Wimbledon tournament history

Current official name The Championships, Wimbledon

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

Explore Wimbledon champions and finals from 1884 to 2026. Compare title leaders, winners, runners-up, scores, surfaces, categories, and available match records.

Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Mapping details.

Grand Slam champions by year →

Recorded outcomes
133
First recorded
1884
Latest recorded
2026
Latest champion
Linda Noskova

Record Book

Career Leaders

Champion Records

Youngest & Oldest Champions

Age at the start of the tournament.

  1. Martina Hingis 16.7 years
    Youngest · 1997
  2. Serena Williams 34.8 years
    Oldest · 2016

Most Consecutive Titles

Titles in consecutive held editions.

  1. 1 Martina Navratilova 6 consecutive titles
    1982–1987

Longest Title Span

Years between a player's first and last title.

  1. 1 Serena Williams 14 years
    2002–2016

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

Tournament Outcomes by Season

SeasonWinnerScoreRunner-upH2HMatch DataCategorySurface
2026 Linda Noskova #12 6-2 5-7 6-3 Karolina Muchova #9 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
2025 Iga Swiatek #4 6-0 6-0 Amanda Anisimova #12 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
2024 Barbora Krejcikova #32 6-2 2-6 6-4 Jasmine Paolini #7 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
2023 Marketa Vondrousova #42 6-4 6-4 Ons Jabeur #6 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
2022 Elena Rybakina #23 3-6 6-2 6-2 Ons Jabeur #2 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
2021 Ashleigh Barty #1 6-3 6-7(4) 6-3 Karolina Pliskova #13 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
2020 No champion Cancelled — — Grand Slam Grass
2019 Simona Halep #7 6-2 6-2 Serena Williams #10 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
2018 Angelique Kerber #10 6-3 6-3 Serena Williams #181 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
2017 Garbiñe Muguruza #15 7-5 6-0 Venus Williams #11 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
2016 Serena Williams #1 7-5 6-3 Angelique Kerber #4 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
2015 Serena Williams #1 6-4 6-4 Garbiñe Muguruza #20 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
2014 Petra Kvitova #4 6-3 6-0 Eugenie Bouchard #7 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
2013 Marion Bartoli #7 6-1 6-4 Sabine Lisicki #18 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
2012 Serena Williams #4 6-1 5-7 6-2 Agnieszka Radwanska #2 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
2011 Petra Kvitova #7 6-3 6-4 Maria Sharapova #5 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
2010 Serena Williams #1 6-3 6-2 Vera Zvonareva #21 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
2009 Serena Williams #2 7-6(3) 6-2 Venus Williams #3 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
2008 Venus Williams #7 7-5 6-4 Serena Williams #6 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
2007 Venus Williams #31 6-4 6-1 Marion Bartoli #19 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
2006 Amélie Mauresmo #1 2-6 6-3 6-4 Justine Henin #3 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
2005 Venus Williams #16 4-6 7-6(4) 9-7 Lindsay Davenport #1 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
2004 Maria Sharapova #8 6-1 6-4 Serena Williams #14 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
2003 Serena Williams #1 4-6 6-4 6-2 Venus Williams #4 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
2002 Serena Williams #1 7-6(4) 6-3 Venus Williams #2 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
2001 Venus Williams #2 6-1 3-6 6-0 Justine Henin #5 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
2000 Venus Williams #5 6-3 7-6 Lindsay Davenport #2 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
1999 Lindsay Davenport #1 6-4 7-5 Steffi Graf #3 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
1998 Jana Novotna #2 6-4 7-6 Nathalie Tauziat #10 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
1997 Martina Hingis #1 2-6 6-3 6-3 Jana Novotna #2 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
1996 Steffi Graf #1 6-3 7-5 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #3 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
1995 Steffi Graf #1 4-6 6-1 7-5 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #2 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
1994 Conchita Martínez #3 6-4 3-6 6-3 Martina Navratilova #4 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
