TENNIS
1969
Wimbledon - Womens Final - Ann Jones v Billie Jean King - Finally, after 13 years, Englishwoman Ann Jones won her first Wimbledon title, beating the reigning champion 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Both players played great tennis but Jones won the big points at the right time and after breaking King twice in the 3rd set, capitalised on a double-fault to win the title (9, 2020 re-broadcast - 1 hour 11 minutes - Full Match - Colour broadcast, 1 Disc, BBC - Maskell/Kramer, PAL)
1975
Wimbledon - Mens Final - Arthur Ashe v Jimmy Connors - In an historic match on Centre Court, American Arthur Ashe beat fellow American Jimmy Connors, 6–1, 6–1, 5–7, 6–4, to become the first black man to win the singles title at Wimbledon. It was the 31 year olds first ever win over Connors (9, 2020 re-broadcast - 1 hour 23 minutes hi-lites, 1 Disc, BBC - Maskell/Knight)
1977
Wimbledon - Womens Final - Virginia Wade v Betty Stove - In the Queens Silver Jubilee year, 31 year old Englishwoman Virginia Wade fittingly won her first Wimbledon title, beating Betty Stöve 4–6, 6–3, 6–1. Wade received the trophy from the Queen who was making only her 2nd ever appearance at the tournament (9, 2020 re-broadcast - 1 hour 24 minutes hi-lites, 1 Disc, BBC - Maskell/Brasher, PAL)
1978
Wimbledon - Womens Final - Chris Evert v Martina Navratilova - 21 years old Martina Navratilova claimed her 1st ever Grand Slam title with a 3 set victory over Chris Evert, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 (2 versions : 9, 2020 re-broadcast - 1 hour 28 minutes hi-lites, 1 Disc, BBC - Maskell/Barrett/Woolridge, PAL / 9, 2014 re-broadcast - 1 hour hi-lites, On same disc as 1993 Graf v Novotná, BBC - Maskell/Barrett/Woolridge, PAL)
1980
Wimbledon - Mens Final - Bjorn Borg v John McEnroe - Defending 4 time Wimbledon champion Borg faced off against the 21 year old newcomer John McEnroe in one of the best tennis games of all time.
McEnroe took the 1st set but Borg responded by taking the next 2 sets. This set up the awesome 4th set that went to a tie-break that lasted 22 minutes. McEnroe fought off 5 match points to take the set. But he ran out of energy and lost the final set. Borg had won his 5th title (9, 3 Discs, BBC - Maskell/Cox/Barrett, PAL)
Wimbledon - Womens Final - Chris Evert Lloyd v Evonne Goolagong Cawley - #4 seed Evonne Goolagong Cawley beat #3 seed Chris Evert Lloyd in the final, 6–1, 7–6 (7–4), to win her final Grand Slam title. The 2nd-set tiebreaker in the final was the first tiebreak ever played in a ladies singles final at Wimbledon and the match was the first ever singles final (men's or women's) to end on a tiebreak (9, 2020 re-broadcast - 1 hour 17 minutes hi-lites, 1 Disc, BBC - Maskell/Jones, PAL)
1985
Wimbledon - Mens Final - Boris Becker v Kevin Curren - 17 year old un-seeded German, Boris Becker won his 1st Major Title with a comprehensive win against American Kevin Curren. Becker took the game 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, 6-4. With the win Becker became the youngest ever male Grand Slam singles champion (2 versions : 9, 2020 re-broadcast - 1 hour 30 minutes hi-lites, 1 Disc, BBC - Maskell/Barrett/Cox / 8, Full Game - Transfer from VHS with slight pixellation in 4th set and post-game, 2 Discs, NBC - Enberg/Collins, NTSC)
1987
Wimbledon - Mens Final - Pat Cash v Ivan Lendl - #11 seed Pat Cash sensationally upset #2 seed Ivan Lendl in the final, 7–6 (7–5), 6–2, 7–5, to win his first and only Wimbledon title. Cash was the over-riding favourite amongst the crowd and they roared the Australian on to victory. In celebrating the win, Cash started the trend of climbing through the crowd to the coaches box to celebrate with his family and coaches (9, 2020 re-broadcast - 1 hour 32 minutes hi-lites, 1 Disc, BBC - Maskell/Barrett/Cox, PAL)
1992
