Today in Wimbledon History
Tennis Tournaments Topics: Australian Open - Davis Cup - French Open - US Open
Events in Sport
Results 1 - 100 of 151
1877-07-09 - 1st Wimbledon tennis championship is held
1877-07-19 - 1st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Spencer W Gore beats Marshall (61 62 64)
1887-07-06 - 4th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Lottie Dod beats Blanche Hillyard (62 60)
1907-07-23 - 7th Davis Cup: Australasia beats British Isles in Wimbledon (3-2)
1911-07-07 - 28th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: D Chambers beats D Boothby (60 60)
1913-07-04 - 37th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: A F Wilding beats McLoughlin (86 63 10-8)
1913-07-28 - 12th Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles in Wimbledon (3-2)
1919-07-05 - 32nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: S Lenglen beats Chambers (10-8 46 97)
1920-07-03 - 40th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats Patterson (26 63 62 64)
1921-06-29 - 34th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats E Ryan (62 60)
1921-07-02 - 41st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: B Tilden beats B Norton (46 26 61 60 75)
1922-07-08 - 35th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats M Mallory (62 60)
1923-07-06 - 36th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats K McKane (62 62)
1923-07-07 - 43rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: William Johnston beats F Hunter (60 63 61)
1925-07-03 - 38th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats Joan Fry (62 60)
1925-07-04 - 45th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rene Lacoste beats J Borotra (63 63 46 86)
1927-07-02 - 40th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats L de Alvarez (62 64)
1927-07-03 - 47th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: H Cochet beats Borotra (46 46 63 64 75)
1928-07-07 - 41st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats L de Alvarez (62 63)
1929-07-05 - 42nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (61 62)
1930-07-04 - 43rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Elizabeth Ryan (62 62)
1930-07-05 - 50th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats W Allison (63 97 64)
1931-07-03 - 51st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Sid Wood Jr beats F X Shields (walkover)
1932-07-01 - 45th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (63 61)
1932-07-02 - 52nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Ellsworth Vines beats H Austin (64 62 60)
1933-07-08 - 46th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats D Round (64 68 63)
1934-07-07 - Elizabeth Ryan wins her 12th Wimbledon doubles championship
1934-07-31 - 29th Davis Cup: Great Britain beats USA in Wimbledon (4-1)
1935-07-06 - 48th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats H Jacobs (63 36 75)
1936-07-04 - 49th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Hull Jacobs beats H Sperling (62 46 75)
1937-07-02 - 57th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Don Budge beats G von Cramm (63 64 62)
1937-07-27 - 32nd Davis Cup: USA beats Great Britain in Wimbledon (4-1)
1938-07-01 - 58th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Don Budge beats Henry Austin (61 60 63)
1938-07-02 - 51st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (64 60)
1939-07-07 - 52nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Kay Stammers (62 60)
1939-07-08 - 59th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bobby Riggs beats E Cooke (26 86 36 63 62)
1946-07-06 - 53rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats Louise Brough (62 64)
1946-07-06 - 60th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Yvon Petra beats G Brown (62 64 79 57 64)
1947-07-04 - 61st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Jack Kramer beats Tom P Brown (61 63 62)
1947-07-05 - 54th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Osborne beat Doris Hart (62 64)
1948-07-02 - 62nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Falkenburg beats Bromwich (75 06 62 36 75)
1948-07-03 - 55th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats Doris Hart (63 86)
1949-07-01 - 63rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Ted Schroeder beat Drobny (36 60 63 46 64)
1949-07-02 - 56th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: L Brough beats M duPont (10-8 16 10-8)
1950-07-07 - 64th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Budge Patty beats Sedgman (61 8-10 62 63)
1950-07-08 - 57th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats M duPont (61 36 61)
1951-07-06 - 65th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Dick Savitt beats Ken McGregor (64 64 64)
