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unusual facts about Wimbledon championships



2009 Roger Federer tennis season

Roger Federer won two Majors in 2009, the French Open, defeating Robin Söderling in the final, and the Wimbledon Championships with a victory over Andy Roddick.

Albert H. Maggs

He qualified for the Wimbledon Championships, and he won the All Ireland Men's Championship.

Allmänna Idrottsklubben

The club's achievements include Swedish championship titles in a slew of sports: football, ice hockey, bandy, handball, floorball, bowling, badminton, athletics and many other sports as well as Wimbledon championships and French Open in tennis (through Sven Davidson, Lennart Bergelin and Ulf Schmidt).

Garry Richardson

In 2002 he irritated tennis player Anna Kournikova, who requested the interview be restarted when he cast aspersions on her ability to play at Wimbledon.

Jack Pollard

In 1948, he started work as a correspondent for the Australian Associated Press in London, where he covered many major sporting events such as the 1948 Summer Olympics, ten Wimbledon Championships and the 1948 tour of England by Don Bradman's Australian cricket team.

Lars Rehmann

In 1994 he partnered Australian Joshua Eagle at the Wimbledon Championships but they lost in the opening round to number six seeds Tom Nijssen and Cyril Suk.

Madeline O'Neill

Since 1905, O'Neill competed in the Wimbledon Championships.

Martin Wostenholme

Wostenholme was the first Canadian to win a match at each of the four Grand Slam events, reaching the second rounds of the 1985 U.S. Open, the 1986 French Open and Wimbledon Championships, and the 1990 Australian Open.

Oscar Kreuzer

At Wimbledon, he reached his best result in 1913 where he advanced to the semifinals before being stopped by Stanley Doust.

Wilberforce Eaves

He reached the Men's Singles All-Comers' final at the Wimbledon Championships in 1895 and lost against Wilfred Baddeley despite having had a matchpoint in the third set.


see also

1910 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

Dorothea Lambert Chambers defeated Edith Johnson 6–4, 6–2 in the All Comers' Final, and then defeated the reigning champion Dora Boothby 6–2, 6–2 in the Challenge Round to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1910 Wimbledon Championships.

2001 Wimbledon Championships

The 2001 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom the event was part of the 2001 ATP Tour and 2001 WTA Tour.

2011 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair Men's Doubles

Robin Ammerlaan and Stefan Olsson were the defending champions of the Wimbledon Championships Wheelchair Men's Doubles, but they lost in the semifinals to the first seeds, Dutch pair Maikel Scheffers and Ronald Vink.