Wimbledon's Greatest Games

The All England Club's Fifty Finest Matches

Abi Smith

• Publisher: Pitch Publishing Ltd
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN:
  9781785319464
• Edition: 1

Wimbledon's Greatest Games features 50 of the most exciting and absorbing tennis matches ever played on the All England Club's courts. Journey back in time and relive the unforgettable feats of Rod Laver, Althea Gibson, Boris Becker, John McEnroe, Billie Jean King, Jimmy Connors, Pete Sampras, Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Martina Navratilova and Serena Williams among many others. From the roar of the crowd to the emotion of the players, the drop-shots, the volleys, the epic rallies and the double-faults, each thrilling contest comes alive as the action from the famous venue is brought to you in vivid detail. So, serve yourself a Pimm's, sit back and let Abi Smith transport you to Centre Court as you explore this comprehensive collection from the greatest tournament of all. Capturing gentlemen's, ladies' and doubles matches that have shaped the game, Wimbledon's Greatest Games is an action-packed, ace-filled guide that every SW19 fan will want to devour.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Dedication
• Acknowledgements
• Foreword
• Game, set and match
• 1. Maureen Connolly vs Louise Brough
• 2. Andre Agassi vs Goran Ivanišević
• 3. Roger Federer vs Andy Roddick
• 4. Venus Williams vs Serena Williams
• 5. Björn Borg vs John McEnroe
• 6. Althea Gibson vs Darlene Hard
• 7. Henri Cochet vs Bill Tilden
• 8. Arthur Ashe vs Jimmy Connors
• 9. Ann Jones vs Billie Jean King
• 10. Rod Laver vs John Newcombe
• 11. Jamie Murray and Jelena Janković vs Jonas Björkman and Alicia Molik
• 12. Pete Sampras vs Pat Rafter
• 13. Serena Williams and Venus Williams vs Julie Halard-Decugis and Ai Sugiyama
• 14. Boris Becker vs Kevin Curren
• 15. Virginia Wade vs Betty Stöve
• 16. Fred Perry vs Donald Budge
• 17. Martina Hingis vs Jana Novotná
• 18. Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs Julien Benneteau and Édouard Roger-Vasselin
• 19. Ricardo Pancho Gonzales vs Charlie Pasarell
• 20. Margaret Court vs Billie Jean King
• 21. Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde vs Sandon Stolle and Paul Haarhuis
• 22. Steffi Graf vs Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
• 23. Maria Sharapova vs Serena Williams
• 24. Stefan Edberg vs Boris Becker
• 25. Martina Navratilova vs Chris Evert
• 26. Stan Smith vs Ilie Năstase
• 27. Steffi Graf vs Martina Navratilova
• 28. Suzanne Lenglen and Elizabeth Ryan vs Dorothea Lambert Chambers and Ethel Thomson Larcombe
• 29. Kitty McKane vs Helen Wills
• 30. Evonne Goolagong Cawley vs Chris Evert
• 31. Venus Williams vs Lindsay Davenport
• 32. Angelique Kerber vs Serena Williams
• 33. Goran Ivanišević vs Tim Henman
• 34. Angela Mortimer vs Christine Truman
• 35. Andy Murray vs Novak Djokovic
• 36. Serena Williams vs Heather Watson
• 37. Steffi Graf vs Monica Seles
• 38. Lori McNeil vs Steffi Graf
• 39. Rafael Nadal vs Roger Federer
• 40. Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver vs Kathy Jordan and Anne Smith
• 41. Novak Djokovic vs Roger Federer
• 42. John Austin and Tracy Austin vs Dianne Fromholtz and Mark Edmondson
• 43. Betty Stöve vs Sue Barker
• 44. John McEnroe and Peter Fleming vs Brian Gottfried and Raúl Ramírez
• 45. Goran Ivanišević vs Pat Rafter
• 46. Mansour Bahrami and Henri Leconte vs Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis
• 47. John Isner vs Nicolas Mahut
• 48. Billie Jean King and Owen Davidson vs Raúl Ramírez and Janet Newberry
• 49. Ken Rosewall vs Cliff Richey
• 50. Lleyton Hewitt vs David Nalbandian
• Bibliography
• Photos