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American Winners of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships

Posted: Tues June 16, 1998 at 10:36 a.m EDT

 
MEN
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Year Player
1920 Bill Tilden 1921 Bill Tilden 1923 William Johnston 1930 Bill Tilden 1931 Sidney Wood 1932 Ellsworth Vines 1937 Don Budge 1938 Don Budge 1939 Bobby Riggs 1947 Jack Kramer 1948 Bob Falkenburg 1949 Ted Schroeder 1950 Budge Patty 1951 Dick Savitt 1953 Vic Seixas 1955 Tony Trabert 1959 Alex Olmedo 1963 Chuck McKinley 1972 Stan Smith 1974 Jimmy Connors 1975 Arthur Ashe 1981 John McEnroe 1982 Jimmy Connors 1983 John McEnroe 1984 John McEnroe 1992 Andre Agassi 1993 Pete Sampras 1994 Pete Sampras 1995 Pete Sampras 1997 Pete Sampras

WOMEN =====

Year Player
1905 May Sutton 1907 May Sutton 1927 Helen Wills 1928 Helen Wills 1929 Helen Wills 1930 Helen Wills Moody 1932 Helen Wills Moody 1933 Helen Wills Moody 1935 Helen Wills Moody 1936 Helen Jacobs 1938 Helen Wills Moody 1939 Alice Marble 1946 Pauline Betz 1947 Margaret Osborne 1948 Louise Brough 1949 Louise Brough 1950 Louise Brough 1951 Doris Hart 1952 Maureen Connolly 1953 Maureen Connolly 1954 Maureen Connolly 1955 Louise Brough 1956 Shirley Fry 1957 Althea Gibson 1958 Althea Gibson 1962 Karen Hantze Susman 1966 Billie Jean King 1967 Billie Jean King 1968 Billie Jean King 1972 Billie Jean King 1973 Billie Jean King 1974 Chris Evert 1975 Billie Jean King 1976 Chris Evert 1981 Chris Evert Lloyd 1982 Martina Navratilova 1983 Martina Navratilova 1984 Martina Navratilova 1985 Martina Navratilova 1986 Martina Navratilova 1987 Martina Navratilova 1990 Martina Navratilova

* Navratilova also won Wimbledon in 1978 and 1979, but she did not become an American citizen until 1981.

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