Best never to win a Wimbledon singles title | NBC Sports Best never to win a Wimbledon singles title / Andy Roddick Without Roger Federer, who knows how many Grand Slam titles Andy Roddick would have won. The American came up against Federer in four Grand Slam finals, including three at Wimbledon in 2004, 2005 and 2009, and fell short each time. The 2009 contest went to 16-14 in the fifth set. Roddick's serve and power are well suited for grass courts, but he's been unfortunate enough to run up against one of the greatest grass players of all time. Justine Henin Unless she reconsiders her decision to retire, Justine Henin never will be able to remove her name from the list of the best players to never win a Wimbledon title. She came close twice, losing in three sets to Venus Williams in 2001 and to Amelie Mauresmo in three sets in 2006, and fell three times in the semifinals.

Although Henin's career record at Wimbledon is far from shabby -- she won 27 of the 34 singles matches she played at the All England Club -- it is the major at which she had the worst winning percentage. Jennifer Capriati A former junior doubles champion at the All England Club, Jennifer Capriati also has the distinction of being Wimbledon's youngest-ever semifinalist. The 15-year-old beat defending champion Martina Navratilova in straight sets in the quarterfinals but fell to runner-up Gabriela Sabatini the next round. That was the farthest Capriati would go at Wimbledon, equaling that finish 10 years later in 2001. Capriati never won a title on grass. Ivan Lendl Although he played in 19 Grand Slam singles finals and won eight Grand Slam singles titles, Ivan Lendl was never able to add a Wimbledon championship to his career resume. Lendl fell five times in the semifinals at the All England Club, but he did reach the finals in 1986 and 1987. Both times he lost in straight sets, first to Boris Becker and then to Pat Cash.

Monica Seles Of Monica Seles' 53 career singles titles, only one came on grass. Unfortunately for her, it wasn't on the grass courts of Wimbledon, and the nine-time Grand Slam champion never achieved a career Grand Slam. Seles made the finals at the All England Club just once, losing in straight sets to Steffi Graf in 1992. Her career record at Wimbledon was 30-9, a far cry from her 43-4 record at the Australian Open, 54-8 record at the French Open, and 53-10 record at the U.S. Open. Mats Wilander He did win a men's doubles title at Wimbledon in 1986, but Mats Wilander never earned the honor of hoisting the men's singles championship trophy at the All England Club. In fact, his best finish at the tournament was the quarterfinals. His struggles at Wimbledon, however, weren't related to the surface. Two of his three Australian Open titles were won when the championships were still played on grass.

Pancho Gonzales The top-ranked professional in the world for an astounding eight years in the 1950s and 1960s and arguably the greatest men's tennis player prior to the Open era, Pancho Gonzales (also written as Gonzalez) never won a title at Wimbledon. He did, however, play in one of the most memorable matches ever at the All England Club. Competing against Charlie Pasarell in the third round in 1969, Gonzales and the amateur battled for five hours and 12 minutes in a match that spanned five sets and two days. Gonzales finally prevailed, 22-24, 1-6, 16-14, 6-3, 11-9. Tracy Austin In the six Wimbledons in which she played, Tracy Austin bowed out before the quarterfinals just twice. However, she also never made it past the semifinals, reaching that mark both in 1979 and in 1980. Although she was disappointed with her singles result in 1980, Austin did enjoy some success at the All England Club that year; she won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon.

Jim Courier The only American in the Open era to win two French Open titles, Jim Courier didn't experience similar success at Wimbledon. A four-time Grand Slam championship victor, Courier made it to the finals at the All England Club just once, in 1993, and he lost that year in four sets to Pete Sampras. His next best finish was a quarterfinal loss in 1991. In 11 trips to Wimbledon, he had a record of 19-12. Arantxa Sanchez Vicario Twice Arantxa Sanchez Vicario made it to the finals at Wimbledon, and twice she fell short against Steffi Graf. In the 1995 championship match she battled for three sets before losing, while her 1996 finals defeat was in straight sets. Graf also knocked Sanchez Vicario out in the quarterfinals of the 1989 Wimbledon Championships. Michael Chang After winning the 1989 French Open title and becoming the youngest men's Grand Slam champion in history, Michael Chang went on to have a very lengthy and successful career.

