Trivia Wimbledon’15: Final – Men’s singles

Sunday, July 12th, 2015 by Andras Ruszanov

It will be the 129th Wimbledon final (2nd most of all-time), the 48th Wimbledon final in the Open-era (most in the Open-era tied with French Open).

Questions before the final:

• Who will win the 129th (all-time) and 48th (Open-era) Wimbledon Championships?
• Djokovic will be the FIRST who defends his title since 2007?
• Djokovic will be the FIRST who defends his title in this decade?
• Djokovic will be the 20th No.1 seeded player who will win the title in the Open-era?
• Djokovic will equal his coach’s number of titles in Wimbledon?
• In 2007 and in 2011, the AO champ won Wimbledon. In 2015 will be the same?
• The winner will come from the upper or the lower half of the draw?
• Will Roger Federer be a sole record holder of Wimbledon with 8 titles?
• Djokovic will be the 5th player in the Open-era who reaches his 200th match wins at Grand Slams?
• Wimbledon has the lowest match with a retirement in the Open-era (109). It will be the 110th match with a retirement or after 2012 it will be another championship without any retirement?
• Last year, record-high 80 matches were played with at least one tie-break in Wimbledon. 62,5% of the matches will result again at least one TB?

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Entitled to Defend…

2926 days ago happened LAST TIME when a champion could defend his title (2007, Roger Federer).

Only 20 champions defended the title in Wimbledon (all-time):

1.	William Renshaw (GBR)	5 times	1882-86*	HOF
2.	Pete Sampras (USA)	5 times	1994-95, 1998-2000	HOF
3.	Lawrence Doherty (GBR)	4 times	1903-06*	HOF
4.	Björn Borg (SWE)	4 times	1977-80	HOF
5.	Roger Federer (SUI)	4 times	2004-07**
6.	Reginald Doherty (GBR)	3 times	1898-1900*	HOF
7.	Anthony Wilding (NZL)	3 times	1911-13*	HOF
8.	Fred Perry (GBR)	2 times	1935-36	HOF
9.	Rod Laver (AUS)	2 times	1962, 1969	HOF
10.	John Hartley (GBR)	1 time	1880*
11.	Wilfred Baddeley (GBR)	1 time	1892*	HOF
12.	Joshua Pim (IRL)	1 time	1894*
13.	Arthur Gore (GBR)	1 time	1909*	HOF
14.	Bill Tilden (USA)	1 time	1921*	HOF
15.	Don Budge (USA)	1 time	1938	HOF
16.	Lew Hoad (AUS)	1 time	1957	HOF
17.	Roy Emerson (AUS)	1 time	1965	HOF
18.	John Newcombe (AUS)	1 time	1971	HOF
19.	John McEnroe (USA)	1 time	1984	HOF
20.	Boris Becker (GER)	1 time	1986	HOF

* Challenge Round
* Still active

Only 7 players managed to defend the title in Wimbledon (Open-era):

1.	Pete Sampras (USA)	5 times	1994-95, 1998-2000	HOF
2.	Björn Borg (SWE)	4 times	1977-80	HOF
3.	Roger Federer (SUI)	4 times	2004-07**
4.	Rod Laver (AUS)	1 time	1969	HOF
5.	John Newcombe (AUS)	1 time	1971	HOF
6.	John McEnroe (USA)	1 time	1984	HOF
7.	Boris Becker (GER)	1 time	1986	HOF

Since 1880 in Wimbledon, there was at least one player in each decade who defended successfully his title, except the 1940s (between1940-45 there was no competition due to WWII).
Djokovic will be the FIRST champion who defends his title in this decade in Wimbledon?
Djokovic was able to defend his title (2012-13) ONLY in Melbourne during his career.

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Djokovic’s Double Shift

If Djokovic wins in Melbourne, there is 50% chance to reach at least the final in Wimbledon and 25% chance to win the title in the same year.
If the Serb wins the AO title, there is 75% chance to reach the semifinal in Wimbledon in the same year (except in 2008).
If he is seeded No. 1 or No. 2 in Wimbledon, there is 100% to reach the semi-final.
(In 2010, he was seeded No. 3 and in 2007 as No. 4, and he also reached the semifinals.)

Year	Australian Open	Wimbledon
2008	Champion	R64
2011	Champion	Champion
2012	Champion	Semifinal
2013	Champion	Runner-up
2015	Champion	???

In 2007 (Federer) and in 2011 (Djokovic), the Aussie Open champ won Wimbledon.
In 2015, it will happen again?

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Following The Coach…

If Djokovic wins, he will equal his coach’s number of titles in Wimbledon…
If Federer wins, the number of championships of Edberg-Federer combo will be doubled than the Becker-Djokovic. Becker and Djokovic reached 15 semifinals together like Edberg and Federer…

	Champion	Finals	Runner-up	Semifinal
Boris Becker (FRG, GER)	3	7	4	9
Novak Djokovic (SRB)	2	3	1	7
TOTAL	5	10	5	16

	Champions	Finals	Runner-up	Semifinal
Stefan Edberg (SWE)	2	3	1	6
Roger Federer (SUI)	7	9	2	10
TOTAL	9	12	3	16

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Roger’s Wait’ for 8…

Will Roger Federer be a sole record holder of Wimbledon with 8 titles?

The most titles at the same Grand Slam of all-time:

1.	Rafael Nadal (ESP)	9	Roland Garros*
2.	Max Decugis (FRA)	8	Roland Garros
3.	Willie Renshaw (GBR)	7	Wimbledon
	Pete Sampras (USA)	7	Wimbledon
	Roger Federer (SUI)	7	Wimbledon*
	Richard Sears (USA)	7	US Open
	William Larned (USA)	7	US Open
	Bill Tilden (USA)	7	US Open

*Still active

Federer’s opponents in Wimbledon by countries (1999-2015) until this year’s final : 28 different nations

11 times	FRA
10 times	ESP
7 times	USA
6 times	RUS
5 times	CRO, SWE, AUS, GBR
4 times	GER
3 times	SRB, CZE, BEL, COL
2 times	AUT, ARG, ITA
1 time	UKR, KOR, NED, CHI, SVK, TPE, KAZ, ROU, LUX, SUI, CAN, BIH

Roger Federer NEVER played against African, Japanese and Central American players in Wimbledon.
ONLY European players beat Roger Federer in Wimbledon.

Federer reached his 10th Wimbledon final equaling Bill Tilden’s all-time record.

	Finals @ GSs	Champion	Runner-up
Bill Tilden	10 (1918-1929) US Nationals	7	3
Roger Federer	10 (2003-2015) Wimbledon	7	2
Rafael Nadal	9 (2005-2014) Roland Garros	9	0

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Seeds and draw

In the Open-era, 19 times of 47 years, the No.1 seeded player won the title in Wimbledon.

Decades	How many times	Year(s)
’60s	2 times	1968-69
’70s	3 times	1972,’78-79
’80s	2 times	1980,1984
’90s	5 times	1993-94,’97-99
2000s	6 times	’00,’02,’04-07
2010s	1 time	2014

In the Open-era, the champion is coming

28 times from the UPPER HALF of the draw      (Last time in 2014)

and

19 times from the LOWER HALF of the draw.    (Last time in 2013)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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