Where is Wimbledon held?

Wimbledon is held in London, United Kingdom.

Who is the latest recorded Wimbledon winner?

The 2026 Wimbledon was won by Jannik Sinner, who defeated Alexander Zverev 6-7(7) 7-6(2) 6-3 6-4.

Who has won the most Wimbledon titles?

Roger Federer has won 8 Wimbledon titles, the most by any player in the Open Era (since 1968).

When was the first Wimbledon played?

The first edition of Wimbledon was held in 1877.

What surface is Wimbledon played on?

Wimbledon is played on grass courts.

ATP Wimbledon 1970 Draw & Results

Completed

John Newcombe won the 1970 Wimbledon, defeating Ken Rosewall 5-7 6-3 6-3 3-6 6-1 in the final. The Grand Slam was played June 22–July 6 on grass courts in London, United Kingdom.

Wimbledon, formally The Championships, is staged by the All England Club and is the only Grand Slam tournament played on grass.

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Champion

John Newcombe

def. Ken Rosewall , 5-7 6-3 6-3 3-6 6-1

Dates

Jun 22 — Jul 6

Location

London, United Kingdom

Results

122 recorded singles results

Wimbledon 1970 match log
Winner	Score	Loser	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
F (1)
John Newcombe	5-7 6-3 6-3 3-6 6-1	Ken Rosewall	H2H	Match data	Jul 6, 1970*	F
SF (2)
Ken Rosewall	6-3 4-6 6-3 6-3	Roger Taylor	H2H	Match data	Jul 5, 1970*	SF
John Newcombe	6-3 8-6 6-0	Andres Gimeno	H2H	Match data	Jul 5, 1970*	SF
QF (4)
John Newcombe	6-1 5-7 3-6 6-2 11-9	Roy Emerson	H2H	Match data	Jul 3, 1970*	QF
Roger Taylor	6-3 11-9 12-10	Clark Graebner	H2H	Match data	Jul 3, 1970*	QF
Andres Gimeno	6-1 6-2 6-4	Bob Carmichael	H2H	Match data	Jul 3, 1970*	QF
Ken Rosewall	10-8 6-1 4-6 6-2	Tony Roche	H2H	Match data	Jul 3, 1970*	QF
R16 (8)
Tony Roche	6-4 8-10 6-4 6-2	Marty Riessen	H2H	Match data	Jul 1, 1970*	R16
Andres Gimeno	7-5 7-5 6-2	Arthur Ashe	H2H	Match data	Jul 1, 1970*	R16
Roy Emerson	2-6 6-3 6-4 6-2	Stan Smith	H2H	Match data	Jul 1, 1970*	R16
John Newcombe	14-12 9-7 6-2	Dennis Ralston	H2H	Match data	Jul 1, 1970*	R16
Roger Taylor	4-6 6-4 6-2 6-1	Rod Laver DEF · 2×	H2H	Match data	Jul 1, 1970*	R16 Upset: winner had a 14 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Clark Graebner	6-3 6-0 4-6 6-3	Ilie Nastase	H2H	Match data	Jul 1, 1970*	R16
Ken Rosewall	6-2 6-2 3-6 7-5	Tom Gorman	H2H	Match data	Jul 1, 1970*	R16
Bob Carmichael	6-4 9-7 6-2	Bob Hewitt	H2H	Match data	Jul 1, 1970*	R16 Upset: winner had a 19 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
R32 (16)
Clark Graebner	6-0 6-2 6-1	Premjit Lall	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 1970*	R32
John Newcombe	9-7 6-3 7-5	Owen Davidson	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 1970*	R32
Rod Laver DEF · 2×	6-2 3-6 6-0 6-2	Frew Mcmillan	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 1970*	R32
Ken Rosewall	6-2 6-4 6-0	Terry Addison	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 1970*	R32
Ilie Nastase	6-3 6-1 6-8 4-6 6-1	Terry Ryan	—	Match data	Jun 28, 1970*	R32
Marty Riessen	4-6 7-5 7-5 6-1	J. Mandarino	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 1970*	R32
Tom Gorman	6-3 6-3 6-2	Cliff Drysdale	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 1970*	R32
Andres Gimeno	4-6 6-1 6-2 6-2	Torben Ulrich	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 1970*	R32
Bob Carmichael	6-3 6-2 6-0	Zeljko Franulovic	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 1970*	R32
Dennis Ralston	6-0 6-0 6-1	Joaquin Loyo Mayo	—	Match data	Jun 28, 1970*	R32
Bob Hewitt	1-6 5-7 7-5 9-7 6-3	Bob Lutz	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 1970*	R32
Arthur Ashe	6-3 6-1 2-6 6-0	Ismail El Shafei	—	Match data	Jun 28, 1970*	R32
Roy Emerson	8-10 6-0 6-3 6-1	Byron Bertram	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 1970*	R32
Roger Taylor	8-6 17-15 6-4	Charlie Pasarell	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 1970*	R32
Stan Smith	4-6 6-3 8-6 6-3	Manuel Orantes	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 1970*	R32
Tony Roche	6-2 9-7 6-3	Mark Cox	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 1970*	R32
R64 (30)
Owen Davidson	6-4 6-4 6-2	Ron Holmberg	—	Match data	Jun 26, 1970*	R64
Tom Gorman	6-2 4-6 6-4 6-1	Peter Curtis	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 1970*	R64
Andres Gimeno	7-5 4-6 6-3 6-4	Allan Stone	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 1970*	R64