That success wasn't always evident at Wimbledon, however, where he made it past the third round just three times in 14 appearances at the All England Club. Ken Rosewall Enjoying a lengthy tennis career from the 1950s through the early 1980s, Ken Rosewall won 17 Grand Slam titles (eight in singles and nine in men's doubles). Although he reached the finals at Wimbledon four times -- in 1954, 1956, 1970 and 1974 -- he never was able to add a title at the All England Club, even though toward the end of his career he stopped playing at Roland Garros in order to rest up for Wimbledon. As a professional, he was prohibited from playing in Wimbledon from 1957-1966. That period of time encompassed some of his best tennis; he won at least 15 grass-court titles during that 10-year period. Guillermo Vilas Guillermo Vilas had a 75.3 winning percentage in Grand Slam singles matches throughout his career, but that number dropped considerably at Wimbledon, where he won just 58 percent of his matches.

In fact, the four-time Slam titleist never made it past the quarterfinals at the All England Club and lost in the first round five of the 11 times in which he competed at Wimbledon. Kim Clijsters She won the Wimbledon mixed doubles championship in 2000 and the women's doubles championship in 2003 and was a runner-up in the 1998 Wimbledon junior event, but Kim Clijsters never made it past the semifinals in the women's singles draw at the All England Club. Clijsters' career record at Grand Slams was 98-25 (including a Slam victory at the U.S. Open in 2005) with a 24-7 record at Wimbledon. Patrick Rafter A two-time runner-up at the All England Club, Patrick Rafter was never able to break through for the title. After taking the first set off Pete Sampras in the 2000 finals, Rafter lost the next three.

The following year he again advanced to the championship match, where he lost a heartbreaker against Goran Ivanisevic, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 7-9. Gabriela Sabatini In her one and only trip to the championship match at Wimbledon, Gabriela Sabatini fell in a thriller to Steffi Graf. The two battled for three sets before Graf finally prevailed, 8-6, in the final set. Sabatini made it to at least the quarterfinals in seven of the 11 Wimbledons in which she competed, but she could never capture a Wimbledon title to complement her lone Slam championship (the 1990 U.S. Open). Vitas Gerulaitis The closest Vitas Gerulaitis came to winning Wimbledon was in 1977, when he battled Bjorn Borg through five sets but finally fell, 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-8. He also made the semifinals the following year, but against he came up short.

The 1977 Australian Open champion did, however, take home a men's doubles title at the All England Club in 1975. Gottfried von Cramm A finalist at Wimbledon for three straight years from 1935-1937, Gottfried von Cramm never had a chance to see if he could win in his fourth try. After the son of a German Baron refused to be a tool for Nazi propaganda, he was imprisoned. Although he was released on parole after a number of his tennis friends -- including Don Budge, to whom von Cramm had lost the Wimbledon title in 1937 -- petitioned for his release, he never again was able to compete at the All England Club. Von Cramm finished his career with five Grand Slam titles, including two in singles at the French Championships and a 1933 mixed doubles title at Wimbledon. Ilie Nastase Ilie Nastase reached the Wimbledon finals both in 1972 and in 1976, but he did not break through either time.

He did, however, win one men's doubles title (in 1973) and two mixed doubles titles (in 1970 and 1972) at the All England Club. Throughout his career, only one of his 56 tournament singles wins listed by the ATP was on grass. Tony Roche Tony Roche compiled a winning percentage of 73.9 at Grand Slams throughout his career, but his winning percentage of 76 at Wimbledon was even better than that. He never won a singles title at the All England Club, however, reaching the finals for the first and only time in 1968 but falling to Rod Laver in straight sets. Roche did win five men's doubles and one mixed doubles title at Wimbledon. Hana Mandlikova Her lack of a title at Wimbledon kept Hana Mandlikova from achieving a career Grand Slam. Mandlikova reached the finals twice -- once in 1981 and once in 1986 -- but she lost in straight sets both times, first to Chris Evert and then to Martina Navratilova.

