Wimbledon Championships 2026: Winners & MCQs

The first Wimbledon Championship was held in 1877 at the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club with a Men's Singles tournament.

Wimbledon is the only tennis Grand Slam tournament still played on traditional natural grass courts, cut to exactly 8 mm.

Wimbledon has enforced a strict all-white clothing rule since Victorian times, applicable to tops, shorts, socks, and shoes.

Roger Federer won 8 Wimbledon gentlemen's singles titles (2003–2007, 2009, 2012, and 2017).

Martina Navratilova won 9 Wimbledon ladies' singles championships, including six consecutive titles from 1982 to 1987.

Leander Paes defeated Fernando Meligeni of Brazil to win the Men's Singles bronze medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.

Ramanathan Krishnan reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon twice (1960 and 1961), achieving a career-high world ranking of No. 3.

Mahesh Bhupathi won the 1997 French Open Mixed Doubles title paired with Rika Hiraki of Japan.

Sania Mirza won the 2009 Australian Open Mixed Doubles with Mahesh Bhupathi, going on to win six Grand Slam titles.

Rohan Bopanna partnered with Australia's Matthew Ebden to win the 2024 Australian Open Men's Doubles, rising to World No. 1.

Spectators consume over 38 tonnes of fresh Kent strawberries and 10,000 litres of dairy cream over the two-week tournament.

Rufus, a trained Harris's hawk, patrols the Wimbledon skies every morning during tournament week to protect the grass courts.

The translucent folding fabric roof allows play to continue under artificial floodlights during London rain showers.

John Isner defeated Nicolas Mahut 70–68 in the fifth set in June 2010 after 183 games and 11 hours 5 minutes of play.

Wimbledon introduced the final set tie-break in 2019 following the 2018 semi-final between Kevin Anderson and John Isner.

The iconic silver gilt cup, first presented in 1887, features a pineapple ornament at the top representing hospitality and wealth.

The champion receives the Venus Rosewater Dish, a silver salver made in 1864 decorated with mythological figures in relief.

Swedish legend Bjorn Borg dominated Wimbledon with five consecutive championships, a feat later matched only by Roger Federer (2003–2007).

West Germany's Boris Becker became the youngest male Grand Slam singles champion at age 17 years and 227 days in July 1985.

Switzerland's Martina Hingis won Wimbledon in July 1997 at the age of 16 years and 278 days.

The Grand Slam calendar begins in Melbourne in January, moves to Paris in May, London in June/July, and finishes in New York in August/September.

Steffi Graf is the only player in tennis history to achieve the Golden Grand Slam, winning all four majors and Olympic gold in Seoul in 1988.

The net is 3 feet 6 inches (1.07 m) high at the posts and pulled taut to exactly 3 feet (0.914 m) at the center.

Derived etymologically from the French word ‘l'oeuf' (the egg, representing zero), ‘Love' indicates zero score in a game.

Hawk-Eye computer vision tracking was introduced in 2006, transitioning towards fully automated electronic line calling.

Court No. 2 earned the nickname ‘Graveyard of Champions' after tennis legends including Sampras, Agassi, and the Williams sisters suffered shock defeats there.

Serbia's Novak Djokovic leads men's tennis history with 24 Grand Slam singles titles.

Serena Williams won 23 Grand Slam singles championships in the professional Open Era, including 7 Wimbledon titles.

The Open Era began in 1968 when the All England Club voted to open Wimbledon to professional players, transforming international tennis.

The ATP governs the men's worldwide professional tennis tour, organizing ATP Masters 1000, 500, 250, and the ATP Finals.