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Roger Federer is the only player in history, in both the Amateur and Open Eras, to reach the Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles Final twelve times. For 9 consecutive years from 1992 to 2000, an American player reached Wimbledon final winning 8 titles out of 9, only exception being 1996 Runner Up MaliVai Washington, a new open era record.
Blanche Bingley Hillyard. Herbert Baddeley. Wilfred Baddeley (x3) 1895. Wilfred Baddeley. Charlotte Cooper Sterry (x2) 1896. Harold Mahony.
Billie Jean King is a six-time champion. Martina Navratilova is a nine-time singles champion, a Grand Slam record in the Open Era for women (Margaret Court won the Australian 11 times). She won six consecutive titles from 1982 to 1987. Steffi Graf is a seven-time champion over a nine-year period from 1988 to 1996. Serena Williams is a seven ...
Seven-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams will also be fighting for this year’s title as she tries to clinch the top spot from current number one seed Ashleigh Barty. Though careers end and ...
In 1965, Margaret Court won a record nine titles out of twelve available to a player in the same year: the singles, doubles and mixed doubles at all four Grand Slam tournaments. [ citation needed ] In 1985, Martina Navratilova reached the final in all Grand Slam events held that year, equaling the record of eleven final appearances set by Court ...
Wimbledon has been held since 1877 and is played on outdoor grass courts with retractable roofs over the two main courts since 2019. It is the only major still played on grass, the traditional tennis playing surface. It is also the only major that retains a night-time curfew, though matches can now continue until 23:00 under the lights.
The men who have reached the final at least five times during the open era are Jimmy Connors, Björn Borg, John McEnroe, Boris Becker, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic. [2] Connors reached the final six times between 1974 and 1984 but won only two titles. [2] Borg reached six consecutive finals between 1976 and 1981 ...
Roger Federer has won 20 Grand Slam titles from 2003 to 2018 including an all-time record of 8 Wimbledon Titles. Roger Federer has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles, third to Rafael Nadal (22) and Novak Djokovic (24). He has reached 31 Grand Slam finals, second behind Djokovic (37), including 10 consecutive, and another 8 consecutive (the two ...