Fred Stolle A three-time runner-up at Wimbledon, Fred Stolle never hoisted the singles champion's trophy at the All England Club. His career total of 17 Grand Slam titles did, however, include two men's doubles and two mixed doubles wins at Wimbledon. Ranking the Greatest Champions in Wimbledon History | Bleacher Report Ranking the Greatest Champions in Wimbledon History By Jake Curtis , Featured Columnist Jul 1, 2015 Use your ← → (arrow) keys to browse the slideshow Pool/Getty Images Bjorn Borg, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer, Rod Laver 12.9K 47 Comments Roger Federer is shooting for his eighth Wimbledon title this year. Serena Williams is going for her sixth. With those credentials, they belong in the discussion regarding the greatest Wimbledon champions. But does either rank at the very top? In our ranking of the greatest champions in Wimbledon history, we considered only players who won Wimbledon titles in the Open Era (since 1968). However, we included two players who won Wimbledon titles in both the pre-Open Era and the Open Era.

This excludes pre-Open Era stars such as Helen Wills (eight Wimbledon singles titles), Suzanne Lenglen (who never lost a completed Wimbledon singles match) and Bill Tilden (who won his last Wimbledon title at age 37). The rankings are based primarily on the number of Wimbledon singles titles won, although consideration also was given to the quality of the opposition, the dominance the player demonstrated at Wimbledon and the player's overall fame as measured by the Tennis Channel's 2012 rankings of the 100 greatest players of all time. In some cases, factors that made a player's accomplishment special were included in the evaluation. We pared the candidates down to a dozen then ranked the 12 greatest champions in Wimbledon history. Getty Images/Getty Images Wimbledon titles: Three (1974, 1976, 1981) Chris Evert was almost unbeatable on clay during her prime years, but she had the misfortune of playing in an era occupied by perhaps the best women's grass-court player in history, Martina Navratilova. Evert reached the Wimbledon final 10 times but won only three titles, losing to Navratilova all five times the two met in the tournament's climax.

However, Evert did beat Navratilova in the 1976 semifinals before taking out Evonne Goolagong Cawley in the final for her second Wimbledon crown. Evert was only 21 at the time, but she would win Wimbledon on just one more occasion. Evert's run through the 1981 tournament was by far her most impressive. She did not lose a set during the tournament and lost no more than four games in any of her final four matches. She took apart Hana Mandlikova 6-2, 6-2 in the final. Mandlikova had already done Evert a favor by beating Navratilova in the semifinals. Although grass was Evert's least favorite surface, she was able to challenge for the title virtually every year, and she was clearly among tennis' all-time greats. She was placed No. 9 on the Tennis Channel's rankings of the top 100 players in history.

DAVE CAULKIN/Associated Press Wimbledon titles: Three (1985, 1986, 1989) Boris Becker won two Wimbledon titles before he reached his 19th birthday, suggesting he might rule the All England Club like nobody in history. His powerful serve, excellent volley and ability to dive and bounce around the grass court made it appear he would dominate Wimbledon for years to come. He won his third Wimbledon title in 1989, still at the tender age of 21, but never won it again. Becker's most dramatic Wimbledon title was his first, when, at age 17, he became the youngest male to win Wimbledon and the first unseeded player to do it. He did it with a flamboyant style that made him a spectator's delight. His second and third Wimbledon titles were more impressive from a tennis standpoint. Becker knocked off No. 1-seeded Ivan Lendl in straight sets in the 1986 final and defeated No. 1-seeded Lendl and No. 2-seeded Stefan Edberg in his final two matches in 1989, the latter in straight sets.

Becker's flair was nearly as important as his results in earning him a spot on this list. Adam Stoltman/Associated Press Wimbledon titles: Three (1981, 1983, 1984) Considering the way John McEnroe dominated the 1984 Wimbledon tournament at the age of 25, it's hard to believe he never won the event again. In fact, McEnroe never won any Grand Slam tournament after the age of 25 even though he had one of the most dominating seasons in men's tennis history in 1984. McEnroe's epic five-set loss to Bjorn Borg in the 1980 final simply set the stage for his victory over Borg in the 1981 final at the age of 22. After losing to Jimmy Connors in the 1982 Wimbledon final, McEnroe responded with magnificent performances the next two years. He lost only one set in his run through the 1983 Wimbledon, beating overmatched Chris Lewis in the final 6-2, 6-2, 6-2.

