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Sunday, July 14, 2024

Cheerio, SW19


Another grass court season is in the books...










=DAY 14 NOTES=
...as usual, despite all the rain, Wimbledon closed the gates on time with every scheduled match having been completed by the final day of the fortnight.

Day 14, in addition to the men's singles final, included 14 (!) other finals across all the disciplines, including doubles, juniors, wheelchair and Invitational events.

Top seeded Renata Jamrichova defeated Australian #3 Emerson Jones in a second '24 junior slam final (w/ AO), as the 6-3/6-4 win made her the first Slovak to win the Wimbledon girls' crown. It marks a second straight season in which a player has won multiple junior slam crowns (Alina Korneeva combined the AO/RG titles in '23).

The only times a single player has won three in a season was in 1987 (Natasha Zvereva, RG-WI-US) and 1990 (Magdalena Maleeva, AO-RG-US).

INTERESTING NOTE: the last junior girl to pull off the same AO/WI combo in a season was Annabel Croft in 1984. Yes, *that* Annabel Croft. Considering today's post-final men's interviews conducted by her today, I supposed I should say that that accomplishment was quite "hot."



Tyra Caterina Grant & Iva Jovic took home the girls' doubles honors, defeating Brits Mika & Mimi (Stojsavljevic & Xu) in a 10-8 MTB to close out the win. The Bannerette duo also won the AO doubles earlier this year. Grant won the RG girls' doubles last year (w/ Clervie Ngounoue), as well, so if she can take the U.S. Open title she'll have collected the entire slam set. To date, no player has ever completed a Career Girls Doubles Slam, so Grant could become the first.

A fourth title would also tie Grant for second most all time behind Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who won a record five major doubles slams in her junior career. Also, should Grant/Jovic win in NYC, they'd be the first girls' pair to win three in a season since 2013. The pair who did it then? Krejcikova/Siniakova, who took home the singles and doubles titles, respectively, yesterday.



...Diede de Groot remains oh-fer when it comes to a sweep of *all* the titles in a slam season, as Yui Kamiji & Kgothatso Montjane defeated de Groot & Jiske Griffioen 6-4/6-4 to win the wheelchair doubles today. It's the fourth time that de Groot has come up short of a complete Grand Slam across all disciplines in a season, with the inability to sweep both Wimbledon titles being the spot where the potential feat broke down on each occasion: in the singles in 2019, and the doubles in and 2021, '22 and '24 editions.

De Groot will also have to wait until 2025 to break her tie with Esther Vergeer for the most women's WC slam titles in a career (they're tied w/ 42).

The big next-up moment for de Groot: a trip to Paris to defend her maiden Paralympic singles Gold from 2021 (Vergeer won four). She also won the doubles in Tokyo with Aniek Van Koot. To date, all 16 Paralympic Golds in women's s/d have been won by Dutch players.

BTW, it's nice to see BJK out there supporting the wheelchair players in this video of MP...



This is Kamiji's eighth Wimbledon doubles crown (she previously won 5 w/ Jordanne Whiley, and one each with de Groot and Dana Mathewson). Montjane's third slam WD win (at a third different major, all with Kamiji) put her an AO win from a Career Doubles Slam (Kamiji/Montjane were RU in Melbourne this year to de Groot/Griffioen).

Kamiji's 21st slam WD win ties Vergeer for #2 all time behind Aniek Van Koot's 24.

...the Invitational Doubles was won by Kim Clijsters & Martina Hingis for a third straight year, with a 6-3/6-2 win over Ash Barty & Casey Dellacqua. In the Mixed Invitational, Dominika Cibulkova & Mark Woodforde ended Nenad Zimonjic's dominance of the now three-year old event he'd previously won with two different female partners. Cibulkova/Woodforde won 6-3/6-2 today over Zimonjic and a third partner, Barbara Schett.

...meanwhile, another Czech Crusher is coming, as the appropriately-named Jana Kovackova defeated Latvian Keisija Berzina in a 10-2 MTB today to win the 14-and-under junior crown in the third year of the event.



Jana is the younger sister of Alena, the current girls' #8 and the 2023 Wimbledon GD champ.

...and in the final Centre Court match (and final match, period) of this Wimbledon, AO MX champs Hsieh Su-wei & Jan Zielinski won their second major title of the season with a 6-4/6-2 victory over the all-Mexican of Giuliana Olmos & Santiago Gonzalez, who'd been the first team from Mexico to reach the MX final at SW19.



The win is Hsieh's ninth career slam title (7 WD, 2 MX). In New York, she'll once again have a shot at completing her Career Doubles Slam.



