2008 Wimbledon Championships or personal reasons. 2008 Wimbledon Championships The 2008 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in England. It was the 122nd edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 23 June to 6 July 2008. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year. Spanish player Rafael Nadal won the first Wimbledon title of his career; the first Grand Slam tournament he had won other than the French Open. Nadal defeated five-time defending champion Roger Federer in the final in what many
1992 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Seles "(Final)" 1992 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Steffi Graf successfully defended her title, defeating Monica Seles in the final, 6–2, 6–1 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1992 Wimbledon Championships. It was Graf's fourth Wimbledon title overall, and it was Seles' best career finish at a Wimbledon. Seles was going for a 4th consecutive Grand Slam title, having won the US Open, Australian Open, and French Open in succession. This would also be the only Grand Slam match that Seles would lose in 1992, thus preventing her from completing the calendar year, and ultimately career, Grand