2018 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
2018 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Novak Djokovic
Runner-up	Kevin Anderson
Score	6–2, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Details
Draw	128 (16 Q / 4 WC )
Seeds	32
Events

Novak Djokovic defeated Kevin Anderson in the final, 6–2, 6–2, 7–6^(7–3) to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships. It was his fourth Wimbledon title and 13th major title overall, passing Roy Emerson to outright fourth place on the all time men's singles major wins list.^[1] The win was also Djokovic's first title in over 12 months, his previous win having been at Eastbourne on July 1, 2017, and returned him to the top 10 in the rankings.^[2]^[3] Djokovic was the lowest-ranked player to win Wimbledon since Goran Ivanišević in 2001.^[4]

Roger Federer was the defending champion and top seed, but lost in the quarterfinals to Anderson despite leading by two sets and having a match point in the third set. Rafael Nadal and Federer were in contention for the world No. 1 singles ranking; Nadal retained the top ranking by reaching the fourth round.

Stan Wawrinka was attempting to complete the career grand slam, but he lost to Thomas Fabbiano in the second round.

Progress of the competition

Roger Federer was the defending champion and top seed. Federer and Rafael Nadal were in contention for the ATP No. 1 ranking at the start of the tournament. Former champion and local favourite Andy Murray announced on the day before the tournament began that he was pulling out because he was not fully recovered from hip surgery. His place was taken by "lucky loser" Jason Jung.^[5]

2017 finalist and no. 3 seed Marin Čilić went out in the second round of the tournament, defeated by Guido Pella of Argentina. Čilić had been two sets up when rain stopped play, but had difficulty coping with the conditions after play was resumed, and complained to the umpire about the state of the grass. The following morning, when they returned to continue the match, Pella won in five sets.^[6]

Feliciano López made his 66th consecutive Grand Slam main draw appearance, surpassing the previous record of 65 consecutive appearances he jointly held with Federer. López was defeated in the second round by no 5 seed Juan Martín del Potro.^[7]

Nadal retained his top ranking by reaching the semifinal. Federer lost in the quarterfinals to Kevin Anderson despite leading by two sets to love and having a match point in the third set. The semifinal match between Anderson and John Isner, lasting 6 hours 36 minutes, was the second longest men's singles match at Wimbledon and the third longest men's singles match in tennis history. Isner has thus played in the two longest matches in Wimbledon history (the other one being the record-holding 2010 match against Nicolas Mahut).^[8] The 2018 semifinals were the longest two semifinals in Wimbledon history.^[9]

Anderson became the first man representing South Africa to reach the Wimbledon men's singles final since Brian Norton in 1921 (South African-born Kevin Curren represented the United States when he was a finalist in 1985).^[10] Anderson held a total of five set points in the third set of the championship match, but was unable to force a fourth set.^[11]

Seeds

All seedings per modified ATP rankings.^[12]

01.

Roger Federer (quarterfinals)

02.

Rafael Nadal (semifinals)

03.

Marin Čilić (second round)

04.

Alexander Zverev (third round)

05.

Juan Martín del Potro (quarterfinals)

06.

Grigor Dimitrov (first round)

07.

Dominic Thiem (first round, retired)

08.

Kevin Anderson (final)

09.

John Isner (semifinals)

10.

David Goffin (first round)

11.

Sam Querrey (third round)

12.

Novak Djokovic (champion)

13.

Milos Raonic (quarterfinals)

14.

Diego Schwartzman (second round)

15.

Nick Kyrgios (third round)

16.

Borna Ćorić (first round)

17.

Lucas Pouille (second round)

18.

Jack Sock (first round)

19.

Fabio Fognini (third round)

20.

Pablo Carreño Busta (first round)

21.

Kyle Edmund (third round)

22.

Adrian Mannarino (fourth round)

23.

Richard Gasquet (first round)

24.

Kei Nishikori (quarterfinals)

25.

Philipp Kohlschreiber (third round)

26.

Denis Shapovalov (second round)

27.

Damir Džumhur (second round)

28.

Filip Krajinović (first round)

29.

Marco Cecchinato (first round)

30.

Fernando Verdasco (first round)

31.

Stefanos Tsitsipas (fourth round)

32.