1951-07-07 - 58th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Doris Hart beats Shirley Fry (61 60)
1952-07-04 - 66th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Frank Sedgman beats J Drobny (46 62 63 62)
1952-07-05 - 59th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats L Brough (75 63)
1953-07-03 - 67th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Vic Seixas beats Kurt Nielsen (97 63 64)
1953-07-04 - 60th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats D Hart (86 75)
1954-07-02 - 68th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: J Drobny beats K Rosewall (13-11 46 62 97)
1954-07-03 - 61st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats L Brough (62 75)
1955-07-01 - 69th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Tony Trabert beats Kurt Nielsen (63 75 61)
1955-07-02 - 62nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats B Fleitz (75 86)
1956-07-06 - 70th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Lew Hoad beats Ken Rosewall (62 46 75 64)
1956-07-07 - 63rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Shirley Fry beats Angela Buxton (63 61)
1957-07-05 - 71st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Lew Hoad beats Ashley J Cooper (62 61 62)
1957-07-06 - 64th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats Darlene Hard (63 62)
1958-07-04 - 72nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: A Cooper beats N Fraser (36 63 64 13-11)
1958-07-05 - 65th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats A Mortimer (86 62)
1959-07-03 - 73rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Alex Olmedo beats Rod Laver (64 63 64)
1959-07-04 - 66th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Darlene Hard (64 63)
1961-07-07 - 75th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Chuck McKinley (63 61 64)
1962-07-06 - 76th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Martin Mulligan (62 62 61)
1962-07-07 - 69th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Karen Susman beats Vera Sukova (64 64)
1963-07-06 - 70th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Smith beats Billie J King (63 64)
1963-07-06 - 77th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: C McKinley beats Fred Stolle (97 61 64)
1964-07-03 - 78th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Roy Emerson beats Stolle (64 12-10 46 63)
1964-07-04 - 71st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats M Court (64 79 63)
1965-07-02 - 79th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Roy Emerson beats Fred Stolle (62 64 64)
1965-07-03 - 72nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats M Fraiser (64 75)
1966-07-01 - 80th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: M Santana beats D Ralston (64 11-9 64)
1966-07-02 - 73rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie J King beats Frasier (63 36 61)
1967-07-07 - 81st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John Newcombe beats W Bungert (63 61 61)
1967-07-08 - 74th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats A Jones (63 64)
1968-07-05 - 82nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Tony Roche (63 64 62)
1968-07-06 - 75th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats J Tegart (97 75)
1969-06-25 - Longest tennis match in Wimbledon history, Pancho Gonzalez beats Charles Pasarell in 112 game (5hr12m) marathon
1969-07-04 - 76th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Ann Jones beats Billie J King (36 63 62)
1969-07-05 - 83rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats J Newcombe (64 57 64 64)
1970-07-03 - 77th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats King (14-12 11-9)
1970-07-04 - 84th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Newcombe beats K Rosewall (57 63 62 36 61)
1971-07-02 - 78th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Evonne Goolagong beats M Smith (64 61)
1971-07-03 - 85th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: J Newcombe beats S Smith (63 57 26 64 64)
1972-07-07 - 79th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats Goolagong (63 63)
1972-07-09 - 86th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: S Smith beats I Nastase (46 63 63 46 75)
1973-07-07 - 80th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats C Evert (60 75)
1973-07-07 - 87th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Jan Kodes beats Alex Metreveli (61 98 63)
1973-07-07 - 1st all-US women's Wimbledon, Billie Jean King beats Chris Evert
1974-07-05 - 81st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Olga Morzova (60 64)
1974-07-06 - 88th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats K Rosewall (61 61 64)
1975-07-04 - 82nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats Goolagong (60 61)