...while Jasmine Paolini couldn't win the Wimbledon women's final, the rising tide of Italian excellence was more successful on the WTA 125 level, as both Martina Trevisan (in Bastad) and Lucia Bronzetti (in Contrexeville) won singles titles. Trevisan defeated Ann Li 2 & 2, while Bronzetti outlasted Mayar Sherif (now 0-5 in '24 finals, four of them at 125 events) in a 7-5 3rd set.

Bronzetti had led the match 6-4/5-2, and held a MP in the 2nd. Things went to a 3rd, where she held *8* more MP over a four-game stretch before finally converting on #10 of the day. In the video, you can sort see the result of all that after she *finally* won the thing.



...on the ITF circuit, 21-year old Hordette Oksana Selekhmeteva won her biggest career title at the $75K in Rome with a win over Macedonia's Lina Gjorcheska.



At The Hague, Arantxa Rus won a $75K crown with a win over Poland's Gina Feistel. It's her 33rd career ITF win (along with 1 WTA and 2 125 crowns, all three won in 2023). Spain's Kaitlin Quevedo won her fourth title of the season over Patricia Maria Tig in a $35K in Buzau, Romania. In Don Benito (ESP), Viktoria Hruncakova won her second title (a $35K) of the season over Natalija Stevanovic; while 19-year old Peruvian Lucciana Perez Alarcon, the RG girls finalist last year, saw Luisiana Giovannini (ARG) retire in the $15K final in Lujan, Argentina. It's her maiden pro title.

In Lakewood, California, 17-year old Bannerette Alanis Hamilton won her maiden pro title, defeating 36-year old veteran Toni Kinard in the $15K challenger final.

And, another week, another Crusher champion on the pro level, as 21-year old Dasha Vidmanova (a college player at Georgia) won a $50K in Corroios (POR) over Kamilla Bartone. It's her maiden pro title. Meanwhile, 27-year old Czech Gabriela Knutson (another former NCAA player for Syracuse, she's recently best known for holding MP vs. Lulu Sun in Wimbledon qualifying) won the $15K crown in Kursumlijska Banja (SRB) with a win over Mariam Bolkvadze.








1. Barbora Krejcikova, CZE ...from 7-9 on the season (5-7 before grass season) to 7-0 at Wimbledon, Krejcikova picked up career slam #2 on the same Centre Court where late coach/mentor Jana Novotna won her own major 26 years ago. Knocking off four straight Top 15 players to close out her SW19 run, the Czech (#31 heading into Wimbledon) is back in the Top 10.
2. Jasmine Paolini, ITA ...Paolini had zero MD tour wins on grass (and only 2 in qualifying) before this year, but she ended this grass season by becoming the first Italian to reach the Wimbledon women's final, as well as the rare individual to play in both the RG and SW19 finals in the same season (the first since 2016).
3. Diede de Groot, NED (WC) ...de Groot lost at Roehampton heading into Wimbledon (to Yui Kamiji), but went to the AELTC and won her fourth straight wheelchair title there to claim her *15th* overall slam singles crown. She came up a Wimbledon WD title short of taking all six '24 slam s/d trophies (she & Jiske Griffioen were RU), but will try to recoup with Paralympic Gold later this summer.
4. Katerina Siniakova/Taylor Townsend, CZE/USA ...throw Siniakova together with anyone and she can win on the doubles court, throw her in with the likes of a top WD player like Townsend and they win Wimbledon, the Czech's third SW19 win (9th overall slam) and the Bannerette's maiden major title.
5. Donna Vekic, CRO ...it took 43 slam MD, and years of injuries, but the Croatian finally reached her first slam SF and it took an epic battle with Jasmine Paolini to keep her out of the Wimbledon final. She also reached the Bad Homburg final.
6. Lulu Sun, NZL ...the #123-ranked Kiwi qualified for Wimbledon (after saving MP in the Q2), then in her second career slam MD became the first New Zealander to reach a major QF since 1989. Her seven-match winning streak included upsets of AO finalist Zheng Qinwen and US winner Emma Raducanu before she finally ran out of magic mid-way through her three-set loss to Vekic. The former Texas college star is now knocking on the door of the Top 50.
7. Yui Kamiji, JPN (WC) ...Kamiji finally ended her 28-match losing streak vs. Diede de Groot in the Roehampton final, but fell in the Wimbledon QF. She rebounded by winning her 8th WI wheelchair doubles title (w/ Kgothatso Montjane), denying de Groot a sweep of all six of the '24 slam titles.
8. Hsieh Su-wei, TPE ...the 38-year old won the Birmingham WD title with Elise Mertens, and though she didn't successfully defend her Wimbledon crown she stlll added a ninth career slam by winning her second MX title of the season (both w/ Jan Zielinski, after the AO).
9. Diana Shnaider, RUS ...Shnaider's Bad Homburg title run looks even better in retrospect, as in addition to former SW19 champ Kerber and AO semifinalist Yastremska, she also defeated Badosa (WI 4r), Emma Navarro (WI QF) and Donna Vekic (WI SF). After Wimbledon wins over Stephens and Pliskova, she lost to Navarro in their second grass match of the summer.
10. Gaby Dabrowski/Erin Routliffe, CAN/NZL ...the pair won Nottingham, and reached the Eastbourne and Wimbledon finals. It gets Routliffe to WD #1 for the first time.
11. Katie Boulter, GBR ...Boulter successfully defended her Nottingham title, defeating Raducanu (SF) and Pliskova (F) and picking up her third title in a year, and upset Alona Ostapenko to reach the Eastbourne QF. The GBR #1 went out to GBR #2 in the 2r at Wimbledon, though.
12. Dasha Kasatkina, RUS ...Kasatkina won Eastbourne (def. WI finalist Paolini in the SF), and dominated in early rounds at SW19 (w/ 3 of 4 bagel sets in the 1r/2r), only to be outdueled by Paula Badosa in the 3rd Round to maintain her string of disappointing Wimbledon results (1r-2r-3r-3r) since her '18 QF.
HM- Anna Kalinskaya/RUS, Lyudmyla Kichenok/Alona Ostapenko (UKR/LAT), Nicole Melichar-Martinez/Ellen Perez (USA/AUS), Emma Navarro/USA, Giuliana Olmos/MEX, Jessie Pegula/USA, Yulia Putintseva/KAZ, Emma Raducanu/GBR, Elena Rybakina/KAZ, Liudmila Samsonova/RUS


