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In 2011, in a seven-tournament span, Djokovic had the most dominant record versus a world No. 1 (5–0), defeating then No. 1, Rafael Nadal in the finals of five prestigious events; Indian Wells Open, Miami Open, Madrid Open, Italian Open, and Wimbledon before overtaking him as No. 1.
The victory made Alcaraz the first non-Big Four player to win Wimbledon since 2002 and marked Djokovic's first loss on Wimbledon's Centre Court in a decade, since losing the 2013 Wimbledon final to Murray. Djokovic then defeated Alcaraz in another epic match at the 2023 Cincinnati, in the longest best of three sets final in ATP Tour history.
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 ...
The very first Wimbledon Championship took place in 1877. ... and win – the women’s doubles." ... Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Murray—dominate at Wimbledon. Between 2003 and 2022 ...
This was Ivanišević's fourth Wimbledon final and Rafter's second. Ivanišević became the first wild card, the first Croatian player, and the lowest ranked player in history (world No. 125) to claim the Wimbledon title. He was also the first Croatian male tennis player to win a Grand Slam final.
This loss marked Djokovic's first defeat of the season (with Federer also being the last man to defeat Djokovic in 2010), ending a 43-match win streak, which included a 41–0 start to 2011. [150] [151] Five weeks later at Wimbledon, Djokovic replaced Nadal as the world No. 1 and then defeated him in a four set final to take his first Wimbledon ...
For all of those fascinated by numbers, the loss to Alcaraz at Wimbledon was Djokovic's first setback there since 2017 — a span of 2,195 days — because he had collected four championships in a ...
There were two: Djokovic allowed the second-set tiebreak to slip away, then when Alcaraz broke his serve in the fifth, Djokovic smashed his racket into the net post. “It was a frustration in the ...