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William Renshaw was the first man to win seven championships. Reginald Doherty won Wimbledon four times and his brother Laurence won it five times. Fred Perry won three consecutive championships and was the last British man to win Wimbledon (1936) until Andy Murray's win 77 years later in 2013.
List of Wimbledon gentlemen's singles champions; List of Wimbledon ladies' singles champions; ... This page was last edited on 1 October 2024, at 10:28 (UTC).
Wimbledon is the home Grand Slam for British players, but in recent years they have not had much success. However, on 7 July 2013 Andy Murray became the first Briton to win the men's competition since Fred Perry in 1936. [1] [2] The last British woman to win the ladies' tournament was Virginia Wade in 1977. [3]
Prior to Andy Murray in 2013, Perry was the last British player to win the men's Wimbledon championship, in 1936, [4] and the last British player to win a men's singles Grand Slam title, until Andy Murray won the 2012 US Open.
The annual Wimbledon championships will begin on July 1, 2019 with favorites and seasoned pros all eyeing the top prize as they prepare their first serve. For some of the greats, like Rodger ...
The last man to win a Grand Slam tournament was Andy Murray, who won Wimbledon in 2016, beating Milos Raonic in the final. The most successful British tennis player of all time was Fred Perry, who is the only Briton to have won all four Grand Slam tournaments. Angela Mortimer, Ann Haydon-Jones and Virginia Wade each won three of the Grand Slams.
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] The ladies' singles was started in 1884. [2]
No British man won the singles event at Wimbledon between Fred Perry in 1936 and Andy Murray in 2013, while no British woman has won since Virginia Wade in 1977, although Annabel Croft and Laura Robson won the Girls' Championship in 1984 and 2008 respectively. The Championship was first televised in 1937.