Wimbledon Has No Plans To Revamp Mixed Doubles After Success Of ‘reimagined’ Us Open

The All England Club is not looking to alteration nan format of nan Wimbledon mixed doubles title for early editions of nan Championships contempt nan occurrence of nan “reimagined” tourney astatine nan US Open.

This year, nan United States Tennis Association opted to toggle shape nan format of nan mixed doubles arena successful bid to pull nan apical singles players, a move officials judge was incredibly successful and which featured partnerships specified arsenic Emma Raducanu paired pinch Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek alongside Casper Ruud.

The tourney was held earlier nan men’s and women’s singles connected a sold-out Arthur Ashe Stadium and Louis Armstrong Stadium, drafting a full of 78,000 fans. It was yet won by nan erstwhile year’s champions, nan doubles specialistsSara Errani and Andrea Vavassori, but galore stars nevertheless expressed dream that different expansive slam tournaments would replicate nan event. “I deliberation it would beryllium cool if each nan slams did this,” said Jack Draper, who reached nan semi-finals pinch Jessica Pegula.

Raducanu was likewise effusive. “It would beryllium truthful nosy if each nan slams sewage progressive and did thing similar, moreover if it was not nan nonstop aforesaid format,” she said. “I deliberation it was a immense success. So galore fans sewage involved, truthful galore group watching and tuned in. It sewage a batch of attention.”

There is presently nary appetite astatine nan All England Club for nan format of its mixed doubles tourney to change. The existent setup is considered a cardinal portion of nan Wimbledon fortnight and doubles is mostly much appreciated astatine Wimbledon, pinch each of nan competitions attracting greater crowds during nan tournament.

However, nan occurrence of nan mixed arena and nan US Open’s “fan week” successful New York has further illustrated really acold Wimbledon has fallen down nan remainder of nan expansive slam tournaments. In caller years, nan Australian Open, French Open and US Open person go three-week events, pinch each of those expansive slam tournaments scheduling a ample number of events during nan qualifying week.

Wimbledon remains hamstrung by its vulnerable writer courts and nan constricted abstraction astatine nan All England Club, pinch nan qualifying arena taking spot much than 3 miles distant successful Roehampton. The organisers person attempted to reside this rumor pinch its Wimbledon Park Project, which intends to toggle shape nan Wimbledon Park play people crossed nan roadworthy from nan nine into an hold of nan tourney grounds, allowing nan Wimbledon organisers to big qualifying tournaments on-site and research its ain type of a pre-tournament week.

The project, which would return galore years to complete, has had to navigate galore ineligible complaints. The remaining hurdle is a tribunal process to find whether location is simply a statutory spot connected nan land, which intends nan onshore must beryllium utilized for nationalist recreational purposes.