2017 WIMBLEDON

THE LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Men’s Tournament Preview

(June 30, 2017) 2017 Wimbledon sees the 131st staging of The Lawn Tennis Championships, which began in 1877 with Britain’s Spencer Gore defeating compatriot William Marshall 61 62 64 for the inaugural title. This is the 50th staging of The Championships in the Open Era, the first being in 1968 when Australia’s Rod Laver defeated countryman Tony Roche 63 64 62. 2017 Wimbledon is the 198th Grand Slam tournament of the Open Era.

POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY… Total prize money for this year’s men’s singles event is £12,180,000, a 12.2% increase on 2016. The individual prize money and ATP Ranking points for the men’s singles at 2017 Wimbledon is:

	Prize Money (Pounds)	Ranking Points
Champion	2,200,000	2000
Finalist	1,100,000	1200
Semifinalist	550,000	720
Quarterfinalist	275,000	360
Round of 16	147,000	180
Third Round	90,000	90
Second Round	57,000	45
First Round	35,000	10

MURRAY MANIA… World No. 1 Andy Murray is bidding to win his 3rd Wimbledon title and move into joint-4th place on the list for most Wimbledon titles by a British man. Murray ended a 77-year wait for a British men’s singles champion when he defeated Novak Djokovic in the final at 2013 Wimbledon and became the 8th British man – and first since Fred Perry – to win multiple Wimbledon titles by defeating Milos Raonic in the final here last year.

British men’s singles champions at Wimbledon

Rank	No. of titles	Player
1.	7	William Renshaw
2.	5	Laurie Doherty
3.	4	Reggie Doherty
4=	3 3 *3??* 3	Wilfred Baddeley Arthur Gore *Andy Murray??* Fred Perry

MURRAY DEFENDS… Murray is also aiming to successfully defend a Grand Slam title for the first time and become the first British player – man or woman – to defend a Grand Slam title since Perry, who won the title here from 1934-36. Murray has lost in the quarterfinals on both of his previous attempts to defend a Grand Slam title – to Stan Wawrinka at the 2013 US Open and to Grigor Dimitrov at 2014 Wimbledon.

FEDERER AIMS FOR 8TH WIMBLEDON CROWN… Roger Federer is bidding to become the second man in history to win 8 titles at any Grand Slam event. Rafael Nadal became the first man to achieve the feat by winning his 8th Roland Garros title in 2013.

Most titles at the same Grand Slam tournament

Player	Grand Slam	Titles	Years
Rafael Nadal	Roland Garros	10	2005-08, 2010-2014, 2017
Richard Sears	US Championships	7	1881-87**
William Renshaw	Wimbledon	7	1881-86, 1889
Bill Larned	US Championships	7	1901-02, 1907-11**
Bill Tilden	US Championships	7	1920-25, 1929
Pete Sampras	Wimbledon	7	1993-95, 1997-2000
Roger Federer	Wimbledon	7	2003-07, 2009, 2012

** Challenge round played through 1911 at US Championships

…AND 19TH GRAND SLAM TITLE… By winning his 18th Grand Slam title at the Australian Open this year, Federer extended his lead at the top of the all-time Grand Slam titles list in men’s tennis and tied Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova in 5th place on the overall list for most Grand Slam singles titles. He is bidding for his 19th major title here in London, which would see him join Helen Wills Moody in 4th place on the list.

All-time Grand Slam singles title leaders (men and women)

Rank	No. of titles	Player
1.	24	Margaret Court
2.	23	Serena Williams
3.	22	Steffi Graf
4.	19	Helen Wills Moody
5=	18 18 18	Chris Evert Roger Federer Martina Navratilova

Active players in bold

NADAL EYES ANOTHER PARIS-LONDON DOUBLE… Nadal is bidding to win Roland Garros and Wimbledon in the same year for the 3rd time and equal Bjorn Borg’s all-time record of 3 back-to-back titles in Paris and London. Borg achieved the feat in 3 consecutive years (1978-80), while Nadal won Roland Garros and Wimbledon back-to-back in 2008 and 2010. Rod Laver (1969) and Federer (2009) are the only other players to achieve the feat in the Open Era.

Players winning Roland Garros and Wimbledon in the same year (all-time)

Player	Years
Bjorn Borg	1978-80
Rafael Nadal	2008, 2010, 2017??
Rod Laver	1962, 1969
Rene Lacoste	1925
Jack Crawford	1933
Fred Perry	1935
Don Budge	1938
Budge Patty	1950
Tony Trabert	1955
Lew Hoad	1956
Roger Federer	2009

1 RANKING UPDATE… Murray, Nadal, Wawrinka and Djokovic are all in contention for the post-Wimbledon No. 1 ranking. Murray can ensure he will remain at No. 1 when the new rankings are released on Monday 17 July if he reaches the final. (See table overleaf)

Projected points by round reached at 2017 Wimbledon

Player	WR	FR	SF	QF	R16	R32	R64	R128
Andy Murray	9390	8590	8110	7750	7570	7480	7435	7400
Rafael Nadal	9285	8485	8005	7645	7465	7375	7330	7295
Stan Wawrinka	8130	7330	6850	6490	6310	6220	6175	6140
Novak Djokovic (1)	7965	7165	6685	6325	6145	6055	6010	5975
Novak Djokovic (2)	7865	7065	6585	6225	6045	5955	5910	5875

NB Written prior to the completion of 2017 Eastbourne

(1) If Djokovic wins the final at Eastbourne (2) If Djokovic loses the final at Eastbourne

DJOKOVIC SEEKS 4TH WIMBLEDON TITLE… Djokovic is bidding to win his 4th Wimbledon title and move into equal 6th place on the list for the most Wimbledon titles won. Federer, William Renshaw and Pete Sampras lead the way with 7 Wimbledon titles each.

