page_title: List of Wimbledon gentlemen's singles champions
section_title: Open era
hierarchical_section_title: List of Wimbledon gentlemen's singles champions / Champions / Open era
caption_attribution_description: Pete Sampras serving, 2008
context_page_description: The Championships, Wimbledon is an annual British tennis tournament created in 1877 and played on outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in the Wimbledon suburb of London, United Kingdom. The Gentlemen's Singles was the first event contested in 1877.
caption: American Pete Sampras won seven titles between 1993 and 2000.
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