1993 Steffi Graf #1 7-6 1-6 6-4 Jana Novotna #8 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
1992 Steffi Graf #2 6-2 6-1 Monica Seles #1 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
1991 Steffi Graf #2 6-4 3-6 8-6 Gabriela Sabatini #3 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
1990 Martina Navratilova #2 6-4 6-1 Zina Garrison #4 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
1989 Steffi Graf #1 6-2 6-7 6-1 Martina Navratilova #2 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
1988 Steffi Graf #1 5-7 6-2 6-1 Martina Navratilova #2 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
1987 Martina Navratilova #1 7-5 6-3 Steffi Graf #2 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
1986 Martina Navratilova #1 7-6 6-3 Hana Mandlikova #4 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
1985 Martina Navratilova #2 4-6 6-3 6-2 Chris Evert #1 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
1984 Martina Navratilova #1 7-6 6-2 Chris Evert #2 H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
1983 Martina Navratilova 6-0 6-3 Andrea Jaeger H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
1982 Martina Navratilova 6-1 3-6 6-2 Chris Evert H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
1981 Chris Evert 6-2 6-2 Hana Mandlikova H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
1980 Evonne Goolagong 6-1 7-6 Chris Evert H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
1979 Martina Navratilova 6-4 6-4 Chris Evert H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
1978 Martina Navratilova 2-6 6-4 7-5 Chris Evert H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
1977 Virginia Wade 4-6 6-3 6-1 Betty Stove H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
1976 Chris Evert 6-3 4-6 8-6 Evonne Goolagong H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
1975 Billie Jean King 6-0 6-1 Evonne Goolagong H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
1974 Chris Evert 6-0 6-4 Olga Morozova H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
1973 Billie Jean King 6-0 7-5 Chris Evert H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
1972 Billie Jean King 6-3 6-3 Evonne Goolagong H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
1971 Evonne Goolagong 6-4 6-1 Margaret Court H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
1970 Margaret Court 14-12 11-9 Billie Jean King H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
1969 Ann Jones 3-6 6-3 6-2 Billie Jean King H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
1968 Billie Jean King 9-7 7-5 Judy Tegart H2H Match data Grand Slam Grass
Pre-Open Era — historical archive, display only
1967 Billie Jean Moffitt King 6-3, 6-4 Ann Jones — — Grand Slam Grass
1966 Billie Jean Moffitt King 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 Maria Bueno — — Grand Slam Grass
1965 Margaret Smith Court 6-4, 7-5 Maria Bueno — — Grand Slam Grass
1964 Maria Bueno 6-4, 7-9, 6-3 Margaret Smith — — Grand Slam Grass
1963 Margaret Smith Court 6-3, 6-4 Billie Jean Moffitt — — Grand Slam Grass
1962 Karen Hantze Susman 6-4, 6-4 Věra Suková — — Grand Slam Grass
1961 Angela Mortimer 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 Christine Truman — — Grand Slam Grass
1960 Maria Bueno 8-6, 6-0 Sandra Reynolds — — Grand Slam Grass
1959 Maria Bueno 6-4, 6-3 Darlene Hard — — Grand Slam Grass
1958 Althea Gibson 8-6, 6-2 Angela Mortimer — — Grand Slam Grass
1957 Althea Gibson 6-3, 6-2 Darlene Hard — — Grand Slam Grass
1956 Shirley Fry 6-3, 6-1 Angela Buxton — — Grand Slam Grass
1955 Louise Brough 7-5, 8-6 Beverly Fleitz — — Grand Slam Grass
1954 Maureen Connolly 6-2, 7-5 Louise Brough — — Grand Slam Grass
1953 Maureen Connolly 8-6, 7-5 Doris Hart — — Grand Slam Grass
1952 Maureen Connolly 7-5, 6-3 Louise Brough — — Grand Slam Grass
1951 Doris Hart 6-1, 6-0 Shirley Fry — — Grand Slam Grass
1950 Louise Brough 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 Margaret duPont — — Grand Slam Grass
1949 Louise Brough 10-8, 1-6, 10-8 Margaret duPont — — Grand Slam Grass
1948 Louise Brough 6-3, 8-6 Doris Hart — — Grand Slam Grass
1947 Margaret Osborne duPont 6-2, 6-4 Doris Hart — — Grand Slam Grass
1946 Pauline Betz 6-2, 6-4 Louise Brough — — Grand Slam Grass
1945 — — — — — — —
1944 — — — — — — —
1943 — — — — — — —
1942 — — — — — — —
1941 — — — — — — —
1940 — — — — — — —
1939 Alice Marble 6-2, 6-0 Kay Stammers — — Grand Slam Grass
1938 Helen Wills Moody 6-4, 6-0 Helen Jacobs — — Grand Slam Grass
1937 Dorothy Round 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 Jadwiga Jędrzejowska — — Grand Slam Grass