All-time Wimbledon men’s singles titles

Rank	No. of titles	Player
1=	7 7 7	Roger Federer William Renshaw Pete Sampras
4=	5 5	Bjorn Borg Laurie Doherty
6=	*4??* 4 4 4	*Novak Djokovic??* Reggie Doherty Rod Laver Anthony Wilding

Players at 2017 Wimbledon in bold

DJOKOVIC TO CLIMB ALL-TIME LIST?… Djokovic could take sole ownership of 4th place on the all-time list of Grand Slam men’s singles title winners if he wins a 4th Wimbledon title and takes his Grand Slam collection to 13.

All-time Grand Slam men’s singles titles

Rank	No. of titles	Player
1.	18	Roger Federer
2.	15	Rafael Nadal
3.	14	Pete Sampras
4=	12 12	Novak Djokovic Roy Emerson

Players at 2017 Wimbledon in bold

WAWRINKA LOOKS TO COMPLETE GRAND SLAM COLLECTION… Wawrinka has the chance to become just the 9th man in history to win all 4 Grand Slam titles, and complete the ‘career Grand Slam’. The 8 men to have won all 4 Grand Slam titles are Andre Agassi, Don Budge, Djokovic, Roy Emerson, Federer, Laver, Nadal and Perry. Djokovic was the last man to complete the ‘career Grand Slam’ when winning 2016 Roland Garros.

Eleven men have collected 3 of the 4 major titles in the Open Era. The players concerned had all failed to win either Roland Garros or Wimbledon to complete their set. (See table overleaf)

Winning three or more different Slams (Open Era)

Player Australian Open Roland Garros Wimbledon US Open

ANDRE AGASSI ’95/00-01/03 ’99 ’92 ’94/99

ARTHUR ASHE ’70 — ’75 ’68

BORIS BECKER ’91/96 — ’85-86/89 ’89

JIMMY CONNORS ’74 — ’74/82 ’74/76/78/82-83

NOVAK DJOKOVIC ’08/11-13/15-16 ‘16 ’11/14-15 ’11/15

STEFAN EDBERG ’85/87 — ’88/90 ’91-92

ROGER FEDERER ’04/06-07/10/17 ’09 ’03-07/09/12 ’04-08

ROD LAVER ’69 ’69 ’68-69 ’69

IVAN LENDL ’89/90 ’84/86-87 — ’85-87

RAFAEL NADAL ’09 ’05-08/10-14/17 ’08/10 ’10/13

JOHN NEWCOMBE* ’73/75 — (’67) ’70-71 (’67) ’73

KEN ROSEWALL* (’53/55) ’71-72 (’53) ’68 — (’56) ’70

PETE SAMPRAS ’94/97 — ’93-95/97-00 ’90/93/95-96/02

GUILLERMO VILAS ’78-79 ’77 — ’77

STAN WAWRINKA ’14 ’15 — ‘16

MATS WILANDER ’83-84/88 ’82/85/88 — ’88
*also won titles pre-Open Era (shown in brackets)

Of the 11 players to have collected 3 of the 4 major titles, 3 have reached the final of the Grand Slam tournament that eludes them:

Stefan Edberg Reached the Roland Garros final once (1989)

Ivan Lendl Reached the Wimbledon final twice (1986/1987)

Ken Rosewall Reached the Wimbledon final 4 times (1954/1956/1970/1974)

DEFENDING THE TITLE… Historically Wimbledon champions have had more success in retaining their titles than at the other 3 Grand Slam events. 8 players have successfully defended their Wimbledon crown on a total of 18 occasions.

Successful Grand Slam title defences (Open Era)

Defending Australian Open (12)	Defending Roland Garros (16)
Ken Rosewall 1971-72	Jan Kodes 1970-71
Guillermo Vilas 1978-79	Bjorn Borg 1974-75
Johan Kriek 1981-82	Bjorn Borg 1978-79-80-81 (3 defences)
Mats Wilander 1983-84	Ivan Lendl 1986-87
Stefan Edberg 1985-87* (*not played in 1986)	Jim Courier 1991-92
Ivan Lendl 1989-90	Sergi Bruguera 1993-94
Jim Courier 1992-93	Gustavo Kuerten 2000-01
Andre Agassi 2000-01	Rafael Nadal 2005-06-07-08 (3 defences)
Roger Federer 2006-07	Rafael Nadal 2010-11-12-13-14 (4 defences)
Novak Djokovic 2011-12-13 (2 defences)
Novak Djokovic 2015-16 Defending Wimbledon (18)	Defending US Open (12)
Rod Laver 1968-69	John McEnroe 1979-80-81 (2 defences)
John Newcombe 1970-71	Jimmy Connors 1982-83
Bjorn Borg 1976-77-78-79-80 (4 defences)	Ivan Lendl 1985-86-87 (2 defences)
John McEnroe 1983-84	Stefan Edberg 1991-92
Boris Becker 1985-86	Pete Sampras 1995-96
Pete Sampras 1993-94-95 (2 defences)	Patrick Rafter 1997-98
Pete Sampras 1997-98-99-2000 (3 defences)	Roger Federer 2004-05-06-07-08 (4 defences)
Roger Federer 2003-04-05-06-07 (4 defences) Novak Djokovic 2014-15

In 2003, Lleyton Hewitt became the first Wimbledon defending champion in the Open Era to lose in the 1st round, falling to Ivo Karlovic 16 76 63 64. The defending champion has lost in the Wimbledon 1st round only twice in history, the first time being in 1967, when 1966 champion Manuel Santana lost to Charlie Pasarell 108 63 26 86.

