2014 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

Women's Singles
2014 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Petra Kvitová
Runner-up	Eugenie Bouchard
Final score	6–3, 6–0

Marion Bartoli was the defending champion, but retired from professional tennis in August 2013 several weeks after she won the tournament.^[1]

Like the previous major, the 2014 Wimbledon Championships was marked by two big upsets. The top two seeds – Serena Williams and Li Na – both lost in the third round. That marked the first time in Open Era top seeds didn't reach the second week of Wimbledon. Five-time Wimbledon champion Williams' shock defeat to 25th-seeded Alizé Cornet equalled her earliest exit from the tournament (she lost at the same stage in 1998 and 2005),^[2] while Li fell to unseeded Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová in straight-sets tiebreaks, and this was Li's final professional tennis match before she announced her retirement almost three months later.^[3][4]

Petra Kvitová advanced to her second Wimbledon final. She won defeating Eugenie Bouchard in a comprehensive straight-sets victory that only took 55 minutes.^[5] This marked the fifth-shortest women's singles final in Wimbledon history in terms of time elapsed.^[6]

Seeds

01.   Serena Williams (Third round) 02.   Li Na (Third round) 03.   Simona Halep (Semifinals) 04.   Agnieszka Radwańska (Fourth round) 05.   Maria Sharapova (Fourth round) 06.   Petra Kvitová (Champion) 07.   Jelena Janković (First round) 08.   Victoria Azarenka (Second round) 09.   Angelique Kerber (Quarterfinals) 10.   Dominika Cibulková (Third round) 11.   Ana Ivanovic (Third round) 12.   Flavia Pennetta (Second round) 13.   Eugenie Bouchard (Final) 14.   Sara Errani (First round) 15.   Carla Suárez Navarro (Second round) 16.   Caroline Wozniacki (Fourth round)

17.   Samantha Stosur (First round) 18.   Sloane Stephens (First round) 19.   Sabine Lisicki (Quarterfinals) 20.   Andrea Petkovic (Third round) 21.   Roberta Vinci (First round) 22.   Ekaterina Makarova (Quarterfinals) 23.   Lucie Šafářová (Semifinals) 24.   Kirsten Flipkens (Third round) 25.   Alizé Cornet (Fourth round) 26.   Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (First round) 27.   Garbiñe Muguruza (First round) 28.   Svetlana Kuznetsova (First round) 29.   Sorana Cîrstea (First round) 30.   Venus Williams (Third round) 31.   Klára Koukalová (Second round) 32.   Elena Vesnina (Second round)

Qualifying

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier WC = Wild Card LL = Lucky Loser

Alt = Alternate SE = Special Exempt PR = Protected Ranking

w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	13	Eugenie Bouchard	6	6
	9	Angelique Kerber	3	4
								13	Eugenie Bouchard	7^7	6
								3	Simona Halep	6^5	2
	3	Simona Halep	6	6
	19	Sabine Lisicki	4	0
															13	Eugenie Bouchard	3	0
															6	Petra Kvitová	6	6
	23	Lucie Šafářová	6	6
	22	Ekaterina Makarova	3	1
								23	Lucie Šafářová	6^6	1
								6	Petra Kvitová	7^8	6
	6	Petra Kvitová	6	7
		Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	1	5

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	1	S Williams	6	6
		A Tatishvili	1	2				1	S Williams	6	6
		C Scheepers	6	6					C Scheepers	1	1
		C McHale	3	3											1	S Williams	6	3	4
		J Jakšić	2	6	5										25	A Cornet	1	6	6
		P Cetkovská	6	4	7				P Cetkovská	4	7	3
		AK Schmiedlová	6	4	2			25	A Cornet	6	5	6
	25	A Cornet	4	6	6																	25	A Cornet	6^5	5
	20	A Petkovic	6	6																		13	E Bouchard	7^7	7
		K Piter	1	4				20	A Petkovic	6	3	6
		I-C Begu	1	6	7				I-C Begu	4	6	1
		V Razzano	6	4	5										20	A Petkovic	3	4
	WC	S Soler Espinosa	6	6											13	E Bouchard	6	6
		O Govortsova	2	3				WC	S Soler Espinosa	5	1
		D Hantuchová	5	5				13	E Bouchard	7	6
	13	E Bouchard	7	7

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	9	A Kerber	6	6
		U Radwańska	2	4				9	A Kerber	6	5	6
		H Watson	6	6					H Watson	2	7	1
		A Tomljanović	3	2											9	A Kerber	3	6	6
		P Martić	0	1											24	K Flipkens	6	3	2
		L Domínguez Lino	6	6					L Domínguez Lino	2	1
	Q	T Paszek	4	7^7	2			24	K Flipkens	6	6
	24	K Flipkens	6	6^3	6																	9	A Kerber	7^7	4	6
	26	A Pavlyuchenkova	6	5	1																	5	M Sharapova	6^4	6	4
		A Riske	4	7	6				A Riske	7	6
		A Cadanţu	1	6^5					C Giorgi	5	2
		C Giorgi	6	7^7												A Riske	3	0
	Q	T Bacsinszky	6	6											5	M Sharapova	6	6
		S Fichman	1	3				Q	T Bacsinszky	2	1
	WC	S Murray	1	0				5	M Sharapova	6	6
	5	M Sharapova	6	6