The next year he again lost only one set on his way to the title, thrashing Connors 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 in the final in perhaps the most impressive exhibition of grass-court tennis in history. ''That's the best I've ever played,'' said McEnroe after that match, according to the New York Times. McEnroe would win the U.S. Open later that year, giving him two titles and a runner-up finish in the three majors he played during that season. But he would never win another Grand Slam singles title, getting to the final of only one more, the 1987 U.S. Open. Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Wimbledon titles: Five (2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008) Venus Williams' five Wimbledon women's singles titles are tied for the third most in the Open Era, behind only Martina Navratilova and Steffi Graf. Williams made a habit of playing her best tennis at the All England Club. She was not the top seed in any of her five Wimbledon title runs and was among the top four seeds in only one.

Williams knocked off the Nos. 1 and 2 players in the world en route to her first title, beating Martina Hingis and Lindsay Davenport in 2000. However, Williams' championship mettle was best displayed while winning her third and fourth Wimbledon crowns. She had lost in the fourth round of the Australian Open and the third round of the French Open when she entered the 2005 Wimbledon event ranked No. 16 and seeded 14th. Williams proceeded to roll through Wimbledon, beating No. 2-ranked Maria Sharapova in the semifinals and No. 1 Davenport in the final. In 2007, after two-injury plagued seasons, Williams came into Wimbledon ranked 31st and seeded No. 23. She struggled in the tournament's first week against little-known opponents. But she dominated in the second week, winning her final four matches in straight sets—three of which were against players ranked in the top six. Williams became the lowest seeded player to win a Wimbledon title. Five of Williams' seven Grand Slam titles were achieved at Wimbledon. Although she was not as proficient as sister Serena on all surfaces, Venus Williams was and is capable of beating anyone on the grass at Wimbledon.

Getty Images/Getty Images Wimbledon titles: Four (1961, 1962, 1968, 1969) There is no telling how many Wimbledons Rod Laver would have won if pros had been allowed to play the tournament in the mid-1960s. Laver won four consecutive Wimbledons in which he participated. He won the event during his final two years as an amateur then captured the first two Wimbledons in the Open Era, in 1968 and 1969. His best years, between 1963 and 1967, were spent dominating the pro circuit, a period that covered five Wimbledons he was excluded from playing. His 1968 title run was historically important because it was the first Open Wimbledon, as Laver knocked off Arthur Ashe and Tony Roche in the final two matches without the loss of a set. His 1962 and 1969 Wimbledon crowns were particularly significant because they were part of his Grand Slam years. He is still the only person to sweep all four major tournaments in the same calendar year twice.

In 1969, Laver had to get past Stan Smith, Cliff Drysdale, Ashe and John Newcombe to claim his final Wimbledon title at the age of 30. By virtually any measure, Laver ranks as one of tennis' all-time greats. He is No. 2 in the Tennis Channel's 2012 rankings of the top 100 players in history. Associated Press Wimbledon singles titles: Five (1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980) Bjorn Borg won five straight Wimbledon titles, a men's record for consecutive crowns at the All England Club, later matched by Roger Federer. (The record does not include consecutive titles won before 1923, when the defending champion had to win only one match to claim the title.) Borg was a mediocre grass-court player when he first played Wimbledon but developed his game to excel on the fast surface. At a time when serve-and-volley players ruled on grass, Borg proved you could win at Wimbledon with outstanding groundstrokes and a serviceable serve and volley.

He had already won two French Opens by the time he won his first Wimbledon title in 1976, a month past his 20th birthday. Interestingly, that first Wimbledon crown came just a few weeks after his most disappointing French Open performance, when he lost in the quarterfinals. Borg won his first Wimbledon title in 1976 without the loss of a set, and no man has done that since. The next year he had to win three five-set matches to take the title, including a marathon victory over Jimmy Connors in the final. However, his most memorable Wimbledon title was his last one, in 1980. His riveting 1-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-7, 8-6 victory over John McEnroe was remarkable not only for the level of play, but for Borg's ability to rebound from the epic 18-16 tiebreaker loss in the fourth set to capture the deciding set.

Getty Images/Getty Images Wimbledon titles: Six (1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1975) Two of Billie Jean King's six Wimbledon titles came in the pre-Open Era. However, that is less of a factor in women's tennis because there was no pro circuit for women before 1968. All the best women's players were amateurs before tennis became open to the pros. King played her best tennis on the grass at Wimbledon. Half of her Grand Slam singles titles were achieved at Wimbledon, and 11 of her 12 major crowns were captured on grass. King's serve-and-volley game was perfectly suited to the fast grass surface. King was 22 when she defeated Margaret Court (then Margaret Smith) and Maria Bueno in consecutive matches to win her first Wimbledon title in 1966, and she lost only one set while capturing the Wimbledon crown the next two years as well. King beat Chris Evert and Evonne Goolagong Cawley in succession to win the 1972 title and beat the same two in consecutive matches to win Wimbledon the next year.

