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Rafael Nadal won his fifth Grand Slam title -- and first outside of France -- by knocking off five-time defending Wimbledon champion Roger Federer in five thrilling sets. Nadal surged out to a two-set advantage, but Federer pulled back with tiebreak wins in the third and fourth sets. Nadal prevailed in the decisive fifth set, winning 9-7. He became the first man to win both the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year since Bjorn Borg in 1980.";
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spt_Wimbledon_pastchampions_men[i-1].body = "Roger Federer (2007)
He didn't play a single warm-up prior to Wimbledon in 2007, but that didn't keep Roger Federer from earning his fifth consecutive crown at the All-England Club. Federer became just the second man to win five straight at Wimbledon, tying Bjorn Borg's record. His victory wasn't an easy one, however, as he and Rafael Nadal battled five sets.";
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spt_Wimbledon_pastchampions_men[i-1].body = "Roger Federer (2006)
Roger Federer’s fourth consecutive Wimbledon title came in 2006 at the expense of Rafael Nadal. The championship also made him the first man in the Open Era to win at least 10 singles tournaments in three straight years.";
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spt_Wimbledon_pastchampions_men[i-1].body = "Roger Federer (2005)
In a championship match against Andy Roddick at Wimbledon for the second straight year, Roger Federer once again claimed the men’s singles title.";
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spt_Wimbledon_pastchampions_men[i-1].body = "Roger Federer (2004)
One of Roger Federer’s many achievements in 2004 was winning his second straight Wimbledon title. That year he also won three of the four Slams, lost to no player ranked in the top 10 and won every final he reached.";
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spt_Wimbledon_pastchampions_men[i-1].body = "Roger Federer (2003)
A former Wimbledon juniors champion, Roger Federer broke through with his first men’s singles title at the All England Club in 2003. He dropped just one set throughout the entire tournament.";
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spt_Wimbledon_pastchampions_men[i-1].body = "Lleyton Hewitt (2002)
Ten years after Andre Agassi won the Wimbledon title, fellow baseliner Lleyton Hewitt defeated David Nalbandian to capture the championship. When he lost in the first round of Wimbledon in 2003, Hewitt became the first defending Wimbledon champion in the Open Era to bow out so early the subsequent year.";
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spt_Wimbledon_pastchampions_men[i-1].body = "Goran Ivanisevic (2001)
The lone player to win Wimbledon as a wildcard, Goran Ivanisevic achieved that feat in 2001. A runner-up at the All England Club in 1992, 1994 and 1998, Ivanisevic powered his way into a finals showdown with Patrick Rafter. The strong serving Croatian outlasted the Australian 9-7 in the fifth set.";
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spt_Wimbledon_pastchampions_men[i-1].body = "Pete Sampras (2000)
In 2000, Pete Sampras broke Roy Emerson’s record with his 13th Grand Slam singles title. Sampras topped Patrick Rafter in four sets in the championship match, overcoming a painful shin injury to capture the crown.";
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spt_Wimbledon_pastchampions_men[i-1].body = "Pete Sampras (1999)
Although he withdrew from the Australian Open and failed to win a title during the early months of 1999, Pete Sampras regained his form in the grass court season. His Wimbledon victory that year gave him the crown he needed to equal Roy Emerson's mark of 12 Grand Slam titles. ";
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spt_Wimbledon_pastchampions_men[i-1].body = "Pete Sampras (1998)
Pete Sampras faced off with Goran Ivanisevic in the 1998 finals. Sampras won in a five-set battle, the first and only time he was pushed to the limit in a Grand Slam championship match.";
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spt_Wimbledon_pastchampions_men[i-1].body = "Pete Sampras (1997)
After losing in the 1996 Wimbledon quarterfinals to eventual champion Richard Krajicek, Pete Sampras returned to his winning ways at the All England Club in 1997. He topped Cedric Pioline 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 for his fourth Wimbledon title.";
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spt_Wimbledon_pastchampions_men[i-1].body = "Richard Krajicek (1996)
Richard Krajicek holds the distinction of being the sole player to beat Pete Sampras in a Wimbledon singles match during the eight-year stretch from 1993-2000. After topping Sampras in the quarterfinals, Krajicek subsequently beat American MaliVai Washington in the finals. It was Krajicek’s only Grand Slam title and the only time he reached the finals in a Grand Slam.";
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spt_Wimbledon_pastchampions_men[i-1].body = "Pete Sampras (1995)
Pete Sampras’ third consecutive Wimbledon championship came in 1995. After dropping the first set in a tiebreak to Boris Becker, Sampras came back to capture the next three sets.";
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spt_Wimbledon_pastchampions_men[i-1].body = "Pete Sampras (1994)