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	3	S Halep	6	6
		T Pereira	2	2				3	S Halep	6	4	6
		D Pfizenmaier	3	0				Q	L Tsurenko	3	6	4
	Q	L Tsurenko	6	6											3	S Halep	6	6
		B Bencic	2	6	6											B Bencic	4	1
		M Rybáriková	6	3	3				B Bencic	6	7
	Q	V Duval	6	3	6			Q	V Duval	4	5
	29	S Cîrstea	4	6	1																	3	S Halep	6	6
	21	R Vinci	4	6	4																		Z Diyas	3	0
		D Vekić	6	4	6				D Vekić	4	4
	WC	V Zvonareva	6	6^3	9			WC	V Zvonareva	6	6
	WC	T Moore	4	7^7	7										WC	V Zvonareva	6^1	6	3
		Z Diyas	7^7	6												Z Diyas	7^7	3	6
		K Mladenovic	6^4	4					Z Diyas	7^14	5	6
		S Zhang	1	2				15	C Suárez Navarro	6^12	7	2
	15	C Suárez Navarro	6	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	11	A Ivanovic	7^8	6
		F Schiavone	6^6	4				11	A Ivanovic	6	6
		A Beck	1	3					J Zheng	4	0
		J Zheng	6	6											11	A Ivanovic	4	6	1
		Ka Plíšková	6^4	6	10										19	S Lisicki	6	3	6
		K Knapp	7^7	4	8				Ka Plíšková	3	5
		J Glushko	2	1				19	S Lisicki	6	7
	19	S Lisicki	6	6																		19	S Lisicki	6	3	6
	31	K Koukalová	7	6																			Y Shvedova	3	6	4
	WC	T Townsend	5	2				31	K Koukalová	5	7^7	2
		M Keys	6	6					M Keys	7	6^3	6
		M Puig	3	3												M Keys	6^7	6^r
	WC	Kr Plíšková	6	4	6											Y Shvedova	7^9	6
		Y Shvedova	3	6	8				Y Shvedova	6	6^4	6
		K Kanepi	6	6					K Kanepi	3	7^7	2
	7	J Janković	3	2

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	8	V Azarenka	6	7
		M Lučić-Baroni	3	5				8	V Azarenka	3	6	5
		J Larsson	6^2	0					B Jovanovski	6	3	7
		B Jovanovski	7^7	6												B Jovanovski	6	6^5	8
	Q	T Smitková	6	6											Q	T Smitková	4	7^7	10
		S-w Hsieh	3	3				Q	T Smitková	6	7^7
		C Vandeweghe	6	3	7				C Vandeweghe	3	6^4
	27	G Muguruza	3	6	5																	Q	T Smitková	0	2
	23	L Šafářová	7^7	7^7																		23	L Šafářová	6	6
		J Görges	6^3	6^3				23	L Šafářová	7^9	7
		P Hercog	6	6					P Hercog	6^7	5
		P Ormaechea	4	4											23	L Šafářová	6	6
		M Niculescu	5	3											10	D Cibulková	4	2
		A Van Uytvanck	7	6					A Van Uytvanck	6	3	6
	Q	A Wozniak	1	2				10	D Cibulková	3	6	8
	10	D Cibulková	6	6

Section 6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	14	S Errani	6	6^3	5
		C Garcia	2	7^7	7				C Garcia	7	6
		T Pironkova	7^8	2	2				V Lepchenko	5	3
		V Lepchenko	6^6	6	6											C Garcia	5	3
		M Doi	6	6											22	E Makarova	7	6
		E Svitolina	4	1					M Doi	5	4
		K Date-Krumm	6	4	5			22	E Makarova	7	6
	22	E Makarova	3	6	7																	22	E Makarova	6	6
	28	S Kuznetsova	6	3	1																	4	A Radwańska	3	0
	Q	M Larcher de Brito	3	6	6			Q	M Larcher de Brito	6	4	6
		S Vögele	3	6^6				WC	J Gajdošová	3	6	3
	WC	J Gajdošová	6	7^8											Q	M Larcher de Brito	2	0
	Q	A Kontaveit	6	6^4	3										4	A Radwańska	6	6
		C Dellacqua	3	7^7	6				C Dellacqua	4	0
	Q	A Mitu	2	1				4	A Radwańska	6	6
	4	A Radwańska	6	6

