1870s
1877: The first Championships
1880s
1884: The first Ladies’ Championships
1887: Lottie Dodd
1889: William Renshaw
1890s
1897: The Doherty Brothers
1900s
1905: May Sutton
1908: The Olympics at Wimbledon
1920s
1920: Clean sweep for Lenglen
1922: Challenge Round abolished
Wimbledon moves to Church Road
1924: No.1 Court opened
1925: Suzanne Lenglen
1926: The King plays at Wimbledon
1927: Henri Cochet v Jean Borotra
1930s
1931: Sydney Wood
1933: Jack Crawford v Ellsworth Vines
1935: Helen Wills Moody v Jacobs
1936: Fred Perry’s third title
1937: The first television coverage
Dorothy Round wins Singles, Doubles and Mixed
Donald Budge v Gottfried Von Cramm
1938: Bunny Austin
Donald Budge
Helen Wills Moody’s Eighth
1940s
1940: Centre Court bombed
1949: Gussie Moran
Ted Schroeder
1950s
1953: Maureen Connolly v Doris Hart
Jaroslav Drobny v Budge Patty
1954: Maureen Connolly
1956: Lew Hoad v Ken Rosewall
1957: The Queen’s visit
Althea Gibson
1958: Ashley Cooper v Neale Fraser
1960s
1961: Angela Mortimer v Christine Tr
uman
1964: Dorothy Cavis-Brown
Margaret Court v Maria Bueno
1968: The first Open Wimbledon
1969: Pancho Gonzalez v Charlie Pasarell
1970s
1970: Margaret Court v Billie Jean King
John Newcombe v Ken Rosewall
1971: Evonne Goolagong v Margaret Court
Ken Rosewall
1972: Stan Smith v Ilie Nastase
1973: The Strike
1974: Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert
1975: Arthur Ashe wins Wimbledon
1976: Bjorn Borg v Ilie Nastase
The rise of Chris Evert
1977: Virginia Wade
The Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum
Bjorn Borg v Vitas Gerulaitis
Bjorn Borg v Jimmy Connors
John McEnroe v Jimmy Connors
1978: Chris Evert v Martina Navratilova
1979: Billie Jean King wins 20th title
1980s
1980: Billie Jean King v Martina Navratilova
Bjorn Borg v John McEnroe
1981: Bjorn Borg v John McEnroe
You cannot be serious
1982: John McEnroe v Jimmy Connors
1984: Celebrating Fred Perry’s 50th
1985: A curious fashion statement
Lighting strikes Centre Court
Boris Becker
1987: Pat Cash
Chris Evert v Martina Navratilova
Jimmy Connors v Mikael Perfors
1988: Chris Evert v Martina Navratilova
Steffi Graf wins maiden title
1990s
1990: A record for Navratilova
Boris Becker v Stefan Edberg
1991: Steffi Graf v Gabriela Sabatini
Middle Sunday
1992: Andre Agassi v Goran Ivanisevic
John McEnroe v Michael Stich
1993: The Long Term Plan
Steffi Graf v Jana Novotna
1994: Steffi Graf v Lori McNeil
Conchita Martinez v Martina Navratilova
1995: Tim Henman and the ball girl
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario v Steffi Graf
Jeff Tarango’s tantrum
1996: The streaker
Sir Cliff Richard
1997: Middle Sunday
Tim Henman v Paul Haarhuis
Martina Hingis
The new No.1 Court
1998: Martina Hingis v Jelena Dokic
1999: Steffi Graf v Venus Williams
Pete Sampras v Andre Agassi
2000s
2000: Venus Williams v Lindsay Davenport
Pat Rafter v Andre Agassi
Pete Sampras wins seventh title
2001: Tim Henman v Goran Ivanisevic
Pete Sampras v Roger Federer
Goran Ivanisevic v Pat Rafter
2002: Pete Sampras v George Bastl
2003: Lleyton Hewitt v Ivo Karlovic
Martina Navratilova wins again
2004: Maria Sharapova
Wimbledon the movie
Todd Woodbridge
2005: Stephen Huss and Wesley Moodie
Venus Williams and Lindsay Davenport
2006: Agassi’s last match
2007: Hawk-Eye
Roger Federer v Rafael Nadal
Jamie Murray
Equal prize money
2008: Serena Williams v Venus Williams
Laura Robson
Andy Murray v Richard Gasquet
Rafael Nadal v Roger Federer
2009: The unveiling of the Centre Court roof
Dinara Safina v Amelie Mauresmo
Andy Murray v Stan Wawrinka
Serena Williams v Elena Dementieva
The 16-14 five-set final
2010s
2010: The Royal occasion
John Isner v Nicolas Mahut
2011: Petra Kvitova
Novak Djokovic v Rafael Nadal
2012: Roger Federer v Andy Murray
Serena Williams
The British fairytale
The golden set
The Olympics at Wimbledon
2013: Andy Murray
Marion Bartoli
Nadal and Federer lose early
Bob and Mike Bryan
2014: A repeat of 2011