1936 Helen Jacobs 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 Hilde Sperling — — Grand Slam Grass
1935 Helen Wills Moody 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 Helen Jacobs — — Grand Slam Grass
1934 Dorothy Round 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 Helen Jacobs — — Grand Slam Grass
1933 Helen Wills Moody 6-4, 6-8, 6-3 Dorothy Round — — Grand Slam Grass
1932 Helen Wills Moody 6-3, 6-1 Helen Jacobs — — Grand Slam Grass
1931 Cilly Aussem 6-2, 7-5 Hilde Krahwinkel — — Grand Slam Grass
1930 Helen Wills Moody 6-2, 6-2 Elizabeth Ryan — — Grand Slam Grass
1929 Helen Wills Moody 6-1, 6-2 Helen Jacobs — — Grand Slam Grass
1928 Helen Wills Moody 6-2, 6-3 Lilí Álvarez — — Grand Slam Grass
1927 Helen Wills Moody 6-2, 6-4 Lilí Álvarez — — Grand Slam Grass
1926 Kathleen McKane Godfree 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 Lilí Álvarez — — Grand Slam Grass
1925 Suzanne Lenglen 6-2, 6-0 Joan Fry — — Grand Slam Grass
1924 Kathleen McKane Godfree 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 Helen Wills — — Grand Slam Grass
1923 Suzanne Lenglen 6-2, 6-2 Kitty McKane — — Grand Slam Grass
1922 Suzanne Lenglen 6-2, 6-0 Molla Mallory — — Grand Slam Grass
1921 Suzanne Lenglen 6-2, 6-0 Elizabeth Ryan — — Grand Slam Grass
1920 Suzanne Lenglen 6-3, 6-0 Dorothea Lambert Chambers — — Grand Slam Grass
1919 Suzanne Lenglen 10-8, 4-6, 9-7 Dorothea Lambert Chambers — — Grand Slam Grass
1918 — — — — — — —
1917 — — — — — — —
1916 — — — — — — —
1915 — — — — — — —
1914 Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers 7-5, 6-4 Ethel Larcombe — — Grand Slam Grass
1913 Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers 6-0, 6-4 Winifred McNair — — Grand Slam Grass
1912 Ethel Thomson Larcombe 6-3, 6-1 Charlotte Sterry — — Grand Slam Grass
1911 Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers 6-0, 6-0 Dora Boothby — — Grand Slam Grass
1910 Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers 6-2, 6-2 Dora Boothby — — Grand Slam Grass
1909 Dora Boothby 6-4, 4-6, 8-6 Agnes Morton — — Grand Slam Grass
1908 Charlotte Cooper Sterry 6-4, 6-4 Agnes Morton — — Grand Slam Grass
1907 May Sutton Bundy 6-1, 6-4 Dorothea Lambert Chambers — — Grand Slam Grass
1906 Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers 6-3, 9-7 May Sutton — — Grand Slam Grass
1905 May Sutton Bundy 6-3, 6-4 Dorothea Douglass — — Grand Slam Grass
1904 Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers 6-0, 6-3 Charlotte Sterry — — Grand Slam Grass
1903 Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 Ethel Larcombe — — Grand Slam Grass
1902 Muriel Robb 7-5, 6-1 Charlotte Sterry — — Grand Slam Grass
1901 Charlotte Cooper Sterry 6-2, 6-2 Blanche Hillyard — — Grand Slam Grass
1900 Blanche Bingley Hillyard 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 Charlotte Cooper — — Grand Slam Grass
1899 Blanche Bingley Hillyard 6-2, 6-3 Charlotte Cooper — — Grand Slam Grass
1898 Charlotte Cooper Sterry 6-4, 6-4 Louisa Martin — — Grand Slam Grass
1897 Blanche Bingley Hillyard 5-7, 7-5, 6-2 Charlotte Cooper — — Grand Slam Grass
1896 Charlotte Cooper Sterry 6-2, 6-3 Alice Pickering — — Grand Slam Grass
1895 Charlotte Cooper Sterry 7-5, 8-6 Helen Jackson — — Grand Slam Grass
1894 Blanche Bingley Hillyard 6-1, 6-1 Edith Austin — — Grand Slam Grass
1893 Lottie Dod 6-8, 6-1, 6-4 Blanche Hillyard — — Grand Slam Grass
1892 Lottie Dod 6-1, 6-1 Blanche Hillyard — — Grand Slam Grass
1891 Lottie Dod 6-2, 6-1 Blanche Hillyard — — Grand Slam Grass
1890 Helen Rice 6-4, 6-1 May Jacks — — Grand Slam Grass
1889 Blanche Bingley Hillyard 4-6, 8-6, 6-4 Lena Rice — — Grand Slam Grass
1888 Lottie Dod 6-3, 6-3 Blanche Hillyard — — Grand Slam Grass
1887 Lottie Dod 6-2, 6-0 Blanche Bingley — — Grand Slam Grass
1886 Blanche Bingley Hillyard 6-3, 6-3 Maud Watson — — Grand Slam Grass
1885 Maud Watson 6-1, 7-5 Blanche Bingley — — Grand Slam Grass
1884 Maud Watson 6-8, 6-3, 6-3 Lilian Watson — — Grand Slam Grass

Pre-Open Era winners are included for tournament history only. They are excluded from TennisDB match and player statistics, title totals, and leaderboards.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Wimbledon held?
Wimbledon is held in Wimbledon, United Kingdom.
Who won the most recent Wimbledon?
The 2026 Wimbledon was won by Linda Noskova, who defeated Karolina Muchova 6-2 5-7 6-3.
Who has won the most Wimbledon titles?
Martina Navratilova has won 9 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. The first women's singles edition was held in 1884.
What surface is Wimbledon played on?
Wimbledon is played on grass courts.