However, her defining Wimbledon was in 1975, when King was 31 years old. She trailed Evert 3-0, 40-15 on Evert's serve in the third set before rallying to win that semifinal match, then she dominated Goolagong 6-0, 6-1 in the most lopsided Wimbledon final ever. King had proclaimed earlier that the 1975 Wimbledon would be her last major singles tournament, and she did not play singles in any of the next eight majors. However, she would play Wimbledon singles six more times after that, getting as far as the semifinals in her last appearance in 1983 at the age of 39. Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Wimbledon titles: Five (2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012) The final chapter of Serena Williams' story has yet to be written, and she could rise several spots in the ranking of Wimbledon champions before she is through. Her five Wimbledon titles over a span of 10 years speak to her longevity and her ability to maintain a high level of play over an extended period.

She won her first Wimbledon crown at the age of 20 and her fifth at the age of 30. At age 33, she came into this year's Wimbledon as the favorite to win her sixth Wimbledon crown. If Williams wins it, she would become the oldest woman to win a Grand Slam singles title, being several days older than Martina Navratilova was when she won the 1990 Wimbledon crown. A Wimbledon victory would give Williams the first three legs of a calendar-year Grand Slam that she could complete with a win at the U.S. Open. Winning Wimbledon would also give Williams her 21st Grand Slam singles title, leaving her one behind Steffi Graf (the Open Era record-holder) and three behind Margaret Court (who owns the all-time mark). Williams has been particularly effective in Grand Slam finals, owning a 20-4 record in title matches, including 5-2 at Wimbledon. Williams has given no hints that a decline is imminent. She is still ranked No. 1 by a wide margin, and there is reason to believe she will be the Wimbledon favorite in 2016 and 2017 if she chooses to continue playing.

DAVE CAULKIN/Associated Press Wimbledon titles: Seven (1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996) Steffi Graf's seven Wimbledon singles championships are the second most among women in the Open Era (behind Martina Navratilova's nine) and the third most overall (also behind Helen Wills' eight). Graf's first Wimbledon title, achieved three weeks after her 19th birthday, was the most significant because it was part of Graf's calendar-year Grand Slam in 1988. No one has won all four majors in the same year since. In 1988 and 1989, Graf had to beat Martina Navratilova, perhaps the best grass-court player of all time, in the final to claim the titles. Graf's most impressive performance came at the 1992 Wimbledon, when she beat No. 3-ranked Gabriela Sabatini 6-3, 6-3 in the semifinals and dominated No. 1-ranked Monica Seles 6-2, 6-1 in the final.

Seles had won the first two majors of 1992 but was no match for Graf at the All England Club that day. "I think I am playing here the best tennis of my career," Graf said after the match, according to the New York Times. Her Wimbledon victories in 1995 and 1996 came during years she won all three Grand Slam events in which she participated. (She forfeited opportunities to complete Grand Slams those years by not playing in the first major of the year, the Australian Open.) Graf played in the Wimbledon final nine times, winning all but two. She lost in her first Wimbledon final to Navratilova when Graf was 18 years old, and a 30-year-old Graf was beaten by Lindsay Davenport in the final of her last appearance in a Grand Slam singles event in 1999.

JYTTE NIELSEN/Associated Press Wimbledon titles: Seven (1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000) Pete Sampras was not the all-court player that Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal are today. Sampras never made it to the final of the French Open. However, his big serve-and-volley game was effective on hard courts and perfect for grass. Pete Sampras won seven Wimbledon titles in a span of eight years, his only failure in that stretch being a quarterfinal loss to Richard Krajicek in 1996. Sampras won his first Wimbledon title in 1993 by beating Andre Agassi, Boris Becker and Jim Courier in succession. All three victims were ranked No. 1 at one time, and each won at least four Grand Slam singles titles. That led Sampras on a streak of 25 consecutive match wins at the All England Club that ended with the loss to Krajicek.