Torben Ulrich	6-2 6-3 6-3	Ingo Buding	—	Match data	Jun 26, 1970*	R64
Stan Smith	6-2 6-2 6-4	Hans Joachim Ploetz	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 1970*	R64
Roger Taylor	3-6 6-3 6-2 6-4	Jaidip Mukerjea	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 1970*	R64
John Newcombe	6-1 6-2 6-1	Nicholas Kalogeropoulos	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 1970*	R64
Arthur Ashe	9-7 11-13 6-4 6-3	Nikola Pilic	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 1970*	R64
Bob Carmichael	4-6 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3	Dick Crealy	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 1970*	R64
Tony Roche	6-4 6-3 6-2	Ray Ruffels	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 1970*	R64
Ken Rosewall	6-2 6-1 6-3	Jean Claude Barclay	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 1970*	R64
J. Mandarino	5-7 6-4 6-4 6-4	Alex Metreveli	—	Match data	Jun 26, 1970*	R64
Zeljko Franulovic	6-3 6-4 2-6 6-1	Keith Diepraam	—	Match data	Jun 26, 1970*	R64
Manuel Orantes	3-6 11-9 6-3 6-4	Jan Kukal	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 1970*	R64
Joaquin Loyo Mayo	3-6 6-1 6-2 2-6 6-4	Vladimir Korotkov	—	Match data	Jun 26, 1970*	R64
Frew Mcmillan	3-6 5-7 6-4 6-1 6-2	Bob Giltinan	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 1970*	R64
Mark Cox	6-3 6-4 9-7	Andrew Pattison	—	Match data	Jun 26, 1970*	R64
Charlie Pasarell	6-1 6-2 6-4	Milan Holecek	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 1970*	R64
Dennis Ralston	4-6 6-3 7-5 6-2	Ian Fletcher	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 1970*	R64
Byron Bertram	6-3 6-1 6-4	Jackie Saul	—	Match data	Jun 26, 1970*	R64
Bob Hewitt	6-3 6-4 6-3	Tom Okker	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 1970*	R64
Bob Lutz	6-2 6-1 6-2	Phil Dent	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 1970*	R64
Terry Addison	6-8 6-1 6-3 4-6 6-3	Bill Bowrey	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 1970*	R64
Cliff Drysdale	6-4 6-4 6-4	Nicola Spear	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 1970*	R64
Marty Riessen	6-4 6-2 6-3	Gene Scott	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 1970*	R64
Premjit Lall	6-4 6-4 7-9 6-2	Derek Schroder	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 1970*	R64
Ilie Nastase	7-5 1-6 2-6 6-4 6-3	Cliff Richey	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 1970*	R64
Clark Graebner	4-6 14-12 6-2 (ret.)	Ion Tiriac	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 1970*	R64
Rod Laver DEF · 2×	6-1 6-3 6-3	John Alexander	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 1970*	R64
Roy Emerson	6-3 6-3 6-4	Jan Leschly	—	Match data	Jun 26, 1970*	R64
R128 (61)
John Alexander	7-5 3-6 6-3 6-4	Hans Kary	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Cliff Drysdale	7-5 9-11 8-6 3-6 6-3	Fred Stolle	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Nikola Pilic	4-6 6-1 6-1 4-6 6-3	Gerald Battrick	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Mark Cox	6-2 4-6 6-3 6-4	Hank Irvine	—	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Cliff Richey	6-2 6-8 6-4 6-4	Istvan Gulyas	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Ron Holmberg	11-9 6-4 2-6 6-1	Raymond Moore	—	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
J. Mandarino	6-4 6-4 6-2	Frantisek Pala	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Ion Tiriac	8-6 6-2 6-4	Sergei Likhachev	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Vladimir Korotkov	5-7 8-10 6-3 6-4 6-4	Allan McDonald	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Derek Schroder	6-2 6-2 6-0	Pancho Guzman	—	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Ismail El Shafei	6-4 12-10 8-6	Stanley Matthews	—	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Stan Smith	7-5 2-6 6-3 6-4	Jaime Fillol	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Byron Bertram	6-4 1-6 6-3 6-3	Francois Jauffret	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128 Upset: winner had a 16 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Rod Laver DEF · 2×	6-2 6-0 6-2	Butch Seewagen	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Terry Addison	3-6 10-8 12-10 6-3	Barry Phillips Moore	—	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Jan Kukal	6-2 7-5 7-9 3-6 7-5	Bernard Montrenaud	