Wimbledon defence attempts

Year	Champion	The following year
1968	Rod Laver	Won title
1969	Rod Laver	Lost in round of 16
1970	John Newcombe	Won title
1971	John Newcombe	Did not play
1972	Stan Smith	Did not play
1973	Jan Kodes	Lost in quarterfinals
1974	Jimmy Connors	Lost in final
1975	Arthur Ashe	Lost in round of 16
1976	Bjorn Borg	Won title
1977	Bjorn Borg	Won title
1978	Bjorn Borg	Won title
1979	Bjorn Borg	Won title
1980	Bjorn Borg	Lost in final
1981	John McEnroe	Lost in final
1982	Jimmy Connors	Lost in round of 16
1983	John McEnroe	Won title
1984	John McEnroe	Lost in quarterfinals
1985	Boris Becker	Won title
1986	Boris Becker	Lost in second round
1987	Pat Cash	Lost in quarterfinals
1988	Stefan Edberg	Lost in final
1989	Boris Becker	Lost in final
1990	Stefan Edberg	Lost in semifinals
1991	Michael Stich	Lost in quarterfinals
1992	Andre Agassi	Lost in quarterfinals
1993	Pete Sampras	Won title
1994	Pete Sampras	Won title
1995	Pete Sampras	Lost in quarterfinals
1996	Richard Krajicek	Lost in round of 16
1997	Pete Sampras	Won title
1998	Pete Sampras	Won title
1999	Pete Sampras	Won title
2000	Pete Sampras	Lost in round of 16
2001	Goran Ivanisevic	Did not play
2002	Lleyton Hewitt	Lost in first round
2003	Roger Federer	Won title
2004	Roger Federer	Won title
2005	Roger Federer	Won title
2006	Roger Federer	Won title
2007 2008 2009	Roger Federer Rafael Nadal Roger Federer	Lost in final Did not play Lost in quarterfinals
2010	Rafael Nadal	Lost in final
2011	Novak Djokovic	Lost in semifinals
2012	Roger Federer	Lost in 2nd round
2013 2014 2015 2016	Andy Murray Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic Andy Murray	Lost in quarterfinals Won title Lost in 3rd round ???

Among all 4 Grand Slams, a defending champion has lost in the 1st round 4 times in the Open Era:

Defending Grand Slam champions losing in 1st round (Open Era)

Year/Event	Defending Champion	1st round result
1977 (Dec) Australian Open	Roscoe Tanner	l. Chris Lewis 36 63 62 16 64
1997 Australian Open	Boris Becker	l. Carlos Moya 57 76 36 61 64
1999 US Open	Patrick Rafter	l. Cedric Pioline 46 46 75 63 1-0 ret. (shoulder injury)
2003 Wimbledon	Lleyton Hewitt	l. Ivo Karlovic 16 76 63 64

GRASS COURT WINNERS LOOKING TO MAINTAIN FORM… In just 8 of the last 15 years, the Wimbledon champion came into the tournament having won one of the pre-Wimbledon grass court warm-up events – Hewitt (2002 Queen’s), Federer (2003-06 Halle), Nadal (2008 Queen’s) and Murray (2013, 2016 Queen’s).

In the Open Era, the pre-Wimbledon tournaments have only produced 15 Wimbledon champions between them – 11 from Queen’s and 4 from Halle. No winner of an event the week before Wimbledon has gone on to win the men’s singles title.

Wimbledon warm-up winners for the last 5 years

Event	Year	Champion	Wimbledon result
’s-Hertogenbosch	2013	Nicolas Mahut	Lost in 2nd round
	2014	Roberto Bautista Agut	Lost in 3rd round
	2015	Nicolas Mahut	Lost in 2nd round
	2016	Nicolas Mahut	Lost in round of 16
	*2017*	*Gilles Muller*	*???*
Stuttgart	2015	Rafael Nadal	Lost in 2nd round
	2016	Dominic Thiem	Lost in 2nd round
	*2017*	*Lucas Pouille*	???
Queen’s	2013	Andy Murray	Champion
	2014	Grigor Dimitrov	Lost in semifinals
	2015	Andy Murray	Lost in semifinals
	2016	Andy Murray	Champion
	*2017*	*Feliciano Lopez*	*???*
Halle	2013	Roger Federer	Lost in 2nd round
	2014	Roger Federer	Lost in Final
	2015	Roger Federer	Lost in Final
	2016	Florian Mayer	Lost in 1st round
	*2017*	*Roger Federer*	*???*
Eastbourne	2013	Feliciano Lopez	Lost in 3rd round
	2014	Feliciano Lopez	Lost in round of 16
	*2017*	*???*	*???*
Nottingham	2015	Denis Istomin	Lost in 1st round
	2016	Steve Johnson	Lost in round of 16
Antalya	2017	*???*	*???*

NO WARM-UP NECESSARY… In the Open Era, just 7 different men have won the Wimbledon title without playing a warm-up event on grass. Bjorn Borg won all 5 of his Wimbledon titles straight off the clay court season:

Stan Smith	1972	Andre Agassi	1992
Jan Kodes	1973	Roger Federer	2007, 2009
Bjorn Borg	1976-80	Novak Djokovic	2011, 2014-15
Boris Becker	1989

Michael Stich, Andre Agassi and Djokovic are the only 3 men in the Open Era to have won their first career grass court titles at Wimbledon, in 1991, 1992 and 2011 respectively.

