Winning a title at Wimbledon represents a satisfying pinnacle in a player's professional tennis career. Since the first men's champion was crowned in 1877, many tennis legends have made a big name for themselves by winning it all on the grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.
These players have risen to be champions at the oldest and most prestigious tournament in tennis:
2011, Novak Djokovic, Serbia
2010, Rafael Nadal, Spain
2009, Roger Federer, Switzerland
2008, Rafael Nadal, Spain
2007, Roger Federer, Switzerland
2006, Roger Federer, Switzerland
2005, Roger Federer, Switzerland
2004, Roger Federer, Switzerland
2003, Roger Federer, Switzerland
2002, Lleyton Hewitt, Australia
2001, Goran Ivanisevic, Croatia
2000, Pete Sampras, United States
1999, Pete Sampras, United States
1998, Pete Sampras, United States
1997, Pete Sampras, United States
1996, Richard Krajicek, Netherlands
1995, Pete Sampras, United States
1994, Pete Sampras, United States
1993, Pete Sampras, United States
1992, Andre Agassi, United States
1991, Michael Stich, Germany
1990, Stefan Edberg, Sweden
1989, Boris Becker, West Germany
1988, Stefan Edberg, Sweden
1987, Pat Cash, Australia
1986, Boris Becker, West Germany
1985, Boris Becker, West Germany
1984, John McEnroe, United States
1983, John McEnroe, United States
1982, Jimmy Connors, United States
1981, John McEnroe, United States
1980, Bjorn Borg, Sweden
1979, Bjorn Borg, Sweden
1978, Bjorn Borg, Sweden
1977, Bjorn Borg, Sweden
1976, Bjorn Borg, Sweden
1975, Arthur Ashe, United States
1974, Jimmy Connors, United States
1973, Jan Kodes, Czechoslovakia
1972, Stan Smith, United States
1971, John Newcombe, Australia
1970, John Newcombe, Australia
1969, Rod Laver, Australia
1968, Rod Laver, Australia
1967, John Newcombe, Australia
1966, Manolo Santana, Spain
1965, Roy Emerson, Australia
1964, Roy Emerson, Australia
1963, Chuck McKinley, United States
1962, Rod Laver, Australia
1961, Rod Laver, Australia
1960, Neale Fraser, Australia
1959, Alex Olmedo, United States
1958, Ashley Cooper, Australia
1957, Lew Hoad, Australia
1956, Lew Hoad, Australia
1955, Tony Trabert, United States
1954, Jaroslav Drobny, Egypt
1953, Vic Seixas, United States
1952, Frank Sedgman, Australia
1951, Dick Savitt, United States
1950, Budge Patty, United States
1949, Ted Schroeder, United States
1948, Bob Falkenburg, United States
1947, Jack Kramer, United States
1946, Yvon Petra, France
1940-45, No tournament, World War II
1939, Bobby Riggs, United States
1938, Don Budge, United States
1937, Don Budge, United States
1936, Fred Perry, Great Britain
1935, Fred Perry, Great Britain
1934, Fred Perry, Great Britain
1933, Jack Crawford, Australia
1932, Ellsworth Vines, United States
1931, Sidney Wood, United States
1930, Bill Tilden, United States
1929, Henri Cochet, France
1928, Rene Lacoste, France
1927, Henri Cochet, France
1926, Jean Borotra, France
1925, Rene Lacoste, France
1924, Jean Borotra, France
1923, Bill Johnston, United States
1922, Gerald Patterson, Australia
1921, Bill Tilden, United States
1920, Bill Tilden, United States
1919, Gerald Patterson, Australia
1915-18, No tournament, World War I
1914, Norman Brookes, Australia
1913, Tony Wilding, New Zealand
1912, Tony Wilding, New Zealand
1911, Tony Wilding, New Zealand
1910, Tony Wilding, New Zealand
1909, Arthur Gore, Great Britain
1908, Arthur Gore, Great Britain
1907, Norman Brookes, Australia
1906, Laurie Doherty, Great Britain
1905, Laurie Doherty, Great Britain
1904, Laurie Doherty, Great Britain
1903, Laurie Doherty, Great Britain
1902, Laurie Doherty, Great Britain
1901, Arthur Gore, Great Britain
1900, Reggie Doherty, Great Britain
1899, Reggie Doherty, Great Britain
1898, Reggie Doherty, Great Britain
1897, Reggie Doherty, Great Britain
1896, Harold Mahoney, Great Britain
1895, Wilfred Baddeley, Great Britain
1894, Joshua Pim, Great Britain
1893, Joshua Pim, Great Britain
1892, Wilfred Baddeley, Great Britain
1891, Wilfred Baddeley, Great Britain
1890, Willoughby Hamilton, Great Britain
1889, Willie Renshaw, Great Britain
1888, Ernest Renshaw, Great Britain
1887, Herbert Lawford, Great Britain
1886, Willie Renshaw, Great Britain
1885, Willie Renshaw, Great Britain
1884, Willie Renshaw, Great Britain
1883, Willie Renshaw, Great Britain
1882, Willie Renshaw, Great Britain
1881, Willie Renshaw, Great Britain
1880, John Hartley, Great Britain
1879, John Hartley, Great Britain
1878, Frank Hadow, Great Britain
1877, Spencer Gore, Great Britain
John Coon has covered tennis at all levels as a sports reporter based in Salt Lake City. Coon grew up in a tennis loving family. All three of his sisters played competitively and he enjoys playing at a recreational level.