Wimbledon - Mens Final - Andre Agassi v Goran Ivanisevic - #12 seed Andre Agassi finally won his first Grand Slam tournament, upsetting #8 seed Goran Ivaniševic in 5 sets, 6–7 (8–10), 6–4, 6–4, 1–6, 6–4. Both players were playing in their 1st Wimbledon final (9, 2020 re-broadcast - 1 hour 10 minutes hi-lites, 1 Disc, BBC - Barrett/Cox, PAL)
1993
Wimbledon - Womens Final - Steffi Graf v Jana Novotná - Steffi Graf retained her title with a 3 set victory over the Czech Republic's Jana Novotná, 7–6, 1–6, 6–4. The title was Steffi's fifth Wimbledon championship victory. During the trophy presentation to runner-up Novotná, Princess Michael of Kent consoled Novotná with a hug (9, 2014 re-broadcast - 1 hour hi-lites, On same disc as 1978 Evert v Navratilova, BBC - Barrett/Jones, PAL)
2001
Wimbledon - Mens Final - Goran Ivanisevic v Pat Rafter - On a raucous Centre Court, unseeded Goran Ivaniševic finally won his first Wimbledon title after losing 3 previous finals, beating Pat Rafter 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 9–7. Ivaniševic became the first wild card to win a Grand Slam, as he was ranked 125th in the world prior to the Championship (9, 2020 re-broadcast - 1 hour 46 minutes hi-lites, 1 Disc, BBC - Barrett/Lloyd/Cash, PAL)
2005
Wimbledon - Womens Final - Venus Williams v Lindsay Davenport - In the longest women's final in Wimbledon history, Venus Williams beat world No. 1 Lindsay Davenport 4–6, 7–6 (7–4), 9–7 to win her 3rd Wimbledon singles title. Williams had to save a match point on her serve in the 10th game of the final set before capitalising on her reprieve to win the match and end her nearly four-year drought for a Grand Slam victory (9, 2020 re-broadcast - 1 hour 27 minutes hi-lites, 1 Disc, BBC - Bailey/Austin/McEnroe, PAL)
2006
French Open - Womens Semi-Final - Nicole Vaidisova v Svetlana Kuznetsova - 17 year old Vaidisova raced to a 1 set lead and held a 5-3 advantage in the 2nd set, with her serve to come. But Kuznetsova fought back to force a tie-break which she won. Kuznetzova then used her experience to close out the win in the 3rd set (9, 2 Discs, Eurosport - Bradnam/McMillan, PAL)
Wimbledon - Womens Semi-Final - Maria Sharapova v Amelie Mauresmo - Amelie Mauresmo overcame a strong performance from Sharapova to wins in 3 sets and reach her 1st Wimbledon final (9, 2 Discs, Eurosport - Reed/Austin, PAL)
Wimbledon - Womens Final - Justine Henin-Hardenne v Amelie Mauresmo - Mauresmo won her 1st Wimbledon title, upsetting Henin-Hardenne 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, with a confident and aggressive deep game (9, 2 Discs, BBC - Barrett/Austin/McEnroe, PAL)
2008
Wimbledon - Mens Final - Roger Federer v Rafael Nadal - Defending 5 time champion Federer was bidding to become the first player in the modern era to win 6 consecutive titles while Nadal was aiming to be the first player to win the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year since Bjorn Borg in 1980. Nadal started strong, winning the first 2 sets but Federer fought back winning the next 2 sets on tie-breaks. The deciding 5th set went back and forth with both players playing awesome tennis and also went to a tie-break before Nadal finally ended the longest final ever (10, 4 Discs, BBC - Castle/Henman, PAL)
2009
Wimbledon Centre Court Celebration - To commemorate the installation of a retractable roof on Centre Court, the All-England club organised a day of exhibition matches. The matches were 1 set each. Coverage includes Andre Agassi v Tim Henman + Steffi Graff v Kim Clijsters but is missing the mixed doubles match (10, Final 2 hours only, 1 Disc, BBC, PAL)
