1870s

• 1877: The first Championships

1880s

• 1884: The first Ladies’ Championships
• 1887: Lottie Dod
• 1889: William Renshaw

1890s

• 1897: The Doherty Brothers

1900s

• 1905: May Sutton
• 1908: The Olympics at Wimbledon

1920s

• 1920: Clean sweep for Lenglen
• 1922: Challenge Round abolished
  Wimbledon moves to Church Road

• 1924: No.1 Court opened
• 1925: Suzanne Lenglen
• 1926: The King plays at Wimbledon
• 1927: Henri Cochet v Jean Borotra

1930s

• 1931: Sydney Wood
• 1933: Jack Crawford v Ellsworth Vines
• 1935: Helen Wills Moody v Jacobs
• 1936: Fred Perry’s third title
• 1937: The first television coverage
  Dorothy Round wins Singles, Doubles and Mixed
  Donald Budge v Gottfried Von Cramm

• 1938: Bunny Austin
  Donald Budge
  Helen Wills Moody’s Eighth

1940s

• 1940: Centre Court bombed
• 1949: Gussie Moran
  Ted Schroeder

1950s

• 1953: Maureen Connolly v Doris Hart
  Jaroslav Drobny v Budge Patty

• 1954: Maureen Connolly
• 1956: Lew Hoad v Ken Rosewall
• 1957: The Queen’s visit
  Althea Gibson
  

• 1958: Ashley Cooper v Neale Fraser

1960s

• 1961: Angela Mortimer v Christine Tr
  
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• 1964: Dorothy Cavis-Brown
  Margaret Court v Maria Bueno

• 1968: The first Open Wimbledon
• 1969: Pancho Gonzalez v Charlie Pasarell

1970s

• 
  1970: Margaret Court v Billie Jean King
  John Newcombe v Ken Rosewall

• 1971: Evonne Goolagong v Margaret Court
  Ken Rosewall

• 1972: Stan Smith v Ilie Nastase
• 1973: The Strike
• 1974: Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert
• 1975: Arthur Ashe wins Wimbledon
• 1976: Bjorn Borg v Ilie Nastase
  The rise of Chris Evert

• 1977: Virginia Wade
  The Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum
  Bjorn Borg v Vitas Gerulaitis
  Bjorn Borg v Jimmy Connors
  John McEnroe v Jimmy Connors

• 1978: Chris Evert v Martina Navratilova
• 1979: Billie Jean King wins 20^th title

1980s

• 1980: Billie Jean King v Martina Navratilova
  Bjorn Borg v John McEnroe

• 1981: Bjorn Borg v John McEnroe
  You cannot be serious

• 1982: John McEnroe v Jimmy Connors
• 1984: Celebrating Fred Perry’s 50^th
• 1985: A curious fashion statement
  Lighting strikes Centre Court
  Boris Becker

• 1987: Pat Cash
  Chris Evert v Martina Navratilova
  Jimmy Connors v Mikael Perfors

• 1988: Chris Evert v Martina Navratilova
  Steffi Graf wins maiden title

1990s

• 1990: A record for Navratilova
  Boris Becker v Stefan Edberg

• 1991: Steffi Graf v Gabriela Sabatini
  Middle Sunday
  

• 1992: Andre Agassi v Goran Ivanisevic
  John McEnroe v Michael Stich

• 1993: The Long Term Plan
  Steffi Graf v Jana Novotna

• 1994: Steffi Graf v Lori McNeil
  Conchita Martinez v Martina Navratilova

• 1995: Tim Henman and the ball girl
  Arantxa Sanchez Vicario v Steffi Graf
  Jeff Tarango’s tantrum

• 1996: The streaker
  Sir Cliff Richard

• 1997: Middle Sunday
  Tim Henman v Paul Haarhuis
  Martina Hingis
  The new No.1 Court

• 1998: Martina Hingis v Jelena Dokic
• 1999: Steffi Graf v Venus Williams
  Pete Sampras v Andre Agassi

2000s

• 2000: Venus Williams v Lindsay Davenport
  Pat Rafter v Andre Agassi
  Pete Sampras wins seventh title

• 2001: Tim Henman v Goran Ivanisevic
  Pete Sampras v Roger Federer
  Goran Ivanisevic v Pat Rafter

• 2002: Pete Sampras v George Bastl
  
• 2003: Lleyton Hewitt v Ivo Karlovic
  Martina Navratilova wins again

• 2004: Maria Sharapova
  Wimbledon the movie
  Todd Woodbridge

• 2005: Stephen Huss and Wesley Moodie
  Venus Williams and Lindsay Davenport

• 2006: Agassi’s last match
• 2007: Hawk-Eye
  Roger Federer v Rafael Nadal
  Jamie Murray
  Equal prize money

• 2008: Serena Williams v Venus Williams
  Laura Robson
  Andy Murray v Richard Gasquet
  Rafael Nadal v Roger Federer

• 2009: The unveiling of the Centre Court roof
  Dinara Safina v Amelie Mauresmo
  Andy Murray v Stan Wawrinka
  Serena Williams v Elena Dementieva
  The 16-14 five-set final

2010s

• 2010: The Royal occasion
  John Isner v Nicolas Mahut

• 2011: Petra Kvitova
  Novak Djokovic v Rafael Nadal

• 2012: Roger Federer v Andy Murray
  
  
  Serena Williams
  The British fairytale
  The golden set
  The Olympics at Wimbledon

• 2013: Andy Murray
  Marion Bartoli
  Nadal and Federer lose early
  Bob and Mike Bryan
• 2014: A repeat of 2011