The oldest and most prestigious tennis tournament in the world is about to begin, so check out some of the records and statistics of Wimbledon Tournament till date.
Record | Player | Info |
Winner of most Gentlemen’s Singles titles | William Renshaw | 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1889 |
Pete Sampras | 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 | |
Roger Federer | 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 | |
Winner of most Ladies’ Singles titles | Martina Navratilova | 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990 |
Won title without losing a set (men) singles | Frank Hadow Don Budge Tony Trabert Chuck McKinley Björn Borg |
1878 1938 1955 1963 1976 |
Youngest winner (men) | Boris Becker | 17 years 227 days / 1985 |
Longest men’s match by time | John Isner vs Nicolas Mahut | 11hrs 5mins / 2010 |
Most games won in a final | Andy Roddick | 39, 2009 |
Wimbledon is the only one of the major tournaments still played on the original grass surface and winning here is second to none.
Novak Djokovic seems in a class of one this year and he’s firm favourite to lift the silver gilt cup, while Serena Williams looks set to reach the final and get her hands on the Rosewater Dish.