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Thursday, January 24, 2008

All time winners female singles Wimbledon

884 Maud Watson
1885 Maud Watson
1886 Blanche Bingley
1887 Lottie Dod
1888 Lottie Dod
1889 Blanche Bingley Hillyard
1890 Helen Rice
1891 Lottie Dod
1892 Lottie Dod
1893 Lottie Dod
1894 Blanche Bingley Hillyard
1895 Charlotte Cooper
1896 Charlotte Cooper
1897 Blanche Bingley Hillyard
1898 Charlotte Cooper
1899 Blanche Bingley Hillyard
1900 Blanche Bingley Hillyard
1901 Charlotte Cooper Sterry
1902 Muriel Robb
1903 Dorothea Douglass
1904 Dorothea Douglass
1905 May Sutton
1906 Dorothea Douglass
1907 May Sutton
1908 Charlotte Cooper Sterry
1909 Dora Boothby
1910 Dorothea Lambert-Chambers
1911 Dorothea Lambert-Chambers
1912 Ethel Larcombe
1913 Dorothea Lambert-Chambers
1914 Dorothea Lambert-Chambers
1915 no competition
1916 no competition
1917 no competition
1918 no competition
1919 Suzanne Lenglen
1920 Suzanne Lenglen
1921 Suzanne Lenglen
1922 Suzanne Lenglen
1923 Suzanne Lenglen
1924 Kitty McKane
1925 Suzanne Lenglen
1926 Kitty McKane Godfree
1927 Helen Wills
1928 Helen Wills
1929 Helen Wills
1930 Helen Wills Moody
1931 Cilly Aussem
1932 Helen Wills Moody
1933 Helen Wills Moody
1934 Dorothy Round
1935 Helen Wills Moody
1936 Helen Hull Jacobs
1937 Dorothy Round
1938 Helen Wills Moody
1939 Alice Marble
1940 no competition
1941 no competition
1942 no competition
1943 no competition
1944 no competition
1945 no competition
1946 Pauline Betz
1947 Margaret Osborne
1948 Louise Brough
1949 Louise Brough
1950 Louise Brough
1951 Doris Hart
1952 Maureen Connolly
1953 Maureen Connolly
1954 Maureen Connolly
1955 Louise Brough
1956 Shirley Fry
1957 Althea Gibson
1958 Althea Gibson
1959 Maria Bueno
1960 Maria Bueno
1961 Angela Mortimer
1962 Karen Hantze Susman
1963 Margaret Smith
1964 Maria Bueno
1965 Margaret Smith
1966 Billie Jean King
1967 Billie Jean King
1968 Billie Jean King
1969 Ann Haydon Jones
1970 Margaret Smith Court
1971 Evonne Goolagong
1972 Billie Jean King
1973 Billie Jean King
1974 Chris Evert
1975 Billie Jean King
1976 Chris Evert
1977 Virginia Wade
1978 Martina Navrátilová
1979 Martina Navrátilová
1980 Evonne Goolagong Cawley
1981 Chris Evert-Lloyd
1982 Martina Navrátilová
1983 Martina Navrátilová
1984 Martina Navrátilová
1985 Martina Navrátilová
1986 Martina Navrátilová
1987 Martina Navrátilová
1988 Steffi Graf
1989 Steffi Graf
1990 Martina Navrátilová
1991 Steffi Graf
1992 Steffi Graf
1993 Steffi Graf
1994 Conchita Martínez
1995 Steffi Graf
1996 Steffi Graf
1997 Martina Hingis
1998 Jana Novotná
1999 Lindsay Davenport
2000 Venus Williams
2001 Venus Williams
2002 Serena Williams
2003 Serena Williams
2004 Maria Sharapova
2005 Venus Williams
2006 Amelie Mauresmo
2007 Venus Williams
2008 Venus Williams
2009 Serena Williams
2010 Serena Williams
2011 Petra Kvitova
2012 Serena Williams
2013 Marion Bartoli