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1. Iga Swiatek, POL
...still the leader of the pack, with a "second Roland Garros" run awaiting her in Paris. But what if she doesn't win the Gold?

2. Diede de Groot, NED (WC)
...yeah, she lost another match. But she also swept all three wheelchair singles slams, and has won 15 straight major titles.

3. Elena Rybakina, KAZ
...another good slam result, but not as good as it seems like it *should* have been. It's now been two full years since she won in SW19.

4. Aryna Sabalenka, BLR
...she only has one title this year, but it's a pretty darn big one (AO, of course). Also, she had a great clay season, too, remember.

5. Jasmine Paolini, ITA
...yeah, she *could* be higher, considering the 15-3 record in slam play, RG/WI finals, a 1000 title, and a Top 5 ranking. Does she have *more* left in her in 2024, or have the Tennis Gods ordered a 2r exit at the Open so that her 4-16 slam mark ends up at 16-4 this year?

6. Danielle Collins, USA
...she's in the final stretch now. Can she put together a spirited summer hard court push to truly threaten at a major in '24?

7. Katerina Siniakova, CZE (d)
...three titles (tied for the tour lead), two majors (the most) and closing in on the #1 ranking (again, as she'll be WD #2 on Monday, 102 points behind new #1 Routliffe). Next up: another Olympic Gold?

8. Coco Gauff, USA
...still hampered a bit by her only title being a 250 back in Week 1. Two slam and IW/Rome semis help (plus the RG doubles win). Does the Summer of Coco have a sequel?

HM- Barbora Krejcikova, CZE
...she's finally off and running in '24, but this is about as high as she can go (for now) after the start she had this year.




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...with the new rankings coming out Monday, a quick update on the new state of things...

* - Wimbledon champ Barbora Krejcikova rises from #32 to back into the Top 10 (#10), while SW19 finalist Jasmine Paolini moves up to #5 (one off the ITA record held by Francesca Schiavone). In/Out: Danielle Collins in back in the Top 10 (#9), while Jessie Pegula falls to #6, her first time out of the Top 5 since October 2022. 2023 Wimbledon finalists Marketa Vondrousova (#18) and Ons Jabeur (#16) fall out of the Top 10.

* - Top 30 career highs: #15 Emma Navarro, #28 Diana Shnaider. In/Out: Elina Svitolina drops 9 spots to #30 (she's now the UKR #3).

* - Yes, Maria Sakkari is STILL in the Top 10 (#8... again). Seriously, what kind of voodoo is being practiced here?

* - Despite her 1st Round Wimbledon exit at the hands of Lulu Sun, Zheng Qinwen climbs one spot to #7. Meanwhile, Sun rises 70 spots to #53. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, despite her 1st Round upset of WI defending champ Marketa Vondrousova drops 3 spots to #86 (she won a $60K title during the same '23 ranking period).