Wimbledon - Mens Final - Roger Federer v Andy Roddick - In an epic final, Roger Federer claimed his 6th Wimbledon title with a 5 set win over Andy Roddick. 3 of the 5 sets went to tie-breaks and Federer only broke Roddick's serve once; at match point. Federer's 6th title broke the record of 5 held by Bjorn Borg and also set the world record for Grand Slam titles at 15, beating Pete Sampras, who was at Centre Court. The Final set alone took 95 minutes and ended 16-14. The result was Roddick's third loss in a Wimbledon Final, and his third to Federer (10, 3 Discs, BBC - Castle/Henman/Becker, PAL)
2011
Queen's Club Final - Jo Wilfried Tsonga v Andy Murray - Scot Andy Murray clinched his 2nd Queen's Club title with a comeback win against the Frenchman Tsonga. Murray lost the 1st set 6-3 but took the 2nd set 7-6 on a tie-break before wearing down Tsonga in the clinching 3rd set, 6-4. The game was played on a Monday for only the 3rd time ever due to a rain-affected Sunday (10, 2 Discs, BBC - Castle/Lloyd, PAL)
Wimbledon - Mens Quarter Final - Roger Federer v Jo Wilfried Tsonga - In the biggest upset of the tournament, Frenchman Tsonga cameback from 2 sets down to beat the 6 times champion Roger Federer, 3-6 6-7 (3-7) 6-4 6-4 6-4. The match was the 1st time that Federer had lost a match after leading by 2 sets (10, Hi-Lites only of the 1st set + 2nd set JIP at 2-1 to Federer - Rest of the game complete, 2 Discs, BBC - Castle/McEnroe, PAL)
2012
French Open - Womens Final - Maria Sharapova v Sara Errani – Maria Sharapova finally claimed the only major title she hadn't won, with a straight sets win over 21st seed Italian Sara Errani. With the win Sharapova moved up to #1 in the World Rankings and made history as only the 10th woman ever to win all 4 majors (Wimbledon, US Open, Australian Open and the French Open) (10, 2 Discs, ITV - Petchey/Mauresmo/Smith, PAL)
Wimbledon - Mens Semi-Final - Andy Murray v Jo Wilfried Tsonga - On an historic day at Wimbledon, Andy Murray played some of the best Tennis of his career to beat Tsonga and book a place in the Final. With the win, Murray became the 1st Britain since 1938 to make the Wimbledon Final. Murray started fast, racing out to take the 1st 2 sets, and depsite losing the 3rd, held on to take the deciding set on a Hawk-Eye challenge, winning 6-3 6-4 3-6 7-5 (10, 2 Discs, BBC - Petchey/McEnroe/Lloyd, PAL)
Wimbledon - Mens Final - Roger Federer v Andy Murray - Andy Murray's quest to become the 1st Britain to win the title since 1936 came to end with a loss to 7-time champion Roger Federer. Murray started strong and took the 1st set, but Federer started to make less un-forced errors and came-back to take the next 3 sets, winning the match 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-4. With the win, Federer re-claimed the World #1 ranking (10, 4 Discs, BBC - Castle/Henman/Becker, PAL)
US Open - Mens Final - Andy Murray v Novak Djokovic - At a windy Arthur Ashe Stadium, Andy Murray ended Britain's 76 year wait for a Major title with a tense 5 set win over reigning champion Novak Djokovic, 7-6 (12-10) 7-5 2-6 3-6 6-2. Murray's win also ended Djokovic's 27 match unbeaten run at hard-court Major tournaments. Murray took the first 2 sets but Djokovic battled back to force a decisive 5th set, only for Murray to break the Serbian twice in the final set to take the win. The final game, Trophy Presentation and the Post-Game are from a next-day re-broadcast (10, 2 Discs, SKY - Petchey/Becker/Fleming, PAL)
Guangzhou Open - Womens Final - Su-Wei Hsieh v Laura Robson – In her first WTA Final, 18 year old Britain Laura Robson played a great game but fell just short in the Final in Guangzhou, China. Robson won the 2nd set to force a decisive 3rd set but Su Wei Hsieh from Chinese Taipei found her 2nd wind and forged ahead to win 6-3 5-7 6-4 (10, 2 Discs, Eurosport - Bradnam/Felgate, PAL)
2013
Australian Open - Mens Semi-Final - Andy Murray v Roger Federer - For the 2nd year in a row, Britain's Andy Murray made it to the Final with a breakthrough win over #2 seed Roger Federer, 6-4 6-7 6-3 6-7 6-2. The win was the 1st by Murray over Federer in a Grand Slam competition (10, 3 Discs, Eurosport - Reed/Freu/Wilander, PAL)
