Winners of Wimbledon Championship List of Wimbledon Winners 2019
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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. .