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The 1974 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The tournament was held from Monday 24 June until Saturday 6 July 1974. [ 3 ]
Jimmy Connors defeated Ken Rosewall in the final, 6–1, 6–1, 6–4 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1974 Wimbledon Championships. [1] It was his first Wimbledon title and second major title overall. Rosewall was attempting to complete the career Grand Slam.
1974: Jimmy Connors: Chris Evert: John Newcombe Tony Roche Evonne Goolagong Peggy Michel: 1975: Arthur Ashe: Billie Jean King Vitas Gerulaitis Sandy Mayer: Ann Kiyomura Kazuko Sawamatsu: Margaret Court Marty Riessen: 1976: Björn Borg (x5) Chris Evert Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez: Chris Evert Martina Navratilova: Françoise Dürr Tony Roche ...
Borg won only four of those meetings, but two of those wins were in the Wimbledon finals of 1977 and 1978. Connors lost his stranglehold on the top ranking to Borg in early 1979 and wound up with an official tour record of 8 wins and 15 losses against Borg [ 44 ] as Borg was four years younger and won the last ten times they met.
Federer reached 7 consecutive Wimbledon Finals (2003 – 09), an all-time record, surpassing the old record of 6 consecutive finals by Borg (1976–81) and in the process the Swede won 41 consecutive matches at Wimbledon. This event was won without losing a single set in the entire tournament during the Open Era twice, in 1976 by Björn Borg ...
Updated after 2024 Wimbledon. Only players with three or more singles titles (won during the Open Era) are included. * Active total. ^ Record number of titles for that age. n Age of first title. n Age of last title.
French—Wimbledon: 1958 Butch Buchholz; 1963 Nicky Kalogeropoulos; 1966 Vladimir Korotkov; 1976 Heinz Günthardt; 1978 Ivan Lendl; 1979 Ramesh Krishnan; 2018 Tseng Chun-hsin; French—U.S.: 1990 Andrea Gaudenzi; 2002 Richard Gasquet; Wimbledon—U.S.: 1973 Billy Martin; 1974 Billy Martin (2) 1977 Van Winitsky; 1982 Pat Cash; 2008 Grigor ...
This event has been won without the loss of a set during the Open Era, by the following players: Billie Jean King in 1968, 1972, 1973 and 1975, Margaret Court in 1970, Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1971 and 1980, Chris Evert in 1974 and 1981, Martina Navratilova in 1979, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, and 1990, Steffi Graf in 1992 and 1996, Jana Novotná ...