Rally Against Cancer - In order to raise funds for The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, a team of celebrities and Tennis players banded together to play 2 exhibition matches at the Queens Tennis Club in London. The 1st doubles match pitted Andy Murray and Tim Henman against Murray's coach Ivan Lendl and Tomas Berdych. The 2nd doubles match pitted Murray and Henman on opposite sides with a revolving door of celebrities as partners. The Celebrities were London Mayor Boris Johnson, Actor Eddie Redmayne, Entrepeneur Richard Branson, TV presenter Jonathan Ross and Comedians Jimmy Carr and Michael McIntyre (10, 1 hour 30 minutes, 1 Disc, BBC - Overend/Fleming/Lloyd, PAL)
Wimbledon - Mens Quarter-Final - Andy Murray v Fernando Verdasco - #2 seed Murray produced a huge comeback to reach his 5th straight Wimbledon Semi-Final, out-lasting Spaniard Fernando Velasco. After losing the 1st 2 sets, Murray finally found his game and roared back to take the final 3 sets and win the game 4-6 3-6 6-1 6-4 7-5 (9, In the 5th set, coverage is missing the first 3 points of the 9th game due to the broadcaster switching channels, 3 Discs, BBC - Petchey/Lloyd/McEnroe, PAL)
Wimbledon - Mens Semi-Final - Novak Djokovic v Juan Martin Del Potro - In one of the greatest games played at Wimbledon, #1 seed Novak Djokovic won through to his 1st Wimbledon Final since 2011 in a 5 set epic against #8 seed Juan Martin Del Potro. In a back-and-forth game that lasted 4.5 hours, with 2 sets going to tie-breaks, Djokovic finally out-lasted Del Potro 7-5 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-7 (6-8) 6-3 (10, Coverage JIP at 5-4 in the 1st set, 2 Discs, BBC - Petchey/Becker/Lloyd, PAL)
Wimbledon - Mens Semi-Final - Andy Murray v Jerzy Janowicz - Andy Murray claimed a spot in his 2nd straight Wimbledon Final with a comeback win over the Pole. Janowicz took the 1st set, but Murray battled back to take the next 2 sets before the game was halted to close the roof as the light faded. But Murray kept his focus and finished off Janowicz in the 4th set to win 6-7 (2-7) 6-4 6-4 6-3 (10, First 3 games taken from a next day re-broadcast and is a 9 quality, 2 Discs, BBC - Castle/Henman/McEnroe, PAL)
Wimbledon - Mens Final - Andy Murray v Novak Djokovic - In an epic match on Centre Court, Andy Murray overcame #1 ranked Novak Djokovic to win the Wimbledon title, becoming the 1st Britain since 1936 to do so. Even though Murray won in straight sets, each set lasted at least an hour, with Murray finally winning on his 4th match point 6-4 7-5 6-4 (10, 4 Discs, BBC - Castle/Henman/Becker, PAL)
Wimbledon - Womens Final - Sabine Lisicki v Marion Bartoli - France's Marion Bartoli claimed her 1st Grand Slam title with a comfortable and determined straight sets win over German Sabine Lisicki, 6-1, 6-4. Bartoli used a strong 1st set to over-power Lisicki and then survived a valiant fightback from Lisicki in the 2nd set to claim the title (10, 2 Discs, BBC - Petchey/Davenport/McEnroe, PAL)
2014
Davis Cup 1st Round - Andy Murray v Donald Young - In the opening match of the Series, Andy Murray put Great Britain into a 1-0 lead with an easy win over Donald Young, who was making his Davis Cup debut. Murray won 6-1 6-2 6-3 (9, 2 Discs, BBC - Overend/Lloyd, PAL)
Davis Cup 1st Round - Sam Querrey v James Ward - James Ward sensationally gave Great Britain a commanding 2-0 series lead with an unexpected win over US #1 Sam Querrey. Querrey dominated early, but Ward fought back from a 2-1 deficit to win 3 sets on the bounce, and claimed the win 1-6 7-6 (7-3) 3-6 6-4 6-1 (9, 2 Discs, BBC - Overend/Lloyd, PAL)
Davis Cup 1st Round - Andy Murray v Sam Querrey - On an historic day in San Diego, Andy Murray beat Sam Querrey 7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (3-7) 6-1 6-3 to give Great Britain a 3-1 series win over the USA. The result set a couple of records : Great Britain's 1st win over the USA in 79 years and Great Britain's 1st Davis Cup group win in 28 years (9, 2 Discs, BBC - Overend/Lloyd/Hutchins, PAL)