The following 18 players have arrived at 2017 Wimbledon without contesting any grass court warm-up event at Tour, Challenger or qualifying level: Facundo Bagnis, Marco Cecchinato, Taro Daniel, Juan Martin del Potro, Damir Dzumhur, Fabio Fognini, Marcel Granollers, Ernests Gulbis, Andreas Haider-Maurer, Nicolas Kicker, Mikhail Kukushkin, Henri Laaksonen, Yen-Hsun Lu, Thiago Monteiro, Rafael Nadal, Renzo Olivo, Adam Pavlasek and Dmitry Tursunov.

FEDERER BEST ON GRASS… Federer has won the most career grass court titles in the Open Era ahead of Pete Sampras. Murray’s victory here last year saw him move into joint-4th place on the list with 8 grass court titles. (See table overleaf)

Most grass court titles (Open Era)

Rank	Player	Grass court titles
1.	Roger Federer	16
2.	Pete Sampras	10
3.	Jimmy Connors	9
4=	Lleyton Hewitt John McEnroe Andy Murray	8 8 8

Players at 2017 Wimbledon in bold

GRASS COURT TITLISTS AT 2017 WIMBLEDON… The following 26 players in the men’s singles draw have captured at least one grass court career title:

Player	Wimbledon	Other titles	Total grass
Roger Federer	7	9	16
Andy Murray	2	6	8
Nicolas Mahut		4	4
Rafael Nadal	2	2	4
Novak Djokovic Ivo Karlovic Feliciano Lopez	3	0 3 3	3 3 3
Richard Gasquet David Ferrer Tommy Haas		2 22	2 22
John Isner		2	2
Dmitry Tursunov		2	2
Roberto Bautista Agut		1	1
Tomas Berdych		1	1
Marin Cilic Grigor Dimitrov		1 1	1 1
Denis Istomin Steve Johnson Philipp Kohlschreiber Florian Mayer		1 1 1 1	1 1 1 1
Gilles Muller Lucas Pouille		1 1	1 1
Sam Querrey		1	1
Andreas Seppi Sergiy Stakhovsky		1 1	1 1
Dominic Thiem		1	1

NB Written prior to the conclusion of 2017 Eastbourne and Antalya

GRASS COURT LEADERS… The following men are the leading active grass court players in singles.

Rank

Player

Win-Loss

Roger Federer

157-24

Andy Murray

Novak Djokovic

Feliciano Lopez

Ivo Karlovic

102-18

72-16*

72-37

69-36

*Djokovic’s record correct through the semifinals at 2017 Eastbourne

CONSECUTIVE MAJOR APPEARANCES… Feliciano Lopez currently holds the longest active streak of consecutive appearances at the majors and will compete at his 62nd consecutive Grand Slam here –just 3 behind Federer’s mark of 65 straight majors. Fernando Verdasco notches up his 57th straight Grand Slam, which is the 3rd longest streak in history, while Wawrinka is making his 50th consecutive Grand Slam appearance at 2017 Wimbledon. (See table overleaf)

Rank

Player

Consecutive Grand Slam Events Played

Roger Federer

Feliciano Lopez

Fernando Verdasco

Wayne Ferreira

65 (2000 Aus Open-2016 Aus Open)

62* (2002 Roland Garros-2017 Wimbledon)

57* (2003 US Open-2017 Wimbledon)

56 (1991 Aus Open-2004 US Open)

Stefan Edberg

Tomas Berdych

Novak Djokovic

David Ferrer

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez

Stan Wawrinka

54 (1983 Wimbledon-1996 US Open)

52 (2003 Wimbledon-2016 Wimbledon)

51* (2005 Aus Open-2017 Wimbledon)

50 (2003 Aus Open-2015 Roland Garros)

50 (2005 Aus Open-2017 Roland Garros)

50* (2005 Aus Open-2017 Wimbledon)

Players at 2017 Wimbledon in bold, *denotes a streak which is active through 2017 Wimbledon

FEDERER TIES SANTORO’S MAJOR APPEARANCE RECORD… Federer is contesting his 70th Grand Slam event at 2017 Wimbledon, tying Fabrice Santoro’s record for most Grand Slam apperances. Wild card Tommy Haas becomes the 7th man to play at least 60 Grand Slam events.

Rank

Player

No. of Grand Slams

Roger Federer

Fabrice Santoro

Lleyton Hewitt

Mikhail Youzhny

Feliciano Lopez

Andre Agassi

Tommy Haas

Jonas Bjorkman

Jimmy Connors

David Ferrer

Players at 2017 Wimbledon in bold (totals include this event)

MOST WIMBLEDON APPEARANCES… Federer is contesting his 19th Wimbledon, closing the gap on Jimmy Connors in 1st place on the list for most Wimbledon appearances in the Open Era.