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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

All time male singles winners Wimbledon

1877 Spencer Gore
1878 Frank Hadow
1879 John Hartley
1880 John Hartley
1881 William Renshaw
1882 William Renshaw
1883 William Renshaw
1884 William Renshaw
1885 William Renshaw
1886 William Renshaw
1887 Herbert Lawford
1888 Ernest Renshaw
1889 William Renshaw
1890 Willoughby Hamilton
1891 Wilfred Baddeley
1892 Wilfred Baddeley
1893 Joshua Pim
1894 Joshua Pim
1895 Wilfred Baddeley
1896 Harold Mahoney
1897 Reginald Doherty
1898 Reginald Doherty
1899 Reginald Doherty
1900 Reginald Doherty
1901 Arthur Gore
1902 Lawrence Doherty
1903 Lawrence Doherty
1904 Lawrence Doherty
1905 Lawrence Doherty
1906 Lawrence Doherty
1907 Norman Brookes
1908 Arthur Gore
1909 Arthur Gore
1910 Anthony Wilding
1911 Anthony Wilding
1912 Anthony Wilding
1913 Anthony Wilding
1914 Norman Brookes
1915 no competition
1916 no competition
1917 no competition
1918 no competition
1919 Gerald Patterson
1920 Bill Tilden
1921 Bill Tilden
1922 Gerald Patterson
1923 Bill Johnston
1924 Jean Borotra
1925 René Lacoste
1926 Jean Borotra
1927 Henri Cochet
1928 René Lacoste
1929 Henri Cochet
1930 Bill Tilden
1931 Sid Wood
1932 Ellsworth Vines
1933 Jack Crawford
1934 Fred Perry
1935 Fred Perry
1936 Fred Perry
1937 Don Budge
1938 Don Budge
1939 Bobby Riggs
1940 no competition
1941 no competition
1942 no competition
1943 no competition
1944 no competition
1945 no competition
1946 Yvon Petra
1947 Jack Kramer
1948 Bob Falkenburg
1949 Ted Schroeder
1950 Budge Patty
1951 Dick Savitt
1952 Frank Sedgman
1953 Vic Seixas
1954 Jaroslav Drobný
1955 Tony Trabert
1956 Lew Hoad
1957 Lew Hoad
1958 Ashley Cooper
1959 Alex Olmedo
1960 Neale Fraser
1961 Rod Laver
1962 Rod Laver
1963 Chuck McKinley
1964 Roy Emerson
1965 Roy Emerson
1966 Manuel Santana
1967 John Newcombe
1968 Rod Laver
1969 Rod Laver
1970 John Newcombe
1971 John Newcombe
1972 Stan Smith
1973 Jan Kodeš
1974 Jimmy Connors
1975 Arthur Ashe
1976 Björn Borg
1977 Björn Borg
1978 Björn Borg
1979 Björn Borg
1980 Björn Borg
1981 John McEnroe
1982 Jimmy Connors
1983 John McEnroe
1984 John McEnroe
1985 Boris Becker
1986 Boris Becker
1987 Pat Cash
1988 Stefan Edberg
1989 Boris Becker
1990 Stefan Edberg
1991 Michael Stich
1992 Andre Agassi
1993 Pete Sampras
1994 Pete Sampras
1995 Pete Sampras
1996 Richard Krajicek
1997 Pete Sampras
1998 Pete Sampras
1999 Pete Sampras
2000 Pete Sampras
2001 Goran Ivanisevic
2002 Lleyton Hewitt
2003 Roger Federer
2004 Roger Federer
2005 Roger Federer
2006 Roger Federer
2007 Roger Federer
2008 Rafael Nadal
2009 Roger Federer
2010 Rafael Nadal
2011 Novak Djokovic
2012 Roger Federer
2013 Andy Murray (First British male to win in 77 years)

