andy murray won the men's wimbledon championship 2016.
andy murray won the men's wimbledon championship 2016.
who won the men's wimbledon championship 2016?
andy murray
due to the possibility of rain during wimbledon, a retractable roof was installed prior to the 2009 championship. it is designed to close/open in about 20 minutes and will be closed primarily to protect play from inclement (and, if necessary, extremely hot) weather during the championships. whilst the roof is being opened or closed, play is suspended. the first time the roof was closed during a wimbledon championship match was on monday 29 june 2009, involving amélie mauresmo and dinara safina. the first full match played and completed under the roof featured andy murray and stan wawrinka, played on the same date.
the championships, wimbledon
ian collins (1903 – 1975) in 1927 he made his wimbledon debut, the first of 12 wimbledon championships that he entered. he missed the championship in 1933 after injuring himself riding, but appeared in the event every other time until 1939. his davis cup partnership with colin gregory proved successful as they were undefeated in their six matches together, in 1929 and 1930. they also combined together in major tournaments and made the finals of both the australian championship and wimbledon in 1929. collins and gregory lost to jack crawford and harry hopman in the australian final 6-1, 6-8, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, but beat them in the 1930 davis cup. they narrowly lost the wimbledon final in another five setter, to wilmer allison and john van ryn, 6–4, 5–7, 6–3, 10–12, 6–4. collins was also a mixed doubles finalist in the 1929 wimbledon championship and again in 1931. as a singles player, collins had his best showing in 1930 when he reached the fourth round, before being eliminated by bunny austin. the following year he had the best win of his career when he defeated number one seed henri cochet in the second round of the 1931 wimbledon championship, 6-2, 8-6, 0-6, 6-3.
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