Wimbledon : Review of 2013 - A look back at the 2013 Championships that saw Marion Bartoli win the Womens title and Andy Murray win the Mens title (10, 50 minutes - On the same disc as 2014 "When Andy Won Wimbledon", 1 Disc, BBC, PAL)
When Andy Won Wimbledon - A look back at Andy Murray's victory in the 2013 Wimbledon men's singles final against Novak Djokovic. Includes recollections from the man himself, his girlfriend Kim Sears, mum Judy, Chris Hoy, Michael Parkinson, Novak Djokovic and Singer Amy McDonald (10, 1 hour - On the same disc as 2014 "Wimbledon : Review of 2013", 1 Disc, BBC, PAL)
Wimbledon - Womens Final - Petra Kvitova v Eugenie Bouchard - 6th seed Petra Kvitova won her 2nd Wimbledon title with a dominating win over Canadian Eugenie Bouchard, who was playing in her 1st Major Final. Kvitova used a power game to move Bouchard around the court then finished her off with precision winners. The match only took 55 minutes as Kvitova won 6-3, 6-0 (10, 1 Disc, BBC - Petchey/McEnroe/Davenport, PAL)
Wimbledon - Mens Final - Roger Federer v Novak Djokovic - In the 1st 5 set Final since 2009, Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer to claim his 2nd Wimbledon title 6-7 (7-9) 6-4 7-6 (7-4) 5-7 6-4. Both players had their moments in the game, with Federer winning 5 games on the trot in the 4th set to comeback from 5-2 to win the 4th set, and then Djokovic fended off a big comeback from Roger with impressive winners in the 5th set to take the title (10, 4 Discs, BBC - Castle/Connors/Henman, PAL)
2015
Davis Cup 1st Round - Andy Murray v Donald Young - In the opening match of the Series in Glasgow, Andy Murray put Great Britain into a 1-0 lead with an easy win over Donald Young. Murray controlled the game from the start and despite losing the 3rd set, never looked in trouble. Murray won 6-1 6-1 4-6 6-2 (9, 2 Discs, BBC - Castle/Lloyd, PAL)
Davis Cup 1st Round - James Ward v John Isner - In a sensational match in Glasgow, Great Britain's James Ward fought back from a big deficit to win and to give GB a 2-0 lead in the 1st Round. Isner controlled the opening 2 sets but Ward seemed to get stronger and, roared on by a vocal home crowd, won the final 3 sets with the final set won on a 15-13 tie-break. Ward won 6-7 5-7 6-3 7-6 15-13 (9, 3 Discs, BBC - Overend/Lloyd, PAL)
Davis Cup 1st Round - Andy Murray v John Isner - Andy Murray clinched a sensational series win over the USA with a big win over the big-serving American. Isner started well but after losing 3 set points in the 1st half, he finally succumbed to Murray's better all-around game. Murray won 7-6 6-3 7-6 (9, 2 Discs, BBC - Castle/Lloyd, PAL)
Davis Cup Quarter Final - Jamie Murray/Andy Murray v Jo-Wilfried Tsonga/Nicolas Mahut - The Murray brothers recovered from a set down to give Great Britain a 2-1 lead in the series against France. A raucous Queen's Club was at full voice to help the brothers win 4-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-1 (10, 2 Discs, BBC - Castle/Fleming, PAL)
Davis Cup Quarter Final - Andy Murray v Gilles Simon - In an unbelievably gutsy performance, Andy Murray booked Great Britain's place in the Semi-Finals for the 1st time in 34 years with his 3rd win in 3 days. Murray fought back from a set and a break down to win the 2nd set on a tie break that sucked the life out of Simon and Murray won the final 2 sets to win 4-6, 7-6, 6-3, 6-0 and clinch the series 3-1 (10, 3 Discs, BBC - Castle/Fleming, PAL)
Davis Cup Semi-Final - Andy Murray v Bernard Tomic - For the 1st time since 1978, Great Britain qualified for the Davis Cup Final. Great Britain were leading the tie 2-1 when Andy Murray faced Australian Bernard Tomic. Murray won in straight sets 7-5 6-3 6-2 and Great Britain won the series 3-1 (10, 2 Discs, BBC - Castle/Lloyd, PAL)
