# 2024 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles
The 2024 [Wimbledon Championships](https://www.edgepedia.org/wimbledon-championships) women's singles event, played on grass at the [All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club](https://www.edgepedia.org/all-england-lawn-tennis-and-croquet-club) from 1 to 14 July 2024, was won by 31st-seeded Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic, who defeated seventh-seeded Jasmine Paolini of Italy 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 in the final on [Centre Court](https://www.edgepedia.org/centre-court) on 13 July[1](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4057719/krejcikova-overcomes-paolini-in-three-sets-for-wimbledon-crown) • [2](https://www.wtatennis.com/tournaments/904/wimbledon/2024). It was Krejcikova's first Wimbledon title and her second Grand Slam singles title, after the 2021 French Open[1](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4057719/krejcikova-overcomes-paolini-in-three-sets-for-wimbledon-crown). The 128-player draw produced a series of upsets, including a first-round defeat for defending champion Marketa Vondrousova[3](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/c7289p372qvo).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Champion | Barbora Krejcikova (CZE), 31st seed, ranked No. 32[1](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4057719/krejcikova-overcomes-paolini-in-three-sets-for-wimbledon-crown) |
| Final | Krejcikova d. Jasmine Paolini (ITA) [7], 6-2, 2-6, 6-4, on 13 July 2024, lasting 1 hour 56 minutes[1](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4057719/krejcikova-overcomes-paolini-in-three-sets-for-wimbledon-crown) |
| Ranking note | Krejcikova is the second-lowest-ranked player to win the Wimbledon women's singles title since the WTA rankings began in 1975[1](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4057719/krejcikova-overcomes-paolini-in-three-sets-for-wimbledon-crown) |
| Czech streak | Fourth Czech Open Era champion, after Jana Novotna (1998), Petra Kvitova, and Marketa Vondrousova (2023)[1](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4057719/krejcikova-overcomes-paolini-in-three-sets-for-wimbledon-crown) |
| Runner-up | Paolini also lost the 2024 French Open final, joining five Open Era women who lost both finals in the same year[4](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4056608/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-2024-wimbledon-final) |
| Early shock | Defending champion Vondrousova [6] lost in round one to Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6-4, 6-2[3](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/c7289p372qvo) |
| Prize money | Record £50 million total fund (about $64 million); singles champions each received £2.7 million ($3.45 million)[5](https://apnews.com/article/b126d5ae1cda26128cb08ab19be27f7a) |
## The final
Krejcikova dominated the opening set. She won 10 of the first 11 points, broke Paolini's serve twice in a 35-minute first set, and did not face a break point herself, while Paolini committed 10 unforced errors against Krejcikova's 10 winners[1](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4057719/krejcikova-overcomes-paolini-in-three-sets-for-wimbledon-crown).
The second set reversed quickly. Paolini converted her first break point of the match to lead 2-0 and broke Krejcikova twice more, taking the set as Krejcikova's unforced errors rose to 14 against Paolini's eight winners[1](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4057719/krejcikova-overcomes-paolini-in-three-sets-for-wimbledon-crown).
In the third set both players settled into their most consistent tennis. With Paolini serving at 3-all, Krejcikova converted her second break point of the game when Paolini double-faulted, and held the lead to the end[1](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4057719/krejcikova-overcomes-paolini-in-three-sets-for-wimbledon-crown). Paolini fought off two match points, one on a backhand error by Krejcikova, before Krejcikova closed the match with a deep, unreturnable serve[1](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4057719/krejcikova-overcomes-paolini-in-three-sets-for-wimbledon-crown) • [6](https://www.the-independent.com/sport/tennis/barbora-krejcikova-wimbledon-jasmine-paolini-novotna-b2579299.html). Krejcikova finished with 28 winners and 37 unforced errors[1](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4057719/krejcikova-overcomes-paolini-in-three-sets-for-wimbledon-crown).
The victory carried personal meaning. Krejcikova's late mentor, Jana Novotna, won the 1998 Wimbledon title, and Krejcikova said that delivering a letter to Novotna during her illness had changed her tennis life; she wept when the interviewer [Annabel Croft](https://www.edgepedia.org/annabel-croft) raised Novotna's name after the match[6](https://www.the-independent.com/sport/tennis/barbora-krejcikova-wimbledon-jasmine-paolini-novotna-b2579299.html). She called it "the best day of my tennis career and the best day of my life"[1](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4057719/krejcikova-overcomes-paolini-in-three-sets-for-wimbledon-crown).
## Krejcikova's path to the title
Krejcikova arrived at Wimbledon out of form. A back injury limited her to a 7-9 win-loss record for the season entering the tournament, and she equaled that seven wins in her two-week title run[1](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4057719/krejcikova-overcomes-paolini-in-three-sets-for-wimbledon-crown). Seeded 31st of the 32 seeded players, she survived a three-set second round against [Katie Volynets](https://www.edgepedia.org/katie-volynets), 7-6(4), 6-7(1), 7-5[7](https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/2024_LS_draw.pdf).
Her late-round opponents were all former or current major forces. She beat 13th-seeded 2017 [French Open](https://www.edgepedia.org/french-open) champion Jelena Ostapenko in the quarterfinals, then came from a set down to defeat fourth-seeded 2022 champion [Elena Rybakina](https://www.edgepedia.org/elena-rybakina) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the semifinals[8](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/cqv53y38z07o) • [9](https://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2024/07/13/barbora-krejcikova-maitrise-jasmine-paolini-et-remporte-son-premier-wimbledon-en-simple_6249686_3242.html). In the final she faced a top-10 opponent for only the second time in 2024, the other being [Aryna Sabalenka](https://www.edgepedia.org/aryna-sabalenka) at the Australian Open[10](https://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/matchnotes/2024/904_11.pdf).
