Wimbledon 2019

July 1 - 14, 2019
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The 2020 Wimbledon Championships runs from Monday June 29 – Sunday July 12, 2020

Wimbledon is the third of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments and follows the Australian Open and French Open Majors. The fourth Grand Slam Major is the US Open. Held in London at the all England Club and also known as The Championships, Wimbledon is the oldest and most prestigious tennis tournament in the world.

Played on grass courts, a much faster surface than the red clay courts of the French Open, the Wimbledon Championships were first contested in 1877 and as of 2016 there has been 130 editions of this time-honoured classic. Over £38,000,000 (over AUS$67.4 million) in prize money is shared between the Wimbledon winners each season, which runs over two weeks from the last Monday in June in the UK, which is the last Sunday in June Australian time. The tournament always ends on a Sunday in July culminating with the Men’s and Women’s Singles Finals.

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Angelique Kerber Won her first Wimbledon Title in 2018. Photo by The Guardian.

The only remaining Grand Slam played on a grass surface after the Australian Open was switched to a hardcourt in 1988, Wimbledon on-court advertising is non-existent but betting on the tournament is still big business! It’s not all strawberries and cream and Royal patronage however. Players used wooden rackets up until 1987, and in 1995 Tim Henman made Wimbledon history for all the wrong reasons becoming the first player ever to disqualified from the tournament after striking a ball girl on the head.

As with all the other tennis Grand Slam tournaments the major divisions of Wimbledon are the Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles. The competition is steeped in history and tradition and all Wimbledon players are required to wear white.

Wimbledon 2019 The Championships

  • Date: July 1 – July 14, 2019
  • Edition: 133rd
  • Venue: The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
  • Grand Slam: 3rd of 2019
  • Men’s Singles Champion: Novak Djokovic (2019)
  • Women’s Singles Champion: Simona Halep (2019)

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Wimbledon 2019 Betting

Early 2019 The Wimbledon Championships betting markets had the defending champion Novak Djokovic as the early favourite in futures markets. Earlier this year Djokovic became the most successful Australian Open Men’s Singles champion celebrating his seventh success in the first Grand Slam of the year.

Djokovic rewarded the punters as the favourite in Men’s Singles 2019 Wimbledon betting, the top seeded player defeating second seed Roger Federer in five sets. It was the same Wimbledon Finals result in the Men’s Singles from both 2014 and 2015 between the two Grand Slam stars.

Wimbledon 2020 Odds

Odds on the 2020 Wimbledon Finals Results will be available shortly.

 

2019 Wimbledon Results

2019 Wimbledon Results: Men’s Singles Final

  • Champion: Novak Djokovic 
  • Runner-Up: Roger Federer
  • Final Score: 7–6(7–5), 1–6, 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 13–12(7–3)

Defending Wimbledon Men’s Singles champion Novak Djokovic successfully defended his title in the 2019 final defeating Roger Federer in 5 sets (7–6(7–5), 1–6, 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 13–12(7–3)). The marathon match took 4 hours and 57 minutes – the longest in the history of Wimbledon finals.

The World No. 1 Djokovic has now won five Wimbledon championships.

2019 Wimbledon Results: Ladies’ Singles Final

  • Champion: Simona Halep
  • Runner-Up: Serena Williams
  • Final Score: 6-2, 6-2

The Men’s singles final at Wimbledon 2019 may have been a record-breaker edging on 5 hours, but the Ladies’ Singles Final took just 56 minutes with Simona Halep easily accounting for veteran Serena Williams 6-2, 6-2. For the third time, Williams was unsuccessful in her attempt at equaling Margaret Court’s all-time record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles.

Halep is now a two-time Grand Slam champion following her opening success in the 2018 French Open.

Major Wimbledon Titles & Current Champions

  • Gentlemen’s Singles: Novak Djokovic (2019)
  • Ladies’ Singles: Simona Halep (2019)
  • Gentlemen’s Doubles:  Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah (2019)
  • Ladies’ Doubles:  Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová (2019)
  • Mixed Doubles:  Ivan Dodig / Latisha Chan (2019)

There are also a number of Invitation Events held during The Championships, Wimbledon contested over a Round Robin format, unlike the Main Events that are single-elimination tournaments contested as best-of-five sets for Men’s and best-of-three sets for Women’s and Mixed Doubles.

Wimbledon players often warm-up in earlier European competitions with the men contesting events like the Queen’s Club Championships and the Gerry Weber Open. Women Wimbledon hopefuls traditionally warm-up in Eastbourne and Birmingham in England, and Rosmalen in the Netherlands.