* - SW19 semifinalist Donna Vekic is up to #21, just two off her career high from 2019. Iga-conqueror Yulia Putintseva is up to #29, two off her career high from 2017. GBR #2 Harriet Dart, off her Wimbledon upset of GBR #1 Katie Boulter, matches her career high of #84.

* - With one tour event match win since Miami, Lesia Tsurenko (whose '23 WI 4r became a 3r this year) falls 31 spots to #90.

* - After rising 43 spots immediately after RG, Anca Todoni's Wimbledon qualifying run and slam MD debut 1r victory helps her rise 24 more after SW19 to #118. The 19-year old Romanian was ranked #472 at this time last year.

* - COMEBACK WATCH: Paula Badosa rises 28 to #65, while Emma Raducanu goes from #135 to #94. Caroline Woznicki is up 15 to #76, and Naomi Osaka jumps up 11 to #102.

* - RACE UPDATE: Krejcikova goes from #52 to #7, while Paolini is #3 behind Swiatek and Rybakina, slightly ahead of Aryna Sabalenka. Despite her #8 ranking, Sakkari is #17 (though even that seems high).

* - DOUBLES: #1 Elise Mertens falls to #4, replaced by first-time WD #1 Erin Routliffe. She's the first Kiwi and the 49th different woman to top the WTA doubles rankings. Katerina Siniakova is up to #2 with her second straight major title, just 102 points behind Routliffe. With 115 career weeks at #1 (6th all-time), she last held the top spot in September of last year. Gaby Dabrowski is at a career-high #3. Hsieh Su-wei falls from #2 to #6, while Taylor Townsend rises 17 to #7.










*WOMEN'S SINGLES FINAL*
#31 Barbora Krejcikova/CZE def. #7 Jasmine Paolini/ITA 6-2/2-6/6-4

*WOMEN'S DOUBLES FINAL*
#4 Siniakova/Townsend (CZE/USA) def. #2 Dabrowski/Routliffe (CAN/NZL) 7-6(5)/7-6(1)

*MIXED DOUBLES FINAL*
#7 Hsieh/Zielinski (TPE/POL) d. Olmos/S.Gonzalez (MEX/MEX) 6-4/6-2

*WHEELCHAIR WOMEN'S SINGLES FINAL*
#1 Diede de Groot/NED def. #4 Aniek Van Koot/NED 6-4/6-4

*WHEELCHAIR WOMEN'S DOUBLES FINAL*
#1 Kamiji/Montjane (JPN/RSA) def. #2 de Groot/Griffioen (NED/NED) 6-4/6-4

*GIRLS' SINGLES FINAL*
#1 Renata Jamrichova/SVK def. #3 Emerson Jones/AUS 6-3/6-4

*GIRLS' DOUBLES FINAL*
#2 Grant/Jovic (USA/USA) def. #7 Stojsavljevic/M.Xu (GBR/GBR) 7-5/4-6 [10-8]

*GIRLS' 14-and-UNDER FINAL*
Jana Kovackova/CZE def. Keisija Berzina/LAT 5-7/6-3 [10-2]

*INVITATIONAL DOUBLES FINAL*
Clijsters/Hingis (BEL/SUI) def. Barty/Dellacqua (AUS/AUS) 6-3/6-2

*INVITATIONAL MIXED FINAL*
Cibulkova/Woodforde (SVK/AUS) def. Schett/Zimonjic (AUT/SRB) 6-3/6-2







...WIMBLEDON DOESN'T SEEM TO EVER BOTHER WITH ANY ON-LOCATION-SOMEWHERE-IN-LONDON TROPHY SHOOTS... ON DAY 14:




...NICE TO SEE THAT SHE'S LOOKING WELL... ON DAY 14:




...OOPS, I OVERLOOKED CONCHITA BEING THERE YESTERDAY (I fixed it)... ON DAY 14:




..."WELCOME TO THE CLUB" (signed, Diede)... ON DAY 14:




...IT'S TOP 1O TIME... ON DAY 14:













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*CAREER OVERALL SLAM TITLES - ACTIVE*
[singles/doubles/mixed]
23 - Venus Williams, USA (7-14-2)
12 - Barbora Krejcikova, CZE (2-7-3)
9 - HSIEH SU-WEI, TPE (0-7-2)
9 - Kristina Mladenovic, FRA (0-6-3)
9 - Bethanie Mattek-Sands, USA (0-5-4)
9 - Katerina Siniakova, CZE (0-9-0)
5 - Sara Errani, ITA (0-5-0)
5 - Iga Swiatek, POL (5-0-0)
5 - Vera Zvonareva, RUS (0-3-2)