Section 7

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	6	P Kvitová	6	6
		A Hlaváčková	3	0				6	P Kvitová	6	6
		M Barthel	7	6					M Barthel	2	0
	PR	R Oprandi	5	0											6	P Kvitová	5	7^7	7
		K Nara	6	6											30	V Williams	7	6^2	5
		A-L Friedsam	4	4					K Nara	6^4	1
		MT Torró Flor	4	6	2			30	V Williams	7^7	6
	30	V Williams	6	4	6																	6	P Kvitová	6	6
	18	S Stephens	2	6^6																			S Peng	3	2
		M Kirilenko	6	7^8					M Kirilenko	0	3
		J Konta	4	6	4				S Peng	6	6
		S Peng	6	3	6											S Peng	0	6	6
		L Davis	6	6												L Davis	6	3	3
		A Kleybanova	1	2					L Davis	6	7^7
		J Čepelová	2	3				12	F Pennetta	4	6^4
	12	F Pennetta	6	6

Section 8

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	16	C Wozniacki	6	6
		S Pe'er	3	0				16	C Wozniacki	6	6
	WC	N Broady	2	7^9	6			WC	N Broady	3	2
		T Babos	6	6^7	0										16	C Wozniacki	6	6
	Q	A Konjuh	6	4	6										Q	A Konjuh	3	0
		M Erakovic	3	6	0			Q	A Konjuh	3	6	6
		Y Wickmayer	6	6					Y Wickmayer	6	2	2
	17	S Stosur	3	4																		16	C Wozniacki	2	5
	32	E Vesnina	6	6																			B Záhlavová-Strýcová	6	7
		P Mayr-Achleitner	0	4				32	E Vesnina	4	2
	Q	A Kudryavtseva	2	2					B Záhlavová-Strýcová	6	6
		B Záhlavová-Strýcová	6	6												B Záhlavová-Strýcová	7^7	7^7
		V King	5	3											2	N Li	6^5	6^5
		Y Meusburger	7	6					Y Meusburger	2	2
	Q	P Kania	5	2				2	N Li	6	6
	2	N Li	7	6

The final

Sixth-seeded Kvitová defeated her compatriot and 23rd-seeded Lucie Šafářová 7–6^(8–6), 6–1 in the first semi-final, while thirteenth-seeded Eugenie Bouchard defeated third-seeded Simona Halep 7–6^(7–5), 6–2 in the other.^[7][8] Bouchard – playing in only her sixth grand slam tournament^[5] – advanced to the final without losing a set,^[9] becoming the first Canadian tennis player to reach the singles final of a grand slam.^[5][10] The title match was the first grand slam final contested between two players born in the 1990s.^[5] In the first set, Kvitová broke in the third game and broke again in the seventh to establish a 5–2 lead. With Kvitová serving for the set, Bouchard broke back, but Kvitová did the same in the following game to take the first set 6–3. The second set saw Kvitová lose only three points on serve as she bagelled Bouchard 6–0.^[5] Only 10 other Wimbledon women singles champions lost "fewer games in the final than Kvitova did".^[11]

The victory gave Kvitová her second Wimbledon title and second Grand Slam title overall.^[5] After the tournament, Bouchard improved to a career-high World No. 7 in the WTA rankings – surpassing Carling Bassett-Seguso's record of being the highest-ranked Canadian woman of all-time – while Kvitová moved up to World No. 4.^[9]

References

1. "Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli retires from tennis". The Daily Telegraph. 15 August 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
2. Isaacson, Melissa (28 June 2014). "A Most Unusual Upset for Serena". ESPNW (ESPN Internet Ventures). Retrieved 6 July 2014.
3. Garber, Greg (28 June 2014). "More major malaise for Li Na". ESPN (ESPN Internet Ventures). Retrieved 6 July 2014.
4. Rothenberg, Ben (18 September 2014). "Li Na, Two-Time Major Winner, Is Retiring With Knee Woes". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
5. Newbery, Piers (5 July 2014). "Petra Kvitova thrashes Eugenie Bouchard in final". BBC Sport (BBC). Retrieved 6 July 2014.
6. Newbery, Piers (5 July 2014). "Petra Kvitova inspired by 'fan' Navratilova". BBC Sport (BBC). Retrieved 6 July 2014.
7. Newbery, Piers (3 July 2014). "Petra Kvitova beats Lucie Safarova in semi-final". BBC Sport (BBC). Retrieved 6 July 2014.
8. "Halep injured in Wimbledon semi". Retrieved 20 May 2015.
9. "Kvitova Re-conquers Wimbledon". WTA Tour. 5 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
10. "Eugenie Bouchard reaches Wimbledon final". CBC Sports (CBC). 3 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
11. "Petra Kvitova wins Wimbledon title". ESPN (ESPN Internet Ventures). Associated Press. 5 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.

External links

• Wimbledon.com – News, Schedule, Results
• Main draw