The defending gentlemen's singles champion Novak Djokovic retained his title, while the defending ladies' singles champion Angelique Kerber lost in the second round to Lauren Davis. Simona Halep won the ladies' singles title, her second major title after the French Open in 2018. This tournament marked the first grand slam main draw appearance of 2023 US Open women's singles champion Coco Gauff, who progressed to the fourth round as a fifteen-year-old, after being awarded a wildcard into qualifying.
This was the first edition of the tournament to feature a standard tie break in the final set when the score in the set was 12 games all. The winner was the first player or pair to reach seven points whilst leading by two or more points or, in the case of a 6-6 point score, to establish a subsequent lead of two points. Henri Kontinen and John Peers won the first such tie break played in Wimbledon history, defeating Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury in a third-round men's doubles match.[2] In men's singles, the only such match was the final in which Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer, in what was also the longest final in tournament history lasting for 4 hours and 57 minutes.[3]
Women's singles included 16 qualifiers from 128 entrants, an increase from 12 qualifiers from 96 entrants. Doubles qualifying was eliminated as a result. The change brought the qualification for the women's singles into line with that for the men's singles, which remained unchanged.[4]
This was the last edition of the Wimbledon Championships until 2021 after the event would be cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the first such cancellation since World War II. This was also the last major final contested by eight-time champion and twelve-time finalist Roger Federer.
Tournament
The 2019 Wimbledon Championships was the 133rd edition of the tournament and was held at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London. It was also the last regular tennis tournament to be staged before the cancellation was confirmed in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the first such cancellation since World War II.
The tournament was run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was included in the 2019 ATP Tour and the 2019 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of men's (singles and doubles), women's (singles and doubles), mixed doubles, boys (under 18 – singles and doubles) and girls (under 18 – singles and doubles), which was also a part of the Grade A category of tournaments for under 18, and singles & doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the UNIQLO Tour under the Grand Slam category, also hosting singles and doubles events for wheelchair quad tennis for the first time.[5]
The tournament was played only on grass courts; main draw matches were played at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon. Qualifying matches were played, from Monday 24 June to Thursday 27 June 2019, at the Bank of England Sports Ground, Roehampton. The Tennis Sub-Committee met to decide wild card entries on 17 June.
Seeds 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 24 June 2019:
Take Entry System Position points at 24 June 2019.
Add 100% points earned for all grass court tournaments in the past 12 months (25 June 2018 – 23 June 2019).
Add 75% points earned for best grass court tournament in the 12 months before that (26 June 2017 – 24 June 2018).
Below is the tables with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament.
Senior points
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
Men's doubles
0
—
—
0
Women's singles
1300
780
430
240
130
70
10
40
30
20
2
Women's doubles
10
—
—
—
—
—
Wheelchair points
Event
W
F
3rd
4th
Singles
800
500
375
100
Doubles
800
500
100
—
Junior points
Event
W
F
SF
QF
Round of 16
Round of 32
Q
Q3
Boys' singles
1000
600
370
200
100
45
30
20
Girls' singles
Boys' doubles
750
450
275
150
75
—
—
—
Girls' doubles
—
—
—
Prize money
The total prize money on offer has increased for the eighth year in a row. Winners of the tournament will get the largest share of the £38m pot, up from £34m last year (+11.8%).
Event
W
F
SF
QF
Round of 16 (R4)
Round of 32 (R3)
Round of 64 (R2)
Round of 128 (R1)
Q3
Q2
Q1
Singles
£2,350,000
£1,175,000
£588,000
£294,000
£176,000
£111,000
£72,000
£45,000
£22,500
£13,250
£7,000
Doubles*
£540,000
£270,000
£135,000
£67,000
£32,000
£19,000
£12,000
—
—
—
—
Mixed doubles*
£116,000
£58,000
£29,000
£14,500
£7,000
£3,500
£1,750
—
—
—
—
Wheelchair singles
£46,000
£23,000
£15,000
£10,000
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Wheelchair doubles*
£18,000
£9,000
£5,000
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Invitation doubles
£27,000
£23,000
£20,000
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
* per team
Main draw wildcard entries
The following players will receive wild cards into the main draw senior events.[6]