	28	Jarmila Gajdošová	1,940	280	160	1,820	Third round lost to Caroline Wozniacki [1]
28	38	Ekaterina Makarova	1,381	100	5	1,286	First round lost to Christina McHale
29	29	Roberta Vinci	1,925	100	160	1,985	Third round lost to Petra 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 to Klára Zakopalová
32	33	Tsvetana Pironkova	1,551	900	500	1,151	Quarterfinals lost to Petra 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
2	Kim Clijsters	8,125	500	7,625	Foot injury[43]
26	Alisa Kleybanova	2,005	160	1,845	Illness[44]

1. Jamie Delgado / Melanie South
2. Colin Fleming / Jocelyn Rae
3. Ross Hutchins / Heather Watson
4. Jonathan Marray / Anne Keothavong
5. Ken Skupski / Elena Baltacha