1999 Wimbledon Championships 1999 Wimbledon Championships The 1999 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 113th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 21 June to 4 July 1999. The total prize money for 1999 championships was £7,595,330. The winner of the men's title earned £455,000 while the women's singles champion earned £409,500. Pete Sampras defeated Andre Agassi, 6–3, 6–4, 7–5 Lindsay Davenport defeated Steffi Graf, 6–4, 7–5 Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes defeated Paul Haarhuis / Jared Palmer, 6–7, 6–3,
Dick Savitt and won the Italian doubles and the Canadian singles and doubles championships. Without any coaching, in 1950 Savitt reached the U. S. Tennis Championship semifinals at Forest Hills, losing to Art Larsen. In 1951, at the age of 24, Savitt won the Wimbledon Singles Championship. Along the way he beat Larsen, the # 1 US player, in straight sets, and Herbert Flam, the # 2 US player. He also won the Australian Open Singles title, winning in straight sets in the 61-minute final. He became the first American since Don Budge, 13 years earlier, to win both Wimbledon and the