Wimbledon in numbers
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.