Pete Sampras and Roger Federer’s dominance, bad news for Andy Murray
Five statistics about what went down at Wimbledon
1. Between them, Pete Sampras and Roger Federer have won 13 of the last 17 men’s singles titles at Wimbledon.
2. Andy Roddick becomes the second American man to lose three finals, following in the footsteps of former coach Jimmy Connors, who lost four.
3. Bad news for Andy Murray - not since Sampras’ first triumph in 1993 has a losing semi-finalist won the following year. Surprisingly, three of the last five first-time winners at SW19 went out in the first round 12 months earlier (Krajicek, Ivanisevic and Federer).
4. Serena Williams has won on six of the last seven occasions she has faced sister Venus in a Grand Slam final.
5. The two losing ladies’ semi-finalists - Dinara Safina and Elena Dementieva - are both still looking for their first major win despite frequenting the latter stages. Dementieva has reached the last four at four of the last five slams while world number one Safina has done it at five of the last six.
Tags: Andy Murray, Andy Roddick, Dinara Safina, Elena Dementieva, Goran Ivanisevic, Grand Slam, Jimmy Connors, Pete Sampras, Richard Krajicek, Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Statistics, Tennis, Trends, Venus Williams, Wimbledon
Posted: July 6th, 2009 by Michael Lintorn | 
One Response to “Pete Sampras and Roger Federer’s dominance, bad news for Andy Murray”
By Grant on Jul 7, 2009 | Reply
But Jimmy Connors also won Wimbledon TWICE don’t forget!!