By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Tuesday July 2, 2024
Upsets, winning streaks and dominance: running down the numbers from the first two days of Wimbledon.
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Two days of Wimbledon are in the books (but not quite one full round). Take a look at some of the key numbers from first-round action below…
30 – Years since a Wimbledon women's singles defending champion lost in the first round of her title defense. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro of Spain handed Marketa Vondrousova a round one defeat, making Vondrousova the first defending women's singles champ to lose in the first round of her title defense since Steffi Graf in 1994.
Only two players in Wimbledon's Open Era history have lost a first-round match in their title defense. Lleyton Hewit, who lost to Ivo Karlovic in 2003, is the other.
6 – is the unluckiest number at Wimbledon this year, as both No.6 seeds fell in the opening round. Andrey Rublev is the highest seed to fall in the first round on the men's side so far. The sixth-seeded Russian was toppled by Francisco Comesana of Argentina on Day 2, 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 7-6(5).
Meanwhile, Vondrousova, also seeded sixth, had her aforementioned Centre Court heartbreak against Jessica Bouzas Maneiro.
20 – By winning her opening-round match on Tuesday, Iga Swiatek stretched her current winning streak to 20 victories. She is the second active player to have multiple win streaks of 20 or more to her name, along with Venus Williams.
51 – French lucky loser Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard hammered 51 aces to take out No.20-seeded Sebastian Korda in round one,7-6(5) 6-7(4) 7-6(6) 6-7(4) 6-3.
3 – Since 2000 only three men have successfully completed the Roland Garros-Wimbledon double in the same season: Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. Carlos Alcaraz, who defeated Mark Lajal on Day 1, is bidding to become the fourth man to do it this century and the tenth in Open Era history.
24 – 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva was the only woman who was seeded for the first time at a major at Wimbledon this year. But the Russian’s run was abbreviated – she squandered a set and three-love lead and fell to 17-year-old Czech Brenda Fruhvirtova in three sets on Day 1.
39 – Stan Wawrinka – aka the STANIMAL became the 10th man in the Open Era to win a Wimbledon singles match aged 39 or older on Day 1.
10 – Number of teenagers to take part in the main draw at Wimbledon. There were six women – Mirra Andreeva, Brenda Fruhvirtova, Marina Stakusic, Linda Noskova, Anca Todoni and Robin Montgomery – and four men – Henry Searle Jabuk Mensik, Alex Michelsen and Shang Juncheng.
93-11 – Novak Djokovic’s lifetime record at Wimbledon. The 37-year-old, bidding to become the oldest men’s singles champion in Wimbledon history this year, defeated Vit Kopriva in round one.
18 – There are 18 Grand Slam champions in this year’s Wimbledon singles draws, across men's and women's. But only one first-round matchup featured former Grand Slam champions: Iga Swiatek and Sofia Kenin.