Most Wimbledon appearances (Open Era)

Rank

Player

No. of Wimbledons

Jimmy Connors

Roger Federer

Vijay Amritraj

Lleyton Hewitt

Mikhail Youzhny

Tommy Haas

Feliciano Lopez

Players at 2017 Wimbledon in bold (totals include this event)

THE 30s CLUB… Federer, who won 2012 Wimbledon aged 30 and the 2017 Australian Open aged 35, and Wawrinka, who won 2015 Roland Garros aged 30 and the 2016 US Open aged 31, are both looking to become the third man in the Open Era to win 3 or more Grand Slams titles after turning 30. Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall are the only men to have won three or more Grand Slam titles after turning 30.

Players aged over 30 to win 2 or more Grand Slams (all-time)

Player	Titles won aged over 30	Years
Rod Laver	4	1969
Ken Rosewall	4	1968, 1970, 1971, 1972
Andre Agassi	2	2001, 2003
Jimmy Connors	2	1982, 1983
Stan Wawrinka	2	2015, 2016
Roger Federer	2	2012, 2017

There are 48 men aged 30 or over to start this year’s Wimbledon main draw – one fewer than the Wimbledon record for the most 30-somethings in the men’s singles, which was set in 2016. The Grand Slam record for most men aged 30 or over in the main draw is 51 – at 2016 Roland Garros.

HOW HAS THE TOP SEED FARED?… Of the 49 Wimbledon championships played since 1968, 20 top seeds have held form and gone on to win the title – most recently Djokovic in 2015.

In 2003, Hewitt became the only No. 1 seed at Wimbledon in the Open Era to lose in the 1st round, when he was defeated by Croatian qualifier Ivo Karlovic 16 76 63 64.

Performance of top seed at Wimbledon

Year	Top Seed	Result
1968	Rod Laver	Won title
1969	Rod Laver	Won title
1970	Rod Laver	Lost in round of 16
1971	Rod Laver	Lost in quarterfinals
1972	Stan Smith	Won title
1973	Ilie Nastase	Lost in round of 16
1974	John Newcombe	Lost in quarterfinals
1975	Jimmy Connors	Lost in final
1976	Arthur Ashe	Lost in round of 16
1977	Jimmy Connors	Lost in final
1978	Bjorn Borg	Won title
1979	Bjorn Borg	Won title
1980	Bjorn Borg	Won title
1981	Bjorn Borg	Lost in final
1982	John McEnroe	Lost in final
1983	Jimmy Connors	Lost in round of 16
1984	John McEnroe	Won title
1985	John McEnroe	Lost in quarterfinals
1986	Ivan Lendl	Lost in final
1987	Boris Becker	Lost in second round
1988	Ivan Lendl	Lost in semifinals
1989	Ivan Lendl	Lost in semifinals
1990	Ivan Lendl	Lost in semifinals
1991	Stefan Edberg	Lost in semifinals
1992	Jim Courier	Lost in 3rd round
1993	Pete Sampras	Won title
1994	Pete Sampras	Won title
1995	Andre Agassi	Lost in semifinals
1996	Pete Sampras	Lost in quarterfinals
1997	Pete Sampras	Won title
1998	Pete Sampras	Won title
1999	Pete Sampras	Won title
2000	Pete Sampras	Won title
2001	Pete Sampras	Lost in round of 16
2002	Lleyton Hewitt	Won title
2003	Lleyton Hewitt	Lost in 1st round
2004	Roger Federer	Won title
2005	Roger Federer	Won title
2006	Roger Federer	Won title
2007	Roger Federer	Won title
2008 2009	Roger Federer Rafael Nadal	Lost in final Withdrew
2010	Roger Federer	Lost in quarterfinals
2011 2012 2013 2014	Rafael Nadal Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic	Lost in final Lost in semifinals Lost in final Won title
2015 2016 2017	Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic Andy Murray	Won title Lost in 3rd round ???

SEVEN GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONS IN MAIN DRAW… 7 Grand Slam tournament champions are appearing in the 2017 Wimbledon men’s main draw, including 4 former Wimbledon winners –Djokovic, Federer, Murray and Nadal:

Marin Cilic (1)	2014 US Open
Juan Martin del Potro (1)	2009 US Open
Novak Djokovic (12)	2008/11/12/13/15/16 Australian Open; 2011/14/15 Wimbledon; 2011/15 US Open; 2016 Roland Garros
Roger Federer (18)	2003/04/05/06/07/09/12 Wimbledon; 2004/06/07/10/17 Australian Open; 2004/05/06/07/08 US Open; 2009 Roland Garros
Andy Murray (3)	2012 US Open; 2013/16 Wimbledon
Rafael Nadal (15)	2005/06/07/08/10/11/12/13/14/17 Roland Garros; 2008/10 Wimbledon; 2009 Australian Open; 2010/13 US Open
Stan Wawrinka (3)	2014 Australian Open; 2015 Roland Garros; 2016 US Open

ONE-SLAM WONDERS… 25 of the 54 Open Era Grand Slam singles champions also belong to the ‘One-Slam Wonder’ Club, lifting a sole Grand Slam title in the Open Era. Marin Cilic and Juan Martin del Potro are the only men playing in this year’s Wimbledon men’s singles who could win a 2nd major.

Player	Time since Grand Slam title	Sole Grand Slam title
Juan Martin del Potro	7 years, 9 months	2009 US Open
Marin Cilic	2 years, 9 months	2014 US Open

FIRST TIME CHANCES… If anyone is going to win a Grand Slam tournament for the first time, history indicates that they are less likely to do so at Wimbledon. In the Open Era, only 9 men have notched their first major by winning Wimbledon, compared to 21 at Roland Garros.