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Manuel Orantes	6-2 6-2 7-9 6-4	Syd Ball	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Peter Curtis	6-3 6-3 1-6 6-4	Jim Osborne	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Zeljko Franulovic	6-2 6-4 6-4	David Lloyd	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Jackie Saul	5-7 6-2 6-4 6-4	John Bartlett	—	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Bob Giltinan	8-6 8-6 5-7 6-4	Herb Fitzgibbon	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Keith Diepraam	7-5 13-11 6-2	Richard Russell	—	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Marty Riessen	6-0 6-2 6-2	Jim Mcmanus	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Frew Mcmillan	7-5 6-4 11-9	Jean Loup Rouyer	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Clark Graebner	6-3 6-2 3-6 6-1	Harald Elschenbroich	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Alex Metreveli	6-2 7-5 3-6 2-6 7-5	Jan Kodes	—	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Dennis Ralston	(w/o)	Nicola Pietrangeli	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos	4-6 6-2 6-3 6-1	Ray Keldie	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Andres Gimeno	4-6 6-1 6-4 6-2	Pierre Barthes	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Ilie Nastase	6-8 6-0 7-5 8-6	Onny Parun	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Bob Hewitt	6-2 6-3 6-4	Daniel Contet	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Lew Hoad	6-4 6-4 7-9 6-4	Dimitri Sturdza	—	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Milan Holecek	6-2 6-2 4-6 7-5	John Paish	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Charlie Pasarell	6-4 7-5 6-3	Antonio Munoz	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Hans Joachim Ploetz	6-4 6-4 6-4	Stephen Warboys	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Phil Dent	6-2 6-3 6-2	Patrick Hombergen	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Bob Carmichael	3-6 10-8 6-3 6-1	Chum Steele Iii	—	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Ian Fletcher	6-4 6-2 6-3	John Clifton	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Jean Claude Barclay	6-8 12-10 6-3 6-4	Patrick Proisy	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Tom Okker	11-9 4-6 6-1 6-3	Jorgen Ulrich	—	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Dick Crealy	6-3 6-2 6-2	Eduardo Zuleta	—	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Roger Taylor	1-6 6-3 8-6 3-6 6-4	Brian Fairlie	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Torben Ulrich	6-2 7-5 6-4	Peter Marmureanu	—	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Stepan Koudelka	7-5 6-3 6-2	Szabolcz Baranyi	—	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Jaidip Mukerjea	(w/o)	Haroon Rahim	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
John Newcombe	6-2 6-3 6-4	Roy Barth	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Allan Stone	6-3 6-4 6-2	Robert Wilson	—	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Ingo Buding	7-5 6-3 4-6 6-3	Koji Watanabe	—	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Arthur Ashe	6-3 6-2 6-1	Graham Stilwell	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Tony Roche	6-1 6-4 6-2	Robert Maud	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Nicola Spear	6-2 6-3 6-3	M. Akbari	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Bill Bowrey	6-8 6-4 16-18 7-5 8-6	Patricio Cornejo	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Owen Davidson	6-1 6-3 5-7 8-6	Adriano Panatta	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Tom Gorman	6-2 8-6 7-5	Jean Baptiste Chanfreau	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Gene Scott	8-6 6-1 14-12	Rauty Krog	—	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Ken Rosewall	6-3 7-5 6-4	Colin Dibley	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Bob Lutz	4-6 6-3 6-3 6-4	Georges Goven	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Terry Ryan	6-4 9-7 3-6 6-3	Peter Doerner	—	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Roy Emerson	6-4 6-2 6-0	Alexander Volkov	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Premjit Lall	6-1 6-2 6-4	Guillermo Vilas	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128
Ray Ruffels	5-7 6-1 3-6 6-1 7-5	Roger Dowdeswell	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1970*	R128

