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Wimbledon Legends

Tuesday 23 June 2015 23:22, UK

  1. Image: With seven titles, Pete Sampras is Wimbledon's all-time king
  2. Image: Steffi Graf also has seven titles - the first coming in 1988 when she beat Martina Navratilova
  3. Image: This was soon a familiar sight at the All England Club...
  4. Image: Graf's last title coming with a straight-sets win over Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in 1996
  5. Image: Wimbledon's 1978 tournament witnessed a young Navratilova...
  6. Image: ...win her first Grand Slam singles title, beating Chris Evert in the final
  7. Image: One of the greatest tennis players of all-time went on to win nine Wimbledon titles
  8. Image: William (left) and brother Ernest Renshaw dominated the men's championship in the late 19th century
  9. Image: New Zealander Tony Wilding won four consecutive titles before being killed in action fighting in the First World War
  10. Image: Three-times winner and the last Briton to win before Andy Murray - Fred Perry
  11. Image: Australian Rod Laver won a fourth Wimbledon title in 1969, part of his unequalled Grand Slam
  12. Image: In 1975 Billie-Jean King defeated Chris Evert in the semi-finals...
  13. Image: ...before going on to claim her sixth and final Wimbledon title
  14. Image: Tennis legend Bjorn Borg took victory in 1980...
  15. Image: ...to win a fifth consecutive Wimbledon title
  16. Image: John McEnroe ended Borg's run by beating him in the 1981 final - his first of three triumphs
  17. Image: In 1985 Boris Becker became the first unseeded player to triumph. 'Boom-Boom' won again in 1986 and 1989
  18. Image: Pete Sampras beat Jim Courier for the first of his seven Wimbledon titles in 1993
  19. Image: Venus Williams won the first of her five titles in 2000
  20. Image: In 2003 an emotional Roger Federer beat Mark Philippoussis in the final...
  21. Image: ...to claim his first of five straight trophies.
  22. Image: Federer added a sixth in 2009
  23. Image: Serena Williams put a fourth Wimbledon crown on her CV