Defending Champions
Serbia's defending champion Novak Djokovic is considered the player to beat in the men's singles and starts the defence of his title when he opens up play on Centre Court against Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber at 13:00 BST on Monday.
The women's singles - won last year by Germany's Angelique Kerber, who starts on Centre at 13:00 BST on Tuesday - is expected to be another wide-open contest.
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.
Serbia's defending champion Novak Djokovic is considered the player to beat in the men's singles and starts the defence of his title when he opens up play on Centre Court against Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber at 13:00 BST on Monday.
No 1 Court's new £175million roof is ready for action at Wimbledon
With the 14-day forecast for SW19 showing
warm and dry weather— with no days having a high chance of rain — the
tournament may ironically not be in such desperate need of its new
£175million roof on No 1 Court.
Here's a Look at the Past Records
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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