Wimbledon Championships - Singles Champions Never World No. 1

Singles Champions Never World No. 1

  • According to Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail and the computer rankings of the Women's Tennis Association, only seven women have won the Wimbledon singles title since 1921, but never reached the World No. 1 ranking. In 2011, Petra Kvitová won the tournament and later reached a career high of World No. 2. (Since Wimbledon's "Open Era" (1968), only five of the 17 winners haven't reached WTA World No. 1.) These are, in chronological order: Kathleen McKane Godfree, Cilly Aussem, Karen Hantze Susman, Ann Haydon Jones, Virginia Wade, Conchita Martínez, Jana Novotná, and Petra Kvitová.
  • The men fared differently. Although the men ranked World No. 1 have been dominant in Wimbledon (11 out of the 19 winners), the Open Era features a mixed fortune of champions. Three champions reached a career high of World No. 2, Arthur Ashe, Goran Ivanišević, and Michael Stich. Richard Krajicek, Pat Cash, and Jan Kodeš, while reaching career highs of World No. 4, have also won the singles championship.

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