Leonardo Mayer (first round)

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

Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final

1	Roger Federer	6	7⁷	5	4	11

8	Kevin Anderson	2	6⁵	7	6	13
							8	Kevin Anderson	7⁸	6⁵	6⁹	6	26

							9	John Isner	6⁶	7⁷	7¹¹	4	24
13	Milos Raonic	7⁷	6⁷	4	3

9	John Isner	6²	7⁹	6	6
														8	Kevin Anderson	2	2	6³

														12	Novak Djokovic	6	6	7⁷
12	Novak Djokovic	6	3	6	6

24	Kei Nishikori	3	6	2	2
							12	Novak Djokovic	6	3	7¹¹	3	10

							2	Rafael Nadal	4	6	6⁹	6	8
5	Juan Martín del Potro	5	7⁹	6	4	4

2	Rafael Nadal	7	6⁷	4	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round

1	R Federer	6	6	6
	D Lajović	1	3	4			1	R Federer	6	6	6
	L Lacko	4	6	7⁷	6			L Lacko	4	4	1
Q	B Bonzi	6	3	6⁵	4									1	R Federer	6	7	6
	I Karlović	4	7	7⁹	6										J-L Struff	3	5	2
	M Youzhny	6	5	6⁷	3			I Karlović	7⁷	6	6⁴	6⁴	11
	J-L Struff	3	6⁵	7⁷	7⁷	6		J-L Struff	6⁵	3	7⁷	7⁷	13
32	L Mayer	6	7⁷	6⁵	6⁵	1															1	R Federer	6	7	6
22	A Mannarino	6	1	7⁷	6																22	A Mannarino	0	5	4
Q	C Garín	3	6	6⁴	2		22	A Mannarino	7	7	7⁷
	R Harrison	6	6	6				R Harrison	5	5	6⁴
	R Carballés Baena	1	4	2										22	A Mannarino	6	6	4	5	6
	G Garcia López	6	6	6											D Medvedev	4	3	6	7	3
	G Elias	2	4	2				G García López	3	4	2
	D Medvedev	7⁸	6	6				D Medvedev	6	6	6
16	B Ćorić	6⁶	2	2

Section 2

First round							Second round						Third round						Fourth round

11	S Querrey	6	6	6
	J Thompson	2	4	3			11	S Querrey	7⁷	6	6
WC	S Stakhovsky	6	6	5	1	6	WC	S Stakhovsky	6⁴	3	3
	J Sousa	3	3	7	6	4							11	S Querrey	7	4	4	2
	L Đere	6¹	7⁷	2	4									G Monfils	5	6	6	6
	P Lorenzi	7⁷	6³	6	6			P Lorenzi	6	3	6⁵	6³
	G Monfils	7⁸	7	6				G Monfils	3	6	7⁷	7⁷
23	R Gasquet	6⁶	5	4																G Monfils	6⁴	6²	7	6⁴
25	P Kohlschreiber	6	6	7															8	K Anderson	7⁷	7⁷	5	7⁷
	E Donskoy	2	4	5			25	P Kohlschreiber	7⁸	7⁷	7⁷
	G Müller	7	4	7⁹	3	6		G Müller	6⁶	6⁴	6³
LL	M Mmoh	5	6	6⁷	6	1							25	P Kohlschreiber	3	5	5
Q	J-P Smith	2	4	1									8	K Anderson	6	7	7
	A Seppi	6	6	6				A Seppi	3	7⁷	3	4
Q	N Gombos	3	4	4			8	K Anderson	6	6⁵	6	6
8	K Anderson	6	6	6

Section 3

First round						Second round							Third round						Fourth round

3	M Čilić	6	6	6
PR	Y Nishioka	1	4	4		3	M Čilić	6	6	4	6³	5
Q	J Kubler	4	5	6	6³		G Pella	3	1	6	7⁷	7
	G Pella	6	7	4	7⁷									G Pella	4	4	6⁶
	R Berankis	6	6⁶	3	6⁶									M McDonald	6	6	7⁸
	M McDonald	4	7⁸	6	7⁸		M McDonald	7⁷	5	3	6	11
	N Jarry	6	3	7⁷	6		N Jarry	6⁵	7	6	2	9
28	F Krajinović	3	6	6⁵	4															M McDonald	3	4	7⁷	2
17	L Pouille	6	6	2	6														13	M Raonic	6	6	6⁵	6
WC	D Kudla	3	3	6	3	17	L Pouille	4	2	7¹⁰	6	2
LL	P Polansky	2	3	6⁷		Q	D Novak	6	6	6⁸	3	6
Q	D Novak	6	6	7⁹									Q	D Novak	6⁵	6	5	2
	J Millman	6⁶	6	7	6								13	M Raonic	7⁷	4	7	6
Q	S Travaglia	7⁸	3	5	2		J Millman	6⁴	6⁴	6⁴
WC	L Broady	5	0	1		13	M Raonic	7⁷	7⁷	7⁷
13	M Raonic	7	6	6