Pete Sampras defended his Wimbledon title in 1994, posting a 7-6, 7-6, 6-0 win in the finals over Goran Ivanisevic. It was his second Grand Slam victory of the year, as he started 1994 with an Australian Open win.";
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spt_Wimbledon_pastchampions_men[i-1].body = "Pete Sampras (1993)
The first of Pete Sampras’ record seven Wimbledon titles came in 1993. Just months after rising to the No. 1 ranking for the first time, Pistol Pete beat Jim Courier for the Wimbledon championship.";
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spt_Wimbledon_pastchampions_men[i-1].body = "Andre Agassi (1992)
One of just five male tennis players to have achieved a career Grand Slam in singles, Andre Agassi won his only Wimbledon title in 1992. His success at the All England Club was unexpected – Agassi’s baseline skill wasn’t thought to be well suited for the grass.";
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spt_Wimbledon_pastchampions_men[i-1].body = "Michael Stich (1991)
In 1991, Michael Stich shocked Stefan Edberg in the Wimbledon semifinals and then Boris Becker in the finals, capturing the only Grand Slam singles title of his career. He also won a men’s doubles championship at Wimbledon in 1992 with John McEnroe in a five-set, five-hour match that ended with a 19-17 final set.";
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spt_Wimbledon_pastchampions_men[i-1].body = "Stefan Edberg (1990)
One of tennis’ most dominant serve and volley players, Stefan Edberg was also a two-time Wimbledon champion. After reaching his third straight Wimbledon final in 1990 (and third straight against Boris Becker), he earned his second title at the All England Club. Edberg was also the first player to achieve the “Junior Grand Slam,” a feat he accomplished in 1983. ";
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After finishing as the runner-up at Wimbledon in 1988 to Stefan Edberg, Boris Becker won the third of his six Grand Slam singles titles at Wimbledon in 1989. The championship was decided in straight sets with a win over rival Edberg. ";
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spt_Wimbledon_pastchampions_men[i-1].body = "Stefan Edberg (1988)
It took four sets spread out over three days as rain played havoc with the men's championship match at the All England Club, but Stefan Edberg finally captured the crown in 1988. He topped Boris Becker 4-6, 7-6, 6-4, 6-2.";
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spt_Wimbledon_pastchampions_men[i-1].body = "Pat Cash (1987)
A former Wimbledon juniors champion, Australia’s Pat Cash won his first and only Wimbledon men’s singles title in 1987. His road to the championship was far from easy, as he had to top Mats Wilander in the quarterfinals, Jimmy Connors in the semis and then take on the world’s top-ranked player, Ivan Lendl, in the finals. After besting Lendl, Cash started the tradition of climbing into the stands to celebrate in the player’s box with his family, coach and friends.";
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spt_Wimbledon_pastchampions_men[i-1].body = "Boris Becker (1986)
Boris Becker defended his Wimbledon title in 1986, preventing Ivan Lendl, who was then the top-ranked player in the world, from hoisting the champion’s trophy.";
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spt_Wimbledon_pastchampions_men[i-1].body = "Boris Becker (1985)
Just weeks after winning his first top-level singles title, 17-year-old Boris Becker captured his first Grand Slam. He was the first unseeded player and first German ever to win the singles title at Wimbledon.";
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spt_Wimbledon_pastchampions_men[i-1].body = "John McEnroe (1984)
1984 was one of the high points of John McEnroe’s career, as he compiled an 82-3 overall record and won a career-high 13 singles titles. That included his third Wimbledon championship. John McEnroe dominated his rival Jimmy Connors, winning 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 in just 80 minutes.";
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spt_Wimbledon_pastchampions_men[i-1].body = "John McEnroe (1983)
The honorary membership to the All England Club that was denied to him in 1981 was bestowed upon John McEnroe in 1983 after he won at Wimbledon for the second time. Playing in his fourth consecutive Wimbledon final, McEnroe defeated Chris Lewis in straight sets.";
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Eight years after his first Wimbledon title, Jimmy Connors won his second. In 1982 at the age of 30, Connors rallied from a two-set-to-one deficit against John McEnroe to take the fourth set in a tiebreak and then the championship in the fifth set.";
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spt_Wimbledon_pastchampions_men[i-1].body = "John McEnroe (1981)
En route to winning his first Wimbledon title in 1981, John McEnroe uttered the phrase that would later become the title of his autobiography – “You cannot be serious.” His trip to the Wimbledon finals was surrounded in controversy, as he was fined $1,500 and came close to being ejected from the entire tournament after calling an umpire \"the pits of the world\" and swearing at the tournament referee. After ending Bjorn Borg’s streak of 41 straight Wimbledon wins in the championship match, the All England Club refused to award McEnroe the honorary membership normally given to first-time champions.";
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spt_Wimbledon_pastchampions_men[i-1].body = "Bjorn Borg (1980)
