Check out the list of the youngest players to lift the Wimbledon Championship title and the age of the male and female winner
The 20-year-old Carlos Alcaraz had a tremendous battle when he played seven-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic in the 2023 championships’ men’s singles final, even for a player of his calibre.
List of the youngest Wimbledon male and female singles winner in history and age
Alcaraz, who won his first grand slam victory at the 2022 U.S. Open, is 16 years younger than Djokovic and fell to the all-time great in the French Open semifinals after becoming cramped up in the middle of the much-awaited matchup.
Unseeded Marketa Vondrousova, who is 24 years old, defeated the sixth-seeded Ons Jabeur, who is 28 years old, in the women’s final, pulling off a major shock.
Where do the young Wimbledon champions from this year’s finals stand in the list? Who is the record holder? Here are the important details.
Youngest Wimbledon winners in history
Alcaraz, a Spaniard, won the title to exact revenge for his defeat by Djokovic in Paris, becoming one of the youngest champions in SW19. Even with his triumph in 2023, Alcaraz is still three years too late to break the previous record for the youngest men’s singles winner.
Moreover, even though Vondrousova is by no means an experienced player, she is eight years older than the woman who now holds the record for the youngest women’s singles champion.
Who holds the record of the youngest Wimbledon Championships winner?
Surprisingly, Martina Hingis, a Swiss superstar who won Wimbledon in 1997, was four years younger than Alcaraz at the time. When Hingis rallied from a set down to defeat 28-year-old Jana Novotna in that final at the age of just 16, it created a record that has not been surpassed. In addition, Hingis is the youngest woman to win the women’s doubles title (she did so in 1996 at the age of 15 years, 282 days). In total, Hingis won six Wimbledon finals in the singles, doubles, and mixed doubles divisions.
Boris Becker still holds the record for being the men’s singles competition’s youngest victor, winning at the age of 17 in 1985, making him the second-youngest grand slam championship winner in history.
The 17-year-old Russian phenom Maria Sharapova was the only other player to have ever won Wimbledon in modern times.
Before the Open Era, in 1887, at the age of 15 years and 285 days, the home player Lottie Dod triumphed. Dod is rumoured to have passed away 73 years later while listening to Wimbledon on the radio.
Youngest men’s singles grand slam title winners
| Player | Title | Age |
| Michael Chang | 1989 French Open | 17 years, 3 months, 17 days |
| Boris Becker | 1985 Wimbledon | 17 years, 7 months, 15 days |
| Mats Wilander | 1982 French Open | 17 years, 9 months, 15 days |
| Bjorn Borg | 1974 French Open | 18 years, 10 days |
| Rafael Nadal | 2005 French Open | 19 years, 3 days |
| Pete Sampras | 1990 US Open | 19 years, 29 days |
| Carlos Alcaraz | 2022 US Open | 19 years, 4 months, 7 days |
| Stefan Edberg | 1985 Australian Open | 19 years, 10 months, 19 days |
| Carlos Alcaraz | 2023 Wimbledon | 20 years, 2 months, 12 days |
| Lleyton Hewitt | 2001 US Open | 20 years, 6 months, 16 days |
| John McEnroe | 1979 US Open | 20 years, 6 months, 24 days |
Youngest women’s singles grand slam title winners
| Player | Title | Age |
| Martina Hingis | 1997 Australian Open | 16 years, 3 months, 26 days |
| Monica Seles | 1990 French Open | 16 years, 6 months, 7 days |
| Tracy Austin | 1979 US Open | 16 years, 8 months, 28 days |
| Martina Hingis | 1997 Wimbledon | 16 years, 9 months, 5 days |
| Martina Hingis | 1997 US Open | 16 years, 11 months, 8 days |
| Monica Seles | 1991 Australian Open | 17 years, 1 month, 24 days |
| Maria Sharapova | 2004 Wimbledon | 17 years, 2 months, 14 days |
| Martina Hingis | 1998 Australian Open | 17 years, 4 months, 1 day |
| Arantxa Sanchez Vicario | 1989 French Open | 17 years, 5 months, 23 days |
| Monica Seles | 1991 French Open | 17 years, 6 months, 6 days |
Youngest World No. 1
Although Alcaraz did not win Wimbledon at a young age, he did hold the record for the youngest No. 1 ranking. Alcaraz, who defeated Casper Ruud in the 2022 US Open men’s final, became the ATP’s top-ranked player at the age of 19 years and 130 days. He broke Lleyton Hewitt’s previous record who won US Open at the age of 20 years and 268 days.
Who are the oldest Wimbledon winners?
The oldest player to ever win the competition was 41-year-old Briton and three-time champion Arthur Gore in 1909, who currently holds the record. Given that he was 35 when he last won in 2017, Roger Federer is the oldest player in the Open Era. If Novak Djokovic would have won on Sunday, he would have surpassed that record.
Britain’s Charlotte Cooper Sterry holds the record for women as she won at the age of 37 years old. Martina Navratilova carries the record for the oldest women’s singles champion in the Open Era. She triumph at the age of 33 in 1990 and could break the previous mark by four years just to lose to Conchita Martinez in the final.