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Saturday, June 29, 2019

2019 Wimbledon Championships July 01 - 14,2019

The 2019 Wimbledon Championships is scheduled to take place from July 01 -14,2019 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom 

This year is the 133rd edition of the Wimbledon Championship


It will be the first edition of the tournament to feature a standard tie break in the final set when the score in the set is 12 games all. The winner is the player who reaches seven or more points and leads by two points.
In the Women's Singles, there will be 16 qualifiers from 128 entrants, an increase from 12 qualifiers from 96 entrants. Doubles qualifying will be eliminated as a result. The change brings the qualification for the Women's Singles into line with that for the Men's Singles, which remains unchanged

Serbia's Novak Djokovic and Germany's Angelique Kerber are the defending champions iin the Men's and Women's Singles Championship Title





Here's a Look at the Past Records


1. Men's Singles: While Roger Federer has won the Wimbledon Men's Singles title eight times, its William Renshaw who holds the record of winning the most number of consecutive men's singles titles. Renshaw won six men's singles titles from 1881 to 1886.


2. Men's Doubles: Todd Woodbridge has won the maximum number of titles in men's doubles so far, with a total of 9. In terms of winning consecutive titles, Woodbridge and Woodforde, along with brothers Reginald Doherty and Lawrance Doherty, hold the joint record of five titles.
3. Women's Singles: Martina Navratilova holds the record of winning the most number of women's singles titles. She has nine Women's singles titles to her name.
4. Women's Doubles: With a total of 12 titles, Elizabeth Ryan is the player who has won maximum titles in the women's doubles. While Ryan and Suzanne Lenglen have the record of winning consecutive titles in the women's doubles, with a total of six.
5. Mixed Doubles: Ken Fletcher & Vic Seixas, and Owen Davidson & Leander Paes have won the maximum number of titles in mixed doubles, with a total of four each.
6. Most successful players: Williams Renshaw is the most successful men's player at Wimbledon, with a total of 14 titles (seven in men's singles, seven in men's doubles). Billie-Jean King and Martina Navratilova have won a total of 20, becoming the most successful women's tennis players in Wimbledon.
7. Most matches played: While Jean Borotra is the player who played most matches among men with a total of 223, Martina Navratilova tops the chart among the women with 326 matches.
8. Longest matches: John Isner and Nicolas Mahut are known to have played the longest match ever at Wimbledon (11 hours 5 minutes) which went on for three days. In 2008, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer played the longest final ever that lasted for 4 hours 48 minutes.
9. Youngest and Oldest winners: While Boris Becker is the youngest winner of men's singles (17 years and 227 days, in 1985), Arthur Gore is the oldest winner among men (41 years and 182 days, in 1909). The youngest among women is Lottie Dod (15 years and 285 days, in 1887) while Charlotte Cooper Sterry is the oldest winner in women's singles (37 years and 282 days, in 1908).
10. Most successful nation: The USA has proved itself as the most successful nation in both men's singles (33 titles) and women's singles (51 titles), with a total of 84 titles won at Wimbledon

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