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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 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]
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.
Also in the Royal Box today are several former Wimbledon champions, including Women’s Singles champion Billie Jean King and Men’s Singles champion Stan Smith, who won the final in 1972.
Since 2007, Wimbledon matches have been transmitted in high-definition, originally on the BBC's free-to-air channel BBC HD, with continual live coverage during the tournament of Centre Court and Court No. 1 as well as an evening highlights show Today at Wimbledon. Coverage is now shown on BBC One and Two's HD feeds.
Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora Strýcová defeated Storm Hunter and Elise Mertens in the final, 7–5, 6–4 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships. It was Hsieh's fourth Wimbledon women's doubles title and Strýcová's second, with the pair having teamed up previously to win the title in 2019 .
This day was previously called Middle Sunday, as for the first time in the tournament's history there would be regular Middle Sunday matches to prevent from weather delays in the past. Seeds out: Gentlemen's Singles: Carlos Alcaraz [5], Frances Tiafoe [23], Tommy Paul [30] Ladies' Singles: Jeļena Ostapenko [12], Elise Mertens [24]
[62] [63] This loss marked the second time in the Open era that the reigning Wimbledon women's singles champion lost in the first round, after Steffi Graf lost to Lori McNeil in 1994. [64] It was also the first time that a reigning champion of any major lost in the first round since Emma Raducanu at the 2022 US Open .