* 1975 – Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.

* 1985 – Boris Becker becomes the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon at age 17

He followed his 2001 US Open win by capturing the Wimbledon singles title, dominating first-time finalist David Nalbandian in straight sets ; Hewitt lost only two sets throughout the championship.

* July 8 – Martina Hingis becomes the youngest person in history ( age 15 years and 282 days ) to win at Wimbledon in the Ladies ' Doubles event.

* July 6-7: Steffi Graf and Michael Stich win the 1991 Wimbledon Championships.

* July 9 – Steffi Graf and Boris Becker of West Germany win singles titles at the 1989 Wimbledon Championships.

At Wimbledon, Davenport was the top seed and made it easily to the fourth round, where she was tested again by Clijsters, but came through in three sets to win her second successive match against the Belgian.

Williams went on to win, 4 – 6, 7 – 6, 9 – 7, in the longest ( in terms of time ) Wimbledon final in history.

Davenport went on to win the Wimbledon Invitational Doubles event, partnering once again with Hingis.

His final goals for the club came on 17 April 1996, when he scored twice in a 3 – 2 home league win over Wimbledon.

It also give Londoners a chance to win exclusive tickets to film premieres and sports tournament tickets, such as the Wimbledon Ladies Singles Final.

Sampras is the last American male to win Wimbledon ( 2000 ) and the ATP World Tour Finals ( 1999 ).

Fischer was responsible for converting Sampras's double-handed backhand to single-handed with the goal of being better prepared to win Wimbledon.

Except for a loss in the 1996 quarterfinals to eventual winner Richard Krajicek, Sampras continued to win at Wimbledon for the rest of the decade, becoming the most successful male player in Wimbledon history.

This victory was his eighth consecutive win in a Grand Slam final ( starting at 1995 Wimbledon ), which remains a record in the Open Era.

Sampras prevailed in five sets, and went on to win his first Wimbledon championship.

He won the final in straight sets, 6 – 3, 6 – 4, 6 – 3, to become the first Dutchman to win Wimbledon.

Graf did, however, win her third Wimbledon title, defeating Sabatini in the final.

On 4 August 2012, she became the second player after Steffi Graf to win a career Golden Grand Slam after winning the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in Wimbledon, and the first player in history, male or female, to win the Career Golden Grand Slam in both singles and doubles.

Venus also became only the sixth woman in history to win the singles titles at both Wimbledon and the US Open in consecutive years, the others being Martina Navrátilová ( twice ), Steffi Graf ( twice ), Althea Gibson, Maureen Connolly Brinker, and Helen Wills Moody ( twice ).

Williams was the defending champion and one of the favorites to win the singles title at Wimbledon.

Williams thus became only the fourth woman in the open era to win Wimbledon at least four times, along with Billie Jean King, Martina Navratilova and Steffi Graf.

He took over as manager of Wimbledon in January 1978, helping the Plough Lane side win their first promotion from the Football League Fourth Division in 1978 / 79, although they were relegated at the first attempt.

During the 1999 Wimbledon Championships, the BBC presented a service which allowed viewers to select a video stream of different matches, and access additional information such as player profiles, scores and interactive quizzes.

In the 2003 Wimbledon tournament, Rusedski swore at the umpire in the second round after not being allowed to replay a point after fan interference, losing his temper and ultimately losing the match to Andy Roddick 7 – 6, 7 – 6, 7 – 5.

The 2007 Wimbledon Championships also implemented the Hawk-Eye system as an officiating aid on Centre Court and Court 1, and each tennis player was allowed 3 incorrect challenges per set.

The BBC's second multiplex has allowed it to televise BBC Parliament where it had previously only been available in sound, allowed BBC Knowledge and its successor, BBC4, to stop renting space from SDN for coverage, and allowed for special video screens in its interactive service BBCi, for use during sporting events such as Wimbledon and carrying loops of news headlines and weather, ( services already provided on digital satellite )

Curren lost to unseeded New Zealander Chris Lewis in a dramatic five-set semifinal match, 7-6, 4-6, 6-7, 7-6, 6-8, which allowed Lewis to become only the seventh unseeded player to reach the Wimbledon final.

Since then her films have included the romantic comedy Wimbledon ( 2004 ), the romantic science fiction Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ( 2004 ) and Cameron Crowe's tragicomedy Elizabethtown ( 2005 ).

On 1 November 2007, Hingis announced her retirement from tennis after testing positive for cocaine during Wimbledon in 2007.

At Wimbledon, Davenport reached her second Grand Slam quarterfinal.

At Wimbledon, Davenport was seeded 25th, won her first-round match, and then withdrew from the tournament because of a right knee injury.

In her first tournament since the 2008 US Open, Davenport played mixed doubles at Wimbledon with Bob Bryan, where they received a wild card.

She was returned to Britain when she was three to live with an aunt, a professional governess Bessie Nicholson, in Wimbledon, London, after her pregnant mother, Florence, committed suicide by hanging herself from a tree.

The episode was set on Wimbledon Common, and involved Richie and Eddie encountering a flasher ; on 15 July 1992, after the episode was filmed but before it had aired, Rachel Nickell was sexually assaulted and murdered in front of her young son on the Common.

A blue commemorative plaque was erected on her home in Palmerston Road, Wimbledon by The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America in November 2010.

Illness caused her to miss Wimbledon, and an accident where she broke a toe several weeks later also curtailed her momentum.

Graf then lost to Navratilova 7 – 5, 6 – 3 in the Wimbledon final, her first loss of the year.

Graf also won her only Grand Slam doubles title that year — at Wimbledon partnering Sabatini — and picked up a women's doubles Olympic bronze medal.

Graf briefly regained the top ranking after winning at Wimbledon but lost it again after her loss to Navratilova at the US Open.

At Wimbledon, after struggling through early-round three-setters against lowly ranked Mariaan de Swardt and Patty Fendick, she easily defeated Natasha Zvereva in a quarterfinal, Sabatini in a semifinal, and Seles in the final 6 – 2, 6 – 1, with Seles playing in almost complete silence because of widespread media and player criticism of her grunting.

She then won her eighth German Open, but there were signs that her form was worsening as she almost lost to Julie Halard in a quarterfinal. Back-to-back losses followed ; Graf lost to Mary Pierce in a French Open semifinal, 6 – 2, 6 – 2, and followed that with a first-round straight-sets loss at Wimbledon to Lori McNeil, her first loss in a first round Grand Slam tournament in ten years.

Graf then reached her ninth Wimbledon singles final, losing to Davenport 6 – 4, 7 – 5.

In mixed doubles at Wimbledon, Graf partnered with John McEnroe, but she withdrew at the semi-final stage to protect her knee in advance of the singles final.

Her seven Grand Slam singles titles also place her with four other women for twelfth place on the all-time list, whereas five Wimbledon singles titles tie her with two other women for eighth place on the all-time list.

Her game is very well adapted to grass where she feels most comfortable, which is reflected in her five Wimbledon singles titles in eight of the last ten years.

At Wimbledon in 2008, her average first serve speed was in the quarterfinal, in the semifinal, and in the final.