2018 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

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] The competition was contested by all but one of the top 20 male players at the time. Incidentally, this was the first and only time that an incumbent President and Vice President of the ATP Player Council faced each other in a final.[citation needed]

Men's singles
2018 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionSerbia Novak Djokovic
Runner-upSouth Africa Kevin Anderson
Score6–2, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Details
Draw128 (16 Q / 4 WC )
Seeds32
Events
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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.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6]

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).[7] The 2018 semifinals were the longest two semifinals in Wimbledon history.[8]

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).[9] Anderson held a total of five set points in the third set of the championship match, but was unable to force a fourth set.[10]

Seeds

All seedings per modified ATP rankings.[11]

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

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
                     
1 Roger Federer6775411
8 Kevin Anderson2657613
8 Kevin Anderson786569626
9 John Isner6677711424
13 Milos Raonic776743
9 John Isner627966
8 Kevin Anderson2263
12 Novak Djokovic6677
12 Novak Djokovic6366
24 Kei Nishikori3622
12 Novak Djokovic63711310
2 Rafael Nadal466968
5 Juan Martín del Potro579644
2 Rafael Nadal767466

Top half

Section 1

First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round
1 R Federer666
D Lajović1341 R Federer666
L Lacko46776 L Lacko441
Q B Bonzi636541 R Federer676
I Karlović47796 J-L Struff352
M Youzhny65673 I Karlović776646411
J-L Struff36577776 J-L Struff653777713
32 L Mayer677656511 R Federer676
22 A Mannarino6177622 A Mannarino054
Q C Garín3664222 A Mannarino7777
R Harrison666 R Harrison5564
R Carballés Baena14222 A Mannarino66456
G Garcia López666 D Medvedev43673
G Elias242 G García López342
D Medvedev7866 D Medvedev666
16 B Ćorić6622

Section 2

First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round
11 S Querrey666
J Thompson24311 S Querrey7766
WC S Stakhovsky66516WC S Stakhovsky6433
J Sousa3376411 S Querrey7442
L Đere617724 G Monfils5666
P Lorenzi776366 P Lorenzi636563
G Monfils7876 G Monfils367777
23 R Gasquet6654 G Monfils6462764
25 P Kohlschreiber6678 K Anderson7777577
E Donskoy24525 P Kohlschreiber787777
G Müller747936 G Müller666463
LL M Mmoh56676125 P Kohlschreiber355
Q J-P Smith2418 K Anderson677
A Seppi666 A Seppi37734
Q N Gombos3448 K Anderson66566
8 K Anderson666

Section 3

First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round
3 M Čilić666
PR Y Nishioka1443 M Čilić664635
Q J Kubler45663 G Pella316777
G Pella67477 G Pella4466
R Berankis666366 M McDonald6678
M McDonald478678 M McDonald7753611
N Jarry63776 N Jarry657629
28 F Krajinović36654 M McDonald34772
17 L Pouille662613 M Raonic66656
WC D Kudla336317 L Pouille4271062
LL P Polansky2367Q D Novak666836
Q D Novak6679Q D Novak65652
J Millman6667613 M Raonic77476
Q S Travaglia78352 J Millman646464
WC L Broady50113 M Raonic777777
13 M Raonic766

Section 4

First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round
9 J Isner6777
Q Y Maden26459 J Isner6666637
S Johnson536776Q R Bemelmans1478775
Q R Bemelmans7646089 J Isner666
A Bedene477776 R Albot334
C Norrie664644 A Bedene266373
R Albot366566 R Albot647756
20 P Carreño Busta6077219 J Isner671077
31 S Tsitsipas6663731 S Tsitsipas46864
Q G Barrère3477531 S Tsitsipas66346
M Jaziri6531 J Donaldson32663
J Donaldson776631 S Tsitsipas666
Y Bhambri6332Q T Fabbiano214
Q T Fabbiano2666Q T Fabbiano79678
S Wawrinka177776 S Wawrinka67366
6 G Dimitrov663654

Bottom half

Section 5

First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round
7 D Thiem450r
M Baghdatis672 M Baghdatis346775
D Ferrer16365 K Khachanov663647
K Khachanov67737 K Khachanov447766
J Benneteau776 F Tiafoe666321
M Fucsovics553 J Benneteau6342
F Tiafoe787736 F Tiafoe4666
30 F Verdasco666563 K Khachanov422
21 K Edmund66712 N Djokovic666
Q A Bolt23521 K Edmund6776
Y Sugita66622Q B Klahn4602
Q B Klahn2786621 K Edmund6324
G Andreozzi6614412 N Djokovic4666
H Zeballos47766 H Zeballos123
T Sandgren31212 N Djokovic666
12 N Djokovic666

Section 6

First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round
15 N Kyrgios7777656
D Istomin636477315 N Kyrgios667
M Copil605664 R Haase345
R Haase77747715 N Kyrgios1634
LL B Tomic667724 K Nishikori6776
LL H Hurkacz4262LL B Tomic63675
Q C Harrison2663224 K Nishikori26797
24 K Nishikori6477624 K Nishikori4777126
27 D Džumhur666Q E Gulbis6656101
M Marterer32427 D Džumhur64363
Q E Gulbis467736Q E Gulbis26616
WC J Clarke636364Q E Gulbis774566
LL L Sonego63224 A Zverev626730
T Fritz3666 T Fritz477712
PR J Duckworth5204 A Zverev656066
4 A Zverev766

Section 7

First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round
5 JM del Potro666
P Gojowczyk3435 JM del Potro666
F López666 F López412
F Delbonis3425 JM del Potro6776
B Paire7776 B Paire4643
LL J Jung5614 B Paire06677
J Chardy365426 D Shapovalov62463
26 D Shapovalov63765 JM del Potro7777577
18 J Sock7777452 G Simon6165765
M Berrettini6563676 M Berrettini3642
G Simon6776 G Simon6776
N Basilashvili1651 G Simon663677
A Ramos Viñolas6521 M Ebden177362
Q S Robert7766Q S Robert36561
M Ebden666 M Ebden67746
10 D Goffin434

Section 8

First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round
14 D Schwartzman666
M Bašić32114 D Schwartzman3463
J Veselý77646 J Veselý6677
F Mayer63461 J Veselý77366
P Cuevas6566119 F Fognini64632
LL S Bolelli77786LL S Bolelli341
T Daniel633319 F Fognini666
19 F Fognini3666 J Veselý334
29 M Cecchinato4786542 R Nadal666
A de Minaur666776 A de Minaur66876
P-H Herbert666 P-H Herbert271053
M Zverev434 A de Minaur124
V Pospisil46232 R Nadal666
M Kukushkin6366 M Kukushkin434
D Sela3322 R Nadal666
2 R Nadal666

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