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 Wimbledon Tennis Records Posted: Tues June 16, 1998 at 10:36 a.m EDT Most Men's Singles Titles: William Renshaw, 7 (1881-86, 1889) Most Women's Singles Titles: Martina Navratilova, 9 (1978, 1979, 1982-87, 1990) Most Men's Doubles Titles: Laurie Doherty, 8 (1897-1901, 1903-05) Reggie Doherty, 8 (1897-1901, 1903-05) Most Women's Doubles Titles: Elizabeth Ryan, 12 (1914, 1919-23, 1925-27, 1930, 1933-34) Most Mixed Doubles Titles (Men): Owen Davidson, 4 (1967, 1971, 1973-74) Ken Fletcher, 4 (1963, 1965-66, 1968) Vic Seixas, 4 (1953-56) Most Mixed Doubles Titles (Women): Elizabeth Ryan, 7 (1919, 1921, 1923, 1927-28, 1930, 1932) Most Singles, Doubles, and Mixed Doubles Titles (Men): Laurie Doherty, 13 (5 singles, 8 doubles, 1897-1905) Most Singles, Doubles, and Mixed Doubles Titles (Women): Billie Jean King, 20 (6 singles, 10 doubles, 4 mixed, 1961-79) Youngest Men's Singles Champion: Boris Becker, 17 years, 227 days (1985) Youngest Women's Singles Champion: Charlotte Dod, 15 years, 285 days (1887) Youngest Men's Doubles Champion: Dennis Ralston, 17 years, 341 days (1960) Youngest Women's Doubles Champion: Martina Hingis, 15 years, 282 days (1996) Youngest Mixed Doubles Champion: Rod Laver, 20 years, 328 days (1959) Tracy Austin, 17 years, 206 days (1980) Oldest Men's Singles Champion: Arthur Gore, 41 years, 182 days (1909) Oldest Women's Singles Champion: Charlotte Sterry, 37 years, 282 days (1908) Oldest Men's Doubles Champion: Gardnar Mulloy, 43 years, 226 days (1957) Oldest Women's Doubles Champion: Elizabeth Ryan, 42 years, 152 days (1934) Oldest Mixed Doubles Champion: Sherwood Stewart, 42 years, 28 days (1988) Margaret duPont, 44 years, 125 days (1962) Youngest Men's Singles Seed: Bjorn Borg, 17 years, 19 days (no. 6 in 1973) Youngest Women's Singles Seed: Jennifer Capriati, 14 years, 89 days (no. 12 in 1990) Oldest Men's Singles Seed: Pancho Gonzalez, 41 years, 211 days (no. 12 in 1969) Oldest Women's Singles Seed: Billie Jean King, 39 years, 209 days (no. 10 in 1983) Countries whose representatives have won the Men's Singles Title: British Isles (32), United States (30), Australia (20), France (7), Sweden (7), Germany (4), New Zealand (4), Britain (3), Czechoslovakia (1), Egypt (1), Netherlands (1), Spain (1). Countries whose representatives have won the Women's Singles Title: United States (42), British Isles (29), Britain (7), France (6), Germany (7), Australia (5), Brazil (3), Czechoslovakia (2), Spain (1), Switzerland (1).© 1998 Sportsticker Enterprises, LP
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