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Lists of champions of specific events. List of Wimbledon gentlemen's singles champions; List of Wimbledon ladies' singles champions; List of Wimbledon gentlemen's doubles champions; List of Wimbledon ladies' doubles champions; List of Wimbledon mixed doubles champions; Other Grand Slam tournament champions. List of Australian Open champions
Wimbledon was also involved in a piece of television history, when on 1 July 1967 the first official colour television broadcast took place in the UK. Four hours live coverage of the 1967 Championships was shown on BBC Two, which was the first television channel in Europe to regularly broadcast in colour.
The record for most consecutive and most wins post challenge round during the Amateur Era is Fred Perry with three (1934–1936). [ 5 ] In the Open Era, since the inclusion of professional tennis players in 1968, Roger Federer (2003–2007, 2009, 2012, 2017) holds the record for the most Gentlemen's Singles titles with eight.
21 June – The BBC broadcasts television coverage of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships for the first time. Pre-war daily broadcasts were half an hour to an hour in duration. [1] 1946. From this year, BBC television broadcasts Wimbledon live from 2-3pm in the afternoon until approximately 7.30pm in the evening. [2]
He became the first unseeded player and the first German to win the Wimbledon singles title, as well as the youngest ever male major singles champion at 17 years, 7 months and 15 days of age (this latter record would eventually be broken by Michael Chang at the 1989 French Open).
Wimbledon Championships, is an annual tennis tournament first contested in 1877 and played on outdoor grass courts [a] [b] [3] at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) in the Wimbledon suburb of London, United Kingdom. [4]
Goran Ivanišević defeated Patrick Rafter in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 9–7 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships. It was his first and only major title. Ivanišević became the first unseeded player to win the title since Boris Becker in 1985, [1] and the first wild card to win a major
Wimbledon Championship by year – Women's singles (130 P) Wimbledon Championship by year – Mixed doubles (101 P) Wimbledon Championship by year – Wheelchair events (6 C, 3 P)