WIMBLEDON RECORDS

 

Men’s Records

 

Most Men’s Singles Titles:

Before 1968: 7 - William Renshaw (GB) 1881-86, 1889

After 1968:    7 - Pete Sampras (USA) 1993-95, 1997-2000

 

Most Consecutive Men’s Singles Titles:

Before 1968: 7 - William Renshaw (GB) 1881-86

After 1968:    5 - Bjorn Borg (SWE) 1976-80 and Roger Federer (SWI) 2003-07

 

Most Men’s Doubles Titles:

Before 1968: 8 - Reggie and Laurie Doherty (GB) 1897-1901, 1903-05

After 1968:    9 - Todd Woodbridge (AUS) 1993-7, 2000 (with Mark Woodforde), 2002-04 (with Johnas Björkman)

 

Most Consecutive Men’s Doubles Titles:

Before 1968: 5 - Reggie & Laurie Doherty 1897-1901

After 1968:    5 - Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde 1993-97

 

Most Overall Men’s Championships (singles, doubles, mixed):

Before 1968: 14 - William Renshaw (GB) 1880 - 90 (7 singles, 7 doubles)

After 1968:      9 - Todd Woodbridge (AUS) 1993-2004 (9 doubles)

 

 

Women’s Records

 

Most Women’s Singles Titles

Before 1968: 8 - Helen Willis (USA) 1927-30, 1932-33, 1935, 1938

After 1968:    9 - Martina Navratilova (CZE/USA) 1978, 1979, 1982-87, 1990

 

Most Consecutive Women’s Singles Wins:

Before 1968: 5 - Suzanne Lenglen (FR) 1919-23

After 1968:    6 – Martina Navratilova (CZE/USA) 1982-86

 

Most Women’s Doubles Titles:

Before 1968: 12 – Elizabeth Ryan (USA) 1914 (with Agatha Morton), 1919-23, 1925 (with Suzanne Lenglen), 1926 (with Mary Browne), 1927, 1930 (with Helen Willis), 1933-34 (with Simone Mathieu)

                     10 – Billie Jean King (USA) 1961-62 (with Karen Hantze Susman), 1965 (with Maria Bueno), 1967-68, 1970-71, 1973 (with Rosie Casals), 1972 (with Betty Stove), 1979 (with Martina Navratilova)

After 1968:     7 – Martina Navratilova (CZE/USA) 1976 (with Chris Evert), 1979 (with Billie Jean King), 1981-84, 1986 (with Pam Shriver)

 

Most Consecutive Women’s Doubles Titles:

Before 1968: 5 – Suzanne Lenglen (FR) & Elizabeth Ryan (USA) 1919-23

After 1968   4 – Martina Navratilova (CZE/USA) & Pam Shriver 1981-84

                      4 – Natasha Zvereva (BY/USSR) 1991 (with Larisa Neiland) 1992-94 (with Gigi Fernandez)

 

Most Overall Championships (singles, doubles, mixed):

Before 196820 – Billie Jean King (USA) 1961-79 (6 singles, 10 doubles, 4 mixed)

                      19 – Elizabeth Ryan (USA) 1914-34 (12 doubles, 7 mixed)

After 1968:    20 – Martina Navratilova (CZE/USA) 1976-2003 (9 singles, 7 doubles, 4 mixed)

 

 

Mixed Records

 

Most Mixed Doubles Titles:

Before 1968: (Men)     4 – Ken Fletcher (AUS) 1963, 1965-66, 1968 (with Margaret Court)

                                    4 - Vic Seixas (USA) 1953-56 (3 with Doris Hart, 1 with Shirley Fry Irvin)

                     (Women) 7 – Elizabeth Ryan (USA) 1919, 1921, 1923 (with Randolph Lycett), 1927 (with Frank Hunter), 1928 (with Patrick Spence), 1930 (with Jack Crawford), 1932 (with Enrique Maier)

After 1968: (Men)        4 – Owen Davidson (AUS) 1967, 1971, 1973-74 (with Billie Jean King)

                   (Women)  4 – Martina Navratilova (CZE/USA) 1985 (with Paul McNamee), 1993 (with Mark Woodforde), 1995 (with Jonathan Stark, 2003 (with Leander Paes)

 

 

Miscellaneous Records

 

Most Matches Played

Men:      223 - Jean Borotra (FR)

Women: 326 – Martina Navratilova (CZE/USA)

 

Loser of Most Singles Finals

7 – Chris Evert (USA) & Blanche Bingley Hillyard (GB)

 

Lowest Ranked Winner

125th – Goran Ivanisevic (CRO) 2001

 

Wild Card Winner

Goran Ivanisevic 2001

 

Youngest Winner

Men:       Boris Becker (GER) 17 years, 227 days, 1985

Women: Lottie Dod (GB) 15 years, 285 days (Singles) 1887

              Martina Hingis (SWI) 15 years, 282 days (Doubles) 1997

 

Oldest Winner

Men:       Arthur Gore (GB) 41 years 6 months 1909

Women: Charlotte Sterry-Cooper (GB) 37 years, 9 months (Singles) 1908

               Martina Navratilova (CZE/USA) 46 years, 8 months (Mixed Doubles) 2003

 

Longest Match

Men:      5 hours 12 minutes Pancho Gonzalez (USA) bt Charles Pasarell (USA) 1969

Women: 3 hours 45 minutes Chandra Rubin (USA) bt Patricia Hy Boulais (HK/CAN) 1994

 

Longest Final

Men:       4 hours 48 minutes Rafael Nadal (ESP) bt Roger Federer (SWI) 2008

Women: 2 hours 45 minutes Lindsay Davenpoty (USA) bt Venus Williams (USA) 2005

 

Shortest Match / Final

Men:      37 minutes William Renshaw (GB) bt John Hartley (GB) 1881, although the 1931 final where S. Wood (USA) bt F. Shields (USA) was a walkover when Shields was injured the day before the match

Women: 23 minutes Suzanne Lenglen (FR) bt Molla Mallory 1922

 

Winner of Singles, Doubles and Mixed in the Same Year

Men:      Donald Budge 1937-38,

              Bobby Riggs 1939,

              Frank Sedgman 1952

Women: Suzanne Lenglen 1920, 22 & 25,

              Alice Marble 1939,

              Louise Brough 1948 & 50,

              Doris Hart 1951,

              Billie Jean King 1967 & 73

 

Most Winners by Country

Men:      35 - United Kingdom

              33 - United States        

              21 - Australia

Women: 51 - United States

              36 - United Kingdom

 

Left-Handed Winners

Men:      8 - N. Brookes, J. Drobny, N. Fraser, R. Laver, J. Connors, J. McEnroe, G. Ivanisevic & R. Nadal

Women: 2 - A. Jones & M. Navratilova

 

Shortest Players

Men:      4 feet, 11 inches - F. Ampon (1948-53)

Women: 4 feet, 9½ inches - C. Hoahing (1937-38, 1946—61)

 

Tallest players

Men:      6 feet, 10 inches - I. Karlovic (2003-…)

Women: 6 feet, 2½ inches - L. Davenport (1993-2001, 2003-04)

                                          - E. Bovina (2001-04)    


 

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