It's that time of year again, the time when the short but sweet grass tennis season reaches it's climax.

So crank up the soundtrack...


Stock up on strawberries and cream...


And put on your Ralph Lauren polos, sweater vests, and blazers...






Because it's time for The Championships: Wimbledon.





Important Info

Qualifying begins on monday, June 22.
Main draw ceremony scheduled for friday, June 26.
Main draw play begins on monday, June 29.

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Let's preview the tournament.

Gentlemen's Singles Favourites

Our defending champion and 2011 Wimbledon champion. Ranked #1 in the world:



The 2013 Wimbledon champion and 2012 olympic gold medalist. Ranked #3 in the world:



The 2012, 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, and 2003 Wimbledon champion. Ranked #2 in the world:



Gentlemen's Singles Longshots

The 2010 and 2008 Wimbledon champion. Ranked #10 in the world:



The 2010 Wimbledon runner up. Ranked #6 in the world:



Wimbledon semifinalist in 2012 and 2011. Ranked #12 in the world:



Wimbledon quarterfinalist in 2014. Ranked #4 in the world:



Wimbledon quarterfinalist in 2014. Ranked #28 in the world:



Other Notable Gentlemen

Wimbledon round of 16 in 2014. Ranked #5 in the world:



Wimbledon semifinalist in 2014 and Wimbledon boys champion in 2008. Ranked #11 in the world:



Wimbledon semifinalist in 2014. Ranked #8 in the world:



Wimbledon quarterfinalist in 2014. Ranked #9 in the world:



Ladies Singles Favourites

Wimbledon champion in 2012, 2010, 2009, 2003, and 2002. Ranked #1 in the world:



Our defending champion, and 2011 champion. Ranked #2 in the world:



Wimbledon runner up in 2013. Ranked #19 in the world:



Ladies Longshots

Wimbledon semifinalist in 2012. Ranked #10 in the world:



Wimbledon champion in 2004. Ranked #4 in the world:



Wimbledon semifinalist in 2014. Ranked #3 in the world:



Wimbledon semifinalist in 2014. Ranked #6 in the world:



Other Notable Ladies

Eastbourne 2014 champion. Ranked #18 in the world:



Birmingham 2015 runner up. Ranked #12 in the world:



Wimbledon runner up in 2012. Ranked #13 in the world:



Wimbledon semifinalist in 2007. Ranked #7 in the world:



Wimbledon round of 16 in 2012. Ranked #32 in the world:



Wimbledon runner up in 2014. Girls singles champion in 2012. Ranked #11 in the world:

If you want in on the $20 draw contest, please pm me and I'll tell you where to ship the $ for escrow. I can take paypal, amazon, or btc. We'll do separate bets for the gentlemen's and ladies' draws so there's no obligation to do both if WTA isn't your favourite thing.

Draws will come out on friday. Anytime before the start of play on monday the 29th, post your picks in this thread. Please post your picks with the last name of the winning player for each round, like in this example: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...9&postcount=78

This might seem like a lot of work, but it actually makes it much easier for me to copy/paste into a spreadsheet for adding up the points and comparing picks.

The scoring system for the gentlemen's is (for each correct pick):

R1: 45
R2: 45
R3: 90
R4: 180
QF: 360
SF: 480
F: 800

For the ladies':

R1: 60
R2: 70
R3: 110
R4: 190
QF: 350
SF: 520
F: 700

As for PEEHS, I hope some will do the honour of running it, but I won't.

Fed looks kinda hilarious in that photo.

Can't wait for it to start!

krunic, no skrill I assume?

I'm not in favour of skrill.

PayPal $20 to the same address as the lol French Open, right?

Solid OP, OP.

Especially after the French open thread debacle you created.

it'd be cool to see Federer get that last major win, and how on earth is he still #2 he hasn't even done much in the last year bunch of slankers around him

I know people have been saying this for like 4 years, but it does kinda feel like this might be one of FEDGOAT's last legit shots at a Grand Slam title.

I hope he makes a run here, nothing is more fun than seeing Federer playing his best at Wimbledon. 08 Final still the GOAT tennis match.

How does one go about securing a ticket to Wimbledon? I'll be in London starting on the 29th

Camp outside over night if you want to pay face value or buy from a 3rd party.

Tickets for the show courts (Centre, 1, 2 +3) are hard to come by. There is a public ballot every year, this however has long since finished.

The best way to still get show court tickets is via Ticketmaster, the day before each days play Wimbledon put several 100 face value Centre Court and Court 3 tickets up on Ticketmaster. You have to be VERY quick though, you have to request them exactly when they come online, I was sucsessfull doing it last year so it can be done. They usually go in about 10/15 seconds. The link at the bottom of my post gives you more details on that.