Davis Cup Final - Jamie Murray/Andy Murray v David Goffin/Steve Darcis - With the tie level at 1-1, Great Britain took a crucial 2-1 series lead with an emotional and hard-fought win in the doubles. Both teams stars played well but as Darcis tired for Belgium, Jamie Murray stayed strong and he held serve in a pivotal 4th set game to set up the win, 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-2 (10, 2 Discs, BBC - Castle/Lloyd, PAL)
Davis Cup Final - Andy Murray v David Goffin - For the 1st time since 1936, Great Britain won the Davis Cup. Needing to win just 1 of the 2 remaining games on the final day, Andy Murray stepped up to beat David Goffin in straight sets 6-3 7-5 6-3. With the win, Murray became only the 3rd player ever to win all the matches he faced in the competition (9, Downloaded from the internet, 2 Discs, BBC - Castle/Lloyd, PAL)
2016
French Open - Mens Final - Andy Murray v Novak Djokovic - On a sunny day in Paris, Novak Djokovic finally claimed the only Grand Slam title he didn't have with a 4 set victory over Andy Murray, 3-6 6-1 6-2 6-4. With the win, Djokovic became only the 3rd male tennis player ever to hold all 4 Grand Slam titles at the same time (10, No Pre-Game or Post-Game, 2 Discs, Eurosport, Bradnam/Wildander/Freu, PAL)
Wimbledon Mens Quarter Final - Andy Murray v Jo-Wilfried Tsonga - #2 seed Andy Murray survived a strong fight-back from #12 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to book a place in his 7th Wimbledon Semi-Final, 7-6, 6-1, 3-6, 4-6, 6-1. Tsonga came back from 2 sets down to force a 5th set but ran out of steam allowing Murray to close out the game with an easy 5th set win (10, 3 Discs, BBC - Castle/McEnroe/Hewitt, PAL)
Wimbledon Mens Semi-Final - Andy Murray v Tomas Berdych - #2 seed Andy Murray booked a place in his 11th major final with an impressive straight sets win over #10 seed Tomas Byrdych, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. The 11th final appearance set a new mens British record (10, 2 Discs, BBC - Castle/Henman/Hewitt, PAL)
Wimbledon Mens Final - Andy Murray v Milos Raonic - #2 seed Andy Murray claimed his 2nd Wimbledon title with a straight sets win over #6 seed Milos Raonic, 6-4, 7-6, 7-6. Raonc was playing in his 1st ever major final. Murray shut down the Canadian's big serve and took his chances when offered while allowing Raonic only 1 break of serve. With the win, Murray became the 1st British player to win 2 Wimbledon titles since Fred Perry in 1936 (10, 3 Discs, BBC - Castle/Henman/Hewitt, PAL)
Bank of the West classic - Womens Final - Johanna Konta v Venus Williams – In her first WTA Final, 25 year old Britain Johanna Konta beat 7-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams to win her first WTA title at the "Bank of the West" classic in Stanford, California. Konta won in 3 sets, 7-5 5-7 6-2, holding her nerve in the final set by holding off 3 break points to win (10, 1st set taken from a next day re-broadcast and is missing games 1,2,4 and 5 which all went with serve, 2 Discs, BT Sport - ?/Keothavong, PAL)
2017
WTA Porsche Grand Prix Final - Laura Siegemund v Kristina Mladenovic - Germany's Laura Siegemund claimed her 2nd WTA finals win in front of a partisan home crowd in Stuttgart. Siegemund won 6-1, 2-6, 7-6, coming back from a 4-1 deficit in the 3rd set tie-break to win the match (9, 2 Discs, BT Sport - Smith/Sears, PAL)
Wimbledon : Review of 2016 - A look back at the 2016 Championships that saw Venus Williams win the Womens title and Andy Murray win his 2nd Mens title (10, 1 Hour, 1 Disc, BBC, PAL)