Venue of first Grand Slam title

Australian Open (11)			Roland Garros (21)
Jimmy Connors	1974		Ken Rosewall		1968		Jim Courier	1991
Mark Edmondson	1976		Jan Kodes		1970		Sergi Bruguera	1993
Roscoe Tanner	1977		Andres Gimeno		1972		Thomas Muster	1995
Vitas Gerulaitis	1977		Bjorn Borg		1974		Yevgeny Kafelnikov	1996
Brian Teacher	1980		Adriano Panatta		1976		Gustavo Kuerten	1997
Johan Kriek	1981		Guillermo Vilas		1977		Carlos Moya	1998
Stefan Edberg	1985		Mats Wilander		1982		Albert Costa	2002
Petr Korda	1998		Yannick Noah		1983		Juan Carlos Ferrero	2003
Thomas Johansson	2002		Ivan Lendl		1984		Gaston Gaudio	2004
Novak Djokovic Stan Wawrinka	2008 2014		Michael Chang Andres Gomez		1989 1990		Rafael Nadal	2005

Wimbledon (9)				US Open (12)
Rod Laver		1968		Arthur Ashe		1968
John Newcombe		1970		Stan Smith		1971
Boris Becker		1985		Ilie Nastase		1972
Pat Cash		1987		Manuel Orantes		1975
Michael Stich		1991		John McEnroe		1979
Andre Agassi		1992		Pete Sampras		1990
Richard Krajicek		1996		Patrick Rafter		1997
Goran Ivanisevic		2001		Marat Safin		2000
Roger Federer		2003		Lleyton Hewitt		2001
				Andy Roddick Juan Martin del Potro Andy Murray Marin Cilic		2003 2009 2012 2014

SW19 ROLL OF HONOUR… Of the 54 different Open Era Grand Slam champions, 21 have won Wimbledon. Federer and Sampras head the Open Era list with 7 Wimbledon titles each. (See table overleaf)

Player Titles Years

Pete Sampras 7 1993-95, 1997-2000

Roger Federer 7 2003-07, 2009, 2012

Bjorn Borg 5 1976-80

John McEnroe 3 1981, 1983-84

Boris Becker 3 1985-86, 1989

Novak Djokovic 3 2011, 2014, 2015

Rod Laver 2 1968-69 (also won in 1961-62)

John Newcombe 2 1970-71 (also won in 1967)

Jimmy Connors 2 1974, 1982
Stefan Edberg 2 1988, 1990

Rafael Nadal 2 2008, 2010

Andy Murray 2 2013, 2016

Stan Smith 1 1972

Jan Kodes 1 1973

Arthur Ashe 1 1975

Pat Cash 1 1987

Michael Stich 1 1991

Andre Agassi 1 1992

Richard Krajicek 1 1996

Goran Ivanisevic 1 2001

Lleyton Hewitt 1 2002

MOST GRAND SLAM MATCH-WINS… Federer holds the record for the most Grand Slam match-wins in history. Djokovic will take sole ownership of 2nd place on the list if he wins his opening match here, while Nadal will move into 5th place, ahead of Ivan Lendl, if he wins the title.

All Grand Slams (all-time)

Rank

Player

Win-loss

1.
2=

Roger Federer

Jimmy Connors

314-51

233-49

Novak Djokovic

233-38

Andre Agassi

Ivan Lendl

224-53

222-49

Roy Emerson

Rafael Nadal

Pete Sampras

216-48

216-32

203-38

10.

Andy Murray

Stefan Edberg

184-42

178-47

Note: players at 2017 Wimbledon in bold

The leading British man is Andy Murray with a 184-42 Grand Slam win-loss record. By winning his 1st round match at 2013 Wimbledon Murray became the most successful British man in history in terms of Grand Slam match-wins.

WIMBLEDON ACHIEVERS… Federer will take sole ownership of the record for most Open Era Wimbledon match-wins if he wins his opening match here, having tied Jimmy Connors in 1st place on the list by reaching the semifinals in 2016. Djokovic and Murray could both enter the Top 5 on the list.

Player Win-loss

Jimmy Connors 84-18

Roger Federer 84-11

Boris Becker 71-12

Pete Sampras 63-7

John McEnroe 59-11

Novak Djokovic 54-9

Andy Murray 53-9

Bjorn Borg 51-4

Stefan Edberg 49-12

Goran Ivanisevic 49-14

The leading active players at Wimbledon are as follows:

Player Win-loss

Roger Federer 84-11

Novak Djokovic 54-9

Andy Murray 53-9

Rafael Nadal 40-9

Tomas Berdych 37-13

BEST OF THE BRITS… British men have won the title here more times (37) than any other nation and Wimbledon has the most recent resident national champion compared to the other 3 Grand Slam events.

Event	Last native/naturalised champion
Australian Open	Mark Edmondson, 1976
Roland Garros	Yannick Noah, 1983
Wimbledon	Andy Murray, 2016
US Open	Andy Roddick, 2003

In 2012 Murray ended a 74-year wait for a British male finalist at SW19 when he finished as runner-up to Federer.

