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 1968: 20 – 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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