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Friday, January 18, 2008

Men's tennis records

These are just some of the records kept. They will not always be accurate as you read them as the statistics change every week. Mostly these records are accurate as of the end of 2007. They are statistics for singles only.
Men to win the Grand Slam
Don Budge 1938
Rod Laver 1962, 1969
Men to win all four grand slams but not in one calendar year.
Andre Agassi
Don Budge
Roy Emerson
Rod Laver
Fred Perry
Roger Federer
Rafael Nadal
Titles in the Open era
1 J. Connors 109
2 I. Lendl 94
3 J. McEnroe 77
4 P. Sampras 64
5 B. Borg 62
6 G. Vilas 62
7.Roger Federer 60
8 A. Agassi 59
9 I. Nastase 57
10 B. Becker 49
11 R. Laver 47
12 T. Muster 44
13 S. Edberg 41
14 S. Smith 39
15 M. Chang 34
16 A. Ashe 33
17 M. Wilander 33
18 Lleyton Hewitt 25
Grand Slam title wins
Roger Federer : 17
Pete Sampras : 14
Roy Emerson : 12
Bjorn Borg : 11
Rod Laver : 11
Bill Tilden : 10
Rafael Nadal : 9
Fred Perry : 8
Andre Agassi : 8
Jimmy Conners : 8
Ken Rosewall : 8
Ivan Lendl : 8
Novak Djokovic

Winning streaks since 1990
1. Roger Federer 41 (March 2007) missing out on Guillarmo Villas record of 47 matches set before 1990.
2. Roger Federer 36 ( Jan 2006)
3. Thomas Muster 35
3. Roger Federer 35 (ended by Nalbandian in the Masters Cup, November 2005)
5. Pete Sampras 29 (1994)
6. Andre Agassi 26 (1995)
7. Jim Courier 25 (1992)
8. Pete Sampras 24 (1999)
9. Roger Federer 23 (2004)
10. Stefan Edberg 21 (1990, ’91)
10. Ivan Lendl 21 (1990)
12. Pete Sampras 21 (1996)
13. Pete Sampras 20 (1996-97)

Rafael Nadal surpasses Guillermo Vilas's record winning streak on clay after winning the first round of the French 2006. As he won the French Open, his record will be difficult to beat and has only just been broken by Federer at Hamburg 2007. Nadal had won 81 times in succession on clay.
Roger Federer equals Borg's winning streak on grass at Halle, Germany 2006. Should he keep winning at Wimbledon he will surpass that record to 48. By winning Wimbledon 2007, he also equaled Borg's record of 5 consecutive wins at Wimbledon.

Most aces in a match

49 R. Krajicek
47 G. Kuerten
46 G. Ivanisevic
46 M. Philippoussis
Most aces in 2005:
Roddick at 912.

Fastest individual serves recorded since 1991 (in mph)

Andy Roddick 155
Greg Rusedski 149
Taylor Dent 145
Jo-Wilfred Tsonga 144
Joachim Johansson 144
Mark Philippoussis 142.3
Joachim Johansson 141
Julian Alonso 140
Gilles Elseneer 140

Miscellanaeous

Wimbledon and the US Open Roger Federer is the first man in the Open era to take Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in consecutive years (2005) He has done that a third time (2006) He has now done this the fourth time (2007)
Seven men have won the two Grand Slam events in the same year, with Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe and Pete Sampras doing it twice apiece. Rod Laver and Boris Becker also pulled off the feat. Roger Federer is now the next one.
Federer wins his first U.S. Open title with a win over Hewitt to become the first player since Swede Mats Wilander in 1988 to win three grand slams in the same year, and the first man in the Open Era to win his first four grand slam finals. Federer also became the first man to win back to back US Opens since Patrick Rafter in 1988.

Federer is the first man to progress to a grand slam final 8 consecutive times. He is the holder of the grand slam record at 17 times.

Agassi played in his 61st Grand Slam event which is now a record and he has played for 21 consecutive years at the US Open (2006)

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