Best of the Brits at Wimbledon (1996-2016)

Year	Player	Round reached	Opponent	Score
1996	Tim Henman	QF	l. Todd Martin	76 76 64
1997	Tim Henman	QF	l. Michael Stich	63 62 64
	Greg Rusedski	QF	l. Cedric Pioline	64 46 64 63
1998	Tim Henman	SF	l. Pete Sampras	63 46 75 63
1999	Tim Henman	SF	l. Pete Sampras	36 64 63 64
2000	Tim Henman	R16	l. Mark Philippoussis	61 57 67 63 64
2001	Tim Henman	SF	l. Goran Ivanisevic	75 67 06 76 63
2002	Tim Henman	SF	l. Lleyton Hewitt	75 61 75
2003	Tim Henman	QF	l. Sebastien Grosjean	76 63 36 64
2004	Tim Henman	QF	l. Mario Ancic	76 64 62
2005	Andy Murray	3rd	l. David Nalbandian	67 16 60 64 61
2006	Andy Murray	R16	l. Marcos Baghdatis	63 64 76
2007	Tim Henman	2nd	l. Feliciano Lopez	76 76 36 26 61
2008 2009	Andy Murray Andy Murray	QF SF	l. Rafael Nadal l. Andy Roddick	63 62 64 64 46 76 76
2010	Andy Murray	SF	l. Rafael Nadal	64 76 64
2011 2012 2013	Andy Murray Andy Murray Andy Murray	SF FR WR	l. Rafael Nadal l. Roger Federer d. Novak Djokovic	57 62 62 64 46 75 63 64 64 75 64
2014 2015 2016	Andy Murray Andy Murray Andy Murray	QF SF WR	l. Grigor Dimitrov l. Roger Federer d. Milos Raonic	61 76(4) 62 75 75 64 64 76(3) 76(2)

A MURRAY DOUBLE?… Andy and Jamie Murray are bidding to become the first set of brothers to win men’s singles and men’s doubles titles at a Grand Slam since 1905 Wimbledon when Laurie Doherty won the singles title and partnered brother Reggie to the doubles title. At the 2016 Australian Open, they became the first pair of brothers to reach the men’s singles and doubles finals at a Grand Slam in the same year since the Dohertys at 1906 Wimbledon – when Laurie won the singles title and the brothers finished as runners-up in doubles.

The Murrays are also aiming to become the first Brits to triumph in both men’s singles and doubles at Wimbledon since 1936, when Perry won the men’s singles and Pat Hughes/Raymond Tuckey won the men’s doubles. In 2012 Andy Murray and Jonathan Marray became the first pair of Brits to reach the finals at Wimbledon since 1936, when Murray finished runner-up in singles and Marray won the doubles title alongside Frederik Nielsen.

TWIN TERRITORY… Bob and Mike Bryan hold the record for the most doubles titles in the Open Era (113) and have also made the most Grand Slam doubles final appearances (30) in the Open Era. The most successful doubles team of all-time, they are looking to extend their all-time Grand Slam title-record by winning their 4th Wimbledon title and 17th Grand Slam overall.

Doubles Grand Slam Team Title-Leaders

Rank	Player	No. of titles
1.	Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan	16
2.	John Newcombe/Tony Roche*	12
3.	Todd Woodbridge/Mark Woodforde	11
4=	Laurie Doherty/Reggie Doherty John Bromwich/Adrian Quist	10

*Also played together pre-Open Era

If the Bryans win their 4th Wimbledon title they will move into joint-2nd place on the Open Era list for teams to have won the most Wimbledon doubles titles.
Men’s doubles teams winning Wimbledon (Open Era)

Todd Woodbridge/Mark Woodforde

1993-7, 2000

Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan??

Peter Fleming/John McEnroe

John Newcombe/Tony Roche

4??

2006, 2011, 2013, 2017??

1979, 1981, 1983-4

1968-70, 1974

The Bryans have not won a major doubles title since they lifted the trophy at the 2014 US Open. Prior to 2015, they had won at least one Grand Slam doubles title a year since 2005.

DOUBLES VARIETY… 13 different teams have won the last 15 Grand Slam doubles titles – since the Bryans won 4 consecutive Grand Slam doubles titles from the 2012 US Open-2013 Wimbledon. The only pairs to have won multiple major doubles titles in that time are Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut (2015 US Open, 2016 Wimbledon) and Jamie Murray/Bruno Soares (2016 Australian Open, 2016 US Open).

DOUBLES WARM-UP… No. 3 seeds Jamie Murray/Bruno Soares and No. 4 seeds Lukasz Kubot/Marcelo Melo both arrive at Wimbledon on unbeaten runs, having won 2 grass court warm-up events prior to coming here. Murray/Soares won back-to-back titles at Stuttgart and Queen’s, while Kubot/Melo achieved the feat at ‘s-Hertogenbosch and Halle. Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan won their first title of 2017 at Eastbourne, while Robert Lindstedt/Aisam ul-Haq Qureshi lifted the trophy in Antalya.

FIRST-TIMERS…. There are 25 men making their debut appearance at Wimbledon. Of the 25, 13 are direct acceptances, 8 are qualifiers, 3 are wild cards and one is a lucky loser. While it has never happened in the Open Era, 9 men have won the Wimbledon championships on their first appearance. Six women have also achieved this feat.

MEN WOMEN

1877 Spencer Gore 1884 Maud Watson

1878 Patrick Hadow 1887 Lottie Dod

1879 John Hartley 1905 May Sutton

1919 Gerald Patterson 1919 Suzanne Lenglen

1920 Bill Tilden 1946 Pauline Betz

1932 Ellsworth Vines 1952 Maureen Connolly

1939 Bobby Riggs

1949 Ted Schroeder

1951 Dick Savitt

The last Grand Slam champion to win the title on his first appearance at that major was Nadal at 2005 Roland Garros.

