1988 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Claudia Kohde-Kilsch withdrew due to a knee injury. She was replaced in the draw by Lucky Loser Shaun Stafford. 1988 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles First-seeded Steffi Graf defeated the record six-time defending champion Martina Navratilova in the final, 5–7, 6–2, 6–1 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1988 Wimbledon Championships. This was Graf's third step towards completing the first, and so far only Calendar Year Golden Slam. After Graf took a 5-3 lead in the first set, Navratilova won six straight games allowing her to win the first set and take a 2-0 lead in the
2010 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles replaced in the draw by the highest-ranked non-seeded players Melanie Oudin and Kateryna Bondarenko, who became the #33 and #34 seeds. 2010 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Serena Williams successfully defended her title, defeating Vera Zvonareva in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships. She did not lose a set throughout the entire tournament. The victory meant that Serena and her sister Venus had won nine of the last eleven Wimbledon titles between them, with only 2004 and 2006 going to another player. Zvonareva reached her first ever Grand Slam final