2018 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award announced on the night of the ceremony. The nominees were: England Netball team was announced as the winners of the team of the year award. Billie Jean King became the third woman and third tennis player to be given the Lifetime achievement award. King had won 39 Grand Slam titles in both singles and doubles competitions through out her career, with 20 coming at Wimbledon. In 1961 King and Karen Hantze Susman became the youngest pair to win the women's doubles title at Wimbledon. Through out her career King was world singles number one in six years and won 129
1988 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles 1988 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Pat Cash was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Boris Becker. Stefan Edberg defeated Becker in the final, 4–6, 7–6, 6–4, 6–2 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1988 Wimbledon Championships. Australian Open and French Open champion Mats Wilander came into the tournament on course to become the first man to win Grand Slam titles on hard court, clay and grass in the same calendar year, and attempted to become the first man to win Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon titles since Rod Laver in 1969. After