1986 Wimbledon Championships defeated Leila Meskhi, 2–6, 6–2, 9–7 Tomás Carbonell / Petr Korda defeated Shane Barr / Hubert Karrasch, 6–1, 6–1 Michelle Jaggard / Lisa O'Neill defeated Leila Meskhi / Natasha Zvereva, 7–6, 6–7, 6–4 1986 Wimbledon Championships The 1986 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 100th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 23 June to 6 July 1986. For the first time yellow balls were used during the tournament. In recognition of the 100th championship, the two
Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics denied Federer the chance to become the third man to win a career singles Golden Grand Slam after Nadal at the 2010 US Open and Andre Agassi at the 1999 French Open. He also became the first British man to win singles tennis gold since Josiah Ritchie in 1908 (also at Wimbledon) and the first to win a major event at Wimbledon since Fred Perry won The Championships in 1936. Based on his gold medal as well as his achievements over the following four years, including a US Open championship, two Wimbledon championships and a Davis Cup, Team GB chose