| Most Wins Singles |
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| 7 |
Willie Renshaw |
|
|
Pete Sampras |
| 6 |
Roger Federer |
5 |
Bjorn Borg |
| |
|
Laurie Doherty |
| 4 |
Reggie Doherty |
|
Rod Laver |
| |
Rod Laver |
| |
Tony Wilding |
| 3 |
Wilfred Baddeley |
|
Boris Becker |
| |
Arthur Gore |
|
John McEnroe
|
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John Newcombe
|
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Fred Perry
|
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Bill Tilden |
| Records |
|
| Consecutive Wins |
|
| 6 |
Willie Renshaw 1881-86 |
| 5 |
Laurie Doherty 1902-06 |
|
Bjorn Borg 1976-80 |
|
Roger Federer 2003-2007 |
| 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 scores
Games |
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 |
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| 1977 1980 Bjorn Borgfirst to win fifth successive singles title since William Renshaw in 1885 |
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| 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 Samprasequals 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
1969Pancho Gonzales
v Pasarell
1962 Nicola Pietrangeli (Italy)
Nikki Pili (Yugoslavia)
24-22 6-2 6-4 |
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| 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 |
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