2013 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

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SINGLES TITLE LEADERS
9 - Miss M. Navratilova (USA) 1978, '79, '82-87, '90
8 - Miss H.N. Wills-Moody (USA) 1927-30, '32, '33, '35, '38
7 - Miss D.K. Douglass- Chambers (BRI) 1903, '04, '06, '10, '11, '13, '14
7 - Miss S.M. Graf (GER) 1988, '89, '91-93, '95, '96

YOUNGEST CHAMPION
Miss C. Dod, 1887, 15 years, 285 days

OLDEST CHAMPION
Mrs A Sterry, 1908, 37 years, 282 days

MISC
Lowest ranked women's winner: No. 31 Venus Williams (2007)
Longest women's final by time: Venus Williams d Lindsay Davenport 2hrs 45mins (2005)
Longest women's match by time: Chanda Rubin d  Patricia Hy-Boulais 3hrs 45mins (1995)
Set won without losing a point (golden set): Yaroslava Shvedova (3rd round vs S Errani, 1st set) 15 mins (2012)
Oldest competitor: 1922, Mrs A O’Neill (GBR) – 54 years, 304 days
Youngest competitor: 1990, Jennifer Capriati (USA) – 14 years, 90 days
Fastest recorded serve: Venus Williams, 129mph in 2008

- Maria Sharapova (2004) and Venus Williams (2005, 2007) are only players to win Wimbledon when seeded outside Top 10
- The top seed has won the Wimbledon women’s singles 22 times in the Open Era, only three No.1 seeds have won here in the last 14 years (Serena Williams in 2003 and 2010 and Amelie Mauresmo in 2006)
- The women's title has been successfully defended 15 times in the Open Era
- Five players havewon the singles title after saving match point (Blanche Hillyard (1889), Suzanne Lenglen (1919), HelenWills-Moody (1935), VenusWilliams (2005) and SerenaWilliams (2009)
- In 2010, Serena Williams became the 28th woman towin the singles title without dropping a set (9th in Open Era)
- In 2004, Maria Sharapova became the first woman not seeded in the Top 8 to win theWimbledon singles title since seeding began in 1927. She has since been joined by Venus Williams both in 2005 (No.14) and in 2007 (No.23)
- Only 4 players have won the Wimbledon women’s singles title after winning the Wimbledon girls singles title (Haydon-Jones, Susman, Hingis and Mauresmo).
- The player with the most women’s doubles titles is Elizabeth Ryan, who won 12 between 1914 and 1934
- Serena Williams was the last player to win both the singles and doubles titles in the same year – 2012; the Williams sisters have won both singles and doubles titles on 5 occasions (3 Serena)
- Ann Jones (1969), Martina Navratilova (9 times) and Petra Kvitova (once) are the only three left-handers to win the Wimbledon women’s singles title in the Open Era

FRENCH/WIMBLEDON DOUBLE
Women to win Roland Garros &Wimbledon in the same year (Open Era):
Margaret Court 1970
Evonne Goolagong 1971
Billie Jean King 1972
Chris Evert 1974
MartinaNavratilova 1982, 1984
SteffiGraf 1988, 1993, 1995, 1996
SerenaWilliams 2002