Wimbledon Championships Winner List 2015 | Sumit,Paes and Sania made History
The 2015
Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament which took place at the
All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United
Kingdom, from 29 June to 12 July 2015. It was the 129th edition of the
championships, the 48th in the Open Era and the third Grand Slam
tournament of the year, played on grass courts and part of the ATP World
Tour, the WTA Tour, the ITF Junior Tour and the NEC Tour. They were
organised by the All England Lawn Tennis Club and the International
Tennis Federation.
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| Wimbledon Championships Winner List 2015 | Sumit,Paes and Sania made History |
Novak Djokovic
of Serbia won his third Wimbledon title in men's singles, defending his
championship from 2014. Petra Kvitová of the Czech Republic was the
defending champion in women's singles, but she lost to Jelena Janković
in the third round.
Serena Williams
won her sixth Wimbledon and 21st major title, defeating first-time
finalist Garbiñe Muguruza in the final, 6–4, 6–4. She also achieved her
second non-calendar year Grand Slam after winning the 2014 US Open, 2015
Australian Open and 2015 French Open. With this win, Williams also
became the oldest woman to win a Grand Slam title in the Open Era at 33
years and 289 days old, beating Martina Navratilova, who won the 1990
Wimbledon Championships at 33 years and 263 days old.
Sania Mirza
created history by becoming the first female player from the country to
win a women’s doubles Grand Slam trophy as she clinched the Wimbledon
title with Swiss partner Martina Hingis, in London. 12 years after
turning Pro, 28-year-old Sania laid hands on her first women’s doubles
Major title when she and Hingis battled past second seed Russian team of
Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina 5-7 7-6(4) 7-5 in a thrilling
final.
India's Leander
Paes and Switzerland's Martina Hingis comfortably beat Alexander Peya
of Austria and Timea Babos of Hungary 6-1, 6-1 to win the Wimbledon
mixed doubles title at The All England Lawn Tennis Club.The win gave
Paes his 16th Grand Slam trophy and Hingis her second title at Wimbledon
in two days, having won the women's doubles title with India's Sania
Mirza.
Youngster Sumit
Nagal entered the history books as only sixth Indian to win a Grand
Slam junior title after winning the boys doubles trophy at the Wimbledon
championships with partner Nam Hoang Ly.
17-year-old
Nagal and his eighth seed Vietnamese partner overcame the fourth seeds
Reilly Opelka and Akira Santillan 7-6(4), 6-4 in the title clash that
lasted 63 minutes.
