Wimbledon: Overview

The All England Club · all-time

Wimbledon

The parts of Wimbledon that don’t reset every July. The championship record runs to 58 Open-Era editions; the match-by-match data I hold covers 2021–2026, and this is what a fortnight on grass adds up to when you stop looking at one Championships at a time. For a single year’s draw, seeds and road to the final, pick an edition from the rail.

Open Era · 1968–2026, singles

58Open-Era editions
116Singles titles awarded
50Different champions
18Nations that have won
9Most titles by one player

Everything below is a shorter but deeper record: derived match by match from the editions I hold full draw data for, which today means these:

Match data · 2021–2026, all draws

2,482 / 2,498Matches played
6,901Sets of tennis
1,270Tiebreaks
6Editions covered

The field, by nation

Singles entries 2021–2026, top 6 nations

United States199
France112
Great Britain105
Australia82
Spain81
Italy73

How it finished

Decided matches 2021–2026

Straight sets136955%
A set dropped103642%
Retired / walkover773%

Wins by nation

Singles match wins 2021–2026, top 6

United States223
Neutral111
Czechia102
Italy96
Spain90
France81

Sets per match

Completed matches 2021–2026, by sets played

1037
929
260
179
2345

Match length

Total games played, completed matches 2021–2026

104
459
437
297
347
342
419
<1616–1920–2324–2728–3132–3738+

How players entered

The singles field 2021–2026, by route in

Direct entry121079%
Qualifier19112%
Wild card926%
Protected ranking60%
Lucky loser372%

Tiebreaks by round

Share of sets going to a tiebreak, singles 2021–2026

16%
17%
19%
17%
16%
16%
18%
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Longest matches

Most games played 2021–2026, top 6

Otte v Rinderknech (2021)65
Holmgren v Machac (2025)64
Herbert v Andujar (2021)62
Mahut/Roger-Vasselin v Verdugo/Oswald (2022)62
Nakashima v Struff (2026)62
Klaasen/McLachlan v Chardy/Martin (2021)61

Winners and unforced errors

Average per player per match, singles 2021–2026

3426128643216QFSFF
WinnersUnforced errors

Longest matches by clock

Hours on court, top 6

Auger-Aliassime v Djokovic (2026)5:15
Nakashima v Sonego (2025)5:04
Herbert v Andujar (2021)5:02
Alcaraz v Djokovic (2023)4:43
Murray v Tsitsipas (2023)4:40
Rinderknech v Zverev (2025)4:40

Distance run per match

Average per player, singles 2021–2026

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Men'sWomen's

Upsets by round

Share of matches with a seed at stake, singles 2021–2026

27%
26%
27%
27%
27%
30%
33%
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Tickets, the Queue, live scores, the order of play?

That’s the Club’s own territory, not mine. I keep the reference view; they run the Championships.

Official Wimbledon site

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