1975-07-05 - 89th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Arthur Ashe beats J Connors (61 61 57 64)
1976-07-02 - 83rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats E Goolagong (63 46 86)
1976-07-03 - 90th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Ilse Nastase (64 62 97)
1977-07-01 - 84th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Virginia Wade beats B Stove (46 63 61)
1977-07-02 - 91st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Connors (36 62 61 57 64)
1978-07-07 - 85th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (26 64 75)
Birthdays in Sport
Results 1 - 46 of 46
1849-01-09 - John Hartley, English tennis player, double winner of Wimbledon (d. 1935)
1887-09-25 - May Sutton Bundy, US, 1st US woman to win Wimbledon (US 1904)
1898-08-13 - Jean Borota, France, tennis champ (35 Wimbledons between 1922-64)
1899-05-24 - Suzanne Lenglen, France, Wimbledon tennis champion (6-times)
1903-02-27 - Reginald Gardiner, Wimbledon England, actor (Great Dictator)
1905-10-06 - Helen N Willis Moody, tennis pro (8 Wimbledon titles 1927-1938)
1908-01-31 - René Simone Mathieu, France, doubles tennis star (Wimbledon 1934)
1909-05-18 - Fred Perry, English tennis star/commentator (Wimbledon, 1934-36)
1919-08-06 - Pauline Betz Addie, Dayton Ohio, tennis champ (Wimbledon 1946)
1921-08-01 - Jack Kramer, Las Vegas, tennis star (Wimbledon 1947, US Open-1946)
1923-03-11 - A Louise Brough Clapp, Oklahoma, tennis player (4 time Wimbledon champ)
1925-06-20 - Doris J Hart, St Louis Mo, tennis player (Wimbledon 1951)
1930-08-16 - Tony Trabert, tennis pro (1955 Wimbledon)
1932-04-21 - Angela Mortimer, English tennis player, Wimbledon)
1934-08-17 - Maureen Connally, champion tennis player (Wimbledon)
1934-11-23 - Lewis Alan "Lew" Hoad, Australia, tennis star (Wimbledon 1953, 56)
1936-11-03 - Roy Emerson, Australia, tennis player (Wimbledon-1964, 65, US Open-61)
1939-10-11 - Maria Bueno, Sao Paulo Brazil, tennis player (Wimbledon 1959)
1942-12-11 - Karen Susman, tennis pro (Wimbledon 1962)
1943-05-23 - John Newcombe, Australia, tennis pro (Wimbledon 1967, 70, 71)
1943-07-10 - Arthur Ashe, tennis pro (1968 US Open, 1975 Wimbledon)
1943-10-04 - Owen Keir Davidson, Australia, 4 time Wimbledon mix double champ
1943-11-22 - Billie Jean King, Long Beach California, American tennis pro (Wimbledon 1968, 72, 73, 75)
1945-07-10 - [Sarah] Virginia Wade, England, tennis star (Wimbledon 1977)
1946-12-14 - Stanley R Smith, tennis champ (Wimbledon 1972, US Open-1971)
1948-10-10 - Rosemary Casals, SF California, tennis doubles (5X Wimbledon) [or Sep 16]
1951-07-31 - Evonne Goolagong Cawley, NSW Aust, tennis player (Wimbledon 1971)
1951-10-15 - Roscoe Tanner, tennis player (Wimbledon Finals 1979)
1952-01-27 - Brian Gottfried, Baltimore Md, tennis star (Wimbledon Doubles 1976)
1952-09-02 - Jimmy Connors, tennis brat (US Open-78, 82, 83 Wimbledon-74, 82)
1956-06-06 - Bjorn Borg, Sodertlage Sweden, tennis champ (Wimbledon 1976-79)
Tennis Player Martina Navratilova (1956-10-18)
1956-10-18 - Martina Navratilova, Revnice Czech, tennis (Wimbledon 1989,79,82-87)
1961-09-28 - Anne White, Charleston WV, tennis (Wore spandex in '85 Wimbledon)
1961-10-22 - Barbara Potter, Ct, tennis player (changed shirt on Wimbledon Court)
1961-10-30 - Hans Segers, soccer goaltender (PSV, Nottingham Forest, Wimbledon)
1963-11-16 - Zina Garrison Jackson, Houston Tx, tennis star (1988/90 Wimbledon)
1965-05-27 - Pat Cash, Australia, tennis player (Wimbledon 1987)
1965-09-23 - Mark Woodforde, Adelaide Australia, tennis star (1993 Wimbledon mixed)
1966-01-19 - Stefan Edberg, Sweden, tennis player (Wimbledon 1988, US Open 1991)
1967-11-22 - Boris Becker, West Germany, tennis player (Wimbledon 1985, 86, 89)
1968-10-02 - Jana Novotna, Brno Czech, tennis star (1995 Aust/Wimbledon doubles)
1968-11-20 - Jeff Tarango, California, tennis star (defaulted 1995 Wimbledon)
1971-04-02 - Todd Woodbridge, Sydney Australia, tennis star ('95 doubles Wimbledon)
1971-09-13 - Goran Ivanisevic, Croatia, tennis star (1991, 1994, 1998 Wimbledon finalist; 2001 wildcard Wimbledon winner)
1971-12-06 - Richard Krajicek, Neth, tennis star (Wimbledon-1996)
1974-03-13 - Thomas Enqvist, Stockholm Sweden, tennis star (1991 Wimbledon jr boys)
Deaths in Sport
Results 1 - 7 of 7
1935-08-21 - John Hartley, English tennis player, double winner of Wimbledon (b. 1849)
1938-07-04 - Suzanne Lenglen, 6 time Wimbledon champ, dies at 39 of anemia
1979-07-05 - Elizabeth Ryan, tennis ace (won 19 Wimbledon titles), dies at 87
1992-06-19 - Kitty McKane Godfree, Tennis champ (Wimbledon 1924, 26), dies at 96
1993-02-06 - Arthur Ashe, tennis star (Wimbledon 1975), dies of AIDS at 49
1994-07-03 - Lewis A "Lew" Hoad, tennis star (Wimbledon 1953, 56), dies at 59
1995-02-02 - Fred Perry, English tennis star (Wimbledon 1934-36), dies at 85
