The Championships, Wimbledon

By rss@youtube.com (whatmeworrymelbourne) A highlights video of Croatia's greatest tennis player Goran Ivanisevic finally winning the greatest slam of them all... Wimbledon! Author: whatmeworrymelbourne Keywords: Goran Ivanisevic 2001 Wimbledon Champion mens singles final highlights Tennis Added: February 18, 2009

The All-England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club begins its first lawn tennis tournament at Wimbledon on July 9, 1877, then an outer-suburb of London. Twenty-one amateurs showed up to compete in the Gentlemen's Singles tournament, the only event at the first Wimbledon. The winner was to take...

14 singles player; Tommy Haas, who lost to Roger Federer in the 2009 Wimbledon semifinals; Kournikova, a two-time Australian Open doubles champion; ...

Girls: Top-ranked Kristina Mladenovic (France) won the girls' French Open title and was a finalist in girls' singles at Wimbledon. ...

Girls: Top-ranked Kristina Mladenovic (France) won the girls' French Open title and was a finalist in girls' singles at Wimbledon. ...

A Wimbledon singles quarterfinalist and French Open women's doubles winner and singles semifinalist, she won 16 South African Open titles - five singles, ...

In this July 8 2006 file photo France's Amelie Mauresmo holds the Championship plate, after defeating Belgium's Justine Henin-Hardenne in the Women's Singles final on the Centre Court at Wimbledon.

Mauresmo holds the Championship plate, after defeating Belgium's Justine Henin-Hardenne in the Women's Singles final on the Centre Court at Wimbledon. ...

Former Wimbledon men's singles champion Pat Cash has held a Sky Sports Living for Sport masterclass for seven youngsters from The Norwood School, ... and more »

By Aaress Lawless The world’s top eight singles players and top four doubles teams from the 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour season will compete for the coveted Sony Ericsson Championships title and a share of the record Championships prize money of $4.55 million.

By Aaress Lawless Mauresmo’s last few seasons have not been nearly as successful as her blockbuster year in 2006. Three years ago, Mauresmo finally lifted her first major title at the Australian Open, and followed it six months later with the singles title at Wimbledon.

By Aaress Lawless The team of Venus Williams/Serena Williams is the second to qualify for the Championships and will join Cara Black/Liezel Huber, along with singles competitors Dinara Safina, Serena Williams, Elena Dementieva, and Caroline Wozniacki, all of whom have previously qualified and are h...

Wimbledon and US champion - and a promoter with a decisive influence on the character of modern tennis That was to be the end of Kramer's Wimbledon career. He had played for only two years, and in the doubles never lost a match. In singles, he had played 11 and won 10.

He won ten singles and 17 doubles titles that year, an Open era record. • In 1980, he reached the men's singles final at Wimbledon for the first time, ... and more »

Sania to clash with Govortsova in US Open 1st round Sania has not done well in the singles events of the Grand Slams this year, reaching the second rounds of the Australian Open and Wimbledon and falling at ... and more »

One of the bigger issues to pop up on the psychic radar after Federer shattered Pete Sampras' Grand Slam singles title record at Wimbledon in July was this ... Wimbledon Betting - why Federer is still the slickest on the grassBet Online

CBS News Elizabeth Ryan's 19 Wimbledon titles (between 1914 and 1934) were all in doubles and mixed doubles. King won six singles, 10 doubles, and four mixed between ... Billie Jean King gets official recognition as agent of changeProgressive.org

By Tom Lamont Safin v Federer, Wimbledon 2008 A Murray lob landed between the tramlines and was called out - then bounced back on to the singles line after play was dead. When the Scot challenged, a (human) Hawk-Eye operator analysed the second bounce and the computer called it in. Ljubicic lost.

By Jason Deans Overall, the coverage attracted 7.1 million viewers and a 49% share between 1.30pm and 7pm. This was BBC1's best share for a Wimbledon men's singles final since 2001. BBC1's Wimbledon coverage was due to finish at 5.40pm yesterday and the channel switched its early evening news and Antiques R...

The 15-year-old, who won the junior singles title last summer and made her senior Wimbledon debut earlier this week, will be the one to save us, they said, from another year like this when nine of the 11 Britons in the draw failed to make it past the first round. No pressure then.

By Jon Henderson, The Observer The most memorable matches tend to be the protracted duels between the top men – but consider last year's Wimbledon singles finals. The Williams sisters had to stop after two robust sets, while Nadal and Federer kept going after the Spaniard had dominated two unremarkable sets. We all know...

By Paul Hayward Andy Murray is not the only British male desperate for this to end. There are 30 million of us men out there, and none of us has won the Gentlemen's Singles at Wimbledon since Fred Perry in 1936. Gender-shame haunts the land, and it complicates our efforts to separate ­Murray's mission from th...

• British hope Andy Murray faces Robert Kendrick of US • Roger Federer to play Yen-Hsun Lu in first round The men's singles draw at Wimbledon in full, the top eight seeds in bold. Andy Murray (Gbr) (3) v Robert Kendrick (USA) Yen-Hsun Lu (Tpe) v Roger Federer (Swi) (2)

London, June 17 (IANS) India's Prakash Amritraj moved into the final round of Wimbledon qualifiers with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Britain's Daniel Cox. He also cleared the doubles qualifier first round with his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi. ...

The Wimbledon Championships in the London suburbs is considered, quite broadly, the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world. There are certainly some who disagree, mostly in favor of the US Open with its fifth set tie-breaker, but the larger ...

But the Scot would welcome that problem at Wimbledon, where he is entering the mixed doubles with Sarah Borwell and keeping his fingers crossed for a wild card in the singles and doubles. "It's a little frustrating when playing one form of the game ...

McEnroe is no stranger to the spotlight, having won seven Grand Slams including three at Wimbledon and 77 singles titles. Check out the trailer below to see the man in action. EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis has been designed specifically for the Wii, ...

Washington Post  CA Sharapova first enjoyed global success as a Wimbledon singles champion at age 17 after defeating the American Serena Williams in straight sets in the championship final. In the following years, Sharapova would take the US Open title in 2006 and the ...

 UT Ex-Wimbledon champs Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf, as well as British favorite Tim Henman and Belgium's Kim Clijsters will play mixed doubles, men's singles, and women's singles exhibition matches for the big day. The Wimbledon Championships celebrated ...

The 22 year old Nadal diversified his winnings last year as he as took the gold medal in singles at the Summer Olympics as well as the Wimbledon singles title. But the Spaniard perhaps still is best known for his claycourt prowess as he holds several ...

BBC Sport  - The match of this or any other year came on one of the game's biggest stages - the men's singles final, Wimbledon centre court. Federer was defending an ... Memorable Federer moments in 2008 - No. 1: Wimbledon Tennistalk.com Stuff.co.nz - BBC Sport

By Nick's Picks Clement made a surprise run to the quarterfinals at Wimbledon and comes in ranked #78 in the world. His best showing at the US Open was back in 2000 when he reached the quarterfinals, and he has also been to the fourth round here three other times. The Match-Up:

Overall Win PercentageRod Laver – 79% singles, 75% doubles Bjorn Borg – 82% singles, 51% doubles John McEnroe – 82% singles, 84% doubles Pete Sampras – 77% singles, 48% doubles Roger Federer – 80% singles, 60% doubles [projected: 83% singles]