*RECENT WIMBLEDON MIXED DOUBLES CHAMPS*
2013 Kristina Mladenovic & Daniel Nestor, FRA/CAN
2014 Samantha Stosur & Nenad Zimonjic, AUS/SRB
2015 Martina Hingis & Leander Paes, SUI/IND
2016 Heather Watson & Henri Kontinen, GBR/FIN
2017 Martina Hingis & Jamie Murray, SUI/GBR
2018 Nicole Melichar & Alexander Peya, USA/AUT
2019 Latisha Chan & Ivan Dodig, TPE/CRO
2021 Desirae Krawczyk & Neal Skupski, USA/GBR
2022 Desirae Krawczyk & Neal Skupski, USA/GBR
2023 Lyudmyla Kichenok & Mate Pavic, UKR/CRO
2042 Hsieh Su-wei & Jan Zielinski, TPE/POL

*MEXICAN WOMEN IN SLAM FINALS*
[WS]
1960 Roland Garros WS - Yola Ramirez
1961 Roland Garros WS - Yola Ramirez
[WD]
1957 Roland Garros WD - Yola Ramirez/Rosie Reyes
1958 Roland Garros WD - Yola Ramirez/Rosie Reyes (W)
1959 Roland Garros WD - Yola Ramirez/Rosie Reyes
1961 US Open WD - Yola Ramirez
[MX]
1959 Roland Garros - Yola Ramirez (W)
1974 Roland Garros - Rosie Reyes
2021 US Open - Giuliana Olmos
2024 Wimbledon - Giuliana Olmos

*2020s MIXED GS/OLY FINALS*
6 - Desirae Krawczyk, USA (4-2)
2 - HSIEH SU-WEI, TPE (2-0)
2 - Barbora Krejcikova, CZE (2-0)
2 - GIULIANA OLMOS, MEX (0-2)
2 - Samantha Stosur, AUS (0-2)
2 - Elena Vesnina, RUS (0-2)

*SLAM MX TITLES - active*
4...Desirae Krawczyk, USA
4...Bethanie Mattek-Sands, USA
3...Latisha Chan, TPE
3...Barbora Krejcikova, CZE
3...Kristina Mladenovic, FRA
2...Victoria Azarenka, BLR
2...Gaby Dabrowski, CAN
2....HSIEH SU-WEI, TPE
2...Laura Siegemund, GER
2...Venus Williams, USA
2...Vera Zvonareva, RUS

*RECENT MX SLAM CHAMPIONS*
[2020]
AO: Barbora Krejcikova/Nikola Mektic (CZE/CRO)
[2021]
AO: Barbora Krejcikova/Rajeev Ram (CZE/USA)
RG: Desirae Krawczyk/Joe Salisbury (USA/GBR)
WI: Desirae Krawczyk/Neal Skupski (USA/GBR)
US: Desirae Krawczyk/Joe Salisbury (USA/GBR)
[2022]
AO: Kristina Mladenovic/Ivan Dodig (FRA/CRO)
RG: Ena Shibahara/Wesley Koolhof (JPN/NED)
WI: Desirae Krawczyk/Neal Skupski (USA/GBR)
US: Storm Sanders/John Peers (AUS/AUS)
[2023]
AO: Luisa Stefani/Rafael Matos (BRA/BRA)
RG: Miyu Kato/Tim Puetz (JPN/GER)
WI: Lyudmyla Kichenok/Mate Pavic (UKR/CRO)
US: Anna Danilina/Harri Heliovaara (KAZ/FIN)
[2024]
AO: Hsieh Su-wei/Jan Zielinski (TPE/POL)
RG: Laura Siegemund/Edouard Roger-Vasselin (GER/FRA)
WI: Hsieh Su-wei/Jan Zielinski (TPE/POL)

*WIMBLEDON INVITATION DOUBLES WINNERS - SINCE 2007*
[1992 Wendy Turnbull & Virginia Wade]-no official champs
2007 Jana Novotna & Helena Sukova
2008 Jana Novotna & Kathy Rinaldi
2009 Martina Navratilova & Helena Sukova
2010 Martina Navratilova & Jana Novotna
2011 Lindsay Davenport & Martina Hingis
2012 Lindsay Davenport & Martina Hingis
2013 Lindsay Davenport & Martina Hingis
2014 Jana Novotna & Barbara Schett
2015 Magdalena Maleeva & Rennae Stubbs
2016 Martina Navratilova & Selima Sfar
2017 Cara Black & Martina Navratilova
2018 Kim Clijsters & Rennae Stubbs
2019 Cara Black & Martina Navratilova
2020-21 DNP
2022 Kim Clijsters & Martina Hingis
2023 Kim Clijsters & Martina Hingis
2024 Kim Clijsters & Martina Hingis
[MX Invitational]
2022 Marion Bartoli & Nenad Zimonjic
2023 Rennae Stubbs & Nenad Zimonjic
2024 Dominika Cibulkova & Mark Woodforde

