Wimbledon gets underway next week, a tournament where Australia has a proud history.
Defending men’s singles champion and Serbian world No.1 Novak Djokovic will be looking to win his third Wimbledon championship in a row, and the fourth of his career.
A win would secure his fifth grand slam tournament victory in a row, and the third leg of a calendar year grand slam.
He is the current favourite with the bookmakers at $1.72, ahead of 2013 winner Andy Murray at $4, and 7-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer at $13.
Of the top ranked Australians, Nick Kyrgios is at $22 and Bernard Tomic at $101.
Krygios’ best result at Wimbledon so far has been reaching the quarter-finals in 2014, while Tomic made the quarter-finals in 2011.
In the women’s singles, world No.1 Serena Williams is the defending champion and will be chasing the seventh Wimbledon championship of her career.
She is also chasing her 22nd grand slam singles title, trying to equal the great Steffi Graf at second on the all-time list. Australia’s Margaret Court holds the record with 24 career singles titles.
Williams has come agonisingly close to claiming her 22nd grand slam title, having already been beaten in the two grand slam finals this year.
At the Australian Open, she was beaten in three sets by Germany’s Angelique Kerber, while at the French, she was beaten by Spain’s Garbiñe Muguruza in straight sets.
She is the favourite with the bookmakers at $2.63, followed by the Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitová at $6.50 and Muguruza at $7.
Australia’s French Open semi-finalist Sam Stosur is at $67. Reaching the third round in 2009, 2013 and 2015 have been her best Wimbledon performances.
Australia hasn’t had a men’s singles champion at Wimbledon since Lleyton Hewitt won in 2012. Twelve Australian men have won the title – Rod Laver (4 times), John Newcombe (3 times), Roy Emerson (twice), Lew Hoad (twice), Gerald Patterson (twice), Norman Brookes (twice), Hewitt, Pat Cash, Neale Fraser, Ashley Cooper, Frank Sedgman, and Jack Crawford.
We haven’t had a women’s singles champion at Wimbledon since Evonne Goolagong Cawley won in 1980. Only two Australian women have won the title – Margaret Court (3 times) and Goolagong Cawley (twice).
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