The Sunday Post (Newcastle)

Wimbledon in numbers

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2

– ‘Lucky Lu’. Andy Murray has played and beaten Yen Hsun Lu of Taiwan twice in the second round. Each time he has gone on to win Wimbledon.

7

– Average seeding of the players to beat Andy Murray at Wimbledon. Murray is yet to lose a match to an unseeded player.

13.3

– Millions who tuned in to watch Andy Murray’s victory over Milos Raonic in last year’s Final.

40.8

– Percentage of Men’s Singles titles won by the No.1 seed in the Open era.

120.25

– Average ranking of the last four players to knock Rafael Nadal out of Wimbledon.

20

– Minutes for the classic fourth-set tiebreak between Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe in 1980. McEnroe won it 18-16 but Borg won the fifth set to take his fifth straight Wimbledon title.

4

– Players who have gone from being the Boys’ Singles Champion to the Mens’ Champion at SW19 – Bjorn Borg, Pat Cash, Stefan Edberg, and Roger Federer.

53

– Number of Grand Slam titles in the men’s draw.

9.15

– The time when Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer’s epic five-set final finished in 2008. A year later, the Centre Court roof arrived.

2000

– Pounds for Rod Laver when he became Champion in 1968. This year, firstround losers in the men’s and women’s singles will take home £35,000.

8.25

– Million pounds earned by Roger Federer from his 18 previous appearance­s at Wimbledon.

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