Our Wimbledon - To celebrate 90 years of the BBC covering Wimbledon, BBC presenter Sue Barker asked Wimbledon legends their memories of playing in the tournament. Includes archive action and interviews with Andy Murray, Roger Federer, Rod Laver, Chris Evert, Billie Jean King, Pete Sampras, Bjorn Borg, Virginia Wade, Martina Navratilova, Boris Becker and John McEnroe + the patron's of the All England Lawn Tennis Club, the Duke of Kent and the Duchess of Cambridge (10, 1 Hour 15 minutes, 1 Disc, BBC, PAL)2018
2018
Strokes of Genius: Federer v Nadal - A documentary looking back at the 2008 Wimbledon Mens Final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, widely acknowledged as one of the greatest matches of all time. The programme uses archive footage to tell the story of both men from their childhood years to becoming the best two players in the world. Both players describe their emotions throughout the remarkable contest that lasted nearly five hours, with contributions from John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg, Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova (10, 1 Hour 39 minutes, 1 Disc, BBC, PAL)
Wimbledon Mens Semi-Final - Novak Djokovic v Rafael Nadal - In the 52nd meeting between the 2, it was Djokovic that out-lasted World #1 Nadal to reach his first Grand Slam Final since 2016. Djokovic won the match 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (11-9), 3-6, and 10-8 in five hours and 16 minutes, making it the 2nd longest Wimbledon Semi-Final ever, and was played over 2 days due to the length of the first Semi-Final. Day 1 ended at 11pm with Djokovic leading 2 sets to 1, but Nadal started Day 2 by taking the 4th set, setting up a 5th set that Djokovic won by out-lasting Nadal 10-8. Sets 1, 2 and half of set 3 taken from an internet source (10, 3 Discs, BBC - Castle/Henman/Becker, PAL)
Wimbledon Womens Final - Angelique Kerber v Serena Williams - German Angelique Kerber beat American Serena Williams 6-3, 6-3 to win her first Wimbledon title and to end Williams chance of making Tennis history. Williams was favourite to win and was chasing her 8th Wimbledon title and a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title but Kerber used a strong service-return game to put pressure on Williams, and she folded under the pressure, making 24 unforced errors. Kerber took advantage and broke Williams serve in each set to take the win (10, 2 Discs, BBC - Castle/Austin/McEnroe, PAL)
2019
Wimbledon No.1 Court Celebration - To celebrate the addition of a roof for their No.1 Court, Wimbledon staged a festival of tennis, inviting former players back to play exhibition games. The games are : Mens Doubles with Pat Cash and Leyton Hewitt v Goran Ivanisevic and Jamie Murray, Womens Singles with Kim Clijsters v Venus Williams, and Mixed Doubles with John McEnroe and Kim Clijsters v Jamie Murray and Martina Navratilova (10, Full Coverage, 2 Discs, BBC, PAL)
Wimbledon Mens Semi-Final - Roger Federer v Rafael Nadal - In their 1st meeting at Wimbledon since the epic 2008 final, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal put on another great show, but this time it was Federer that won and moved one step closer to his 9th Wimbledon singles title. Swiss 2nd seed Federer won 7-6 (7-3) 1-6 6-3 6-4 against the Spanish 3rd seed in 3 hours and 3 minutes, with both players playing their best Tennis, with long baseline rallies and raking cross-court passing shots wowing a packed Centre Court (10, 2 Discs, BBC - Castle/Henman/Becker, PAL)
Andy Murray : Resurfacing - A fly-on-the-wall documentary that follows the #1 British Men's tennis player, Andy Murray, as he attempts to combat a debilitating hip injury that may prove to end his career. After crashing out of Wimbledon in 2017 due to the injury, Andy seeks to rehabilitate the injury before realising that more serious decisions need to be made. Includes interviews with his wife and family (10, 1 hour 48 minutes, 1 Disc, PAL)
2020
