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The Wimbledon wheelchair singles and doubles draws will double in size this year, bringing them into line with the other Grand Slams.<\/b><\/p>\n
The singles competitions will have a 16-player draw and the doubles events will feature eight teams.<\/p>\n
There will be no change to the size of the quad draws, involving eight singles players and four doubles teams.<\/p>\n
The Australian Open and the US Open host 16 singles players and eight doubles teams at their quad events.<\/p>\n
The increase in the number of matches means the wheelchair competition will begin a day earlier on 9 July.<\/p>\n
With 100 days until the start of Wimbledon, the All England Club said it had received an “unprecedented number of applications” on the centenary of the public ballot.<\/p>\n
It said the strongest international demand has come from the United States, Spain and France.<\/p>\n
Wimbledon will be staged from 1-14 July.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n