*RECENT SLAM JUNIOR CHAMPS*
[2020]
AO: Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva, AND
US: DNP
RG: Elsa Jacquemot, FRA
[2021]
RG: Linda Noskova, CZE
WI: Ane Mintegi del Olmo, ESP
US: Robin Montgomery, USA
[2022]
AO: Petra Marcinko, CRO
RG: Lucie Havlickova, CZE
WI: Liv Hovde, USA
US: Alex Eala, PHI
[2023]
AO: Alina Korneeva, RUS
RG: Alina Korneeva, RUS
WI: Clervie Ngounoue, USA
US: Katherine Hui, USA
[2024]
AO: Renata Jamrichova, SVK
RG: Tereza Valentova, CZE
WI: Renata Jamrichova, SVK

*WIMBLEDON GIRLS FINALS - since 2006*
2011 Ashleigh Barty/AUS d. Irina Khromacheva/RUS
2012 Genie Bouchard/CAN d. Elina Svitolina/UKR
2013 Belinda Bencic/SUI d. Taylor Townsend/USA
2014 Alona Ostapenko/LAT d. Kristina Schmiedlova/SVK
2015 Sofya Zhuk/RUS d. Anna Blinkova/RUS
2016 Anastasia Potapova/RUS d. Dayana Yastremska/UKR
2017 Claire Liu/USA d. Ann Li/USA
2018 Iga Swiatek/POL d. Leonie Kung/SUI
2019 Daria Snigur/UKR d. Alexa Noel/USA
2021 Ane Mintegi del Olmo/ESP d. Nastasja Schunk/GER
2022 Liv Hovde/USA d. Luca Udvardy/HUN
2023 Clervie Ngounoue/USA d. Nikola Bartunkova/CZE
2024 Renata Jamrichova/SVK d. Emerson Jones/AUS

*JUNIOR SLAM SINGLES CHAMPIONS - SVK*
2007 US: Kristina Kucova
2015 AO: Tereza Mihalikova
2024 AO: Renata Jamrichova
2024 WI: Renata Jamrichova

*MULTIPLE JUNIOR SLAMS IN A SEASON, since 1974 (first U.S. Open Jr.)*
[3]
1987 Natasha Zvereva, USSR (RG-WI-US)
1990 Magdalena Maleeva, BUL (AO-RG-US)
[2]
1975 Natasha Chmyreva, USSR (WI/US)
1981 Zina Garrison, USA (WI/US)
1983 Pascale Paradis, FRA (RG/WI)
1984 Annabel Croft, GBR (AO/WI)
1985 Laura Garrone, ITA (RG/US)
1989 Jennifer Capriati, USA (RG/US)
1994 Martina Hingis, SUI (RG/WI)
1996 Amelie Mauresmo, FRA (RG/WI)
1997 Cara Black, ZIM (WI/US)
2000 Maria Emilia Salerni, ARG (WI/US)
2003 Kirsten Flipkens, BEL (WI/US)
2005 Victoria Azarenka, BLR (AO/US)
2006 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, RUS (AO/US)
2013 Belinda Bencic, SUI (RG/WI)
2013 Ana Konjuh, CRO (AO/US)
2023 Alina Korneeva, RUS (AO/RG)
2024 Renata Jamrichova, SVK (AO/WI)

*RECENT WIMBLEDON GIRLS DOUBLES CHAMPS*
2010 Timea Babos & Sloane Stephens, HUN/USA
2011 Genie Bouchard & Grace Min, CAN/USA
2012 Genie Bouchard & Taylor Townsend, CAN/USA
2013 Barbora Krejcikova & Katerina Siniakova, CZE/CZE
2014 Tami Grende & Ye Quiyu, INA/CHN
2015 Dalma Galfi & Fanny Stollar, HUN/HUN
2016 Usue Arconada & Claire Liu, USA/USA
2017 Olga Danilovic & Kaja Juvan, SRB/SLO
2018 Wang Xinyu & Wang Xiyu, CHN/CHN
2019 Savannah Broadus & Abigail Forbes, USA/USA
2021 Kristina Dmitruk & Diana Shnaider, BLR/RUS
2022 Rose Marie Nijkamp & Angella Okyutoyi, NED/KEN
2023 Alena Kovackova & Laura Samsonova, CZE/CZE
2024 Tyra Caterina Grant & Iva Jovic, USA/USA

