May Sutton of the United States become the first non-European champion in 1905 when she captured the women's singles title.
With seven wins apiece, Pete Sampras and Willie Renshaw are tied for the most Gentlemen's Singles' Championships.
In 1996, Martina Hingis became the youngest Ladies' Doubles champion at 15 years, 282 days.
Felicisimo Ampon is the shortest male to compete at Wimbledon at 4 feet, 11 inches.
During World War II, a bomb hit Centre Court at the All England Club, wiping out 1,200 seats. Fortunately, they weren't filled at the time. Play finally resumed in 1946 but it wasn't until 1949 that the area was back in top shape.
In 1985, Boris Becker became the youngest male singles champ (17 years, 227 days old), the first German champ, and the first unseeded champ.
A wooden racket was last used at Wimbledon in 1987.
50,000 yellow balls are used each Wimbledon. They are stored at 68° Fahrenheit (20° Celsius)
8,000 punnets of English strawberries per day are eaten. They are picked the day before and delivered to Wimbledon at 5:30 every morning.
Wimbledon is Europe's largest single annual sporting catering operation.
The record for the fastest women's serve is held by Serena Williams at 126 mph and the men's is 146mph held by Andy Roddick.
The record for the fastest women's serve is held by Serena Williams at 126mph and the men's is 146mph held by Andy Roddick.
250,000 bottles of water are consumed during the tournament.
Hamish the hawk flies for one hour every morning of The Championships before the gates open to ward off the local pigeons.
Before each of the singles finals nominated children from two charity groups toss the coin for choice of serve.