2004 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles became the third-youngest woman to win Wimbledon (behind Lottie Dod and Martina Hingis) and the second Russian woman (after Anastasia Myskina won the French Open earlier that year) to win a Grand Slam title. Venus Williams, who had appeared in the previous four Wimbledon finals, winning in 2000 and 2001, suffered her earliest exit from Wimbledon since her debut, being upset in the second round by Karolina Šprem. This was also the last Grand Slam singles tournament that former world No. 1 Martina Navratilova competed in; having been awarded a wild card, she won her first round match and became,
2003 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles first of a record 8 Gentleman's singles titles at Wimbledon and a record 20 Grand Slam singles titles. This was also notable for being the first Grand Slam competition in which future World No. 1 and champion Rafael Nadal competed in the main draw, in which he lost to Paradorn Srichaphan in the third round. Lleyton Hewitt "(First round)" Albert Costa and Marat Safin withdrew due to injury. They were replaced in the draw by the highest-ranked non-seeded players Nikolay Davydenko and Àlex Corretja, who became the #33 and #34 seeds respectively. Corretja subsequently withdrew due to personal reasons and