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Year Singles Doubles Gentlemen Ladies Gentlemen Ladies Mixed; 1877: Spencer Gore: No competition: No competition: No competition: No competition: 1878: Frank Hadow
Since 1949, the Gentlemen's Singles champion has received a miniature replica of the event's trophy, a silver-gilt cup created in 1887 with the engraved inscription: "The All England Lawn Tennis Club Single Handed Champion of the World". [10] New singles champions are traditionally elected honorary members of the AELTC by the club's committee.
At both the Wimbledon Championships and the U.S. Championships in 1967, Jones lost in the final to King. [7] [9] Two years later, however, the two again met in the Wimbledon final. This time, Jones took the most coveted title in the sport, [9] making her the first left-handed female player to do so
Petra Kvitová (Czech: [ˈpɛtra ˈkvɪtovaː]; born 8 March 1990) is a Czech professional tennis player. [2] Known for her powerful left-handed groundstrokes and variety, Kvitová has won 31 career singles titles, including two major titles at Wimbledon in 2011 and in 2014.
Since the first championships, all matches have been played at the best-of-three sets. Between 1877 and 1883 , the winner of the next game at five games -all took the set in every match except the all comers' final, and the challenge round, which were won with six games and a two games advantage.
Tanner's unorthodox but very strong left-handed serve was tossed very low and struck with a lunge involving the whole body, earning him the nickname "The Rocket". [5] His booming 153 mph serve was the fastest ever recorded in tournament competition from February 1978 [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] until Andy Roddick posted a 155 mph serve [ 8 ] in a Davis ...
He had an excellent swinging left-handed serve and a good forehand. [5] Drobný played in his first Wimbledon Championship in 1938, losing in the first round to Alejandro Russell. After World War II Drobný was good enough to be able to beat Jack Kramer in the fourth round of the 1946 Wimbledon Championship before losing in the semifinals. [ 6 ]
Left-handed (two-handed backhand) Coach: Gloria Connors Pancho Segura: Prize money: $8,641,040: ... In the fourth round of the 1987 Wimbledon Championships, ...