Wimbledon Mens Singles Champions

Wimbledon Men Singles BettingJust about every great name in the history of mens singles Tennis has won the Wimbledon Mens singles title at some stage in their career. As one of the four major tournaments in Tennis, Wimbledon is one tournament that all players set out to win during their career. Winning a singles title at the Championships automatically assures that a player will go down in Wimbledon tennis history, however, legends of the game are made by recording multiple tournament wins and only a handful of male players can boast more than one Wimbledon Mens singles title.

Many Tennis fans would argue that Wimbledon is the toughest of the four majors to win as it is the only one played on a grass surface. The winner must therefore be versatile in handling the different challenges that playing on grass poses.

The first Wimbledon Mens Singles champion was British player Spencer Gore who won the first title back in 1877. For the next 40 years, British males dominated the title, mainly because it was laregly only British males who entered the Championships in its formative years. However, Australian players Norman Brookes and Arthur Wilding stamped the authority of international males on the Championship between 1907 and 1912, kick starting the dominance of international male players at Wimbledon, a trend that continues to haunt British male Tennis players to this day.

Fred Perry - The last British Mens Single Champion

Wimbledon Fred Perry StatueFred Perry was the last British mens single champion at Wimbledon when he won the title for the third and final time in 1936. Perry, had won the previous two mens singles titles at the 1934 and 1935 Championship and despite being some years ago reports suggest that he was one of the greatest ever Wimbledon champions. Sadly, Perry was also the last British champion to win the title, something that has become a long standing joke within the British media in the lead up to every Wimbledon Championships and can only add pressure to the British players who enter the tournament. It also casts major doubts on the state of British Tennis when its most famous son is now best known for lending his name to a famous sportswear brand having won his last title over 70 years ago.

Many British players have tried in the years since Perry to win the title, but to no avail. Tim Henman has come the closest in recent years, appearing in four semi finals, most recently in 2002. However, Henman never managed to get in to a final and now bookmakers are always the first to remind the British public of its Tennis failings by offer very big Wimbledon betting odds on an English male winning the championship.

Modern Era Mens Wimbledon Champions

Wimbledon Pete SamprasIn recent years, some of the biggest names in mens Tennis have lifted the famous Mens Singles trophy. Four times champion Rod Laver was the first male to claim the title in the open era in 1968 and 1969. Fellow Australian John Newcombe won back to back championships in 1970 and 1971 before Bjorn Borg won four consecutive titles between 1976 - 79.

During the 80s, the Wimbledon mens singles title was won by great names such as John McEnroe, Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg, all who won the title on more than one occasion during the decade.

American great Pete Sampras dominated the title in the 90s winning the mens singles crown a total of seven times between 1993 and 2000, only Richard Krajicek stopped him from winning a Wimbledon record eight straight titles. In recent years, the mens singles game has been all about Roger Federer who has won the last four Wimbledon mens singles championships and the Swiss star shows no signs of slowing down his dominance of the mens game.

Past Wimbledon Mens Singles Winners

  • 1980 B.R. Borg (Sweeden)
  • 1981 J.P. McEnroe (USA)
  • 1982 J.S. Connors (USA)
  • 1983 J.P. McEnroe (USA)
  • 1984 J.P. McEnroe (USA)
  • 1985 B.F. Becker (Germany)
  • 1986 B.F. Becker (Germany)
  • 1987 P.H. Cash (Australia)
  • 1988 S.B. Edberg (Sweeden)
  • 1989 B.F. Becker (Germany)
  • 1990 S.B. Edberg (Sweeden)
  • 1991 M.D. Stich (Germany)
  • 1992 A.K. Agassi (USA)
  • 1993 P. Sampras (USA)
  • 1994 P. Sampras (USA)
  • 1995 P. Sampras (USA)
  • 1996 R.P.S. Krajicek (Netherlands)
  • 1997 P. Sampras (USA)
  • 1998 P. Sampras (USA)
  • 1999 P. Sampras (USA)
  • 2000 P. Sampras (USA)
  • 2001 G.S. Ivanisevic (Croatia)
  • 2002 L.G. Hewitt (Australia)
  • 2003 R. Federer (Switzerland)
  • 2004 R. Federer (Switzerland)
  • 2005 R. Federer (Switzerland)
  • 2006 R. Federer (Switzerland)
  • 2007 R. Federer (Switzerland)