Bjorn Borg’s fifth consecutive and final Wimbledon title came in 1980 when he defeated John McEnroe. He is the only player in history to win in three consecutive years both Wimbledon and the French Open. During his nine-year career, Borg won 11 of the 27 Grand Slam events he entered and 89.9 percent of the Slam singles matches he played. ";
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spt_Wimbledon_pastchampions_men[i-1].body = "Bjorn Borg (1979)
At Wimbledon in 1979, Bjorn Borg proved he was worthy of the No. 1 world ranking by winning his fourth consecutive championship at the All England Club. In achieving that feat, Borg pulled out a five-set win against big server Roscoe Tanner. ";
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spt_Wimbledon_pastchampions_men[i-1].body = "Bjorn Borg (1978)
Bjorn Borg's run at Wimbledon was seemingly in jeopardy in the very first round of the 1978 tournament, as unseeded Victor Amaya had the Swede down two sets to one before Borg rebounded for the 8-9, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory. He went on to cruise to the finals, where he easily dispatched Jimmy Connors in straight sets. ";
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spt_Wimbledon_pastchampions_men[i-1].body = "Bjorn Borg (1977)
In 1977, Bjorn Borg successfully defended his Wimbledon championship, squeaking through in the semifinals with a five-set win over Vitas Gerulatis. He then topped Jimmy Connors in five sets in the finals.";
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spt_Wimbledon_pastchampions_men[i-1].body = "Bjorn Borg (1976)
Bjorn Borg, a former junior singles champion at Wimbledon, started one of the most impressive streaks at the All England Club in 1976 when he won his first championship at the top grass court event, beating Ilie Nastaste in straight sets. He did not lose a single set en route to the championship either.";
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The only time Arthur Ashe reached the finals at Wimbledon, he won the championship. His surprise four-set victory over Jimmy Connors in 1975 earned Ashe the honor of hoisting the champion’s trophy. He is the only African American player to win the men’s singles title.";
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Jimmy Connors’ ban from the French Open in 1974 was the one thing that prevented him from a shot at winning a calendar-year Grand Slam. His Wimbledon title came in straight sets at the expense of Ken Rosewall.";
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Czech player Jan Kodes spoiled British hopes of an English champion at Wimbledon in 1973. He bested Roger Taylor in five sets in the semifinals before taking the championship match in straight sets. ";
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American Stan Smith’s greatest success came on the doubles circuit, but he also captured two Grand Slam singles titles. One of those came at Wimbledon in 1972. One year after falling to John Newcombe in a five-set battle, Smith outlasted Ilie Nastase 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 in the championship match.";
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A powerful serve and volleyer, John Newcombe thrived at Wimbledon. He won his final singles crown at the All England Club in 1971, beating Stan Smith in five sets. Three of Newcombe’s seven Grand Slam singles titles and six of his 17 Slam men’s doubles championships occurred on the grass courts of Wimbledon.";
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Australian tennis player John Newcombe survived five-setters in the quarterfinals and in the finals to capture his second Wimbledon singles title in 1970 (he also won the championship in 1967 with a straight-set victory over Wilhelm Bungert). He was pushed to the limit by compatriot Ken Rosewall in the championship match but prevailed 5-7, 6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.";
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Widely acknowledged as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Rod Laver's exploits in 1969 provide proof of that claim. That year he achieved a calendar-year Grand Slam for the second time. Laver defeated compatriot John Newcombe in the 1969 Wimbledon finals.";
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In the first Wimbledon Championship of the Open era, Rod Laver earned his third crown at the All England Club. He had previously won in 1961 and in 1962 (the year during which he captured a calendar-year Grand Slam) as an amateur. The Australian had been prohibited from playing at Wimbledon since turning pro in 1962 but picked up where he left off in 1968, defeating Tony Roche in straight sets.";
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Manuel Santana started his tennis career as a ball boy and capped it with a championship at Wimbledon in 1966. It was his fourth Grand Slam title overall but first at the All England Club.";
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spt_Wimbledon_pastchampions_men[i-1].body = "Roy Emerson (1964, 1965)
With 28 Grand Slam titles to his name, Roy Emerson holds the all-time record for male players. He also is the only male tennis player to have won singles and doubles titles at each of the four Grand Slams. During his 55-consecutive match win streak in 1964, Roy Emerson claimed his first Wimbledon singles title. He defended that championship the following year. ";
