* Pete Sampras is the tennis world's record breaker. He has now won 12 Grand Slam titles and his tennis career has earned him in excess of £38 Million. Sampras has won Wimbledon 6 times, just one behind the current record holder William Renshaw (1881-1889). He also holds the record for the longest unbroken run. Between June and August 2002 he won 24 matches in succession.

* Royalty has presented the trophy to every men's singles champion at Wimbledon since the war, except in 1986 when Boris Becker received the trophy from famous French Davis Cup legend John Borotra.

* Boris Becker is another tennis record breaker. In 1985 he became the youngest , the 1st German and the 1st unseeded player to ever win Wimbledon.