The Gentlemen’s Singles Wimbledon Winner is awarded with a silver gilt cup.

The Ladies’ Singles Wimbledon Winner is awarded with a sterling silver salver known as the Venus Rosewater Dish.

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The All England Lawn Tennis And Croquet Club is host to Wimbledon The Championships. Photo Credit: Getty Images.

Wimbledon Odds & Betting

Wimbledon betting is very popular over the 14 days of play during June – July every year. The most popular Wimbledon odds are those on the Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Singles winners. Early Outright Wimbledon Winners odds are open months in advance of the tournament with all-in prices quoted for headline players in both the Men’s and Women’s divisions.

There are multiple markets open on all Wimbledon matches across the Main Events and popular exotic bet types include set-by-set tennis predictions, correct score betting odds, whether there will be a tie-break in the first set, Player 1 and Player 2 markets, the first player to serve a game to love, second set winner betting and who will break first serve.

A notable Wimbledon betting tip is to look at form lines outside of World Rankings as in the Open Era (from 1968) six of the Women’s Singles Wimbledon winners never reached World No. 1.

The Wimbledon Championships of 2019 will be underway from late June and early betting markets will be released early in the year on the Men’s and Women’s Singles Winners.

Past Winners of Wimbledon

Wimbledon history dates right back to 1877, but what is known as the Open Era didn’t begin until 1968. Plenty of past Wimbledon Winners have etched their name in the tennis record books during that time at the coveted English tournament.

Men’s Wimbledon Champions

World No. 1 ranked players have a strong strike rate looking at the Men’s Singles Wimbledon winners list. Over half of the Open Era Men’s Singles winners reached the pinnacle of the tennis rakings.

During the Open Era of Wimbledon, Roger Federer holds the record of most Men’s Singles titles with eight thanks to his 2017 success. Federer also shares a record five consecutive Open Era Wimbledon titles from 2003 – 2007 along with Björn Borg from Sweden.

Federer also holds his own unique page in the Wimbledon history books as the only player in both the Amateur and Open Era to reach the finals 12 times for eight wins and four losses as of 2019 when runner-up to Novak Djokovic.

Andy Murray’s 2013 Men’s Singles win at Wimbledon broke a lengthy drought for the local British players and was the first for England since Fred Perry (1934, 1935, 1936) giving the UK a total of 36 All-Time titles in this division. This is the most of any country followed by the USA (33) and Australia (21).

The last Australian Gentlemen’s Men’s Singles winner at Wimbledon was Lleyton Hewitt (2002).

The Wimbledon Gentlemen’s Singles Past Winners dating back to 2000 are listed below.

Year Country Champion Country Runner-Up Score
2000 USA Pete Sampras AUS Patrick Rafter 6–7(10–12), 7–6(7–5), 6–4, 6–2
2001 CRO Goran Ivanišević AUS Patrick Rafter 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 9–7
2002 AUS Lleyton Hewitt ARG David Nalbandian 6–1, 6–3, 6–2
2003 SUI Roger Federer AUS Mark Philippoussis 7–6(7–5), 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
2004 SUI Roger Federer USA Andy Roddick 4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–3), 6–4
2005 SUI Roger Federer USA Andy Roddick 6–2, 7–6(7–2), 6–4
2006 SUI Roger Federer ESP Rafael Nadal 6–0, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(2–7), 6–3
2007 SUI Roger Federer ESP Rafael Nadal 7–6(9–7), 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 2–6, 6–2
2008 ESP Rafael Nadal SUI Roger Federer 6–4, 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(8–10), 9–7
2009 SUI Roger Federer USA Andy Roddick 5–7, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 16–14
2010 ESP Rafael Nadal CZE Tomáš Berdych 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
2011 SRB Novak Djokovic ESP Rafael Nadal 6–4, 6–1, 1–6, 6–3
2012 SUI Roger Federer GBR Andy Murray 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–4
2013 GBR Andy Murray SRB Novak Djokovic 6–4, 7–5, 6–4
2014 SRB Novak Djokovic SUI Roger Federer 6–7(7–9), 6–4, 7–6(7–4), 5–7, 6–4
2015 SRB Novak Djokovic SUI Roger Federer 7–6(7–1), 6–7(10–12), 6–4, 6–3
2016 GBR Andy Murray CAN Milos Raonic 6–4, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–2)
2017 SUI Roger Federer CRO Marin Čilić 6-3, 6-1, 6-4
2018 SRB Novak Djokovic RSA Kevin Anderson 6-2, 6-2, 7-6(7-3)
2019 SRB Novak Djokovic SUI Roger Federer 7–6(7–5), 1–6, 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 13–12(7–3)

Ladies’ Wimbledon Champions

At Wimbledon the Women’s Singles are referred to as the Ladies’ Singles and during the Open Era (from 1968) Czech-born Martina Navratilova who also played for the USA boasts a record nine championship victories. Six of those were consecutively, another Wimbledon Women’s Singles record she holds.

