UPDATE! The Australian Open fourth round is upon us and there are a host a mouth-watering match-ups.
It’s not only the end of the year, it’s the end of the decade. So here’s our collection of where Wimbledon is featuring in some of the round-ups of 2009 and the noughties.
The tennis season is officially over for another year, work on Wimbledon 2010 will continue over Christmas and throughout winter, but what do your favourite tennis players do with their well-earned time off?
Another tennis season has drawn to a close, so have a look at the report cards for the leading men’s and women’s players and tell us who you think was the ‘player of the year’.
Who had the best moustache at Wimbledon?
We ask this question because it’s Movemeber - the month formerly known as November. Movember is described on its website as “a moustache growing charity event held during November each year that raises funds and awareness for men’s health”. Essentially, you grow a moustache and people sponsor you to keep it on [...]
The Chris Evert-Martina Navratilova rivalry spanned 80 professional matches from 1973 till 1988, including nine meetings at Wimbledon, the most matches between any two players at The Championships following the abolition of the Challenger round.
There are not many serial grand slam winners who never won Wimbledon: Monica Seles (nine Grand Slams), Ken Rosewall (eight), Ivan Lendl (eight), Mats Wilander (seven) and Justine Henin (seven).
Now Henin is making a comeback with the express purpose of removing herself from this list. “It is a dream of mine,” Henin said of winning [...]
The Wimbledon blog spoke to former British number one and Wimbledon semi-finalist Tim Henman and the first and the last things he did at Wimbledon.
Players at the US Open have been sent a warning that their messages on Twitter could break rules that ban the revelation of inside information. The Tennis Integrity Unit’s notification read: “However popular [Twitter] is, it is important to warn you of some of the dangers posed by Twittering as it relates to the Tennis [...]
Rafael Nadal said today that he will double his efforts to be fully fit to defend his Wimbledon title. “I will give 200% to be at 100% for the most important date in world tennis,” said Nadal in a statement.
Nadal has spent two days undergoing tests on his knees having already pulled out of the [...]
Wimbledon announced its Wild Cards for the 2009 Championships and the big news is the inclusion of last year’s girl’s singles winner Laura Robson. Robson was a huge hit with the SW19 crowd and has become the world’s top female junior since winning Wimbledon last year.
Robson will be joined by a contingent of British women: [...]
It’s 14 days until the start of Wimbledon. As the tennis world puts its clay-caked clothes through a heavy wash and takes its whites out of the cupboard, we can start the serious business of becoming Wimbledon obsessives.
First today is Neil Harman, the Times’ tennis writer, who has created the “definitive list of the top [...]
Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the Queen’s tournament to rest a knee injury. The defending champion is hopeful of being fit for Wimbledon but at the very least this will disrupt his preparations and inspire confidence in his opponents, not least Roger Federer.
“I have been having some problems in the past months with my knees [...]
After Rafael Nadal’s shock exit at the French Open, here is a list of Wimbledon’s biggest upsets. Can you think of any more?
What does Rafael Nadal’s defeat at the French Open on Sunday mean for his Wimbledon chances?
There are, broadly, two schools of thought. One is that his defeat will inspire confidence in the rest of men’s tennis. If Nadal can be beaten on clay he can be beaten anywhere – much like how Roger Federer’s loss [...]
Rafael Nadal did it last year and Bjorn Borg did it three times in a row, but winning the French Open then Wimbledon has been a step too far for many of the game’s greats. Here’s our top five who came close but for nothing.
Here’s my top-five greatest Wimbledon rivalries. Can you think of any better ones?
1. Martina Navratilova v Chris Evert
2. Roger Federer v Rafael Nadal
3. Boris Becker v Stefan Edberg
4. Bjorn Borg v John McEnroe
5. Serena Williams v Venus Williams
Andy Murray has the pedigree to become a multiple Grand Slam winner, according to former Wimbledon champion Andre Agassi.
Speaking to the press ahead of Sunday’s Centre Court Celebration event, the American dismissed the notion that the Scot wasn’t ready yet for a Grand Slam victory.
“I think he will win multiple Grand Slams. His game has [...]
There have always been family ties binding Wimbledon together, right back to the 1882 men’s singles final between British brothers W.C Renshaw and J.E. Renshaw. But Wimbledon 2009 could be the biggest family reunion at the Championships ever.
How do you explain the love affair between Andre Agassi and Wimbledon?
He had pigeon toes, bandy legs, no serve to speak of and he didn’t really like grass as a surface, yet somehow Wimbledon grew to love Andre Agassi and Agassi loved Wimbledon.
