Winning moments of Indian Players in Wimbledon |
With Sania Mirza and Leander Paes carving a niche for themselves at the Wimbledon 2015, here we bring you list of all Indian players who made it through the finals.
June 25, 1955
Tony Trabert of United States top-seed defeated Naresh Kumar, Indias Davis Cup Captain in the fourth round match. 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.
July 5, 1958
Premjit Lall lost to Ear Bucholz of US 6-1, 6-3 in the finals of boys junior tournament.
June 29, 1960
Neil Fraser of Australia beats Ramanathan Krishnan. 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 in the semifinals.
July 5, 1961
Australia’s Rod Laver defeated Ramanathan Krishnan in the semi finals men’s singles. 6-2, 8-6, 6-2.
July 3, 1973
Jan Kodes of Czhekhoslovokia beats Vijay Amritraj of India 6-3, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the quarterfinals
July 6, 1974
Billy Martin of USA beats Ashok Amritraj 6-2, 6-1 in the Boys final.
July 7, 1979
Ramesh Krishnan beats D Siegler of US to win the juior boys singles final 6-1, 6-2.
June 30, 1981
Jimmy Connors beats Vijay Amritraj of India 2-6, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 in the Quarterfinals
July 8, 1990
India’s Leander Paes defeated South African Marcos Ondruska, 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 to win the Wimbledon “Junior Singles Title”.
June 25, 1996
Leander Paes got defeated by Britain’s Mark Petchey in the first round of the Wimbledon by 6-1, 2-6, 4-6, 6-7.
June 24, 1997
Leander Paes got defeated by Mark Woodforde of Australia by 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 at the first round.
June 21, 1999
Leander Paes lost in the first round to Andre Sa of Brazil in the first round in straight sets by 6-4, 6-4, 7-6
July 4, 1999
Mahesh Bhupati and Leander Paes (India) Won Mens Doubles title defeating Paul Haaruis (Netherlands) Jared Palmer (USA) in the final 6-7, (10), 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (4) on July 4, 1999.
July 7, 2002
Mahesh Bhupati (India) and Eleni Likhovtseva (RUS) won the Mixed Doubles title Defeating Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) Kevin Ully Etty (Zimbabwe) in the final 6-2, 1-6, 6-1.
July 6, 2003
India Leander Paes (India) Martina Navratilova (USA), won the Mixed Doubles title defeating Andy Ram (Israel) Anastassia Rodionova (Russia) 6-3, 6-3
July 6, 2003
Sania Mirza (India) and Alisa Kleybanoba (Russia) won the girls Doubles final defeating Katherine Bohgmova (Czech Republic) and Michaela Krajicek (Netherlands) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.
July 4, 2010
Leander Paes (India) Cari Black (Zim) won the Mixed Doubles title defeating Wesley Modi (South Africa), Lisaraymond (USA) 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) (5).
July 11, 2015
World number one Sania Mirza (India) with Swiss partner Martina Hingis (Slovakia) won the Women’s Doubles title in London defeating Ekaterina Makarova (Russia), Elena Vesnina (Ukraine) 5-7, 7-6(7/4), 7-5.
July 12, 2015
Leander Paes and Hingis beat the Austrian-Hungarian pair of Alexander Peya and Timea Babos 6-1, 6-1 at Centre Court at Wimbledon, racing to victory in only 40 minutes. It was Paes' eighth mixed doubles title and second with Hingis.
Indian tennis player Sumit Nagal etched his name in the history books on Sunday by winning the Wimbledon boys' doubles title with Vietnamese partner Nam Hoang Ly. The 17-year-old Nagal and Ly, seeded eighth, defeated American-Japanese fourth seeds Reilly Opelka and Akira Santillan 7-6(4), 6-4 in the final in an hour and three minutes on No.1 Court of the All England Club.