Overview

• Wimbledon officials say there is no plan to change the mixed doubles event despite the US Open’s high-profile experiment.
• The US Open staged a two-day Fan Week showcase with 16 teams, short sets and no-ad scoring, a 10-point tiebreak decider, sold-out sessions on Ashe and Armstrong, and a $1 million winners’ purse.
• Defending champions Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori, the lone specialist pair in the field, retained the title as some questioned whether the abbreviated format merits Grand Slam status.
• The All England Club points to fragile grass courts, tight on-site space and off-site qualifying in Roehampton as constraints on pre-tournament programming.
• The proposed Wimbledon Park expansion that could ease capacity limits remains tied up in a court process, and sources indicate the Australian Open and French Open are not planning similar format changes.