| Most Wins Singles | |
| 7 | Willie Renshaw |
| | Pete Sampras |
| 5 | Bjorn Borg |
| | Roger Federer |
| Laurie Doherty |
| 4 | Reggie Doherty |
| Rod Laver |
| | Rod Laver |
| | Tony Wilding |
| 3 | Wilfred Baddeley |
| Boris Becker |
| | Arthur Gore |
| John McEnroe |
| | John Newcombe |
| Fred Perry |
| | Bill Tilden |
| Records | |
| Consecutive Wins | |
| 6 | Willie Renshaw 1881-86 |
| 5 | Laurie Doherty 1902-06 |
| Bjorn Borg 1976-80 |
| 4 | Reggie Doherty 1897-00 |
| Tony Wilding 1910-13 |
| | Pete Sampras 1997-00 |
| 3 | Fred Perry 1934-36 |
| Pete Sampras 1993-95 |
| Consecutive Defeats | |
| 3 | Herbert Lawford 1884-86 |
| | Gottfried von Cramm 1935-37 |
| | Fred Stolle 1963-65 |
| Most appearances in finals |
| 8(6) | Willie Renshaw |
| 7(3) | Boris Becker |
| 7 | Pete Sampras |
| 6(3) | Wilfred Braddeley |
| (5) | Laurie Doherty |
| (4) | Rod Laver |
| (5) | Bjorn Borg |
| Most appearances never won | |
| 4 | Ken Rosewall |
| 3 | Frank Riseley |
| Gottfried von Cramm |
| Fred Stolle |
| Junior & Senior Champions | Only 3 former Boy's Singles champions have won the senior title: |
| | Bjorn Borg, Pat Cash & Stefan Edberg |
| Lowest scoresGames | Score |
| 20 1936 Fred Perry | 6-1 6-1 6-0 |
| 21 1881 Willie Renshaw | 6-0 6-2 6-1 |
| 22 1923 Bill Johnston | 6-0 6-3 6-1 |
| 1938 Don Budge | 6-1 6-0 6-3 - won all 21 sets in championships (won 129 of 177 games) |
| 1984 John McEnroe | 6-1 6-1 6-2 |
| 23 1957 Lew Hoad | 6-2 6-1 6-2 |
| 1962 Rod Laver | 6-2 6-2 6-1 |
| 1967 John Newcombe | 6-3 6-1 6-1 |
| 22 1923 Bill Johnston | 6-0 6-3 6-1 |
| 1938 Don Budge | 6-1 6-0 6-3 |
| 1984 John McEnroe | 6-1 6-1 6-2 |
| Highest scores | |
| 58 1954 Jaroslav Drobny | 13-11 4-6 6-2 9-7 |
| 56 1933 Jack Crawford | 4-6 11-9 6-2 2-6 6-4 |
| 1946 Yvon Petra | 6-2 6-4 7-9 5-7 6-4 |
| 1884 J Dwight, R D Sears, A L Rivers (all US), E L Williams | first overseas players at Wimbledon |
| 1905 Norman Brookes | first overseas finalist wimbledon men's singles |
| 1907 Norman Brookes(Aus) (also doubles with Tony Wilding) | first foreign born Wimbledon champions All three events played (men's singles/doubles,women's singles won by overseas players) |
| 1909 Arthur W Gore (GB) | oldest Wimbledon men's singles champion 41 years 182 days |
| 1913 First Wimbledon final contested by overseas players | |
| 1920 All five championships won by overseas players | |
| 1921 First time no British player in Wimbledon men's singles semi-finals | |
| 1926 M J G Ritchie (GB) oldest player in a Wimbledon men's singles championship 55 years 247 days | |
| 1927 S B B Wood (USA) youngest player in a Wimbledon men's singles championship 15 years 231 days (also youngest in men's doubles) First radio broadcast | |
| 1937 First TV coverage | |
| 1953/58 Longest sets in singles final 13-11 | |
| 1954 Longest Wimbledon singles final (58 games) | |
| 1959 Longest Wimbledon Semi-Final | Rod Laver bt Barry McKay (US) 11-13 11-9 10-8 7-9 6-3 (87) |
| 1965 First time no British player seeded at Wimbledon | |
| 1963 Chuck McKinlay never played another seed, nor did any seeded player play another seeded player | |
| 1968 First open championship - prizes £2000 (finalist £1300) | |
| 1969 Pancho Gonzales (USA) oldest player to be seeded at Wimbledon 41 years 45 days | |
| 1977 Ball girls first employed | |
| 1977 1980 Bjorn Borgfirst to win fifth successive singles title since William Renshaw in 1885 | |
| 1982 Longest timed Wimbledon singles final 4 hours 16 minutes (54 games) | |
| 1985 Boris Becker youngest, first unseeded player, first German to win Wimbledon Men's singles 17 years 227 days | |
| 1986 Yellow balls used for first time | |
| 1987 Last year in which wooden rackets were used | |
| 2000 Pete Sampras equals William Renshaw's record of 7 singles titles | |
| 2001 Final played on a Monday for only the 3rd time (previous - 1919, 1922) | |
| 2002 Goran Ivanisevic first wild card entrant to win singles title | |
| Most consecutive matches won | 41 - Bjorn Borg |
| Longest match at Wimbledon | 1969 1st round Pancho Gonzales bt Charlie Pasarell ((US) 22-24 1-6 16-14 6-3 11-9 (112 games in 5 hours 12 minutes over 2 days) |
Longest set in Wimbledon singles - 46 games
1969 Pancho Gonzales v Pasarell
1962 Nicola Pietrangeli (Italy) Nikki Pili (Yugoslavia) 24-22 6-2 6-4 | |
| Most sets played in a Wimbledon singles championships | 1977 John McEnroe 31 sets - including 8 in 3 qualifying rounds (308 games) |
| 1927 Jean Borotra (France) 30 sets (283 games) |
| Most games played in a Wimbledon singles championships | 1958 Ashley Cooper (Aus) 312 gamesin 28 sets |
| Triple Champions | |
| 1937 Don Budge (US) | |
| 1938 Don Budge (US) - top seeded in all three events | |
| 1939 R L Riggs (US) - mixed partner Alice Marble also triple champion played most games in a Wimbledon championships 19 matches, 51-9 sets, 361-220 games (581) | |
| 1952 Frank Sedgman (Aus) - top seeded in all three events | |
