2015 Wimbledon Championships

The 2015 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, from 29 June to 12 July 2015.

2015 Wimbledon Championships
Date29 June – 12 July
Edition129th
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
Draw128S / 64D / 48XD
Prize money£26,750,000
SurfaceGrass
LocationChurch Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom
VenueAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Champions
Men's singles
Novak Djokovic
Women's singles
Serena Williams
Men's doubles
Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău
Women's doubles
Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza
Mixed doubles
Leander Paes / Martina Hingis
Wheelchair men's doubles
Gustavo Fernández / Nicolas Peifer
Wheelchair women's doubles
Yui Kamiji / Jordanne Whiley
Boys' singles
Reilly Opelka
Girls' singles
Sofya Zhuk
Boys' doubles
Lý Hoàng Nam / Sumit Nagal
Girls' doubles
Dalma Gálfi / Fanny Stollár
Gentlemen's invitation doubles
Goran Ivanišević / Ivan Ljubičić
Ladies' invitation doubles
Magdalena Maleeva / Rennae Stubbs
Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles
Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis

It was the 129th edition of the championships, the 48th in the Open Era and the third Grand Slam tournament of the year, played on grass courts and part of the ATP World Tour, the WTA Tour, the ITF Junior Tour and the NEC Tour. They were organised by the All England Lawn Tennis Club and the International Tennis Federation. The tournament was held one week later than in previous seasons, giving a three-week gap from the end of the 2015 French Open. The change, announced in 2012, is intended to provide players more time for recuperation and preparatory grass-court tournaments.

Novak Djokovic of Serbia won his third Wimbledon title in men's singles, defending his championship from 2014. Petra Kvitová of the Czech Republic was the defending champion in women's singles, but she lost to Jelena Janković in the third round.

Serena Williams won her sixth Wimbledon and 21st major title, defeating first-time finalist Garbiñe Muguruza in the final, 6–4, 6–4. She also achieved her second non-calendar year Grand Slam after winning the 2014 US Open, 2015 Australian Open and 2015 French Open. With this win, Williams also became the oldest woman to win a Grand Slam singles title in the Open Era at 33 years and 289 days old, beating Martina Navratilova by 26 days, who won the 1990 Wimbledon Championships at 33 years and 263 days old.

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