Sampras then won 32 straight Wimbledon matches before he lost to Roger Federer in the round of 16 in 2001. Between his 1992 semifinal loss to Goran Ivanisevic and his fourth-round loss to Federer in 2001, Sampras won 56 of 57 matches at Wimbledon. Perhaps more indicative of Sampras' championship quality is the fact that he never lost a Wimbledon final, going 7-0 in title-deciding matches. ANJA NIEDRINGHAUS/Associated Press Wimbledon titles: Seven (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012) Roger Federer's seven men's Wimbledon singles titles are tied for the most in history, and he was named the greatest player ever in the Tennis Channel's 2012 rankings of the greatest players in history. Those two facts alone earn him a place at or near the top of our rankings of the greatest Wimbledon champions.

Federer virtually owned the All England Club through the 2000s, winning five straight Wimbledon crowns from 2003 through 2007, tying a men's record for consecutive titles set by Bjorn Borg. His five-year run began after an embarrassing loss, as the No. 7-seeded Federer was beaten in straight sets in the first round of the 2002 Wimbledon by qualifier Mario Ancic, who was ranked No. 154 in the world. However, Federer did not lose at the All England Club again until Rafael Nadal defeated him in their epic, five-set 2008 final. That 6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 9-7 loss ended Federer's 40-match winning streak at Wimbledon and his 65-match winning streak on grass. Federer's all-court skills—which combined powerful groundstrokes off both wings with excellent net play, a consistent serve and deft touch—made him almost unbeatable on grass for nearly a decade. His Wimbledon dominance began in 2003, when he ran through his final four opponents without the loss of a set.

Federer knocked off Andy Roddick in the final the next two years, and the only set Federer lost in the 2006 Wimbledon was a third-set tiebreaker against Nadal in the final. Federer beat Nadal again in the 2007 final before Nadal turned the tables in 2008, ending the streak. Federer's most impressive Wimbledon performance may have been the one that produced his most recent Wimbledon title, as Federer beat Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray in the final two rounds to win the 2012 tournament. Getty Images/Getty Images Wimbledon singles titles: Nine (1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990) Martina Navratilova won more Wimbledon singles crowns than any person in history, Open Era or pre-Open Era, men or women.

To put Navratilova's accomplishment in perspective, she claimed as many Wimbledon singles titles as John McEnroe, Rafael Nadal, Jimmy Connors and Novak Djokovic combined. Navratilova won her first Wimbledon singles title as a 21-year-old Czech and her last one as a 33-year-old American. In between, her groundbreaking announcement in 1981 in which she came out as lesbian became a factor in social change. She won 18 Grand Slam singles titles but no more than four at any major other than Wimbledon, where she was close to unbeatable for more than a decade. Navratilova was raised on slow clay courts in Czechoslovakia yet became perhaps the best women's grass-court player ever. She dominated during a period that featured some of the best women's players in history, winning six Wimbledon titles in a row from 1982 through 1987. She beat Chris Evert, Tracy Austin and Evonne Goolagong to win her first Wimbledon title and defeated both Austin and Evert to win her second.

Navratilova did not lose more than four games in any of her final four Wimbledon matches in 1983 and breezed to the 1984 and 1986 titles without the loss of a set. Navratilova beat Evert and Steffi Graf in succession to capture the 1987 crown, and her closest match on her way to the 1990 title was a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Gabriela Sabatini in the semifinals. To add some icing on her Wimbledon championship cake, Navratilova won seven women's doubles titles and four mixed doubles crowns at the All England Club.

Wimbledon Tennis Schedule, Information and Records WIMBLEDON Tennis Schedule, Information and Records Stats Thru 2015 Wimbledon Site: All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, Wimbledon, England Dates: Mon., June 27 - Sun., July 10, 2014 Qualifying Matches: Begin Monday, June 20 Main Draw: To be made Friday, June 24, 10:00am Main Draw Begins Mon., June 27 US Television: ESPN (Two weeks) Singles Winner Prize (pounds): 1,880,000 (men)/1,880,000 (women) Click for the Wimbledon Homepage 7 - William C.

