2014 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

2011 champion Petra Kvitová defeated Eugenie Bouchard in the final in straight sets, 6–3, 6–0 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships.[1] The final lasted only 55 minutes, the fifth-shortest women's singles final in Wimbledon history in terms of time elapsed. Bouchard had not lost a set prior to the final and was the betting favorite to win.[2][3] Marion Bartoli was the reigning champion, but retired from professional tennis in August 2013.[4] Kvitová dropped only one set the entire tournament, to Venus Williams in the third round.

Women's Singles
2014 Wimbledon Championships
Champion Petra Kvitová
Runner-up Eugenie Bouchard
Final score6–3, 6–0
Draw128 (12Q / 8WC)
Seeds32
Main article: 2014 Wimbledon Championships

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. This marked the first time in the Open era that neither of the top two seeds reached the fourth round of Wimbledon. Five-time Wimbledon champion Williams' defeat to 25th-seeded Alizé Cornet equalled her earliest exit from the tournament (she lost at the same stage in 1998 and 2005).[5] Li fell to unseeded Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, which would be Li's final professional tennis match before she announced her retirement almost three months later.[6][7]

The final

Sixth-seeded Kvitová defeated her compatriot and 23rd-seeded Lucie Šafářová, 7–6(8–6), 6–1 in the first semifinal, while 13th-seeded Eugenie Bouchard defeated third-seeded Simona Halep, 7–6(7–5), 6–2 in the other.[8][9] Bouchard, playing in only her sixth grand slam tournament, advanced to the final without losing a set, becoming the first Canadian tennis player to reach the singles final of a grand slam.[2][10][2][11] The title match was the first grand slam final contested between two players born in the 1990s.[2] 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.[2] Only 10 other Wimbledon women singles champions lost "fewer games in the final than Kvitova did".[12]

The victory gave Kvitová her second Wimbledon title and second Grand Slam title overall.[2] 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.[10]

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)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Qualifying
Main article: 2014 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
13 Eugenie Bouchard 6 6
9 Angelique Kerber 3 4
13 Eugenie Bouchard 77 6
3 Simona Halep 65 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 66 1
6 Petra Kvitová 78 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 65 5
20 A Petkovic 6 6 13 E Bouchard 77 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 77 2 24 K Flipkens 6 6
24 K Flipkens 6 63 6 9 A Kerber 77 4 6
26 A Pavlyuchenkova 6 5 1 5 M Sharapova 64 6 4
A Riske 4 7 6 A Riske 7 6
A Cadanțu 1 65 C Giorgi 5 2
C Giorgi 6 77 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 63 9 WC V Zvonareva 6 6
WC T Moore 4 77 7 WC V Zvonareva 61 6 3
Z Diyas 77 6 Z Diyas 77 3 6
K Mladenovic 64 4 Z Diyas 714 5 6
S Zhang 1 2 15 C Suárez Navarro 612 7 2
15 C Suárez Navarro 6 6

Section 4
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
11 A Ivanovic 78 6
F Schiavone 66 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 64 6 10 19 S Lisicki 6 3 6
K Knapp 77 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 77 2
M Keys 6 6 M Keys 7 63 6
M Puig 3 3 M Keys 67 6r
WC Kr Plíšková 6 4 6 Y Shvedova 79 6
Y Shvedova 3 6 8 Y Shvedova 6 64 6
K Kanepi 6 6 K Kanepi 3 77 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 62 0 B Jovanovski 6 3 7
B Jovanovski 77 6 B Jovanovski 6 65 8
Q T Smitková 6 6 Q T Smitková 4 77 10
S-w Hsieh 3 3 Q T Smitková 6 77
C Vandeweghe 6 3 7 C Vandeweghe 3 64
27 G Muguruza 3 6 5 Q T Smitková 0 2
23 L Šafářová 77 77 23 L Šafářová 6 6
J Görges 63 63 23 L Šafářová 79 7
P Hercog 6 6 P Hercog 67 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 63 5
C Garcia 2 77 7 C Garcia 7 6
T Pironkova 78 2 2 V Lepchenko 5 3
V Lepchenko 66 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 66 WC J Gajdošová 3 6 3
WC J Gajdošová 6 78 Q M Larcher de Brito 2 0
Q A Kontaveit 6 64 3 4 A Radwańska 6 6
C Dellacqua 3 77 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
R Oprandi 5 0 6 P Kvitová 5 77 7
K Nara 6 6 30 V Williams 7 62 5
A-L Friedsam 4 4 K Nara 64 1
MT Torró Flor 4 6 2 30 V Williams 77 6
30 V Williams 6 4 6 6 P Kvitová 6 6
18 S Stephens 2 66 S Peng 3 2
M Kirilenko 6 78 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 77
J Čepelová 2 3 12 F Pennetta 4 64
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 79 6 WC N Broady 3 2
T Babos 6 67 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 77 77
V King 5 3 2 N Li 65 65
Y Meusburger 7 6 Y Meusburger 2 2
Q P Kania 5 2 2 N Li 6 6
2 N Li 7 6

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