In today’s weekend blog, I am still on tennis grand slams’ winners. In the previous blogs I have already covered the first two grand slams of the year. Now coming to 3rd grand slam of the year ie Wimbledon. This is the only grand slam played on the grass surface. The tournament is full of tradition and it is considered First among equals , when you are considering all grand slams. The dress code for the player in the Wimbledon tournament is still white only, this tradition is more than 140 years old. In this blog I am listing men’s single champions in the open era.
Single Champions (Men)
1968 Rod Laver (Aus) beat Tony Roche (Aus) 6-3,6-4,6-2
1969 Rod Laver (Aus) beat John Newcombe (Aus) 6-4,5-7,6-4,6-4
1970 John Newcombe (Aus) beat Ken Rosewall (Aus) 5-7,6-3,6-2,3-6,6-1
1971 John Newcombe (Aus) beat Stan Smith (USA) 6-3,5-7,2-6,6-4,6-4
1972 Stan Smith (USA) beat Ilie Nastase (Rom) 4-6,6-3,6-3,4-6,7-5
1973 Jan Kodes (TCH) beat Alexi Metreveli (USSR) 6-1,9-8, 6-3
1974 Jimmy Connors (USA) beat Ken Rosewall (Aus) 6-1,6-1,6-4
1975 Arthur Ashe (USA) beat Jimmy Connors (USA) 6-1,6-1,5-7,6-4
1976 Bjorn Borg (Swe) beat Ilie Nastase (Rom) 6-4,6-2,9-7
1977 Bjorn Borg (Swe) beat Jimmy Connors (USA) 3-6,6-2,6-1,5-7,6-4
1978 Bjorn Borg (Swe) beat Jimmy Connors (USA) 6-2,6-2,6-3
1979 Bjorn Borg (Swe) beat Roscoe Tanner (USA) 6-7,6-1,3-6,6-3,6-4
1980 Bjorn Borg (Swe) beat John McEnroe 1-6,7-5,6-3,6-7,8-6
1981 John McEnroe (USA) beat Bjorn Borg (Swe) 4-6,7-6,7-6,6-4
1982 Jimmy Connors (USA) beat John McEnroe (USA) 3-6,6-3,6-7,7-6,6-4
1983 John McEnroe (USA) beat Chris Lewis (NZL) 6-2,6-2,6-2
1984 John McEnror (USA) beat Jimmy Connors (USA) 6-1,6-1,6-2
1985 Boris Becker (W Ger) beat Kevin Curren (USA) 6-3,6-7,7-6,6-4
1986 Boris Becker beat Ivan Lendl (TCH) 6-4,6-3,7-5
1987 Pat Cash (Aus) beat Ivan Lendl (TCH) 7-6,6-2,7-5
1988 Stefan Edberg (Swe) beat Boris Becker (W Ger) 4-6,7-6,6-4,6-2
1989 Boris Becker (W Ger) beat Stefan Edberg (Swe) 6-0,7-6,6-4
1990 Stefan Edberg (Swe) beat Boris Becker (W Ger) 6-2,6-2,3-6,3-6,6-4
1991 Michael Stich (Ger) beat Boris Becker(Ger) 6-4,7-6,6-4
1992 Andre Agassi (USA) beat Goran Ivanisevic (Cro) 6-7,6-4,6-4,1-6,6-4
1993 Pete Sampras (USA) beat Jim Courier (USA) 7-6,7-6,3-6,6-3
1994 Pete Sampras (USA) beat Goran Ivanisevic (Cro) 7-6,7-6,6-0
1995 Pete Sampras (USA) beat Boris Becker (Ger) 6-7,6-2,6-4,6-2
1996 Richard Kraijcek (NED) beat Malivai Washington (USA) 6-3,6-4,6-3
1997 Pete Sampras (USA) beat Cedric Pioline (FRA) 6-4,6-2,6-4
1998 Pete Sampras (USA) beat Goran Ivanisevic (Cro) 6-7,7-6,6-4,3-6,6-2
1999 Pete Sampras (USA) beat Andre Agassi (USA) 6-3,6-4,7-5
2000 Pete Sampras (USA) beat Patrick Rafter (Aus) 6-7,7-6,6-4,6-2
2001 Goran Ivanisevic (Cro) beat Patrick Rafter (Aus) 6-3,3-6,6-3,2-6,9-7
2002 Lleyton Hewitt(Aus) beat David Nalbandian (Arg) 6-1,6-3,6-2
2003 Roger Federar (SUI) beat Mark Phillippoussis 7-6,6-2,7-6
2004 Roger Federar (SUI) beat Andy Roddick (USA) 4-6,7-5,7-6,6-5
2005 Roger Federar (SUI) beat Andy Roddick (USA) 6-2,7-6,6-4
2006 Roger Dederar (SUI) beat Rafael Nadal (ESP) 6-0,7-6,6-7,6-3
2007 Roger Federar (SUI) beat Rafael Nadal (ESP) 7-6,4-6,7-6,2-6,6-2
2008 Rafael Nadal (ESP) beat Roger Federar (SUI) 6-4,6-4,6-7,6-7,9-7
2009 Roger Federar (SUI) beat Andy Roddick (USA) 5-7,7-6,7-6,3-6,16-14
2010 Rafael Nadal (ESP) beat Thomas Berdych (CZE) 6-3,7-5,6-4
2011 Noval Djokovic (SRB) beat Rafael Nadal (ESP) 6-4,6-1,1-6,6-3
2012 Roger Federar (SUI) beat Andy Murray (GBR) 4-6,7-5,6-3,6-4
2013 Andy Murray (GBR) beat Novak Djokovic (SRB) 6-4,7-5,6-4
2014 Novak Djokovic (SRB) beat Roger Federar (SUI) 6-7,6-4,7-6,5-7,6-4
2015 Novak Djokovic (SRB) beat Roger Federar 7-6,6-7,6-4,6-3
2016 Andy Murray (GBR) beat Milos Raonic (CAN) 6-4,7-6,7-6
2017 Roger Federar (SUI) beat Marin Cilic (CRO) 6-4,7-6,7-6
2018 Novak Djokovic (SRB) beat Kevin Anderson (RSA) 6-2,6-2,7-6
2019 Novak Djokovic (SRB) beat Roger Federar (SUI) 7-6,1-6,7-6,4-6,13-12
2020 No competition due to Covid
2021 Novak Djokovic (SRB) beat Matteo Berrettini (ITA) 6-7,6-4,6-4,6-3
From the above you will see that decade of 70s belonged to Bjorn Borg, decade of 90s belonged to belonged to Pete Sampras, decade of 2000s to Roger Federar and decade of 2010s to Novak Djokovic. These were the players who dominated others during their playing days at Wimbledon. Player like Djokovic is still going strong with 6 titles.
Waiting, for your comments on this blog.
Anil Malik
Mumbai ,India
19th November 2021 179/21
R. N. Mungale.
Good information.