The 2010 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 124th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 21 June to 4 July 2010. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year. The Queen of the United Kingdom, Elizabeth II attended on Thursday 24 June 2010, for the first time in more than 30 years. Roger Federer was the defending men's champion and first seed (was actually ranked 2nd), but he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Tomáš Berdych. Berdych also defeated third seed Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals, but was defeated in straight sets by Rafael Nadal in the final. Nadal won his second Wimbledon title, having previously won the 2008 title. Serena Williams successfully defended the women's crown, defeating Vera Zvonareva in the final to win her fourth Wimbledon title.

Point and prize money distribution

Point distribution

Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.

Prize money

The total prize money for 2010 championships was £13,725. The winner of the men's and women's singles title earned £1,000,000.

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal def. 🇨🇿 Tomáš Berdych, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4

Women's singles

🇺🇸 Serena Williams def. 🇷🇺 Vera Zvonareva, 6–3, 6–2

Men's doubles

🇦🇹 Jürgen Melzer / 🇩🇪 Philipp Petzschner def. 🇸🇪 Robert Lindstedt / Horia Tecău, 6–1, 7–5, 7–5

Women's doubles

🇺🇸 Vania King / 🇰🇿 Yaroslava Shvedova def. 🇷🇺 Elena Vesnina / 🇷🇺 Vera Zvonareva, 7–6(8–6), 6–2

Mixed doubles

🇮🇳 Leander Paes / Cara Black def. Wesley Moodie / 🇺🇸 Lisa Raymond, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)

Juniors

Boys' singles

🇭🇺 Márton Fucsovics def. 🇦🇺 Benjamin Mitchell, 6–4, 6–4

Girls' singles

🇨🇿 Kristýna Plíšková def. 🇯🇵 Sachie Ishizu, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4

Boys' doubles

🇬🇧 Liam Broady / 🇬🇧 Tom Farquharson def. 🇬🇧 Lewis Burton / 🇬🇧 George Morgan, 7–6(7–4), 6–4

Girls' doubles

🇭🇺 Tímea Babos / 🇺🇸 Sloane Stephens def. 🇷🇺 Irina Khromacheva / 🇺🇦 Elina Svitolina, 6–7(7–9), 6–2, 6–2

Invitation

Gentlemen's invitation doubles

🇺🇸 Donald Johnson / 🇺🇸 Jared Palmer def. Wayne Ferreira / 🇷🇺 Yevgeny Kafelnikov, 6–3, 6–2

Ladies' invitation doubles

🇺🇸 Martina Navratilova / 🇨🇿 Jana Novotná def. 🇺🇸 Tracy Austin / 🇺🇸 Kathy Rinaldi, 7–5, 6–0

Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles

🇦🇺 Pat Cash / 🇦🇺 Mark Woodforde def. 🇬🇧 Jeremy Bates / 🇸🇪 Anders Järryd, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)

Wheelchair events

Wheelchair men's doubles

Robin Ammerlaan / 🇸🇪 Stefan Olsson def. 🇫🇷 Stéphane Houdet / 🇯🇵 Shingo Kunieda, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)

Wheelchair women's doubles

Esther Vergeer / Sharon Walraven def. 🇦🇺 Daniela Di Toro / 🇬🇧 Lucy Shuker, 6–2, 6–3

Events

Isner–Mahut match

In a record-setting match spanning three days, 23rd seed John Isner, attempting to win his first ever match at Wimbledon, faced off against qualifier Nicolas Mahut in the first round, between 22 and 24 June. With the score at 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(7), 7–6(3), 59–59, the match was suspended due to failing daylight for the second straight day, after a total of 9 hours and 58 minutes of play. Isner had already served a world record 98 aces by that time, with Mahut scoring 94 aces, both breaking Ivo Karlović's previous record of 78. The second day's play alone totalled 7 hours and 8 minutes, more than the longest previous complete match, therefore also making it the longest session of tennis ever played in a single day. Isner eventually defeated Mahut 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(7), 7–6(3), 70–68. The match lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes in total, and the fifth set alone lasted 8 hours and 11 minutes. The match has been noted as officially the longest match ever in a tennis Open in terms of both times and games, beating the previous records set (respectively) by the match between Frenchmen Fabrice Santoro and Arnaud Clément at the 2004 French Open, which lasted for 6 hours and 33 minutes, and the first round match at Wimbledon in 1969 where Pancho Gonzales defeated Charlie Pasarell in 112 games (before the introduction of the tie-break). Time magazine named the Isner–Mahut match one of the Top 10 Sports Moments of 2010.

Queen visits Wimbledon

Queen Elizabeth II visited Wimbledon on Thursday 24 June, her first visit to the annual tennis tournament in 33 years. The last time the Queen had attended the championships was in 1977, when she watched British player Virginia Wade win the ladies' singles title. Arriving shortly after 11 am, the Queen's visit included a tour of the grounds and an observation session of the All England Club's Wimbledon Junior Tennis Initiative on Court 14, before moving to the Members' Lawn where she greeted a line-up of players: the defending champions in singles Serena Williams and Roger Federer, multiple-time Wimbledon champions Martina Navratilova, Billie Jean King and Venus Williams, and a selection of top professionals: Caroline Wozniacki, Jelena Janković, Novak Djokovic and Andy Roddick. She also met four British women's tennis players: Heather Watson, Elena Baltacha, Anne Keothavong and Laura Robson. Following that, she walked across the bridge to Centre Court, where she later had lunch in the Clubhouse with a selection of former and current tennis players. The Queen finished her visit by watching Britain's fourth seed Andy Murray play Jarkko Nieminen on Centre Court, from the Royal Box. Before and after the match, Murray and Nieminen bowed to the Royal Box, a tradition that had previously not been in use since 2003.

Records

In addition to all the records set during the match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut, the following records were also established:

Singles players

Day-by-day summaries

Singles seeds

The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings based on ATP and WTA rankings as of 14 June 2010. Rankings and points before are as of 21 June 2010.

Men's singles

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: †The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2009. Accordingly, this was the 18th best result deducted instead. The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

Women's singles

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. †The player did not qualify the tournament in 2009. Accordingly, this was the 16th best result deducted instead. The following player would have been seeded, but she withdrew from the event.

Main draw wild card entries

The following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events.

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:

Qualifiers entries

Below are the lists of the qualifiers entering in the main draws.

Men's singles

Men's singles qualifiers Lucky losers

Women's singles

Women's singles qualifiers Lucky losers

Men's doubles

Men's doubles qualifiers Lucky losers

Women's doubles

Women's doubles qualifiers Lucky losers

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or personal reasons.

Media coverage

These are the Wimbledon television broadcasters: