Wimbledon Tennis Schedule, Information and Records
WIMBLEDON Tennis Schedule, Information and Records
Stats Thru 2015 Wimbledon
Site: All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club,        Wimbledon, England
Dates: Mon., June 27 - Sun., July 10, 2014
Qualifying Matches: Begin Monday, June 20
Main Draw: To be made Friday, June 24, 10:00am
Main Draw Begins Mon., June 27
US Television: ESPN (Two weeks)
Singles Winner Prize (pounds): 1,880,000 (men)/1,880,000                          (women)
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7 - William C. Crenshaw (1881-'86, 1889), Pete          Sampras (1993-'95, '97-2000), Roger Federer (2003-2007,2009, 2012)
5 - Hugh Doherty (1902-'06), Bjorn Borg (1976-'80)
4 - Reginald Doherty (1987-1900), Anthony Wilding          (1910-'13), Rod Laver (1961, '62, '68, '69),
MOST TITLES BY COUNTRY
OPEN ERA MATCH WIN LEADERS
Jimmy Connors
Boris Becker, 1985 (17 yrs, 7 mos)
Wilfred Baddeley, 1881 (19 yrs, 5 mos)
Sidney Wood, 1931, (19 yrs, 8 mos)
OLDEST CHAMPION
Arthur Gore, 1909, (41 yrs, 6 mos)
Arthur Ashe, 1975, (31 yrs, 11 mos) *Open Era          leader
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Lowest Ranked Winner: No. 125 Goran Ivanisevic (2001)
Longest men's final by time: Roger Federer d  Rafael Nadal 4hrs 48mins (2008)
Longest men's match by time:  John Isner d  Nicolas Mahut 11hrs 5mins (2010)
Longest men's final by games: Roger Federer d Andy Roddick 77 games (2009)
Longest men's match by games:  John Isner d Nicolas Mahut 183 games (2010)
Last defending Wimbledon champion to lose first round: Lleyton Hewitt l. to Ivo Karlovic (2003)
WINNING WIMBLEDON WITHOUT PLAYING A WARMUP (Open Era - 7 players)
Stan Smith 1972    
Novak Djokovic 2011, 2014, 2015
HOW HAS THE TOP SEED FARED?
Of the 47 Wimbledon championships played since 1968, 19 top seeds have held form and gone on to win the title. Pete Sampras won 6 of his 7 Wimbledon titles as No. 1 seed, with Lleyton Hewitt successful in 2002 and Roger Federer in 2004-2007. In 2003, Hewitt became the only No. 1 seed at Wimbledon in the Open Era to lose in the 1st round, when he was defeated by Croatian qualifier Ivo Karlovic 16 76 63 64.
MOST WIMBLEDON TITLES - MEN (Open Era)
1
67(7) 64 76(4) 57 64
2013 Andy Murray
57 76(6) 76(5) 36 1614
2008 Rafael Nadal
64 64 67(5) 67(8) 97
2007 Roger Federer
76 46 76 26 62
2006 Roger Federer
63 36 63 26 97
2000 Pete Sampras
67 76 64 36 62
1997 Pete Sampras
67 64 64 16 64
1991 Michael Stich
62 62 36 36 64
1989 Boris Becker
9 - Miss M. Navratilova (USA) 1978, '79, '82-87, '90
8 - Miss H.N. Wills-Moody (USA) 1927-30, '32, '33, '35,          '38
7 - Miss D.K. Douglass- Chambers (BRI) 1903, '04, '06,          '10, '11, '13, '14
7 - Miss S.M. Graf (GER) 1988, '89, '91-93, '95, '96
6 - Miss S.J. Williams (USA) 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015
YOUNGEST CHAMPION
Miss C. Dod, 1887, 15 years, 285 days
OLDEST CHAMPION
Mrs A Sterry, 1908, 37 years, 282 days
RECENT WIMBLEDON WOMEN'S                                  CHAMPIONS
2015 Miss S.J. Williams (USA) 1
Miss Garbine Muguruza (ESP) 20
6-4, 6-4
2014 Miss P. Kvitova (CZE) 6
Miss E. Bouchard (CAN) 13
6-3 6-0
2013 Miss M. Bartoli (FRA) 15
Miss S. Lisicki (GER) 23
6-1 6-4
2012 Miss S.J. Williams (USA) 6
Miss A. Radwanska (POL) 3
6-1 5-7 6-2
2011   Miss P. Kvitova (CZE) 8
Miss M. Sharapova (RUS) 5
6-3 6-4
2010 Miss S.J. Williams (USA) 1
Miss Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 21
6-3, 6-2
2009 Miss S.J. Williams (USA) 2
Miss V.E.S. Williams 3
2008 Miss V.E.S. Williams (USA) 7
Miss S.J. Williams 6
2007  V.E.S. Williams                              (USA) 23
Miss M. Bartoli (FRA) 18
6-4, 6-1
2006 Miss A. Mauresmo (FRA) 1
J. Henin (BEL) 3
2005 V.E.S. Williams                                (USA) 14
Miss L. Davenport (USA)                                1
4-6, 7-6(4), 9-7
2004 Miss M. Sharapova                                (RUS) 13
S.J. Williams ( USA )                                1
2003 S.J. Williams (                                USA ) 1
V.E.S. Williams ( USA                                ) 4
2002 S.J. Williams ( USA ) 2
V.E.S. Williams ( USA ) 1
2001 V.E.S. Williams ( USA ) 2
J. Henin (BEL) 8
2000 V.E.S. Williams ( USA ) 5
L.A. Davenport ( USA ) 2
1999 L.A. Davenport ( USA ) 3
S.M. Graf (GER) 2
1998 J. Novotna (TCH) 3
N. Tauziat (FRA) 16
1997 M. Hingis (SUI) 1
J. Novotna (TCH) 3
1996 S.M. Graf (GER) 1
A. Sanchez Vicario (ESP) 4
6-3, 7-5,
1995 S.M. Graf (GER) 1
A. Sanchez Vicario (ESP) 2
4-6, 6-1, 7-5,
1994 C. Martinez (ESP) 3
M. Navratilova ( USA ) 4
1993 S.M. Graf (GER) 1
J. Novotna (TCH) 8
1992 S.M. Graf (GER) 2
M. Seles ( USA ) 1
1991 S.M. Graf (GER) 1
G.B. Sabatini (ARG) 2
1990 M. Navratilova ( USA ) 2
Z.L. Garrison ( USA ) 5
Lowest ranked women's winner: No. 31 Venus Williams (2007)
Longest women's final by time:  Venus Williams d Lindsay Davenport 2hrs 45mins (2005)
Longest women's match by time: Chanda Rubin d  Patricia Hy-Boulais 3hrs 45mins (1995)
Set won without losing a point (golden set): Yaroslava Shvedova          (3rd round vs S Errani, 1st set) 15 mins (2012)
Oldest competitor: 1922, Mrs A O’Neill (GBR) – 54 years, 304 days
Youngest competitor: 1990, Jennifer Capriati (USA) – 14 years, 90 days
Fastest recorded serve: Venus Williams, 129mph in 2008
- Maria Sharapova (2004), Venus Williams (2005, 2007) and Marion Bartoli (2013) are only players to win Wimbledon when seeded outside Top 10
- The top seed has won the Wimbledon women’s singles 22 times in the Open Era, only three No.1 seeds have won here in the last 14 years (Serena       Williams in 2003 and 2010 and Amelie Mauresmo in 2006)
- The women's title has been successfully defended 15 times in the Open Era
- Five players havewon the singles title after saving match point (Blanche Hillyard (1889), Suzanne Lenglen (1919),        HelenWills-Moody (1935), VenusWilliams (2005) and SerenaWilliams (2009)
- In 2010, Serena Williams became the 28th woman towin the singles title without dropping a set (9th in Open Era)
- In 2004, Maria Sharapova became the first woman not seeded in the Top 8 to win theWimbledon singles title       since seeding began in 1927. She has since been joined by Venus Williams both in 2005 (No.14) and in 2007 (No.23)
- Only 4 players have won the Wimbledon women’s singles title after winning the Wimbledon girls singles title       (Haydon-Jones, Susman, Hingis and Mauresmo).
- The player with the most women’s doubles titles is Elizabeth Ryan, who won 12 between 1914 and 1934
- Serena Williams was the last player to win both the singles and doubles titles in the same year – 2012; the Williams       sisters have won both singles and doubles titles on 5 occasions (3 Serena)
- Ann Jones (1969), Martina Navratilova (9 times) and Petra Kvitova (once) are the only three left-handers to win the        Wimbledon women’s singles title in the Open Era
Wimbledon’s oldest women’s singles champion of all time is Britain’s Charlotte Sterry, who won the title in 1908 at the age of 37 years, 282 days. The oldest champion at Wimbledon in the Open Era is Martina Navratilova of the USA, who won the last of her record nine Wimbledon singles titles at the age of 33 years, 263 days in 1990.
NO.1 SEEDS’ PERFORMANCES AT WIMBLEDON
The women's top seed has won singles title at Wimbledon on 23 occasions in Open Era¸ most recently in 2015 with Serena Williams.
WINNING FRENCH OPEN AND WIMBLEDON IN SAME YEAR (Open Era):
Margaret Court 1970