Direct acceptances Norbert Gombos and Henri Laaksonen, qualifiers Christian Garin, Sebastian Ofner and Stefano Travaglia, and wild cards Cameron Norrie and Denis Shapovalov are all making their Grand Slam debuts.

YOUNGEST AND OLDEST… At 39 years 104 days Tommy Haas is the oldest man to start in the main draw here. Haas is over twice as old as Denis Shapovalov, the youngest man in this year’s main draw at 18 years 92 days.

FROM BOYS TO MEN… Only 4 of the 66 different Wimbledon Boys’ Champions have gone on to win the men’s singles title.

Player	Boys’ Champion	Men’s Champion
Bjorn Borg	1972	1976-80
Pat Cash	1982	1987
Stefan Edberg	1983	1988, 1990
Roger Federer	1998	2003-07, 2009, 2012

There are 9 former Wimbledon junior boys’ singles champions playing in this year’s main draw:

Roger Federer (1998)

Nicolas Mahut (2000)

Gael Monfils (2004)

Jeremy Chardy (2005)

Donald Young (2007)

Grigor Dimitrov (2008)

Andrey Kuznetsov (2009)

Marton Fucsovics (2010)

Denis Shapovalov (2016)

Gilles Muller (2001) and Robin Haase (2005) were boys’ finalists here.

WILD CARDS… Wimbledon awarded 3 of the 8 possible wild cards into this year’s men’s singles to home players: Brydan Klein, Cameron Norrie and James Ward. Alongside the Brits, Germany’s Tommy Haas, Canada’s Denis Shapovalov, the 2016 boys’ singles champion, and Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics, who won the Ilkley Challenger, also received wild cards. The remaining 2 wild card spots were not used.

THE ‘BIG 4’… Murray, Djokovic, Federer and Nadal occupy the Top 4 seedings for the first time at a Grand Slam since 2014 Wimbledon. The quartet have shared the last 14 Wimbledon titles. It is the first time that Murray is No. 1 seed here, ending Djokovic’s 5-year streak as No. 1 seed. Federer has been top seed here 6 times (most recently 2010), while Nadal was top seed in 2009 (but withdrew before the tournament began) and 2011.

SEEDED BROTHERS… No. 10 seed Alexander Zverev and No. 27 seed Mischa Zverev are the first brothers to be seeded in the men’s singles draw at Wimbledon since No. 4 Sandy Mayer and No. 6 Gene Mayer in 1982. At Roland Garros this year, the Zverevs became the first pair of brothers to be seeded at a Grand Slam since the Mayers here in 1982.

SEEDED FOR THE FIRST TIME… No. 30 seed Karen Khachanov and No. 32 seed Paolo Lorenzi are seeded at a Grand Slam for the first time. Steve Johnson, Gilles Muller, Albert Ramos-Vinolas and Mischa Zverev are all seeded at Wimbledon for the first time.

MISSING IN ACTION… Players who appeared on the original entry list but withdrew before the event started are as follows: David Goffin (right ankle), Nicolas Almagro (knee), Yoshihito Nishioka (recovering from ACL surgery), Pablo Carreno Busta (abdominal), Daniel Evans (provisional suspension), Hyeon Chung (left ankle) and Pablo Cuevas (right knee).

LEFTHANDERS… There are 17 lefthanders starting in this year’s men’s singles. The last lefthander to win the title here was Nadal in 2010.

COUNTRY COUNTDOWN… 42 countries are represented in the men’s singles draw at 2017 Wimbledon, with France having the most players competing here:

France	11	4 seeds
USA	10	4 seeds		1 qualifier
Germany	9	2 seeds	1 wild card	2 qualifiers
Argentina	7	1 seed
Great Britain	7	1 seed	3 wild cards	1 qualifier
Italy	7	2 seeds		2 qualifiers
Russia	7	1 seed		1 qualifier
Spain	7	5 seeds
Australia	6	1 seed		1 qualifier
Czech Republic	4	1 seed		1 qualifier
Serbia	4	1 seed
Austria	3	1 seed		1 qualifier
Brazil	3
Canada	3	1 seed	1 wild card
Croatia	3	2 seeds
Japan	3	1 seed
Switzerland	3	2 seeds
Ukraine	3			2 qualifiers
Belgium	2			1 qualifier
Chile	2			2 qualifiers
Kazakhstan	2				1 lucky loser
Slovakia	2
Bosnia/Herzegovina	1
Bulgaria	1	1 seed
Chinese Taipei	1
Cyprus	1
Dominican Republic	1
Georgia	1
Greece	1			1 qualifier
Hungary	1		1 wild card
Israel	1
Latvia	1
Lithuania	1
Luxembourg	1	1 seed
Moldova	1
Netherlands	1
Poland	1
Portugal	1
Romania	1
South Africa	1
Tunisia	1
Uzbekistan	1

*Statistics courtesy of Grand Slam Media

Ranking

Points

Rank

No. of titles

Laurie Doherty

Rank

No. of titles

Serena Williams

Player

2008, 2010, 2017??

Rank

No. of titles

Bjorn Borg

Rank

No. of titles

Rafael Nadal

ANDRE AGASSI ’95/00-01/03 ’99 ’92 ’94/99

ROD LAVER ’69 ’69 ’68-69 ’69

PETE SAMPRAS ’94/97 — ’93-95/97-00 ’90/93/95-96/02

Successful Grand Slam title defences (Open Era)

Defending Australian Open (12)

Stefan Edberg

Player

Years

Andy Murray, 2016

Player

Opponent

Boys’ Champion

Men’s Champion