*WIMBLEDON JUNIOR UNDER-14 FINALS*
2022 Alexia Ioana Tatu/ROU d. Andreea Diana Soare/ROU
2023 Luna Vujovic/SRB def. Hollie Smart/GBR
2024 Jana Kovackova/CZE def. Keisija Berzina/LAT

*WIMBLEDON WHEELCHAIR CHAMPIONS*
[doubles]
2009 Korie Homan/Esther Vergeer (NED/NED)
2010 Esther Vergeed/Sharon Walraven (NED/NED)
2011 Esther Vergeer/Sharon Walraven (NED/NED)
2012 Jiske Griffioen/Aniek van Koot (NED/NED)
2013 Jiske Griffioen/Aniek van Koot (NED/NED)
2014 Yui Kamiji/Jordanne Whiley (JPN/GBR)
2015 Yui Kamiji/Jordanne Whiley (JPN/GBR)
2016 Yui Kamiji/Jordanne Whiley (JPN/GBR)
2017 Yui Kamiji/Jordanne Whiley (JPN/GBR)
2018 Diede de Groot/Yui Kamiji (NED/JPN)
2019 Diede de Groot/Aniek Van Koot (NED/NED)
2021 Yui Kamiji/Jordanne Whiley (JPN/GBR)
2022 Yui Kamiji/Dana Mathewson (JPN/USA)
2023 Diede de Groot/Jiske Griffioen (NED/NED)
2024 Yui Kamiji/Kgothatso Montjane (JPN/RSA)

*WHEELCHAIR SLAM DOUBLES TITLES*
[AO-RG-WI-US]
24 - Aniek van Koot, NED [7-9-3-5]*
21 - YUI KAMIJI, JPN [5-4-8-4]*
21 - Esther Vergeer, NED [7-5-3-6]
19 - Diede de Groot, NED [5-6-3-5]*
16 - Jiske Griffioen, NED [6-3-3-4]*
12 - Jordanne Whiley, GBR [3-2-5-2]
7 - Sharon Walraven, NED [2-1-2-2]
5 - Korie Homan, NED [1-1-1-2]
5 - Marjolein Buis, NED [2-2-0-1]
3 - KGOTHATSO MONTJANE, RSA [0-1-1-1]*
3 - Maaike Smit, NED [2-1-0-0]
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*WHEELCHAIR SLAM TITLES*
[singles/doubles]
42 - Esther Vergeer, NED (21/21)
42 - Diede de Groot, NED (23/19)*
29 - YUI KAMIJI, JPN (8/21)*
27 - Aniek Van Koot, NED (3/24)*
20 - Jiske Griffioen, NED (4/16)*
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* - active

*ALL-TIME WC SLAM TITLES (M+W)*
50 - Shingo Kunieda, JPN (28/22)
42 - Diede de Groot, NED (23/19)*
42 - Esther Vergeer, NED (21/21)
29 - YUI KAMIJI, JPN (8/21)*
29 - ALFIE HEWETT, GBR (8/21)*
27 - Aniek Van Koot, NED (3/24)*
27 - GORDON REID, GBR (2/25)*
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*-active

*WHEELCHAIR SLAMS BY NATION*
[DOUBLES - 70 slams]
100 - NED
...24-Van Koot, 21-Vergeer, 19-de Groot, 16-Griffioen, 7-Walraven, 5-Buis, 5-Homan, 3-Smit
21 - JPN (21-Kamiji)
12 - GBR (12-Whiley)
3 - RSA (3-Montjane)
2 - FRA (2-Gravellier)
1 - AUS (Di Toro)
1 - USA (Mathewson)

*WIMBLEDON "KIMIKO CUP FOR VETERAN ACHIEVEMENT" WINNERS*
2015 Martina Hingis, SUI
2016 Venus Williams, USA
2017 Venus Williams, USA
2018 Angelique Kerber, GER
2019 Barbora Strycova, CZE
2021 Karolina Pliskova, CZE and Hsieh Su-wei, TPE
2022 Tatjana Maria, GER and Alize Cornet, FRA
2023 Hsieh Su-wei/Barbora Strycova, TPE/CZE
2024 Hsieh Su-wei, TPE

