Defending champions in the singles were Roger Federer in the men and Serena Williams in the women. Federer was eliminated in the second round. Williams lost in the round of 16 against Sabine Lisicki , who reached the final for the first time. In the men's doubles, the defending champions Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielsen retired early, both of which had competed with other partners this year. Last year's winners in women's doubles, Serena Williams and Venus Williams , could not compete due to an injury to Venus Williams. Lisa Raymond and Mike Bryan were the defending champions in mixed , Lisa Raymond reached the final with Bruno Soares .
With Andy Murray won the first time since Fred Perry in 1936 a British man again the men's singles. No American player reached the third round in the men's singles, which was the last 101 years ago . In addition, Poland provided a semi-finalist in the singles for the women and men for the first time. With Hsieh Su-wei , winner of the women's doubles, a professional tennis player from Taiwan won a Grand Slam title for the first time .