Crenshaw (1881-'86, 1889), Pete Sampras (1993-'95, '97-2000), Roger Federer (2003-2007,2009, 2012) 5 - Hugh Doherty (1902-'06), Bjorn Borg (1976-'80) 4 - Reginald Doherty (1987-1900), Anthony Wilding (1910-'13), Rod Laver (1961, '62, '68, '69), MOST TITLES BY COUNTRY OPEN ERA MATCH WIN LEADERS Jimmy Connors Boris Becker, 1985 (17 yrs, 7 mos) Wilfred Baddeley, 1881 (19 yrs, 5 mos) Sidney Wood, 1931, (19 yrs, 8 mos) OLDEST CHAMPION Arthur Gore, 1909, (41 yrs, 6 mos) Arthur Ashe, 1975, (31 yrs, 1

1 mos) *Open Era leader MISC Lowest Ranked Winner: No.

125 Goran Ivanisevic (2001) Longest men's final by time: Roger Federer d Rafael Nadal 4hrs 48mins (2008) Longest men's match by time: John Isner d Nicolas Mahut 11hrs 5mins (2010) Longest men's final by games: Roger Federer d Andy Roddick 77 games (2009) Longest men's match by games: John Isner d Nicolas Mahut 183 games (2010) Last defending Wimbledon champion to lose first round: Lleyton Hewitt l. to Ivo Karlovic (2003) WINNING WIMBLEDON WITHOUT PLAYING A WARMUP (Open Era - 7 players) Stan Smith 1972 Novak Djokovic 2011, 2014, 2015 HOW HAS THE TOP SEED FARED? Of the 47 Wimbledon championships played since 1968, 19 top seeds have held form and gone on to win the title.

Pete Sampras won 6 of his 7 Wimbledon titles as No. 1 seed, with Lleyton Hewitt successful in 2002 and Roger Federer in 2004-2007. In 2003, Hewitt became the only No. 1 seed at Wimbledon in the Open Era to lose in the 1st round, when he was defeated by Croatian qualifier Ivo Karlovic 16 76 63 64.

MOST WIMBLEDON TITLES - MEN (Open Era) 1 67(7) 64 76(4) 57 64 2013 Andy Murray 57 76(6) 76(5) 36 1614 2008 Rafael Nadal 64 64 67(5) 67(8) 97 2007 Roger Federer 76 46 76 26 62 2006 Roger Federer 63 36 63 26 97 2000 Pete Sampras 67 76 64 36 62 1997 Pete Sampras 67 64 64 16 64 1991 Michael Stich 62 62 36 36 64 1989 Boris Becker 9 - Miss M.

Navratilova (USA) 1978, '79, '82-87, '90 8 - Miss H.N. Wills-Moody (USA) 1927-30, '32, '33, '35, '38 7 - Miss D.K. Douglass- Chambers (BRI) 1903, '04, '06, '10, '11, '13, '14 7 - Miss S.M. Graf (GER) 1988, '89, '91-93, '95, '96 6 - Miss S.J. Williams (USA) 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015 YOUNGEST CHAMPION Miss C.

Dod, 1887, 15 years, 285 days OLDEST CHAMPION Mrs A Sterry, 1908, 37 years, 282 days RECENT WIMBLEDON WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS 2015 Miss S.J. Williams (USA) 1 Miss Garbine Muguruza (ESP) 20 6-4, 6-4 2014 Miss P. Kvitova (CZE) 6 Miss E. Bouchard (CAN) 13 6-3 6-0 2013 Miss M. Bartoli (FRA) 15 Miss S. Lisicki (GER) 23 6-1 6-4 2012 Miss S.J. Williams (USA) 6 Miss A. Radwanska (POL) 3 6-1 5-7 6-2 2011 Miss P. Kvitova (CZE) 8 Miss M. Sharapova (RUS) 5 6-3 6-4 2010 Miss S.J.

Williams (USA) 1 Miss Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 21 6-3, 6-2 2009 Miss S.J. Williams (USA) 2 Miss V.E.S. Williams 3 2008 Miss V.E.S. Williams (USA) 7 Miss S.J. Williams 6 2007 V.E.S. Williams (USA) 23 Miss M. Bartoli (FRA) 18 6-4, 6-1 2006 Miss A. Mauresmo (FRA) 1 J. Henin (BEL) 3 2005 V.E.S. Williams (USA) 14 Miss L. Davenport (USA) 1 4-6, 7-6(4), 9-7 2004 Miss M. Sharapova (RUS) 13 S.J. Williams ( USA ) 1 2003 S.J. Williams ( USA ) 1 V.E.S. Williams ( USA ) 4 2002 S.J. Williams ( USA ) 2 V.E.S.