Tournament Records

The leading Open Era records for Wimbledon.

Most Titles

Open Era singles titles.

Roger Federer 8 titles

Most Finals

Champion or runner-up finishes.

Roger Federer 12 finals

Most Match Wins

Recorded main-draw match wins.

Novak Djokovic 108 wins

Most Appearances

Editions with a recorded main-draw match.

Roger Federer 22 appearances

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Open Era main-draw singles records from 1968 onward. Ranking records begin where reliable entering rankings are available.

Recent Finals

Recent Wimbledon finals
Winner	Score	Runner-up	H2H	Match Data	Season	Surface
Jannik Sinner #1	6-7(7) 7-6(2) 6-3 6-4	Alexander Zverev #3	H2H	Match data	2026	Grass
Jannik Sinner #2	4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4	Carlos Alcaraz #1	H2H	Match data	2025	Grass
Carlos Alcaraz #3	6-2 6-2 7-6(4)	Novak Djokovic #2	H2H	Match data	2024	Grass
Carlos Alcaraz #1	1-6 7-6(6) 6-1 3-6 6-4	Novak Djokovic #2	H2H	Match data	2023	Grass
Novak Djokovic #3	4-6 6-3 6-4 7-6(3)	Nick Kyrgios #40	H2H	Match data	2022	Grass

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Wimbledon held?: Wimbledon is held in London, United Kingdom.
Who is the latest recorded Wimbledon winner?: The 2026 Wimbledon was won by Jannik Sinner, who defeated Alexander Zverev 6-7(7) 7-6(2) 6-3 6-4.
Who has won the most Wimbledon titles?: Roger Federer has won 8 Wimbledon titles, the most by any player in the Open Era (since 1968).
When was the first Wimbledon played?: The first edition of Wimbledon was held in 1877.
What surface is Wimbledon played on?: Wimbledon is played on grass courts.