Brian Moore Meets...Bjorn Borg - First broadcast in 1980, legendary ITV commentator Brian Moore spends time with Grand Slam tennis star Bjorn Borg, as he prepared to defend his Wimbledon title for the fifth consecutive year. The cameras followed him around Europe in 1980 capturing Borg’s glamorous but exhausting lifestyle, as well as revealing how he has moulded his career to maximise his potential (9, 2020 re-broadcast, 46 minutes, 1 Disc, ITV, PAL)
Andy Murray : King of Queens - A look back at British Tennis player Andy Murray's participation in the prestiguous pre-Wimbledon grass court competition at the Queen's Club. Includes high-lights of match action and interviews with Andy, starting with his debut in 2005 (9, 1 hour, 1 Disc, BBC, PAL)
Andy Murray's Greatest Hits - Sue Barker introduces a two-part look at the life and career of Britain’s former #1 Mens Tennis player, Andy Murray. Includes archive action and interviews (9, 2 episodes of 2 hours each, 2 Discs, BBC, PAL)
French Open Mens Final - Rafael Nadal v Novak Djokovic - Rafael Nadal produced one of his finest French Open displays to stun Novak Djokovic and equal Roger Federer's record of 20 Grand Slam men's titles. #2 seed Nadal outclassed world number one Djokovic in a 6-0 6-2 7-5 win, which clinched a record-extending 13th title at Roland Garros (9, Next day re-broadcast - 1 hour 55 minutes hi-lites, 1 Disc, Eurosport, Bradnam/McMillan, PAL)
2021
Wimbledon Womens Final - Ashleigh Barty v Karolína Pliskova - Australian Ashleigh Barty won her first Wimbledon Title with a see-saw win over the Czech Republic's Karolína Pliskova, 6-3 6-7 (4-7) 6-3. Barty won the first 14 points of the game in a sensational start, but Pliskova fought back to take the 2nd set. Barty re-found her form in the 3rd set and built on an early break to see out the set and take the title (9, 2 Discs, BBC - Smith/Austin/McEnroe, PAL)
US Open Womens Final - Emma Raducanu v Leylah Hernandez - On an historic night at Flushing Meadow, Great Britain's Emma Raducanu ended Britain's 44-year wait for a Women's Grand Slam singles champion, beating Canadian Leylah Fernandez in straight sets, 6-4 6-3. In a battle of the teenagers, 18-year-old Raducanu and 19-year-old Hernandez were well matched, but Raducanu won the big points at the right time, and finally took the title with her 3rd-Championshp point. With the victory, Raducanu set the following records : The first qualifier in the Open era to win a Slam, the youngest Briton to win a Grand Slam title and the first woman to win the US Open without dropping a set since Serena Williams in 2014 (9, No audio for opening 4 minutes of pre-match - Rest of the game OK, 2 Discs, Channel 4 - Petchey/Navratilova/Henman, PAL)
2022
Wimbledon Womens Final - Elena Rybakina v Ons Jabeur - In a match-up of first-time Wimbledon finalists, it was Elena Rybakina who became the first player from Kazakhstan to win a Grand Slam title, beating Tunisian Ons Jabeur. After losing the 1st set, Rybakina fought her way back into the game and took the win 3-6 6-2 6-2 (9, 2 Discs, BBC - Cotter/Austin/McEnroe, PAL)
Wimbledon Mens Final - Novak Djokovic v Nick Kyrgios - In a hard fought match on Centre-Court, Novak Djokovic beat Nick Kyrgios, in his first major final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6 (7–3) to win his 7th Wimbledon title. Kyrgios played fantastic tennis to win the first set, but Djokovic forced Kyrgios into errors the rest of the way and won the vital points at the tight time to win the match (9, 2 Discs, BBC - Castle/Henman/Woodbridge, PAL)
2023
Wimbledon Womens Final - Marketa Vondrousova v Ons Jabeur - Czech Marketa Vondrousova became the first unseeded player to win the Wimbledon Women's singles title, beating favourite, Tunisian Ons Jabeur, 6-4 6-4. Under the closed roof of Centre Court, both players were evenly matched, but Vondrousova won the big points when they arrived and took the win, her first major title (9, 2 Discs, BBC - Smith/Austin/McEnroe, PAL)