Winners Of Wimbledon Championship

● The Wimbledon tennis tournament is the oldest tournament started in 1877.

● It has been held at the All England lawn tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, since
its inception and is managed by AELTC - All England Lawn Tennis Club.
● Chronologically it is the third Grand Slam tournament; succeeding Australian Open and French
Open and preceding the US Open.
● Wimbledon tennis is the only major tournament played on the grass court, since Australian
Open shifted to hardcourts in 1988.
● The Wimbledon tournament is traditionally held in late June and early July and takes over two
weeks.
● In 1876, the lawn tennis game was devised by Major Walter Clopton Wingfield.
● The First Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles championship held in 1877 on July 9 was won by
Spencer Gore.
● In 1884, the Wimbledon Ladies' Singles was added in the competition and Maud Watson was
the first winner.
● Also, in 1884 the Gentlemen's Doubles championships and in 1913 the Ladies' Doubles and
Mixed Doubles events were added.
● No British man won the singles event at Wimbledon between Fred Perry in 1936 and Andy
Murray in 2013.
● No British woman has won Wimbledon ladies’ Singles since Virginia Wade in 1977. Although
the girls championship was won by Annabel Croft in 1984 and Laura Robson in 2008.
● Wimbledon consists of five main events, four junior events and seven invitation events.
● The Gentlemen's Singles champion gets a silver gilt cup and the Ladies' Singles champion is
felicitated with a sterling silver salver commonly known as the "Venus Rosewater Dish".
● The total Wimbledon Prize for the last conducted championship i.e Wimbledon 2019 tournament
was 2,350,000 pounds or sterlings.

List of Wimbledon Winners 2019

As the 2020 Wimbledon Championship is cancelled due to coronavirus disease, go through the list of
Wimbledon 2019 Winners given below.

Wimbledon Winners 2019 Championship

Wimbledon Titles Wimbledon Winners Runner-up

Wimbledon 2019 Gentlemen's
Singles Novak Djokovic Roger Federer

Wimbledon 2019 Ladies' Singles Simona Halep Serena Williams

Wimbledon 2019 Gentlemen's Juan Sebastián Cabal, Nicolas Mahut,
Doubles Robert Farah Édouard Roger Vasselin
Wimbledon 2019 Ladies' Barbora Strýcová, Su-Wei Gabriela Dabrowski
Doubles Hsieh Xu Yifan
Jeļena Ostapenko
Wimbledon 2019 Mixed Doubles Latisha Chan, Ivan Dodig Robert Lindstedt

Records of Wimbledon Winners

The only player in history to reach the Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles Final 12 times in both the
Amateur and Open Era games is Roger Federer.

Wimbledon
Winners Record Era/ Wimbledon Winner/ Titles count/ Winning years

Wimbledon Winners Gentelmens’ Since 1877

Winner of most Before 1968: William Renshaw - 7 titles - 1881–1886, 1889

Gentlemen's
Singles titles Open Era: Roger Federer - 8 Titles - 2003–2007, 2009, 2012, 2017
Winner of most
consecutive Before 1968: William Renshaw - 6 titles -1881–1886
Gentlemen's Open Era: Björn Borg - 5 titles - 1976–1980;
Singles titles Roger Federer - 5 titles - 2003–2007
Before 1968: Reginald Doherty & Laurence Doherty - 8 titles - 1897–1901,
Winner of most 1903–1905
Gentlemen's Open Era: Todd Woodbridge - 6 titles - with Mark Woodforde - 1993–1997,
Doubles titles 2000 and 3 titles with Jonas Björkman - 2002–2004
Winner of most
consecutive Before 1968: Reginald Doherty & Laurence Doherty - 5 titles - 1897–1901
Gentlemen's
Doubles titles Open Era: Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde- 5 Titles - 1993–1997
Before 1968: Ken Fletcher & Vic Seixas - 4 titles - 1963, 1965–1966, 1968
(with Margaret Court) and 1953–1956 (3 with Doris Hart, 1 with Shirley Fry
Irvin)
Winner of most Open Era: Owen Davidson & Leander Paes - 4 titles -1967, 1971, 1973–1974
Mixed Doubles (with Billie Jean King) and 1999 (with Lisa Raymond), 2003 (with Martina
titles – Gentlemen Navratilova), 2010 (with Cara Black), 2015 (with Martina Hingis)

Winner of most Before 1968: Laurence Doherty - 13 titles - 1897–1906 (5 singles, 8 doubles)
Championships
(total: singles, Open Era: Todd Woodbridge -10 titles - 1993–2004 (9 doubles, 1 mixed)
doubles, mixed) –
Gentlemen

Wimbledon Winners Ladies’ Since 1884

Before 1968: Helen Wills - 8 Titles - 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933,
Winner of most 1935, 1938
Ladies' Singles Open Era: Martina Navratilova - 9 Titles - 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984,
titles 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990
Winner of most
consecutive Before 1968: Suzanne Lenglen - 5Titles - 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923
Ladies' Singles
titles Open Era: Martina Navratilova -6 titles - 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987
Before 1968: Elizabeth Ryan -12 titles -1914 (with Agatha Morton), 1919,
1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925 (with Suzanne Lenglen), 1926 (with Mary
Winner of most Browne), 1927, 1930 (with Helen Wills), 1933, 1934 (with Simonne Mathieu)
Ladies' Doubles Open Era: Martina Navratilova - 7 Titles - 1976 (with Chris Evert), 1979 (with
titles Billie Jean King), 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986 (with Pam Shriver)
Before 1968: Suzanne Lenglen, Elizabeth Ryan -5 titles - 1919, 1920, 1921,
Winner of most 1922, 1923
consecutive Open Era: Martina Navratilova, Pam Shriver/ Natasha Zvereva -4 titles -1981,
Ladies' Doubles 1982, 1983, 19841991 (with Larisa Neiland), 1992, 1993, 1994 (with Gigi
titles Fernández)
Before 1968: Elizabeth Ryan - 7 titles - 1919, 1921, 1923 (with Randolph
Lycett), 1927 (with Frank Hunter), 1928 (with Patrick Spence), 1930 (with
Jack Crawford), 1932 (with Enrique Maier)
Winner of most Open Era: Martina Navratilova -4 titles - 1985 (with Paul McNamee), 1993
Mixed Doubles (with Mark Woodforde), 1995 (with Jonathan Stark), 2003 (with Leander
titles – ladies Paes)

Before 1968: Elizabeth Ryan- 19 titles - 1914–34 (12 doubles, 7 mixed)

Winner of most
Championships Open Era: Martina Navratilova -20 titles - 1976–2003 (9 singles, 7 doubles, 4
(total: singles, mixed)
doubles, mixed) – Combined: Billie Jean King - 20 titles - 1961–79 (6 singles, 10 doubles, 4
ladies mixed)
Candidates preparing for various competitive exams can go through the winners list of important sports
events:
● French Open Winners List 2020
● Australian Open Winners list 2020
● FIFA World Cup Winners List
● ICC World Cup Winners List
● IPL Winners List
Candidates can also check important general awareness topics given below for competitive exams
preparation:
Countries and Their National Games List Of Sports Terms Nobel Prize Winners

List of Sports Cups and Trophies Jnanpith Award Winners Arjuna Award Winners
Aspirants preparing for various competitive exams can go through the ​SSC General Awareness​ for
their preparation, The topics covered in the given link are common for all the examinations.