## Paolini's breakthrough season
Paolini reached the final without having won a main-draw match at Wimbledon before July 2024[11](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/c978jmrj2j6o). Her semifinal against unseeded Donna Vekic lasted 2 hours 51 minutes, the longest women's singles semifinal in Wimbledon history, and she won it 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(10-8)[11](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/c978jmrj2j6o).
The final made Paolini the runner-up at both the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year. During the Open Era, only five other women had dropped both championship matches in a single season: Evonne Goolagong in 1972, [Chris Evert](https://www.edgepedia.org/chris-evert) in 1973 and again in 1984, Olga Morozova in 1974, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in 1995 and again in 1996, and [Venus Williams](https://www.edgepedia.org/venus-williams) in 2002.[4](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4056608/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-2024-wimbledon-final)
## Upsets and notable results
The draw opened with a shock on Centre Court. Defending champion Vondrousova, who in 2023 had become the first unseeded player to win the women's singles trophy, lost her first-round match to Spain's Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6-4, 6-2 in 67 minutes, riddled with unforced errors and double faults[3](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/c7289p372qvo) • [12](https://as.com/tenis/wimbledon/bouzas-destrona-a-la-campeona-n/). It was the first time since 1994, when [Steffi Graf](https://www.edgepedia.org/steffi-graf) lost to Lori McNeil, that the women's defending champion had lost in the first round at Wimbledon[3](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/c7289p372qvo).
Other results reshaped the draw. World No. 1 Iga Swiatek, a four-time French Open champion, was beaten in the third round by [Yulia Putintseva](https://www.edgepedia.org/yulia-putintseva) 6-0, 4-6, 6-2[7](https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/2024_LS_draw.pdf). New Zealand's Lulu Sun reached the quarterfinals and, with Rybakina, served the most aces in the ladies' singles, 31 each[10](https://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/matchnotes/2024/904_11.pdf).
The late stages were unusually veteran-heavy. Krejcikova, Paolini, and Vekic all made the semifinals after turning 28, the fourth such occurrence in the Open Era after 1994, 2016, and 2018[10](https://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/matchnotes/2024/904_11.pdf).
## Context
The Championships ran from 1 to 14 July 2024 on grass, with a 128-player singles draw and a total financial commitment of $23,464,500[2](https://www.wtatennis.com/tournaments/904/wimbledon/2024). Prize money rose 11.9 percent to a record £50 million, exactly twice the amount distributed ten years earlier, and first-round singles losers received £60,000, up from £55,000 in 2023[5](https://apnews.com/article/b126d5ae1cda26128cb08ab19be27f7a).
Krejcikova's win extended a run of first-time women's champions at Wimbledon: every champion from Garbine Muguruza in 2017 through Krejcikova in 2024 was winning the title for the first time, a sequence that continued with Iga Swiatek in 2025[13](https://apnews.com/article/f94719d912c5140b4afc66f1845c911f).
## References
1. [Krejcikova overcomes Paolini in three sets for Wimbledon crown, WTA Tour](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4057719/krejcikova-overcomes-paolini-in-three-sets-for-wimbledon-crown)
2. [The Championships, Wimbledon 2024 Overview, WTA Tour](https://www.wtatennis.com/tournaments/904/wimbledon/2024)
3. [Wimbledon 2024 results: Defending champion Marketa Vondrousova loses to Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, BBC Sport](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/c7289p372qvo)
4. [Paolini vs. Krejcikova: What you need to know about the Wimbledon final, WTA Tour](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4056608/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-2024-wimbledon-final)
5. [Wimbledon prize money is increasing to a record amount of about $64 million, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/b126d5ae1cda26128cb08ab19be27f7a)
6. [Barbora Krejcikova emulates hero Jana Novotna with Wimbledon triumph after three-set thriller, The Independent](https://www.the-independent.com/sport/tennis/barbora-krejcikova-wimbledon-jasmine-paolini-novotna-b2579299.html)
7. [The Championships 2024 Ladies' Singles draw, Wimbledon](https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/2024_LS_draw.pdf)
8. [Wimbledon 2024 results: Jasmine Paolini beats Donna Vekic to reach final, BBC Sport](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/cqv53y38z07o)
9. [Barbora Krejcikova maitrise Jasmine Paolini et remporte son premier Wimbledon en simple, Le Monde](https://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2024/07/13/barbora-krejcikova-maitrise-jasmine-paolini-et-remporte-son-premier-wimbledon-en-simple_6249686_3242.html)
10. [WTA Match Notes, Wimbledon 2024 semifinals](https://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/matchnotes/2024/904_11.pdf)
11. [wimbledon results 2024:jasmine paolini and donna vekic in record-breaking semi-final - bbc sport](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/c978jmrj2j6o)
12. [Bouzas destrona a la campana, AS](https://as.com/tenis/wimbledon/bouzas-destrona-a-la-campeona-n/)
13. [Amanda Anisimova or Iga Swiatek will be Wimbledon's eighth consecutive first-time women's champion, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/f94719d912c5140b4afc66f1845c911f)
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