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One of 20 men to win doubles titles at all four Grand Slams, Australia’s Neale Fraser was also the Wimbledon men’s singles champion in 1960.";
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The first Latin American to win the men’s singles title at Wimbledon, Alex Olmedo claimed his championship in 1959 with a straight-set, 71-minute drubbing of Rod Laver.";
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A tennis icon not just because of his good looks and extroverted personality, Lew Hoad also showcased considerable ability on the tennis court. An extremely strong player, Hoad powered his way to victories in the Australian and French Opens in 1956 before topping fellow Australian Ken Rosewall in the Wimbledon finals to capture his third straight Grand Slam title. The following year he won the championship at the All England Club once again and promptly turned pro.";
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American Tony Trabert only played in five Grand Slam finals throughout his career, but he won the championship every time. One of those titles was earned at Wimbledon in 1955, the same year he also won the French and U.S. Opens. ";
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John “Budge” Patty is just one of three American male tennis players to have won singles and doubles titles at both the French Open and Wimbledon. His singles title at the All-England Club came in 1950.";
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Jack Kramer came to net on virtually every one of his first and second serves, and that strategy served him well. He had 10 Grand Slam titles (three in singles, six in men's doubles and one in mixed doubles) throughout his career, including a Wimbledon championship in 1947 where he soundly defeated Tom Brown Jr. in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2.";
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Best known as the man who lost to Billie Jean King in “The Battle of the Sexes” in 1973, Bobby Riggs was also a former No. 1 tennis player and Wimbledon champion. In 1939, Riggs didn’t just win the men’s singles title; he also captured the men’s doubles and mixed doubles championships.";
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A world No. 1 for five years, holding that honor as both an amateur and as a professional, both of Don Budge's Wimbledon titles came before he turned pro. He won in straight sets in both finals at the All England Club.";
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Three-time Wimbledon champion Fred Perry became an English hero for his tennis prowess. He was the world’s top-ranked player in 1934, 1935 and 1936 when he achieved his three-peat on the grass courts of the All England Club. On the Club’s grounds, a statue just inside the gate was erected in 1984 to mark the 50th anniversary of his first Wimbledon champion. It’s been a long road for the British fans since they last had an Englishman claim the Wimbledon title. Perry’s title in 1936 marked the last time they celebrated a British champion at the All England Club. ";
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Known for taking a shot of whiskey between sets if the match was tense and close, Jack Crawford must have taken quite a few during his 1933 Wimbledon finals marathon match. He ultimately topped Ellsworth Vines 4-6, 11-9-, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 to win his third Grand Slam championship of the year. Throughout his career, Crawford won six Slam titles.";
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Four times in his career, Ellsworth Vines was the No. 1 or co-No. 1 player in the world. Those stretches included a time in 1932, the year in which Vines won both Wimbledon and the U.S. Championships in straight sets.";
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While it was at the French Open that Henri Cochet excelled -- winning the title five times in singles action, three times in men's doubles and twice in mixed doubles -- he also picked up notable victories at Wimbledon. Cochet was victorious in 1927 and 1929 in singles and in 1926 and 1928 in men's doubles.";
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French tennis player Rene Lacoste was a two-time singles champion (with victories in 1925 and 1928) and one-time doubles champion at Wimbledon. Nicknamed \"the Crocodile\" or \"the Alligator\" by fans, he's still present in a way at the All England Club. As the namesake of the Lacoste tennis shirt, that apparel is still being worn on the courts.";
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One of the \"Four Musketeers\" (along with fellow Frenchmen and two-time Wimbledon champions Rene Lacoste and Henri Cochet), Jean Borotra won titles at the All England Club in 1924 and 1926. He also reached the finals in 1925, 1927 and 1929, losing each time to either Lacoste or Cochet.";
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Dropping out of his academic studies at the University of Pennsylvania to focus on his tennis career paid off for Bill Tilden, who went on to dominate the sport in the 1920s. During that time he helped the U.S. team win seven straight Davis Cup titles and won 21 Grand Slam championships (11 in singles, six in men's doubles and five in mixed doubles). Three of those singles titles came at the All England Club, where he won in 1920, 1921 and 1930.";
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