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Wimbledon Lawn tennis final, 15 July 1879. The Gentlemen's Singles' rules have undergone several changes since the first edition. From 1878 until 1921, the event started with a knockout phase, the All Comers' Singles, whose winner then faced the defending champion in a challenge round.
Year Singles Doubles Gentlemen Ladies Gentlemen Ladies Mixed; 1877: Spencer Gore: No competition: No competition: No competition: No competition: 1878: Frank Hadow
Boris Franz Becker (German pronunciation: [ˈboːʁɪs ˈbɛkɐ] ⓘ; born 22 November 1967) is a German former world No. 1 tennis player. Becker is the youngest-ever winner of the gentleman's singles Wimbledon Championships title, a feat he accomplished aged 17 in 1985.
Winning a Wimbledon title is a big deal — after all, it’s one of the most prestigious and difficult tennis tournaments in the world. The annual Wimbledon championships will begin on July 1 ...
Winner of 6 Grand Slam titles → 1985/1986/1989 Wimbledon champion • 1989 U.S. Open champion • 1991/1996 Australian Open champion • 1988 Masters Grand Prix champion; 1992/1995 ATP Tour World champion • ranking world no. 1 for 12 weeks in 1991 Karl Behr: 1885: 1949 United States: 1969: 1906 U.S. Championship finalist Mike Belkin: 1945 ...
Richard Peter Stanislav Krajicek (Czech: Krajíček; born 6 December 1971) is a Dutch former professional tennis player.In 1996, he won the men's singles title at Wimbledon, and remains the only Dutch male player to have won a major singles title.
Wimbledon: Frank Hadow ☆†‡ Spencer Gore 7–5 6–1 9–7 1879: Wimbledon: John Hartley ☆ Vere St. Leger Goold † 6–2 6–4 6–2 1880: Wimbledon: John Hartley Herbert Lawford: 6–3 6–2 2–6 6–3 1881: Wimbledon: William Renshaw ☆ John Hartley 6–0 6–1 6–1 U.S. National: Richard Sears ☆ William Glyn † 6–0 6–3 6 ...
Yvon Petra (French pronunciation: [ivɔ̃ petʁa]; 8 March 1916 – 12 September 1984) was a French male tennis player. He was born in Cholon, French Indochina.. Petra is best remembered as the last Frenchman to win the Wimbledon Championships men's singles title (in 1946), beating Geoff Brown in five sets in the final.