Wimbledon
Most Wimbledon singles titles in Open era
Wimbledon is commonly thought to be the most prestigious Grand Slam of them all, and a Wimbledon title will cement a player’s name in the tennis history books forever.
Follow along with us as we count down the top male and female Wimbledon champions of all time.
Male
Pete Sampras – 7
Joint-second among the male players is American star Pete Sampras with seven titles. Sampras was the first male player to reach seven Wimbledon titles in the Open Era, winning his last title in 2000.
Sampras was the original King of Wimbledon. The big-serving, powerful American had an efficient playing style that didn’t necessarily capture the imagination of the fans, but certainly left them in awe of his sheer dominance on the court.
He won Wimbledon his seven Wimbledon titles over an eight-year span from 1993 through to 2000, with his only loss in this 8-year stretch coming in 1996.
Novak Djokovic – 7
Novak Djokovic is the only player on this list who is still currently active, and since the retirement of Roger Federer the Serb has dominated Wimbledon.
Djokovic has never been singled out as being an exceptional Wimbledon player, or an icon of the tournament, but his outstanding record at the tournament suggests that those accolades may not be far away.
The Serb won his first Wimbledon title in 2011, and his last as recently as 2022. He failed to win just four of the 11 tournaments held in this time as he asserted his dominance on the tournament. Should he pick up an eighth title this year, not only would he become the joint-most male winner, but he would also equal Federer and Bjorn Borg’s record of five Wimbledon titles in a row, leaving him one shy of Navratilova, who won six consecutive titles.
Roger Federer – 8
Roger Federer is not only the winning most male player at Wimbledon of all-time, but he is also considered by many to be the most iconic on the All England Club lawns. A player that personified the tournament with his grace and class on the court, he was a fans’ favourite and is a certified legend at Wimbledon.
Federer is recently retired, with his last Wimbledon title coming in 2017. He is one of just two players to win five consecutive Wimbledon men’s titles. His first came in 2003 as he beat Mark Philippoussis. In 2004 he beat Andy Roddick, a feat which he would repeat the following year. Next came wins over Rafael Nadal in 2006 and 2007, before his streak ended with a loss to the Spaniard in 2008, in what is considered by many to be the greatest Grand Slam final of all-time.
While Federer’s number of titles may yet be matched or even overtaken by Djokovic, or players to come after him, it will be tough for anyone to capture the imagination of the Wimbledon crowd, and tennis fans around the world as Federer did.
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Female
Serena Williams – 7
Serena Williams is the most recently retired player on this list, bringing her tennis career to an end in 2022 with 23 Grand Slam titles to her name – seven of those coming at Wimbledon.
Serena Williams is considered by many to be the greatest female tennis player of all time and her dominance across all tennis spheres is unmatched, but she finds herself tied for second in terms of Wimbledon titles.
Her last title came in 2016, completing a final tally of seven titles across 15 tournaments, with her first title coming as early as 2002. Although she didn’t necessarily have one long consecutive winning run, her dominance over such long period of time is impressive enough.
Steffi Graff – 7
Steffi Graff was seen as the successor to Martina Navratilova, and the German certainly lived up to the title as she won her seven titles in a nine-year span between 1988 and 1996.
Graff’s first two titles actually saw her beat Navratilova in the final, which signified the changing of the guard in Women’s tennis. Graff would then go on to win five of the six available Wimbledon titles between 1991 and
1996, taking her tally to seven which, at the time, made her the stand alone second place for most Wimbledon women’s singles titles.
Graff is similar to Federer in that she was a fans’ favourite, and her Wimbledon legacy will live long in the memory. Another unforgettable moment, which Graff herself may want to put out of her mind came in 1994 when Graff’s opportunity to make it four in a row at the time, which would now have resulted in six consecutive Wimbledon titles, as she fell to lesser-known Lori McNeil in the first round; one of the greatest shocks in Grand Slam history.
Martina Navratilova – 9
Martine Navratilova’s record of nine Wimbledon singles titles remains unmatched, and there has never been a player more dominant at the tournament than her, having won all nine of her titles in an unstoppable period between 1978 and 1990.
Navratilova holds many Wimbledon records, with one of the most notable being her six consecutive titles between 1982 and 1987, a feat which remains unmatched to this day in both the men’s and women’s singles championship.
The American could’ve had more titles to her name if it wasn’t for the emergence of Steffi Graf towards the end of her career, falling to the German twice in consecutive finals in 1988 and 1989, but Navratilova ended her career on a high as the changing of the guard was halted for a year with Navratilova securing her final title in 1990.
