2008 Wimbledon Championships Ladbrokes slashed her odds of winning Wimbledon before 2020 from 50/1 to 20/1. In the seniors, 2007 mixed doubles champion Jamie Murray could not replicate his triumph of the previous year with new partner Liezel Huber, after his 2007 partner Jelena Janković opted not to play in order to concentrate on the singles competition. Murray and Huber reached the semi-finals where they were knocked out by Bob Bryan and Samantha Stosur. In the seniors singles competition, the most significant impact was made by Scottish player Andy Murray, when he became the first British player to reach the quarter-finals since Tim
2007 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles 2007 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles Andy Ram and Vera Zvonareva were the defending champions but Zvonareva did not compete. Ram partnered with Nathalie Dechy but lost in the third round to Marcin Matkowski and Cara Black. Jamie Murray and Jelena Janković defeated Jonas Björkman and Alicia Molik in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 to win the Mixed Doubles tennis title at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships. Murray became the first British champion of a senior Wimbledon title since Jeremy Bates and Jo Durie won the same title at the 1987 Championships. All seeds received a bye into the second round.