Williams ( USA ) 1 2001 V.E.S. Williams ( USA ) 2 J. Henin (BEL) 8 2000 V.E.S. Williams ( USA ) 5 L.A. Davenport ( USA ) 2 1999 L.A. Davenport ( USA ) 3 S.M. Graf (GER) 2 1998 J. Novotna (TCH) 3 N. Tauziat (FRA) 16 1997 M. Hingis (SUI) 1 J. Novotna (TCH) 3 1996 S.M. Graf (GER) 1 A. Sanchez Vicario (ESP) 4 6-3, 7-5, 1995 S.M. Graf (GER) 1 A. Sanchez Vicario (ESP) 2 4-6, 6-1, 7-5, 1994 C. Martinez (ESP) 3 M. Navratilova ( USA ) 4 1993 S.M. Graf (GER) 1 J.

Novotna (TCH) 8 1992 S.M. Graf (GER) 2 M. Seles ( USA ) 1 1991 S.M. Graf (GER) 1 G.B. Sabatini (ARG) 2 1990 M. Navratilova ( USA ) 2 Z.L. Garrison ( USA ) 5 Lowest ranked women's winner: No.

31 Venus Williams (2007) Longest women's final by time: Venus Williams d Lindsay Davenport 2hrs 45mins (2005) Longest women's match by time: Chanda Rubin d Patricia Hy-Boulais 3hrs 45mins (1995) Set won without losing a point (golden set): Yaroslava Shvedova (3rd round vs S Errani, 1st set) 15 mins (2012) Oldest competitor: 1922, Mrs A O’Neill (GBR) – 54 years, 304 days Youngest competitor: 1990, Jennifer Capriati (USA) – 14 years, 90 days Fastest recorded serve: Venus Williams, 129mph in 2008 - Maria Sharapova (2004), Venus Williams (2005, 2007) and Marion Bartoli (2013) are only players to win Wimbledon when seeded outside Top 10 - The top seed has won the Wimbledon women’s singles 22 times in the Open Era, only three No.

1 seeds have won here in the last 14 years (Serena Williams in 2003 and 2010 and Amelie Mauresmo in 2006) - The women's title has been successfully defended 15 times in the Open Era - Five players havewon the singles title after saving match point (Blanche Hillyard (1889), Suzanne Lenglen (1919), HelenWills-Moody (1935), VenusWilliams (2005) and SerenaWilliams (2009) - In 2010, Serena Williams became the 28th woman towin the singles title without dropping a set (9th in Open Era) - In 2004, Maria Sharapova became the first woman not seeded in the Top 8 to win theWimbledon singles title since seeding began in 1927.

She has since been joined by Venus Williams both in 2005 (No.14) and in 2007 (No.23) - Only 4 players have won the Wimbledon women’s singles title after winning the Wimbledon girls singles title (Haydon-Jones, Susman, Hingis and Mauresmo). - The player with the most women’s doubles titles is Elizabeth Ryan, who won 12 between 1914 and 1934 - Serena Williams was the last player to win both the singles and doubles titles in the same year – 2012; the Williams sisters have won both singles and doubles titles on 5 occasions (3 Serena) - Ann Jones (1969), Martina Navratilova (9 times) and Petra Kvitova (once) are the only three left-handers to win the Wimbledon women’s singles title in the Open Era Wimbledon’s oldest women’s singles champion of all time is Britain’s Charlotte Sterry, who won the title in 1908 at the age of 37 years, 282 days.

The oldest champion at Wimbledon in the Open Era is Martina Navratilova of the USA, who won the last of her record nine Wimbledon singles titles at the age of 33 years, 263 days in 1990. NO.1 SEEDS’ PERFORMANCES AT WIMBLEDON The women's top seed has won singles title at Wimbledon on 23 occasions in Open Era¸ most recently in 2015 with Serena Williams. WINNING FRENCH OPEN AND WIMBLEDON IN SAME YEAR (Open Era): Margaret Court 1970

Question: Who won the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 2001, 11 years after he first competed in the tournament?
Answer: Goran Ivanisevic