Section 4

First round							Second round							Third round					Fourth round

9	J Isner	6	7⁷	7
Q	Y Maden	2	6⁴	5			9	J Isner	6	6	6⁶	6³	7
	S Johnson	5	3	6	7⁷	6	Q	R Bemelmans	1	4	7⁸	7⁷	5
Q	R Bemelmans	7	6	4	6⁰	8								9	J Isner	6	6	6
	A Bedene	4	7⁷	7⁷	6										R Albot	3	3	4
	C Norrie	6	6⁴	6⁴	4			A Bedene	2	6	6³	7	3
	R Albot	3	6	6⁵	6	6		R Albot	6	4	7⁷	5	6
20	P Carreño Busta	6	0	7⁷	2	1													9	J Isner	6	7¹⁰	7⁷
31	S Tsitsipas	6	6	6³	7														31	S Tsitsipas	4	6⁸	6⁴
Q	G Barrère	3	4	7⁷	5		31	S Tsitsipas	6	6	3	4	6
	M Jaziri	6⁵	3	1				J Donaldson	3	2	6	6	3
	J Donaldson	7⁷	6	6										31	S Tsitsipas	6	6	6
	Y Bhambri	6	3	3	2									Q	T Fabbiano	2	1	4
Q	T Fabbiano	2	6	6	6		Q	T Fabbiano	7⁹	6	7⁸
	S Wawrinka	1	7⁷	7⁷	6			S Wawrinka	6⁷	3	6⁶
6	G Dimitrov	6	6³	6⁵	4

Bottom half

Section 5

First round						Second round							Third round							Fourth round

7	D Thiem	4	5	0^r
	M Baghdatis	6	7	2			M Baghdatis	3	4	6	7⁷	5
	D Ferrer	1	6³	6	5		K Khachanov	6	6	3	6⁴	7
	K Khachanov	6	7⁷	3	7									K Khachanov	4	4	7⁷	6	6
	J Benneteau	7	7	6										F Tiafoe	6	6	6³	2	1
	M Fucsovics	5	5	3			J Benneteau	6	3	4	2
	F Tiafoe	7⁸	7⁷	3	6		F Tiafoe	4	6	6	6
30	F Verdasco	6⁶	6⁵	6	3																K Khachanov	4	2	2
21	K Edmund	6	6	7																12	N Djokovic	6	6	6
Q	A Bolt	2	3	5		21	K Edmund	6	7⁷	6
	Y Sugita	6	6⁶	2	2	Q	B Klahn	4	6⁰	2
Q	B Klahn	2	7⁸	6	6								21	K Edmund	6	3	2	4
	G Andreozzi	6	6¹	4	4								12	N Djokovic	4	6	6	6
	H Zeballos	4	7⁷	6	6		H Zeballos	1	2	3
	T Sandgren	3	1	2		12	N Djokovic	6	6	6
12	N Djokovic	6	6	6

Section 6

First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round

15	N Kyrgios	7⁷	7⁷	6⁵	6
	D Istomin	6³	6⁴	7⁷	3		15	N Kyrgios	6	6	7
	M Copil	6⁰	5	6	6⁴			R Haase	3	4	5
	R Haase	7⁷	7	4	7⁷									15	N Kyrgios	1	6³	4
LL	B Tomic	6	6	7⁷										24	K Nishikori	6	7⁷	6
LL	H Hurkacz	4	2	6²			LL	B Tomic	6	3	6⁷	5
Q	C Harrison	2	6	6³	2		24	K Nishikori	2	6	7⁹	7
24	K Nishikori	6	4	7⁷	6																24	K Nishikori	4	7⁷	7¹²	6
27	D Džumhur	6	6	6																	Q	E Gulbis	6	6⁵	6¹⁰	1
	M Marterer	3	2	4			27	D Džumhur	6	4	3	6	3
Q	E Gulbis	4	6	7⁷	3	6	Q	E Gulbis	2	6	6	1	6
WC	J Clarke	6	3	6³	6	4								Q	E Gulbis	7⁷	4	5	6	6
LL	L Sonego	6	3	2	2									4	A Zverev	6²	6	7	3	0
	T Fritz	3	6	6	6			T Fritz	4	7	7⁷	1	2
PR	J Duckworth	5	2	0			4	A Zverev	6	5	6⁰	6	6
4	A Zverev	7	6	6

Section 7

First round							Second round						Third round						Fourth round

5	JM del Potro	6	6	6
	P Gojowczyk	3	4	3			5	JM del Potro	6	6	6
	F López	6	6	6				F López	4	1	2
	F Delbonis	3	4	2									5	JM del Potro	6	7⁷	6
	B Paire	7	7⁷	6										B Paire	4	6⁴	3
LL	J Jung	5	6¹	4				B Paire	0	6	6	7⁷
	J Chardy	3	6	5	4		26	D Shapovalov	6	2	4	6³
26	D Shapovalov	6	3	7	6														5	JM del Potro	7⁷	7⁷	5	7⁷
18	J Sock	7⁷	7⁷	4	5	2														G Simon	6¹	6⁵	7	6⁵
	M Berrettini	6⁵	6³	6	7	6		M Berrettini	3	6⁴	2
	G Simon	6	7⁷	6				G Simon	6	7⁷	6
	N Basilashvili	1	6⁵	1										G Simon	6	6³	6	7⁷
	A Ramos Viñolas	6⁵	2	1										M Ebden	1	7⁷	3	6²
Q	S Robert	7⁷	6	6			Q	S Robert	3	6⁵	6	1
	M Ebden	6	6	6				M Ebden	6	7⁷	4	6
10	D Goffin	4	3	4

