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Year Singles Doubles Gentlemen Ladies Gentlemen Ladies Mixed; 1877: Spencer Gore: No competition: No competition: No competition: No competition: 1878: Frank Hadow
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.
French Open (1978, 1980), Wimbledon Richard Sears: US Open (1881, 1882, 1883) Tony Trabert: Wimbledon , US Open (1953, 1955) 2 Don Budge: Australian Open , Wimbledon Roger Federer: Australian Open , Wimbledon 1 John Bromwich: Australian Open Roy Emerson: Australian Open Neale Fraser: US Open
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 ...
Petra Kvitová is a two-time champion, and created a first in 2011, when she became the first player, male or female, born in the 1990s to win a Grand Slam tournament title. Year [ d ] Country
The Ladies' Doubles Trophy, a silver cup and cover known as The Duchess of Kent Challenge Cup, was presented to the All England Club in 1949 by The Duchess of Kent. The Mixed Doubles Trophy is a silver challenge cup and cover presented to the All England Club by the family of two-time Wimbledon doubles winner Sydney Smith. [123] [124]
1968 Wimbledon: 9 August 1938: 6 July 1968: 1st of 5 25 years, 60 days Arthur Ashe: 1968 US Open: 10 July 1943: 8 September 1968: 1st of 3 24 years, 98 days Jan Kodeš: 1970 French Open: 1 March 1946: 7 June 1970: 1st of 3 26 years, 42 days John Newcombe * 1970 Wimbledon: 23 May 1944: 4 July 1970: 1st of 5 24 years, 241 days Stan Smith: 1971 US ...
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]