Pre-Open Era the youngest ever Wimbledon Ladies’ Singles winner was Lottie Dod (15 years and 285 days) who five times (1887, 1888, 1891, 1892, 1893). The oldest winner of All-Time was Charlotte Cooper Sterry (37 and 282 days) who also won five titles during the Amateur Era (1895, 1896, 1898, 1901, 1908).

The USA hold the record of most Ladies’ Wimbledon Singles Titles of All-Time (57) with the last American champion being Serena Williams (2016), her seventh victory and second on the trot having successfully defended her 2015 title. Australia have won the division five times, but not since Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1980).

The Wimbledon Ladies’ Singles Past Winners dating back to 2000 are listed below.

Year Country Champion Country Runner-Up Score
2000 USA Venus Williams USA Lindsay Davenport 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
2001 USA Venus Williams BEL Justine Henin 6–1, 3–6, 6–0
2002 USA Serena Williams USA Venus Williams 7–6(7–4), 6–3
2003 USA Serena Williams USA Venus Williams 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
2004 RUS Maria Sharapova USA Serena Williams 6–1, 6–4
2005 USA Venus Williams USA Lindsay Davenport 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 9–7
2006 FRA Amélie Mauresmo BEL Justine Henin 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
2007 USA Venus Williams FRA Marion Bartoli 6–4, 6–1
2008 USA Venus Williams USA Serena Williams 7–5, 6–4
2009 USA Serena Williams USA Venus Williams 7–6(7–3), 6–2
2010 USA Serena Williams RUS Vera Zvonareva 6–3, 6–2
2011 CZE Petra Kvitová RUS Maria Sharapova 6–3, 6–4
2012 USA Serena Williams POL Agnieszka Radwańska 6–1, 5–7, 6–2
2013 FRA Marion Bartoli GER Sabine Lisicki 6–1, 6–4
2014 CZE Petra Kvitová CAN Eugenie Bouchard 6–3, 6–0
2015 USA Serena Williams ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 6–4, 6–4
2016 USA Serena Williams GER Angelique Kerber 7–5, 6–3
2017 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza USA Venus Williams 7-5, 6-0
2018 GER Angelique Kerber USA Serena Williams 6-3, 6-3
2019 TBD Simona Halep USA Serena Williams 6-2, 6-2

Wimbledon Records

The Championships, Wimbledon is the oldest of all tennis tournaments world-wide and Wimbledon records have been getting smashed since 1877. Three men share the record of most singles titles (7): English gentlemen William Renshaw way before the Open Era, American Pete Sampras who is regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time and Swiss champion Roger Federer. The Ladies’ Singles Wimbledon record of most titles is two higher and held by Martina Navratilova.

A new Wimbledon Record was set in the 2019 Men’s Singles Final with the defending champion Novak Djokovic successful in his title defense taking 4 hours and 57 minutes to defeat Roger Federer (7–6(7–5), 1–6, 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 13–12(7–3) ) in the longest singles final in Wimbledon history.

  • Longest Singles Final: 4 hours 57 minutes, N. Djokovic def. R. Federer (2019)

Gentlemen’s Wimbledon Records

  • Most Singles Titles: Roger Federer (8)
  • Most Doubles Titles: Todd Woodbridge (9)

Ladies Wimbledon Records

  • Most Singles Titles: Martina Navratilova (9)
  • Most Doubles Titles: Elizabeth Ryan (12)

Mixed Doubles Wimbledon Records

  • Most Titles (Male): Ken Fletcher (4), Vic Seixas (4), Owen Davidson (4), Leander Paes (4)
  • Most Titles (Female): Elizabeth Ryan (7)

Most Consecutive Wimbledon Titles

  • Men’s Singles: Bjorn Borg (5), Roger Federer (5)
  • Women’s Singles: Martina Navratilova (6)
  • Men’s Doubles: Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde (5)
  • Women’s Doubles Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver (4), Natasha Zvereva (4)