*RECENT WIMBLEDON "DOUBLES STAR" WINNERS*
2015 Sania Mirza, IND
2016 Heather Watson, GBR
2017 Yui Kamiji & Jordanne Whiley, JPN/GBR (WC)
2018 Diede de Groot & Yui Kamiji, NED/JPN (WC)
2019 Hsieh Su-wei & Barbora Strycova, TPE/CZE
2021 Yui Kamiji & Jordanne Whiley, JPN/GBR (WC)
2022 Angella Okutoyi, KEN (jr.) and Dana Mathewson, USA (WC)
2023 Lyudmyla Kichenok, UKR
2024 Katerina Siniakova/Taylor Townsend, CZE/USA




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TOP QUALIFIER: Katie Volynets/USA
TOP EARLY-ROUND (1r-2r): #14 Dasha Kasatkina/RUS
TOP MIDDLE-ROUND (3r-QF): #4 Elena Rybakina/KAZ
TOP LATE-ROUND (SF-F): #31 Barbora Krejcikova/CZE
TOP QUALIFYING MATCH: Q2 -Robin Montgomery/USA def. #10 Kamilla Rakhimova/RUS 7-6(0)/6-7(4)/7-6(10-4) - no breaks in 36 games, only 5 BP face; Montgomery w/ 20 aces; combined for 132 winners (67/65)
TOP EARLY-RD. MATCH (1r-2r): 2nd Rd. - #18 Marta Kostyuk/UKR def. Dasha Saville/AUS 4-6/7-6(2)/6-4 - Saville served for match three times in 2nd set, had a MP; Kostyuk break on BP #8 of game to force TB; Kostyuk wins on MP #5 in 3rd set
TOP MIDDLE-RD. MATCH (3r-QF): 4th Rd. - (Q) Lulu Sun/NZL def. (WC) Emma Raducanu/GBR 6-2/5-7/6-2 - overcomes Brit on Centre Ct., first NZL to slam QF since '89; 52 winners
TOP LATE-RD. MATCH (SF-F/Jr.-WC): SF - #7 Jasmine Paolini/ITA def. Donna Vekic/CRO 2-6/6-4/7-6(10-8) - 2:51 long Wimbledon SF; first ITA WI F, first since '16 in RG/WI final same season
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FIRST VICTORY: Varvara Gracheva/FRA (def. Lesia Tsurenko/UKR)
FIRST SEED OUT: #8 Zheng Qinwen/CHN (1st Rd. to Sun/NZL) (after #22 Alexandrova/RUS, #3 Sabalenka/BLR and #16 Azarenka/BLR withdrew)
FIRST SLAM MD WINS: Day 1: Erika Andreeva/RUS, Jessica Bouzas Maneiro/ESP, Sonay Kartal/GBR, Robin Montgomery/USA, Yuliia Starodubtseva/UKR, Lulu Sun/NZL, Anca Todoni/ROU
UPSET QUEENS: Spain
REVELATION LADIES: Great Britain
NATION OF POOR SOULS: ROU (1-5 1st Rd.; #29 Cirstea out, Bogdan 2 MP, no Halep)
LAST QUALIFIER STANDING: Lulu Sun/NZL (in QF)
LAST WILD CARD STANDING: Emma Raducanu/GBR (4th Rd.)
PROTECTED RANKING: Paula Badosa/ESP (4r), Bianca Andreescu/CAN (3r)
LUCKY LOSER WINNERS: Erika Andreeva/RUS (2nd)
LAST BRIT STANDING: Emma Raducanu (4th Rd.)
Ms. OPPORTUNITY: Jasmine Paolini/ITA and Donna Vekic/CRO
IT "Kiwi": Lulu Sun/NZL
COMEBACK PLAYER: Paula Badosa/ESP
CRASH & BURN: #6 Marketa Vondrousova/CZE (1st Rd. to Bouzas Maneiro/ESP; first defending champ out 1r since 1994 Graf loss vs. McNeil; second in Open era)
ZOMBIE QUEEN OF LONDON: #18 Marta Kostyuk/UKR (2nd Rd.- down 5-2 vs. Saville in 3rd, who served for win three times and held MP; in '24 slams has won from MP down at AO/WI, and 4-0 down in 3rd at RG)
DOUBLES STAR: Katerina Siniakova/Taylor Townsend, USA/USA
VETERAN PLAYER (KIMIKO CUP): Hsieh Su-wei/TPE
JUNIOR BREAKOUT: Renata Jamrichova/SVK & Emerson Jones/AUS (2 '24 slam finals)
SPIRIT OF JANA (NOVOTNA) HONOREE: Barbora Krejcikova/CZE (wins Wimbledon 26 years after former coach/mentor Novotna won in '98)






All for now. Grass Court Awards soon.
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