Top five players with most appearances at Wimbledon Championships

Published at :April 3, 2024 at 2:03 PM

Modified at :April 3, 2024 at 2:03 PM

These Tennis stars ruled the grass-court grand slam tournament over the years.

Wimbledon is one of the four majors of the tennis calendar year and the oldest of the four. Played at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London, on grass courts, Wimbledon is the grandest of all the Grand Slams. With a total prize pool of £44.7m, the competition has seen a 10.78% increase from the prize pool of the 2022 edition of the tournament. The winners of the singles will, thus, now make £2.35m each in the 2023 edition.

Roger Federer holds the record for winning the most men’s singles titles, whereas Martina Navratilova has the most women’s singles titles in the Open Era. Martina Navratilova also holds the record for the most titles overall at Wimbledon (singles + doubles + mixed doubles). Her last title came in 2003 when she partnered India’s Leander Paes in the mixed doubles.

It wouldn’t be difficult for anyone to tell who holds the record for most wins in the men’s singles event at Wimbledon. But do you know who is on the list of the top five players with the most appearances?

Andy Murray – 74 matches

Andy Murray is Britain’s modern-day legend and perhaps the greatest British men’s singles player in the Open Era. Along with Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray formed the fab-four that dominated the men’s singles for the better part of the past two decades. Every time the Surrey-born champion came on the court in London, he was the crowd’s favourite and the toughest opponent to play on the planet. And hence, he has so far racked up 74 appearances in Wimbledon, making it to the top five of the list of players with the most appearances.

Boris Becker – 83 matches

The youngest-ever Wimbledon Championships winner so far, Boris Becker is one of the greatest tennis superstars of all time and the best German to have graced the sport. Boris is one of the only two players in the Open Era to have won the Wimbledon Championships while entering it as an unseeded player. The German won the championships twice more. However, the love affair between the German and the UK ended in 2017 when he had to declare bankruptcy and then later jailed for hiding assets and loans from the creditors.

Novak Djokovic – 101 matches

Novak Djokovic is the reigning champion and the winner of the Championships seven times. He is chasing a record-equalling eighth Wimbledon title that will put him on par with the Swiss legend Roger Federer. And if he manages to do that in the 2023 edition, he will overtake the next name on the list to become the player with the second most wins in the history of the Wimbledon Championships.

Jimmy Connors – 102 matches

Jimmy Connors has won the title twice in his career, and the California-based legend has 102 appearances in the tournament. Jimmy Connors has eight Grand Slams. While it may still be a very significant achievement, many believe that the US superstar could have had more had he not been banned from the French Open during his peak years. Connors also decided against participating in many editions of the Australian Open, a championship not many highly-ranked players played in then. His expulsion from the French Open denied him the opportunity to become the only second player to have won all the Grand Slams in a calendar year after Rod Laver.

Roger Federer – 119 matches

It is the most obvious name of the tennis fraternity leading the list of the men’s singles players with the most appearances at the Wimbledon Championships. Roger Federer, as aforesaid, holds the record for the most titles won as well. And he also holds the record of winning it the most consecutive times, sharing it this time with Swedish legend Bjorn Borg. He is also one of the only four to have won both the boy’s and the gentlemen’s championships alongside Pat Cash, Bjorn Borg and Stephen Edberg.