If this fails then you can always queue up on the day. Unless you camp overnight then you almost certainly won't get a show court ticket, however if you get to the queue at around 7am then you should get a £25 Ground pass ticket which allows you entry to every court except centre, 1, 2+3. You will have to be prepeared to wait around 4 hours if you queue but they are very well organised and you spend most of the queue waiting in a nice park. You'll also get a queue card with a number so the Steward will be able to confirm if you are far enough to the front to definatly get a ground pass.

http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/ticke...d_to_know.html

yes

Great OP.

In for bracket and PEEHS.

Want Fed and Genie to win it.

Will get Murray and ****ing Williams though.

OP delivers lets do this!

I'm sad to announce that Ryan Harrison won't be competing, he lost to clay court specialist Guido Andreozzi in the first round of qualifying, who had won a whopping one previous grass match in his career.

In for bracket for sure.

I'm on the app and it's not letting me PM you for some reason, so can you PM me to ship for the the draw.

So for the bracket contest, do we make picks before each round or just fill out the whole thing beforehand, like the NCAA?

Fill out the whole thing beforehand.

Good OP.

Wanna see Fed make it to the final and then get slammed by Novak to rustle some fanboys.

Someone better PEEH the **** up, you know I'm good for brackets. With Genie getting a win today the women's field stands no chance.

"I'm the most dangerous unseeded player"

-GOATbis

Seeds

Gentlemen's Singles

1 DJOKOVIC, Novak (SRB)
2 FEDERER, Roger (SUI)
3 MURRAY, Andy (GBR)
4 WAWRINKA, Stan (SUI)
5 NISHIKORI, Kei (JPN)
6 BERDYCH, Tomas (CZE)
7 RAONIC, Milos (CAN)
8 FERRER, David (ESP)
9 CILIC, Marin (CRO)
10 NADAL, Rafael (ESP)
11 DIMITROV, Grigor (BUL)
12 SIMON, Gilles (FRA)
13 TSONGA, Jo-Wilfried (FRA)
14 ANDERSON, Kevin (RSA)
15 LOPEZ, Feliciano (ESP)
16 GOFFIN, David (BEL)
17 ISNER, John (USA)
18 MONFILS, Gael (FRA)
19 ROBREDO, Tommy (ESP)
20 BAUTISTA AGUT, Roberto (ESP)
21 GASQUET, Richard (FRA)
22 TROICKI, Viktor (SRB)
23 KARLOVIC, Ivo (CRO)
24 MAYER, Leonardo (ARG)
25 SEPPI, Andreas (ITA)
26 KYRGIOS, Nick (AUS)
27 TOMIC, Bernard (AUS)
28 CUEVAS, Pablo (URU)
29 GARCIA-LOPEZ, Guillermo (ESP)
30 FOGNINI, Fabio (ITA)
31 SOCK, Jack (USA)
32 THIEM, Dominic (AUT)

Ladies' Singles

1 WILLIAMS, Serena (USA)
2 KVITOVA, Petra (CZE)
3 HALEP, Simona (ROU)
4 SHARAPOVA, Maria (RUS)
5 WOZNIACKI, Caroline (DEN)
6 SAFAROVA, Lucie (CZE)
7 IVANOVIC, Ana (SRB)
8 MAKAROVA, Ekaterina (RUS)
9 SUAREZ NAVARRO, Carla (ESP)
10 KERBER, Angelique (GER)
11 PLISKOVA, Karolina (CZE)
12 BOUCHARD, Eugenie (CAN)
13 RADWANSKA, Agnieszka (POL)
14 PETKOVIC, Andrea (GER)
15 BACSINSZKY, Timea (SUI)
16 WILLIAMS, Venus (USA)
17 SVITOLINA, Elina (UKR)
18 LISICKI, Sabine (GER)
19 ERRANI, Sara (ITA)
20 MUGURUZA, Garbine (ESP)
21 KEYS, Madison (USA)
22 STOSUR, Samantha (AUS)
23 AZARENKA, Victoria (BLR)
24 PENNETTA, Flavia (ITA)
25 CORNET, Alize (FRA)
26 KUZNETSOVA, Svetlana (RUS)
27 STRYCOVA, Barbora (CZE)
28 JANKOVIC, Jelena (SRB)
29 BEGU, Irina-Camelia (ROU)
30 BENCIC, Belinda (SUI)
31 GIORGI, Camila (ITA)
32 GARCIA, Caroline (FRA)

Did Gulbis really say that? lmfao

Falla and Beck in qualifying have broken each other 8 straight times

Coaching change for Halep right before Wimby

http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2015/...-switch/55363/

Can Halep still win a GS? I remember I was part of the camp that wasn't a believer but then came around a bit. Now I'm not so sure. Her mentality hasn't seemed to improve and she still questions herself in the biggest moments. The peak may have come and gone.