1998 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles 1998 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Martina Hingis was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Jana Novotná, in a rematch of the previous year's final. Novotná defeated Nathalie Tauziat in the final, 6–4, 7–6 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. This was Novotná's first win in a Wimbledon final on her third attempt. This would be the last time a Czech player would win Wimbledon (or win a Grand Slam title) until Petra Kvitová won in 2011. The 1998 final was the first time in the Open Era since the 1980
Margaret Osborne (table tennis) she was a member of the winning team in the 1947 World Table Tennis Championships. She also won eight English Open titles. She played at The Championships, Wimbledon listed as Mrs BW Knott from 1949 to 1952. She married Basil W. Knott on 25 January 1947 in Birmingham and played under the name Knott afterwards. https://web.archive.org/web/20130117040929/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/ Margaret Osborne (table tennis) Lucy 'Margaret' Osborne (married name Knott), (born 1919), is a former female international table tennis and tennis player from England. She won five World Table Tennis Championship medals; In the 1935 World Table Tennis Championships she won a mixed doubles