Section 8

First round						Second round						Third round						Fourth round

14	D Schwartzman	6	6	6
	M Bašić	3	2	1		14	D Schwartzman	3	4	6³
	J Veselý	7⁷	6	4	6		J Veselý	6	6	7⁷
	F Mayer	6³	4	6	1								J Veselý	7⁷	3	6	6
	P Cuevas	6⁵	6⁶	1								19	F Fognini	6⁴	6	3	2
LL	S Bolelli	7⁷	7⁸	6		LL	S Bolelli	3	4	1
	T Daniel	6	3	3	3	19	F Fognini	6	6	6
19	F Fognini	3	6	6	6														J Veselý	3	3	4
29	M Cecchinato	4	7⁸	6⁵	4													2	R Nadal	6	6	6
	A de Minaur	6	6⁶	7⁷	6		A de Minaur	6	6⁸	7	6
	P-H Herbert	6	6	6			P-H Herbert	2	7¹⁰	5	3
	M Zverev	4	3	4									A de Minaur	1	2	4
	V Pospisil	4	6	2	3							2	R Nadal	6	6	6
	M Kukushkin	6	3	6	6		M Kukushkin	4	3	4
	D Sela	3	3	2		2	R Nadal	6	6	6
2	R Nadal	6	6	6

References

^ Reynolds, Julia (22 November 2021). "Most Wimbledon Titles - Who Has The Most Men's Wimbledon Wins?". 888 Sport. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
^ Jurejko, Jonathan (15 July 2018). "Novak Djokovic wins fourth Wimbledon by beating Kevin Anderson". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
^ "Novak Djokovic seals fourth Wimbledon title in final stroll over Kevin Anderson". Guardian. 15 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
^ "Djokovic wins fourth Wimbledon title and 13th major". France 24. 15 July 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
^ "Andy Murray: Two-time champion withdraws from Wimbledon". BBC. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
^ Jacob Steinberg (5 July 2018). "Marin Cilic falls to shock defeat at Wimbledon after Pella match resumes". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
^ "Tennis: Del Potro shows his form in three-set Wimbledon romp past Lopez". The Straits Times. 5 July 2018.
^ "In 6:36 epic, Kevin Anderson beats John Isner to reach Wimbledon final".
^ Quarrell, Dan (14 July 2018). "Novak Djokovic pips Rafael Nadal in second longest Wimbledon semi-final ever". Eurosport. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
^ "Anderson Wins 26-24 In Fifth Set, Reaches Wimbledon Final". atpworldtour.com. 13 July 2018.
^ "Djoker back to mountaintop via Wimbledon win". 15 July 2018.
^ "Wimbledon ranking formula". 27 June 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2021.

External links

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[1] Reynolds, Julia (22 November 2021). "Most Wimbledon Titles - Who Has The Most Men's Wimbledon Wins?". 888 Sport. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

[2] Jurejko, Jonathan (15 July 2018). "Novak Djokovic wins fourth Wimbledon by beating Kevin Anderson". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 July 2018.

[3] "Novak Djokovic seals fourth Wimbledon title in final stroll over Kevin Anderson". Guardian. 15 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.

[4] "Djokovic wins fourth Wimbledon title and 13th major". France 24. 15 July 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2024.

[5] "Andy Murray: Two-time champion withdraws from Wimbledon". BBC. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.

[6] Jacob Steinberg (5 July 2018). "Marin Cilic falls to shock defeat at Wimbledon after Pella match resumes". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 July 2018.

[7] "Tennis: Del Potro shows his form in three-set Wimbledon romp past Lopez". The Straits Times. 5 July 2018.

[8] "In 6:36 epic, Kevin Anderson beats John Isner to reach Wimbledon final".

[9] Quarrell, Dan (14 July 2018). "Novak Djokovic pips Rafael Nadal in second longest Wimbledon semi-final ever". Eurosport. Retrieved 15 July 2018.

[10] "Anderson Wins 26-24 In Fifth Set, Reaches Wimbledon Final". atpworldtour.com. 13 July 2018.

[11] "Djoker back to mountaintop via Wimbledon win". 15 July 2018.

[12] "Wimbledon ranking formula". 27 June 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2021.

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